MI3 Firmware Updater from 8th April 2014
Impacts: MI3, MI3M Series
The herewith announced MI3 firmware updater provides a consolidated set of new firmware revisions
for MI3 heads and boxes. The last implemented changes are marked in red.
MI3 LT/G5 Heads
Version 2.01: Production Start
Version 2.03: Handle the <Final Test Report>
Version 2.04: Nov/2012 (effective S/N 13106921)
Enhanced safety for calibration data. Destroyed user parameters are replaced
automatically by factory default values.
Version 2.06: Apr/2014
New status flag in Head Status Codes: SELF_FACTORY_DEFAULT - BIT12
MI3 1M/2M Heads
Version 2.04: Production Start
Version 2.05: Apr/2012 (effective S/N 12400960)
Bug fixing
Version 2.06: Feb/2014 (effective S/N 14208880)
Enhanced safety for calibration data. Destroyed user parameters are replaced
automatically by factory default values.
New status flag in Head Status Codes: SELF_FACTORY_DEFAULT - BIT12
MI3 LTH Heads
Version 2.06: Production Start
Please note, right now all MI3 communication boxes come with the same firmware versions.
All MI3 Communication Boxes
Version 2.01: * Production Start
Version 2.02: * Average time by multiple heads system was corrected.
* The device did not show correctly the temperature in overrange and underrange
* Wrong view of heads number assigned to OUTPUT - corrected.
Version 2.03: * underrange and upperrange by O2O=2.5 and O2O=21 was corrected.
* New command <HC> to get the connected heads:
?HC !HC1 2 8
//heads #1, #2, #8 are connected
* New command <HCR> to get the registered heads:
?HCR !HCR1 2 7 8
//heads #1, #2, #7, #8 are registered but possible not all are connected
Version 2.04: * Corrected thermocouple output for °F
* Corrected burst string (only in conjunction with DTMD software)
* Support for the ProfiBus module
Version 2.05: * Corrected factory default (only in conjunction with °C/°F switching)
* TCK and 0 - 5V output after Factory Default are correct.
Version 2.06: * Command "DS" was corrected for all Specials.
Version 2.08: * Overcoming a possible mismatch between head and box in regard to the
temperature unit.
* Correcting the “sensing head #0 lost” error
* Correcting the numbering/displaying of sensing heads
Version 2.09: * Box-Head communications immunity has been improved so that the "freeze
sensing head" error was eliminated
* new command <FF> (?FF or FF=<threshold>) to handle the Flicker Filter
* Support for the ModBus module
Version 2.10: * new commands "CFDT", "CFLT", "CFHT" to handle the
Final Test Report
Version 2.11: * Supporting the MI3100 sensing heads
* new command <HL> to handle the laser support for MI3100 heads
HL=0 // laser off
HL=1 // laser on
HL=2 // laser flashing
* Alarm point limits (alarm thresholds) cover a range from -50 up to 6000,
independent from the temperature unit
Version 2.12: Feb/2012
* new parameter for the command <HL> to handle the laser support for
MI3100 heads:
HL=3 // controlled externally via FTC3
* Settings of analog outputs will remain available after "Fail Safe", "Reset" and
"OFF/ON".
Version 2.13: Feb/2012 (effective S/N 122015)
* execution time for "DO" and "DG" commands was reduced to solve a timeout
problem.
* Support for the 4-channel Analog Output Module
Version 2.15: Apr/2012 (effective S/N 124064)
* new command "XAS" to handle the Profibus and Modbus addresses