Devillibis DB54 firmware upgrade

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Flips256
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Devillibis DB54 firmware upgrade

Post by Flips256 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:48 pm

I have the auto pap DB54 with no smart flex. I'd like to know if updating the firmware would add smart flex? I can not find my current firmware version anywhere in the clinician menu so I really have no idea what version it is on. Any idea where I can find that?

JDS74
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Re: Devillibis DV54 firmware upgrade

Post by JDS74 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:50 pm

Perusing the DV54 Intellipap manual there doesn't seem to be a reference anywhere to Smartflex.
That hints that even with a firmware upgrade, it likely not to be there then.
The Clinician manual on page 19 talks about how to read out the firmware version number.
You need a special serial cable (DV51D-615) available from DeVilbiss but it is likely to be just a switched pair serial cable.
You also need
Use a terminal program (such as Windows HyperTerminal, or equivalent) with
COM settings 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, Flow Control set to none.
The with trepidation, you can key in the commands that cause the unit to read out the firmware version number.
Having done that, a call to AccBio will tell you whether or not there is a firmware upgrade.
You might just call them anyway and they may be able to tell from the unit serial number.

Finally, a call to:
DeVilbiss Customer Service Department
U.S.A. 800-338-1988, 814-443-4881
might get you the information.

Best of luck.

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