Intermec cn2a User Guide

To use an SD card to upgrade the CN2A, you need: 

• an  SD  card  reader.

• an SD card formatted as FAT16. 

Make sure you have downloaded the upgrade .exe file to your 
desktop PC, as described in “Downloading the Upgrade .exe 
File to Your PC” on page 114.

Double-click the upgrade .exe file on your desktop PC. An 
InstallShield application starts. This application guides you 
through the process of extracting the upgrade files to your PC 
or to your SD card. 

If you have already downloaded this upgrade .exe file to this 
PC, the InstallShield Welcome screen prompts you to modify, 
repair, or remove the InstallShield application. You can choose 
Modify or Remove. 

If you choose Remove, the InstallShield application is deleted 
from your PC, and you must double-click the upgrade .exe 
file to start the InstallShield application again.

If SmartSystems is not installed on your PC, you see the 
message, “Do you want to copy the files directly to your SD 
Card?” 

• Choose Yes if you want the InstallShield application to 

copy the files to one or more SD cards after copying the 
files to your PC. An SD card reader must be connected to 
your PC, and an SD card formatted as FAT16 must be 
installed in the reader. The prompt, “Copy to another SD 
card? Note: Put the card in before answering YES,” lets 

Note: The CN2A currently supports SanDisk SD cards only. 
Intermec cannot guarantee that other SD cards will work with the 
CN2A.

Note: The following steps do not describe every InstallShield 
screen; instead, these steps describe only the important 
decision points.