How to Update Launch X431 PAD 5?
Run "SmartBox Tool 3.0" on the Windows desktop after installing "SmartBox_3.0_Setup".
3.1 Firmware Upgrade Function
SmartBox 3.0 can be upgraded through SmartBox Tool 3.0. Please select "M7 Upgrade" for the upgrading of lower programs and "A7 Upgrade" for the upgrading of the system. Click "Browse" to select the path for storing upgrading files and click "Upgrade".
Note: Restart the software and SmartBox 3.0 upon completion of the upgrade. You can check the version to confirm whether the upgrade is successful.
3.2 Log View Function
When necessary, you can enable "Write Log File" or "Window Print Information" function to record the test status of SmartBox 3.0 and the process. To avoid software errors due to overlarge log files, do not enable the function if it is not necessary. The log files are saved under the root directory of disk C by default.
Steps: The corresponding J2534Log information can be generated by ticking the "Write Log File" option after clicking "View Log" in the upper left corner of the software interface, as shown below:
Note: Please restart the diagnostic software!
Note: If the log printing function is enabled, the log files may be very large as the information are written accumulatedly. Please enable this function when necessary, such as development and debugging. In other cases, please do not activate this function option at will.
The default storage path of the log file "J2534Log" generated is: C:\Program Files\SmartBox 3.0\SmartBox 3.0\Log\ J2534_LOG.txt, as shown below:
Also note: In some computer systems, users have no write permission to this file folder, resulting in unsuccessful log file generation. It is necessary to modify the permissions of this folder (requiring administrator privileges), as shown below:
Right-click the "Log" folder, select the "Attribute" option and find the "Security" attribute, select current user, click "Edit", select the corresponding user name again, and tick all the "Allow" options in the permission column (requiring administrator rights), and click "OK" to go back.