Sentinel programming to micro sd card?

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crippledchicken

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Sorry if it's a dumb question but, does Sentinel need the entire scanner in order to program or, can just the card be programed with a pc reader/writer? Thanks!
 

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Sorry if it's a dumb question but, does Sentinel need the entire scanner in order to program or, can just the card be programed with a pc reader/writer? Thanks!

You can write to just the card in a reader with Sentinel. If it's a blank card (new or newly formatted) or a card that hasn't previously been written to with Sentinel, you will need to use the "clear user data" function first before you can write to the card with Sentinel.

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And if you take a card from a scanner and load it in a computer's card reader, you can even do full database updates and more importantly, any firmware updates. If it's a rare firmware update situation, when you do the f/w update then put the card back in the scanner, the latest firmware is loaded. Follow instructions on scanner how to finish it up.

The ability to update a scanner by taking the SD card out and using a computer card reader is very helpful for scanners mounted in vehicles, etc. and getting a computer to them is a pain.
 
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