Upgrading The Firmware; Performing An Upgrade Using Ftp - Contec FXE3000 Series User Manual

Upgrading the Firmware

The AP firmware may be upgraded to resolve any bugs found in the software or to add new functions.
Contact CONTEC via our web site for details of the latest firmware.
The firmware is stored the AP memory with the following file name.
File name : FIRMWARE.BIN
This file can be written over to upgrade the version of the firmware.
There are two ways to upgrade the version of the firmware : FTP; and Access Point Manager with a
Web setup screen.

Performing an Upgrade Using FTP

Follow the procedure below for the firmware version up settings using FTP.
(1) Move to the folder with file.
(2-1) Run FTP to log in to the AP.
(2-2) Run FTP to log in to the AP. (Enter FTP user's name)
(2-3) Run FTP to log in to the AP. (Enter FTP password)
(3) Change the transfer mode to binary.
(4) Transfer the firmware file FIRMWARE.BIN.
(5) Issue the reset request command (quote rst).
(6) Exit FTP.
The following is an example for the time when Windows Command Prompt (MS-DOS Prompt) is used.
In this example, the firmware file for version up will be moved to the folder with file D : ¥tmp and
FIRMWARE.BIN will be transferred after connecting to the product via FTP. The example assumes the
IP address as 192.168.0.1.
C:¥>cd D:¥tmp
D:¥tmp>ftp 192.168.0.1
User (192.168.0.1:none)):admin
Password:pass
ftp>bin
ftp>put FIRMWARE.BIN
ftp>quote rst
ftp>bye
* For details about downloading using a Web browser, see the section titled "Download" in Chapter 4
"Setup and Status Display".
CAUTION
The setup file data and firmware data may be damaged and the product may not operate properly if it
is rebooted or switched off while the firmware is still being updated (data being written).
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