Upkeep And Maintenance; Downloading New Firmware Using Tftp Without Wbm And Cli - Siemens SCALANCE XB-200 Operating Instructions Manual

Upkeep and maintenance

5.1

Downloading new firmware using TFTP without WBM and CLI

Firmware
The firmware is signed and encrypted. This ensures that only firmware created by Siemens
can be downloaded to the device.
Pressing the "RESET" button
To load new firmware, you require the "RESET" button. When pressing the button,
remember the information in the section "RESET button (Page 16)".
Procedure with Microsoft Windows
Using TFTP, you can supply a device with new firmware even when it cannot be reached
using WBM or CLI. This section explains the procedure based on the example of Microsoft
Windows.
Follow the steps below to load new firmware using TFTP:
1. Turn off the power to the device.
2. Press the "RESET" button applying only slight pressure button and reconnect the power
to the device while holding down the button.
3. Hold down the button until the red fault LED "F" starts to flash.
4. Release the button as long as the red error LED is still flashing..
Note
This time only lasts a few seconds.
The bootloader of the device waits in this status for a new firmware file that you can
download by TFTP.
5. Connect a PC to port 0.1 via an Ethernet cable.
6. Assign an IP address to the device using DHCP or the Primary Setup Tool.
SCALANCE XB-200
Operating Instructions, 09/2015, C79000-G8976-C359-03
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