Appendix B Ip-Front End Software Upgrade Procedure - Harmonic ProView 2900 Installation Manual

This appendix details the software upgrade procedure in an IP front end ProView 2900
device. This procedure is different than in other front end devices.
To run the IP Front End software upgrade, perform the following steps:
1. The watchdog feature must first be disabled in the ProView 2900 for correct SW
upgrade. To disable the watchdog feature, perform the following steps:
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NOTE:
To obtain the <device IP address> in the ProView 2900 front panel, go to
Configuration Receiver MPEGoIP Input 1 (or 2) Physical Link and copy the number
from the IP Address parameter.
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2. For each new SW upgrade, obtain a self extracting software upgrade file.
3. Create a new directory under drive C:\ and name it NEW_VER.
4. Copy the self extracting file into the NEW_VER directory.
5. Go to Start Run and enter 'cmd'.
6. In the command prompt window enter 'cd \NEW_VER'.
7. Type the name of the SW upgrade self-extracting EXE file and press Enter
8. Answer any questions that may be displayed on the command prompt window
with 'Y' followed by Enter
9. After the self extracting file has finished the self extraction, run the file called
'update.bat' from this same directory, then enter the ProView 2900 IP address.
Obtain the IP address by accessing Configuration Receiver MPEGoIP Input
1 (or 2) Physical Link in the front panel. Then copy the address from the IP
Address parameter. For example 'update 10.100.1.26'.
10. In the Telnet prompt window, type 'telnet <unit IP Address> 1023' (use the same
IP Address as in step 9).
11. Type 'exit' and then Enter.
12. Type ' burn "vxw" ' and then Enter.
13. Type ' "burn "ird" ' and then Enter.
14. Power off the ProView 2900.
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IP-Front End Software Upgrade Procedure
In the ProView 2900 front panel, go to Configuration
select Serial RS422
In the command prompt (Start Run) on the PC enter 'telnet <device IP
address> 1023.
In the Telnet prompt, press Enter.
In the Telnet prompt, type 'dwd'.
Power off the ProView 2900
After a few seconds, power on the ProView 2900. The watchdog function is
now off.
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