Chapter 4. Updating Firmware; Overview - Comtech EF Data CDM-570A Installation And Operation Manual

Chapter 4. UPDATING FIRMWARE

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Overview

1) MAKE SURE TO OPERATE THE CDM-570A/570AL WITH ITS LATEST AVAILABLE
FIRMWARE.
2) ETHERNET IP FUNCTIONALITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY WHEN THE CDM-570A/570AL
IS EQUIPPED WITH THE OPTIONAL HIGH PERFORMANCE PACKET PROCESSOR.
The CDM-570A/570AL Satellite Modem is factory-shipped with its latest version of operating
firmware. If you need to update the modem firmware, you may download the update from the
Comtech EF Data Web site (www.comtechefdata.com). You may also receive the firmware
update archive file via e-mail from Comtech EF Data Product Support.
You may perform the firmware update, without opening the CDM-570A/570AL, remotely over
satellite (when the unit is equipped with the optional High Performance Packet Processor), or by
directly connecting a user-supplied Microsoft Windows-based PC to the CDM-570A/570AL
'Ethernet 10/100 | M&C 100' port (for units without the optional Packet Processor) or the
'Ethernet 10/100 | Traffic 100' port (for units equipped with the optional Packet Processor).
In this order:
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Download the firmware update archive file via the Internet, or acquire the file from
Comtech EF Data Product Support, and transfer the files to the User PC.
•
Use Windows Command-line to transfer, via File Transfer Protocol (FTP), the extracted
firmware files from the User PC to the CDM-570A/570AL standby firmware image.
•
Use the CDM-570A/570AL front panel or the CDM-570A HTTP Interface to configure the
modem to operate using the updated firmware image.
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