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12. If the version number is larger than the firmware version number found in "Step
Step 3: Download the Upgrade File
Multi-Tech Web Site
1. If you are not already at the Firmware page of the Multi-Tech Web site, follow
2. Click on the upgrade file name for your modem, and save the file to a tempo-
Multi-Tech BBS
1. If you have not already found the upgrade file for your modem on the Multi-
2. Type the number of the upgrade file for your modem, and then press ENTER.
3. Type D and press ENTER to list the file to be downloaded.
4. If the correct file is listed, press ENTER; otherwise use the Q command to return
5. Type Z and press ENTER to select the Zmodem transfer protocol.
6. The download begins automatically. As the file is copied to your hard disk, a
7. To log off the BBS, press ENTER, type G for "good-bye," and press ENTER
Step 4: Extract the Upgrade Files
1. Move the downloaded upgrade file to a temporary directory or folder on your
2. The file is a self-extracting archive. Extract the files by typing the upgrade file
Step 5: Record the Stored Paramenters
Before you upgrade the modem you should record the parameters that are currently
stored in it so you can reprogram it afterward.
1. Run your favorite terminal program. If you are using Windows 95 or Windows
1: Identify the Modem Firmware," your modem has an older firmware version.
Continue with "Step 3: Download the Upgrade File."
the procedure in "Step 2: Identify the Current Firmware."
rary location on your hard disk.
Tech BBS, follow the procedure in "Step 2: Identify the Current Firmware."
to the previous menu.
dialog box reports on the progress of the download.
twice more.
hard disk, if you have not already done so.
name in DOS or double-clicking it in Windows.
NT, you can use HyperTerminal. If you are using Windows 3.11, you can use
Windows Terminal.
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