Comtech EF Data MBT-4000B User's Installation And Operation Manual page 5

MBT-4000B Multi-Band Transceiver System
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 5. UPDATING FIRMWARE ................................................................................ 5-1
5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 Getting Started: Preparing for the Firmware Download ....................................................... 5-2
5.3 Downloading and Extracting the Firmware Update .............................................................. 5-6
5.4 Performing the FTP Upload Procedure ................................................................................. 5-9
CHAPTER 6. SERIAL-BASED REMOTE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ............................... 6-1
6.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 6-1
6.2 Remote Control Protocol and Structure ............................................................................... 6-1
6.2.1 EIA-485 ...................................................................................................................................... 6-2
6.2.2 EIA-232 ...................................................................................................................................... 6-2
6.2.3 Basic Protocol ........................................................................................................................... 6-3
6.2.4 Packet Structure ....................................................................................................................... 6-3
6.2.4.1 Start of Packet ................................................................................................................... 6-4
6.2.4.2 Target Address .................................................................................................................. 6-4
6.2.4.3 Address Delimiter .............................................................................................................. 6-4
6.2.4.4 Instruction Code ................................................................................................................ 6-4
6.2.4.5 Instruction Code Qualifier ................................................................................................. 6-5
6.2.4.6 Optional Message Arguments ........................................................................................... 6-6
6.2.4.7 End of Packet .................................................................................................................... 6-6
6.3 Remote Commands and Queries ......................................................................................... 6-7
APPENDIX A. FAULTS/EVENTS ....................................................................................... A-1
A.1 LED Status Indicators.......................................................................................................... A-1
A.2 Faults/Events ..................................................................................................................... A-2
A.2.1 Summary Faults ........................................................................................................................ A-2
A.2.2 Configurable Summary Faults ................................................................................................... A-3
A.2.3 Informational Events ................................................................................................................ A-4
APPENDIX B. REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION / OPERATION ..................................... B-1
B.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ B-1
B.2 Single-Base Redundancy Operation ..................................................................................... B-1
B.3 Dual-Base (Chain) Redundancy Operation............................................................................ B-2
B.4 External Fault Monitoring ................................................................................................... B-4
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