Manually Burning Dvg Boards Firmware - Avid Technology FastServe Live Edit Setup Manual

Manually Burning DVG Boards Firmware

Although the DVG board firmware is copied to /usr/dvg/ during OVS installation, it may not be
compatible with your machine.
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We recommend using the FastServe WebSettings for upgrading the firmware. For more information,
see the Administrator's Guide.
In some cases, it may not be possible to burn the firmware using a FastServe | Live Edit / FastServe |
Ingest user interface. Then you can attempt re-burning the firmware using a script.
To burn firmware for a format using a script:
1. Use the following command to burn firmware for the selected format:
/data/VS/bin/burn_dvg_flash <format_name>
Example:
/data/VS/bin/burn_dvg_flash XDCAM HD
2. Make sure that the format in the burning_status (cat /tmp/burning_status) file and the
vsPreferences.cfg (cat /data/VS/bin/vsPreferences.cfg | grep
CODEC_FORMAT=) are the same.
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If the firmware you would like to use is different than in the release versions, you need to first change
the symbolic relink of the firmware, then reburn it.
To change the symbolic link:
1. Check the current symbolic relink of the firmware (example for an XDCAM II firmware):
ls -l /usr/dvg/uh2_xdcam_hd_ii.bin
2. Remove the current information:
rm uh2_xdcam_hd_ii.bin
rm: remove symbolic link uh2_xdcam_hd_ii.bin? y
yes
3. Create a new firmware file:
touch /usr/dvg/uh2_xdcam_hd_ii.bin
4. Make the symbolic relink:
ln -s xdcam_ii_8015.bin /usr/dvg/uh2_xdcam_hd_ii.bin
5. After changing the symbolic relink, you burn the firmware using a script (as described above).
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In extreme cases, you can attempt to re-burn the firmware manually. This method requires a
lot of attention as it may possibly damage the DVG board. Please proceed with care.
To burn firmware manually:
1. Make sure that the OVS engine is closed:
/data/VS/bin/set_run -s all
2. Check how many boards are present in the system:
lspci | grep Orad
65