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L-DCIM Upgrade Howto Safe Mode Safe Mode is a special boot mode of the unit. You can perform firmware update (Linux OS update) and recovery functions even if the unit cannot boot in normal mode any longer. Safe Mode is accessible even if the system USB drive is corrupt or removed.
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L-DCIM Upgrade Howto If there were no errors during the verification step, then the available Safe Mode options are: 1) Specify filename for firmware upgrade (7zip archive) 2) Perform firmware upgrade (to upgrade the Linux OS) 3) Perform 'Factory Reset'...
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L-DCIM Upgrade Howto Firmware Upgrade process With this option you can upgrade the Linux OS on the system, while keeping all your settings and user data (they’re stored on the system USB drive). However, make sure that you have a backup and you exported the backup to another USB drive, in case something goes wrong during this upgrade.
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L-DCIM Upgrade Howto Very Important Note: If the unit’s power is lost during upgrade, the Normal Mode won’t start anymore! As a recovery feature, the unit should reboot back to Safe Mode and wait for either another attempt of Firmware Update or Factory Reset. If the automatic reboot to Safe Mode doesn’t work, you’ll need to manually boot the unit to Safe Mode by pressing Reset button for about 8 seconds during startup, or switch to Safe Mode boot by SSH commands (see below).
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L-DCIM Upgrade Howto Safe Mode Troubleshooting Important note: SSH/SFTP access is also active in Safe Mode, there are special cases when you can use them. SSH is useful to manually check error logs and copy files to USB, with SFTP you can copy files in/out of the unit easily.
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L-DCIM Upgrade Howto APS Software update Settings / Server Settings / Software Update menu You can only install application updates to APS using this option. Warning: only use this option when instructed to do so by Support! You’ll need to select a .deb package from your local PC with the Browse button, which will be uploaded and installed.
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L-DCIM Upgrade Howto Please contact support@akcp.com if you have any further technical questions or problems Thanks for Choosing AKCP! - 8 -...
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