Appendix A: Updating The Software Remotely - Blonder tongue SDE-4AV-QAM User Manual

Appendix A: Updating the Software Remotely

General background:
There are two different PROMs that need to be programmed in encoder. They are called PROM1 and PROM2. Please note
not every software update requires both PROMs to be programmed. However, program both PROMs unless you get a
written notice with Release notes to do otherwise.
The total procedure takes about 10 minutes if you follow the steps below.
Step 1: FTP two files from your PC to encoder.
Step 2: a) Update PROM1 with the specific command line.
b) Update PROM2 with the specific command line.
Step 1 : FTP two Files to encoder:
FTP both files (EPCS_1_ver#.bin and EPCS_2_ver#.bin) into the encoder server board (there are many ways to do this).
NOTE:
From a command (DOS) prompt (you must be in the same folder as the EPCS files) enter:
ftp –A 172.16.70.1
At the FTP prompt enter the following commands:
{Please ensure that you have entered the "bin" command to confirm that you are FTPing the files as binary files.}
bin
put EPCS_1_ver#.bin
put EPCS_2_ver#.bin
bye
The above four commands may be automated by entering them in an ASCII text file (called ftpcmd, recommended but can
be any name) and executing the following:
ftp -A -s:ftpcmd 172.16.70.1
You can place the ftp command above in a batch file (.bat) then double click on the .bat file to perform the entire download
process.
NOTE: Please refer to a new update feature shown under Section 5.12.1 under
a) The EPCS_1_ver#.bin is to program PROM1 and EPCS_2_ver#.bin is to program
PROM2.
b) All the commands are case sensitive
c) It is recommended to copy the EPCS_1_ver#.bin and EPCS_2_ver#.bin files in
the root directory. i.e, My Computer > C:
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