Scanivalve MPS4232 Hardware And Software Manual page 83

MPS4232
Firmware Installation via FTP
1. Connect a host computer to the Ethernet port and
ensure the MPS is powered on.
2. Open Windows FIle Explorer.
3. In the Address Bar, type:
ftp://<IPAddress><Enter>
Where: <IPAddress> is the IP Address of the MPS.
4. The host computer should connect to the FTP file
server. If the connection is successful, the contents
of the MPS flash storage will be displayed in a folder
format.
Figure 6-6: Flash File Contents
5. Open Windows Explorer in another window and
navigate to the directory where the new firmware
file is stored. The MPS4232 firmware file is a bianry
file called "x_yy.mps" where x_yy is the firmware
version.
6. Select the MPS4232 window, right click in the
current or old firmware file in the file server and
click "Delete."
Note: the old firmware file must be deleted
from the MPS's file server before the new file is
uploaded.
7. Highlight the new firmware file to be copied to the
MPS, right click and click "Copy", and then click in
the MPS file server and click "Paste."
Figure 6-7: Copying Firmware File
The file will be copied to the MPS4232. A progress
window will provide progress information.
7. When the copy function is complete, the MPS4232
window will show the new files. The time and date of
the new file can be used to confirm that the new files
were uploaded successfully.
8. The new firmware file must be loaded into RAM.
Connect to the MPS via Telnet using ScanTel or similar,
and execute the command:
PGM<ENTER>
The MPS will load the file with messages and then
reboot itself. This may take up to 30 seconds.
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