Updating Firmware And Configuration; Automatically Initiating Firmware Update - Plantronics IP40 Administration Manual

5 Updating Firmware and Configuration

The IP40 headset adapter is capable of automatically fetching configuration files and
new firmware periodically. Both configuration files and firmware need to be downloaded
from the same server which we will call the "management server". Once this
management server is discovered or configured, the server can be contacted either at a
specific (Absolute) time once each day, or at a repeating frequency every so many
seconds (Relative). These timers are separate for configuration and firmware. For
example, the IP40 headset adapter could check for new configuration once every 8
hours (Relative), but check for firmware every day at 2:30am (Absolute). A sample
configuration file snippet for this configuration is shown below.
%NETWORK_TFTP_SERVER%:"config.example.com"
%MANAGEMENT_TRANSFER_PROTOCOL%:1
%CFG_POLLING_ENABLE%:1
%CFG_POLLING_MODE%:1
%CFG_POLLING_PERIOD%:28800
%CFG_POLLING_TIME_HH%:2
%CFG_POLLING_TIME_MM%:30
%FWU_POLLING_ENABLE%:1
%FWU_POLLING_MODE%:0
%FWU_POLLING_PERIOD%:28800
%FWU_POLLING_TIME_HH%:2
%FWU_POLLING_TIME_MM%:30
The IP40 headset adapter can use either HTTP or TFTP to fetch its configuration and
firmware (HTTP is strongly recommended). In addition, the path name used for firmware
downloads is configurable. (The path name used for configuration download is always
"/Config".) Also, the username and password of the administrator account on the built-
in web server is configured in the same area.

5.1 Automatically initiating firmware update

Firmware can be downloaded from the Plantronics web site and placed on an enterprise
file server or download directly by the IP40 from the Plantronics web site. For direct
download the administrator can enable the default settings on the IP40 Management
web page that point to the correct Plantronics public web site.
The configuration described in the screen shots below will cause the IP40 headset
adapter to automatically check the Plantronics web site once a day at 3:00 AM for new
firmware.
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// use HTTP (the default)
// relative
// 8 hours = 28800 secs
// 02:30am
// absolute
// 8 hours = 28800 secs
// 02:30am
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