Comtech EF Data CDM-800 Installation And Operation Manual page 57

CDM-800 Gateway Router
Updating Firmware
o Click [Open] to turn over file extraction to the user‐supplied utility program. Be
o Click [Save] to open the 'Save As' window. Be sure to select and [Save] the
o Otherwise, click [Cancel] to quit and exit the file download process.
2. Next, extract the firmware files from the archive file.
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(If not already done with File Download > [Open]) Extract the firmware files from the
downloaded *.exe or *.zip archive file with the user‐supplied utility program:
o Double‐click on the archive file name, and then follow the prompts provided by the
user‐supplied utility program. Extract, at a minimum, two files:
3. Confirm availability of the firmware files in the temporary folder.
There are several ways the user may view the contents of the temporary folder on a
Windows‐based PC:
A. From the Windows Desktop:
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Double‐left‐click the "temp" folder saved to the Windows Desktop.
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Use Windows Explorer to locate, and then double‐left‐click the "temp" folder.
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Use the 'Browse' window ([Start] > ...Run > [Browse]) to locate, and then double‐
click the "c:\temp" folder.
B. Using Command‐line:
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Type "cd c:\temp" at the Command‐line prompt to change to the temporary
directory created earlier using Command‐line.
sure to extract the firmware files to the "temp" folder created earlier.
archive *.exe or *.zip file to the "temp" folder created earlier.
FW0000430x_CDM800.bin – the Firmware Bulk image file (where 'x' denotes
the revision letter), and
CDM‐800ReleaseNotes_v#‐#‐#.pdf – the Firmware Release Notes PDF file
(where '#‐#‐#' denotes the firmware version number).
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