Recovery Mode; Entering Recovery Mode; Figure 91 - Recovery Mode Warning Page - Motorola PTP 500 Series User Manual

8 Recovery Mode

This section provides instructions to allow users to recover a PTP 500 link.
The Motorola PTP 500 point-to-point wireless Ethernet bridges have a special mode of
operation that allows the user to recover a unit from configuration errors or software image
corruption.
The following topics are described in this section:
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8.1 Entering Recovery Mode

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8.2 Upgrade Software Image
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8.3 Reset IP & Ethernet Configuration
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8.4 Erase Configuration
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8.6 Reboot
8.1 Entering Recovery Mode
Recovery mode is entered by depressing the Recovery Switch located on the underside of
the PIDU Plus while applying mains power, as shown in Section 2.7 "PIDU Plus PTP
300/500/600 Series" The Recovery Switch should be held in the depressed state for between
10 and 20 seconds after the application of mains power. The Ethernet LED will flash with 10
double flashes at power up (following the release of the Recovery switch).
When in recovery mode the user will be able to access the unit via the Ethernet interface. The
Ethernet interface will have its IP address set to 169.254.1.1 (or 10.10.10.10 see section
6.5.10 "Powering Up"). On connection to a unit in recovery mode the following screen is
displayed (Figure 91):

Figure 91 - Recovery Mode Warning Page

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8 Recovery Mode