Appendix Bip-Front End Software Upgrade Procedure - Harmonic ProView PVR 6000 Series User Manual

PVR 6000 Series
Professional Integrated Receiver Decoders
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This appendix details the software upgrade procedure in an IP front end PVR
6000 device. This procedure is different than in other front end devices.
To perform the IP Front End software upgrade, perform the following steps:
1. The watchdog feature must first be disabled in the PVR 6000 for correct SW
2. For each new SW upgrade obtain a self extracting software upgrade file.
3. Create a new directory under drive C:\ and name it NEW_VER.
4. Copy the self extracting file into the NEW_VER directory.
5. Go to Start Run and enter 'cmd'.
6. In the command prompt window enter 'cd \NEW_VER'.
7. Type the name of the SW upgrade self-extracting EXE file and press Enter
8. Answer any questions that may be displayed on the command prompt
9. After the self extracting file has finished the self extraction, run the file
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upgrade. To disable the watchdog feature, perform the following steps:
• In the PVR 6000 front panel, go to Configuration
and select Serial RS422
• In the command prompt (Start Run) on the PC enter 'telnet <device
IP address> 1023. Note: To obtain the <device IP address> in the PVR
6000 front panel, go to Configuration Receiver MPEGoIP Input 1
(or 2) Physical Link and copy the number from the IP Address
parameter.
• In the Telnet prompt, press Enter.
• In the Telnet prompt, type 'dwd'.
• Power off the PVR 6000
• After a few seconds, power on the PVR 6000. The watchdog function is
now off.
window with 'Y' followed by Enter
called 'update.bat' from this same directory, then enter the PVR 6000 IP
address. Obtain
Configuration Receiver MPEGoIP Input 1 (or 2) Physical Link in
the front panel. Then copy the address from the IP Address parameter. For
example 'update 10.100.1.26'.
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