Upgrading The Firmware - Philips ACC8160 User Manual

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Change the IP address of the WLAN adapter according to
your network policy.  Changing the IP address, p. 15.
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Upgrading the firmware

Occasionally Philips may release new versions of the firmware
with bug fixes and feature improvements. Visit www.philips.com/
dictation to check if a new firmware version is available. The
current version of the firmware is displayed at the top of the
configuration interface on the STATUS panel.
1
Download the latest firmware file (.lds) from www.philips.
com/dictation.
2
Save the firmware upgrade file (.lds) for the WLAN adapter
to a network location that the WLAN adapter can access.
This can be either an FTP server or an HTTP Web server.
3
Open the WLAN adapter configuration interface by entering
its IP address in your Web browser or using the Administra-
tion Tool.
4
Select the type of server (FTP, FTPS, HTTP) where you
have saved the firmware file (.lds) in the Firmware upgrade
panel.
5
Enter the domain name or IP address of the server hosting
the firmware file into the SERVER field (the server does
not have to be on your Local Area Network). If you refer-
ence the server using its domain name, make sure that at
least one DNS server is configured ( Assigning a static IP
address, p. 15) or that you are using DHCP ( Assigning
an IP address from DHCP, p. 15).
6
Enter the port number of your server into the PORT field.
Unless your server is configured to use nonstandard port
numbers, you should use 21 for an FTP server and 80 for an
HTTP Web server.
7
If your server requires authentication to download the firm-
ware file, enter the name of the user account, the password,
and confirm the password. Otherwise leave the USER-
NAME, PASSWORD and CONFIRM PASSWORD
text fields empty.
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Enter the full path (beginning with "/") and file name to the
.lds file of the new firmware into the WLAN ADAPTER