Comtech EF Data CDM-750 User Manual
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CDM-750 Advanced High-Speed Trunking Modem
Revision 2
Updating Firmware
MN-CDM750
4–10
• Type "bye" to terminate the FTP session, and then close the Command‐line window.
3. Verify that the PC‐to‐Unit FTP file transfer was successful. Use the Front Panel, the Remote
Control Interface, or the CDM‐750 Web Server Interface ‘Status | Firmware’ page to review
the loaded firmware (per the methods explained in Sect. 4.2, Step 1D).
4. Use the CDM‐750 Front Panel or the Web Server Interface to select the firmware boot
image and reboot the unit:
• From the CDM‐750 Front Panel / VFD – First, use the keypad ◄ ► arrow keys to
navigate to the SELECT: Utility Æ Firmware Æ Select screen. Then, use the keypad ▲▼
arrow keys to select the other image. Press ENTER when done.
The CDM‐750 front panel will then display:
Cycle power now
to boot from the selected image.
Use the rear panel ON/OFF switch to cycle the power as prompted. Be sure to note the
firmware version that displays on the front panel ‘splash’ screen upon successful reboot:
Comtech CDM-750 Advanced High-Speed
Trunking Modem ver x.x.x
Programming ModemApp to ModemCard Flash.
…PLEASE WAIT
Then:
ModemCard Flash programming was successfully
completed.
• On the user PC – Use the CDM‐750 Web Server Interface to select the Boot Image and
reboot the modem.
o Select the desired Boot Image slot from the Firmware Image Config section of the
‘Configuration | Utilities’ page. Use the Next Reboot Image: drop‐down list to
select Image1 or Image2.
When booting into a new image, if the Top Card Application has been
changed, an additional step will occur as the CDM‐750 downloads to a
different flash memory. This additional upload takes approximately two
minutes.
During the reboot cycle, the following messages appear on the CDM‐750
front panel display: