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Comtech EF Data CDM-625 User Manual

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CDM-625 Advanced Satellite Modem

Revision 15

Updating Firmware

MN-CDM625

4–9

Step

Task

8

Observe the file upload process:

A. The PC should report that the file transfer has occurred, and the display on the modem will report:

Packet Processor upgrading Bootrom
Please wait…

Followed by:

Packet Processor upgrading Image
Please wait…

B. The process will complete in less than a minute. When it has finished, the modem front panel will display:

Packet Processor upgrade complete
Press CLEAR to continue.

C. Type "bye" to terminate the FTP session, and then close the Command-line window.

D. Verify that the new file has loaded into its designated Image slot by viewing the Admin | Firmware | Packet

Processor web page (as per Step 2 in Sect. 4.3.1). Press the PC’s F5 key to ensure that the web page has

properly refreshed.

E. Change the desired image to boot using the Admin | Firmware | Packet Processor web page: Use the

Boot From drop-down menu to boot the system from Latest (or the Image slot that was automatically

selected for the FTP upload) then click [Submit] to save this change.

F. Use the Admin| Reboot web page to reboot the system to activate the new firmware:

Click [Reboot Now]. Both the web page and the CDM-625 front panel will display “Rebooting, Please wait...

If the Top Card Application has been changed, when booting into a new image an

additional step will occur as the modem downloads to a different flash memory. This

additional upload takes approximately two minutes. The following messages will appear

on the CDM-625 front panel display:

Programming Top-App to Top Card Flash.
Please wait…

Followed by:

Send packet xxx of yyy to Top Card.
Please wait…

Then:

Top Card programming was successfully
completed.