Comtech EF Data SPOD PS 1, PS 1.5, and PS 2 C-, X-, or Ku-Band - Manual (Page 56)

SPOD C-, X-, or Ku-Band Outdoor Amplifier MN-SPODPSX
Updating Firmware Revision 1
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Click [Save] to open the ‘Save As’ window. Be sure to select and [Save] the
archive *.exe or *.zip file to the ‘temp’ folder created earlier.
Otherwise, click [Cancel] to quit and exit the file download process.
2) Next, extract the firmware files from the archive file.
• (If not already done with File Download > [Open]) Extract the firmware files from the
downloaded *.exe or *.zip archive file with the user-supplied utility program:
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Double-click on the archive file name, and then follow the prompts provided by the
user-supplied utility program. Extract, at a minimum, two files:
 FW-0000078x_LPOD_#_#_#.bin – The Firmware Bulk image file (where ‘x’
denotes the revision letter and ‘#_#_#’ denotes the firmware version number)
 ReleaseNotes_LPOD-PSx_v#-#-#.pdf – The Firmware Release Notes PDF file
(where ‘#-#-#’ denotes the firmware version number).
3) Confirm availability of the firmware files in the temporary folder.
There are several ways you may view the contents of the temporary folder on a Windows-
based PC:
A. From the Windows Desktop:
• Double-left-click the ‘temp’ folder saved to the Windows Desktop.
• Use Windows Explorer to locate, and then double-left-click the ‘temp’ folder.
• Use the ‘Browse‘ window ([Start] > ...Run > [Browse]) to locate, and then double-
click the ‘c:\temp’ folder.
B. Using Command-line:
• Type “cd c:\temp” at the Command-line prompt to change to the temporary
directory created earlier using Command-line.
• Type “dir” to list the files extracted to the temporary directory from the
downloaded archive file.