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3 downloading and extracting the firmware update – Comtech EF Data MBT-4000B User Manual

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MBT-4000B Multi-band Transceiver System

Revision 1

Updating Firmware

MN

/MBT4000B.IOM

5–6

5.3

Downloading and Extracting the Firmware Update

1. First, download the firmware update file from the Comtech EF Data Web site:

A. Go online to

www.comtechefdata.com

.

B. On the Main page – Under Support Information or the Support tab, select the Software

Downloads hyperlink.

C. On the Software Downloads page – Click Download Flash and Software Update Files.

D. On the Flash Updates Index page – Select the (Select a Product Line) Transceivers

hyperlink.

E. On the Transceivers product page – Select the MBT4000/B product hyperlink.

F. Select the appropriate firmware archive EXE or ZIP file download hyperlink.

About Firmware Numbers, File Versions, and Formats: The Comtech EF

Data Web site catalogues its firmware update files by product type (e.g.,

router, modem, etc.), the specific model, and optional hardware

configurations.

The MBT-4000B firmware download hyperlink appears as F12357X_V###,

where ‘X’ denotes the revision letter, and ‘###’ represents the firmware

version number (e.g., V115 = Version 1.1.5).

About File Archive Formats: Comtech EF Data provides its downloadable

files in two compressed archive formats: *.exe (self-extracting) and *.zip

(compressed).

The *.exe file does not require a file archiver and compression utility

program such as PKZIP for Windows, WinZip, ZipCentral, etc. (PKZIP for

DOS is not supported due to file naming conventions). Comtech EF Data

does not provide this utility program.

Some firewalls do not allow the download of *.exe files. Download the

*.zip file instead, and extract the firmware files from the archive

download with a user-supplied utility program. For detailed information

on handling archived files, refer to the utility program Help

documentation.