Comtech EF Data CPA - Manual (Page 47)

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Chapter 4. UPDATING FIRMWARE
4.1 Introduction
TO ENSURE OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO OPERATE THE
CPA WITH ITS LATEST AVAILABLE FIRMWARE.
Comtech EF Data’s CPA family of ISSPAs are factory-shipped with the latest version of operating
firmware. Firmware updates may be applied to a CPA ISSPA system without having to remove it
from operation. If you need to update the firmware, you can acquire the download from the
Comtech EF Data Web site ( www.comtechefdata.com ) or from Comtech EF Data Customer
Support during normal business hours via e-mail or on CD by standard mail delivery.
The CPA Firmware Update process is as follows:
• Acquire the firmware update archive file from Comtech EF Data Customer Support, or
download the file via the Internet to a user-supplied Microsoft Windows®-compatible
computer.
• Connect the ISSPA to the serial port or Ethernet port of the user PC.
• Extract the firmware update files from the archive download file, and then transfer the
files from the user PC to the CPA ISSPA via File Transfer Protocol (FTP).