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CPA C-Band Indoor Solid State Power Amplifier

Revision 1

Updating Firmware

MN/CPA-IN.IOM

4–3

E. Obtain the firmware information via one of the following methods:

If using the CPA front panel, view the UTILITY: Firmware Boot screen:

Boot: FW-0000085
X.X.X MM/DD/YY

See Chapter 5. FRONT PANEL OPERATION for more information on using this

interface.

If using the Web Server Interface, the Bootrom, Image1 and Image2 firmware loads

may be viewed using the Firmware Information section of the ‘Status | Status’ page.

See Chapter 6. ETHERNET-BASED REMOTE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT for more

information on using the ISSPA Web Server Interface.

If using serial remote control, use the terminal emulator program to execute remote

commands and queries with the CPA. The firmware revision levels can be obtained

with the following remote queries:

o Abbreviated: <0/SWR? (returns basic Boot, Bulk1 and Bulk2 information)

-OR-

o Detailed: <0/FRW? (returns complete Boot, Bulk1 and Bulk2 information)

See Chapter 7. SERIAL-BASED REMOTE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT for more

information on remote commands/queries.

2. Next, create a temporary folder (subdirectory) on the user PC for the firmware archive

download.

Drive letter ‘c:’ is used in these examples. Any valid, writable drive letter can be

used.

Typical for all tasks: Type the command without quotes, and then press Enter to

execute.

There are several ways the user may use create a temporary folder on a Windows-based PC:

A. Use the Windows Desktop to create and rename the temporary folder.