Grass Valley 2000NET v3.1 User Manual
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2000NET Instruction Manual
2000NET Module Interface
c.
Using the web browser, select the desired files. Each file is a self-
extracting .exe file. Double-click to extract and download the file.
You are queried to either
Open
the file or
Save As
. Select the
Save As
option and set the path to the temporary directory on your
computer.
This process will trigger the download of the file to your computer.
Note
If you have access to an existing FTP server directory, the module update files
can be extracted directly into that directory.
2.
Extract the module update files into an FTPD modular directory.
The module software update files must reside in a directory that the
FTPD can access. The Thomson Grass Valley supplied FTPD is config-
ured to access a directory designated:
\modular
The module update .exe files contain the new software for the 2000
module, either a binary file (.bin extension) or a field update file (.fld
extension). Binary files are for the 2000NET module updates and field
update files are for the 2000 media modules.
a.
Open Windows Explorer on the local server.
b.
If one does not already exist, create a directory on the C drive:
c:\modular
c.
Create a subdirectory using the model name of the file being
updated, for example:
c:\modular\8960enc
c:\modular\8960dec
c:\modular\2000net
d.
Double-click the module software .exe file (in the temporary
directory) and save it to the appropriate directory. The resulting file
will be a .bin or .fld (8960ENC shown):
c:\modular\8960enc\8960enc_sw301a_fw1.fld
Note
The file name shown indicates: 8960 Encoder, software version 3.01a, firm-
ware version 1.0.
3.
Extract the FTPD (Xitami FTP Server) files.
Note
This section is for facilities that do not already have an FTP Daemon (FTPD)
(also known as a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server) installed on the 2000
frame’s network. For those facilities that already have an FTPD or other FTP
service available in their network, go to step 6.
Thomson Grass Valley provides a free FTP server for those facilities
that do not have a local FTP service. The FTP server package is the same
Xitami Web Server FTP package that is provided with the Thomson