Comtech EF Data cdm-570a - Revision Manual

Re‐Fla shingYourCDM‐570A/570AL Sa tellite Modem
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Re‐FlashingYourCDM‐570A/570ALSatelliteModem 1 FLG‐CDM570ARevision1
I. Introduction:FirmwareFiles,Naming,Versions,andFormats
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1) MAKESURETOOPERATETHECDM‐570A/LWITHITSLATESTAVAILABLEFIRMWARE.
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2) ETHERNETIPFUNCTIONALITYISAVAILABLEONLYWHENTHECDM‐570A/LIS
EQUIPPEDWITHTHEOPTIONALIPPACKETPROCESSOR.
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TheCDM‐570A/LSatelliteModemisfactory‐shipped withitslatestversionofoperatingfirmware.Ifyou
needtoupdatethemodemfirmware,youmaydownloadtheupdatefromtheComtechEFDataWeb
site(www.comtechefdata.com).Youmayalsoreceivethefirmware updatearchivefileviae‐mailfrom
ComtechEFDataProductSupport.
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Youmayperformthefirmwareupdate,withoutopeningtheCDM‐570A/L,remotelyoversatellite
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theunitisequippedwiththeoptionalIPPacketProcessor),orbydirectlyconnectingauser‐supplied
MicrosoftWindows‐basedPCtotheCDM‐570A/L‘M&C100’10/100Ethernetport(forunitswithoutthe
optionalIPPacketProcessor)orthe‘Traffic100’10/100Ethernetport(forunitsequippedwith
the
optionalIPPacketProcessor).
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Dothesesteps:
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 DownloadthefirmwareupdatearchivefileviatheInternet,oracquirethefilefromComtechEF
DataProductSupport,andtransferthefilestotheUserPC.
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 UseWindowsCommand‐linetotransfer,viaFileTran sferProtocol(FTP),theextracted
firmware
filesfromtheUserPCtotheCDM‐570A/Lstandbyfirmwareimage.
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 UsetheCDM‐570A/LfrontpanelortheCDM‐570AHTTPInterfacetoconfigurethemodemto
operateusingtheupdatedfirmwareimage.
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To verify the correct firmware number, see Step  1 in the next
section of this guide. The firmware
download files are available from Comtech EFData in two  archive file formats: *.exe (self‐extracting)
and*.zip(compressed).Somefirewallswill notallowdownloadingof*.exefiles;inthiscase,download
the *.zip file instead. If applicabl e, one version prior to the current release
 is also available for
download.
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Foradditionalhelpwith"zipped"filetypes,refertothehelpfilesprovidedwiththe"PKZIP
forWindows","WinZip",or"ZipCentral"filearchivingprograms .ComtechEFDatadoesnot
support“PKZIPforDOS”duetofilenamingconventions.
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