CDM-570A/570AL Satellite Modem with Optional Packet Processor
Revision 5
Updating Firmware 4–13 MN-CDM570A
5. Use the modem front panel menus or the CDM-570A HTTP Interface ‘Admin | Firmware
| Packet Processor’ page to verify that the PC-to-Modem Packet Processor firmware
FTP file transfer was successful.
6. Use the modem front panel menus and/or the CDM-570A HTTP Interface ‘Admin |
Firmware | Modem’ page and, as applicable, the ‘Admin | Firmware | Packet
Processor’ page to select the desired firmware images to boot from:
a. Using the modem front panel menus:
• First, to select the desired Boot Image, make sure that you are operating in
LOCAL mode (CONFIG: Remote
Local).
• For the Base Modem firmware image, go to the SELECT: Utilities Firmware
Select menu branch and use the ▲▼ arrow keys to select the Next Reboot
Image as 1 or 2. Press the front panel ENTER key when done.
b. Using the CDM-570A HTTP Interface:
• For the Base Modem firmware, go to the ‘Admin | Firmware | Modem’ page.
Use the ‘Next Reboot, will use’ drop-down list to select Latest, Image#1 or
Image#2. Click [Submit] to save.
• For the Packet Processor firmware, go to the ‘Admin | Firmware | Packet
Processor’ page. Use the ‘Boot From’ drop-down list to select Latest, Image#1
or Image#2. Click [Submit] to save.
7. Reboot the CDM-570A/570AL. You may perform a ‘soft reboot’ or a ‘hard reboot’ as
follows:
• For a soft reboot, use the CDM-570A HTTP Interface ‘Admin| Reboot’ page. Click
[Reboot Now]. Both the web page and the modem front panel will display messages
similar to “Rebooting, Please wait...” as reboot commences.
• For a hard reboot, from CDM-570A/570AL rear panel, turn off or otherwise
disconnect, and then turn on/reconnect the power source to execute reboot of the
modem.
The system reboot is complete once the modem front panel displays the top-level
“splash” screen:
Comtech CDM-570AL Modem
Firmware Version: #.#.#
Log in to a new Web session at this time. The CDM-570A HTTP Interface ‘Home’ page
will serve to verify that the new firmware version is active, as shown in this example:
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