HPOD C-, X-, or Ku-Band High-Power Amplifier Revision 6
Updating Firmware MN/HPOD.IOM
3–5
3.3 Downloading and Extracting the Firmware Update
1. First,downloadthefirmwareupdatefilefromtheComtechEFDataWebsite:
A. Goonlinetowww.comtechefdata.com
.
B. OntheMainpage–UnderSupportInformation ortheSupporttab,selecttheSoftware
Downloadshyperlink.
C. OntheSoftwareDownloadspage–ClickDownloadFlashandSoftwareUpdateFiles.
D. On the Flash Updates Index page – Select the (Select a Product Line) Amplifiers
hyperlink.
E. OntheAmpli
fiersproductpage–SelecttheHPODproducthyperlink;
F. SelecttheappropriatefirmwarearchiveEXEorZIPfiledownloadhyperlink.
• About Firmware Numbers, File Versions, and Formats: The Comtech EF
DataWebsite cataloguesitsfirmwareupdatefiles byproduct type(e.g.,
router, modem, etc.), the specific model, and optional hardware
configurations.
You should download the HPOD serial (i.e., non‐Ethernet) and/or
Ethernetfirmwareasneededforyoursetup:
o Theno
n‐EthernetHPODfirmwaredownloadhyperlinkappearsas
F12524X_V####.
o The Ethernet HPOD firmware download hyperlink appears as
F0020544X_V####.
WhenperforminganEthernet‐basedfirmwareupdate,both
the non‐Ethernet and
Ethernet firmware downloads are
required.
Foreitherdownload,‘X’denotestherevisionletter,and‘####’represents
thefirmwareversion(e.g.,V111=Version1.1.1).
• AboutFileArchiveFormats:ComtechEFDataprovidesitsdownloadable
filesin twocompressed archiveformats: *.exe(self‐extracting)and*.zip
(compressed). The *.exe file does not require a file arch
iver and
compression utility program such as PKZIP for Windows, WinZip,
ZipCentral, etc. (PKZIP for DOS is not supported due to file naming
conventions).ComtechEFDatadoesnotprovidethisutilityprogr am.
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