Revision D • 8/05
HARRIS CORPORATION
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4 BMX
digital
Server
di
ital
The init.mac file is maintained and edited
using VMCC.
Refer to Appendix A for additional command
entry information for session and macro files.
Software Updates
Harris Corporation may periodically issue soft-
ware revisions for the BMX
digital
Server at no
charge. New feature enhancements may also be
offered at a nominal fee. In either case, updating
the operating system software on the BMX
digital
Server is quick and easy since a TFTP Server pro-
gram is included with each software release. It is
also available from the 99-5000 CD-ROM and
from the Harris FTP site: ftp://ftp.pre.com.
See page 5-1 Service for access information.
TFTP SERVER
TFTP stands for Trivial File Transfer Protocol.
TFTP Servers transfer and update software for
routers, switchers, hubs and other networked de-
vices like the BMX
digital
Server.
The following steps describe how to install and
configure the 3CDaemon TFTP Server—which is
included on the CD-ROM along with the new files,
although any TFTP Server can be used to update
the BMXd
igital
Server software.
To install and configure the TFTP Server:
1 Install the TFTP Server on the setup computer
following the instructions included with the soft-
ware update.
2 From the TFTP Server’s File menu, choose Con-
figure Selected Service.
3 On the TFTP Upload/Download Directory tab,
select the folder on the CD-ROM that contains
the new BMXd
igital
files.
4 Click OK.
UPDATING THE SOFTWARE
Once the TFTP Server is installed on the setup
computer, and configured to point to the folder
holding the new system software, the update is
performed automatically after the BMX
digital
con-
sole is power cycled. The BMX
digital
must be
taken off-air during this procedure.
To update the BMX
digital
software:
1 Configure the TFTP Server to point to the folder
on the CD-ROM that contains the updated sys-
tem software following the instructions in the
previous procedure.
2 Make sure the TFTP Server computer is prop-
erly communicating with the BMX
digital
Server.
3 Turn off the BMX
digital
console power supply.
Wait at least 10 seconds, then turn it back on.
The TFTP Server will automatically begin to
download and update the BMX
digital
Server
software after the SBC boots up (this typically
takes between 30 and 60 seconds).
4 Once the update has finished loading, quit the
TFTP Server.
5 To use the new software, power cycle the BMX-
digital
console. Again, wait at least 10 seconds
before turning it back on.
Settings Recovery
A quick method to try to recover a forgotten or
inadvertently changed IP address is to use Com-
munity Monitor’s Status display. It shows every
VistaMax device connected to the VistaMax LAN,
even those devices that have an IP address out-
side of the system’s subnet mask, so the unknown
IP address can easily be noted.
Once the IP address is noted, the setup
computer’s fixed IP address can be reassigned to
fall into the subnet mask of that console’s IP so
the nqx.ini file can be edited, which is covered
later in this section.
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