DEVICE ADMINISTRATION
74 MultiConnect
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rCell 100 MTR-LTE User Guide
a. Click Browse to find where the firmware file resides that you want to apply.
b. Select the file and click Open. The file appears in the Firmware Upgrade File field. Make sure you
select the correct BIN file; otherwise, your device can become inoperable.
5. Click Start Upgrade.
6. A message about time needed to upgrade appears. Click OK. A progress bar appears indicating the status
of the upgrade. When upgrade is completed, your device reboots.
7. After the firmware upgrade is complete, verify your configuration to make sure it is what you expected.
Note:
The new firmware is written into flash memory.
It may take up to five minutes to upgrade the firmware. Do not interfere with the devices's power or
press the reset button during this time.
The DeviceHQ
TM
is a cloud platform that provides the ability to remotely manage and upgrade rCell
devices. Please see the Remote Management section or visit mdm.multitech.com for more
information.
Saving and Restoring Settings
To restore previous configuration settings to your device, to restore settings to their factory defaults, or to save
the current configuration:
1. Go to Administration > Save/Restore > Upload Configuration.
2. To restore a configuration from a previously saved file, go to Restore Configuration From File:
a. Next to the Restore Configuration field, click Browse.
b. Navigate to the location where the configuration file is stored and select the desired file.
c. Click Restore. The device reboots.
3. To save your current configuration to a file, go to Save Configuration To File:
a. Click Save.
b. Navigate to the location where you wish to save the file and select location.
4. This option is only available if you had reset to user-defined configuration. (Also, holding the reset button
on the device for 30 seconds overrides user-defined settings and resets to factory default.) To reset the
device's configuration to the factory settings, go to Reset to Factory Default Configuration:
a. Click Reset.
b. A dialog box appears prompting you to confirm that you want to restore to factory default settings.
c. Click OK.
5. This option is only available if you set user-defined settings first. (Also, holding the reset button on the
device for 5 seconds sets user-defined defaults) To restore the device's configuration to the user-defined
configuration settings, go to Reset to User-Defined Configuration:
a. Click Restore.
b. A dialog box appears prompting you to confirm that you want to restore to a set of user-defined
settings.
c. Click OK.