Symmetricom TimeHub 5500 User Manual

260 TimeHub 5500 User’s Guide 097-55501-01 Revision M – January 2009
Chapter 5 Maintaining the TimeHub 5500
Upgrading the Software
Upgrading the TimeHub NTP Firmware
Use this procedure to upgrade the firmware in the NTP Server card from Release
2.0.6 to 2.0.x. Do not use this procedure to upgrade the firmware from Release 1.x.x
to any later version.
Required Equipment
 A computer with FTP/SFTP support and a LAN connection. This computer is
used as an FTP server.
 A computer with ProComm Plus, HyperTerminal, or other communications
software
 CD with TimeHub NTP Release 2.0.x firmware image
Load the firmware image file
thntp-2.x.x-1.x86_586.rpm onto the FTP server.
Procedure
1. Ensure that the Management port of the rear NTP Connector module is
connected and configured to a LAN. See Making Communication Connections,
on page 122 for details.
2. Connect to the TimeHub using the procedure in Using Terminal Emulation
Software, on page 150.
3. Issue the
RTRV-NETYPE-ALL:::ctag; TL1 command to check the version
information and hardware setup of the NTP cards to be upgraded.
4. Issue the following TL1 command to start the firmware download process on the
Standby NTP Server card:
LOAD-PROGRAM::Sa-OUTnb:<ctag>::"<filename>","<ftp-server>",
"<user>","<password>";
for example:
LOAD-PROGRAM::S0-OUT4B:user1::"thntp-2.0.6p-1.x86_586.rpm","
ftp/192,168.5.11","user","password";
where:
–
S0-OUT4B is the <aid> of the standby NTP card to be upgraded
–
user1 is the <ctag>
–
"thntp-2.0.6p-1.x86_586.rpm" is the absolute path and file name of
the image file on the FTP server
–
"ftp/192,168.5.11" is the Ethernet address of the FTP server
–
"user" is the user name for the FTP server
–
"password" is the user’s password for the FTP server

Symmetricom TimeHub 5500 Specifications

General

Brand	Symmetricom
Model	TimeHub 5500
Category	Data Loggers
Language	English