Chapter 4 - How-To Guides
How to Complete a Manual Upgrade
You can upgrade your Adtec device's firmware via built-in web-based application, described
in the
Upgrade Tab
section, or via a Telnet/FTP session, described in this article.
To update your Adtec device 's firmware via a Telnet session, perform the following:
Manual Upgrade Process
Step Action
1
Obtain the desired firmware version file from www.adtecftp.com
note*: Firmware releases are found in the Public Folders -> Firmware -> Release
-> section of the website, in a folder marked with the product name. username:
adtecftp password: adtecftp2231
note**: Windows Internet Explorer renames adtec firmware file extensions to .gz
. When saving please add a t within the extension to read .tgz if IE has renamed
your file.
2
Using your favorite FTP client to upload the firmware file to the device.
If you are unfamiliar with FTP you may use a 'My Computer' window and type in
the address bar, ftp://adtec:[email protected] where 192.168.10.48 should
be replaced with the IP Address of YOUR device. You may then drag and drop the
firmware file into the hd0 folder.
3
Open a Telnet session and enter the IP address of the unit you are going to
update.
note*: If you are unfamiliar with telnet, open a command prompt window
(windows: start -> run.., mac: macintosh hd -> applications -> utilities ->
terminal) and type: telnet 192.168.10.48
4
Enter the username as '
adtec
' and the password as '
none
'.
5
Enter the following in sequence: *.ecmd stop
6
*.sysd vrn search - from the results, look for the pathname of recently uploaded
firmware file
7
*.sysd vrn install [pathname of the .tgz file]
ex: *.sysd version install /media/hd0/EN-30-v2.00.12.nfcms.tgz
