Afar AR-24010E, Operator'S Manual

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pulsAR radio Operator's Manual
You can also use a script file to have Econsole send the set of commands above to all radios
sequentially, instead of doing this manually as explained above. Refer to the Econsole User's
Manual for details.
11. Once all radios in the network have the new program in memory you must log onto each one in
turn and reboot it with the command:
>reboot
which causes that radio to restart using the new firmware. However, if new firmware is NOT
compatible with the existing one, you must choose the order of the radios that you reboot very
carefully. If you have a complex network use the command
“>show tree” to see the complete
topology and where the local radio is (identified by an asterisk) within the tree. Always reboot
the radios that are further away (in number of hops) from your current location first, and move to
the closer radios. The local radio should be the last one to reboot.
12. Once you reboot the local radio, wait a few seconds, then, at the Econsole> prompt type:
Econsole> discover
you should now see the complete list of radios and on the right hand column the current version
of the firmware should be listed. Verify that all radios are running the latest version.
3.4.3 Installing new firmware using Telnet
Telnet is a protocol that allows you to conduct a remote radio command session from a local host.
The radio must have been pre-configured with an IP address and be reachable, over the network, from
the local host. Refer to section 5 for details on how to configure a radio IP address and initiate a
Telnet session. The Telnet terminal emulation must have the capability of sending an ASCII file to
the remote machine. The following description assumes you are using Hyperterminal as the local
Telnet terminal emulation.
1. Verify that the new software is available in the local machine. The download software for
upgrade via Telnet must have a “.dwe” extension, e.g., pmp0x_xx.dwe.
2. Initiate a Telnet session with the radio as described in section 5.
3. If the radio configuration has been password protected, you must first unlock the protection with
the command:
> unlock enable-configuration= password
(when the configuration is unlocked, the radio prompt ends with the characters ‘#>. In locked
mode the prompt does not include the ‘#’ character).
4. Issue the command:
>directory
to view a list of files stored in Flash PROM as well as the available free space. Verify that there
is enough free space in flash PROM for the new file. The space required will be the size of the
pmp0x_xx.dwe file divided by 2.5. If there is not enough space in Flash PROM delete one of the
program files to make up space (use command >delete filename).
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