Comtech EF Data 570AL, Revision

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Re ‐ Flashing Your CDM ‐ 570A/570AL Satellite Modem 7 FLG ‐ CDM570A Revision 1
III. Download and Extract the Firmware Update
If you have already completed this procedure using CEFD document “Re ‐ Flashing Your
Comtech EF Data Product” (CEFD P/N FLG ‐ FLASHINTRO_rx.pdf, where ‘x’ is the document
revision number), continue to Section IV. Performing the Ethernet FTP Upload Procedure.
1) First, download the firmware update file from the Comtech EF Data Web site:
A. Go online to www.comtechefdata.com .
B. On the Main page – under Support Information or the Support tab, select the Software
Downloads hyperlink.
C. On the Software Downloads page – click Download Flash and Software Update Files .
D. On the Flash & Software Update Files page – select the (Select a Product Line) Satellite
Modems hyperlink.
E. On the Satellite Modems product page – select the CDM ‐ 570A & CDM ‐ 570AL products
hyperlink.
F. Select the appropriate firmware archive EXE or ZIP file download hyperlink.
G. Download the archive file to the temporary folder.
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Once the EXE or ZIP hyperlink is selected, the ‘ File Download ’ window opens and prompts
selection of [Open] or [Save] :
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Click [Open] to turn over file extraction to the user ‐ supplied utility program. Be sure to
extract the firmware files to the “ temp ” folder created earlier.
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Click [Save] to open the ‘ Save As ’ window. Be sure to select and [Save] the archive *.exe
or *.zip file to the “ temp ” folder created earlier.
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Otherwise, click [Cancel] to quit and exit the file download process.
2)
Next, extract the firmware files from the archive file.
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(If not already done with File Download > [Open]) Extract the firmware files from the
downloaded *.exe or *.zip archive file with the user ‐ supplied utility program:
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Double ‐ click on the archive file name, and then follow the prompts provided by the
user ‐ supplied utility program. Extract, at a minimum, two files: