Comtech EF Data HPOD, Installation And Operation Manual

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HPOD C-, X-, Ku-Band High-Power Outdoor Amplifier
Revision 9
Updating Firmware 3–1 MN/HPOD.IOM
Chapter 3. UPDATING FIRMWARE
3.1 Overview
To ensure optimal performance, it is important to operate the HPOD with its latest
available firmware.
Comtech’s HPOD family of High-Power Outdoor Amplifiers are factory-shipped with the latest
version of operating firmware. If you need to update the product firmware, you may download
the update from the Comtech Web site (
www.comtechefdata.com ). You may also receive the
firmware update archive file via e-mail from Comtech Product Support.
The HPOD Firmware Update process is as follows:

Download the firmware update archive file via the Internet to a user-supplied Microsoft
Windows
®
-compatible computer.

Use the appropriate adapter cable to connect the HPOD ‘J6 | COM1’ 19-pin port to a 9-
pin serial port or Ethernet port of the user PC.

Extract the firmware update files from the archive download file, and then transfer the
files from the user PC to the HPOD via File Transfer Protocol (FTP):

For serial-based units, you must use the user terminal emulator
program, configured for serial operation, and the provided
FLSHCSAT.exe utility program.

For Ethernet-based units, you must use FTP protocol and the user
terminal emulator program, configured for Telnet operation, and the
HPOD Web Server Interface.