ELSA LANCOM Business LC-4X00, Manual

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Configuration modes
ELSA LANCOM Business
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How to load new software
There are various ways of carrying out a firmware upload (which is the term given to the
installation of software), all of which produce the same result:
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Configurations tool ELSA LANconfig (recommended)
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Terminal programs
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TFTP
All settings will remain unchanged by a firmware upload. All the same you should save
the configuration first for safety's sake (with
Edit
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Save Configuration to File
if
using ELSA LANconfig , for example).
If the newly installed release contains parameters which are not present in the device's
current firmware, the router will add the missing values using the default settings.
ELSA LANconfig
When using the ELSA LANconfig configuration tool, highlight the desired device in the
selection list and click on Edit
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Firmware Management
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Upload New Firmware ,
or click directly on the Firmware Upload button. Then select the directory in which the
new version is located and mark the corresponding file.
ELSA LANconfig then tells you the version number and the date of the firmware in the
description and offers to upload the file. The firmware you already have installed will be
replaced by the selected release by clicking
Open .
You also have to decide whether the firmware should be permanently activated
immediately after loading or set a testing period during which you will activate the
firmware yourself. To activate the firmware during the set test period, click on
Edit
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Firmware Management
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After upload, start the new firmware in test mode .
Terminal program (e.g.
Telix or Hyperterminal in Windows)
If using a terminal program, you should first select the 'set mode-firmsafe' command on
the 'Firmware' menu and select the mode in which you want the new firmware to be
loaded (immediately, login or manually). If desired, you can also set the time period of
the firmware test under 'set Timeout-firmsafe'.
Select the 'Firmware-upload' command to prepare the router to receive the upload. Now
begin the upload procedure from your terminal program:
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If you are using Telix, click on the Upload button, specify 'XModem' for the transfer
and select the desired file for the upload.
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If you are using Hyperterminal, click on Transfer
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Send File , select the file,
specify 'XModem' as the protocol and start the transfer with OK .