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The Motorola PTP 500 point-to-point wireless Ethernet bridges have a special mode of
operation that allows the user to recover a unit from configuration errors or software image
Recovery mode is entered by depressing the Recovery Switch located on the underside of
the PIDU Plus while applying mains power, as shown in Section 3.3.2 “PIDU Plus – PTP
300/500/600 Series Bridge” The Recovery Switch should be held in the depressed state for
between 10 and 20 seconds after the application of mains power. The Ethernet LED will flash
with 10 double flashes at power up (following the release of the Recovery switch).
When in recovery mode the user will be able to access the unit via the Ethernet interface. The
Ethernet interface will have its IP address set to 169.254.1.1. On connection to a unit in
recovery mode the following screen is displayed (Figure 78):
Figure 78 - Recovery Mode Warning Page
Clicking on the warning page image will take the user on to the Recovery Option Page