Red
MAX
™
Base Station
user manual
Doc. #70-00058-01-01-DRAFT
Proprietary Redline Communications © 2006
November
29,
2006
Page 64 of 106
4.5.2 Software
Upgrade
Click
Software Upgrade
in the menu (left side of screen) to upload a new system
software image from a remote server. The terminal contains two non-volatile RAM banks
for storing the software. Each upload overwrites the standby (unselected) bank.
Figure 30: Web - Admin Tools - Software Upgrade Screen
Upgrading Software
Protocol
: Select the type of server:
FTP
: Use File Transfer Protocol for file upload.
TFTP
: Use Trivial File Transfer Protocol for file upload.
Note: TFTP is not available in the current software version. This feature may be
enabled in a future release.
Server IP Address
: Enter the FTP server network address.
User
: Enter the username of a user that is defined on the FTP server and has sufficient
access rights to the base station software image file.
Password
: Enter the password for the username entered in the User field above.
File Path
: Enter the path and name of the system software image to upload. It is strongly
recommended to copy the binary files to the default file directory for the FTP server and
to specify only the file name in this field.
Status
: Monitors the software upload operation.
Start Upgrade
: Click
Start Upgrade
to begin the software upload.
Active SW Selection
Version
: Select the software image to load on the next system reset.
Status
: Monitors the system upgrade operation.
Apply&Reset
: Click
Apply&Reset
to save the current version selection.