VBrick Systems EtherneTV MPEG-1, Admin Manual

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STB Admin Guide 27
Chapter 4
System Upgrade
Topics in this chapter
Upgrading from v3.71 or Higher
Upgrading from v3.70 or Lower
Additional Upgrade Steps for Local Mode
Upgrading from v3.71 or Higher
STB upgrades for set top boxes running v 3.7.1 and higher are performed using the
standalone VBrick download application
ETV-STBDownload
. With
ETV-STBDownload
, you
can (1) upgrade a single unit, (2) you can upgrade multiple units in your network using
management SAPs, or (3) you can upgrade multiple units in your network using a manually-
created configuration file. In a typical scenario, you use the setup program provided by
VBrick to (1) install the STB software on an upgrade server and (2) to install the download
application on the same PC or a different PC.
The STB software is installed locally (usually on a machine with ETV Portal Server) and then
uploaded to target STBs using the download application. It is important to note that the
download application needs an FTP server to upload files. An FTP server must be running
on the computer where the release files are located. It can be a third-party FTP server, the
FTP server installed with ETV Portal Server, or the FTP server installed with IIS. For this
reason you may wish to install the application on a machine that is hosting ETV Portal Server
(or on any machine that has IIS installed). If necessary, you can install the download
application first and then configure a remote FTP server later.
Installing the Download Application
You can have multiple Set Top Box software release packages installed on the same server.
Each release is installed in the default location in a separate folder. You can install the
download application and the software release files on the same machine, or on different
machines. During installation, you are prompted to install the STB software, the upgrade
application, or both. The STB software release and the download application can be installed
on any computer running Windows 2000 or higher.
Note If you are upgrading from version 3.7.1 or higher, it is recommended that you use
the following procedure to update the set top box. You can use the procedure
described elsewhere for older versions but this method is faster and easier.
Note You will need the installation disks for your operating system if you do not already
have an FTP server installed.