VBrick Systems EtherneTV MPEG-1, Admin Manual

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System Upgrade
STB Admin Guide 31
The following table shows the SAP information displayed in the list box for each set top box
when you select
Upgrade using Management SAPs
.
Table 1. SAP Information
Once an upgrade starts, do not close the application until the status of all initiated upgrades
changes to
Upgrade not needed
,
Upgrade successful
or
Upgrade failed
. If you close the
application too soon, the status of some units may not display correctly when the application
restarts. These units may include those which had errors during the upgrade process. The
application can be safely closed after the status of all units has been resolved and you have
corrected any errors.
Editing a Configuration File
You can use a configuration file to identify the units you want to upgrade. A configuration file
is a pipe-delimited text file that identifies the IP addresses and the password used to login to
the set top boxes. (When upgrading with a configuration file, each set top box can have a
Upgrade individual
unit Upgrade a single unit. Select the
radio button and click
Start
Upgrade
. A popup will prompt
for IP Address and Password
and automatically run the
upgrade. The password is
variable; the username (
root
) is
fixed and cannot be changed.
Note that all STBs selected for upgrade must have the same
password.
Configuration File Path Path to a pipe-delimited configuration file. See Editing a
Configuration File on page 31.
Select All Selects all STBs in the list box.
Clear All De-selects all STBs in the list box.
Start Upgrade Starts an upgrade after you selects units to upgrade.
IP Address Set top box IP address.
Hostname The VBrick hostname set in the Configuration: Ethernet >
Management page.
Group The group name the STB is associated with on the Configuration:
Network > Management page.
Unit The Unit Number of the STB on the Configuration: Network >
Management page.
Model Number Set top box hardware model number.
Revision Set top box software revision level.
Status Upgrade status, for example, not started, in progress, failed,
unable to connect, etc.