Chapter 2
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2.13.3
ADSL Device’s Activation Using Console Port
Step 1 Connect the device’s Ethernet port with the Ethernet cable to the
PC’s NIC card.
Step 2 Connect a Serial cable from the PC’s Serial port to the Console port
of the device.
Step 3 Launch Hyper Terminal or ProComm and set the connection to:
Bits per second: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow Control: None
Step 4 Power ON the unit.
Step 5 The words StartUp from [Bootp/Ethernet/USB/Flash] ,,, will
show in Hyper Terminal. Promptly, press the “e character” on the
keyboard to initiate the Firmware update sequence. A series of dots
across the screen means the file is being downloaded.
Step 6 Wait for the new Firmware image to be updated and the device
successfully rebooted.
Step 7 Type the following commands in the Hyper Terminal application:
•
flashfs rewrite boot.bin <password>
•
flashfs update <password
>
Step 8 Wait for the Flash update to complete.
Step 9 The ADSL device is now updated.
