Chapter 6 – Flash Upgrade
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. Serial-to-Serial Device Server User Guide (S000354C)
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Chapter 6 – Flash Upgrade
Introduction
The MultiConnect device server contains a 2 MB flash wherein the boot image, the firmware and configuration
files are stored in a compressed format.
Serial Flash Upgrade Scenario
Following steps explain the procedure to upgrade a flash using the serial COM port (serial flash upgrade).
Connect the MultiConnect to a PC COM Port.
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Open an application through which we can access the serial device(e.g., Meterm, zoc, hyperterm).
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Reboot the MultiConnect.
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Wait for the boot message and prompt “press d to download” to appear.
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Press
d
when prompted.
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Select the
XMODEM
Protocol from the Terminal application.
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Choose a file (MTXCSEM-TFTP-…) file to be uploaded.
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Perform a file upload.
The MultiConnect reboots and will be up after a few seconds (10-15 secs).
The MultiConnect reboots after it has been successfully upgraded.
