C-M-G
Series
Manual
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Chapter 10: Firmware Update
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10 Firmware Update
Usually the C-, M-, G- and L-Series System provides two operating systems.
When updating the operating system, only the currently not running operating system will be updated.
Note
Please consider, that you can use differential update (possible since version xx.5.0).
Therefore please contact the TDT Expert Support under indication of your actual firmware
version.
A SCP tool e.g. the open-source tool »WinSCP« is neccessary to upload the firmware update
file. »WinSCP« can be downloaded free of charge from
While running an update, the current system remains unaffected. For that reason a quick
switch back to the previous system is possible without any problem.
During the update process, the progress is displayed and the routers LED's are flashing.
Download the new firmware file and store a copy of it to the routers
/tmp
directory, using a SCP tool.
10.1 Webinterface
A system update can be done via the webinterface. Navigating to the menupoint
System > Firmware
Update
. The current firmware version, active system and system to be updated are displayed here.
Figure 24: The bottom end of Distribuion Information: Update Firmware
Select the firmware file from directory
/tmp
using the
...
button, and specify whether the existing
configuration will be adopted or not.
Note
By default the checkbox »Adopt configuration« is marked, to transmit the existing
configuration to the updated system.
Uncheck this option to prepare the updated system with a default configuration.