6. Upgrade Procedure of W-AIR system
6.1. FW upgrade of Base Stations
When there is the new FW available, the base stations appear in blue in the Devices menu
of WMS.
To upgrade the FW, select one or multiple base stations, and click “Configure/Sync”. Wait
for several minutes, during the FW upgrade, devices are rebooted. As soon as the upgrade
procedure is finished, the new FW version appears in the Devices menu of the WMS, the
base stations are no longer marked with the blue color.
6.2. FW upgrade of Repeaters and Handsets
After the upgrade of the base stations, Repeaters and Handsets connected to the system,
download the new FW automatically.
You can monitor the process of the FW upgrade from the base station’s web interface.
Repeaters
Notes:
• Repeaters must be connected, in order to be able to perform the upgrade procedure.
• Do not turn off or reboot repeaters manually during the upgrade: they restart automatically.
Go to the Base Station interface, menu “Repeaters”: During the reboot you can see the
progress of the upgrade of the repeaters in the field “FWU Progress”. As soon as it’s
finished, the “FWU Progress” displays “Complete”.
Handsets
Note: New FW is downloaded automatically after the Base Stations have been upgraded. To
complete the FW upgrade procedure of the handsets, the handsets must be placed into the
charger
During the procedure you can see the status of the upgrade of the phones, the procedure
takes about 30 minutes. Go to the Base Station interface, menu “Extensions” (Go to tab
“Handset” of “Extensions” menu - only for Base Station SB): During the reboot you can see
the progress of the upgrade in the field “FWU Progress”. As soon as it’s finished, the “FWU
Progress” displays “Complete”.
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