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Chapter 6 Software Upgrade Installation and Operation Manual

6-6 Upgrading Optimux-106 Software via the Boot Menu Optimux-106 Ver. 6.1

PLEASE OPEN XMODEM APPLICATION.

For exit press Q(uit)

If you press <Q>, Optimux-106 aborts the download process and displays

Download failure. Press Esc to continue. message in addition to

the previous display.

2. Send the *.img file to Optimux-106 using the XMODEM protocol of your

terminal application.

Once downloading is complete, Optimux-106 decompresses the release

file, displaying the following message:

Final process download. Reset device after 5 seconds

After the decompression, Optimux-106 is automatically reset. This causes

the new software to be loaded into the modem's RAM.

You need to run an XMODEM application on the remote computer to invoke the

download.

6.5 Upgrading Optimux-106 Software via the Boot

Software downloading may also be performed using the Boot menu. The Boot

menu can be reached while Optimux-106 performs initialization, for example,

after power-up.

You may need to start the loading from the Boot menu when it is not possible to

activate TFTP from the Download/upload using TFTP menu (for example, because

the Optimux-106 software has not yet been downloaded or is corrupted).

The Boot menu procedures are recommended only for use by authorized

personnel, because this menu provides many additional options that are intended

for use only by technical support personnel.

Two software downloading options are available from the Boot menu:

• Downloading using the XMODEM protocol. This is usually performed by

downloading from a PC directly connected to the CONTROL port of the unit.

• Downloading using the TFTP. This is usually performed by downloading from a

remote location that provides an IP communication path to an Ethernet port

of Optimux-106.

Using the XMODEM Protocol

Use the following procedure to download the new software release to

Optimux-106 via XMODEM.

1. Verify that the *.img file is stored on the PC with the terminal application.

Caution

Note