Specifications

Chapter 6 Software Upgrade Installation and Operation Manual
6-6 Upgrading Optimux-34 Software via the Boot Menu Optimux-34 Ver. 2.81
4. From Command menu, choose Software download.
The download process begins.
The Transfer Status field indicates the current status of the download.
Downloading a New Software Release via XMODEM
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• Software downloading via XMODEM cannot be executed from the Telnet or
Web application, and will therefore not appear on a Telnet monitoring screen.
• To minimize the software downloading time, it is recommended to configure
the CONTROL port to the highest available data rate.
³ To download a new software release via XMODEM:
1. From the Main menu, follow the path Utilities> File Utilities> SW & File
Transfer > XMODEM.
Optimux-34 responds with the following string:
PLEASE OPEN XMODEM APPLICATION.
For exit press Q(uit)
If you press <Q>, Optimux-34 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-34 using the XMODEM protocol of your
terminal application.
Once downloading is complete, Optimux-34 decompresses the release
file, displaying the following message:
Final process download. Reset device after 5 seconds
After the decompression, Optimux-34 is automatically reset. This causes
the new software to be loaded into the modem's RAM.
You need to run an X-Modem application on the remote computer to invoke the
download.
6.6 Upgrading Optimux-34 Software via the Boot
Menu
Software downloading may also be performed using the Boot menu. The Boot
menu can be reached while Optimux-34 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-34 software has not yet been downloaded or is corrupted).
Notes
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