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Aries Reference Manual Section 3 – Admin Functions
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4.2.5 Probe firmware update
To update the probe’s firmware click on the word ‘Upgrade’ in the ‘Actions’ column. The upgrade progress
can be seen in the ‘Upgrade State’ column displaying:
Version 1 Probe Version 2 Probe
Request is pending
Downloading JAR file
Downloading JAD file
Finished: 900 Success
Request is pending
DWL file sent
Finished: Successfully upgraded to V1.5.1
The whole process may take several minutes. As part of the upgrade process the probe will restart itself.
Probes continually check the server to see if there is a new software version to download. Usually a probe
will detect that there is an update within 60secs however if the probe is out of GSM coverage then this may
take longer. If the probe has not responded within 10 mins then the server will send an encrypted SMS to
the probe (if this functionality has been enabled for the server). The probe will validate the SMS by
checking the IMEI number embedded in the SMS and then react accordingly.
Once the probe has re-started it will confirm the current version of software it is running back to the server
which will then update the value displayed in the ‘Current Version’ column for that probe. This may take
several minutes to update following the completion of the upgrade process.
A new software version may be updated on multiple probes simultaneously by clicking on the ‘Mass
Upgrade’ link. This displays the form below:
Figure 65: Probe Mass upgrade
Select the probes you wish to upgrade and click submit. All selected probes will then attempt to upgrade. If
any probe fails to upgrade then it will need to be reselected and the upgrade attempted again.