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7.4 RecoveringfromafailedFirmwareupdate
Ifyouhavetriedtoinstallanewfirmwareonyourcamera,andtheproce durehasfailed,yourcameramaybe
unresponsive.Ifthefirmwareupdatefailed,andyourcamerasBIOSloaderhasbecomecorrupted,yourcamerasLED
willbeflashinggreenwhenturnedon.
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Ifthishashappened,weadviseyoutogetincontactwithyourcamerasresellerorY‐camdirectlywhomaybeabletofix
thecamera.
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Thereisaprocedureyoucantryyourself,howeveritisquiteadvanced, soshouldonlybeattemptedbythosewitha
solidunderstandingofTCP/IPandrunningcommandsfromtheDOScommandprompt.
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Forthisprocedure,youwillneedaCrossoverNetworkCable.Thisisnotastandardnetworkcableasprovidedinthe
boxwithyourY‐cam.ACrossoverNetworkCableflipsthetransmitandreceivepairsofwiresinthecable,allowingyour
computertotalktotheY‐camdirectly.
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Procedure:
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1. Downloadthecorrectnewfirmwareforyourcamerafromhttp://
www.y-cam.comandsavethistoyourhard
disk.
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2. Unzip(uncompress)thefirmwaretoadirectoryonyourPC.Copythefirmware.MFWfiletoaneasytoaccess
place,suchasC:\firmware.
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3. Writedownthefullnameofthefirmware.MFWfilename.
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4. ConnectthecameraviatheCrossoverCabledirectlytoyourcomputer.
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5. OpenNetworkSettings,andmakeanoteofyourcurrentTCP/IPSettings.
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6. Nowchangethemtothefollowing:
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IPAddress:192.168.168.100
SubnetMask:255.255.255.0
DefaultGateway:192.168.168.1
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7. ClickOKtosavethesesettings.
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8. OpenanMS‐DOSCommandPrompt,orchoose“Run”fromthestartmenuandtype“cmd.exe”.
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9. Changethepathinthecommandprompttothelocationofthecamerafirmware(asinstep2)e.g.C:\firmware
andthenleavethiswindowopen. 
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10. Poweroffthecamera,wait5seconds,pushdownontheresetbuttononthesideofthecamera,andwiththe
resetbuttonstillpresseddown,poweronthecameraagain.
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11. Releasetheresetbutton.TheGreenLEDshouldstartflashingindicatingthatthecameraisintheFirmware
DumpMode.
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12. GobacktoyourCommandPromptwindowonyourPC.
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