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Chapter 3. UPDATING FIRMWARE
3.1 Overview
TO ENSURE OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO OPERATE THE HPOD WITH
ITS LATEST AVAILABLE FIRMWARE.
Comtech EF Data’s HPOD family of High-Power Outdoor Amplifiers are factory-shipped with the
latest version of operating firmware. If you need to update the product firmware, you may
download the update from the Comtech EF Data Web site (
www.comtechefdata.com). You may
also receive the firmware update archive file via e-mail from Comtech EF Data Product Support.
The HPOD Firmware Update process is as follows:
• Download the firmware update archive file via the Internet to a user-supplied Microsoft
Windows
®
-compatible computer.
• Use the appropriate adapter cable to connect the HPOD ‘J6 | COM1’ 19-pin port to a 9-pin
serial port or Ethernet port of the user PC.
• Extract the firmware update files from the archive download file, and then transfer the files
from the user PC to the HPOD via File Transfer Protocol (FTP):
o For serial-based units, you must use the user terminal emulator program, configured for
serial operation, and the provided FLSHCSAT.exe utility program.
o For Ethernet-based units, you must use FTP protocol and the user terminal emulator
program, configured for Telnet operation, and the HPOD Web Server Interface.
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