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IRD-2900 Series
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Appendix B
IP-FRONT END SOFTWARE UPGRADE
PROCEDURE
This appendix details the software upgrade procedure in an IP front end IRD-
2900 device. This procedure is different than in other front end devices.
To perform the IP Front End software upgrade, perform the following steps:
1. The watchdog feature must first be disabled in the IRD-2900 for correct SW
upgrade. To disable the watchdog feature, perform the following steps:
• In the IRD-2900 front panel, go to Configuration���� Stream����Source
and select Serial RS422
• In the command prompt (Start�Run) on the PC enter ’telnet 1023. Note: To obtain the in the
IRD-2900 front panel, go to Configuration����Receiver����MPEGoIP
Input 1 (or 2)����Physical Link and copy the number from the IP
Address parameter.
• In the Telnet prompt, press Enter.
• In the Telnet prompt, type 'dwd'.
• Power off the IRD-2900
• After a few seconds, power on the IRD-2900. The watchdog function is
now off.
2. For each new SW upgrade obtain a self extracting software upgrade file.
3. Create a new directory under drive C:\ and name it NEW_VER.
4. Copy the self extracting file into the NEW_VER directory.
5. Go to Start����Run and enter ‘cmd’.
6. In the command prompt window enter ‘cd \NEW_VER’.
7. Type the name of the SW upgrade self-extracting EXE file and press Enter
8. Answer any questions that may be displayed on the command prompt
window with ‘Y’ followed by Enter
9. After the self extracting file has finished the self extraction, run the file
called ‘update.bat’ from this same directory, then enter the IRD-2900 IP
address. Obtain the IP address by accessing
Configuration����Receiver����MPEGoIP Input 1 (or 2)����Physical Link in
the front panel. Then copy the address from the IP Address parameter. For
example ‘update 10.100.1.26’.
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