MBT-4000 Multi-Band Transceiver System
Revision 6
Flash Upgrading
5–1
MN/MBT4000.IOM
Chapter 5. FLASH UPGRADING
5.1
Overview
This chapter provides procedural information for upgrading the firmware for the Base Module of
the Comtech MBT-4000 Multi-Band Transceiver System. This is a technical document intended
for users – i.e., earth station engineers, technicians, and operators – responsible for the operation
and maintenance of the MBT-4000. This chapter also assumes that the user has familiarity with
Microsoft Windows-based operating systems.
5.2
Flash Updating via Internet
The MBT-4000 uses ‘Flash memory’ technology internally; this makes firmware upgrading very
simple, and updates can now be sent via the Internet (
), via E-mail, or on CD.
This chapter outlines the complete upgrading process as follows:
New firmware update for upgrading the MBT-4000 Base Unit is transferred to a user
provided PC intended for Monitor and Control (M&C) of the MBT-4000 system.
By simply connecting the MBT-4000 to an available serial port on the user-provided PC,
the upgrade can then be performed without opening the MBT-4000 base unit. (
Note:
The
block up and down converter modules are factory-serviced items, and are not updated
during this procedure.)
Once the firmware update is extracted from the transferred archive file, the upgrade process
is executed via use of a utility program,
FLSHCSAT.exe
.
Figure 5-1. Flash Update via Internet
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