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10.6 Firmware Update for the Power Reducer Box
10.6.1 Configuring an Automatic Firmware Update
You can set the Power Reducer Box to automatically update its firmware if a new update is available
in the SMA Update-Portal.
Requirements:
☐ The Power Reducer Box must be integrated into the local network (see Section 8.1) and must
be connected to the Internet via a router. In addition, there must be a permanent Internet
connection set up in the router (see the router manual).
1. Select "
Update settings > Automatic update
" in the context menu.
2. Select "
Yes
" in the "
Activate update
" field.
3. Configure the time settings for the automatic update:
• In the "
Install update at (hh:mm): 24-hour format
" field, enter the time at which the update
should be installed in the Power Reducer Box.
• In the "
Check for update at (hh:mm): 24-hour format
" field, enter the time at which the
Power Reducer Box should search for available updates in the SMA Update-Portal.
• In the "
Download update at (hh:mm):
24-hour format
" field, enter the time at which the
Power Reducer Box should download the update.
4. Select [
Save
].
10.6.2 Performing a Manual Firmware Update
1. Select "
Update settings > Manual update
" in the context menu.
2. Select [
Execute
] in the "
Check for new updates
" field.
3. Select [
Execute
] in the "
Download update
" field.
☑ The firmware update is downloaded and the progress of the download is displayed in the
status bar. If the firmware update does not download, the SMA Update-Portal may be
temporarily unavailable or there may be a problem in the local network.
• Determine the cause of the error by troubleshooting (see Section 12.3 "General
4. Select [
Execute
] in the "
Install update
" field.
☑ The Power Reducer Box installs the firmware update. The update procedure takes
approximately 15 minutes. A red LED light chaser indicates that the update procedure is
running. During the update, the Power Reducer Box restarts. During the restart,
the Power Reducer Box does not implement settings. The configured settings remain the
same. After the update has successfully completed, the Power Reducer Box is available
again via the user interface and the "
POWER
" and "
SYSTEM
" LEDs are red.
