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38 MultiConnectAWUserGuide

Chapter 5 – Upgrading Firmware

Yourdeviceiscontrolledbysemi‐permanentfirmware,whichisstoredinflashmemory.Thefirmwarestaysin

memorywhenthemodemisturnedoff.Itcanbeupdatedwhennewfeaturesareadded.

Sincethefirmwareinyourunitisstoredinflashmemory,youcanupgradethefirmwareinafewmin

utes.

DeterminingifYouNeedtoUpgradetheFirmware

1. Useaterminalemulationprogramtologintothedevice.ThefirmwareversiondisplaysintheIntroduction

Menu.Intheimagebelow,theversionis1.0.10,datedAug29201110:02:03.

Gotohttp://www.multitech.com/en_US/SUPPORT/Updates/Firmware.

3. SelectMultiConnectAWfromtheProductFamilydropdownlistorselectyourspecificmodelfromtheSelect

aModeldropdownlist.

4. Lookatthefirmwareversionnumber.

● IfthefirmwareversionnumbermatchesthefirmwareversionnumberinStep1,yourfirmwareiscurrent.

● IfthefirmwareversionnumberisgreaterthanthefirmwareversionnumberfoundinStep1,youneedto

upgradeyourunit’sfirmwa re.

5. Makeanoteofyourconfigurationsettings.Youmayneedtorestoresomesettingsaftertheupgrade.

DownloadingtheUpgradeFileandtheFlashWizard

1. Right‐clickonthefirmware fileli nkfrom http://www.multitech.com/en_US/SUPPORT/Updates/Firmwareand

savethefileinatemporaryfolderonyourharddisk.

2. Gotohttp://www.multitech.com/setup/product.goandselectyourmodelfromtheChooseyourProduct

dropdownlist.

3. ClickSoftware.

4. ClicktheFlashWizardlinkandruntheinstallationprogram.

5. Findthefirmwarefileanddouble‐clickthefilenametoopentheWinZipSelf‐Extractor.

6. ClickBrowseandfindtheFlashWizardfolder.Inadefaultinstallation,thisisC:\ProgramFiles\MultiTech

Systems\FlashWizard\.ClickUnzip.YoumustextractthefirmwarefiletotheFlashWizardfolder.

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