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Chapter 5 – Upgrading Firmware
Yourdeviceiscontrolledbysemi‐permanentfirmware,whichisstoredinflashmemory.Thefirmwarestaysin
memorywhenthemodemisturnedoff.Itcanbeupdatedwhennewfeaturesareadded.
Sincethefirmwareinyourunitisstoredinflashmemory,youcanupgradethefirmwareinafewmin
utes.
DeterminingifYouNeedtoUpgradetheFirmware
1. Useaterminalemulationprogramtologintothedevice.ThefirmwareversiondisplaysintheIntroduction
Menu.Intheimagebelow,theversionis1.0.10,datedAug29201110:02:03.
2.
Gotohttp://www.multitech.com/en_US/SUPPORT/Updates/Firmware.
3. SelectMultiConnectAWfromtheProductFamilydropdownlistorselectyourspecificmodelfromtheSelect
aModeldropdownlist.
4. Lookatthefirmwareversionnumber.
● IfthefirmwareversionnumbermatchesthefirmwareversionnumberinStep1,yourfirmwareiscurrent.
● IfthefirmwareversionnumberisgreaterthanthefirmwareversionnumberfoundinStep1,youneedto
upgradeyourunit’sfirmwa re.
5. Makeanoteofyourconfigurationsettings.Youmayneedtorestoresomesettingsaftertheupgrade.
DownloadingtheUpgradeFileandtheFlashWizard
1. Right‐clickonthefirmware fileli nkfrom http://www.multitech.com/en_US/SUPPORT/Updates/Firmwareand
savethefileinatemporaryfolderonyourharddisk.
2. Gotohttp://www.multitech.com/setup/product.goandselectyourmodelfromtheChooseyourProduct
dropdownlist.
3. ClickSoftware.
4. ClicktheFlashWizardlinkandruntheinstallationprogram.
5. Findthefirmwarefileanddouble‐clickthefilenametoopentheWinZipSelf‐Extractor.
6. ClickBrowseandfindtheFlashWizardfolder.Inadefaultinstallation,thisisC:\ProgramFiles\MultiTech
Systems\FlashWizard\.ClickUnzip.YoumustextractthefirmwarefiletotheFlashWizardfolder.
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