RCA 546 User Manual

Your SpeedTouch™

E-DOC-CTC-20050429-0100 v1.0

1.3.3 Access via FTP

File Transfer Protocol

(FTP)

You can access the file system of the SpeedTouch™ via the File Transfer Protocol 
(FTP), in order to:

Restore or backup configuration files, templates or language packs.

Upgrade your configuration or firmware.

File system

The SpeedTouch™ file system is stored on nonvolatile memory, and contains the 
SpeedTouch™ software, service template files and (optionally) default setting files. 

FTP session

To open an FTP session: 

Open a Command Prompt window.

At the prompt, type 

 followed by the IP address of your SpeedTouch™ 

(default is 192.168.1.254).

Enter your SpeedTouch™ security user name and password.

The example below shows an FTP session to the SpeedTouch™ file system: 

File system structure

The structure of the file system is very simple: It consists of a single root directory 
called 

 and  a subdirectory called 

. 

The 

 directory contains:

all the necessary files for the SpeedTouch™ to boot correctly

the dl directory

The 

 (download) directory contains the software image.  

In Windows XP for instance: 

On the Windows task bar, click Start.

Select (All) Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. 

The default user is ‘Administrator’ and the default password is blank.

If you made changes to the SpeedTouch™ configuration and saved 
them, a user.ini configuration settings file is created in the 

 

subdirectory.