Technicolor - Thomson 605 User Manual
Chapter 5
Expert Configuration
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System Upgrade
The System Upgrade section allows you to manage your SpeedTouch™’s system
software and upload or apply a new system software.
For extended management reasons and roll-back scenarios your SpeedTouch™
provides storage room for two system software packages: the active system
software the SpeedTouch™ is currently running and the passive one.
software and upload or apply a new system software.
For extended management reasons and roll-back scenarios your SpeedTouch™
provides storage room for two system software packages: the active system
software the SpeedTouch™ is currently running and the passive one.
The System software properties table provides information on the active
software:
software:
A link is provided to check for the latest available system software (based on
the information provided in the System software properties table and your
SpeedTouch™’s serial number.
the information provided in the System software properties table and your
SpeedTouch™’s serial number.
The Software Versions table allows you to overview the currently stored active
and passive system software and to:
and passive system software and to:
Upload system software
Proceed as follows:
1
Make sure you have a valid system software for your SpeedTouch™ readily
available on your local disk.
available on your local disk.
2
If a Passive system software version is listed, click Remove Passive to remove
it from the SpeedTouch™ storage.
it from the SpeedTouch™ storage.
3
Click Browse... to specify the system software file on your local drive you wish
to upload.
to upload.
4
Click Upload to upload the system software to your SpeedTouch™.
If the upload was successful the uploaded system software will be listed as Passive
system software version
system software version
.
Switch to another
system software
version
To upgrade your SpeedTouch™ system software to a new version, or in some cases
roll-back to a previous version:
roll-back to a previous version:
1
Make sure that a Passive system software is correctly uploaded to your
SpeedTouch™ (it should be listed in the Software Versions table).
SpeedTouch™ (it should be listed in the Software Versions table).
2
Click Switch Over to restart the SpeedTouch™ and activate the passive system
software version as active version.
software version as active version.
During restart, the SpeedTouch™ will switch the passive and active system software;
the previous active system software will be stored as passive system software
version.
the previous active system software will be stored as passive system software
version.
Use the link provided to check for the latest available system software.
!
Uploading system software may take a few minutes. Meanwhile do
not browse to another SpeedTouch™ page in order not to interrupt the
upload process.
not browse to another SpeedTouch™ page in order not to interrupt the
upload process.
!
Switching the system software versions may take a few minutes. Do
not power off your SpeedTouch™, or interrupt the switch process in
any other way.
not power off your SpeedTouch™, or interrupt the switch process in
any other way.
If for any reason the switch-over failed, the system software version that
was running as active software version will be retained. To ensure correct
operation of the SpeedTouch™ after recovery, the previous passive system
software may need to be removed; instead the active system software will
be duplicated as passive system software version.
was running as active software version will be retained. To ensure correct
operation of the SpeedTouch™ after recovery, the previous passive system
software may need to be removed; instead the active system software will
be duplicated as passive system software version.