Emerson Avocent HMX Digital High Performance KVM Switch Guide De Montage

Chapter 3: Operations 47

4. Press 1 to select Receiver Flash upgrade via XMODEM and press Enter. The connection to the

transmitter will be dropped.

5. Specify the location of the upgrade file and initiate the file transfer.
6. When the transfer has completed, a message will display stating Firmware update successful.

Resetting Appliance.The connection to the HMX user station will be restored.

NOTE: If the HMX user station determines that the upgrade file is invalid, the HMX user station cancels the
upgrade and maintains the previous firmware version. A message will display indicating that the firmware
upgrade has failed.

To Flash upgrade your HMX user station using HTTP:

1. Download the HMX user station upgrade file from Avocent.
2. From the serial menu, press 1 to access the Receiver Main Menu and press Enter. If the

password option is enabled, you will be prompted for a password.

3. Press 5 to access the Firmware Management Menu and press Enter.
4. Press 2 to select Receiver Flash upgrade via HTTP and press Enter. You will be prompted to

enter the URL for the upgrade file.

5. Enter the URL for the upgrade file using the following syntax:

http://<server ip address>[:server port]/<upgrade file path>

For example:

http://192.168.13.3:8080/RX.dld

NOTE: If the server is set up on standard port 80, the port information can be omitted.

6. To initiate the file transfer, press Enter. The connection to the transmitter will be dropped.
7. When the transfer has completed, a message will display stating Firmware update successful.

Resetting Appliance. The connection to the transmitter will be restored.