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Chameleon Serial Upgrade Utility Notes
(Revision 1.4)
8 4BOperation
Select the RedBoot Config options based on the following table:
Old New FIS Update FCONFIG Update
R1.2.X and below R1.3.X and above Checked Checked
R1.3.X and above R1.2.X and below Checked Checked
Select the firmware image file to use for the upgrade:
1. Type the path and filename in the space provided, or
2. Click the Browse button to bring up a dialog to select the firmware image (.BIN) file
The Status field near the bottom of the tool will give you feedback on the firmware upgrade progress.
Click the Start button. Click the button once only. When the Chameleon Serial Upgrade utility is ready
waiting for the next step, the Serial Port Settings will display “CONNECTED” and the Status field will
display "Entering into download mode".
Step 6: Power cycle the modem to begin the firmware upgrade
Power cycle the CTM-15X modem to begin the upgrade process.
Power cycling the modem can be done in one of two ways:
• Physically disconnect and reconnect the power cable.
• As described in Step 4, open a Telnet session to the modem and enter the command:
cmd pwrmode 2
After the power cycle, the Telnet session will disconnect.
When the Chameleon Serial Upgrade Utility has detected the power cycle, the Status field will display
“Waiting For RedBoot prompt”. Then,
the Chameleon Serial Upgrade Utility will return one or more
of the following messages in the Status field (some messages are only shown when FIS Update
or FCONFIG Update options are checked):
• Setting IP
• Unlocking flash
• Initializing fis partition (FIS Update only)
• Creating unused1/zImageTmp partition (FIS Update only)
• Creating unused2/ramdiskTmp partition (FIS Update only)
• Creating config partition (FIS Update only)
• Creating Flash partition (FIS Update only)
• Creating nvsnf partition (FIS Update only)
• Loading zImage file
• Uploading zImage [x] Bytes
• Creating zImage partition
• Loading rootfs/ramdisk file
• Uploading rootfs/ramdisk [x] Bytes
• Creating rootfs/ramdisk partition
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