Comtech EF Data HPOD - Manual (Page 42)

HPOD C-, X-, or Ku-Band High-Power Amplifier MN/HPOD.IOM
Updating Firmware Revision 8
3–6
• Some firewalls do not allow the download of *.exe files. Download the
*.zip file instead, and extract the firmware files from the archive
download with a user-supplied utility program. For detailed information
on handling archived files, refer to the utility program Help
documentation.
G. Download the archive file to the temporary folder.
• Once the EXE or ZIP hyperlink is selected the ‘File Download’ window opens and
prompts selection of [Open] or [Save]:
o
Click [Open] to turn over file extraction to the user-supplied utility program. Be
sure to extract the firmware files to the ‘temp’ folder created earlier.
o
Click [Save] to open the ‘Save As’ window. Be sure to select and [Save] the
archive *.exe or *.zip file to the ‘temp’ folder created earlier.
Otherwise, click [Cancel] to quit and exit the file download process.
2) Next, extract the firmware files from the archive file.
• (If not already done with File Download > [Open]) Extract the firmware files from the
downloaded *.exe or *.zip archive file with the user-supplied utility program:
o
Double-click on the archive file name, and then follow the prompts provided by the
user-supplied utility program.
For non-Ethernet HPOD downloads – extract, at a minimum, four files:

ReleaseNotes_HPOD_vXXX.pdf – Where “XXX” denotes the firmware version
number.
 Fw12524x.CCC – Firmware file, where "x" denotes the firmware revision letter.
 FLSHCSAT.EXE – The CEFD Flash Upload Utility Program.
 CCCflash.hlp – FLSHCSAT Help File.