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Chapter6—UsingtheSoftware
MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways 125
ImplementingaSoftwareUpgrade
YoucanuseasinglecommandattheMultiVOIPWindowsinterface—namelyUpgradeSoftware—toupgrade
MultiVOIPsoftwarelocally.Thiscommanddownloadsfirmware,includingtheH.323stack,andfactorydefault
settingsfromthecontrollerPCtotheMultiVOIPunit.
WhenusingtheMultiVOIPWindowsinterface,youcanalsotransferfirmwareand
factorydefaultsettingsfrom
controllerPCtoMultiVOIPinstagesbyusingseparatecommands.
WhenusingtheMultiVOIPwebbrowserinterfacetocontrolandconfiguretheVOIPremotely,youmust
upgradethesoftwarepiecebypiece,usingtheFTPServerfunctionoftheMultiVOIPunit.
ToupgradesoftwareusingtheWindows
interfaceorwebbrowserinterface:
1. Identifycurrentfirmwareversion.
2. Downloadfirmware.
3. Downloadfactorydefaults.
Toupgradefirmware,youmustusethesoftwarecommandsDownloadFirmwareandDownloadFactory
Defaultsinorder.Otherwise,thefirmwa reupgrade isincomplete.
IdentifyingCurrentFirmwareVersion
BeforeimplementingaMultiVOIPfirmwareupgrade,verifytheversionofthecurrentlyloadedfirmwareversion.
ThefirmwareversionappearsintheMultiVOIPProgrammenu.GotoStart|Programs|MultiVOIPx.xx.The
finalexpression,x.xx,isthefirmwareversionnumber.
Whenanewfirmwareversionisinstalled,theMultiVOIP
softwarecanbeupgradedinonestepusingthe
UpgradeSoftwarecommand,orpiecemealusingtheDownloadFirmwarecommandandtheDownloadFactory
Defaultscom mand.
DownloadFirmwaretransfersthefirmware(includingtheH.323protocolstack)inthePC’sMultiVOIPdirectory
intothenonvolatileflashmemoryoftheMultiVOIP.
DownloadFactoryDefaults
setsallconfigurationparameterstothestandarddefaultvaluesthatareloadedat
theMulti‐Techfactory.
UpgradeSoftwareimplementsboththeDownloadFirmwarecommandandtheDownloadFactoryDefaults
command.