VBrick Systems MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 manual System Upgrade, Upgrading from v3.71 or Higher

Chapter 4

System Upgrade

Topics in this chapter

Upgrading from v3.71 or Higher

Upgrading from v3.70 or Lower

Additional Upgrade Steps for Local Mode

Upgrading from v3.71 or Higher

Note If you are upgrading from version 3.7.1 or higher, it is recommended that you use the following procedure to update the set top box. You can use the procedure described elsewhere for older versions but this method is faster and easier.

STB upgrades for set top boxes running v 3.7.1 and higher are performed using the standalone VBrick download application ETV-STBDownload. With ETV-STBDownload, you can (1) upgrade a single unit, (2) you can upgrade multiple units in your network using management SAPs, or (3) you can upgrade multiple units in your network using a manually- created configuration file. In a typical scenario, you use the setup program provided by VBrick to (1) install the STB software on an upgrade server and (2) to install the download application on the same PC or a different PC.

The STB software is installed locally (usually on a machine with ETV Portal Server) and then uploaded to target STBs using the download application. It is important to note that the download application needs an FTP server to upload files. An FTP server must be running on the computer where the release files are located. It can be a third-party FTP server, the FTP server installed with ETV Portal Server, or the FTP server installed with IIS. For this reason you may wish to install the application on a machine that is hosting ETV Portal Server (or on any machine that has IIS installed). If necessary, you can install the download application first and then configure a remote FTP server later.

Installing the Download Application

You can have multiple Set Top Box software release packages installed on the same server. Each release is installed in the default location in a separate folder. You can install the download application and the software release files on the same machine, or on different machines. During installation, you are prompted to install the STB software, the upgrade application, or both. The STB software release and the download application can be installed on any computer running Windows 2000 or higher.

Note You will need the installation disks for your operating system if you do not already have an FTP server installed.

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