System Upgrade
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5. Select a destination folder for the Release Package and click Next. The default is
c:\inetpub\ftproot\STBUser\Releasexxxx. (All Release Packages have incremental
numbers in separate folders.)
6. Click Finish when done.
7. Navigate to Start > All Programs > VBrick > ETV-STBDownload to launch the download
application. On Windows XP, if the download application is blocked and will not launch,
you may need to turn off the Windows Firewall before launching the application. Go to
Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall.
Before You BeginBefore you begin an upgrade, be aware of the following considerations:
•If the Release Package files (typically in c:\inetpub\ftproot\STBUser\Releasexxx)
are installed on a computer running Windows XP, you must turn off the Windows
Firewall while running the upgrade. Otherwise the upgrade will fail.
• The download application needs an FTP server 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. If you are using the FTP server
installed with IIS and the IP address changes for any reason, make sure you reconfigure
the new IP address in IIS.
Running ETV-STB DownloadSTB 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. Set top boxes running software version 3.7.1 or higher emit
management SAPs. These SAPs identify the presence (and revision level) of all set top boxes
on the network (see Table1, SAP Infor mation). If you are upgrading multiple STBs, it will
generally take several minutes to upgrade each STB so plan accordingly. Important: When
selecting set top boxes by IP address, be sure to click in the left column—not on the IP address.
Use Ctrl + Click and Shft + Click to select multiple units.
TTo upgrade one or more STBs using ETV-STBDownload:
1. Be sure all STBs are powered on.
2. Select an Upgrade preference. There are three ways to upgrade your set top boxes.
a. If you select Upgrade using management SAPs, the list is auto-populated. Simply
select the units to upgrade and click Start Upgrade.
b. If you select Upgrade using Configuration file, browse to a configuration file, select
the units to upgrade and click Start Upgrade.
c. If you select Upgrade individual unit, click Start Upgrade and enter the IP address
and password of the unit to upgrade. Click OK to start.