FirmSafe makes the installation of the new software safe: The used firmware is not simply overwritten but saved additionally in the device as a second firmware. Therewith your device is protected against the results of a power blackout or a disconnection while installing the firmware.
Of the two firmware versions saved in the device only one can ever be active. When loading a new firmware version the active firmware version is not overwritten. You can decide which firmware will be activated after the upload:
- 'Immediate': The first option is to load the new firmware and activate
it immediately. The following situations can result:
- The new firmware is loaded successfully and works as desired. Then all is well.
- The device no longer responds after loading the new firmware. If an error occurs during the upload, the device automatically reactivates the previous firmware version and reboots the device.
- 'Login': To avoid problems with faulty uploads there is the second option
with which the firmware is uploaded and also immediately booted.
- In contrast to the first option, the device will wait for the adjusted firmsafe timeout (using WEBconfig in the menu LCOS menu tree / Firmware / Timeout-firmsafe, using Telnet adjust with 'Firmware/Timeout-firmsafe') until it is logged on over Telnet, a terminal program or WEBconfig. Only if this login attempt is successful does the new firmware remain active permanently.
- If the device no longer responds or it is impossible to log in, it automatically loads the previous firmware version and reboots the device with it.
- 'Manual': With the third option you can define a time period during which you want to test the new firmware yourself. The device will start with the new firmware and wait for the preset period until the loaded firmware is manually activated and therefore becomes permanently effective. Activate the new firmware using LANconfig with Device / Firmware Management / Activate Firmware running in Test Mode, using Telnet under 'firmware/firmsafe table' with the command 'set # active' (# is the position of the firmware in the firmsafe table). Using WEBconfig you can find the firmsafe table under LCOS menu tree/ Firmware.
The modus for the firmware upload can be adjusted using WEBconfig in the menu LCOS menu tree / Firmware / Mode-firmsafe, using Telnet under 'firmware/timeout firmsafe'. Using LANconfig select the modus when selecting the new firmware file.