What is the procedure to upgrade an XPort to 6.1.0.2 or higher from earlier firmware versions?

The XPort 6.1.0.2 and higher firmware image is twice as large as the previous XPort firmware images released. The larger code requires users to have a new backup firmware image also stored in FLASH while downloading and programming a new version of operational code, in case the download fails. The increased code space allocation results in a one-time only reduction of a single web page (i.e. 64KB).

Because the files are larger the destination file codes have been changed for the three XPort products: from X1 to X4 for XPort-01; from X2 to X5 for XPort-03; and from X3 to X5 for XPort-485.

Upgrading to 6.x from 1.8

Network Upgrade

The pre-6.x firmware is not able to load a firmware image larger than 64 KB, so it must be loaded in a two-step process.

(Make sure the upgrade firmware file, firmware file & new Web Manager file are on the root of C:\)

Note1: Older products have only 6 Web partitions. Recent Web Managers (COB Files) require more than one partition, so they must be loaded into partition 1 or 2 on those products so there will be room for them.

Note2: When loading recent COB files a warning will display that the COB file is over 64K and will overwrite additional partitions. This is normal, just click "Yes" to proceed.

Note3: The web page in the lowest numbered partion will be loaded. Normally Lantronix puts it's web manager in a higher numbered partion to allow custom web pages to be installed in a lower partition. If you are not using custom web pages you can safely put the Lantronix web manager page in partition 1.

The XPort-01 process is as follows:

Example commands for firmware upgrade from a DOS command prompt type:

1. C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt01upg.rom X1
2. Wait 20 seconds
3. C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt_6503.rom X4

Example command for the new Web Manager upgrade from a DOS command prompt type:

C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt01_webm_1602.cob WEB1

The XPort-03 process is as follows:

Example command for firmware upgrade from a DOS command prompt type:

1. C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt03upg_v21a.rom X2
2. Wait 20 seconds
3. C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt03_6503.rom X5

Example command for the new Web Manager upgrade from a DOS command prompt type:

C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt_webm_1602.cob WEB1

The XPort-485 process is as follows:

Example command for firmware upgrade from a DOS command prompt type:

1. C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xp485upg.rom X3
2. Wait 20 seconds
3. C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt03_6102.rom X5

Example command for the new Web Manager upgrade from a DOS command prompt type:

C:\ tftp -i <ip address> put xpt_webm_1301.cob WEB1

The XPort should be operational with new firmware.

Serial Upgrade

Use the Advanced Recovery feature of DeviceInstaller 4.0.0.x and later as instructed in the XPort User Guide, available from http://www.lantronix.com/support/documentation.html#embds.

Upgrading from 6.1.0.2 and later

To reflect the change between pre-6.1.0.2 firmware and 6.1.0.2 or higher firmware, the TFTP destination files have been changed for XPort, XPort-03, and XPort485 from X1 to X4, X2 to X5, and X3 to X5, respectively.

[Originally Published On: 12/05/2005 06:19 AM]