The "Maintenance" menu allows you to perform service tasks for the device maintenance and to check the hardware and software version, reason for the last reboot, system uptime, current configuration, license, diagnostic card, etc.
"Maintenance" page has the following sections:
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By clicking the “Download Certificate for upgrade over SSL” link, you can download InfiNet Wireless self-signed certificate. This allows you to upgrade the unit software version when you are connected to the Web interface via HTTPS.
The system checks automatically for the firmware updates on the InfiNet Wireless repository and displays a warning message for 10s at each login to the Web interface if a new software version is available:
It is not mandatory for the unit to have access to the Internet for this feature to work. However, the PC that is used to initialize the upgrade procedure must have access to InfiNet Wireless website (both http and ftp). |
In case of new software version availability, after clicking the «Check Latest Release» button, the system provides the following options:
By clicking the «Upgrade Firmware» button, the system starts the firmware upgrade process automatically:
After the firmware upgrade process ends, you have to reboot the unit before using the new software version:
By clicking the «Save New Firmware» button, you download the new firmware file locally on your PC.
If no new firmware version is available, the system provides a full change log for the latest firmware release after clicking the «Check Latest Release» button:
The process above is the same in case of Beta firmware version. Click the «Check Latest Beta» button for it.
Each wireless device has the ability to mass update the firmware using OTA function. The firmware can be distributed on two groups of devices:
Only the one firmware version will be applied during the one mass update cycle. The uploaded firmware version will be applied only to those devices that are built on the platform for which the firmware is released. Thus if a network being updated includes devices on different platforms, the mass update cycle should be repeated for each platform. Note that If OTA function is enabled, uploaded firmware will not be applied to the current device from which the update is performed, it will be uploaded only to other network devices. |
Mass update cycle includes the next steps:
The mass update process is showed in the System Log (Device Status section). Here you can see the number of devices being updated and the update progress.
After the update is finished the remote device reboot will be performed. The duration of a connection failure is approximately 35-40 seconds per device.
The "Upload" section allows you to upload other license, firmware and configuration files to the unit.
For each of the three options, click the «Choose File» button, followed by the «Upload» button after the file has been picked up.
After clicking the «Upload» button, the system performs three operations: uploading, saving and validating the new file uploaded and indicates if each of the operation succeeded or failed. In case that the process succeeded, you have to reboot the unit in order to apply the new changes.
The "Download" section allows you to download locally, to the management PC, the current license, firmware and configuration files, by clicking the corresponding buttons: «Download License», «Download Firmware» and «Download Configuration».
The following buttons are available: