70.15. How to upgrade POTSBOX firmware

70.15. How to upgrade POTSBOX firmware
	Chapter 70. HowTo - Management

If the POTSBOX is connected to ELTI port on the POTSHUB of expandable Abilis (Base-N, Base-P, etc.), then first verify the firmware of POTSHUB, see Section 70.16, “How to upgrade POTSHUB card firmware”.

	Note
	If the POTSBOX is connected to ELTI port to a non-expandable Abilis (MicroAbilis C3, PicoAbilis, etc.) then isn't necessary to upgrade POTSHUB, because in these models of Abilis isn't needed to use a POTSHUB. Refer to the following chapter: Section 3.9, “POTSBOX connection”.

Use the following command debug res:ctisys cmd:l1pXz lsn:4 (where in place of X you have to write the value of a CTIP belonging to the POTSBOX) to check the current version of firmware.

[14:44:53] ABILIS_CPX:d dev

------------------ Active PCI Devices and Physical Resources: -----------------
Device(s)   Run Physical Resource(s) or CTI Port(s)          SlotId  Addr  Irq
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASY-1       Yes Async-1  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      -   3F8    4
ETH-1       Yes Eth-1  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    128   PCI ( 17)
ETH-2       Yes Eth-2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     96   PCI ( 16)
BRI4-1      Yes 31..34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    167   PCI ( 21)
POTSHUB-1   Yes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    165   PCI ( 22)
 POTSBOX-1  Yes 101..132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      -   PCI (  -)
 POTSBOX-2  Yes 133..164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      -   PCI (  -)
VPOTS-5     Yes 165..180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      -   PCI (  -)

...
                
[14:45:10] ABILIS_CPX:debug res:ctisys cmd:l1p101z lsn:4

RES:CtiSys --------------------------------------------------------------------
       CTI_System_general_properties                                           
       BufferLength:274    Date/Time:23/11/2015 14:42:22 TraceTime:786275616

PCI POTSHUB - POTSBOX #1 card driver: Application FW info
HW HIF Card Type:   0052
       PCB version: 1.0
       HW Patches:  1
CRC:                AD7B
Program size:       56256
Func:               0
FW Rev:             13
Upload Time stamp   2011/11/30 20:22:06

In this example the firmware version is equal to 13. This version is not the last and is necessary to upgrade it.

The updating steps:

Go to http://support.abilis.net/ and download the latest firmware.
Upload the POTSBOX.BIN into the CPX working directory without changing the file name. The upload can be done using the file put command (with ZMODEM: file put z potsbox.bin) or the FTP resource.

Issue the command debug res:ctisys cmd:l1pXz lsn:999, where in place of X you have to write the value of a CTIP belonging to the POTSBOX that you want to update and wait until the firmware upload ends. Example:

[15:02:28] ABILIS_CPX:debug res:ctisys cmd:l1p101z lsn:999

RES:CtiSys --------------------------------------------------------------------
       CTI_System_general_properties                                           
       BufferLength:102    Date/Time:23/11/2015 15:02:36 TraceTime:787489399

PCI POTSHUB - POTSBOX #1 card driver: Firmware upload
...

In the presence of additional POTSBOX should be performed once for each POTSBOX present (e.g. debug res:ctisys cmd:l1p133z lsn:999, etc.).
Reboot the Abilis (i.e. With warm start command).

After reboot, check the new current version of firmware with command debug res:ctisys cmd:l1p101z lsn:4 (where in place of X you have to write the value of a CTIP belonging to the POTSBOX).

[15:11:49] ABILIS_CPX:debug res:ctisys cmd:l1p101z lsn:4

RES:CtiSys --------------------------------------------------------------------
       CTI_System_general_properties                                           
       BufferLength:274    Date/Time:23/11/2015 15:12:11 TraceTime:353278211

PCI POTSHUB - POTSBOX #1 card driver: Application FW info
HW HIF Card Type:   0052
       PCB version: 1.0
       HW Patches:  1
CRC:                F743
Program size:       56256
Func:               0
FW Rev:             19
Upload Time stamp   2015/11/19 12:51:20

Now the firmware version is 19.


70.14. How to upgrade POTS card firmware		70.16. How to upgrade POTSHUB card firmware