User's Guide

File Transfer Utilities
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Uploading a New Software Version
This procedure describes how to upload a new software version to the SkyWay
Bridge/Router, and assumes you are running the SkyWay Administrative Console in a
HyperTerminal window using the Ymodem protocol.
1. From the SkyWay main menu, go to screen 3.1.2 - Ymodem File Transfer.
Note Follow steps 2 and 3, even if the screen appears to have the correct values, or the file
transfer might not take place properly.
2. Enter the following values in the fields:
Port Number: 1 (this is non-configurable, 1 is the serial port).
File Type: Runtime Application
File Name [swYmodemFileName]
The file name of the file to be transferred. The Xmodem screen does not have the
File Name field.
Status [swXmodemStatus]
[swYmodemStatus]
•Receiving
•Transmitting
• Failed
•Idle
The current status of this file transfer.
Bytes Transferred [swXmodemBytesTrans-
ferred]
[swYmodemBytesTrans-
ferred]
0 – 4,294,967,295
Counts the number of bytes as the file is currently being transferred and dynamically
displays it. If there is not a current transfer running, the number of bytes transferred
in the last file transfer is displayed.
Number of Retries [swXmodemNumRe-
tries]
[swYmodemNumRetries]
0 – 4,294,967,295 (only
after an error)
The number of retries for the current or last file transfer.
Error Message
A text message which displays the reason the file transfer failed.
Field Name MIB
Settings (default in
bold)