Flashing a new firmware with Browser
What you need to flash
You need the image file you want to flash. Image files have the extension *.nfi. You can't flash other?images like *.img files. Don't try it - it won't work.
You need either a DHCP server, a configured bootloader or a serial cable and a terminal program?like HyperTerm.
You need a browser, and a network cable. If you connect the
DreamBox directly to the PC,?you need a cross cable, if you connect trough a switch/hub/router you need a normal?(non-cross) cable.
To flash a new image, you can use the second stage loader. It must be present and not broken.
The following steps assume you have a DHCP server. If you don't have one, you have to setup? an IP address (klick) in the bootloader's serial setup.
- Power down the
DreamBox, either using "shutdown" (to enter the deep-standby mode) or by? using the power-switch. Standby is not enough!
(1.) Press and hold the lower frontpanel button.?
(2.) Switch on the
DreamBox, either by using the powerswitch or, in deep-standby mode,? press the power button. Still, hold the lower button.?
(3.) A text "*** STOP ***" should appear. If something like "/flash".. appears, you didn't? hold the right button. Now you can release the button.? The bootloader entered the "waiting" mode.?
(4.) Above the "*** STOP ***" text, there should appear an IP-address? (four decimal values with a dot in between). If there appears the string "dhcp" instead,? the box still searches for a DHCP server. Wait a bit. If it doesn't change, something doesn't work with the DHCP server. Check wether network cable is plugged in etc.
If it just doesn't? work, set an IP using the serial terminal
- Now, open a browser on your PC.?
(1.) enter in the address line "http://ip/" (where ip must be replaced with the value in the LCD).?
(2.) on the bottom of the page, there's a link called "firmware upgrade". Click it.
- On the next page, you can select the flash image you want to flash. be sure that it has the ".nfi" extension.? You can't flash other images (like .img)!
- Click on "FLASH!" and wait. It might take some time to upload and flash the image.?
- Switch the box off again, and on again. The new image should be flashed and working.