Recovery Procedure of CS461 Firmware V2.0

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Recovery Procedure of CS461 Firmware Version to V2.0.7 Ver.2

1) Introduction This document describes how to recover the CS461 reader to firmware version 2.0.7. Since the firmware v2.0.7 was too old, the CS461 reader cannot be downgraded to this version simply by the web firmware upgrade interface. A series of firmware recovery procedures is required. In summary, the below steps are required to recover a CS461 to firmware v2.0.7

(i) Downgrade CS461 to V1.168 - Perform major upgrade manually on CS461 via the console port (along with Ethernet) by entering console commands

(ii) Perform minor upgrade for the firmware library files on CS461 via web interface

(iii) Perform minor upgrade on CS461 to v2.0.7 via web interface 2) Requirement The following items are required for the firmware recovery: Hardware PC/laptop with Windows OS Straight serial cable Crossover LAN cable Software TFTP server program (included in CS461 major upgrade package) HyperTerminal program (on Windows) CS461 Major Upgrade Package v1.4 (CS461-v1.4_major_tftp.zip) CS461 Minor Upgrade Package v2.0.7 (CS461-v2.07_minor_lib.zip)


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3) Hardware Connection Connect the reader and the PC/laptop as below for upgrade. In this example, the IP address of the PC is 192.168.25.105 and IP address of CS461 reader is 192.168.25.150. They have to be configured in the same subnet. 4) Install TFTP server on the PC/laptop A TFTP server is required on the PC/laptop for the Reader to download the firmware files. It is included in the major upgrade software package. Unzip the major upgrade software package and run a TFTP server program (tftpsrv.exe) on the PC/laptop. 5) Login the reader from Console Terminal - Run HyperTerminal on the PC/laptop - Connect to the reader’s RS232 console with the settings : 115200, 8, N, 1, No flow

control

Reader

Straight serial cable

Crossover Ethernet cable

Console (serial) port PC/laptop

e.g. 192.168.25.105

e.g. 192.168.25.150


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6) Major Software Upgrade via Console Firmware Upgrade Flowchart

Install TFTP Server on your PC

Get Straight Serial Cable and connect Com Port to the Reader’s DB9 Port

Start Hyperterminal on the PC

Connect Power to the Reader

Check and make sure the Hyperterminal displays boot up messages.

At the prompt, punch return and the login prompt comes out. Input “root” as ID and “csl” as password to enter the Linux screen.

After that, follow the software upgrade procedure. Copy 1 line to the Hyperterminal to run. Run 1 line by 1 line !!!

For some of the lines, it will come back to ask you questions, in that case punch “Y”.


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Section 1 : Copy & Paste script for CS461 Firmware Upgrade on Console The below script is for your easy program of the flash. You may copy the content (those in blue color) and paste it to the RS232 console (or hyper-terminal) to avoid typo error. ####################################################### # NOTE : # indicates remark and you don't need to copy and paste it # 192.168.25.105 is the IP of the server where the upgrade files are stored (TFTP server) # You should change the IP according to your server IP ####################################################### The command in blue bold character is what you should enter manually. 1. power on the main board 2. the boot up message will be shown as follows +

Trying NPE-B...success. Using NPE-B with PHY 0.

... waiting for BOOTP information

Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:04:a6:d7:00:03

IP: 192.168.25.190/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.25.1

Default server: 0.0.0.0, DNS server IP: 192.168.25.1

RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROMRAM]

Non-certified release, version CSL Rev C Version 1.0.2 F - built 10:27:29,

Mar 21 2006

Platform: Impinj Speedway Rev C (IXP42X 266MHz) BE

Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, Red Hat, Inc.

RAM: 0x00000000-0x04000000, 0x000678b8-0x03fc1000 available

FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x54000000, 512 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.


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Current time: 01/01/2004 17:34:51

Primary image (active): 0x51000000

No valid secondary image present: 0x50200000

== Executing boot script in 3.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort

^C

RedBoot> fis init

About to initialize [format] FLASH image system - continue (y/n)? y

*** Initialize FLASH Image System

... Erase from 0x50080000-0x53fe0000: Err = a2

initialization failed 0x50080000: Device/region is write-protected

... Erase from 0x54000000-0x54000000:

... Unlock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

... Erase from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

... Program from 0x03fdf000-0x03fff000 at 0x53fe0000: .

... Lock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

RedBoot> fis list

Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point

RedBoot 0x50000000 0x50000000 0x00080000 0x00000000

RedBoot config 0x53FFF000 0x53FFF000 0x00001000 0x00000000

FIS directory 0x53FE0000 0x53FE0000 0x0001F000 0x00000000

RedBoot> fconfig -i

Initialize non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y

Run script at boot: false

Use BOOTP for network configuration: true

Console baud rate: 115200

DNS server IP address:

GDB connection port: 9000

Force console for special debug messages: false

Network debug at boot time: false

Network hardware address [MAC] for NPE eth0: 0x00:0x04:0xA5:0xF7:0x00:0x03

(Please check the label on the CS461 reader for the MAC address)

Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y

... Unlock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

... Erase from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .



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... Lock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

RedBoot> reset

... Resetting.

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Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:04:a5:f7:00:03

IP: 192.168.25.191/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.25.1




Mar 21 2006





Current time: 01/01/2004 17:51:55

Could not find Image_1!

Could not find Image_2!

No primary image structure!

No secondary image structure!

RedBoot> fis create -f 0x50200000 -l 0x00e00000 -n Image_1

... Unlock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

... Erase from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .


... Lock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

RedBoot> fis create -f 0x51000000 -l 0x00e00000 -n Image_2

... Unlock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

... Erase from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .


... Lock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

RedBoot> fis create -f 0x52020000 -l 0x1c00000 -n Image_3


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... Unlock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

... Erase from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .


... Lock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: .

RedBoot> reset

... Resetting.

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Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:04:a5:f7:00:03

IP: 192.168.25.191/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.25.1




Mar 21 2006





Current time: 01/01/2004 17:54:13

Primary image (active): 0x51000000

No valid secondary image present: 0x50200000

IMPORTANT NOTE : The MAC address must be unique. You should enter the MAC address carefully according to the label on the reader. RedBoot> fconfig Run script at boot: true Boot script: Enter script, terminate with empty line >> fis load -b 0x02000000 Image_1 >> fis unlock -f 0x51a00000 -l 0x400000


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>> fis unlock -f 0x52020000 -l 0x1C00000 >> >> Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 3 Use BOOTP for network configuration: false Gateway IP address: 192.168.25.2 Local IP address:192.168.25.248 Local IP address mask: 255.255.255.0 Default server IP address: Console baud rate: 115200 DNS server IP address: GDB connection port: 9000 Force console for special debug messages: false Network debug at boot time: false Network hardware address [MAC] for NPE eth0: 0x00:0x04:0xA5:0xF7:0x00:0x03 Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y ... Unlock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: . ... Erase from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: . ... Program from 0x03fdf000-0x03fff000 at 0x53fe0000: . ... Lock from 0x53fe0000-0x54000000: . RedBoot> load -v -r -h 192.168.25.105 -b 0x02000000 zImage_csl_v1.3 | Raw file loaded 0x02000000-0x020b512b, assumed entry at 0x02000000 RedBoot> load -v -r -h 192.168.25.105 -b 0x02200000 ramdisk_edgesvr_v1.3.gz - Raw file loaded 0x02200000-0x026b0d9a, assumed entry at 0x02200000 RedBoot> fis unlock -f 0x50200000 -l 0xe00000 ... Unlock from 0x50200000-0x51000000: ........................................................................... RedBoot> fis write -f 0x50200000 -l 0xb5137 -b 0x02000000 * CAUTION * about to program FLASH at 0x50200000..0x502bffff from 0x02000000 - continue (y/n)? y ... Erase from 0x50200000-0x502c0000: ...... ... Program from 0x02000000-0x020c0000 at 0x50200000: ...... RedBoot> fis write -f 0x50400000 -l 0x500000 -b 0x02200000 * CAUTION * about to program FLASH at 0x50400000..0x508bffff from 0x02200000 - continue (y/n)? y ... Erase from 0x50400000-0x508c0000: ......................................


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... Program from 0x02200000-0x026c0000 at 0x50400000: ...................................... RedBoot> RedBoot> fis unlock -f 0x51000000 -l 0xe00000 ... Unlock from 0x51000000-0x51e00000: ........................................................................... RedBoot> mfill -b 0x02800000 -l 0x1000000 -p 0xff –1 # (take care of middle character - little ‘L’ and last character - digit ‘1’ ) RedBoot> load -v -r -h 192.168.25.105 -b 0x02800000 conf.jffs2 - Raw file loaded 0x02800000-0x0280080b, assumed entry at 0x02800000 RedBoot> fis write -f 0x51a00000 -l 0x200000 -b 0x02800000 * CAUTION * about to program FLASH at 0x51a00000..0x51bfffff from 0x02800000 - continue (y/n)? y ... Erase from 0x51a00000-0x51c00000: ................ ... Program from 0x02800000-0x02a00000 at 0x51a00000: ................ RedBoot> mfill -b 0x02800000 -l 0x1000000 -p 0xff –1 # (take care of middle character - little ‘L’ and last character - digit ‘1’ ) RedBoot> load -v -r -h 192.168.25.105 -b 0x02800000 cust.jffs2 - Raw file loaded 0x02800000-0x0280080b, assumed entry at 0x02800000 RedBoot> fis write -f 0x51c00000 -l 0x200000 -b 0x02800000 * CAUTION * about to program FLASH at 0x51c00000..0x51dfffff from 0x02800000 - continue (y/n)? y ... Erase from 0x51c00000-0x51e00000: ................ ... Program from 0x02800000-0x02a00000 at 0x51c00000: ................ RedBoot> fis unlock -f 0x52020000 -l 0x1C00000 RedBoot> fis erase -f 0x52020000 -l 0x1C00000 RedBoot> mfill -b 0x02800000 -l 0x1000000 -p 0xff –1 #(take care of middle character - little ‘L’ and last character - digit ‘1’ ) RedBoot> load -v -r -h 192.168.25.105 -b 0x02000000 csl.jffs2 RedBoot> fis write -f 0x52020000 -l 0x1c00000 -b 0x02000000 RedBoot>reset Type reset or power recycle to reboot the reader. The board should now start-up and run


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the newly installed image. When the reader is rebooted and starts up it will take a few minutes to complete its internal setup. ############################################### #After it is reboot #To verify if it is working properly, open URL http://192.168.25.248 in #Internet Explorer and login (username=root, password=csl2006) #Please change the IP under Network configuration ############################################### #End of program ##############################################


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Section 2 : Test Procedure after Major Software 1. Type “reset” or power recycle to reboot the reader. The board should now start-up and run the newly installed image. 2. When the reader is rebooted and starts up it will take a few minutes to complete its internal setup. 3. Login the Edge Server by typing the URL http:192.168.25.248 in the Internet Explorer as shown below. (Login: root and Password: csl2006)

4. Set Access Mode to “High Level HTTP API Mode” under System menu.


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7) Minor Software Upgrade (v2.0.7) After the above major upgrade is done and you can access the web interface, upgrade the minor upgrade firmware on CS461 web interface. Unzip the CS461 Minor Upgrade Software package and upgrade the following files on CS461 in sequence.

Item Filename Remark 1 lib1-2.0.4-461.0-3AE09359.cne 2 lib2-2.0.4-461.0-01832089.cne 3 Patch-2.0.4-461.0-5FA8A972.cne 4 reader-2.0.7-461.0-477FF9B7.cne

Open the page “Firmware Upgrade (Local)”. You can reach the page by clicking “Version -> Firmware Upgrade (Local)” on CS461 web interface.


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Enter full path of upgrade file in “Firmware file location” entry using “Browse…” button. Then, click “Firmware Upgrade” button to send file to reader. Please repeat this action until all the 4 necessary files are upgraded. After that, restart the reader. The reader will be in firmware version v2.0.7.

Recovery Procedure of CS461 Firmware V2.0

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