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N]series!firmware!is!designed!to!be!app lied!sequentially,!with!each!new!bu ild!applied!to!the!previous!

build!in!order!of!their!release.!Administrators!can!m a nu ally!ste p!a!d evice !thro ug h!seq u en tial!firmw a re!

updates!if!desired,!or!they!can!configure!the!devices!to!perform!a!sequential!update!automatically.!

4E@DI!If!a!device!is!u p d a te d !o u t !o f!se q u e n c e!a n d !e n d s !u p !sk ip p in g !a!f irmware!build,!this!can!be!

corrected!by!downgrading!the !dev ice!an d!re app lying !the!firmware!up da te!pro ce ss!from !

beginning!to!end.!Once!the!device!has!been!updated!to!firmware!version!1.4.1,!the!remaind er!of!

the!update!p roc ess!ca n!b e!au tom a ted ,!as!ou tlined !below .!

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An!automatic!update!requires!that!the!devices!be!set!to!either!of!the!“automatic”!(DHCP*!or!URL)!

update!modes!(found!in!F7.+N%.'Xc%<<$%$'.!:$8%,'!section!of!the!(%)%*'+'),!@%J!in!the!N]series!

GUI)!and!pointed!to!a!network!acces sible!fold er* *!tha t!con tains !each !of!th e!req uired !firmw a re!b uilds.!

The!folder!should!contain!the!desired!firmware!files!themselves!as!well!as!a!catalog.txt!file,!as!pictured!

below:!

The!catalog.txt!file!functions!as!a!table!of!contents!for!the!update!service ;!listing!ea ch !of!the !firm w are!

builds!in!a!given!archive!in!the!order!that!they!were!released.!Below!is!an!example!of!the!contents!of!a!

catalog.txt!file!that!contains!information!for!three!firmware!builds,!ranging!from!build!1.1.1!to!build!

1.3.7.!

Nxxx_FW_ver_1_1_1_1.tar.gz/0/0/0/1/1/1/1/02e90025e8239722e58b62b3a9b92386!

Nxxx_FW_ver_1_2_0_1.tar.gz/0/0/0/1/2/0/1/945434214db5285596a24404a637471d!

Nxxx_FW_ver_1_3_7_2.tar.gz/0/0/0/1/3/7/2/a4f5dcdeb8de66aaabfe804fc3a5ee93!

Each!new!firmware!build!is!released!with !a !ca ta lo g .tx t!file !co n ta in in g !a!s in gle !lin e .!T he !a b o ve !ca ta lo g .tx t!

file!contains!three !lines !bec au se!it!w as!w ritten !for!an !arch ive !that!co n tains !three !firm w are !bu ilds.!In!the !

event!that!a!new!firmware!build!was!released,!the!archive!could!be !up d a te d !b y!a d d in g!t he !fir m ware!file!

itself!to!th e!f old e r,!a n d!c o p yin g !th e !ca ta lo g .txt !lin e!in c lu d ed !with!that!firmware!in to !th e !ar ch ive ’s !

catalog.txt!file.!In!this!case,!the!next!firmware!build!would!add!a!fourth!line.!

*!Note!that!using!the!DHCP!setting!requires!that!DHCP !tags!be !con figure d!w ith!th e!ap pro pria te!FT P!

informa tio n .!S e e!t he !N]series!User!Manual!for!more!information !on!configuring!DH CP !tags!for!automatic!

updates.!

**!If!a!network!accessible!folder!is!not!available,!or!assistance!is!needed!to!set!up!such!a!resource,!an!

example!is!given!using!FileZilla!at!the!end!of!this!guide.!

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