The firmware of Arctic Wireless Gateways can be updated using ARM600SW via shell with administrator privileges. Updating the firmware requires an update file available at the software repository. Software repository access requires a valid SSL certificate file installed in the system accessing the repository. This certificate is supplied with ARM600SW software. The easiest way to get the latest firmware is to use a standard Web browser which has the certificate installed and configured.
- Download the latest firmware for Arctic Wireless Gateways from the software repository.
- Start your Web browser configured with the .p12 certificate (see the Updating ARM600SW system in this manual).
- Go to https://arcticupdate.abb.com/repo/arcticfw.
- Select the firmware file.
- Save the file on your computer.
- Install the latest firmware for the Arctic Wireless Gateways.
- Use an SSH-capable file browser (for instance, free WinSCP).
- Log in to ARM600(SW) using the WinSCP client to port 10022 as a user of the wheel group.
Users of the wheel group have administrator privileges.
- Transfer the downloaded Arctic Wireless Gateway update file from your computer to ARM600(SW) by dragging the file to the right-side window of WinSCP.
The system update file is transferred to the home directory of the logged in user.
- Log in to the ARM600(SW) system with an SSH terminal client, such as PuTTY.
- Type the following command and press ENTER.
# sudo /opt/viola/bin/system-update.sh [update file name]
Note: Replace [update file name] with the name of the Arctic Wireless Gateway update file, without the brackets.
The system checks the integrity of the package and unpacks the firmware.
- Update the Arctic Wireless Gateway firmware according to the instructions in the Updating Arctic device firmware via ARM600SW in this manual.