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860 DSP and 860 DSPi Firmware Update

April 2008

Listed below is the most recent update available for the 860 DSP and 860 DSPi Instrument Firmware. For assistance with any installation, please call tech support at 1-800-344-2412.

Trilithic encourages maintaining up-to-date firmware; however, your company may have policies in place to manage the update process.

WARNING! This firmware is appropriate for most users, but some MSO’s do have different update policies in place. As such, in some cases the standard firmware may render certain test functions inoperable. Please contact your manager before updating your firmware.

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Please review the updated enhancements below BEFORE installing your 860 DSP and 860 DSPi update.

  • Adds "Secure 860 Link" mode and embedded SSL certificate support.
    Note: This feature requires the SSL capable firmware and a reboot after it is activated, which will take 6 minutes only on the initial boot after activation as a new 1024 bit encrypted certificate is created.
    Note: If your firmware ends in ".2" then your meter is SSL equipped.
  • An internal instrument security feature has been added, which has the following characteristics:
    1. Six digit serial number, which is entered at the factory, is not changeable, and is displayed when the instrument is powered-on. It can also be displayed in the "Info" screen by pressing the #4 soft-key which displays the unit's ID
    2. Asset tag (up to 31 characters), which can be entered only once using a future version of WorkBench. The tag will appear in the lower left corner of the boot-up screen, and can be displayed in the "Info" screen by pressing the #4 soft-key (Unit ID). (Examples: "Call if found: 1-800-xxx-xxxx"; "Property of cable system name")
  • Allows user primary and secondary DNS entries to override DHCP acquired values.
  • File date is now automatically updated when renaming files (task file normally does this when closing a work order)
  • QPSK symbol rate entries can now be made down to 1 MSPS (minimum specified operating symbol rate is 2 MSPS)
  • Fixed macro log file parsing issue

To apply the Trilithic 860 DSP firmware upgrade, please follow the below upgrade instructions:

  1. Unzip file DSPi.8.4.14.1.zip
  2. Connect PC to 860 DSP using 860 DSP serial cable
  3. Plug your 860 DSP into your charger and place on AC power
  4. Run DSPi.8.4.14.1.zip It will take approx 12 minutes to upgrade the main application, then the unit will reboot and upgrade the DSP applications for another 2 minutes or so.
  5. The program will only upgrade out of date applications
  6. FINISHED

Note: WorkBench can download Trilithic 860 DSP firmware with WorkBench updates. See your WorkBench software updates/upgrades page for download information.

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