DM 800se HD Firmware update via browser

DM 800se HD Firmware update via browser

What you need to update the firmware:

You need a current image. Such an image for the DM800HDse has the extension *. nfi.
It is not flash other images like *. img einzuspielen!
Please try not, it does not work.

You need either a DHCP server on your Net
zwerk, a configured bootloader or a serial null modem cable and a terminal program like Hyper Terminal.

You need a browser and a network cable. Connect your Dreambox directly to a PC, you need a cross-over "(rotated) network cable, if you connect through a switch / hub / router you need a" Non-Cross "(not twisted) network cable.

To flash a new image to the Dreambox, you have the "2nd stage loader in place and undamaged.
The next steps refer to a network with a DHCP server running.
If this is not the case, you have to setup a serial cable, an IP address.


- Turn off the dreambox, use this menu item "shut down"from the shutdown / standby menu and then pull the plug on the power supply out of the box.
The standby mode is not enough!



- (1) Press the Power - button on the front panel and hold it.
Now insert the plug of the power supply back into the box.

- (2) A text "*** STOP ***"should appear. Now you can release the button.
The boot loader is now in "wait mode".

- (3) Above the "*** STOP ***" text, there should now display an IP address are displayed.
(four decimal places, separated by a period).
If there appears the "DHCP" instead of an IP address, the box still searches for a DHCP server. Wait a bit.
However, should appear after a short time an IP address, please check your DHCP server settings and the wiring of your network.
If it does not work, please set manually via a serial console, the IP of your box.



- Now open a browser on your PC.
(1) Enter the IP address in the address field of the "http://ip/"field.
(enter the IP address displayed in the LCD).
(2) Press the "firmware upgrade" to the page displayed in the browser.



-On the next page you can select the desired image you want to flash the box. Please note the file extension *. nfi to play that
other images is not possible (NO *. img)!

- Click to select the images to the "FLASH!" and wait
e has been transferred completely to the image and flashed.

-Turn the box off and then on again.
The new operating software should now be recorded, and reboot.

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