The Automatic Firmware Update page allows you to configure an automatic update of the QX1000's firmware (software image) as it becomes available on the server. When this service is enabled, on the configured day and time QX1000 will automatically check for a new available firmware on the server and will either notify the administrator or update the firmware right away, depending on the configured settings.
The server configuration can be done manually.
Note: Independent on the selected server type, there should be an "auto-update" folder in the root directory of the server. QX1000 will check for any new firmware in that specific folder only. Besides the firmware *.bin file, the "auto-update" folder should contain supplementary file(s) to point to the correct firmware file.
This page consists of the following components:
The Enable Automatically Firmware Update checkbox selection enables the automatic firmware update service on the QX1000.
The Server Name (the IP address or hostname), the Server Port and the Update Method should be defined. The Update Method drop down list provides a possibility to choose among FTP, HTTP or HTTPS methods. For some of these selections, authentication Username and Password can be entered. In order to use Epygi's public ftp server leave the Server Name, Server Port, Update Method, User Name and Password text fields to their default values (ftp.epygi.com, 21, ftp and anonymous respectively, use blank for password).
Check for updates options will allow you to select the frequency of checking for a new update.
Check and notify - choose this selection if you only wish to be notified about the new available firmware on the server. With this selection, on the indicated weekday and time, on daily or weekly basis, the QX1000 will check for a new firmware available on the server. The way of notification is configured from the Events page.
Check and update - choose this selection to check and automatically install the new firmware on the QX1000 as it becomes available on the server. With this selection, on the indicated weekday and time, on daily or weekly basis, the QX1000 will check for a new firmware available on the server, will automatically download and install it on the QX1000.
The Check/Update Now button is used to manually initiate Check and notify or Check and update actions. The action to be executed depends on the radio button selected above.