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Reset to Factory Default Procedure |
Force Reload
can force the MB5000 back to default network configuration
values, delete
current software in MB5000 and download new software into
MB5000. This procedure may be required when the password of
administrator is forgotten or the current MB5000 software is
missing or corrupted.
How to do Force Reload in MB5000
Warning:
If you press and hold the RELOAD button for more than 15 seconds
immediately after the MB5000 is powered on or reset, the MB5000
will enter into Force Reload Procedure. The software in the
MB5000 will be erased. You will have to download software into
MB5000 to make it work again. Please follow the below steps
carefully. Any mistake may cause the force reload procedure
to fail and MB5000 won't work.
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Prepare your TFTP server. TFTP server is a computer with TFTP
server software
running. TFTP server can be freely downloaded from
www.solarwinds.net. You can
also search other TFTP servers from the Internet if you like.
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To download the MB5000 Software, you will need an Ethernet
connection to the
computer on which the TFTP server resides. This can be any
computer on the LAN,
or connected to the MB5000’s “LAN” port with a “crossover”
Ethernet cable.
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After a force reload, MB5000's IP will be set to 172.16.0.1 by
default, and MB5000 will
login the TFTP server with IP address “172.16.0.2” to download
software named
“firmware.bin” by default. So please change the IP address of
TFTP server to
172.16.0.2, and change the MB5000 software name to firmware.bin,
put it in the
directory of TFTP server root.
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After finishing this preparation, power on the MB5000.
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Press the RESET button.
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Press and hold the RELOAD button for about 10 seconds
immediately after you press
and release the RESET button until the POWER LED turns amber and
the WWAN
LED turns off. Result: The MB5000 deletes the current MB5000
software and
Configuration files. Then MB5000 will download the software you
have prepared in
the step 3. Observe the TFTP display and you should see
downloading activity begin
after a few seconds.
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After finished this procedure, MB5000 will boot
automatically. and you can see the
POWER LED turns amber and blinks
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MB5000 will be
configured to the factory default value.
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If you fail to
finish the procedure, please check your TFTP
server configurations and the
connection between the TFTP server and MB5000. Repeat the upper
process again from the
Application Notes beginning till the procedure is finished
successfully. |
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