Walt Davidson wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:21:49 +0100, zii kell
> <huj22mlikzq9ez6@temporaryinbox.com> wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> I have just picked up an old Echostar unit (AD-3000IP) and, for the
>> moment, don't have a dish or television set to test it with (Don't ask).
>>
>> However, I have connected the unit to my pc via the serial port.
>>
>> Ther serial port settings are 115200 8/N/1 hardware flow control and I
>> get output. There is a prompt > and this is all.
>>
>> I have tried to search for information about what useful stuff I can
>> pull out of the unit, but to no avail.
>>
>> Would someone know what one could do with the serial port on this unit?
>
> AFAIK the serial port on this box is for updating the firmware. You
> can also make a backup copy of the firmware that is already installed.
> You need a small Windows program to do both these tasks, which is (or
> used to be) available from the Echostar support website in the
> Netherlands.
>
> http://www.echostareurope.com/
>

I have successfully copied the existing firmware. Great. I have found
two firmwares named, AD3000IP_V1100_20040108_w.bin and
AD3000IP_Boot_OLD2OTA.bin.

I think the v1100 is latest, but it is from January 2004. Was there a
later version?

z.