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 download software for firmware upgrades of Kathrein DVB receiver
 UFD 505, 515, 520, ... via serial interface V 1.0
 Copyright 2001 Kathrein Werke KG
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system requirements:
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*) glibc >= 2.0
   (newer distributions should suffer this requirement,
    e.g. >= SuSE 6.0, RedHat 5.1, Debian 2.1, Mandrake 7, ...)

*) connection to receiver ( UFD 505, 515, 520 ) via serial null modem cable
   ( RxD - TxD crossed )


program invocation:
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'download_ufd -e u505v117.bin port1'

->
Tries to download the firmware image u505v117.bin via serial interface 1
(= /dev/ttyS0 or COM1 in the Windows world ) to the receiver.
Possible interfaces are port1..4 .


supported languages:
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Default language is German, if you want to switch to English, please use
the parameter '-e' like in the example above.


download steps:
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*) turn off receiver
*) invoke the download tool
*) turn on receiver
*) connection will be established, download goes in progress
