The Clear Software feature will reboot the IMG and clear the software which is loaded on the IMG 1010/1004. This command is normally sent when upgrading IMG system software To clear the configuration of the physical IMG and do a hard reset of the node, follow the steps below.
Note: There are multiple ways to clear the software from one or more IMG's. Below are the different procedures. Select the procedure that works for your application.
Clearing Software is typically done to load a newer version of IMG system software. Verify that you have loaded the newest version of software into the appropriate Folder/SD Card and all links etc have been changed to allow loading the latest software version. Below are a few links which explain the downloading of system software.
IMG 1010 - Configure GCEMS and Start Linux Services
IMG 1004 - Configure GCEMS and Start Linux Services
IMG 1010 - Downloading System Software from SD Card
IMG 1004 - Downloading System Software from SD Card
To clear the software on a specific IMG select that Physical IMG object in ClientView.
Right-Click on the Physical
IMG and select Clear Software
The next screen that will appear
will warn that clearing software could have significant effects on
the system as shown below in screen capture. By selecting "Yes"
to clear software this will reboot the IMG and any calls will be lost.
If this is OK then select "Yes" to this warning. Select
no if you do NOT want to reboot the IMG. Select "Yes" to
this warning if you are OK with rebooting the IMG.
Once "Yes" is selected,
the IMG will reboot and begin to load the new software. The ICON in
ClientView will display a STOP sign indicating the IMG has been rebooted.
See Screen Capture below.
IMG will reboot and load newest
software. The ICON will go back to
once software is done loading.
Clearing Software is typically done to load a newer version of IMG system software. Verify that you have loaded the newest version of software into the appropriate Folder/SD Card and all links etc. have been changed to allow loading the latest software version. Below are a few links which explain the downloading of system software.
IMG 1010 - Configure GCEMS and Start Linux Services
IMG 1004 - Configure GCEMS and Start Linux Services
IMG 1010 - Downloading System Software from SD Card
IMG 1004 - Downloading System Software from SD Card
To clear the software on more than one IMG, this will need to
be done under a Logical IMG Group. By following the procedure below,
all IMG's within an IMG Logical Group will be rebooted. Select the
Logical IMG group, right-click and select 'Reset Logical IMG'. See
screen capture below.
The next screen that will appear
will warn that clearing software could have significant effects on
the system as shown below in screen capture. By selecting "Yes"
to clear software this will reboot the IMG and any calls will be lost.
If this is OK then select "Yes" to this warning. Select
no if you do NOT want to reboot the IMG. Select "Yes" to
this warning if you are OK with rebooting the IMG.
Once "Yes" is selected,
all the IMG's in the Logical IMG Group will reboot and begin to load
the new software. The ICON in ClientView will display a STOP sign
indicating the IMG has been rebooted. See Screen Capture below.
IMG's will reboot and load newest software. The ICON's will
go back to once software
is done loading.
There is an alternate method to rebooting the IMG's than was explained above. Instead of right-clicking and selecting Clear Software or Reset Logical IMG, there are Buttons that do the same thing. See screen captures below displaying the Buttons.