Honeywell Thor VM3 User Manual page 253

Enable Firmware Update
The WWAN card supports firmware update over the air (Firmware Over The Air, or FOTA).
By default, FOTA is disabled. See
Restore Defaults
Use this option to return all Connection Manager settings to the default value.
Using FOTA
Honeywell recommends distributing firmware via a WLAN connection rather than the
WWAN connection. This requires an HTTP server which can be hosted on the Internet or
the same Intranet (i.e.: the same network domain) as the Thor VM3. Honeywell tested
FOTA using:
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To use FOTA, the following steps must be completed before initial use:
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For subsequent updates, it is only necessary to
Configure HTTP Server
The instructions below are for Uniform Server (UniServer). Setup information for IIS
server is widely available on line. Follow the same folder setup as in step 4 below for IIS.
1. After installing, browse to the installation folder and run the server by double-click-
2. Click the Start Apache button. The indicator changes from red to green when the
3. Display the test page by clicking the View www button or typing http://localhost into
Thor VM3 with Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Embedded Standard 7 User Guide
Uniform Server: https://sourceforge.net/projects/miniserver/
IIS: Microsoft Internet Information Services, Windows 2012 server
Configure HTTP Server
Load Firmware Updates
Configure the Thor VM3
ing UniController.exe.
server is running. The button label also changes to Stop Apache.
a web browser.
Using FOTA
Load Firmware Updates.
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