Copyright (c) 2009-2011 OpenVox Communication Co.,Ltd.

All Rights Reserved.

Author: mark.liu@openvox.cn

1. What’s that?

The EPCS Flash Update Utilities package is used for firmware upgrade. You can download a binary file package from the OpenVox’s Web site.

The epcs binary was built with:

  • gcc 4.1.2

  • pciutils 3.0.0

2. Operation

Note: Never Turn power OFF while the update process is continuing. When the update is completed, the system will reboot.

2.1. The Firmware Update Process for OpenVox G400P PCI card

        a) Download firmware for your G400P.
                http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/firmwares/

        b) Download the latest OpenVox G400P driver and install
                http://www.chan-extra.org/download/

        c) Stop asterisk

        d) Unload the driver
                modprobe -r opvxg4xx

        e) Load the driver
                modprobe opvxg4xx burn=1 (Note: you must add the kernel parameter when loading the driver)

        f) Run the epcs flash upgrade
                ./epcs

2.2. The Firmware Update Process for OpenVox A810/A1610/A2410 PCI/PCI-E card

        a) Download firmware for your A2410P.
                http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/firmwares/

        b) Download the latest OpenVox A2410P driver and install
                http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/drivers/dahdi-linux-complete/

        c) Stop asterisk

        d) Load the driver
                modprobe opvxa24xx

        e) Run the epcs flash upgrade
                ./epcs

2.3. The Firmware Update Process for OpenVox D430/D230 PCI/PCI-E card

        a) Download firmware for your D430/D230
                http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/firmwares/

        b) Download the latest OpenVox D430/D230 driver and install
                http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/drivers/dahdi-linux-complete/

        c) Stop asterisk

        d) Load the driver
                modprobe wct4xxp

        e) Run the epcs flash upgrade
                ./epcs

2.4. The Firmware Update Process for OpenVox D130 PCI/PCI-E card

        a) Download firmware for your D130
                http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/firmwares/

        b) Download the latest OpenVox D130 driver and install
                http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/drivers/dahdi-linux-complete/

        c) Stop asterisk

        d) Load the driver
                modprobe opvxd115

        e) Run the epcs flash upgrade
                ./epcs

3. Getting new versions

New versions of epcs flash Update Utility are available at the following places:

4. Feedback

If you have any bug reports or suggestions, send them to the author.