upgrading topfield PVR firmware from Ubuntu/Gutsy (HOWTO)

This is a short HOWTO on upgrading the Toppy firmware from Ubuntu 7.10

1 – Download firmware upgrade and unzip.

You will find that you have a .tfd file in the directory where you unzipped the file.

2 – Plug a USB cable into laptop and the Topfield

3 – Run the topfield ftp daemon:

ftpd-topfield -D -P 2021

4 – Now in another terminal connect to the daemon using lftp

lftp ftp://localhost:2021/

5 – cd to the /firmware directory on the toppy:

lftp localhost:/> cd firmware

6 – Using filename completion, put the file onto the Toppy:

lftp localhost:/firmware> put /home/pete/HOME/Topfield/Firmware/TEST\ 23-07-2007\ 5.13.65\ beta.tfd

1591778 bytes transferred in 10 seconds (152.6K/s)

7 – Once complete, the Toppy starts the countdown, and then flashed End.

8 – press the standby button, and restart.