Philips-SPD8020

Philips SPD8020 fvdw firmware

Introduction
The standard firmware as supplied by Philips has very limited features only one big public share and no possibility to create users or set permission per share and per user. This project concerns an upgrade of the standard firmware of Philips with extra following features:

You can create new shares and delete existing shares. This can be private or public shares. For private shares you can define read/write rights per user for this share. Public shares can be accessed by anyone but they can be protected with a password
 * create/delete shares


 * create/delete users and assign read/write rights per user per share

You can define the ftp home directory of every user
 * extend features of the ftp server

A well known Upnp media server for images, music and video's. A media server that can be used via web browser from any PC or Pinaccle show centers and other devices that supports this media server.
 * Twonky media server
 * Oxylbox media server

Well known iTunes server, can be accessed from any device running iTunes or client compatible with iTunes
 * Firefly media server

File server, little bit faster then samba and ftp. Mostly used by Linux users
 * nfs server

Required to enable support for several features mentioned
 * recompiled kernel

Required to enable support for several features
 * recompiled PHP version to add session support

Required to enable support for several features
 * recompiled apache server to enable mod_rewrite support

Now you can transfer and edit files using WinSCP
 * added SCP file transfer support

The original firmware didn't had this feature. Now every screen of the webgui has a help pop up screen explaining details and basic guides
 * Introduced help function including content

Now much more detailed information is shown on status of the NAS and configuration
 * extended information menu of the webgui


 * fixed several severe bugs in the original firmware

Required to make use of the new features
 * complete update of the php/xml based webgui interface


 * Currently there are more then 600 people that downloaded and use the latest fvdw firmware (fvdw 4.2)

Installation guide
The firmware can be installed in the same way as firmware updates from Philips using the the web interface of the spd8020. For your convenience below a guide how to install the firmware using this web gui We assume you have stored the new firmware file somehwere on your PC.

step 1 On your PC start the web gui of the spd8020 or start the “Philips network storage wizard” from your desktop. The webgui can also be started using http://nas-ip/ Replace nas-ip by the actual IP address of your SPD8020

step 2 In case of the the wizard click “Next”.

step 3 The “Philips network storage wizard” finds your Philips NAS drive. Click the “Manage” button.

The webgui will be started, enter the User name (admin) and the password. Click “OK”.

step 4 The default password is: admin

step 5 You now entered the user interface of your Philips NAS drive. Click the “General Setup”.

step 6 Click “Browse” to locate the new firmware.

step 7 Go to the folder where you stored the new firmware

step 8 Select the “spd8020-fvdw4-2-06032009.bin” file and click “Open”.

step 9 Click “Update firmware”.

step 10 The update will start with uploading the file, a message will be displayed when the file upload is completed and that the NAS will reboot. The update will take several minutes. Do not abort a running update or do not disconnect power supply to the NAS when it is updating and (re)booting ! It may make your NAS non functional. Wait until the blue LEDs on the Philips NAS drive stop blinking after the reboot is initiated.

step 12 After updating and rebooting is completed. Close your web browser completely (to clear caches) and open it again Click “System management”, and check if the firmware version is now 1.2.9.fw fvdw 4.2 Updating troubleshooting and FAQ Question Which precautions should I take before updating? • Please close all running software applications. • As long as the updating process is ongoing, do not interact with the PC. Question: Do I loose my settings when I update my drive? No, as long as you follow our precautions your settings will be maintained. Question:How long does updating take? it takes some minutes to update your drive.

User guide
Every page of the new web gui has a help menu explaining how to use the features as far as they are not self explaining