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| - | ====== Serialboot Utility ====== | ||
| - | Serialboot is a commandline download utility for the OpenBLT bootloader that supports firmware update via the PC's serial port. It was written in C and supports both Linux and MS Windows. | ||
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| - | Serialboot is fully functional and comes with full source code, yet it was developed primarily for demonstration and reference purposes. It is ideal: | ||
| - | * As a foundation for developers that would like to create their own OpenBLT download utility program in C/C++. | ||
| - | * For users of the OpenBLT bootloader running Linux on their PC. | ||
| - | * For users that prefer a commandline download utility over one with a graphical user interface such as [[manual:microboot|Microboot]]. | ||
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| - | ===== Program usage ===== | ||
| - | The preconditions to using Serialboot are: (1) Your microcontroller system runs the OpenBLT bootloader configured for serial communication. This is typically the default configuration of the [[manual:demos|demo bootloaders]] (BOOT_COM_UART_ENABLE is set to 1 in file "blt_conf.h"). (2) Your microcontroller system is connected to your PC's serial port, or through a RS232-USB adapter that is more common nowadays. | ||
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| - | When you call the Serialboot utility from the command prompt, it expects 3 command line options: | ||
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| - | **-d[device]** Through this option the serial communication device is selected. On MS Windows platform this is typically something like COM4 and on Linux platforms /dev/ttyS3, depending on the PC's physical serial communication port that the microcontroller system is connected to. | ||
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| - | **-b[baudrate]** This option is for specifying the serial communication speed in bits/sec. It should be set to the same value as the configuration of the OpenBLT bootloader (BOOT_COM_UART_BAUDRATE in file "blt_conf.h"). | ||
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| - | **[s-record file]** As a last option the name of the firmware file is specified. Serialboot supports firmware files in the Motorola S-record format. | ||
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