gnupic: New Command to picp
Subject:
Re: New Command to picp
From:
matt ####@####.####
Date:
6 Dec 2002 05:17:59 -0000
Message-Id: <200212061612.36731.matt@dsp.com.au>
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 1:30 pm, Andrew Pines wrote:
> I added the flash erase command that Antonio worked out but I don't have any
flash parts to test it.
> If any brave soul would like to try it out, I made a test version which is
available here:
> ftp://ftp.cosmodog.com/outgoing/picp-0.5x.tgz
>
whilst not being brave, I was silly enough to try this...
It did nothing except return the standard error.
matt:/home/matt/code_files # picp /dev/ttyS1 16F877 -ef -wp rfremote.hex
failed to send blank check command
failed to erase flash device
matt:/home/matt/code_files #
> If it does something horrible I take no responsibility. Please let me know
what it was, though
> (actually let me know how it goes either way).
>
I tried it on a blank chip and a preprogrammed chip. Neither worked.. same
error.
But then i tried getting the programmer working on any chip... errr..
failure... wrong answer sir...
It seems that my PS+ doesn't like me at all.
All my errors point to command failures. I tried COMs 2 and 3 (ttyS1 and
ttyS4[don't ask])
the only reason I know my PS+ and serial port worked is this.
matt:/home/matt/code_files # picp /dev/ttyS1 16F877 -v
PICSTART Plus firmware version 3.10.00
matt:/home/matt/code_files #
> CHAR_TIMEOUT is still fixed at 1 second so if the command takes longer than
a second to execute it
> will report that it failed, even if it didn't. Since I have no flash
devices I have no idea how
> long flash erase takes.
>
It's probably longer than 1 second then... sorry.
> Also, is the flash erase command supposed to erase everything - program
space, ID's, config, etc.?
> I have it blank checking everything afterward so it will report that it
failed if that's not the case.
>
> -Andrew
>
I'm pretty sure it erases everything cause teh FUSES aren't erased unless a
bulk-erase is performed (program space, data space, the lot)
hope that helps a little
Matt
