unload_prop.exe: Propeller EEPROM dump to PC .eeprom file.

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• kuroneko Posts: 3,623

  2009-09-27 - 05:41:54 edited 2009-09-27 - 05:41:54

  Is there a size limit, i.e. 32K only?
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 22,786

  2009-09-27 - 06:10:16 edited 2009-09-27 - 06:10:16

  Yes, by necessity, since the objective in this case is to produce an .eeprom file that can be accepted by the IDE and handled by the bootloader. That's not to say, though, that a similar program couldn't be written to download more than just 32K.
  
  -Phil
• 4x5n Posts: 716

  2011-10-30 - 13:28:56 edited 2011-10-30 - 13:28:56

  In the hopes that this program was written in C is there any chance of getting the source code to it?
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 22,786

  2011-10-30 - 16:44:23 edited 2011-10-30 - 16:44:23

  The program is written in Perl. The source is attached here.
  
  -Phil

  zip

  zip

  unload_prop_source.zip

  3K
• Jorge P Posts: 385

  2011-11-03 - 21:49:34 edited 2011-11-03 - 21:49:34

  Just a note about unload_prop_source.zip... It requires Win32::SerialPort lib on windows based systems, other systems will need Device::SerialPort, including cygwin, so you will need to edit the file to get it to work. cpan will tell you this when trying to install Win32::SerialPort.
• MJB Posts: 1,198

  2017-09-12 - 08:58:16

  This thread hasn't been active for a while ...
  
  I used unload_prop successfully before - thanks Phil.
  
  Now I wanted to back up a running image from a PPDB,
  didn't realize the file size 0 and wiped it ... :-(((
  
  Luckily I had another board.
  Here I get:
  

  PS \Markus\Georg\downloads\Propeller\PropellerTool> .\unload_prop.exe 
  
    Using clock settings:
  
      _clkmode     = XTAL1 + PLL16X
      _xinfreq     = 5000000
  
    Output file: \Markus\Georg\downloads\Propeller\PropellerTool\unload.eeprom.
  
    Connecting to COM6 at 19200 baud.
  
  
    ERROR: Download failed to start correctly or EEPROM header corrupt. Check clock settings.
  
  PS \Markus\Georg\downloads\Propeller\PropellerTool> .\unload_prop.exe 5000000 XTAL1
  
    Using clock settings:
  
      _clkmode     = XTAL1 + PLL16X
      _xinfreq     = 5000000
  
    Output file: \Markus\Georg\downloads\Propeller\PropellerTool\unload.eeprom.
  
    Connecting to COM6 at 19200 baud.
  
  
    ERROR: Download failed to start correctly or EEPROM header corrupt. Check clock settings.
  

  
  The prop is booting and running fine from EEPROM ...
  
  PPDB is original. Crystal says T or I 5.000
  Anything I can do?
  
  thanks
  
  
• Cluso99 Posts: 16,955

  2017-09-12 - 11:59:56

  My Prop OS can save an eeprom to a file on an SD card (FAT26/32). See my signature below for the link
• hinv Posts: 948

  2020-11-15 - 12:58:32

  Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

  The program is written in Perl. The source is attached here.
  
  -Phil

  
  What changes would be required to get this to run under a debian style linux?
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 22,786

  2020-11-15 - 22:49:04

  hinv wrote:

  What changes would be required to get this to run under a debian style linux?

  It requires propellent.exe, so it won't work under Linux.
  
  -Phil
• Publison Posts: 11,788

  2020-11-15 - 22:52:44

  Phil, it's so good that you still check in.
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 22,786

  2020-11-15 - 22:57:52

  Publison wrote:

  Phil, it's so good that you still check in.

  I do several times every day. But with less and less for me to comment on, I suppose I seem less visible.
  
  -Phil