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

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

I probably should have started with a new thread from the get-go, but this program was developed in answer to another thread, so I posted it there:

····http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=843565

-Phil

kuroneko

Is there a size limit, i.e. 32K only?

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

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

In the hopes that this program was written in C is there any chance of getting the source code to it?

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

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

-Phil

Jorge P

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

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 D:\Markus\Georg\downloads\Propeller\PropellerTool> .\unload_prop.exe 

  Using clock settings:

    _clkmode     = XTAL1 + PLL16X
    _xinfreq     = 5000000

  Output file: D:\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 D:\Markus\Georg\downloads\Propeller\PropellerTool> .\unload_prop.exe 5000000 XTAL1

  Using clock settings:

    _clkmode     = XTAL1 + PLL16X
    _xinfreq     = 5000000

  Output file: D:\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

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

hinv

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)

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

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

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

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