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Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 9 Dec 2001 19:08:30 GMT
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Ralf Krause <rkra@gmxNOMORESPAM.de>
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Hi,
you can see the firmware version of the file just b_e_f_o_r_e you load it
into the RCX. This would spend a lot of time because every firmware download
needs more than 4 minutes with normal download speed.
In the newer versions the firmware number is within the first line of the
file. You can look at the file contents if you open the firmware file with a
text editor (for Mac with BBedit, for Windows with Wordpad)
Let's have a look at firm0328.lgo. The first line is the following
> S00F00006669726D303332382E6C676F05
> ________________30333238__________
> _________________0_3_2_8__________
In the middle you see the string 30333238 which is the hex ascii code for
the version string 0328. And this is correct in all firm032x.lgo since 0321.
In the older versions you can find such a stamp in the text file.
Ralf
on 2001-12-08 19:09 Uhr, Dave Baum at dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com wrote:
> In article <Go10u0.5KF@lugnet.com>, "Brian C. Rakitin"
> <rakitin@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Does anyone know the name of the RCX2 firmware file that came with
> > Robolab 2.5? There are two files called firmware.txt and firmware325.txt.
> > Both are dated Y2K. Is one of these the RCX2 firmware?
> > I'm moving from Robolab to NQC, and I want to be able to load the
> > firmware from within MacNQC.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > B
>
> Those sound like they might be firmware files. NQC expects the firmware
> to be in S-record format. Do all the lines begin with an upper case S
> and then have lots of hex digits? If so, they are probably firmware
> files. I'm not sure why there are two of them, unless one is the
> original firmware and the other is the 2.0 firmware.
>
> If the second to last line of the file starts with S113BFF0 then its
> probably the 1.0 firmware (official version 3.09). 2.0 firmware
> (versions 3.2x) are larger and the second to last line will probably
> start with something like S113E.
>
> If you download the file to the RCX with NQC, it will then reset the RCX
> and report the firmware version to you.
>
> Dave
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| HI, Thanks for the responses. The first line of the file ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LI...maware.txt is: S00F00006669726D3033...2E6C676F05 The first line of the file ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LI...are325.txt is: S00F00006669726D3033...2E6C676F08 The last line of both (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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| (...) Those sound like they might be firmware files. NQC expects the firmware to be in S-record format. Do all the lines begin with an upper case S and then have lots of hex digits? If so, they are probably firmware files. I'm not sure why there are (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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