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Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:48:14 GMT
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HI,
Thanks for the responses.
The first line of the file ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LIB:Rcx1:Text:firmaware.txt is:
S00F00006669726D303332382E6C676F05
The first line of the file
ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LIB:Rcx1:Text:firmaware325.txt is:
S00F00006669726D303332352E6C676F08
The last line of both files is:
S90380007C
Unfortunately, nqc seems to be having trouble downloading the firmware to
my rcx2. It tells me that:
Error: 'firmware.txt' is not a valid S-Record file
In addition MacNQC 3.0a2 can't find the Firmware folder.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
B.
In lugnet.robotics, Ralf Krause writes:
> 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
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> > S00F00006669726D303332382E6C676F05
> > ________________30333238__________
> > _________________0_3_2_8__________
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> 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
>
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> on 2001-12-08 19:09 Uhr, Dave Baum at dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com wrote:
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> > 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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| (...) NQC is picky about line endings for firmware files. On a Mac, it assumes Mac line ending, on Windows, it expects DOS endings, Unix for Unix. There are a few cross-platform combinations that work ok, but not all work. If you have BBEdit Lite, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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