Using The Prostart Ii Without Launching Ride; Introduction; Highlights; The Xeloader (Xeloader.exe) - Semtech XE8000 ProStart II User Manual

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USING THE PROSTART II WITHOUT LAUNCHING RIDE

4.1

INTRODUCTION

This Chapter contains information about uploading a ".rom" ".bin" or ".axe" file to an XE8000 using the ProStart II
without launching RIDE environment.
4.2

HIGHLIGHTS

The information you will gain from this chapter:
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The XELOADER (xeloader.exe)

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XELOADER features

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XELOADER stand alone usage

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XELOADER GUI
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XELOADER command line
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Programming
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Changing the target power supply
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Getting the XE8000 checksum
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Enabling / disabling the RS232 line driver (Port B 6/7)
4.3 THE XELOADER (XELOADER.EXE)
The RIDE XELOADER tool is an executable file produced by SEMTECH that can be run either in command line or
through a GUI version.
The file is included in the RIDE installation; you can find it under C:\RIDE\COOLRCTS\WIN32\BIN\XeLoader.EXE, or
you can download it using the following link
4.4 XELOADER FEATURES
The XELOADER offers the following features
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User friendly GUI interface or online command interface.
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Downwards compatibility with the ProStart (first version)
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Upload a ".rom" ".bin" or ".axe" file to a XE8000
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Reading of the XE8000 Checksum
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Computing the checksum of the source file.
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Switching the PortB 6/7 on or off for the old ProStart version
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Changing the Target board voltage
4.5 XELOADER STAND ALONE USAGE
In order to use XELoader in a stand alone way, i.e. on another machine, you will need to copy the following files from
C:\RIDE\COOLRCTS\WIN32\BIN\ directory
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XELoader.EXE
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c816-srec2rom.EXE
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c816-objcopy.EXE
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cygwin.DLL
On the other machine, place all these files in the same directory i.e. C:\semtech\ and then launch XELoader.exe file.
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