> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Bernhard Kraft wrote:
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> > Your IDE runs under Linux using wine, it can also assemble the source
> > code, but if I try to download the hex file, using a picstart plus
> > programer there is a error.
> >
> > You use the function "EnableCommPortNotification", or some of the librarys
> > you used (if you did). This function isn't yet implemented in wine. I
> > wrote to the microchip-people if they could send me specifications how the
> > communication between the picstart plus and the pc works. If they would
> > send me the specs i could write a simple linux tool which could be used to
> > download the hexfiles to the pic. but they didn't ... not bad for me ...
> > bad for microchip ... the linux people won't love them
>
> I asked microchip for the specs too - about a year ago. They gave me the
> reasons why they couldn't release the specs. However, they have released
> both the code and the schematics for their picstart 16b programmer (not
> the picstart plus).
>
> Jim Robertson assures me that reverse engineering is not too difficult.
> Preliminary steps taken by a co-worker of mine confirm this. However, the
> difficult part is devoting the time to obtain all of the details. If you
> want, I'll try to pimp my co-worker into divulging what he's discovered.
> But we was basically able to use two pc's: one running Linux and the other
> windows (running mplab). He was able to use Linux as a comm-analyzer. The
> only thing though was that he was limited to half-duplex. This means he
> could only see what the pc was sending to the picstart OR what the
> picstart was sending to the pc. He couldn't see both at the same time. We
> suspect if he had two serial ports that he could capture all of the
> communication at once. This beats the hell out of using a DSO or logic
> analyzer.
>
>
> BTW, I'm linux person and I love Microchip :).
>
> Scott
>
>
> >
> > On Fri, 9 Apr 1999,
.....mathiasKILLspam
.....tech-tools.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >We have not tried our IDE or programmer software under Wine so I do not
> > >know if it will work. However, you can download it from our web site and
> > >try it! I think you will find it very intuitive (assuming wine emulates
> > >all of the system calls we make).
> > >
> > >The IDE and the programmer software use the same COMM routines so if one
> > >works, I expect the other will as well.
> > >
> > >If you try it, let us know the results.
> > >
> > >
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