Post by thread:[PIC] ICD3 Saving HEX file

Hi All, I have an ICD3 and wish to read the contents of a Device and save it, before Flashing the CPU with a new program. I searched in vain for a standalone application, such as is available for the PICKit2, so I tried it using MPLab 8.x. I can set it up as a programmer and I can read the device, but nowhere can I find an option to save it as a HEX file. I know it must be simple, but I just cant find it, not even in the documentation, hence the silly question. Cheers Chri

> Hi All, > > I have an ICD3 and wish to read the contents of a Device and save it, > before Flashing the CPU with a new program. I searched in vain for a > standalone application, such as is available for the PICKit2, so I > tried it using MPLab 8.x. > I can set it up as a programmer and I can read the device, but nowhere > can I find an option to save it as a HEX file. > I know it must be simple, but I just cant find it, not even in the > documentation, hence the silly question. > > Cheers I believe once you read the contents of the old device, you can use file-export to save the hex file. Harold -- FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com - Advertising opportunities available

Thanks Harold :) Works a charm. On 1 October 2011 18:13, Harold Hallikainen <spam_OUTharoldTakeThisOuThallikainen.org> wrote: {Quote hidden}> >> Hi All, >> >> I have an ICD3 and wish to read the contents of a Device and save it, >> before Flashing the CPU with a new program. I searched in vain for a >> standalone application, such as is available for the PICKit2, so I >> tried it using MPLab 8.x. >> I can set it up as a programmer and I can read the device, but nowhere >> can I find an option to save it as a HEX file. >> I know it must be simple, but I just cant find it, not even in the >> documentation, hence the silly question. >> >> Cheers > > I believe once you read the contents of the old device, you can use > file-export to save the hex file. > > Harold > > > > > -- > FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com - Advertising > opportunities available! >

On 10/3/2011 8:27 AM, V G wrote: > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Chris Roper<.....caroperKILLspam.....gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Harold :) >> Works a charm. > > Anyone know how to flash a hex file? First you build or buy a programmer for your target device. Then you start at wikipedia to learn the specifications for a hex file. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX> Next, write a program to read the hex file and send it to the programmer in the proper format for the programmer. Test, re-write, re-test until it works. If it's a PIC you want to program, MPLab has menu selections to load hex files. Joe W

> > Anyone know how to flash a hex file? > First you build or buy a programmer for your target device. > Then you start at wikipedia to learn the specifications for a hex file. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX> > Next, write a program to read the hex file and send it to the programmer > in the proper format for the programmer. > Test, re-write, re-test until it works. > If it's a PIC you want to program, MPLab has menu selections to load hex > files. Yeah, I was going to say the rest of us just load it into MPLAB and program from there, but I assume solarwind is wanting to program a PIC ... don't know how one would do it otherwise with a non-microchip product. -- Scanned by iCritical.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:27 AM, V G <EraseMEx.solarwind.xspam_OUTTakeThisOuTgmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Chris Roper <caroperspam_OUTgmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Harold :) >> Works a charm. > > > Anyone know how to flash a hex file? > Let me clarify. Anyone know how to flash a precompiled hex file to a PIC from within MPLAB with REAL ICE/ICD? I don't see the option to load a hex file, unlike the PICKIT2 program

alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk wrote 2011-10-03 15:59: >>> Anyone know how to flash a hex file? >> First you build or buy a programmer for your target device. Then you >> start at wikipedia to learn the specifications for a hex file. >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX> Next, write a program to read >> the hex file and send it to the programmer in the proper format for >> the programmer. Test, re-write, re-test until it works. If it's a PIC >> you want to program, MPLab has menu selections to load hex files. > > Yeah, I was going to say the rest of us just load it into MPLAB and > program from there, but I assume solarwind is wanting to program a PIC > ... don't know how one would do it otherwise with a non-microchip > product. I might have missunderstood the question, but any "programmer" should be able to "flash a hex file". Wisp648, PICkit2 or whatever

On the ICD3 it is the direct opposite of saving that is: File->Import and then use the toolbar or menu to burn the file to the target pic. On 3 October 2011 16:07, V G <@spam@x.solarwind.xKILLspamgmail.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:27 AM, V G <KILLspamx.solarwind.xKILLspamgmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Chris Roper <RemoveMEcaroperTakeThisOuTgmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Harold :) >>> Works a charm. >> >> >> Anyone know how to flash a hex file? >> > > Let me clarify. Anyone know how to flash a precompiled hex file to a PIC > from within MPLAB with REAL ICE/ICD? I don't see the option to load a hex > file, unlike the PICKIT2 program. >

On 10/3/2011 9:59 AM, spamBeGonealan.b.pearcespamBeGonestfc.ac.uk wrote: >>> Anyone know how to flash a hex file? >> First you build or buy a programmer for your target device. >> Then you start at wikipedia to learn the specifications for a hex file. >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX> >> Next, write a program to read the hex file and send it to the programmer >> in the proper format for the programmer. >> Test, re-write, re-test until it works. >> If it's a PIC you want to program, MPLab has menu selections to load hex >> files. > Yeah, I was going to say the rest of us just load it into MPLAB and program from there, but I assume solarwind is wanting to program a PIC ... don't know how one would do it otherwise with a non-microchip product. My first exposure to using hex files was at Bolt Berenek and Newman where I needed to send PowerPC code to a proprietary router board. All custom stuff, the software department had ported gcc, but no linker yet for the PowerPC. The board had a 68HC11 processor to receive the data and put it in the PowerPC memory. I looked up Intel Hex and coff file formats and wrote the software to convert and send the data from a Sun pizza box. Another project was using Ohlin's EmbedInc programmer where I needed to (re)program just 4 bytes of a pre-programmed part to set a serial number. I used custom software to make it quicker in a prodction environment. Joe W

On 03/10/2011 14.07, V G wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:27 AM, V G<RemoveMEx.solarwind.xTakeThisOuTgmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Chris Roper<caroperEraseME.....gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Harold :) >>> Works a charm. >> >> Anyone know how to flash a hex file? >> > Let me clarify. Anyone know how to flash a precompiled hex file to a PIC > from within MPLAB with REAL ICE/ICD? I don't see the option to load a hex > file, unlike the PICKIT2 program. Thank you, Solarwind, that's the question we was looking for. ;-) It's monday...

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:07 PM, V G <EraseMEx.solarwind.xgmail.com> wrote: > Let me clarify. Anyone know how to flash a precompiled hex file to a PIC > from within MPLAB with REAL ICE/ICD? I don't see the option to load a hex > file, unlike the PICKIT2 program. Either use MPLAB to Import the hex file or you can use the console command line program, similar to PICkit 2's pk2cmd. C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\Programmer Utilities\ICD3\ICD3CMD.exe C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\Programmer Utilities\RealICE\RealICECMD.exe C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\Programmer Utilities\PICkit3\PK3CMD.exe C:\Program Files\Microchip\MPLAB IDE\Programmer Utilities\ICD3>ICD3CMD.exe Options Description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- B Batch Mode Operation C Blank Check Device E Erase Flash Device F<file> Hex File Selection G<region><Type><path> Read functions region: E = EEPROM I = ID memory C = Configuration memory B = Boot Flash Memory If no region is entered, the entire device will be read. Type F: = read into hex file, Path = full file path, H Hold In Reset L Release from Reset I Use High Voltage MCLR M<region> Program Device region: P = Program memory E = EEPROM I = ID memory C = Configuration memory B = Boot Flash Memory If no region is entered, the entire device will be programmed. N####,#### Program Memory Range #### is a hexidecimal number representing Start and End Address in sequence P<part> Part Selection. Example: 18F67J50 R<file> Reporgram S<file> SQTP File Selection U## Program calibration memory,where: ## is a hexidecimal number representing the least significant byte of the calibration value to be programmed V<Voltage> Power Target from ICD3 Y Verify Device against selected HEX File ? Help Screen ?E Displays Exit Code Example: ICD3CMD /P18F67J50 /GFc:\HexCode.hex or Example: ICD3CMD -P18F67J50 -GFc:\HexCode.hex Version 01.00.11 Copyright (C) Microchip Technology Inc. 2009 -- Xiaofa