Sync Box Firmware Upgrade using dfu-programmer - Revision history

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   $ lsusb
   Bus 002 Device 049: ID 03eb:2ffd Atmel Corp. at89c5130/c5131 DFU bootloader
 To prove things are working, dump the contents of the device into a file:

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 == Programming ==
-See [[Sync Box firmware#Enabling reprogramming over USB|the procedure on the Sync Box firmware page]] for details on how to get the bootloader to enter reprogramming  mode.  This will cause it to present itself as a USB device to your computer.  When the device is properly detected, it will show up in <tt>lsusb</tt> as something like:
+See [[Sync Box firmware#Enabling reprogramming over USB|the procedure on the Sync Box firmware page]] for instructions on how to get the bootloader to enter reprogramming mode.  This will cause it to present itself as a USB device to your computer.  When the device is properly detected, it will show up in <tt>lsusb</tt> as something like:
   $ lsusb
   Bus 002 Device 049: ID 03eb:2ffd Atmel Corp. at89c5130/c5131 DFU bootloader

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 == Programming ==
-See the procedure on the [[Sync Box firmware#Microcontroller_programming_.28.hex_file.29|Sync Box firmware]] page for details on how to get the bootloader to enter reprogramming  mode.  This will cause it to present itself as a USB device to your computer.  When the device is properly detected, it will show up in <tt>lsusb</tt> as something like:
+See [[Sync Box firmware#Enabling reprogramming over USB|the procedure on the Sync Box firmware page]] for details on how to get the bootloader to enter reprogramming  mode.  This will cause it to present itself as a USB device to your computer.  When the device is properly detected, it will show up in <tt>lsusb</tt> as something like:
   $ lsusb
   Bus 002 Device 049: ID 03eb:2ffd Atmel Corp. at89c5130/c5131 DFU bootloader

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 == Programming ==
-To enable programming of the sync box, do the following:
+See the procedure on the [[Sync Box firmware#Microcontroller_programming_.28.hex_file.29|Sync Box firmware]] page for details on how to get the bootloader to enter reprogramming  mode.  This will cause it to present itself as a USB device to your computer.  When the device is properly detected, it will show up in <tt>lsusb</tt> as something like:
   $ lsusb
   Bus 002 Device 049: ID 03eb:2ffd Atmel Corp. at89c5130/c5131 DFU bootloader

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 == Programming ==
-Connect the sync box to the computer over USB.  '''Don't do what [http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~mce/mcedocs/hardware/tech_description/SyncBox_UserGuide_S589_502.pdf the manual] says:''' it's wrong!  Instead to enable programming, do the following:
+To enable programming of the sync box, do the following:
 # Start with the sync box powered off and disconnected from USB
 # Depress ''both'' the RESET switch and the PS_EN switch

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 {{Related|Sync Box Firmware}}
 This describes how to upgrade [[Sync Box Firmware]] using the free <tt>dfu-programmer</tt> on linux.  This only applies to the microprocessor; often it is also necessary to upgrade the CPLD.
+__TOC__
 == Installation ==
 The dfu-programmer software can be installed in Ubuntu like this:

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		+	{{Related\|Sync Box Firmware}}
	This describes how to upgrade [[Sync Box Firmware]] using the free <tt>dfu-programmer</tt> on linux. This only applies to the microprocessor; often it is also necessary to upgrade the CPLD.		This describes how to upgrade [[Sync Box Firmware]] using the free <tt>dfu-programmer</tt> on linux. This only applies to the microprocessor; often it is also necessary to upgrade the CPLD.

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   $ sudo dfu-programmer at89c5131:2,49 dump > ./part_dump.bin
-The contents of part_dump.bin can then be inspected with <tt>hexdump -C ./part_dump.bin</tt> to confirm it's the sync box code and not some other nonsense.  (It's also good to keep a copy of the previous program; if the new program doesn't work, you can always revert.
+The contents of part_dump.bin can then be inspected with <tt>hexdump -C ./part_dump.bin</tt> to confirm it's the sync box code and not some other nonsense.  (It's also good to keep a copy of the previous program; if the new program doesn't work, you can always revert.)
 Then to program the device the syntax is:

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 where ''<USB_BUS>'' is the bus number from <tt>lsusb</tt> and ''<USB_DEVNUM>'' is the device number from <tt>lsusb</tt>. For the example <tt>lsusb</tt> output above, this would give us:
-  $ sudo dfu-programmer at89c5131:2,49 dump > part_dump.bin
+  $ sudo dfu-programmer at89c5131:2,49 dump > ./part_dump.bin
-The contents of part_dump.bin can then be inspected with <tt>hexdump -C</tt> to confirm it's the sync box code and not some other nonsense.  (It's also good to keep a copy of the previous program; if the new program doesn't work, you can always revert.
+The contents of part_dump.bin can then be inspected with <tt>hexdump -C ./part_dump.bin</tt> to confirm it's the sync box code and not some other nonsense.  (It's also good to keep a copy of the previous program; if the new program doesn't work, you can always revert.
 Then to program the device the syntax is:
-  act@wilson:~$ sudo dfu-programmer at89c5131:''<USB_BUS>'',''<USB_DEVNUM>'' flash sync_box_v22_26sept2014.hex
+  $ sudo dfu-programmer at89c5131:''<USB_BUS>'',''<USB_DEVNUM>'' flash ./sync_box_v22_26sept2014.hex
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