GPS debug Log
Pressing ‘g’ key one more time, produces a scrolling log of the GPS discipline debug parameters.
With most terminal emulators (including PuTTY) you can enable a log file. So if you want to chart
what happens to the GPS discipline under various conditions, this a useful tool.
When the GPS debug display is active or the GPS log is active, normal editing of the configuration
parameters is disabled.
So pressing ‘g’ key cycles between:
•
Ordinary parameter editing operation
•
GPS debug display (parameter editing is disabled)
•
GPS debug log (parameter editing is disabled)
6. Firmware update procedure
One of the absolute best features of ProgRock2 is that firmware updates can be done easily, by
anyone, with no special hardware, software, tools or experience. This feature is called “QFU”
(
Q
RP Labs
F
irmware
U
pdate) and provides the following features:
•
Easy
– anyone can do the firmware update
•
No additional hardware required:
only a standard USB A-B cable (or micro-USB cable if
you have installed a micro-USB connector)
•
No additional software required:
just the standard file manager application that is already
available on any PC
•
No drivers:
no special drivers need to be installed, the existing drivers on any modern
operating system are used
•
Works on any PC Operating System:
and in the same way: Windows, Linux, Mac
•
Secure:
firmware files are published on the QRP Labs website and are encrypted using
256-bit AES encryption technology
USB Flash memory stick emulation:
In the firmware update mode, the ProgRock2 module pretends to be a USB Flash memory stick,
having a 4MByte capacity and implementing a FAT16 file system. This virtual “Flash stick”
contains a single file, the firmware program file in the ProgRock2 microcontroller. You may read
the file from the ProgRock2, or write a new one, just by dragging files in your file manager
application.
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