Step By Step Instructions for Typical Use Cases
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NXHX 52-JTAG | Getting Started
DOC131004GS02EN | Revision 2 | English | 2013-11 | Released | Public
© Hilscher 2013
5.7 Downloading NXF Firmware to Serial Flash of the NXHX
52-JTAG via USB
5.7.1
Overview
This section describes how to download a LFW file in NXF format from your
development PC to the flash memory of your netX device via USB.
Note that the Second Stage Bootloader must have been downloaded to the
NXHX board before you can download or boot any firmware in NXF format.
Unlike the SSBL file, firmware in NXF format can not be downloaded to
flash memory by using the
netX Bootwizard
application, because the
Bootwizard can not cope with the file system set up by the SSBL already
running on the NXHX board. Therefore, you need another Hilscher
application to download the firmware file, the
netHOST Device Test
Application
. The netHOST Device Test Application is stored on the
product DVD in the
Tools\netX Transport
directory and can be run
directly from DVD, it does not need to be installed on your PC.
The ready-made LFW EtherCAT slave NXF firmware for testing and
evaluation purposes (limited IO data exchange of 2 Bytes), which is
downloaded in this section, is stored on the product DVD in the
Examples
and API\Targets\LFW\1. LFW netX
Toolkit\Firmware\ETHERCAT
directory.
5.7.2
Prerequisites
You have downloaded the Second Stage Bootloader to the NXHX board.
Note:
For this example using EtherCAT slave firmware, you need to have
downloaded a special SSBL file to the NXHX board beforehand. This is
the
NXHX52JTAG_2ndStageLoader_V1.4.12.1.bin
stored in the
Examples and API\Targets\LFW\1. LFW netX
Toolkit\Firmware\ETHERCAT\2nd Stage Loader
directory.
The NXHX board is connected to a voltage supply.
You have a USB cable with a Mini-B connector ready.
You have installed the Hilscher USB device drivers on your PC.
(On the NXHX 52-JTAG product DVD, open the
Driver and
Toolkit\USB Driver
directory, then double-click
setup.exe
file.
Follow the instructions of the installation wizard)
You have inserted the NXHX 52-JTAG product DVD into the DVD drive
of your development PC (in order to be able to access the
netHOST
Device Test Application
).
You have access to the firmware file which you want to download.
