Running programs
From RFID Guardian
The way to launch programs depends on the type of platform. E.g., eCos builds require uploading of programs; host builds that use the Pegoda reader require a wrapper script around programs to enable them to locate the Pegoda .dlls.
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Simulator build
For simulator builds, just run the program (with the appropriate options).
eCos build
For running on the Guardian using an eCos build, you need to open a terminal window that listens to the serial port that is connected to the Guardian. Use hyperterm under Windows, use minicom -o under Linux. For the Triton, the default settings are: 115200 8N1. For the BlackFin, default settings are: 57600 8N1.
The running program prints to/reads from this terminal.
Upload and run the program
Two possibilities: Ethernet and Serial Line. Ethernet only works if the Guardian has Ethernet (v1, v4).
- Ethernet
- On the host machine (the machine where you built the executble), copy the executable to the TFTP region:
$ cp <executable-name> /tftpboot/
Make sure the tftp daemon can read your executable, it should be world-readable.
- Enter upload command via TFTP from the default host to the Guardian that boots RedBoot:
RedBoot> load <executable-name> RedBoot> go
- Or for a U-Boot platform:
u-boot> tftp 0x01000000 <executable-name> ####### progress markers u-boot> bootelf
- Load address and filename can be stored in flash, so next time the upload command can be abbreviated:
u-boot> setenv bootfile <executable-name> u-boot> setenv fileaddr 0x01000000 u-boot> saveenv u-boot> tftp ####### progress markers u-boot> bootelf
- Serial line
- Start the reception side on the guardian:
RedBoot> load -m ymodem
- Then use the ymodem upload mechanism of your terminal program to start the upload. For minicom, that is ^As and specify the (stripped) executable that you built (main.stripped etc). For hyperterm, use the [Send File] button.
- After the upload has finished, start the program from RedBoot:
| RedBoot> run |
(or 'go'; it used to be broken, but things have evolved a lot)
Host build
For host builds, the environment needs to be set to find the Philips Pegoda DLLs. There is a wrapper to accomplish this:
| $ ~MRG/bin/env.bash [main arguments...] |
