Downloading Files via Ethernet

UNIX Hosts

1. Choose an IP address and a host name for your target board and enter them in your UNIX host's /etc/hosts file. For example,

       71.0.0.208 umeteor	# IP address for LSI uMeteor board
   

2. Use the set command to set the IP address of your target board:

       PMON> set ipaddr 71.0.0.208
   

   Note: It is no longer necessary to manually set the arp table, because the Monitor now responds to arp requests from the host.

3. If you have more than one board on the network, the Ethernet hardware (MAC) address can be changed using the set command. For example,

       PMON> set etheraddr aa:bb:cc:00:00:01
   

4. Now set the environment variable hostport to ethernet:

       PMON> set hostport ethernet
   

5. At this point you might want to use the set nvram command to make these new settings permanent:

       PMON> set nvram
   

6. To download Fast-Format or S-record files, enter the following commands:

   PMON> load	Prepare for download.
   % tftp umeteor	Invoke tftp for umeteor system.
   tftp> put game.rec	Send file game.rec to umeteor.
   tftp> quit	Exit to shell.

   The transfer rate is approximately 134 Kbytes/second.

7. To download binary files, enter the following commands:

   PMON> load -B	Use binary format for tftp transfer.
   % tftp umeteor	Invoke tftp for umeteor system.
   tftp> mode binary	Put tftp in binary mode to prevent it from translating "\n" to "\r\n".
   tftp> put foobar 80040000	Send foobar to umeteor starting at address.
   tftp> quit	Exit to shell.

   The transfer rate for binary files is approximately l50 Kbytes/second.

   Because the Monitor uses only the UDP protocol, you must use tftp's put command for downloading; the tftp get command is not supported. Note that we used PMON for this example, but the procedure is exactly the same for the SerialICE Monitor.

Windows95/NT Hosts

1. Install the Microsoft TCP/IP package or equivalent.

2. Choose an IP address and a host name for your host and your target board and enter them into the file \WINDOWS\HOSTS on your host. For example, if you host was named "ctx1" and your target "umeteor", you might enter the following information.

       71.0.0.208 umeteor
       71.0.0.214 ctx1 loghost
   

   The keyword 'loghost' must be used to indicate which line contains the name of your host. If you are not using Microsoft's TCP/IP package, please refer to the vendor's documentation for the location of the HOSTS file.

3. Use the set command to set the IP address of your target board:

       PMON> set ipaddr 71.0.0.208
   

4. If you have more than one board on the network, the Ethernet hardware (MAC) address can be changed using the set command. For example,

       PMON> set etheraddr aa:bb:cc:00:00:01
   

5. Now set the environment variable hostport to ethernet:

       PMON> set hostport ethernet
   

6. At this point you might want to use the set nvram command to make these new settings permanent:

       PMON> set nvram
   

7. To download Fast-Format or S-record files, enter the following commands:

   PMON> load	Prepare for download.
   Send file game.rec to umeteor.

   The transfer rate is approximately 134 Kbytes/second.

Notes

• If you already have a permanant arp entry for your board, you need not set the ipaddr variable. This is only used when responding to arp requests from the host.

• Once you have typed 'load', the Monitor will respond to ping requests from the host. However, do not issue ping requests while the tftp transfer is running. The Monitor will not respond to ping requests once control has returned to the PMON prompt.