Linux download of a KOS program
On Linux, you have to use minicom or else kermit .
Minicom: Set the following settings:
- Serial Device: /dev/ttyS1 or /dev/ttyS0
- Lockfile Location: /var/lock
- Hardware flow control: No
- Software flow control: No
- Modem and dialing parameters:
- Init string: empty
- Reset string: empty
- Connect string: empty
- No connect strings: empty
- Hang-up string: empty
- Configure/ File Transfer Protocols
- Name: S28
- Program: /bin/cat
- Need name: Y
- Up/Down: Up
- FullScr: No
- IO-Red.: Yes
Do not forget to set the port speed and save the settings!
How to proceed:
- Run minicom
- Type run sloader to get into S-loader mode if you
are not already there.
- Type Ctrl-A-Z, and then S to download the code. Choose S28
- Note: You can also do from any terminal: cat yourfile.s28 > /dev/ttyS1
Kermit:
It should be possible to use kermit in command line mode, if the
Khepera is set to S-loader mode:
kermit -i -b 38400 -l /dev/ttyS1 -s yourfile.s28
I have not succeeded in using this method, but probably I did not use
the right parameters.