Loading the Firmware

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There are three things you need to download to your TINI Board to get it up and running. The first is the TINI firmware, found in %TINI_HOME%\bin\tini.hex. Then comes the Java class libraries, found in %TINI_HOME%\bin\tiniapi.hex. Finally, you need the interactive command shell "slush" found in %TINI_HOME%\examples\slush\Slush.hex.

1. In JavaKit, select the COM port you will be using for the serial I/O. This is whatever COM port you have attached your adapter to on your computer.
2. Make sure the speed is selected as 115200.
3. Press the OPEN PORT button.
4. When the RESET button becomes enabled, hit it. This sends a reset signal to the TINI Board. The reset circuitry of the TINI Board is connected to the DTR signal of the RS232 cable. By hitting reset, JavaKit generates a short pulse on the DTR line so that the board is going into the power on reset internal procedure. This procedure starts the "loader" that allows us to communicate with the board and download the firmware.
5. In the text area above a prompt should appear along with the words:

      TINI loader 05-15-00 17:45
      Copyright (C) 2000 Dallas Semiconductor. All rights reserved.
   
      >
   

6. Go up to the FILE menu above and select LOAD. Load the following file: %TINI_HOME%\bin\tini.tbin. There is no need to change banks first. The file has the bank information embedded in it. It should report the bank(s) it was loaded in. This will take several seconds.
7. Next, clear the heap by doing the following:

      b18      //changes to bank 18
      f0       //fills bank 18 with 0's, effectively erasing it
   

8. Select FILE/LOAD one more time and load the following file: %TINI_HOME%\bin\slush.tbin
9. If everything is loaded, type 'e' to execute. You should see output similiar to:

      ----> TINI Boot <----
      TINI OS 1.01
      API Version 8006
      Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Dallas Semiconductor Corporation
      01000000
      Doing First Birthday
      Memory Size: 07E600
      Addresses: 181A00,200000
      Skip List MM
      L01
      Running POR Code
      Memory POR Routines
      000020
      Transient block freed: 0000, size: 000000
      Persistant block freed: 0000, size: 000000
      KM_Init Passed
      Ethernet MAC Address Part Found
   
      TTS Revision: 154 , Date: 7/19/00 3:13p 
      Thread_Init Passed
      External Serial Port Init
      External serial ports not enabled
      Memory Available: 075F00
      Creating Task:
      0100
      01
      Loading application at 0x070100
      Creating Task:
      0200
      02
      Application load complete
   
   
      [-=        slush Version 1.01         =-]
      [          System coming up.            ]
      [      Beginning initialization...      ]
      [        Not generating log file.       ]    [Info]
      [    Initializing shell commands...     ]    [Done]
   
      [        Checking system files...       ]    [Done]
   
      [ Initializing and parsing .startup...  ]
      [        Initializing network...        ]
      [    Network configurations not set.    ]    [Skip]
   
      [         Network configuration         ]    [Done]
      [         System init routines          ]    [Done]
   
      [    slush initialization complete.     ]
   
   
      Hit any key to login.
   
      Welcome to slush.  (Version 1.01)
   
   
      TINI login: root
      TINI password:
   
      TINI />
   

   NOTE: There are two default accounts on this revision of slush, 'guest' with the password 'guest' and 'root' with the password 'tini'
10. Type "help" to get help. Type "help " to have help on a specific command. Try "help ipconfig".
11. You can now set your IP address using the ipconfig command. You can use the DHCP setting to get your IP dynamically or set it by yourself. For instance:

       ipconfig -a your.IP.fits.here \
                -m network.mask.fits.here \
                -g gateway.fits.in.here
    

    Note that the -a flag must be accompanied by the -m flag.
12. If you set your network information correctly using ipconfig, you should now be able to telnet and ftp to the TINI Board. You can also try to ping your TINI Board from a subnet PC or a subnet PC from the TINI Board to confirm your configuration.