Burning image files by the flash address

To burn a file, perform the following steps:

1 Switch to the Address tab, as showed in Figure 3-1.

2 Select a serial port for connecting the board, select the server IP address of the PC, and set the MAC address, IP address, subnet mask, and gateway to the board. See Figure 3-2.

The server IP address of the PC and the IP address of the board must be on the same network segment. Otherwise, image files fail to be burnt.

Figure 3-2 Setting parameters 2

When the Fastboot started for the first time, the parameter settings will be automatically created. That is default settings. While settings change, the new value will be automatically stored in the HiTool. When the fastboot starts next time, the last parameter settings are automatically loaded. But, if the Hitool exits abnormally, the last parameter settings may not be stored successfully.
You can click "Save" button to save current network settings for the device, and you can click the "Load" button to select settings from stored history as current settings.

Set the flash memory type, set the start address and length of the file to be burnt, and click Browse to select the file to be burnt, as showed in Figure 3-3.

Figure 3-3 Setting the board for burning

4 Connect the serial port and Ethernet port of the board. If the board is powered on, power off it and short-circuit the bootstrap jumper cap of the board. For details, see chapter 1 "1 Preparing the Burning Environment"

5 Click Burn, see Figure 3-3.

When you burn by address, you can not select the file type, just needs to select the file you want to burn. Because the formats are different between yaffs files(with OOB data)and other files(without OOB data), the tool will automatic distinguishing the file types(they are yaffs and None in the tool),then burned base on different types, power on the board and start burning. If you burn files by the flash address, you need to power on the board again only when you click Burn for the first time.

Figure 3-4 Clicking Burn

6 Power on the board to burn the file.Figure 3-5 shows the burning process.

Figure 3-5 Burning process

The information about the burning process is displayed in the console.
If an error occurs:

Check whether the correct serial port is selected.
Check whether the correct Ethernet port is selected.
Check whether the bootstrap jumper on the board is short-circuited.

7 Connect the serial port tool and restart the board.

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Burning and upload are two reverse operations. The burn function used to burn a file into the target board, but upload function used to upload files to PC from board by specified address and specified length which user setting. The details of upload are similar to the burning. Here we just list the two different steps.

Step 1 is same as step 1 in burning.

Step 2 is same as step 2 in burning.

Step 3 Config the information of upload, select the flash type, set the start address and length in board, and set the file which the upload content will save in. As showed in Figure 3-6.

Figure 3-6 Upload information

Step 4 is same as step 4 in burning.

Step 5 Click "Upload", if the images in to be upload area are fastboot, kernel, ubifs and so on, please select "Data whithout OOB". If the image is yaffs, please select "Data with OOB". As shown in Figure 3-7.

Figure 3-7 Select data type

When you upload by address, you need to appoint the data type. This step will finish in the dialog which appear after you click "Upload". If you select a wrong type, the upload date will can not match the original file. When you upload yaffs file, the length should be the multiple of (pagesize + oobsize).

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The erase function will erase the specified length content from the specified address on the board. Details of erasing are similar to the burning. Here we just list the two different steps.

Step 1 is same as the step 1 in burning.

Step 2 is same as the Step 2 in burning.

Step 3 Config erase information of easy, select the flash type, set the start address and length in board. As showed in Figure 3-8.

Figure 3-8 Erase information

Step 4 is same as the Step 4 in burning.

Step 5 Click "Erase", start erasing by power on the board. As shown in Figure 3-9.

Figure 3-9 Erase process

While erasing, the length should be multiple times of blocksize.

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3. Burning image files by the flash address