Re: [ECOS] Hyperterm for Linux?

["Jason Thomas" <jason at cosmic dot utah dot edu>]

> Gary Thomas wrote:
   Hm, it looks like if I use TFTP I'll have to set up a TFTP server on my
host system, and I'll have to communicate to Redboot to pull the
binaries off of my machine. If I use yMODEM I can instead push the
image onto the machine. I'll try out kermit, thanks for your help!

-Jason Thomas.

>
>> On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 17:44, Jason Thomas wrote:
>>
>>>   I'm to the point of transfering a binary compiled for eCos to be
>>> loaded
>>>via redboot. From what I've found I need a terminal emulator that works
>>>over TCP/IP that supports yMODEM based transfers. Minicom only works
>>>over serial. Are there any Linux based programs that are commonly used
>>>for this?
>
> ckermit
>
>
>>
>>
>> Why would you want to run y-Modem over a TCP/IP connection?  Either use
>> TFTP or use Y-Modem via serial.
>
> FWIW, this ability is very useful.  We use it to upgrade RedBoot in the
> eCos test farm on boards that are serial only but are connected to a
> serial-ethernet gateway (so we can access them remotely).  Using kermit
> from our remote hosts to connect to the ethernet/serial gateway we can
> initiate a y-modem download from our remote hosts over the tcp
> connection to the gateway to the target.  Hence we end up using both
> ethernet and serial to download :-)
>
>
> -- Alex
>
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>>
>> I don't understand your statement "From what I've found I need a
>> terminal emulator that works over TCP/IP that supports yMODEM based
>> transfers."  Can you please explain?
>>
>


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