Pololu Wixel - Manual (Page 22)

Wixels (for example, when you want to write the same app and settings to multiple Wixels). If the box is unchecked,
you can click the Read Wixel button at any time to read settings from the selected Wixel.
To read the settings from a Wixel, you will need to open the app that is currently on the Wixel. This is necessary
because the app file contains metadata which is needed in order to correctly interpret the settings contained in the
Wixel’s flash memory.
If you have lost the app file and want to read the contents of your Wixel, select Read Flash and Export to HEX
File… from the Wixel menu. You can then open the exported HEX File as an App and use it to program other Wixels.
The settings from the Wixel will be contained in the exported HEX file but you will not be able to read these settings
in the Wixel Configuration Utility.
If the Wixel’s application is running when the read operation starts, the Wixel Configuration Utility will temporarily
stop the application and put the Wixel into bootloader mode in order to read its contents. When the read operation is
completed, the Wixel Configuration Utility will restart the app.
Other Commands
The Erase Wixel command (found in the Wixel menu) erases the app from the currently selected Wixel (every bit in
the application flash section becomes a 1).
The Verify Wixel command reads the currently selected Wixel and tells you whether its contents are identical to the
app and settings displayed on the right in the App Configuration box.
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