How to upgrade the video firmware – Smart Avi HDMV Multiviewer User Manual

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1) Connect an RS-232 cable or USB to

RS-232 adapter from your computer to

the HDMV.

2) Open Chip45Boot2 GUI and select the

appropriate com port.

3) Select a baud rate of 115200 (if

connection fails select a lower

baud rate)

4) Press “Select Flash Hexfile” and locate

the firmware upgrade. (Don’t forget to

download the upgrade first.)

5) With the power to the HDMV off, press

“Connect to Bootloader” then turn the

power to the HDMV on.

6) Once connected click on “Program Flash”

7) When finished click “Disconnect from

bootloader” and power cycle the

HDMV.

Occasionally Chip45 may give an error

“Unable to connect, with a red status flag.”

Clicking “connect” just after seeing this

message will sometimes connect. Also

consider lowering the baud rate.

With a Terminal Program:

1) Set PC serial port to 19200 baud, 8N1, XON

XOFF (we suggest to start with 19200 baud,

even though higher baud rates are possible,

depending of target MCU clock.) Set the

line endings on your terminal program to

‘CR+LF’ for outgoing messages, this means

to “send line ends with line feeds.”

Emulation should be set to “VT100.”

2) Hold shift-U keys pressed while powering

on or resetting your target

3) See the welcome message “c45b2” plus

version number plus prompt on the next

line now the boot loader is ready to accept

the firmware.

4) Type “pf” to load the firmware. An echo of

“pf+” will return.

5) Send text file, go to desktop and “show all”

and select the hex file. (Send it as a text file

although it is a hex file.)

How to Upgrade the Video Firmware

Download the latest firmware upgrade from the SmartAVI website.

Open either Chip45Boot2 or a serial data application such as HyperTerminal. Chip45Boot2 may be

downloaded from the Chip45 website. HyperTerminal, Putty, TeraTerm are widely distributed and

free to use.

Using Chip45Boot2 GUI

Using HyperTerminal

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