Urgent: Flash.exe problem

Hello everybody

I am using DSK c6711 and I'm trying to program the flash memory.
I started with the examples of TI.

I am using flash.exe from :

C:\ti\examples\dsk6711\board_util\flash\Host\Debug>flash post.hex

and it gives me following message:

TMS320C6211/6711 DSK Flash Programming Utility, Version 2.04, May 2001
Copyright (c) 2001 by Texas Instruments Incorporated. All rights reserved.

ERROR: Please specify a valid board configuration file via the -f option.

What is this configuration file ?

Thanks in advance : Hamid

Hamid
Not sure about the -f option but here's what I use and it works just fine...
I think its asking for a target address in flash memory.

flash -pa -s0x90000000 post.hex

Regards Mark


Hamid <hsepehr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:aa01b0cc.0311200442.51fc8b90@posting.google.com...
> Hello everybody
>
> I am using DSK c6711 and I'm trying to program the flash memory.
> I started with the examples of TI.
>
> I am using flash.exe from :
>
> C:\ti\examples\dsk6711\board_util\flash\Host\Debug>flash post.hex
>
> and it gives me following message:
>
> TMS320C6211/6711 DSK Flash Programming Utility, Version 2.04, May 2001
> Copyright (c) 2001 by Texas Instruments Incorporated. All rights reserved.
>
> ERROR: Please specify a valid board configuration file via the -f option.
>
> What is this configuration file ?
>
> Thanks in advance : Hamid

"MarkyMark" <MarkyMark@noaddress.com> wrote in message news:<tu5vb.19272$aT.8282@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> Hamid
> Not sure about the -f option but here's what I use and it works just fine...
> I think its asking for a target address in flash memory.
> 
> flash -pa -s0x90000000 post.hex
> 
> Regards Mark
> 
> 
> Hamid <hsepehr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:aa01b0cc.0311200442.51fc8b90@posting.google.com...
> > Hello everybody
> >
> > I am using DSK c6711 and I'm trying to program the flash memory.
> > I started with the examples of TI.
> >
> > I am using flash.exe from :
> >
> > C:\ti\examples\dsk6711\board_util\flash\Host\Debug>flash post.hex
> >
> > and it gives me following message:
> >
> > TMS320C6211/6711 DSK Flash Programming Utility, Version 2.04, May 2001
> > Copyright (c) 2001 by Texas Instruments Incorporated. All rights reserved.
> >
> > ERROR: Please specify a valid board configuration file via the -f option.
> >
> > What is this configuration file ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance : Hamid


As I found the configuration board file which is 
c:\\ti\\cc\\bin\\BrdDat\\dsk6x11.cfg

and I recompile the Flash.dsw , it works but now it gives me another
error which is
FAILED: dsk6x_open()

and as I had a look , this function is in dsk6x11hpi.dll but I'm not
sure if this dll works in Win2000 environment.

Thanks : Hamid

> As I found the configuration board file which is
> c:\\ti\\cc\\bin\\BrdDat\\dsk6x11.cfg
>
> and I recompile the Flash.dsw , it works but now it gives me another
> error which is
> FAILED: dsk6x_open()
>
> and as I had a look , this function is in dsk6x11hpi.dll but I'm not
> sure if this dll works in Win2000 environment.
>
> Thanks : Hamid

FAILED: dsk6x_open() usually means bad parallel port setup, there is a
utility to do this supplied with the DSK, OR like as you say it could be a
Win 2000 thing. Unfortunately I am using Win98.

Look in your C:\....\c6000\dsk\bin directory, run the Dsk6xtst.exe to verify
all is well with your DSk and Win2000
Good luck

Mark

There apparently were problems with flash.  The configuration file is
usually included in the DSK CCS files......somewhere.  Flasjh was
replaced with flashburn.  Works muchhhhh better.

Maurice Givens



hsepehr@yahoo.com (Hamid) wrote in message news:<aa01b0cc.0311200442.51fc8b90@posting.google.com>...
> Hello everybody
> 
> I am using DSK c6711 and I'm trying to program the flash memory.
> I started with the examples of TI.
> 
> I am using flash.exe from :
> 
> C:\ti\examples\dsk6711\board_util\flash\Host\Debug>flash post.hex
> 
> and it gives me following message:
> 
> TMS320C6211/6711 DSK Flash Programming Utility, Version 2.04, May 2001
> Copyright (c) 2001 by Texas Instruments Incorporated. All rights reserved.
> 
> ERROR: Please specify a valid board configuration file via the -f option.
> 
> What is this configuration file ?
> 
> Thanks in advance : Hamid