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mtca:mtca:firmware

Load the firmware for TKFEC, PXFEC and FEDs

This needs to be done after each power up of the crate.
Login to cmspixel2 PC

source TriDAS/pixel/POSRelease/setenv.sh
cd FEDtool
source setup.sh   

Edit write destination in FEDtool/settings/FWUpload.xml
(one board at a time, naming listed in /etc/hosts)

fpgaconfig -l #list firmware files on SD card
fpgaconfig -i firmware.bin #load firmware from SD card   

In case of a newly received firmware available in bit format:

fpgaconfig -f firmware.bit -i firmware.bin #convert .bit to .bin, upload to SD card and load firmware
mtca/mtca/firmware.txt · Last modified: 2017/02/15 15:39 by leac