Where is SIOW.EXE?

picnic · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 15

I have PCM V4.076 and been looking at the Bootloader Examples. In the Appendix on Example Programs the manual states "The SIOW.EXE program included in the program directory may be used..."

I don't seem to have this executable. How does one go about getting it?

TIA

Guest · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:44 am

its usually in the picc directory.

try a search for siow in the "program files" directory

FvM · Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 2337 Location: Germany

It's installed in the PICC directory with every version, at least since V3. An it can be executed as "Serial Port Monitor" in the PICC tools menu.

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

You don't get it with the command line compilers. However, you
probably could find it with Google.

ckielstra · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 3680 Location: The Netherlands

Programs like SIOW and ChipEdit are no longer distributed in the compiler package. You have to download and install the separate IDEUTILS package from the same web page as the compiler.

Another legal source for the SIOW program is downloading the compiler demo package.

picnic · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 15

Thanks for the replies, appears I've fallen in to the old trap of not realising what I haven't got until too late :( Sadly the utility is not supplied with the demo so I'm unable to fully use that example code I've paid for :(

ckielstra · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 3680 Location: The Netherlands

picnic · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 15

In the end I didn't download the demo as the propaganda states SIOW is not supplied as part of the demo. I'll try it.

I also didn't appreciate that it's simply a terminal emulator, I sort of assumed (yeah I know) that it had a firmware transfer mode that fitted in with the example code.

Thanks

Charlie U · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:50 am

If you are looking for a nice terminal emulator, check out TeraTerm version 4.59. It is available free on the web. To download code to your micro via a boot loader, you can use the "Send File" feature. I have used it for downloading data to an external flash, and others have used it for downloading code via a bootloader.

FvM · Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 2337 Location: Germany

You can operate the bootloader even through Hyperterminal, but you have to enable XON/XOFF flow control. Furthermore, the bootloader is using an ACK character, that can be utilized for retransmission of failed blocks (I don't know, if SIOW actually does), or at least indicate a programming failure.

ariel.vollmann · Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Córdoba - Argentina

Thanks ckielstra & FvM!

I didn't know it was so easy to transfer hex files with Tera Term or Hyperterminal, and since I had serious problems with SIOW it was impossible to transfer anything!

Thanks for sharing! It works like a charm!!
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