Downloading Files to the HC11 with xdl

Hardware

You need to be on one of the Linux workstations with a phone cord adapter in the back. Plug a phone cable between this connector and the phone cord connector on the HC11 board.

Software

Before running the downloader, you may need to

% source /home/CS273/cshrc.cs273

This command adds a path to access the 'xdl' command. Some of us have already added this to our path, and for those of you who haven't, it might be a good idea to put this command in your .cshrc file.

To run the downloader itself, give the command

% xdl --hardware-echo

This will bring up the main control panel. If you press the Download Program button, it will bring up a file dialog window, which you can use to select a file to download. The Serial Comm button brings up a terminal emulator window, which can be used to communicate with the board when you're using Hexmon. The Configure button brings up a program configuration window, which you shouldn't need to use if you used the command above to run the downloader.