Flashing via Command Line

To flash applets on the partitions of the flash memory of your frame grabber, you normally use the GUI tool microDiagnostics. However, you can alternatively flash your board directly via command line using the Grabber Firmware Flasher.

You find GrabberFirmwareFlasher.exe in the Framegrabber SDK installation directory <Framegrabber SDK installation directory>/bin.

The Grabber Firmware Flasher allows to write an applet (*.dll or *.hap file) onto a specific partition of the flash memory of a specific board. You need to specify:

• Board index (within your system)
• Flash memory partition
• File name (with extension) of applet file
• The Grabber Firmware Flasher looks within your Framegrabber SDK software installation for the specified applet file (in directory <Framegrabber SDK installation directory>/firmware/<frame grabber type>

To start the Grabber Firmware Flasher:

1. Go to the bin directory and run GrabberFirmwareFlasher.exe.

   The help information is displayed:

   

2. Specify board index, memory partition, and applet file name. You have the following commands available:

   GrabberFirmwareFlasher.exe  --b <board_index>
                               --partition <flashing partition>
                               <name of applet file>
   

   例：

   GrabberFirmwareFlasher.exe --board 0 --partition 4 Acq_SingleBaseGray.dll

3. Press Enter.

   The tool starts flashing the named partition with the specified applet:

   

4. Restart all applications that are using the board:

   • Close all applications of the Framegrabber SDK (microDisplay X, microDiagnostics, GenICam Explorer).
   • After re-opening them, the applications provide access to the applet you set as active.

You can continue with configuring the applet via microDisplay X (see Initial System Test (microDisplay X)) or via Framegrabber API.