From 78e12b241b0b35b06f0137f40bf4f3334792f640 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 10:58:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add COM port hint --- src/tools/README.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/tools/README.md b/src/tools/README.md index e82cc539..938b6675 100644 --- a/src/tools/README.md +++ b/src/tools/README.md @@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ bootloader is not running, this tool can't do anything. Check the [eBUS adapter 3 documentation](https://adapter.ebusd.eu/picfirmware) on how to start the bootloader. -The binary is part of the ebusd release and a Windows binary based on Cygwin is available for download here: +The binary is part of the [release](https://github.com/john30/ebusd/releases) and a Windows binary based on Cygwin is available for download here: [ebuspicloader-windows.zip](https://adapter.ebusd.eu/firmware/ebuspicloader-windows.zip) It can be started from within Windows `cmd.exe` after extracting the files to a folder and `cd` into that folder. If Cygwin is already installed, only the `ebuspicloader.exe` needs to be extracted and can be called directly -from within a Cygwin shell. +from within a Cygwin shell. +In Cygwin, Windows COM ports are mapped under `/dev/ttyS*`, e.g. `COM1` would be `/dev/ttyS0`. This tool is an alternative to the MPLAB bootloader host application that produces a lot of unreadable output. @@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ settings. --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program version -PORT is either the serial port to use (e.g./dev/ttyUSB0) that also supports a +PORT is either the serial port to use (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0) that also supports a trailing wildcard '*' for testing multiple ports, or a network port as "ip:port" for use with e.g. socat or ebusd-esp in PIC pass-through mode. ```