Anyone tried using a USB to TTL cable?
I’ve heard good things on NI’s forum, but only one guy (hacking guru) tried it.
One thing I’m wondering is the application y’all used to upgrade the firmware, would it support a USB port…
Anyhoo, putting it out there! 
so what you are saying is that you can bypass the kit and just use the usb cable?
Exactly. Since it’s out of stock and have no patience. 
Ean could even stock these babies and resell at 20-30$ a pop…
it seems we looked into this option and it was ruled out. Midifidler would be the expert on this subject though so I will leave it up to him.
Crap, damn female part is too large for the VCI-100’s plug… banghead
…wow buddy you left the door open on that one…I hope Chilly doesnt catch this post.
Well, based on the NI guy “simplysounds” … I think I’ld have to weld the wires to the header on the VCI-100… waiting for his response :S
Guess I might have to order the upgrade kit after all! 
I would say that device would work with some hacking, the current header would most definaltey not work as is.
bahahaha
Why all the talk about this “Chilly” person? 
Nvm, guess it has to do with some innuendo? … yeah, no pun-intended (right..)
Last shout out before I try updating the firmware…
Did solder the cable to the pinouts, thank to simplysounds on NI’s forum… pictures will come…
OMG OMG OM GOM GOMG GOM… can I tell you I shaked like hell these damn pins are close to each others banghead
Off to VMWare…
Firmware writing… heart pounding of joy… 1.3 coming up!
27.75 K programmed in 163 seconds
Image successfully written to device
WWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Weird, VCI-100 doesn’t light up when I tried to power it on…
If the flash message confirmed it wrote the firmware… means the VCI-100 was connected and really wrote the firmware? Or it was just available to send the firmware to the cable?
And also, I remember reading about a VCI-100 stuck in bootload mode… can’t remember the thread, if anyone remembers, it’ld be great!
Going to try version 4.01 of the Renesas toolkit… was using 4.02..
Cuz I can flash the device over and over again, so it’s not dead… just stuck in bootload mode I’m guessing…
Clock Frequency (External) = 24.0000MHz, Clock Mode = 0, CKM = 1, and CKP = N/A
Connecting to device ‘H8/3052F’ on ‘COM1’
Configuration:
‘BOOT Mode’ connection - using emulated interface
Opening port ‘COM1’ …
Loading Comms DLL
Loaded Comms DLL
Initiating BOOT SCI sequence
Attempting 9600
Received immediate response from device: 0xAA
Using micro-Kernel : ‘C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.02\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1_2_00\uGen3052.cde’
Downloading and verifying micro kernel…
Device is erasing…
Erase Timeout value set to 21 seconds
Erase Successful
micro-Kernel download successful
Sending inquiry for getting line size
Buffer size has been set to default (128 bytes)
Sending selection of device command
Selection of Device - Device selected, code 0302
Sending selection of clock mode
Sending selection of clock mode
Selection of Clock Mode - Clock selected, code 0
Changing baud rate to 38400 bps
Set baud rate value = 38400
Downloading main kernel ‘C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.02\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1_2_00\Genm3052.cde’
Main kernel download complete…
Connection complete
Processing file :“C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\VCI-100SE_1.3_Firmware.mot”
Operation on User Flash
Downloaded the operation module
Writing image to device… [0x00000000 - 0x000000FF]
Writing image to device… [0x00000200 - 0x0000647F]
Writing image to device… [0x00008000 - 0x0000807F]
Writing image to device… [0x00009000 - 0x0000907F]
Writing image to device… [0x00009080 - 0x0000917F]
Writing image to device… [0x00009180 - 0x00009AFF]
Data programmed at the following positions:
0x00000000 - 0x000000FF Length : 0x00000100
0x00000200 - 0x0000647F Length : 0x00006280
0x00008000 - 0x0000807F Length : 0x00000080
0x00009000 - 0x0000907F Length : 0x00000080
0x00009080 - 0x0000917F Length : 0x00000100
0x00009180 - 0x00009AFF Length : 0x00000980
27.75 K programmed in 184 seconds
Image successfully written to device
Disconnecting
Disconnected
is it still stuck in bootmode?
Yeah, lol, dumbass me… forgot to remove the links between grounds and vcc pins…
I desoldered the pins and now it lights up.. only one plate lights up though.. will have to check this out…
Ok so I desoldered the cable, and it’s all right now!
Will have to look into soldering a switch to bypass the links that stuck the device in boot mode.
NOW THE DAMN PARAM4 BUTTON WORKS, WOOT WOOT WOOT! mouahahahahha now the fun times come!
so you got it to work w/o the serial cable?
