Anyone have MPLAB C compiler?

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Hello all,

It appears as if the link in the " votersystem.pdf " for the MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC v3.25 in LITE mode points to a page that indicates the download is no longer available. I’ve done quite a bit of googling for an alternate source, and can find nothing. Does anyone still have a copy they could send my way? I have a couple of voter boards running 1.07 (09/15/2012) and they keep hiccuping, dropping PTT and connection to server whenever transmitting. I have a PICkit 3 and want to try blowing the latest firmware in to see if it fixes.

Thanks,

···

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

2

Looks like I’m in over my head a bit, not sure if I even need the C compiler.

If anyone feels like helping me with a quick Teamviewer session, I’d really appreciate it. Board is hooked up to PICKit, and MPLAB is successfully recognizing the target device, just need some help loading the bootloader. I followed instructions, MPLAB said it wrote successfully, but no joy, the LED doesn’t flash like I’m used to with the RTCMs when they first boot, and I can’t capture it with the EBLEX software.

73,

PIC newbie aka KJ6QFS

···

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Hello all,

It appears as if the link in the " votersystem.pdf " for the MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC v3.25 in LITE mode points to a page that indicates the download is no longer available. I’ve done quite a bit of googling for an alternate source, and can find nothing. Does anyone still have a copy they could send my way? I have a couple of voter boards running 1.07 (09/15/2012) and they keep hiccuping, dropping PTT and connection to server whenever transmitting. I have a PICkit 3 and want to try blowing the latest firmware in to see if it fixes.

Thanks,

–
KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

–

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

3

Hi Sam,

Try these instructions… (from my notes)…

VOTER Hardware

Bootloader

There are instructions in the documentation about loading up the Microchip IDE and burning the bootloader… but they are missing some important steps…

Get and install MPLAB IDE V8.66 (this is an archived/older version).

Get and install MPLABC30 V3.30C for PIC24 and dsPIC (get the educational LITE version). Select LITE mode when installing.

Download ALL the files in the voter_bootloader folder, these are:

ENC C30-SMT.cof
ENC C30.cof
voter-bootloader.mcp
voter-bootloader.mcs
voter-bootloader.mcw

Load the voter-bootloader.mcp in MPLAB.

Make sure JP7 is off on the voter board.

Connect the PICKit2 to the ICSP header.

In MPELAB go to Programmer → PICKit2.

This should acquire the target on the voter board.

In MPELAB go to File → Import and load the ENC 30.cof file. This step is MISSING from the original instructions, so there is nothing to program.

Now you should be able to go to View → Program Memory and find the IP address at 0x03018.

In MPELAB go to Programmer → Program to load the bootloader in to the voter board.

Remove the PICKit2, the LED’s should flash 3 times if the firmware loaded.

Install JP7 on the voter board.

Now, follow the firmware updating procedure below to load the firmware.

Start the ENC_LOADER and load the current voter.cry from the board-firmware folder (SVN).

You can also just use the Microchip IDE and the PICkit2 to read one of the existing boards, and program the rest… as a bonus, it loads the current firmware with it.

Firmware Updates

For bare chips, you need to load the voter-bootloader first. This is covered in the votersystem.pdf and more importantly (without missing steps), see above.

For updating firmware once you have the bootloader installed, follow these steps…

You need the two files you will find here:

http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/voter/EBLEX%20C30%20Programmer/?root=svn

That is the ENC_Loader.ini and ENC_loader.exe. This is the utility to load the firmware in the PIC.

Now you need the actual firmware file (one of the .cry files) from here:

http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/voter/board-firmware/?root=svn

or the source files and compile your self using the Microchip compiler.

The ones with SMT in the name are for the RTCM and the ones without are for the original voter board (ours). Make sure you use the right one for the hardware that you have.

Run ENC_loader.exe and enter the Target IP address of the RTCM/voter board (default 192.168.1.11) and click “set address”.

Click file and select the Voter.cry file that you downloaded.

Telnet to the RTCM and login.

Make sure that the Bootloader IP address is set to an appropriate value and saved.

Issue the “r” command to reboot.

Immediately click the “Capture Target” button in the Encrypted Ethernet Loader Utility.

Once you see the message “LIA Status: 4000” you can click the “Program” button.

Wait till you see the “finished programing file” message.

Then click the “Reset LIA” button. The VOTER board should restart, and after about 5 seconds, the green activity light should start flashing, etc. It should be up and running the new software.

I know that it works when you are on the same LAN as the RTCM.

It works over a routed network if the routers properly forward UDP port 16388 and do proxy arp. I have had trouble getting it to work over the Internet via NAT at both ends.

You will need to do calibration once the firmware is loaded.

Lee

···

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Looks like I’m in over my head a bit, not sure if I even need the C compiler.

If anyone feels like helping me with a quick Teamviewer session, I’d really appreciate it. Board is hooked up to PICKit, and MPLAB is successfully recognizing the target device, just need some help loading the bootloader. I followed instructions, MPLAB said it wrote successfully, but no joy, the LED doesn’t flash like I’m used to with the RTCMs when they first boot, and I can’t capture it with the EBLEX software.

73,

PIC newbie aka KJ6QFS

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Hello all,

It appears as if the link in the " votersystem.pdf " for the MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC v3.25 in LITE mode points to a page that indicates the download is no longer available. I’ve done quite a bit of googling for an alternate source, and can find nothing. Does anyone still have a copy they could send my way? I have a couple of voter boards running 1.07 (09/15/2012) and they keep hiccuping, dropping PTT and connection to server whenever transmitting. I have a PICkit 3 and want to try blowing the latest firmware in to see if it fixes.

Thanks,

–
KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

–

Lee Woldanski, AScT
VE7FET

4

Lee, that was it! Both my voter boards are now revived and working perfectly! Thank you very much for pointing this out.

It’s a real shame that there is no motivation to add such an important piece of information to the PDF that would otherwise allow myself and many others who have no PIC programming experience to EASILY do this on our own. If that little omission was added to the document, I could have done this ENTIRELY on my own simply by following the instructions. Perhaps it has been forgotten that although the thru-hole board is no longer available, the EAGLE files and parts list still are, and people who aren’t experienced with PICS may still want to “roll their own” without bugging the group.

By the way, if anyone else is looking for an updated link to download the C30 compiler for MPLAB, here it is…

http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/mplabc30-v3.25-comboUpgrade.exe

Thanks again, Lee.

···

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Lee Woldanski ve7fet@tparc.org wrote:

Hi Sam,

Try these instructions… (from my notes)…

VOTER Hardware

Bootloader

There are instructions in the documentation about loading up the Microchip IDE and burning the bootloader… but they are missing some important steps…

Get and install MPLAB IDE V8.66 (this is an archived/older version).

Get and install MPLABC30 V3.30C for PIC24 and dsPIC (get the educational LITE version). Select LITE mode when installing.

Download ALL the files in the voter_bootloader folder, these are:

ENC C30-SMT.cof
ENC C30.cof
voter-bootloader.mcp
voter-bootloader.mcs
voter-bootloader.mcw

Load the voter-bootloader.mcp in MPLAB.

Make sure JP7 is off on the voter board.

Connect the PICKit2 to the ICSP header.

In MPELAB go to Programmer → PICKit2.

This should acquire the target on the voter board.

In MPELAB go to File → Import and load the ENC 30.cof file. This step is MISSING from the original instructions, so there is nothing to program.

Now you should be able to go to View → Program Memory and find the IP address at 0x03018.

In MPELAB go to Programmer → Program to load the bootloader in to the voter board.

Remove the PICKit2, the LED’s should flash 3 times if the firmware loaded.

Install JP7 on the voter board.

Now, follow the firmware updating procedure below to load the firmware.

Start the ENC_LOADER and load the current voter.cry from the board-firmware folder (SVN).

You can also just use the Microchip IDE and the PICkit2 to read one of the existing boards, and program the rest… as a bonus, it loads the current firmware with it.

Firmware Updates

For bare chips, you need to load the voter-bootloader first. This is covered in the votersystem.pdf and more importantly (without missing steps), see above.

For updating firmware once you have the bootloader installed, follow these steps…

You need the two files you will find here:

http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/voter/EBLEX%20C30%20Programmer/?root=svn

That is the ENC_Loader.ini and ENC_loader.exe. This is the utility to load the firmware in the PIC.

Now you need the actual firmware file (one of the .cry files) from here:

http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/voter/board-firmware/?root=svn

or the source files and compile your self using the Microchip compiler.

The ones with SMT in the name are for the RTCM and the ones without are for the original voter board (ours). Make sure you use the right one for the hardware that you have.

Run ENC_loader.exe and enter the Target IP address of the RTCM/voter board (default 192.168.1.11) and click “set address”.

Click file and select the Voter.cry file that you downloaded.

Telnet to the RTCM and login.

Make sure that the Bootloader IP address is set to an appropriate value and saved.

Issue the “r” command to reboot.

Immediately click the “Capture Target” button in the Encrypted Ethernet Loader Utility.

Once you see the message “LIA Status: 4000” you can click the “Program” button.

Wait till you see the “finished programing file” message.

Then click the “Reset LIA” button. The VOTER board should restart, and after about 5 seconds, the green activity light should start flashing, etc. It should be up and running the new software.

I know that it works when you are on the same LAN as the RTCM.

It works over a routed network if the routers properly forward UDP port 16388 and do proxy arp. I have had trouble getting it to work over the Internet via NAT at both ends.

You will need to do calibration once the firmware is loaded.

Lee

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On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Looks like I’m in over my head a bit, not sure if I even need the C compiler.

If anyone feels like helping me with a quick Teamviewer session, I’d really appreciate it. Board is hooked up to PICKit, and MPLAB is successfully recognizing the target device, just need some help loading the bootloader. I followed instructions, MPLAB said it wrote successfully, but no joy, the LED doesn’t flash like I’m used to with the RTCMs when they first boot, and I can’t capture it with the EBLEX software.

73,

PIC newbie aka KJ6QFS

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VE7FET

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Hello all,

It appears as if the link in the " votersystem.pdf " for the MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC v3.25 in LITE mode points to a page that indicates the download is no longer available. I’ve done quite a bit of googling for an alternate source, and can find nothing. Does anyone still have a copy they could send my way? I have a couple of voter boards running 1.07 (09/15/2012) and they keep hiccuping, dropping PTT and connection to server whenever transmitting. I have a PICkit 3 and want to try blowing the latest firmware in to see if it fixes.

Thanks,

–
KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

–

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

5

P.S. Scroll to the bottom of the linked page, click “Download Archive”, and scroll down to PIC24/dsPIC v3.25

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On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Lee, that was it! Both my voter boards are now revived and working perfectly! Thank you very much for pointing this out.

It’s a real shame that there is no motivation to add such an important piece of information to the PDF that would otherwise allow myself and many others who have no PIC programming experience to EASILY do this on our own. If that little omission was added to the document, I could have done this ENTIRELY on my own simply by following the instructions. Perhaps it has been forgotten that although the thru-hole board is no longer available, the EAGLE files and parts list still are, and people who aren’t experienced with PICS may still want to “roll their own” without bugging the group.

By the way, if anyone else is looking for an updated link to download the C30 compiler for MPLAB, here it is…

http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/mplabc30-v3.25-comboUpgrade.exe

Thanks again, Lee.

–

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Lee Woldanski ve7fet@tparc.org wrote:

Hi Sam,

Try these instructions… (from my notes)…

VOTER Hardware

Bootloader

There are instructions in the documentation about loading up the Microchip IDE and burning the bootloader… but they are missing some important steps…

Get and install MPLAB IDE V8.66 (this is an archived/older version).

Get and install MPLABC30 V3.30C for PIC24 and dsPIC (get the educational LITE version). Select LITE mode when installing.

Download ALL the files in the voter_bootloader folder, these are:

ENC C30-SMT.cof
ENC C30.cof
voter-bootloader.mcp
voter-bootloader.mcs
voter-bootloader.mcw

Load the voter-bootloader.mcp in MPLAB.

Make sure JP7 is off on the voter board.

Connect the PICKit2 to the ICSP header.

In MPELAB go to Programmer → PICKit2.

This should acquire the target on the voter board.

In MPELAB go to File → Import and load the ENC 30.cof file. This step is MISSING from the original instructions, so there is nothing to program.

Now you should be able to go to View → Program Memory and find the IP address at 0x03018.

In MPELAB go to Programmer → Program to load the bootloader in to the voter board.

Remove the PICKit2, the LED’s should flash 3 times if the firmware loaded.

Install JP7 on the voter board.

Now, follow the firmware updating procedure below to load the firmware.

Start the ENC_LOADER and load the current voter.cry from the board-firmware folder (SVN).

You can also just use the Microchip IDE and the PICkit2 to read one of the existing boards, and program the rest… as a bonus, it loads the current firmware with it.

Firmware Updates

For bare chips, you need to load the voter-bootloader first. This is covered in the votersystem.pdf and more importantly (without missing steps), see above.

For updating firmware once you have the bootloader installed, follow these steps…

You need the two files you will find here:

http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/voter/EBLEX%20C30%20Programmer/?root=svn

That is the ENC_Loader.ini and ENC_loader.exe. This is the utility to load the firmware in the PIC.

Now you need the actual firmware file (one of the .cry files) from here:

http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/voter/board-firmware/?root=svn

or the source files and compile your self using the Microchip compiler.

The ones with SMT in the name are for the RTCM and the ones without are for the original voter board (ours). Make sure you use the right one for the hardware that you have.

Run ENC_loader.exe and enter the Target IP address of the RTCM/voter board (default 192.168.1.11) and click “set address”.

Click file and select the Voter.cry file that you downloaded.

Telnet to the RTCM and login.

Make sure that the Bootloader IP address is set to an appropriate value and saved.

Issue the “r” command to reboot.

Immediately click the “Capture Target” button in the Encrypted Ethernet Loader Utility.

Once you see the message “LIA Status: 4000” you can click the “Program” button.

Wait till you see the “finished programing file” message.

Then click the “Reset LIA” button. The VOTER board should restart, and after about 5 seconds, the green activity light should start flashing, etc. It should be up and running the new software.

I know that it works when you are on the same LAN as the RTCM.

It works over a routed network if the routers properly forward UDP port 16388 and do proxy arp. I have had trouble getting it to work over the Internet via NAT at both ends.

You will need to do calibration once the firmware is loaded.

Lee

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

–

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Looks like I’m in over my head a bit, not sure if I even need the C compiler.

If anyone feels like helping me with a quick Teamviewer session, I’d really appreciate it. Board is hooked up to PICKit, and MPLAB is successfully recognizing the target device, just need some help loading the bootloader. I followed instructions, MPLAB said it wrote successfully, but no joy, the LED doesn’t flash like I’m used to with the RTCMs when they first boot, and I can’t capture it with the EBLEX software.

73,

PIC newbie aka KJ6QFS

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VE7FET

–

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Sam Skolfield kj6qfs@gmail.com wrote:

Hello all,

It appears as if the link in the " votersystem.pdf " for the MPLAB C Compiler for PIC24 and dsPIC v3.25 in LITE mode points to a page that indicates the download is no longer available. I’ve done quite a bit of googling for an alternate source, and can find nothing. Does anyone still have a copy they could send my way? I have a couple of voter boards running 1.07 (09/15/2012) and they keep hiccuping, dropping PTT and connection to server whenever transmitting. I have a PICkit 3 and want to try blowing the latest firmware in to see if it fixes.

Thanks,

–
KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

–

KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

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What makes you say there is no motivation?

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On 10/30/2016 06:08 AM, Sam Skolfield wrote:

t's a real shame that there is no motivation to add such an important piece of information to the PDF that would otherwise allow myself and many others who have no PIC programming experience to EASILY do this on our own. If that little omission was added to the document,

--
"Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about."
1st Law of Logic

7

It is my assumption, considering the project is around ten years old, it seemed unlikely that such an omission hasn’t been brought to attention. Forgive me if I am mistaken.

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On Sunday, October 30, 2016, Steve Zingman szingman@msgstor.com wrote:

What makes you say there is no motivation?

On 10/30/2016 06:08 AM, Sam Skolfield wrote:

t’s a real shame that there is no motivation to add such an important piece of information to the PDF that would otherwise allow myself and many others who have no PIC programming experience to EASILY do this on our own. If that little omission was added to the document,

–

“Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.”

1st Law of Logic

–
KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield

8

I may be mistaken, but a Google search does not bring up any
questions containing “ENC_C30.cof” and voter. Someone may have asked
privately. I would say that thanks to Lee’s notes a tweak could be
made to the doc.

And yes, I also own one of the thru-hole boards.

73, Steve N4IRS
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On 10/30/2016 03:24 PM, Sam Skolfield
wrote:

  It is my assumption, considering the project is around

ten years old, it seemed unlikely that such an omission hasn’t
been brought to attention. Forgive me if I am mistaken.

    On Sunday, October 30, 2016, Steve Zingman <szingman@msgstor.com        >

wrote:

      What makes

you say there is no motivation?

      On 10/30/2016 06:08 AM, Sam Skolfield wrote:

        t's a real shame that there is no motivation to add such an

important piece of information to the PDF that would
otherwise allow myself and many others who have no PIC
programming experience to EASILY do this on our own. If that
little omission was added to the document,

      --

      "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking

about."

      1st Law of Logic

  --

  KJ6QFS

  Sam Skolfield

-- "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about."
1st Law of Logic
9

What would cause the line "Asterisk ending (0). in the action below?
It does not appear that Asterisk is actually stopped or ended as the
“Uptime” in the node’s stats does not reset to zero. Is this safe to
ignore, or should it be debugged?

N5ZUA

root@LAG:~# radio-tune-menu

Active (command) USB Radio device is [usbVHF]

Asterisk ending (0).

1) Select USB device

2) Auto-Detect Rx Noise Level Value (with no carrier)

3) Set Rx Voice Level (using display)

4) Auto-Detect Rx CTCSS Level Value (with carrier + CTCSS)

5) Set Rx Squelch Level

6) Set Transmit Voice Level

7) Set Transmit Aux Voice Level

8) Does not apply to this USB device configuration

9) Auto-Detect Rx Voice Level Value (with carrier + 1KHz @ 3KHz Dev)

E) Toggle Echo Mode (currently Disabled)

F) Flash (Toggle PTT and Tone output several times)

P) Print Current Parameter Values

S) Swap Current USB device with another USB device

T) Toggle Transmit Test Tone/Keying (currently Disabled)

W) Write (Save) Current Parameter Values

0) Exit Menu

Please enter your selection now: