ThingMagic M5e-Compact - Manual (Page 64)

Boot Loader Commands
64 Command Set
Here is an example of a Reply message with Data Field Length not zero. This message
happens to be a successful reply to Read Tag Single command.
Boot Loader Commands
The BootLoader is automatically started upon power up, and allows access to the on-
board flash memory along with other commands. The program exits only when the Boot
Firmware
command is received. Once that occurs, the firmware image starts executing
and sends back a reply to the Boot Firmware command. The BootLoader can also be
started using command 0x09, Start BootLoader.
With the M5e/M5e-Compact, ThingMagic has created a hardware-neutral version of the
bootloader. The reason for this change was that the M4e modules had an interface that
was not easily portable to future modules. The M5e and M5e-Compact use an abstract
version of these commands to provide easy inter operability between modules. The
affected commands are:
0x01 – Write flash by address. Will be deprecated in future releases, replaced by
0x0D.
0x02 – Read flash memory. Will be deprecated to no longer accept 6 arguments.
0x06 – Set baud rate. Will be deprecated to only accept u32 baud rates.
0x0A – Modify flash. Will be deprecated in future releases, replaced by 0x0F.
0x0D – Write flash by sector.
0x0E – Get sector size.
0x0F – Modify flash by sector.
It is recommended to use the new interface wherever possible, since future products will
no longer support the old ones as noted above. The M5e/M5e-Compact support most of
the old interfaces (to ease transition for existing users) but support is not 100%
guaranteed.
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