SLAU292G November 2009 – July 2015
This mode allows updating the firmware of the eZ430-Chronos wrist module wirelessly, without disassembling it.
Update procedure:
NOTE
Ensure selecting the correct version of the flash images. If the wrong frequency is selected, no wireless communication is possible anymore. In that case, the wrist module must be updated using the eZ430 debug interface.
Only transfer flash images to the Chronos module, which allow invoking the update software on the Chronos module.
The file to be downloaded to the Chronos module must be in TI-TXT format to work with this update procedure. This new firmware must reside within the main memory flash (0x8000 to 0xFFFF), otherwise the update procedure fails due to boundary checks on the Chronos module side.
At the beginning of the update the LCD shows "rAM" for a few seconds. During this time, the actual update software is downloaded from the PC to the RAM of the CC430 on the Chronos module. This program contains all memory write and LCD routines. After this transfer is finished, the code is executed from RAM, and the download of the firmware file is started. The LCD shows the progress in percent on the upper LCD line. After the transfer is complete, a reset starts the software on the Chronos module. See Section 3.6.3 for details.
NOTE
If the update fails, it can be activated again by pushing the DOWN button again on the eZ430-Chronos wrist module, given that the wireless update is active in the eZ430-Chronos Control Center.