NAME

       astribank_hexload - Xorcom Astribank (xpp) firmware loader

SYNOPSIS

       astribank_hexload -D device-path -F [options] hexfile

       astribank_hexload -D device-path -p [options] hexfile1 .. hexfile4

       astribank_hexload -D device-path -O [-A] [-S span-specs] [options] imagefile

       astribank_hexload -D device-path -o [options]

       astribank_hexload -D device-path -E [options] hexfile

       astribank_hexload -h

DESCRIPTION

       astribank_hexload is a second-stage firmware loader for Xorcom Astribanks.

       Note  that  some very old models use fpga_load(8) instead.  This legacy tool hasn't been used for several
       releases.  It can be found in version 2.6 and below of dahdi-tools.

       The astribank_hexload(8) program is used to load a file in the Intel HEX format into a Xorcom  Astribank.
       It  can  be  used  to  load  either  an FPGA firmware or a PIC firmware. It is normally run by the script
       xpp_fxloader.

OPTIONS

       -D device-path
              Required. The device to  read  from/write  to.  This  is  bus_num/device_num,  where  bus_num  and
              device_num  are  the  first  two numbers in the output of lsusb(8) or dahdi_hardware(8).  On older
              versions  of  this  tool  you  needed  a  complete  path   to   the   device,   which   would   be
              /dev/bus/usb/bus_num/device_num, or /proc/bus/usb/bus_num/device_num.

       One of the following is required:

       -F
              The firmware to load is a FPGA firmware.

       -p
              The firmwares to load is are PIC firmwares. All (typically 4) should be on the command-line.

       -O
              The firmware to load is an Octasic echo canceller firmware image file.

       -o
              Don't  load firmware. Just print the version number of the currently-loaded Octasic echo canceller
              firmware.

       -E
              The firmware to load is a special EEPROM burning one.

       Other options:

       -v
              Increase verbosity. May be used multiple times.

       -d mask
              Set debug mask to mask. Default is 0, 0xFF is "everything".

       -h
              Displays usage message.

       -A
              When loading a Octasic echo canceller firmware, set the channels of the first Astribank module  to
              use  aLaw (G.711a). This is what you'd normally use for BRI and E1. If not set, the default mu-Law
              (G.711u), which is what you'd normally use for FXS, FXO and T1.

       -S span-specs
              This option should only be used when loading Octasic echo canceller firmware and only if the first
              Astribank module is PRI.

              Its goal is to allow specifying different line-mode (E1/T1/J1)  in  different  ports  of  the  PRI
              module.  astribank_hexload  use  the  span-specs  argument to select aLaw/uLaw for each of the PRI
              ports in the module.

              The span-specs is a list of items separated by whitespace or commas.  Each item is composed  of  a
              port  selector,  colon and a line-mode specifier.  This syntax follows the syntax of specifiers in
              /etc/dahdi/span-types.conf.

              Examples:
                     3:E1 - The 3'rd port is E1.

                     *:T1 - Any unspecified port is T1 (wildcard match).

                     1:T1,2:T1,*:E1 - First and second ports are T1, the rest are E1.

              If the -S is not given, the PRI default is determined by the existence of the -A-fR option.

SEE ALSO

       fxload(8), lsusb(8), astribank_tool(8)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com>  .   Permission  is  granted  to
       copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2
       any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On   Debian   systems,   the   complete  text  of  the  GNU  General  Public  License  can  be  found  in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

                                                   30 May 2011                              ASTRIBANK_HEXLOAD(8)