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21 years ago

Newbe question about Redboot bootloader

Hi, I am interested in using the redboot for updating flash contents using standard (microsoft windows) hyperterminal application over the serial RS232 link. I tryed to commnicate with...
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21 years ago

By default, the UART is being used for the GDB rather than console connection. This means that you will still see some console output on the UART, but it will have been through the GDB mangler.

If you want to use the UART for the console instead of the JTAG UART then in configtool go to the "Nios2 architecture" package under "eCos HAL" and set the "Diagnostic console device" to be your UART, and the "Debug device" to be "none".