Where Is The Newbie Guide?

[Snappy]

I assume you did the hard reset by pressing the lowest button? If so, hmmm ... JTAG.

I read somewhere about shorting pin 1-2 to revive the unit.

[Snappy]

Can you verify why you did step 5? Step 5 is for restoring back to wince image.

I'm assuming you are referring to either simpad-SL.rom or simpad-CL.rom.

[niv]

did it to go back from bootloader 1.4 I flashed

[niv]

I copied alber post to the first post. I will add the relevant links
then if its cool, mend the wiki at opensimpad

[mike.w]

   9. run serload loader_bl from the command line
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This seems incorrect from what I have read and done (see [a href=\"http://www.thomas.miglinci.name/simpad/ar01s04.html]http://www.thomas.miglinci.name/simpad/ar01s04.html[/url] that you referenced on the first page of this thread).

After I install the original bootloader (simpad-XX.rom), I flash with
loader_bl.alt followed next by loader_bl.

[niv]

10x, just to see I am not alone here ;-)
will kill that post...

[niv]

doing it again:

fresh machine. reset gives:

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PBL V2.4 20.07.2001
Booting...
================================================
Siemens Switzerland Bootloader V2.4 20.07.2001
Running @206Mhz Processor ID 0x6901b118
Press ESC for monitor
Occupied Memory: [0x00004000-0x00008000],[0x00008014-0x0007cb9c]
Flash Id 0x00000018 at virt adr 0x05000000 Size 0x01000000
No 32Bit Flash detected 0x00000000
FlashImage Checksum 0x05040014-0x05061ab0=0xcd105fd8 Bootloader Image OK
Fabdata Flash @0x05061ab4 Ram @0x00029ab4 FABDATA: S842-KJFAN
MSC2=0x211954e0 :: MQ200 - Revision ID=2 ...
Initialise PCMCIA Interface... done.
Codec UCB1200 ID:0x1005 Ver.5 Dev.0 Suppl.1 IO 0x00000001
No PCMCIA Card Attached
No serial download request
Boothdr at 0x05080000 -> 0x31415926
Loading executable with header 0x0000
[*********************/] 0kB/sec
Done
got serloader and the 2.5.3 image

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D:\>serload loader_bl.alt
Ready to download file "loader_bl.alt". Press RESET!

PBL V2.4 20.07.2001
Booting...
================================================
Siemens Switzerland Bootloader V2.4 20.07.2001
Running @206Mhz Processor ID 0x6901b118
Press ESC for monitor
Occupied Memory: [0x00004000-0x00008000],[0x00008014-0x0007cb9c]
Flash Id 0x00000018 at virt adr 0x05000000 Size 0x01000000
No 32Bit Flash detected 0x00000000
FlashImage Checksum 0x05040014-0x05061ab0=0xcd105fd8 Bootloader Image OK
Fabdata Flash @0x05061ab4 Ram @0x00029ab4 FABDATA: S842-KJFAN
MSC2=0x211954e0 :: MQ200 - Revision ID=2 ...
Initialise PCMCIA Interface... done.
Codec UCB1200 ID:0x1005 Ver.5 Dev.0 Suppl.1 IO 0x00000000
No PCMCIA Card Attached
☻Setting baud rate to 115200
♠☻Serial download request
NO PCMCIA CARD!  -- Use serial IO
Sysinit done
Booting : (null)
Serial download entered.
☻☻
Base    : 0x1f00000 Size 107300 entry:0x1f00014
♠☻[*********************/]   1070086
Load finished with 10kB/sec
Starting Image at 1f00014 PPCR 0x0000000a
================================================
Siemens Switzerland Bootloader V2.5.3 10.06.2003
Running @206Mhz Processor ID 0x6901b118
Press ESC for monitor
Occupied Memory: [0x00004000-0x00008000],[0x01f00014-0x01f6d00c]
Flash Id 0x00000018 at virt adr 0x05000000 Size 0x01000000
No 32Bit Flash detected 0x00000000
FlashImage Checksum 0x05040014-0x05059f11=0x3c66b05f Image Update, Old Image unc
hecked
Fabdata Flash @0x05061ab4 Ram @0x01f19f18 Copy Fabdata to Ram... Done
[*************************-]
Firmware Update Successfully Finished
Press Button to restart
Firmware Update Successfully Finished
Press Button to restart
Firmware Update Successfully Finished
Then I clicked y

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Monitor:        
=====================                    
Boot from Flash   'f'                    
Boot from Flash   'f'                    
Power Off         'o'
Erase PSM+Registry'p'
Exit              'q'
Erase Registry    'r'
Erase Flash       'y'
Soft  Reset       's'
Print Fab-String  'w'
-> y

Erase Flash Bank0 from 0x05080000 to 0x07000000
[*********************\]
=====================
Monitor:
=====================
Boot from Flash   'f'
Boot from Net     'n'
Power Off         'o'
Erase PSM+Registry'p'
Exit              'q'
Erase Registry    'r'
Erase Flash       'y'
Soft  Reset       's'
Print Fab-String  'w'
->
closed the termianl and fire up the commend line

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D:\>serload.exe blupdater.img
Ready to download file "blupdater.img". Press RESET!

PBL V2.4 20.07.2001
Booting...
================================================
Siemens Switzerland Bootloader V2.5.3 10.06.2003
Running @206Mhz Processor ID 0x6901b118
Press ESC for monitor
Occupied Memory: [0x00004000-0x00008000],[0x01f00014-0x01f6d00c]
Flash Id 0x00000018 at virt adr 0x05000000 Size 0x01000000
No 32Bit Flash detected 0x00000000
FlashImage Checksum 0x05040014-0x05059f11=0xa6a4ca93 Bootloader Image OK
Fabdata Flash @0x05059f18 Ram @0x01f19f18 FABDATA: S842-KJFAN
MQ200 - Revision ID=2 ...
Initialise PCMCIA Interface... done.
Codec UCB1200 ID:0x1005 Ver.5 Dev.0 Suppl.1 IO 0x00000000
No PCMCIA Card Attached
NO PCMCIA CARD!  -- Use serial IO
Sysinit done
☻Setting baud rate to 115200
♠☻Serial download request
Booting :
Serial download entered.
☻☻
Base    : 0xc0208000 Size 2800404 entry:0xc0208000
♠☻[*********************-]  28001286
Load finished ♠
Burn Image with entry at c0208000
Write File to Flash

This image is different in 673213 longwords
Reading Flash ID at 0x08000000...
Write changed blocks to Flash with ID: 0x0018 [0x05080000-0x0532bb28]
+---------+---------+-
**********************

Successfully written !
Done with 130kB/sec
PLEASE RESTART TARGET
......................
♥Calling Monitor

=====================
Monitor:
=====================
Boot from Flash   'f'
Boot from Net     'n'
Power Off         'o'
Erase PSM+Registry'p'
Exit              'q'
Erase Registry    'r'
Erase Flash       'y'
Soft  Reset       's'
Print Fab-String  'w'
->
began running - then I looked a way.
Now I get no response at the terminal at 38 or 152 whent oggling the reset.
help?