LMX2594EVM USB2ANY programmer

Dependencies

• pip install hidapi

Usage

• Generate a HexRegisterValues.txt file in the TICS Pro app or use the example provided file
• Run ./lmx.py HexRegisterValues.txt

Debugging

To capture and replay commands from the TICS Pro app:

• Assume you have VirtualBox VM with TICS Pro running
• modprobe usbmon
• Connect the USB device to the VM
• lsusb, note the Bus and Device ID, e.g. "Bus 001 Device 031: ID 2047:0301 Texas Instruments MSP430 HID Datapipe Example" → Bus 1, Device 31
• Start Wireshark, select usbmonX device, where X = Bus ID
• Add filter usb.device_address == 31 where the number is the Device number noted before
• Select USB Communications → Write all registers in TICS Pro
• Save the packets to .pcapng
• Run tcpdump -r log.pcapng -x > log.txt
• Run ./try.py log.txt

Board holder

• Print holder.scad
• Use 2.5x6 screws for plastic, e.g. Bossard 3034063 or 2000156

Convert HexRegisterValues.txt to Meteopress radar internal format

• dos2unix HexRegisterValues.txt
• cat HexRegisterValues.txt | sed -re "s/^R/\"/" -e "s/\t0x/\":\"/g" -e "s/$/\",/g"
• add {} to make it a json object
• save to config/pll/lmx/registers.json

How to convert back

• cat /tmp/LMX-C-doubler_lowspurs.txt.json | tr -d \", | sed -re "s/^/R/" -e "s/:/\t0x/" > LMX-C-doubler_lowspurs.txt