The IDE programs the flash very nicely, with one button click to burn all four banks. I am paying somebody to program the multiple (100s) boards we need, and they are using the EC2 JTAG programmer with SiLabs' Flash Burning utility. The Flash utility from SiLabs requires each bank of flash to be programmed separately.

Is there a way to maybe use the Flash utility with a batch file in command line mode, and program all four banks with one command to save time and complexity? I would also like to use multiple EC2s if possible to burn more than one processor at a time, each using a different serial port or USB port. However, with the Silabs Flash utility, keeping track of which bank is being programmed for each board becomes time consuming and error prone. I could buy multiple Keil IDEs, but way too expensive!

Thanks for your help.

Erik

Banked object has to be converted to HEX files using OC51 and OH51, before burning it on Production Programmer. OC51 split the original unified object (OMF) into object files for each bank. OH51 converts these split objects into HEX files.

You'll find these KEIL utilities in this folder,
C:\Keil\C51\BIN\
or
C:\SiLabs\MCU\IDEfiles\C51\BIN\

1) Apply OC51.exe to the banked object file.
> OC51 myObj.omf

myObj.B01, myObj.B02, myObj.B03 are generated.
- When the original banked-object file doesn't have corresponding bank, separated-object file isn't generated for the bank.

2) And then apply OH51 to each objects.
> OH51 myObj.B01 HEX (myObj_B01.hex)
> OH51 myObj.B02 HEX (myObj_B02.hex)
> OH51 myObj.B03 HEX (myObj_B03.hex)

Register these HEX files to the Production Programmer, "Common+Bank1", "Common+Bank2", "Common+Bank3", respectively. Leave "Not banked" empty.

You can make a "gang programmer" on single PC.
Connect multiple debug adapters to a PC. And then, run as many numbers of this application instances (double click the icon as many times). Configure each application window for each debug adapter.

Tsuneo

Wow. Very nice, easy to use, and exactly what I need.