Pony Monitor Questions and Answers

What do you use to communicate with the Pony Monitor?

On windows, I use Tera Term, which is free to download and use. To send s-records, make sure that you use 3msec/line transmit delay in the serial port setup.

How do you download an application into flash memory?

The "L" command allows you to download an S-Record download file into memory. In sending a file, the connecting application needs to wait 3 milli-seconds between each line to allow time for the flash buffer to burn. Also, the s-record file should be produced to have a maximum of 16 data bytes (represented as 32 ASCII characters) per line. Example of an secord with maximum length below:

S113F19007CFFE0A8B86C7FE09A680C7FE0BC7FEF3

A popular way to download files from a windows computer is to use freeware Tera Term application. You can set the line delay in the "Setup-->Serial" menu as "3" msec per line. then use the "File-->Send File" menu to send the file. You can even program a macro to do this.