Thanks Jerry that explains things . In a nutshell we can load firmware without changing the communication mode employed by the PMC8 with Explorestars. Neat. Wes

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Here is an excerpt from the Parallax Propeller datasheet about the boot process: Boot Up Procedure Upon power-up (+ 100 ms), RESn low-to-high, or software reset: 1. The Propeller chip starts its inter

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I forgot to add, the PMC-Eight Configuration Manager (CM) Firmware Loader uses the Parallax propellent.exe program to load the firmware from the host (pc). This is a totally separate communications co

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Here is a diagram showing how the PMC-Eight boots up and determines what to do. This is based on a discussion I had with Wes.

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I have released updated versions of the PMC-Eight firmware for the EXOS 2, G11 and iEXOS 100 mounts. This update contains a very minor change that corrects a problem when the ExploreStars application

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