Topic : Using Cortex_pgm.exe without installed Ride7/RKit-ARM

Forum : ARM

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March 4, 2010 - 5:21pm
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With the latest 2009 version of the RKit-ARM I was able to use its Cortex_pgm.exe on a computer with no installation of Ride7 and RKit-ARM. Additionally I only had to copy the MonitorTools.dll to the same directory and install the RLink USB drivers.

Nothing more was necessary!

Also with the old version I was able to specify a taget name like STM32F103T8U7 violating your statement "For the list of supported derivatives, look at the target options in RIDE.".

Now with the newest update of RKit-ARM respectivily Cortex_pgm.exe and MonitorTools.dll things have changed.
There must be an appropriate sim file like the ones in the installed sim folder. And if you don't change the parameter UseRPP to 0 you will need the STM32_RPP_plugin.hex file too.

Why there are no target informations in the exe or dll anymore so we have to pick up all the sim files now?

What parameters are mandatory to get smaller sim files for the new Cortex_pgm.exe?
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March 15, 2010 - 1:47pm
Raisonance Support Team

Hi,

Using Cortex_pgm without installing Ride is not an official valid option.

That means we don't guarantee that it will work, and we don't guarantee that if it works with one version, it will also work with the next, or that it will require the same manipulations.

Moreover, we do not validate this mode of operations, so even if it seems to work after a few tests, there might be bugs that you don't see now but will cause problems later. Typically, the UseRPP=0 mode that you activate is deprecated and not tested anymore. (customers are not supposed to modify sim files)

So you will have to install Ride.

Best Regards,

Vincent