This format allows binary files to be uploaded and downloaded between two computer systems, typically between a computer system (such as a PC, Macintosh, or workstation) and an emulator or evaluation board for microcontrollers and microprocessors.
| Tag | Description |
| * |
Data byte.
|
| : |
End of file.
|
| 0 |
File header (optional).
|
| 7 |
Checksum.
|
| 8 |
Dummy checksum (ignored).
|
| 9 |
Address.
|
| B |
Data word.
|
| F |
End of data record.
|
| K |
Program identifier (optional).
|
| B | n | n |
One byte of data.
The nn is 8-bit big-endian hexadecimal.
| : | CRLF |
The end of data is indicated by this tag.
The end of line sequence (LF on Unix systems, CRLF on PCs)
follows this tag.
| 0 | length | filename |
The optional start-of-file record begins with a tag character ('0') and
a 12-character file header. The first four characters are the byte count
of the file data. The remaining 8 characters are the name of the file
and may be any ASCII characters, blank padded.
| 7 | n | n | n | n |
The checksum is the 2s complement sum of the 8-bit ASCII values of
characters, beginning with the first tag character and ending with the
checksum tag character (7).
The nnnn is 16-bit big-endian hexadecimal.
| 8 | n | n | n | n |
The checksum is the 2s complement sum of the 8-bit ASCII values of
characters, beginning with the first tag character and ending with the
checksum tag character (8).
The nnnn is 16-bit big-endian hexadecimal.
| 9 | n | n | n | n |
Addresses may be given for any data byte, but none is mandatory.
The file begins at 0000 if no address is given before the first data field.
The nnnn is 16-bit big-endian hexadecimal.
| B | a | a | b | b |
Two bytes of data.
The aa and bb are each 8-bit big-endian hexadecimal.
| F | CRLF |
The end of line sequence (LF on Unix systems, CRLF on PCs)
is escaped using this tag.
The checksum is reset to zero at this point.
| K | n | n | n | n | text |
The program identifier can contain a brief description of the program, or
can be empty (i.e. the text portion is optional). The nnnn
length (hex) of the field includes the `K', the length and the text; it is at
least 5.
K000590080B4865B6C6CB6F2CB2057B6F72B6C64*0A7F648F :
00050 7FDD4F 90000BFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFF7F400F 90010BFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFF7F3FFF 90020BFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFF7F3FEF 90030BFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFF7F3FDF 90040BFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFFBFFFF7F3FCF :
The
srec_cat
program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command.
This is free software
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command.
| Peter Miller | E-Mail: | pmiller@opensource.org.au |
| /\/\* | WWW: | http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/ |