CN1251070C - Method for upgrading solid device of wireless communiation modules in use - Google Patents
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The present invention discloses a method for upgrading firmware of wireless communication modules in use, which comprises the steps that 1) a firmware upgrading control procedure is set in a control module on a communication device of a wireless communication module; a software updating tool and an upgrading procedure are installed in a computer; 2) the computer activates the wireless communication module which is in a power-down state by a running application procedure and the control module; 3), the computer makes the wireless communication module on the communication device enter a firmware upgrading state by continuously operating the application procedure and by the control module; 4) the application procedure of the computer sends a new firmware to the wireless communication module by the software updating tool and the upgrading procedure of the wireless communication module to complete firmware upgrading. Firmware can be conveniently and quickly upgraded by the method without additionally connecting hardware devices and taking the wireless communication module from the product.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of firmware in the application upgrade method, firmware in the application upgrade method in particularly a kind of wireless communication module.
Technical background
The firmware of wireless communication module is meant the software in the programmable chip in the wireless communication module, need often to upgrade according to the demand for development of reality, on the one hand be in order to make programmable chip adapt to new functional requirement not needs change hardware components, cost that also can be very little when original software has problems is made amendment on the other hand.
The firmware of wireless communication module is stored in the erasable nonvolatile memory usually, flash memory storeies such as (flash memory) for example, the upgrading of its firmware, the method that adopts has two kinds at present, a kind ofly be: when the firmware stores of wireless communication module is in pluggable storage chip, this chip is taken off, use cd-rom recorder directly data to be write in the chip, be installed on the module again after finishing writing; Another kind is: wireless communication module is installed on the special-purpose development board, and the computing machine that is attached thereto uses the upgrading tool of wireless communication module and ROMPaq to pass through interface, new firmware is written in the storage chip of this module.
Two kinds of above methods have a common shortcoming, exactly when carrying out firmware upgrade, all need the support of hardware device, if cd-rom recorder or dedicated development plate break down, just can't carry out firmware upgrade to wireless communication module.And when wireless communication module during as parts of a certain wireless communications products, when promptly wireless communication module was in application state, wireless communication module was encapsulated in product inside, then can't directly adopt above-mentioned two kinds of methods to carry out firmware upgrade.
When for example wireless communication module is as parts of wireless pcmcia card inside, because product is done as a whole, wireless communication module is welded on the circuit board, circuit board encapsulation simultaneously in the enclosure, this moment is if will adopt above-mentioned two kinds of methods to carry out firmware upgrade, except needs use cd-rom recorder or dedicated development plate, also need to destroy the housing of product, wireless communication module taken out from product utilize software upgrade tool and ROMPaq to carry out software upgrading, and need to weld again and assemble after the upgrading.Like this, the cost height and the speed of firmware upgrade are slow, will cause great amount of manpower and material resources and waste of time when running into large-tonnage product and need firmware upgrade.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, fundamental purpose of the present invention be to provide firmware in a kind of wireless communication module at application software updating method, after adopting the method, do not need to connect in addition hardware device, do not need wireless communication module is taken out from product yet, just can carry out the upgrading of firmware quickly and easily according to application need.
For achieving the above object, technical scheme of the present invention specifically is achieved in that
In a kind of wireless communication module firmware in the application upgrade method, it is characterized in that this method comprises following step:
1) in the control module on the communicator of wireless communication module place the firmware upgrade control program is set; And software upgrade tool and ROMPaq that wireless communication module is installed in computing machine;
2) computing machine, is controlled described control module and is sent activation signal to wireless communication module earlier according to the sequential requirement of wireless communication module firmware upgrade to activation signal by running application, and activates the wireless communication module that is in power-down state;
3) computing machine is by continuing the described application program of operation, again according to the sequential requirement of wireless communication module firmware upgrade to the upgrading control signal, control described control module and send the upgrading control signal, make the wireless communication module on the communicator enter the firmware upgrade state to wireless communication module;
4) described computer application program is utilized the software upgrade tool and the ROMPaq of wireless communication module, and new firmware is sent to wireless communication module, finishes firmware upgrade.
Wherein, described step 2) can send activation command for the interface module of application program on the communicator of wireless communication module place, after the control module that links to each other with this interface module detects this order, send activation signal to the wireless communication module that is in power-down state;
Step 3) can be sent in application firmware upgrading order for the interface module of application program on the communicator of wireless communication module place, interface module sends to wireless communication module with this command conversion for the upgrading control signal, receives that the wireless communication module of this signal enters the firmware upgrade state; Described activation signal is kept the effective time can be identical to the time of activation signal requirement with wireless communication module;
Step 3) can be in described step 2) carry out and carry out after the back prolongs the schedule time, this schedule time with require the time of prolongation identical after wireless communication module is received activation signal;
Step 3) also can be sent in application firmware upgrading order to interface module for application program in the time of signals to be upgraded such as wireless module, interface module sends to wireless communication module with this command conversion for the upgrading control signal, after wireless communication module is received this signal, enter the firmware upgrade state after prolonging the schedule time, this schedule time can require the time of prolongation more identical after the time of waiting signal to be upgraded with wireless communication module;
Step 3) can also not be sent in application firmware upgrading order to interface module for application program in the time of signals to be upgraded such as wireless communication module, wireless communication module enters normal operating conditions after then prolonging the schedule time, this schedule time can with time of signal to be upgraded such as wireless communication module after require time of prolonging again identical.
Step 4) may further include firmware upgrade finish after, send firmware upgrade by interface module to application program by wireless communication module and become function signal, finish firmware upgrade process.
This shows, the firmware of wireless communication module provided by the present invention is in the application upgrade method, only need in the control module of wireless communication module place communicator, to increase in advance the firmware upgrade control program, when firmware upgrade, with computing machine that described communicator is connected in install software upgrading tool and ROMPaq and corresponding application, run application and to carry out firmware upgrade, and do not need to connect in addition hardware device, do not need wireless communication module is taken out from product yet, just can carry out firmware upgrade quickly and easily according to application need, reduce the cost of firmware upgrade, when large-tonnage product needs firmware upgrade, can reduce manpower significantly, material resources and waste of time.
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Fig. 1 is for using the system schematic of firmware of the present invention in the application upgrade method;
Fig. 2 is for using firmware of the present invention carries out firmware upgrade to wireless communication module in the application upgrade method sequential chart;
Fig. 3 is for using the preferred embodiment system schematic of firmware of the present invention in the application upgrade method.
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For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, by the following examples, and with reference to accompanying drawing, the present invention is described in more detail.
Wireless communication module has two kinds of duties, i.e. normal operating conditions and firmware upgrade state.Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, promptly use the sequential chart that firmware of the present invention carries out firmware upgrade at the system schematic and the wireless communication module of application upgrade method.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, radio communication device 110 comprises interface module 113, control module 111 and wireless communication module 112, and interface module 113 links to each other with wireless communication module 112 with control module 111 simultaneously; Control module 111 links to each other with wireless communication module 112.After this radio communication device 110 passes through interface module 113 and main frame (computing machine) 100 is connected, being undertaken in application software upgrade by main frame 100 by the wireless communication module 112 in 113 pairs of radio communication devices 110 of interface module is firmware upgrade, increased the firmware upgrade control program in the control module 111 of this radio communication device 110, and software upgrade tool and ROMPaq that wireless communication module has been installed in main frame 100, when firmware upgrade, use a user application, its course of work is:
Wireless communication module 112 is in power-down state, user application sends the order that activates wireless communication module 112 by passage 1 to interface module 113, interface module 113 keeps this order, after control module 113 detects this order, constantly send activation signal at T1 to wireless communication module 112, this activation signal is kept in time A effectively, time A is identical to the time that activation signal requires with wireless communication module, after prolonging a period of time (between T1 and the T2), user application (between T2 and T3) in time period B is emitted in application firmware upgrading order, this order sends to interface module 113 by passage 1, be converted to the upgrading control signal then and send wireless communication module 112 to, after wireless communication module 112 is received this signal, after prolonging a period of time (between T3 and the T4), automatically enter the firmware upgrade state, prepare to receive new firmware.If user application is not emitted in application firmware upgrading order in time period B, then behind T4, wireless communication module 112 enters normal operating conditions automatically, that is to say at time C (between T1 and the T4) to determine that wireless communication module enters firmware upgrade state or normal operating conditions.After wireless communication module 112 entered the firmware upgrade state, user application utilized the software upgrade tool and the ROMPaq of wireless communication module, and new firmware is sent to wireless communication module 112 by passage 1 and interface module 113, carried out firmware upgrade.After firmware upgrade finishes, send the signal of firmware upgrade success and finish firmware upgrade process to user application by interface module 113 by wireless communication module 112.
The present invention is the sequential requirement according to the wireless communication module firmware upgrade, design the firmware upgrade control program of control module and the sequential of computer application program, therefore the sequential of the wireless communication module activation signal that receives and the control signal of upgrading requires identical with the sequential of wireless communication module firmware upgrade.
Fig. 3 is for using the preferred embodiment system schematic of firmware of the present invention in the application upgrade method.Present embodiment is that the inventive method is applied to a kind of wireless pcmcia card, this wireless pcmcia card is a kind of radio communication device, can be used as wireless modulator-demodular unit, it is a kind of multimodal wireless communication card, it sends to network side by the instruction and data with the user, receive from the data of network side simultaneously and pass to the user, be implemented in the internet that online at any time is provided in GPRS, the GSM areal coverage and insert communication services such as data, services, Short Message Service.
Referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 3, as shown in Figure 3, this is wireless, and pcmcia card 310 has comprised that microprocessor unit 311, wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 and PCMCIA change serial interface circuit 313.
Wherein, PCMCIA changes the conversion that serial interface circuit 313 is finished between PCMCIA standard signal and serial ports standard signal, it links to each other with the standard pcmcia interface 301 of notebook computer 300 by Standard PC MCIA connector, and link to each other with microprocessing unit 311 by bus (comprising data bus, control bus and address wire), linking to each other with wireless communication module 312 by serial ports simultaneously, is interface module; Microprocessor unit 311 is finished inner steering logic, initialization, the control PCMCIA that realization is changeed serial interface circuit 313 to PCMCIA change serial interface circuit 313, control wireless communication module 312 firmware upgrade, the working condition of wireless communication module 312 is detected in real time, it links to each other with wireless communication module 312, is control module; Wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 is main functional modules of wireless pcmcia card 310, and it finishes the reception and the transmission of data.
As shown in Figure 3, wireless pcmcia card has inserted notebook computer PCMCIA slot, and is in power-down state.User application sends the order that activates wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 by passage 1 to interface circuit 313, this order is that interface circuit 313 keeps this order with the activation marker set in the interface module 312, after microprocessor unit 311 detects this flag set, constantly send activation signal at T1 to wireless GSM/GPRS module 312, this activation signal is kept in time A effectively, time A is identical to the time that activation signal requires with wireless communication module, after prolonging a period of time (between T1 and the T2), user application (between T2 and T3) in time period B is emitted in application firmware upgrading order, this order sends to interface circuit 313 by passage 1, be converted to the upgrading control signal then and send wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 to, after wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 is received this signal, after prolonging a period of time (between T3 and the T4), automatically enter the firmware upgrade state, prepare to receive new firmware.If user application is not emitted in application firmware upgrading order in time period B, then behind T4, wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 enters normal operating conditions automatically.After wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 enters the firmware upgrade state, user application utilizes the software upgrade tool and the ROMPaq of wireless GSM/GPRS module 312, new firmware is sent to interface circuit 313 by passage 1, interface circuit 313 sends to wireless GSM/GPRS module 312 by serial ports with new firmware, carries out firmware upgrade.After firmware upgrade finishes, send the signal of firmware upgrade success and finish firmware upgrade process to user application by interface circuit 313 by wireless GSM/GPRS module 312.
In the present embodiment, the sequential of activation signal that wireless GSM/GPRS module receives and upgrading control signal requires identical with the sequential of wireless GSM/GPRS module firmware upgrading.
This shows, firmware in the application upgrade method in the wireless communication module provided by the present invention, only need in the control module of wireless communication module place communicator, to increase in advance the firmware upgrade control program, when firmware upgrade, with computing machine that described communicator is connected in wireless communication module is installed software upgrade tool and ROMPaq and corresponding application, run application and to carry out firmware upgrade, and do not need to connect in addition hardware device, do not need wireless communication module is taken out from product yet, just can carry out firmware upgrade quickly and easily according to application need, reduce the cost of firmware upgrade, when large-tonnage product needs firmware upgrade, can reduce manpower significantly, material resources and waste of time.
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1, in a kind of wireless communication module firmware in the application upgrade method, it is characterized in that this method comprises following step:
1) in the control module on the communicator of wireless communication module place the firmware upgrade control program is set; And software upgrade tool and ROMPaq that wireless communication module is installed in computing machine;
2) computing machine, is controlled described control module and is sent activation signal to wireless communication module earlier according to the sequential requirement of wireless communication module firmware upgrade to activation signal by running application, and activates the wireless communication module that is in power-down state;
3) computing machine is by continuing the described application program of operation, again according to the sequential requirement of wireless communication module firmware upgrade to the upgrading control signal, control described control module and send the upgrading control signal, make the wireless communication module on the communicator enter the firmware upgrade state to wireless communication module;
4) described computer application program is utilized the software upgrade tool and the ROMPaq of wireless communication module, and new firmware is sent to wireless communication module, finishes firmware upgrade.
2, upgrade method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described step 2) send activation command for the interface module of application program on the communicator of wireless communication module place, after the control module that links to each other with this interface module detects this order, send activation signal to the wireless communication module that is in power-down state;
Described step 3) is that the interface module of application program on the communicator of wireless communication module place is sent in application firmware upgrading order, interface module sends to wireless communication module with this command conversion for the upgrading control signal, receives that the wireless communication module of this signal enters the firmware upgrade state.
3, upgrade method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: it is identical to the time of activation signal requirement with wireless communication module that the described activation signal of step 3) is kept the effective time.
4, upgrade method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: described step 3) is in described step 2) carry out and to carry out after the back prolongs the schedule time, this schedule time with require the time of prolongation identical after wireless communication module is received activation signal.
5, upgrade method as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: described step 3) is sent in application firmware upgrading order for application program in the time of signals to be upgraded such as wireless communication module to interface module, interface module sends to wireless communication module with this command conversion for the upgrading control signal, after wireless communication module is received this signal, enter the firmware upgrade state after prolonging the schedule time, this schedule time requires the time of prolongation more identical after the time of waiting signal to be upgraded with wireless communication module.
6, upgrade method as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: described step 3) is not sent in application firmware upgrading order to interface module for application program in the time of signals to be upgraded such as wireless communication module, wireless communication module enters normal operating conditions after then prolonging the schedule time, requires time of prolonging again identical after the time of signals to be upgraded such as this schedule time and wireless communication module.
7, as claim 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 described upgrade methods, it is characterized in that: after described step 4) comprises that further firmware upgrade is finished, send firmware upgrade by interface module to application program by wireless communication module and become function signal, finish firmware upgrade process.
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