SYNOPSIS
ftdi_eeprom [commands] config-fileDESCRIPTION
ftdi_eeprom is a small tool for reading/erasing/flashing FTDI USB chip eeproms. It uses libftdi to access the chip, so you will need to have the required permissions on the device.The ftdi_sio module should not be loaded. You can prevent it to be automatically loaded by adding it to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.
You have to unplug and replug your device to get the new values to be read. Otherwise, you will still get the old values.
COMMANDS
- --read-eeprom
- Read eeprom and write to -filename- from config-file.
- --erase-eeprom
- Erase eeprom.
- --flash-eeprom
-
Flash eeprom.
CONFIGURATION FILE
The configuration file contains a list of key-value pairs which will be used to flash an FTDI USB chip eeprom. Comments start with #. The beginning of such a file might look like the following:
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vendor_id=0x0403 # Vendor ID product_id=0x6001 # Product ID max_power=0 # Max. power consumption: value * 2 mA. Use 0 if self_powered = true. ########### # Strings # ########### manufacturer="ACME Inc" # Manufacturer product="USB Serial Converter" # Product serial="08-15" # Serial
The example configuration file that could be found in /usr/share/doc/ftdi-eeprom/examples is quite well commented so you should be able to use it as a basis. The following keys are supported:
- vendor_id
- Set the vendor ID of the device. This value could be entered in decimal or hexadecimal form, and should be in the range 0-65535 or 0x0000-0xffff, respectively.
- product_id
- Set the product ID of the device. This value could be entered in decimal or hexadecimal form, and should be in the range 0-65535 or 0x0000-0xffff, respectively.
- max_power
- Set the maximum current the device will use, in 2 mA unit. Use 0 if self_powered = true.
- manufacturer
- Set the manufacturer string which normally holds the name of the manufacturer.
- product
- Set the product string which normally holds the name of the product.
- serial
- Set the serial string which normally holds the serial number of the product.
- self_powered
- Specify if the device is self-powered or not. The value should be true or false.
- remote_wakeup
- Specify if the device supports remote wake-ups. The value should be true or false.
- use_serial
- If this value is set to true, the serial string will be used. Otherwise the default serial string will be used.
- BM_type_chip
- This value have to be set to true if you are using a BM chip.
- in_is_isochronous
- If set to true this option specify that the input endpoint is in isochronous mode.
- out_is_isochronous
- If set to true this option specify that the output endpoint is in isochronous mode.
- suspend_pull_downs
- If this value is set to true the pull downs are enabled during suspend for lower power consumption.
- change_usb_version
- This value has to be set to true if you want to force the USB version using the usb_version key. Otherwise the default USB version will be used.
- usb_version
- Set the USB version of the device. The change_usb_version value has to be set to true.
- filename
- Specify a filename if you want to dump the content of the eeprom into it.
AUTHOR
ftdi_eeprom was written by Intra2net AG <[email protected]>.This manual page was written by Aurelien Jarno <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).