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HexView
Reference Manual
Version 1.09.01
Authors
Armin Happel
Status
Released
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based on template version 5.1.0
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Document Information
History
Author
Date
Version
Remarks
Vishp
2006-02-21
1.0
> Creation
Vishp
2006-07-14
1.1
> Description of new features for V1.2.0
> Main features are:
> Support for Ford-VBF and Ford-IHex in
dialogs
> Compare-Feature
> Auto-detect file format on file open/save
Vishp
2006-09-27
1.2
> Description of new features for V1.3.0
> Merge and compare uses now the auto-
filetype detection
> Merge operation available from
commandline
> Address calculation from banked to linear
addresses from commandline
> Checksum calculation feature from
commandline places results into file or data.
Vishp
2006-12-07
1.3
> Description of new features for V1.4.0
> Commandline: Checksum operates on
selected section. Multiple checksum areas
can be specified from the commandline.
> Postbuild operation added
> Fixing Ford IHex configuration problem for
flashindicator and File-Browse in the dialog
> Option /CR (cut-section) added to the
commandline
> Delete and Cut&paste with internal
clipboard added.
> Description of the commandline processing
order added to the document
> Program returns a value depending on the
status of operation
> New option combination /XG with /MPFH to
re-position existing NOAM to adjusted
NOAR-fields
> Goto start of a block (double-click to block
descriptor)
> Find ASCII string in data was added
Vishp
2007-07-09
1.31
> Description of new features for V1.4.6
> Support part number in GM-files (option /pn)
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from the commandline and reading the file
Vishp
2007-09-19
1.4
> Description of new features for V1.5
> Start CANflash from within Hexview
> Create partial datafiles for Fiat-export
> Support VBF V2.4 for Ford
> Support Align Erase (/AE)
> Use ranges instead of start and end address
> Creation of a validation structure
> New About-dialog with personalized license
info
Vishp
2008-01-31
1.5
> Fixing wrong description of checksum
calculation for method 8 (see Table 3-3,
index 8)
Vishp
2009-05-19
1.6
> Description of new features for V1.6
> Fixing problem when HEX-file contain
addresses until 0xFFFF.FFFF
> Extend expdatproc interface to allow
insertion of data processing results into
HEX-file
> Now browse for data processing parameter
file
> Intel-HEX record length now adjustable
> This document can now be opened from
Help menu
> Allow to select multiple post build files
> Generate structured hex file from Eeprom
data set
> C-array generation supports structured list,
Ansi-C and memmap.
Vishp
2009-11-27
1.06.01
> Fixing problems with path names using a
colon, e.g. “D:”
> Minor corrections in the documentation
(CRC calculation algorithms)
Vishp
2010-10-11
1.06.04
> AccessParameter for Fiat export now
editable.
> Export binary blocks from commandline
interface
Vishp
2011-12-05
1.07.00
> Fixing Windows7 problems in dialogs.
> Faster HEX read operation
> Support dsPIC copy and ghost byte
clearance
> Export splitted binary data files per segment
> Add checksum to last data bytes (@end)
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> Further support for compress+sign
> Padding for data encryption
> Scanning memory for EepM data (for
development)
> S5 records are now tolerated.
> Swapping words or longwords
Vishp
2012-09-15
1.08.00
> Solving further Win7 problems in dialogs.
> Adding SHA256 in checksum and data
processing DLL
> Record type specifier in the commandline for
Intel-HEX and Motorola S-Records.
> Add import and Export for HEX ASCII data
through commandline
> Generate signature header for GM
> Support for VBF V2.5 (Volvo)
Vishp
2014-03-11
1.08.04
> Correcting padding mode for AES
> Add support for IV-Vector w/ AES-CBC
> Support for VBF V3.0 (Ford)
> Improvements for the GM-header signature
generation for cyber security.
> Corrections on address range definition for
data processing.
> Ford-VBF allows now to omit the erase
table. Editable now in the GUI.
> Call to CANflash removed.
> Description for validation structure
generation added.
> Support multiple part numbers for VBF
> Merging files over commandline supports
now wildcards.
> Order of identifiers for VBF corrected.
> Expdatproc V1.08.04 added
> RSA encryption/decryption byte order
corrected.
> Padding mode for AES corrected
> IV can be specified explicitly for AES
CBC in the parameter
Vishp
2014-04-07
1.08.05
> Commandline option to export MIME coded
files
Vishp
2014-05-19
1.08.06
> Export/Import of GAC binary files
Vishp
2014-01-16
1.09.00
> Import and Export of MIME coded files
(BASE64)
> Correct description of /remap in the
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commandline overview
> New expdatproc included, rework RSA
encryption/decryption, crypto-library
replaced with Vector crypto-lib..
> ARLE compression/decompression added.
> Support GM compressed envelope
> Incorrect length of imported MIME data
> Wrong update of erase information in ini file
for VBF
> Message "out of memory" displayed when
opening BIN-files
> File type recognition failure with files that
have no extensions
> Checksum calculation over a fixed range,
even if there are wholes in the internal data
Commandline: /cs<csum-method-
number>:@<address>;!<range>|<fillpattern>
Example: /cs9:@0x8000;!0x9000-
0xBFFF|CAFÉ
Vishp
2015-04-13
1.09.01
> Validation struct inserted as separate block.
> Support for VBF V4.0
> Support splitting big block into smaller junks
Reference Documents
No.
Title
[1]
Fiat-Specification 07284-01, dated 2003-05-15
[2]
Ford/Volvo: Versatile Binary Format V2.2, V2.3, V2.4, V3.0, V4.0
[3]
Ford: Module programming and Design specification, V2003.0
[4]
GM: GMW3110, V1.5, chapter 11
