Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

Michael Kushnir — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:33:19 GMT

Hey Jonathan,
I already solved the problem by using AT commands through an RTT client.
For any one who stumbles upon this:

Burn firmware of modem shell sample that nrf connect sdk provides, you can do this in vscode with the nrf connect extension which works best and allows to build and burn right from the IDE.
For my case I used a Jtag Edu Mini, which supports RTT Viewer by SEGGER.
Using the commands at at+cgsn=1 and at at%imeiwrite=0,"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

JONATHAN LL — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:11:29 GMT

Hi,

pynrfjprog will not work as it does the same as nrfjprog. So since the imei-write is not supported in nrfjprog it will not help.

I will ask internally if we have any other options.

Regards,
Jonathan

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

Michael Kushnir — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:49:54 GMT

Hey Jonathan,
I'll pick off from where Elyasaf left.
I succeeded converting all of the commands to ARM-compatible commands, except one.

nrfutil 91 imei-write --force --imei %1 --slot 1 --modem-firmware mfw_nrf91x1_2.0.1.zip --serial-number 260106008I know there are AT commands for this that can be sent through a serial terminal but it's not relevant since my JLink doesn't support VCOM. Is there any other way to achieve it, perhaps using pynrfjprog?

I'd appreciate your assitance in this matter, thanks.

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

JONATHAN LL — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:14:28 GMT

[quote user="Elyasaf"]Can you help me convert these commands from the nrfutil tool to the nrfjprog tool?[/quote]

nrfutil device recover = nrfjprog --recover

nrfutil device program --firmware $FileName.hex --serial-number $JTagSerialNumber = nrfjprog --program $FileName.hex --chiperase --verify

You can replace --recover with --chiperase, or if you allready have a empty device whitout approtect then you dont need any erase or recover, but --verify is still recommended.

There is no direct equivalent to serial number in this way, you will use the JLINK seriell number and it is selected at when you run the command.

nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade --firmware $FileName.zip --serial-number $JTagSerialNumber = rfjprog --program $FileName.zip --verify

nrfutil device reset = nrfjprog --reset

https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ug_nrf_cltools/page/UG/cltools/nrf_nrfjprogexe_reference.html#ariaid-title1

Regards,
Jonathan

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

Elyasaf — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:10:12 GMT

Thanks -

Now that it is clear that we cannot use the nrfutil tool,
Can you help me convert these commands from the nrfutil tool to the nrfjprog tool?

1.:

nrfutil device recover
nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade --firmware $FileName.zip --serial-number $JTagSerialNumber

2.:

nrfutil device program --firmware $FileName.hex --serial-number $JTagSerialNumber
nrfutil device reset

nrfutil device recover
nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade --firmware $FileName.zip --serial-number $JTagSerialNumber
nrfutil device program --firmware $FileName.hex --serial-number $JTagSerialNumber
nrfutil device reset

Thanks!

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

JONATHAN LL — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:15:56 GMT

[quote user="Elyasaf"]Is there a 7.12.0 version that can run on a Raspberry Pi? [/quote]

https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/nrfutil/page/README.html#supported-operating-systems

Currently no support

Regards,
Jonathan

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

Elyasaf — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:25:34 GMT

The link (which does not support ARM) ends with a link to the current version, which does not support arm architecture either.

Is there a 7.12.0 version that can run on a Raspberry Pi?

Thanks a lot!

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

JONATHAN LL — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:58:23 GMT

Ah, sorry.
Yes not sure how up to date we are on the ARM side of things. will investigate.

In the mean time there is an previous post, https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/100322/nrfutil-7-2-0-for-aarch64-linux

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

Elyasaf — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:42:14 GMT

thanks!

the version you put here - isn't for ARM architecture..

file nrfutil-linux
nrfutil-linux: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64,

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

JONATHAN LL — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:57:09 GMT

Adding your reply here:

Are you able to use nrfjprog and reset the device? - yes

What is only version 5.2.0? - nRFUtil - that is what I get from the ordinary link.

user@user:~/Downloads $ ls -l nrfutil

-rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 14899568 Aug 15 16:28 nrfutil

Have you followed the instructions in the docs? - yes

What operating system are you running on your RPi?

******
user@user:/bin $ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="">https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="">www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="">https://bugs.debian.org/"
user@user:/bin $ uname -a
Linux user 6.6.31+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.31-1+rpt1 (2024-05-29) aarch64 GNU/Linux
user@user:/bin $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release: 12
Codename: bookworm
*****

With the device command you should be able to list all devices connected:

because the version is 5.20 -so this command didn't exist

How to install the 7.12. version on Debian?

Thanks!

Thanks for the info, will see if I can reproduce or fond another solution here.

But here is link to tar version v6.1.7:https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfutil/releases/download/v6.1.7/nrfutil-6.1.7.tar.gz

And her is linux installer: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfutil/releases/download/v6.1.7/nrfutil-linux

Regards,
Jonathan

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

Elyasaf — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:25:42 GMT

Thank you for your response.
Because I can't send it by text, I am attaching the follow-up question in the file.

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../Thanks-for-your-response.docx

RE: Running nrfutil 91 modem-firmware-upgrade on Raspberry Pi,

JONATHAN LL — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 07:43:40 GMT

Hi,

Are you able to use nrfjprog and reset the device?

[quote user=""]he version that can be installed is only 5.2.0[/quote]

What is only version 5.2.0? nRFUtil or something else?

Have you followed the instructions in the docs?
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Util/Download?lang=en#infotabs

https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/nrfutil/page/guides/installing.html#prerequisites

Can also get latest from here: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfutil/releases

What operating system are you running on your RPi?

You can find info on how to update the 91 series here https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/nrfutil/page/nrfutil-device/guides/programming_modem_9160.html

With the device command you should be able to list all devices connected:

nrfutil device list --traits modem,jlink

Should look like this

Regards,
Jonathan