UTILITY: XmlToIdc generates IDC from ecu and logger defs

dschultz · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:24 pm

To work with the latest logger.xml this version of XmlToIdc is best.

dschultz · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:29 pm

rocketperson7 wrote:

What exactly is an SSM read vector, and how do I find it? I'm also very new to this
I'm working with 16 bit roms

Start here: viewtopic.php?t=6303 You have lots of reading ahead of you...

Bizko1288 · **Joined:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:47 am **Posts:** 38

td-d wrote:

Bizko1288 wrote:

How? Same error for me

This is answered above - go to those locations and undefine them.

My fault for the confusion; but I meant the sytax error he was getting in his previous post -

when I try and execute it says I've got a syntax error near static?

dschultz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:07 am

I'm not seeing any error, but then I'm using the version of the XmlToIdc app I posted above.

nsfw · **Joined:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:23 am **Posts:** 2565

I've updated the first post with a link to DSchultz's GitHub.
Thanks for the improvements!

Bizko1288 · **Joined:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:47 am **Posts:** 38

dschultz wrote:

I'm not seeing any error, but then I'm using the version of the XmlToIdc app I posted above.

Got it now. I was trying to copy and paste the code as an IDC command instead of opening it as a script file

ykchong4 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:58 am **Posts:** 16

does this utility applicable to other SH7058 ECU like mazda or nissan?

nsfw · **Joined:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:23 am **Posts:** 2565

If you have an EcuFlash-compatible definition, then half of it could be made to work. I suspect it would need some small changes, since table headers are probably not in the same format. You'd also need a logger definition, in RomRaider's format, for the other half. But that might not work, unless those ECUs also support logging based on RAM addresses like Subaru's ECUs.

The utility requires definitions, though. It doesn't actually do any reverse-engineering, it just converts the definitions from XML format to IDC format.

rocketperson7 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:18 am **Posts:** 10

dschultz wrote:

rocketperson7 wrote:

What exactly is an SSM read vector, and how do I find it? I'm also very new to this
I'm working with 16 bit roms

Start here: viewtopic.php?t=6303 You have lots of reading ahead of you...

Well I'm good at reading

I've read that thread a few times over already, and figured out SSM is Subaru Select Monitor
Most of my experience is with more basic microcontrollers, so the Motorola processor and opcodes are definitely a big step up for me, my interest in the 16bit stuff is ultimately the Group-N SD ROM

any other big threads that are good for reading? I'm trying to learn as much as possible
is there a similar tool like HEW for the Renesas processors? or is everything written in assembly through IDA?

dschultz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:14 pm

Hopefully you're not trying to reinvent the wheel.
viewforum.php?f=36

HEW is for Renesas processors

rocketperson7 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:18 am **Posts:** 10

dschultz wrote:

Hopefully you're not trying to reinvent the wheel.
viewforum.php?f=36

HEW is for Renesas processors

I just want to edit the wheel, that ROM is the one I'd be editing
I know that Jason has been playing with auto-throttle kick, and I want to make it happen

I'm aware that HEW is for Renesas, I meant is there a program similar to it for the Motorola processors? I haven't seen anyone mention such a program, so I'm assuming everything is just written in assembly through IDA

dschultz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:02 pm

The application and source has been updated in the first post again.

It now handles 16 bit ECUs better. Note: not all table axis are marked as some data series have no axis info in the ROM.
SSM Switches are all correctly defined and duplicates removed.
There's a makeall option which will create all three tables, stdparams & extparams with only one invocation of XmlToIdc.
It can now read the Base ROM info to create tables from the inherited ROM

dschultz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:46 pm

Updated to enhance the 16bit ROM stdparam marking.

Merp · **Joined:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:46 pm **Posts:** 863

I've integrated the XmlToIdc code into SharpTune (patching GUI/CLI app) with a GUI interface and added automated SSM base detection.

https://github.com/Merp/SharpTune

td-d · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:39 pm

Merp wrote:

I've integrated the XmlToIdc code into SharpTune (patching GUI/CLI app) with a GUI interface and added automated SSM base detection.

https://github.com/Merp/SharpTune

Nice... just test drove it, working beautifully. As much as I love command line :lol:

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UTILITY: XmlToIdc generates IDC from ecu and logger defs

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