pbl flash

Flash the firmware to a watch connected through a programmer, using the board’s runner.

pbl flash

Before flashing, check the board’s page for how to connect the programmer. The sftool runner talks to the watch over a serial port, given with --tty, e.g. /dev/ttyACM0 or /dev/tty.usbmodem1102:

pbl flash --tty /dev/ttyACM0

The first time, the system resources have to be written too. The sftool runner, and the openocd and nrfutil ones on asterix, take --resources; otherwise, image them over the serial console once the firmware is running, with pbl image_resources.

When both firmware and resources are written, the watch boots into the main application; pbl console shows its logs.

A watch without a programmer can only be updated by sideloading a pbl bundle.

pbl flash [-h] [-b DIR] [--dry-run] [--resources]
          [-r {nrfutil,openocd,sftool}] [--tty TTY]