Getting NeXTTool in Ubuntu 16.04 64 bits

nexttool.txt

Setup nxtOSEK program upload software with enhanced firmware (based on http://lejos-osek.sourceforge.net/installation_linux.htm)

a.NeXTTool (building from source)

    Required Packages: libusb-0.1-4 libusb-dev fpc

        ~$ sudo apt-get install libusb-dev libusb-0.1-4 subversion fpc

    Note: fpc is the free pascal compiler

    Download John Hansen's NeXTTool source from bricxcc repository. Revision 1 is known to work for usb and bluetooth (but last revision may also work even if there seems to be troubles with bluetooth) :

        ~$ svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/bricxcc/code bricxcc

    Compile NeXTTool:

        ~$ cd bricxcc
        ~$ make -f ./nexttool.mak

    NeXTTool binary is created in the current directory and can be moved anywhere.

    Check the version of NeXTTool, it should be 1.2.1.r5:

        ~$ chmod +x nexttool
        ~$ sudo ./nexttool
        nexttool version 1.2 (1.2.1.r5)
        Copyright (c) 2006-2013, John Hansen
        Use "nexttool -help" for more information

    Turn on the NXT, connect it to USB and run the following command to upload a nxtOSEK program:

        ~$ sudo ./nexttool /COM=usb -download=helloworld/helloworld_OSEK.rxe


    Troubleshooting: Test the following command to see if NeXTTool is working (set execution right for NeXTTool):

        ~$ sudo ./nexttool /COM=usb -versions
        Protocol version = 1.124
        Firmware version = 1.xx


    Optionnal 1: To upload over usb without being a priviledge user or To upload over bluetooth, you need to configure udev and define an alias name in a file 'nxt.dat' as explained in this post: Minsdtorm 2.0 development on linux . Then turn on the NXT and run the following command (example: helloword_OSEK.rxe) :

        ~$ sudo ./nexttool /COM=alias_bt -download=helloworld/helloworld_OSEK.rxe


    Optionnal 2: Building of nbc/nxc assembler/NX C compiler for NXT from brixcc directory (cd NXT; make -f nbcunix.mak). Please refer to this nice blog page on Minsdtorm 2.0 development on linux if you want to go further.