I've done this with other RTUs (Remote Terminal Units.)
It can get a bit tricky loading and running code on units
with different configurations.  You must allow for bad
downloads and allow the old code to run again.  It can get
tricky.  Utility customers get real pissed if a substation
goes down because of a software screw up.

GL,
Walt...

-----Original Message-----
From: M. Adam Davis [mailto:adavis@UBASICS.COM]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 12:27 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: ROMzap


Yes.  An even nicer advantage is being able to update the code remotely.
Your
weather station is out in the back forty over a radio link, and you want to
record some info about this upcoming storm which will disrupt your radio
signal.  ie, you won't get the info you want.

So you reprogram it over the radio link with new code that will make it act
as a
datalogger while the storm passes through.  No need to go out in the rain.

-Adam

Ryan Pogge wrote:
>
> so the advantage is an easy way to update firmware in products, or an easy
> way to develop software and reprogram without ISP....
> cool...