mcuboot/docs/serial_recovery.md

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# Serial recovery
MCUboot implements a Simple Management Protocol (SMP) server.
SMP is a basic transfer encoding for use with the MCUmgr management protocol.
See the Zephyr [Device Management](https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/services/device_mgmt/index.html#device-mgmt) documentation for more information about MCUmgr and SMP.
MCUboot supports the following subset of the MCUmgr commands:
* echo (OS group)
* reset (OS group)
* image list (IMG group)
* image upload (IMG group)
It can also support system-specific MCUmgr commands depending on the given mcuboot-port
if the ``MCUBOOT_PERUSER_MGMT_GROUP_ENABLED`` option is enabled.
The serial recovery feature can use any serial interface provided by the platform.
## Image uploading
Uploading an image is targeted to the primary slot by default.
An image can be loaded to other slots only when the ``MCUBOOT_SERIAL_DIRECT_IMAGE_UPLOAD`` option is enabled for the platform.
MCUboot supports progressive erasing of a slot to which an image is uploaded to if the ``MCUBOOT_ERASE_PROGRESSIVELY`` option is enabled.
As a result, a device can receive images smoothly, and can erase required part of a flash automatically.
## Configuration of serial recovery
How to enable and configure the serial recovery feature depends on the given mcuboot-port implementation.
Refer to the respective documentation and source code for more details.
## Entering serial recovery mode
Entering the serial recovery mode is usually possible right after a device reset, for instance as a reaction on a GPIO pin state.
Refer to the given mcuboot-port details to get information on how to enter the serial recovery mode.
## Serial recovery mode usage
### MCU Manager CLI installation
The MCUmgr command line tool can be used as an SMP client for evaluation purposes.
The tool is available under the [MCU Manager](https://github.com/apache/mynewt-mcumgr-cli)
Github page and is described in the Zephyr
[MCU Manager CLI](https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/services/device_mgmt/mcumgr.html#mcumgr-cli) documentation.
Use the following command to install the MCU Manager CLI tool:
``` console
go install github.com/apache/mynewt-mcumgr-cli/mcumgr@latest
```
Enter serial recovery mode in the device and use an SMP client application for communication with the MCUboot's SMP server.
### Connection configuration
Use the following command to set the connection configuration,
for linux:
``` console
mcumgr conn add serial_1 type="serial" connstring="dev=/dev/ttyACM0,baud=115200"
```
for windows:
``` console
mcumgr conn add serial_1 type="serial" connstring="COM1,baud=115200"
```
### Image management
The connection configuration must be established to perform the following image-related commands:
* Upload the image:
``` console
mcumgr image upload <path-to-signed-image-bin-file> -c serial_1
```
Once done successfully, the following notification will be displayed:
``` console
20.25 KiB / 20.25 KiB [=================================] 100.00% 3.08 KiB/s 6s
Done
```
* List all images:
``` console
mcumgr image list -c serial_1
```
The terminal will show the response from the module:
``` console
Images:
image=0 slot=0
version: 0.0.0.0
bootable: false
flags:
hash: Unavailable
Split status: N/A (0)
```
### Device reset
Reset your device with the following command:
``` console
mcumgr reset -c serial_1
```
The terminal should respond:
``` console
Done
```