Launch the DFU Host tool

There are several ways to launch the DFU Host tool, and those ways depend on how you use the various tools in ModusToolbox™ software.

VS Code and Eclipse

VS Code and Eclipse have tools to launch the DFU Host tool from within an open application. Refer to the applicable user guide for more details:

You can launch the DFU Host tool as a stand-alone tool without the Eclipse IDE. By default, it is installed here:

Windows
:
~/ModusToolbox/tools_<version>/dfuh-tool/
Linux™
:
/opt/Tools/ModusToolbox/tools_<version>/dfuh-tool/share/dfuh-tool/bin/
macOS
:
/Applications/ModusToolbox/tools_<version>/dfuh-tool/

On Windows, you can launch the tool from the

Start

menu. For other operating systems, the installation directory will vary, based on how the software was installed.

Refer to

CLI description

to run the

dfuh-cli

tool. You can also run the DFU Host tool GUI executable using the following command line arguments:


Argument	Description
`-?, -h, --help`	Displays help on command line options.
`--help-all`	Displays help including Qt specific options.
`-v, --version`	Displays version information.
`--debug <filename>`	Appends logging information to the specified file.