As of June 2009, Haxorware is the best out on the market due to Comcasts security bullshit. The blackcat programmers are dj decent, however the software is somewhat flawed in that it doesn't detect certain modems very well.
There is a RS232 (serial) unit which won't detect with the blackcat software. Some of the other utils such as etherboot & chapter21 will for SB4x00 CMs.
You have to make a custom LPT cable to do recoveries with JTAGutil and poke some bytes. If the bootloader is working, BlackcatUSB will detect. Currently, v215 BlackcatUSB (formerly Schwartz Katze) is just as reliable. Software will hang on flash detection if drivers aren't working correctly. There are USB1.1 -> v3.02 AVR (vista/win7) & USB2.2 -> v4.01 AVR( 2000/XP/NT) firmware. Use the drivers accordingly.
The blackcat software is now open source (VB.NET 2.0).
There is a RS232 (serial) unit which won't detect with the blackcat software. Some of the other utils such as etherboot & chapter21 will for SB4x00 CMs.
You have to make a custom LPT cable to do recoveries with JTAGutil and poke some bytes. If the bootloader is working, BlackcatUSB will detect. Currently, v215 BlackcatUSB (formerly Schwartz Katze) is just as reliable. Software will hang on flash detection if drivers aren't working correctly. There are USB1.1 -> v3.02 AVR (vista/win7) & USB2.2 -> v4.01 AVR( 2000/XP/NT) firmware. Use the drivers accordingly.
The blackcat software is now open source (VB.NET 2.0).