GMESS (Gencon Messages Editing Tools)

GMESS (February 21, 2026)

GMESS is a Windows 10/11 toolkit for safe GENCON firmware text maintenance, translation reuse, and field deployment.

Why Teams Use GMESS

• Fast workflow: extract -> edit -> rebuild

• Safe message updates without manual HEX editing

• Reuse older translations on newer firmware revisions

• Hebrew LCD support tools (BiDi wrapper and shade-mark normalization)

• Need-to-know operator prompts during hardware deployment

Included Components

• Message tools: ghex2txt.exe, gtxt2hex.exe, gtran.exe, gbidi.exe, gfonts.exe

• Deployment tool:

  • gboot.exe for COMM2 PRO and IOB4 flash/EEPROM update flow

  • Verify-first behavior to avoid unnecessary erase/write cycles

• GENCON service tools:

  • gload.exe (program flash via COMM bootloader)

  • gdump.exe (verify/dump flash via COMM bootloader)

  • gmemo.exe (read/write EEPROM via COMM bootloader)

Delivery

• Current release: 0.1.1

• Installer: NSIS (gmess-setup-<VERSION>.exe), current-user install (no admin rights)

• Start Menu shortcut: GMESS Command Prompt

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