What is a .MOT file?
MOT is a Motorola S-record firmware file for flashing microcontrollers.
- Did you know
- The Motorola S-record format stores binary firmware safely as plain text.
- Some tools call this the EXORciser format, after the 1975 Motorola development system that popularised it, and the same data also travels as .srec, .s19 or .sx.
- Each line begins with an “S” and a digit: an S0 header, S1 to S3 data records and an S7 to S9 terminator end the file.
- What Analyser reads
- Inspect virtual-machine descriptors (VMware .vmx, VirtualBox .vbox, OVF/OVA), disc images (Nero .nrg, Alcohol .mds/.mdf, CloneCD), embedded firmware (Intel HEX, Motorola S-record, UF2, ELF/AXF, Device Tree Blobs, U-Boot uImage), partition tables (MBR/GPT with GUIDs), Linux filesystem superblocks (ext2/3/4, SquashFS, cramfs, romfs) and Windows imaging (WIM/ESD) - reading headers directly, no upload.
- Depth of analysis
- .MOT is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .MOT file
- Drag a .MOT file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.