EPROM Burn Tool Guideline

Version 1.03.00

Table of Contents

1. General 2

2. File Structure of EPROM Burn Tool 2

3. Explanation of List Boxes and Buttons 2

4. Installation Setup 3

5. Procedure 3

5.1 Process A: Generate File for EPROM Burner 4

5.2 Process B: Generate the Files for Firmware Download with XBS/XI584 1.4.1 7

6. Tips & Tricks 8

7. EPROM Burner (general) 9

8. Appendix: ERPOM Burner BYTEK 135H Multiprogrammer 9

General

The EPROM Burn Tool is used to burn EPROMs for the EXCEL 5000 family controllers XL20/XL50/XL80/XL100 XL500 and XL 600. Additional the communication devices/sub modules XD 505A, XD 508, XDM 506, XM 100A and XPC 500 board are supported as well.

The EPROM burn tool generates prinzipally 2 tpyes of Files

A) Files to be used for an EPROM Burner

B) Files to be used for Firmware Download with XBS/XI584 - Version 1.4.1 and higher.

The user must not take care about Memory offset and the link of the files this is handled by the EPROM Tool.

It can be used Low cost EPROM Burner because the offset from 80000H is changed to offset 00000H and the generated files are loaded into the EPROM Programmer without additional offset and overhead. That means the EPROM Programmer must be equipped with 512 Kbyte RAM only.

File Structure of EPROM Burn Tool

Explanation of List Boxes and Buttons

NOTE: COM, Baudrate and Parity only appear, if the EPROM Burn Tool is not started out of CARE.

Installation Setup

Procedure for installation:

1. Insert diskette in drive A:

2. Start file Setup.EXE from windows

3. Wait until Setup succeeded displayed

Procedure

The following procedure will guide you through - using the EPROM Burn Tool.

After installation, you will find a window with the name EPROM Burn Tool.

In this window, you find an icon (burning EPROM).

Double-click on this icon !

You receive the following mask:

Now follow the Steps:

Select the target device (target firmware group):

Click on the scroll button next to the list box Device.

Select the target version number of this target device (target firmware within the previously selected group):

Click on the scroll button next to the list box: Firmware.

Select the right Output format (See also table Explanation of List Boxes)

Click on the scroll button next the the list box: Ouput Format.

The following process is now split into 2 different handlings, depending on wether you want

A) to generate a File for the EPROM Burner or
B) a File for Firmware Download with XBS/XI584 Version 1.4.1 and higher.

Follow now the process A or B, respectively !

Process A: Generate File for EPROM Burner

Add an application to the selected Firmware:

Press the ADD Button ! Your receive the following screen:

The Application Selection is done in 2 steps:
Step 1: Select now the correct project first (Screen above):

Click at the project name and the OK-button afterwards.

Step 2: Select now the correct application within that project (that means the correct controller):

Click at the controller name and the OK-button afterwards.

Now you are back in the first screen and you see the selected application in the application field.
The next action is to generate a file for the EPORM burner:

Click on the button DOWNLOAD to generate the ERPOM File.



The EPROM files are generated now (You see the above picture active).

After this action was complete, you receive the following screen. The next action is to select the right EPROM or Flash EPROM you want to burn the generated file in.

Select the ERPOM / Flash ERPOM which you want to burn now.



Click on the corresponding line item.

Now check the Baudrate, COM-Port and Parity before you download.
If the Baudrate and COM Port Number does not fit, change it accordingly.
Having set all those parameters, the next action is to download the selected file into the RAM of the ERPOM Burner:

Press the LOAD button now.

After the question, if the ERPOM burner is ready to load, which you have to confirm, the download starts with the following window:



Your will see at the 100% level when the program download to the ERPOM burner is complete.

Process B: Generate the Files for Firmware Download with XBS/XI584 1.4.1

Add an application to the selected Firmware:

Press the ADD Button ! Your receive the following screen:

The Application Selection is done in 2 steps:
Step 1: Select now the correct project first (Screen above):

Click at the project name and the OK-button afterwards.

Step 2: Select now the correct application within that project (that means the correct controller):

Click at the controller name and the OK-button afterwards.

Now you are back in the first screen and you see the selected application in the application field.
The next action is to generate the files for Firmware Download:

Click on the button DOWNLOAD to generate the Download Files.



First the data sections are generated and afterwards the download files (You see the above pictures active).

After this action was complete, you receive the following screen.



After this screen is shown, press o.k. and your are done. The firmware download files are now stored in the sub-directory FLASH.
For firmware download, use the XBS or XI584 versions 1.4.1 or higher and select from there the download files in the directory FLASH or the Eprom Burn Tool.

Tips & Tricks

The following tips & tricks should help to avoid mistakes. All known troubles and most asked questions are commented here.

It is very useful to always make a back-up of all generated Files with EBT as the EBT tool overwrites all files when used the 2nd time.

The applications you select must not be write-protected. Otherwise the firmware generated will not run in the controller !

EPROM Burner (general)

Offset:  The Offset for all files generated with the EPROM Burn tool is 0.

Manual: For all other handlings, please refer to the manual of your EPROM Burner.

As one example the ERPOM Burner BYTEC 135 H is explained in the next section.

Appendix: ERPOM Burner BYTEK 135H Multiprogrammer

The application, firmware and the ADL-file will be linked together to one file by the EPROM-Burning Tool. This file is generated into the INTEL MSC 86 format and Binary format which will be stored in the same directory as the EPROM-Burning Tool is installed. The same file format must be selected for the INTEL MSC 86 format or Binary 10/16 format on the EPROM Programmer and EPROM Burn Tool as well.

Before you start the EPROM-Burning Tool please check the serial interface number which will be used (Com1 ,2,3, or Com4).

Note: This example is based on the EPROM Burn Tool version 1.03.00

Procedure:

Step:

01 Power up the programmer.

02 Put empty EPROM into the socket

03 Press DEVICE key.

04 Press scroll-keys until display shows 'EPROM TECHNOLOGY'.

05 Press EXECUTE.

06 Press scroll-keys until display shows '24-32 PIN (E)EPROM's'.

07 Press EXECUTE.

08 Select manufacturer with scroll-keys .

(Select type NEC,AMD or TEXAS)

09 Press EXECUTE.

10 Select device type with scroll-keys number (4001).

11 Press EXECUTE.

12 Press EDIT

13 Select Fill RAM Block

14 Press ENTER

15 Enter DATA Byte=FF

The Burner fills the RAM with FF

16 Press PORT key.

17 Press scroll-keys until display shows 'RS-232 SERIAL PORT SETUP'.

18 Press EXECUTE.

19 Select baud rate (4800/9600/19200) EXECUTE

Parity check = even EXECUTE

21 Data bits = 8 EXECUTE

22 Stop bits = 1 EXECUTE

23 Handshake = none EXECUTE

24 Duplex = half EXECUTE

25 SER. REC. LEN = 10 -> EXECUTE

26 Press PORT key.

27 Press scroll-keys until display shows 'RS-232 SERIAL PORT DOWNLOAD DATA'

28 Press scroll keys until display shows offset.

29 Type in Offset = 000000.

30 Press EXECUTE

31 Start now the ERPOM burn tool following the already described

sequence.
Follow the seqeuence BEFORE you pressed LOAD.

The following descriptions assumes you selected binary format !

32 Press scroll-keys on EPROM programer until display shows 'INTEL MCS-86 HEX' or Binary10/16 format. Select one of the format

33 Press EXECUTE.

34 Type in 'RAM BEG ADDR = 000000

35 Press scroll keys until display shows offset.

36 Type in Offset = 000000.

37 The size as displayed on the screen of the Eprom Burn tool (Code Size )must be entered into the field Block size of the EPROM burner

Note:

If the entered block size of the EPROM Burner is not the same as the size displayed on the screen the checksum of the EPROM Burner and EPROM Burn Tool will be different.

(do not press EXECUTE)

38 Press button LOAD on EPROM Burn Tool.

39 EPROM Tool asks EPROM Programmer OK?

40 Press EXECUTE on the EPROM burner BYTEK.

41 Press button Yes

The tool displays Eprom Programmer Loading

Wait at the EPROM burner BYTEK for I/O FUNCTION DONE NO ERRORS EXECUTE

Note:The serial driver from Windows for Workgroups 3.11 sends
an additional character after the file transfer.
This can result in an error message of the EPROM burner.
The EPROM is correct, if the checksum delivered by the
EPROM Burn Tool is the same as the checksum of the
EPROM.
Copy the COMM.DRV driver from disk 1 into the SYSTEM
subdirectory of your WINDOWS installation in order to avoid
this error message.

43 Press PROG

44 Press EXECUTE

45 Display shows 'PROGRAM DONE'

46 Remove EPROM

47 Finish