IBM MaxLoader Config Option / Blank Check Before Programming, Config Option / Byte order swapping

MaxLoader User’s Guide

NOTE: Buffer Clear means that the current buffer will be filled with the Default

Buffer Value. It can be any data of Hexadecimal values such as FF, 00, or XX

Config Option / Blank Check Before Programming

Enabling Blank Check Before Programming verifies whether the device is erased before programming. Disabling Auto Blank Check Before Programming prevents this check from occurring.

Config Option / Verify After Reading

Setting the configuration menu to ENABLE will allow you to verify whether the device data is the same as the data in your current buffer after reading the source device.

Config Option / verify after programming

Setting the option to ENABLE will allow you to verify whether the device data is the same as the one in your current buffer after programming a device.

Config Option / Byte order swapping

This option applies only to 16-bit wide (E)EPROMs or Flash Memory. User data is displayed in the buffer according to the Intel convention with the default value set at Disable. Enabling this option allows you to use data according to the Motorola convention during Program and Verify operations under the Device selection. However, the data in the buffer is not physically swapped.

When enabled, the MSB (Most Significant Byte) of data is located to EVEN addresses (0,2,4,...) and the LSB(Least Significant Byte) of data is located to ODD addresses(1,3,5,...).

For example, Byte swap is useful if an assembler creates a file in Intel format, in which the low byte is read before the high byte, but the file must be in Motorola format, in which the high byte is read before the low byte.

Sample data file (Motorola EXORmacs Format, Code 87): S00B00004441544120492F4FF3 S11300000123456789ABCDEF001122334455667750 S9030000FC

Data file opened with format 87 and displayed in the editor (8-bit addressing mode):

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