Getting StartedÐExample Sessions
1.6Getting StartedÐExample Sessions
This section will help you get a quick start using your programmer. Once you get started, the menu structure and prompts make the programmer easy to learn and to use. The remainder of this manual provides a detailed reference if you need further information on any of the commands, prompts, or error messages. Use the Table of Contents at the front of the manual and the Index at the end of the manual to direct you to the specific topic you need.
We assume that you are familiar with the TMS370 Assembler and Linker soft- ware and that a COFF file has been created that contains object code with which a device can be programmed. These are prerequisites to using the programmers and is beyond the scope of this manual.
1.6.1Interactive Programming Example 1
This example assumes that the programmer software has been loaded onto your PC, and that the DOS prompt is C:>.
In this example you will invoke the programmer, choose a device to program, and use the load command to give the programmer the name of the object file and portion of the object code to be programmed onto the device.
1)From the DOS prompt, invoke the programmer to bring up the interactive display in the configuration window.
C:\>prgrm370 
The programmer title banner appears briefly; then the configuration window appears with the top line containing the following command menu:
CONFIG:showID AddDevice Edit Load ChooseDevice Save Display Quit
2)Place a TMS370 device in the appropriate socket; press 
to select the choose device command.
The cursor moves down the screen to the beginning of the Device Table. Also, a function key command line containing the following commands appears at the bottom of the screen:
F1NextPage F2PrevPage F4ShowRanges F5SelectDev F6DeleteDev
3)Move the cursor to the appropriate device using the cursor arrow keys.
Once you have found the correct device, press 
to select the device.
4)Press 
to return to the configuration command line, and then press 
to move to the display window.
The display window command line contains the following commands:
Fill Load OutputCOFF Move Progm Show Upload Verify Edit Config sYs Quit
5)Press 
for the load command. The following prompt appears at the top line of the screen: