Data Technology 2500 user manual Reminders, Š Changes to Terminal Mode

Reminders

ŠData I/O’s Web Site Replaces ‘Device List on Disk’

Have you been using the ‘Device List on Disk’ for your device information? As we announced in an earlier edition of these User Notes, we upgraded our device support and information tools to take advantage of the power, speed, and accessibility of the World Wide Web. Since the release of V6.1, all our device support information, device footnotes, and capacitor block configuration information is on the Web. Our Web address is http://www.dataio.com. Data I/O has stopped distributing the Device List on Disk. If you would like a device list, download it from http://www.dataio.com/ftp/device_lists/pm2500.txt

ŠChanges to Computer Remote Control (CRC) in V6.8

Beginning with V6.8, new CRC commands were added for:

Programmer type query Device type query Device Electronic ID query

Fill RAM with non-repeating test pattern Device list query

Selection for checksum type Stand-alone device erase operation Updating programmer software

For specific information about these new CRC commands, please see the updated UniSystem Computer Remote Control application note (983-0490-005) available on the Data I/O Web site at http://www.dataio.com.

Beginning in V6.7, the 49] command in CRC mode first issues a prompt before returning to Terminal Mode so that XPI programmers can return an error message if nothing is connected to the serial port.

ŠChanges to Terminal Mode in V6.8

Beginning with V6.8, the “Device Configure Edit” screen appears under the Main Menu in Terminal Mode when a device is selected with options that can be edited. For all other device types, the More Commands menu is positioned lower on the screen than in previous versions. Note that the “Device Configure Edit” screen is also still available from the More Commands/Device Checks/Device Configure menu.

The appearance of the “Device Configure Edit” screen changed in V6.8. With some newer sectored devices, it became possible to set the Begin Device and Device Block Size parameters from the “Device Configure Edit” screen. Also, the control-K option (^K) was added in V6.8. Pressing ^K changes the display and entry of sector information to an abbreviated mode useful for devices with a large number of sectors. Please refer to the Help feature for more information.

Device operation block limit parameters are reset to defaults whenever a new device type is selected. In earlier versions, device operation block limit parameters were reset only if their values exceeded the size of the newly selected device.

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