Texas Instruments manual Unable to communicate with TMS370 device ± Retry, Abort

Uploading a Device's Contents Into PC Memory

unable to communicate with TMS370 device ± Retry, Abort

You should inspect all of the devices for misalignment or bent pins. You may have to remove devices until the bad device is found.

Once the actual uploading begins, it proceeds packet by packet in180-byte segments. Before a packet is uploaded, the programmer verifies that the source device address is inside the valid address ranges defined for the cur- rent device type. If the address is not inside the range, the following error mes- sage is displayed.

Address out of range, (press any key)

Press any key to erase the error message and return to the display command menu.

During the uploading process, the programmer displays a status message on the bottom line of the screen to indicate the address currently being read.

Reading at address 7000 (hit ESC key to abort)

This message is updated when the programmer starts to upload the next pack- et.

If you want to terminate the uploading process before it has completed, press to abort the process and return to the display command menu.

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