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Software available
Thanks to ECRIN Automatismes, many software packages are already
available for the VSBC-6862. ECRIN is our sister company and work
together with ACTIS to provide full solution to our customers.
All software requests can be directly addressed at ECRIN. (see chapter
Technical support)
10.1. Debug tools
Many debug tools are available for debugging.
These tools use the JTAG port of the 8260 to access low level resources.
Please refer to the Motorola's web page for the 8260 to find a list of third-party products.
However, a monitor is already installed on the VSBC-6862.
This monitor can also be used for debug purposes, see next chapter.
10.2. ECMON
The VSBC-6862 is provided with an pre-loaded monitor in Flash memory.
This monitor is a courtesy from ECRIN Automatismes, and this free version will not be supported by
ECRIN Automatismes.
An extended version is also available at ECRIN Automatismes, which can provide more functions like
auto-boot facilities.
This monitor will permit to directly load and execute user's programs without need of third-party tools.
The monitor provides the following main functions:
- memory read, write, fill
- serial load
- flash utilities
- real time device management
To access this monitor, connect a terminal to the front panel Console connector: P13.
The terminal must be set to the following parameters:
speed 9600
bit/s
data bits
8
stop bits
1
parity none
handshake none
When the VSBC-6862 boot, the following message will comes:
VSBC-6862 System Boot Vx.y
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