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7  FAQ 

Below shows some common questions and solutions. 

Table 18. Common questions and solutions 

No. 

Abnormal situation 

Cause and solution 

LCD appears one of the 4 following 
meassges

 

1. 

Low Battery, Pls Press SAVE key

 

2. 

Low Battery, Pls Replace Battery

 

3. 

No Battery, Pls Press SAVE key

 

4. 

No Battery, Pls Replace Battery 

Reason

Low battery or no battery in writer 

Solution

After pressing the "Save" key, replace the 

button battery under the LCD screen which is inside 
the burning device to save the burning count. 

The LCD screen displays a string of black 
squares without correct characters 

Reason

 

The power supply is not properly 

connected during power-on. 

Solution

Power off the power and wait a few 

seconds before powering it on again. If the fault 
persists, contact technical personnel for support. 

LCD appears

CFG CHK ERR1 … 

Reason

Configuration data of the Checksum is 

incorrect.  

Solution

Use WriterConfig to re-download the 

configuration file 

Computer pop up dialog when 
WriterConfig is downloading parameters

 

The version between Writer Config and 
Offline-Writer does not match, please 
update the Writer Config version. 

Reason

The software version of WriterConfig (for 

example, Vx.y.z) does not match the Firmware 
version of the Writer burner (for example, abc.App). 
That is, the software version of the xyz combination 
does not match the firmware version of the abc 
combination.

  

Solution

Update to the latest version of 
WriterConfig or the two match versions to 
WriterConfig. 

LCD display: com fail 

Reason:  

The chip is not properly placed 

Solution

Reposition the chip; Make sure the white 

dot of the chip corresponds to the triangle orientation 
(as shown below). 

 

Burning fail 

Reason

It may be caused by abnormal voltage

 

Solution

Measure a

nd check 

the voltage. The 

normal voltage between VPP and GND of the 

burning socket should be 6.5V; the voltage 

between VDD and GND should be 3.9V. Specific 

voltage measurement points are shown in Figure 

18.

 

Summary of Contents for CMT216 Series

Page 1: ...ter supports for single machine manual recording and automatic batch recording This document introduces basic function using process as well as using notice of the recorder Table 1 Part number covered...

Page 2: ...eeper status description 8 2 4 Description of burning control interface and connection mode 10 3 Offline burning operation and description 13 3 1 Basic operation 13 3 2 Use WriterConfig for program an...

Page 3: ...ing DC power adapter Specification is Input AC 100 240 V 50 60 Hz 0 6 A Output DC 9 V 1 A USB wire USB A type interface USB B type interface 1 5 m They are used to connect the writer to the computer a...

Page 4: ...mber Name Function 1 Fail Red Light Red light indicates programming failed 2 Busy Yellow Light Yellow light indicates busy with the following two situations 1 In burning mode indicates that the target...

Page 5: ...0 7 5 32 www hoperf com 5 Save Key Press this key to manually save the programming counts to Flash 6 8 Key of K1 K3 Reserve keys for subsequent function expansion 9 Start Key Press the key to start pr...

Page 6: ...Function 1 Burn Connect to the burning chip 2 Comm Connect the automatic machine to control burning Automatic machine refers to the 3rd party automatic production equipment which can be connected wit...

Page 7: ...LCD display at startup initialization Table 5 LCD display description at startup initialization No LCD display character Description 1 CMT216x Represents CMT216x series chip burner 2 Writer V3 2 Repr...

Page 8: ...urning starts 2 Burning process beep indicates that burning is successful and the green light lights up No LCD display character Description 1 0 SN setting disable Indicates that the already burned co...

Page 9: ...If the chip is identified while the model is not consistent with the configured parameter the system beeps twice and displays a message on the LCD screen it indicates that the model does not match Ver...

Page 10: ...re shown in the following figure and table Figure 6 Burning interface Table 8 Burning interface description Pin No Pin name Description Connect to chip pin 1 CSB Selected signal B2 S3S_CSB CSB 2 GND G...

Page 11: ...igure and table below Figure 7 Automatic control interface Comm interface Table 9 Description of the automatic control interface Pin No Pin name IO Description Connect to host machine 1 FAIL O Indicat...

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Page 13: ...r control interface to the automaton table in mass production and connect the power supply See Chapter 2 4 The burner control interface description and connection mode for details 3 Recording by manua...

Page 14: ...on self test by default Otherwise the user program will not operate if self test fails 3 User User mode option If this option is selected the chip will be burned to User mode For details of the User...

Page 15: ...first time After the check the chip will be banned for the first time on internal calibration processing which can shorten the time of the first power on to the user program execution equivalent powe...

Page 16: ...at are burned repeatedly until changing the ID 6 Max Count Used to limit the maximum burning times of the chip 3 2 3 EEPROM initial burning value inside chip Figure 12 CMT216xA MCU Setting Interface B...

Page 17: ...tween each byte 3 Users can define its content according to all 64 bytes or part of them noted that the burner address is written from 0x00 and the first 64 bytes are treated as valid content ignored...

Page 18: ...s the WriterConfig page and version information and they are marked as 9 and 10 However Num 9 indicates the Writer hardware and Firmware version Below the hardware version is V3 2 and the Firmware ver...

Page 19: ...sion Part Number Writer Config pop up page Add the user writer program Download to offline writer Confirm the writer config setting Default configure information of the offline reading writer 1 Inform...

Page 20: ...utton Download burning configuration parameters and user program to the offline writer 5 Read Settings Click the button read the original MCU configuration and display in the current MCU config window...

Page 21: ...perations on the upper system such as adding specific content to the Hex file For the upper system the offline burner in this mode is the device for performing burning The upper system only needs to g...

Page 22: ...f D hex test_201214 hex run Operation Download the target file test_201214 hex to the offline burner and perform OTP burning in Run mode 2 WriterConfig exe ram otp burn f test_201214 hex run p ftp_hex...

Page 23: ...that the offline burner will poweroff 7 WriterConfig exe ram otp fast f test_201214 hex run Operation Download the target file test_201214 hex to the offline burner select Run mode but do not perform...

Page 24: ...upgrade and degration make sure the offline burner connected to the computer through a USB cable and the main interface of the WriterConfig program has been opened 5 1 Firmware Upgrade When WriterCon...

Page 25: ...as the upgrade process Clicking OK will continue the degrade operation and click Cancel to call off the operation Details are shown in the following figure In file brn vx y z 32c x y z represents firm...

Page 26: ...the user applies more than one type of burner at the same time there may be error upgrade due to operation error For example the user needs to use the CMT2380F32 WriteConfig upper computer software b...

Page 27: ...ove for detail information 4 Restart the correct host computer software and the system prompts you to upgrade click OK and wait until the upgrade is complete At this point the firmware of the burner t...

Page 28: ...son of occupying USB communication of both the RFPDK and WriterConfig Thus do not startup WriterConfig and RFPDK at the same time when the USB is connected to the burner and the computer to avoid exce...

Page 29: ...f the Checksum is incorrect Solution Use WriterConfig to re download the configuration file 4 Computer pop up dialog when WriterConfig is downloading parameters The version between Writer Config and O...

Page 30: ...erface is slow with refreshing speed of one second or lower Reason USB communication abnormal Solution Turn off WriterConfig and reinsert the USB Run WriterConfig again If it is still abnormal please...

Page 31: ...w hoperf com 8 Revise Record Table 19 Revise Record Version Chapter Description Date 0 5 All Initial version 2020 07 07 0 6 1st Page Update product list 2021 10 19 0 7 All Review and add the online bu...

Page 32: ...ccuracies and specifications within this document are subject to change without notice The material contained herein is the exclusive property of HOPERF and shall not be distributed reproduced or disc...

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