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Cyclone MAX User Manual
CYCLONE MAX
11.5
Serial Number Handling in Cyclone MAX
The Cyclone MAX’s firmware implements the automatic serial number
mechanism. The same serial number files are used with the Cyclone Image
Creation Utility, and the same commands are used to specify the serial
number file and initiate serial number programming and incrementation. The
serial number data structure is saved in the SAP image. Once a serial number
is programmed, the Cyclone MAX firmware automatically increments the
serial number and stores it in the Cyclone MAX’s flash for internal images or
external CompactFlash for external SAP images.
The CS and PS commands are not present in the Cyclone Image Creation
Utility until a valid programming algorithm is specified.
To complement the Cyclone’s usage in production environments, the Cyclone
MAX supports multiple serial number structures for each programming
algorithm block. Each SAP image may contain multiple programming
algorithms for every memory module it needs to program, and each
programming algorithm block may contain multiple serial number structures.
The SAP image sequence below illustrates this briefly:
CM algorithm_file_1
SS object_code_1
EN
PM
VC
CS serial_file1.ser
PS
CS serial_file2.ser
PS
CS serial_file_3.ser
PS
CM algorithm_file_2
SS object_code_2
EN
PM
VC
