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Data Technology 2500 manual

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes Contents What’ s New in V ersion 8.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Creating Floppy Diskette Set from CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 2 What’ s New in V ersion 8.7  Device List s on “UniFam 8.7/T askLink 7.30” CD Lists of new and upd ated devices can be found on the “UniFam 8.7/TaskLink 7 .30” CD in Update_Info.  Up date from CD The “UniFam 8.7/TaskLink 7.3 0 ” CD contains all the software required for updating your programmer. [...]

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 3  Devices Now Listed under SST Only Prior to the V7.9 update, the devices listed below w ere located under both Manufacturer: SST and Manufact urer: Silicon Stor. Starting with V7.9 and thereafter, these devices are listed on ly under Manufacturer: SST.  Mit subishi Electric and Hitachi T ransferred to Renesas [...]

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 4 All new supports (devices ) distributed by Renesas Technology Corporation, regardless of the Mitsubishi or Hitachi part markin gs, are found only under the "Renesas Tech" menu selection. All existing supports for Mitsubishi or Hitachi devices currently marketed by Renesas Technology Corporation ar e found [...]

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 5 Reminders  Dat a I/O’ s Web Site Replaces ‘De vice List on Disk’ Have you been using the ‘Dev ice List on Disk’ for your device information? As we announced in an earlie r edition of the se User Notes, we upgrade d our device support and information tools to take advantage of the power, speed, and acces[...]

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 6  Improved Checksum Calculation W ith Devices Using Sector Protect This change only affects filling the prog rammer RAM with “FF” before you program a 16-bit device. In versions of software before V5.9, if yo u entered sector protect data, only the least significant byte of the 16-bit word in RAM was changed. [...]

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 7 Creating Floppy Diskette Set from CD You will need high density 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy disket tes for the complete disk creation process. High de nsity diskettes have the “HD” logo embossed on the plastic disk jacket. See below. High Density Diskette You should be able to purch ase blank 3.5" floppy diske[...]

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    ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 8 3 On the FORMAT DISK screen, move the curs or to “A re you sure (Y/N)?” and press Y . 4 Insert a blank 1 .44 MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive on your programmer. Press ENTER on your keyboard to format the floppy disk. 5 Repeat the format ting process for the remainder of the disks. 6 Insert the “UniFa[...]

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    Quick Update Steps ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 9 Quick Update S teps T askLink (DOS) and 2500 Note: You do not need to update your software if you re ceived these User Notes with a new programmer. Note: If your 2500 has a hard drive, you can update system software and algorithms from CD. Regardless of th e interface you use to oper ate yo ur pro[...]

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    Quick Update Steps ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 10 CAUTION: Turning of f system power or rem oving the Boot Files Disk while 2500 is updating system ROM damages 2500. Press Y to confirm the updat e of the system software. 2500 updates the system ROM to reflect the new version of system software. 8 After the “>” is displayed, press Z (capit[...]

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    Quick Update Steps ProMaster 2500 V8.7 User Notes 11 Update the Hard Drive Note: Regardless of the interfac e yo u use to operate your progra mmer, yo u must use TaskLink for Windows 4.50 or greater to update your system software and algorithms from CD. For instructions on how to update system software and algorithms, insta ll TaskLink for Windows [...]