Technological Arts  10/23/00
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RE-LOADING THE VE5FP SOFTWARE IN ADAPT11C75 BOARDS

First get HCLOAD from www.microsyl.com and install it.  This is a very handy
Windows utility for working with the X68C75 microperipheral chip used on Adapt11C75.

You will be using two slide switches on your Adapt11C75 module, marked
BOOT/RUN and PROT/WRITE, as well as the RESET pushbutton.  The other
switch, Vpp/NRML is not used, and must ALWAYS be left in the NRML
position.

Attach the supplied serial cable between your COM port and module.  Supply
power, and start HCLOAD.  If you get a "red light" on HCLOAD, press the
RESET button.  This will initialize communications between the PC and the
module.  Once you have a "green light", slide the switch to the WRITE
position, choose the XICOR tab in HCLOAD, and click the "Disable SDP"
button.  After a few seconds, the red LED on the module will begin to
blink.  Slide the switch back to PROT, and disconnect the power to the
board briefly.  After re-connecting it, the stoplight should turn green
(if not, reset the module to re-initialize communications).  Now slide the
switch back to WRITE and click the Program EEPROM button (from the Xicor
tab).  A file browser will open for you to select your s-record
(rotator.s19), and then click OK.  After the file has been transferred,
slide the switch back to PROT.  Again, power down the board for a few
seconds then power it back up again.  One more time, slide the switch to
WRITE, and this time click on HCLOAD's "RESET" function with the mouse.
After a few seconds, the red LED will again start to blink.  Slide the
other switch to the RUN position, and press RESET.  At this point, the
module is in the same state it was when you received it from us.  From now
on, leave the switches in the WRITE and RUN postions.  Close HCLOAD, and
use any terminal program of your choice, running at 9600 baud, to
communicate with the rotator program.

If you can't get it working, try the above steps again once or twice
more.  Pay particular attention to the power-down steps, as it is
important to power down between the steps, as described, since this is the
only way to properly reset the X68C75 chip's internal state machine.

Please contact support@technologicalarts.com if you are unsuccessful..