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Keep Current Su bscription Service 6 Keep Current From this point forw ard, the operation is the same as using a regular algorithm. Refer to your programmer User Man ual for instructions. Not on Sta ndard List If the alg…

Keep Current Subscription Service

Keep Current 5

Each Keep Current algorithm is designed to work with a particular

version of system software. Only algorithms that are compatible with the

installed version of system software are displayed on the programmer’s

Keep Current Part List screen.

A Keep Current algorithm and a version of your programmer’s system

software are compatible when the numbers to the left and immediate

right of the decimal point match, as shown in the following example:

Note: Keep Current algorithms are valid for only one major release of software

because they will be included with the next release of system software.

4. Download Algorithm

Algorithms come in a self-extracting file format. Place the Keep Current

file on a floppy disk that has been formatted on your programmer, and

then expand the file by running it. The following files should be created:

Label the disk

Keep Current

and specify the version number to avoid

mismatched software version numbers you need to use the disk again.

You can also create these files in a sub-directory and transfer the files to a

disk using your programmer in terminal mode. Use the

Commands/Transfer/Download

screen, select format

(Absolute

Binary), and select

Disk

as the destination.

5. Use Algorithm

Before you use a Keep Current algorithm, determine whether or not it

appears on the programmer’s standard device list and follow the

directions in the appropriate section below.

On Standard List

If the algorithm is listed in the standard device list, in terminal mode use

More Commands / Configure System / Keep Current / Replace-Restore.

This command adds the Keep Current algorithm to the device list,

ensuring that the latest algorithm is available to all programmer users.

Algorithm

Version

System Software

Version Compatible?

3.51 3.5 Yes

3.7 3.7 Yes

3.6 3.7 No

File Name Description of File

xVVddddd.KCx Algorithm

xVVddddd.txt Instructions on use

adapters. sys

* Optional file

System adapters

devfnote.sys* Device notes

Keep Current Subscription Service

6 Keep Current

From this point forward, the operation is the same as using a regular

algorithm. Refer to your programmer User Manual for instructions.

Not on Standard List

If the algorithm is not listed in the standard device list, in terminal mode

use

Select Device / (1) Keep Current

. The algorithm can be selected from

the Select Device menu, but it cannot be added to the device list.

From this point forward, the operation is the same as using a regular

algorithm. Refer to your programmer User Manual for instructions.

Sample Keep Current Scenario

The following example illustrates a typical Keep Current scenario:

1. In May, you update your system software to version

.4. At the same

time, you enroll in the Keep Current Subscription Service.

2. In June, Cruft Technologies announces a new device, the Cruft 1263.

3. A week later, Data I/O announces support for the Cruft 1263 and

places a Keep Current algorithm for the Cruft 1263 on the Keep

Current BBS and the Data I/O Web page.

4. The next day you connect to the Keep Current Library via the BBS or

the Web page and download the new algorithm for the Cruft 1263.

5. In August, Data I/O releases version

.5 system software, complete

with the new algorithm for the Cruft 1263.

6. You update your programmer to version

.5 system software. The

algorithm for the Cruft 1263 is part of the system software.

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Action Symbol

Found in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, the action symbol

rotates to indicate that the programmer is performing an operation.

Address

A coded instruction designating the location of data or program

segments in storage.

Address Offset

A value subtracted from addresses during input translation and then

added to addresses during output translation.

Algorithm

The software file containing information to program a specific device,

usually contained on a floppy disk.

Approval

Indication that a device manufacturer has tested an algorithm to support

a specific device on a programmer. The level of an approval varies by

device manufacturer, but an approval usually indicates both yield and

waveform analysis.

Baud Rate

A measure of data flow. The number of signal elements per second based

on the duration of the shortest element. When each element carries one

bit, the Baud rate is numerically equal to bits per second.

Blank Check

A device check that checks a device for programmed bits. If no

programmed bits are found, the device is considered blank.

Block Size

The hexadecimal number of bytes to be transferred in a data transfer. The

beginning of the block is defined by a begin address, and the end of the

block is the sum of the block size and the begin address minus one.

Byte Swap

See Odd/Even Byte Swap.

Communications

Parameters

The various settings that determine the I/O characteristics of your

equipment. The parameters include baud rate, stop bits, data bits, and

handshaking.