3980xpi Users Manual - Data I/O Corporation

Session 7: Selecting a Translation Format
Getting Started
This Session introduces you to translation formats and shows you how to
select a translation format. The next Session shows you how to load a data file
through the programmer's Terminal port.
Translation formats represent different methods of encoding device data in a
data file, which could contain the fuse pattern and test vectors for a logic
device or the data for a memory device. (Translation Formats are also
described in Chapter 5.)
Starting at the Main Menu, press M T F to get to the Translation Format screen,
shown in Figure 3-14. If you get lost, return to the Main Menu and start over.
(Press F1 to get to the Main Menu.)
Figure 3-14. Translation Format Selection Screen
Review
You must choose a translation format to use. Normally, you would select the
same format as your data file. For this Session, select the Intel 8-bit Hex data
translation format.
Select the translation format just as you selected a device manufacturer: find
what you are looking for and type the number beside it. For the format
selection screen shown in Figure 3-14, you would type 83, then press ENTER to
select the Intel 8-bit Hex (Intel Intellec 8/MDS) translation format.
When you press ENTER, the programmer configures itself for the selected
translation format and returns to the Transfer Menu. Note that the I/O Format
line in the status window now reads I/O FORMAT: Intel Intellec 8/
MDS.
Use the Format Select command on the Transfer Data menu to select a new
translation format. Locate the desired format, type the number to the left of
the format, then press ENTER.
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