Creating And Loading Hex Images; Starting Terminal Configuration Manager - Motorola VC5090 Product Reference Manual

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Creating and Loading Hex Images

Terminal Configuration Manager (TCM) is an application used to customize flash file system partitions for the
vehicle computer. The most common use is to create an application partition hex file that contains the customer's
application. TCM can also be used to load hex files to the flash memory of the vehicle computer.
The program resident on the vehicle computer that receives the hex file and burns it to the flash memory is called
Initial Program Loader (IPL).
The customization of partitions is controlled by TCM scripts. The scripts contain all of the necessary information for
building an image. The script is a list of copy commands specifying the files to copy from the development
computer to the partition.
TCM works with a pair of directory windows, one displaying the script and the other displaying the source files
resident on the development computer. Using standard windows drag and drop operations, files can be added and
deleted from the script window.
The DCP for VC5090w includes scripts used by Motorola to build the standard factory installed Platform and
Application partitions provided on the vehicle computer. The standard Platform partition contains drivers while the
Application partition contains demo applications and optional components. The standard TCM scripts can be found
in the following folder: C:\Program Files\Symbol Device Configuration Packages\VC5090x\v1.0\TCM Scripts.
NOTE Before creating a script to build a hex image, identify the files required (system files, drivers, applications,
etc.) and locate the files' source directories to make the script building process easier.
The required processes for building a hex image in TCM include:
• Starting TCM
• Defining script properties
• Creating the script for the hex image
• Building the image
• Sending the hex image
• Creating a splash screen
• Flash storage.

Starting Terminal Configuration Manager

Click the Windows start menu TCM icon (Symbol Device Configuration Packages, VC5090w v1.0) to start TCM.
The window appears displaying two child windows:
TCM
newly created script and the File Explorer window contains a file explorer view used for selecting files to be placed
in the script.
and The
Script1 File Explorer.
window contains a
Script1