Texas Instruments 990 User Manual page 130

Appl icati ons U til i ti es
5.2.3.2 Preprocessor F il e Oper ati ons •
This p:lragraph describes the individual file commands (:&lild,
Del et e, Dump, Modi fy, and List). EKampl es are gi ven where
appropr i at e. D ef aul t condi ti ons, error condi ti ons , and s peci al
requi rements are i ncl uded •
Btl
i 1 d a Pre pr
0
ce s
s
ed D own 1 oad F il e •
ENrER COMMAND:
DB
BUILD a. PREPROCESSED DOmLOAD FILE
FILE TO PREP IDCE SS: (pa t hnam e or s ynon ym )
RELOCATICN
VALUE:
>M
DO~LOAD
RECDRD SIZE: 256
STAT
lCN
NUMBER OR
AL
lAS: (decimal number or al ias)
DO~LOAD OPTICN NUMBER: 0
REP LACE
?:
NO
This function reformats a specified obj ect file into a memory
image file suitable for downloading to the secondary station and
enters it in the
.DO~LOAD
directory. Note the following:
*
*
*
The fil e to be preprocessed must be a
0
XIO ass ernbl ed or
noncompressed linked obj ect file. The enti re pathname
or a synonym assi gned to the fil e must
be
entered.
The relocation value is the absolute memory location in
the secondary station where program loading is to start;
for TX5 systems, this is location >OOAO.
The record size must be from 32 through 512 bytes and
cannot be great er than the maximum message si ze for the
station. For TX5 secondary stations, the maximum is 256
bytes.
*
The stat ion n um
be
r m us t
be
a va 1 i d n um
be
r
0
r an al i as
that has al ready been assi gned •
*
The
0
pt i on n um be r m us t be from 0 t hr
0
ugh 7 (0 i s the
default option file). If the file already exists and
the def aul t res pons e of NO to t he REP LACE? prom pt is
taken, the existing file and option for that station are
not erased and the following error message appears on
the screen:
Option al ready exists.
Thi s mess age i ndi cat es that the option file was
previously created. To repl ace an exi sti ng fil e,
respond Y to the prompt.
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