Loading Or Transferring Files; Developing With The Technologic Systems Ts-9500; Transferring Files With Compact Flash - Technologic Systems TS-5700 User Manual

TS-5700 User's Manual

16 Loading or Transferring Files

Two methods are available for transferring files between a desktop PC and your TS-5700: Compact Flash and
Zmodem downloads. Full descriptions of each are detailed below. Other programs that use serial ports to
transfer should work as well (for example, FastLynx).

16.1 Developing with the Technologic Systems TS-9500

The TS-9500 peripheral board provides full VGA video, keyboard, and mouse interfaces necessary to work
within most environments. It also has a Compact Flash card that can be used even if the TS-5700 is using a
Compact Flash card as well. You can transfer your development tools (e.g. Turbo C) onto the TS-9500 Compact
Flash card. Now you can compile, debug, and execute right on the TS-5700 target.

16.2 Transferring files with Compact Flash

The TS-5700 removable Compact Flash card can be used to easily move files from a host system. We suggest
using a low-cost SanDisk ä USB Compact Flash card interface for your host system. This is included in the TS-
5700 Developer's Kit.
For best results, we have noticed that it is best to boot the host PC with a Compact Flash card installed in the
SanDisk USB Reader. The Compact Flash card can then be hot swapped (inserted or removed without
rebooting the host PC).
There are two other options for connecting a Compact Flash to your host computer. A Compact Flash to
PCMCIA adapter, which can map a Compact Flash as a hard drive on your laptop host computer. Or, a
Compact Flash to IDE adapter, which connects to the 40 pin IDE interface on you host computer. The IDE
adapter will allow you can boot to CF, run fdisk, format, etc.
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