Creating an Emulator-Compatible Platform
Before you can run an OS image on the Emulator, you must create a platform that supports the Emulator. When you create a platform with support for the Emulator, you select the board support package (BSP) for the Emulator.
The Emulator can run from Platform Builder. The Emulator can also run from Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++® 4.0 as part of a rolled SDK. The Emulator runs from Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0 if the Pocket PC 2002 SDK is installed.
If you plan to run the Emulator from Platform Builder, you can include KITL in your OS image. If you add support for the Emulator to an SDK, do not include KITL in your OS image. If you include KITL in the OS image, the Emulator blocks the development tools when it runs and waits for a KITL connection that can never be made.
Note When you add the Emulator BSP to a platform, the network driver changes from DEC 2114x to Realtek RTK8139. However, after you build the platform, the DEC driver appears in Control Panel of the OS running on the Emulator.
When you use the New Platform Wizard to create a platform from the Enterprise Web Pad configuration, the USB Human Interface Device (HID) driver is added by default even though USB hardware is not supported.
To create an Emulator-compatible platform
From the File menu, choose New Platform to start the New Platform Wizard.
Choose Next.
Select EMULATOR: X86, and then choose Next.
Complete the wizard.
For information about the New Platform Wizard, see Platform Creation with the New Platform Wizard.
See Also
Downloading an OS Image to the Emulator | Emulator
Last updated on Friday, October 08, 2004
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