Downloading the Boot Loader to the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/5/2010

If you are installing the Windows Embedded CE boot loader for the first time, or if you are restoring a boot loader that was corrupted, use the following procedure to download the Windows Embedded CE boot loader to the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

To download the boot loader to the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit

1. Turn off the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

   Note

   Disconnect the power for a few minutes to drain the capacitive charge. This prevents problems at boot time and also prevents damage while removing and installing CPU or PCI cards.

2. Removed any installed PCI cards, including the PCI video card.

   Note

   PMON will not execute to a command prompt with a PCI card installed.

3. Move the jumper from J15 to J35 to cause PMON to execute from PROM at boot time.

4. Configure your terminal emulation software to use the following settings:

   Bits per second	Data bits	Parity	Stop bits	Flow control
   9600	8	None	1	None

5. Turn on the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

6. Verify that PROM is running. For more information, see OEM Boot Loader Output for the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

7. Type the following command to change the baud rate used by PMON to 38400:

   stty 38400
   

8. Configure your terminal emulation software to use the following settings:

   Bits per second	Data bits	Parity	Stop bits	Flow control
   38400	8	None	1	None

9. Type the following command to load the BOOT.sre image into the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit's RAM:

   load -htty0
   

   Note

   This command will wait to execute until you specify the .sre file in the next step.

10. In the terminal emulator window, choose Transfer, then Send Text File and then browse to the release directory. This directory is displayed in the build window at the end of the build process.

11. Locate BOOT.sre and select it so it can be transferred to RAM.

12. After BOOT.sre downloads, type the following command to program the image into flash memory:

    flash 82000000 xxxxx 1c00000
    

    The xxxxx parameter denotes the size of the boot loader image in BOOT.bin.

    For example, if your boot loader image size is less than or equal to 0x20000 bytes, enter 20000 to denote your image size.

    You can use the Viewbin tool to determine the boot loader image size. From the Build menu, select Open Release Directory in Build Window and enter:

    viewbin BOOT.bin
    

    For more information, see Viewbin Tool.

13. Turn off the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit using the switch on the ATX power supply

14. Remove the jumper from J35 and put it on J15.

    This configures the device to run the Windows Embedded CE boot loader at boot time.

15. Verify that your terminal emulation software is configured using the following settings:

    Bits per second	Data bits	Parity	Stop bits	Flow control
    38400	8	None	1	None

16. Verify that the null modem serial cable is connected to the top serial port on the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

17. Turn on the device and verify that you see the Windows Embedded CE boot loader output.

    To view the Windows Embedded CE boot loader output, see Windows Embedded CE Boot Loader Output for the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

    Note the "Device Name" in the Windows Embedded CE boot loader output. This is useful when verifying that Platform Builder is connecting to the correct device.

18. After the Windows Embedded CE boot loader is successfully installed, you can reinstall the video card. Disconnect the power for a few minutes to drain the capacitive charge before installing the video card.

See Also

Tasks

How to Use the BSP for the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit