Automatic Download to the Virtual Machine (Compact 7)
3/12/2014
Platform Builder includes an automatic download capability that makes it easier for you to synchronize your virtual CEPC with Platform Builder whenever your virtual CEPC restarts. When you create the first connection between Platform Builder and your virtual CEPC (as described in Download and Run a Virtual CEPC OS Run-Time Image), Platform Builder remembers the target device boot name of your virtual CEPC. Whenever you restart your virtual CEPC, the virtual CEPC’s boot loader broadcasts BOOTME messages with this device name on the network. Because Platform Builder already knows about this device name, it can automatically initiate the download of the OS run-time image to your virtual CEPC when it receives these BOOTME messages.
This capability simplifies coordination between Platform Builder and your virtual CEPC on subsequent restarts. For example, you can click the Visual Studio Target menu and click Attach Device before you start your virtual CEPC: after Platform Builder sees the first BOOTME message from your virtual CEPC’s boot loader, it automatically downloads the OS image to your virtual CEPC. Similarly, if you restart your virtual CEPC while it is attached to Platform Builder, Platform Builder remembers the attached state and automatically re-downloads your OS image to your virtual CEPC when it receives a BOOTME message. To prevent Platform Builder from re-downloading the OS image to your virtual CEPC on virtual CEPC restart, detach the virtual CEPC from Platform Builder by clicking the Visual Studio Target menu and clicking Detach Device.