you may order a Terminal Interface documentation package that includes Analyzer Terminal Interface User's Guide, Coordinated Measurement Bus (CMB) User's Guide, and Terminal Interface Reference.
All modular HP 64700A Card Cages can be identified by a product number sticker on the back of the HP 64700A Card Cage with the number 64700A. If the number is something other than 64700A (ex. 64778A), it is an earlier model of the HP 64700A Card Cage.
New features of the HP 64700A Card Cage are:
• Modularity.
• More card slots.
• Customization of feature sets.
• Compatibility with feature sets used in earlier model HP 64700 Series Emulators.
• Optional local area network (LAN) interface.
• Flash EPROMs for updating emulation, analysis, host control, and LAN firmware using the progflash command.
• Compatibility with other host computers.
• Simplified documentation structure.
Modularity
The HP 64700A Card Cage is modular. The HP 64700A Card Cage features easy installation and removal of LAN, emulation, and analysis cards. A complete modular microprocessor development system tool set includes a new card cage, emulator control, pod and memory, and an emulation bus analyzer. The user interfaces are enhanced for the new configuration and a LAN card for the HP 9000 Series 300/400 Workstations are available. The individual components that you can order include:
• HP 64700A Card Cage
• Emulator card sets for various processors or debugger emulators.
• Analyzers:
- 64703A (64 channels
+
16 channels of State/Timing) - 64704A (80 channels)- 64706A (48 channels)
• Memory cards for various processors (if required).
• HP 64701A Local Area Network (LAN) card.
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The modularized HP 64700A Card Cage can save you money. The earlier model HP 64700 Series Emulators are sold to you as a complete package with all the emulation and analysis features installed. If you needed another emulator for a different processor, you had to purchase another complete package. This meant that you would have several of the same cards in both card cages.
With modularity, you do not have to purchase a complete package.
For example, if you need a different emulator, you only have to purchase emulator card sets. You may not have to purchase duplicate analyzer cards, because you may already have them in your HP 64700A Card Cage.
Another advantage of modularity is shared resources. If you have more than one modular HP 64700A Card Cage, you can
interchange feature sets very easily from one card cage to the other.
Ordering the components separately allows you to "mix and match"
them to make a system that fits your development needs.
More Card Slots
More card slots provide the advantage of expandability for current and future enhancements. The new HP 64700A Card Cage has six card slots. The six card slots are divided into five optional slots for your embedded microprocessor development tools and one dedicated slot for the HP 64700A Control Card. It also has a dedicated half slot for the new LAN card (HP 64701A).
Customlzatlon of Microprocessor System Development Tools
You can customize your card cage with different embedded microprocessor development system tools because the new card cage is modular.
Compatibility with Feature Sets Used In Earlier HP 64700A Card Cages
The modular HP 64700A Card Cage accomodates the same emulator card sets and analysis card that are used in the earlier model HP 64700 Series systems.
Advantages to moving emulator/analyzer card sets from the earlier HP 64700 Series systems to the new card cage is:
• to take advantage of LAN connections.
• you can add "external bits" to an existing emulator by using an HP 64703A analyzer that has 64 channels of emulator analysis and 16 state/timing channels of external analysis.
• you may simply want the added wattage and the potential for adding LAN or any other products that might be introduced in the future.
Information on removing cards from the earlier model HP 64700 Series systems is given in the chapter entitled "Hardware Removal and Installation."
Optional LAN Interface
The modular HP 64700A Card Cage has a dedicated half slot for a new optional LAN card (HP 64701A) that can be used to
communicate with HP 9000 Series 300/400 Workstations.
Flash EPROMs
A Flash EPROM board is available for updating your emulation, analysis, host control, and LAN firmware. The updates are installed with the command progflash. This new update process is available for all HP 64700 Series Emulators.
For information about using progflash, refer to the chapter
"Updating HP 64700 Series Firmware."
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Compatibility with Different Host Computers
All HP 64700 Series Emulators can run on a PC host or HP 9000 Series 300/400 Workstations. For more information on system configurations, refer to the chapter "System Configuration."
Simplified Documentation Structure
Refer to the end of this chapter for information on documentation structure. The new documentation structure includes the following features:
• Reduces manual duplication. With the earlier HP 64700 Series system, you receive a complete set of manuals each time you purchased an emulator. With modularity, the appropriate documentation is tied to each module part ordered. This reduces the number of duplicate manuals.
• Fewer manuals received. Emulation and Analvsis svstems are complex and require a lot of documentation. To minimize the number of manuals, information from several manuals are combined into one. This reduces the number of manuals you receive, and saves you time finding information you need.
• Reduce documentation cost. Some manuals are optional and are no longer included as part of the product package.
By not shipping these manuals automatically,
Hewlett-Packard reduces your costs and eliminates excess documents that you may not want or need. You can
"tailor" your order to fit your needs.
For example:
- For those of you who want an inside look into emulation and analysis, a new manual, Concepts of Emulation and Analysis is shipped with HP 64700 Series modular emulator card sets (and with assembled emulation and analysis "system products" that contain an emulator card set). This manual explains how emulators work and how they can be used in advanced
- Each emulator has a Terminal Interface command set built into the firmware of the emulator. Though terse, it is very fast and efficient. If you are using HP's PC Interface (on HP Vectra or other IBM PC-AT compatibles running MS-DOS) or Softkey Interface (on HP 9000 Series 300/400 Workstations) for
operating the emulator and analyzer, and you find that these interface commands are meeting your needs, you may not be interested in learning more about the Terminal Interface. Though you automatically receive an emulator specific Terminal Interface User's Guide with your emulator, the Terminal Interface
Documenatatin Package is an optional purchase. For more information, see your local Hewlett-Packard Representative. The Terminal Interface
Documentaion Package includes the Analyzer Terminal Interface User's Guide, Coordinated Measurement Bus (CMB) User's Guide, and the Terminal Interface Reference.
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Basic
Local Area Network Configuration
HP 64700 Series Emulators may be used with a PC host, HP 9000 Series 300/400 Workstation, or with a terminal. Typically, the environment in which the emulator is used will dictate the
configuration of the emulator and the interface used to control the emulator. Information about system configurations is provided in the chapter "System Configurations."
You can use the HP 64700 Series Emulators in:
• Remote configuration.
• Stand-alone configuration.
• Transparent configuration.
The HP 64700 Series Emulator is in a remote configuration when the emulator is connected to a host computer port, and is NOT directly connected to a terminal.
Using a basic terminal to control an HP 64700 Series Emulator is the simplest possible configuration. This is called the stand-alone configuration. The terminal is connected to emulator Port A.
Commands are entered from the terminal's keyboard, and results are viewed on your terminal'S display.
The command interface used in the stand-alone configuration is called the Terminal Interface.
An extension of the stand-alone configuration that allows absolute code to be downloaded into the emulator can be made by
connecting the other emulator port to a host computer (HP 9000 Series 300/400, PC, etc.). This is called the transparent
configuration. It is easiest to view this configuration as a normal terminal on a host computer, with an HP 64700 Series Emulator between the terminal and the host computer.
If the HP 64700 Series system contains a LAN card (HP 64700A) and LAN/9000 is installed on an HP 9000 Workstation, the HP 64700 Series Emulator can communicate with the HP 9000 Workstation over an IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet Local Area Network.