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ADVANCED FEATURES

This section discusses several advanced features of the DK2000 platform. Many DK2000 users do not need to

read this information. The DK2000 and Dallas daughter cards ship with full definition files for Register View mode

and one or more configuration files for Demo mode. These files support most users very well without any need for

customization. For users with more complex requirements, however, this section describes how to:

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Create and edit definition (.DEF) files

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Create and edit initialization (.INI) files

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Use Terminal mode

Creating and Editing Definition (.DEF) Files

Definition files are ASCII text files that specify register names, addresses, and bit fields and their arrangement in

the Register View window. Dallas Semiconductor distributes full definition files with each daughter card. Any edits

to the Dallas definition files should be made in copies of the files and not in the originals.

The text in Figure 4 is a definition file template. Only the REGISTER, DISPLAY, and END fields are required. Each

field starts with the field name followed by a colon (i.e., “DEVICE:”) and ends with the next field name. The

definition file fields are described in Table 1. All numbers are in decimal format, unless otherwise stated.

Figure 4. Definition File Template

REM: remark

DEVICE:

DSxxxx

OFFSET:

0x1000

LINKS:

1

filename

SETUP:

on

REG INI:

on

DSxxxx.INI

DEVICE ID:

on

address,rname,rtype,bus,ivalue,position,fullname,b7,b6,b5,b4,b3,b2,b1,b0,

REGISTER:

number of registers

address,rname,rtype,bus,ivalue,position,fullname,b7,b6,b5,b4,b3,b2,b1,b0,

DISPLAY:

number of columns

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,

END: