RCA RMB-167 Computer Monitor User Manual


 
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RMON16x. Once the monitor program is loaded, the monitor commands are available to the
user.
1. Press the reset button on the board.
2. From the menu in the TTY window select TTY | Bootstrap and Download Monitor. The
board will now bootstrap and download the monitor program.
You may observe the bootstrap progress in the status line of the TTY window. When
bootstrapping is completed, the READS166 monitor prompt appears in the TTY window.
3.6 Verifying that the Monitor is Loaded
Make sure the TTY window is active, clicking the mouse inside the TTY window to activate it if
necessary. Then type the letter ‘
H
’ (case insensitive) to verify that the monitor program is
responding. The ‘H’ command displays the available single-letter commands the monitor will
recognize.
The READS monitors use single-letter commands to execute basic functions. Port configurations
and data, as well as memory inspection and modifications may be accomplished by the monitor.
Most of the single-letter commands are followed by 4 hexadecimal digit addresses or 2
hexadecimal digit data bytes. The following is a list of the commands.
R E A D S C O M M A N D S
C nn Read port nn Configuration (DPnn)
C nn=mmmm Set port nn Configuration (DPnn=mmmm)
D Download HEX file
G XXXX Go, execute code at XXXX
H Help, display this list
M XXXX Memory, contents of XXXX
M XXXX=nn Memory, change contents of XXXX to nn
M XXXX-YYYY=nn Memory, change block XXXX-YYYY to nn
P nn Read Port nn (Pnn)
P nn=mmmm Write to Port nn (Pnn=mmmm)
W XXXX Word memory, contents of XXXX
W XXXX=mmmm Word memory, change contents of XXXX to mmmm
W XXXX-YYYY=mmmm Word memory, change block XXXX-YYYY to mmmm