Troubleshooting
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DS1103 Hardware Installation and Configuration March 2004
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Problems Related to the Firmware
If you are prompted to update your firmware when downloading an
application to your real-time processor(s), see Updating the Firmware
on page 109 for further information.
Problems with AutoBoot Option
If a problem related to Autoboot Option arises, this section shows you
how to resolve it.
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For information on the necessary steps for migration from the
Autoboot environment of former dSPACE Releases (up to dSPACE
Release 3.4) to the new Autoboot environment shipped since dSPACE
Release 3.5, refer to:
%DSPACE_ROOT%\AbxBoot\Migration\MIGRATION.TXT
Error The application does not boot.
➤ If the expansion box does not boot properly, connect a VGA
monitor to the slot CPU. This allows you to observe error messages
displayed by the slot CPU during power-up.
Error The application does not boot. The error message "bad
command or file name" is displayed.
➤ Check the
autoboot.bat
file if you have misspelled a command.
Error The application does not boot properly. The program loader
claims that the object file of the application cannot be found.
The program loader assumes the default file name extension of the
object file: that is, the extension
PPC
for the DS1103.
➤ Do not specify the file name extension when you invoke the
program loader on the command line.
Error The file name of the application is longer than eight letters.
File names that are longer than eight letters are not supported by the
slot CPU since DOS cannot handle long file names properly.