Terminal for ESA 86/88E Trainer

Welcome To ESA 86/88E Terminal.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Pentium III or Celeron or above (Above 500MHz is recommended)

PC with Com Port and CD-ROM Drive
64MB RAM or above (128MB is recommended)
Windows 98/2000/Me/XP/NT
20MB Hard Disk Space (Minimum)
1024 * 768 Resolution is recommended.

INSTALLATION PROCEDURE:
1) Run Setup.exe from the Terminals Software CD. You should then see the following
dialog box, which will copy the required files from Source CD to the Host PC.

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2) Click OK, you should then see the following dialog box.

3) The default Installation directory will be C:\ProgramFiles\Term86E. User can change

the installation directory by clicking Change Directory.
4) Click the highlighted Icon shown above to continue the Installation Procedure. You
should then see the following Dialog Box.

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6) Select the Program Group, Default ESA Terminals. Click Continue. You should
then see the following Dialog Box.

7) In some cases you will see the following Dialog Box, which will indicate the
overwriting of the existing files.

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8) Click Yes to keep the old file. Click No to install the new file. Click No to All for the
remaining files also.
9) You should then see the following dialog box, which will indicate the completion of
installation.

10) Click OK to complete the installation.

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UNINSTALLATION PROCEDURE:
1) Go to the Control Panel from Start Menu Settings. Select Add/Remove Programs
option. You should then see the following Dialog Box.

2) Select the Driver to Uninstall, and click Add/Remove. You should then see the
following dialog box, which will ask for confirmation.

3) Click Yes to uninstall. No otherwise.

4) Delete the installation Directory manually(C:\Program Files\Term86E).

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TESTING THE INSTALLATION:

1) Switch on the PC.
2) Connect ESA 86/88E Trainer to the Host PC using 9 to 9 pin serial cable supplied by
ESA.
3) Give power to ESA 86/88E Trainer.
4) Make the Dipswitches on ESA 86/88E Trainer for 9600 baud rate and for serial
monitor (Refer ESA 86/88E user manual Hard copy).
5) Start Term86E application on Host PC. You should then see the following Dialog
Box.

6) If the Trainer is connected to COM1 port on your Host PC & configured for 9600baud rate, click No. Click Yes otherwise. If yes, you will see the following dialog box.

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7) Select the Baud Rate as per the dipswitch configuration on ESA 86/88E Trainer.
Select the Com Port where the trainer is connected. Click OK. You should then see the
following window.

8) Anytime user starts the Term86E application, then see the following window with .
symbols in text window. If not seen, please check the serial communication parameters.
9) If the communication is established properly, from the displayed window you can
work with ESA 86/88E Trainer. You can Download the hex images, Upload the hex
dump to the Host PC, Run the downloaded hex images etc., These options are explained
in detail in online help of ESA 86/88E (ESA 86/88E.hlp).
Note :- whenever the command window is full , it is recommended to clear the
command window with CLS command. Otherwise display will become a little
bit slower.

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TROUBLE SHOOTING:
1) Check the PC Serial Port working condition.
2) Check the Serial Cable working condition.
3) Check ESA 86/88E Trainer Kit for Sign on message (On LCD).
4) Dipswitch Settings
Contact ESA Technical Support by sending a mail to esaindia@vsnl.com with subject
ESA 86/88E Terminal Problem and description of the problem.

KNOWN LIMITATIONS:
1) User has to give RESET, when DIP Switch Settings changed on the Trainer.
2) Escape key was not implemented in this application, which is used for
Handshaking purposes.
3) It is always recommended to perform the operations like Memory dump, register
dump etc., one after the other. i.e., Perform the next operation after completing
the previous operation. Because of the communication speed limitation
application may hang, when user tries to start one more operation, before
completing the current operation.
4) While working with the package error message occurs like run time error please
report to ESA with the scenario.

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