Downloading the Boot Loader to the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit (Windows CE 5.0)

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Before downloading the Ethernet boot loader, determine if the OEM boot loader is on the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit. For more information, see OEM Boot Loader Output for the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

If you are installing the Windows CE boot loader for the first time, or if you are restoring a boot loader that was corrupted, use the following procedure to download the Windows CE boot loader to the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

To download the Windows CE boot loader to the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit

1. Turn off the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

   Note   Disconnect the power for a few minutes to drain the capacitive charge. This prevents problems at boot time.

2. Move the jumper from J15 to J35 to cause PMON to execute from PROM at boot time.

3. Configure your terminal emulation software to use the following settings:

   Bits per second	Data bits	Parity	Stop bits	Flow control
   9600	8	None	1	None

4. Turn on the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

5. Type the following command to change the baud rate used by PMON to 38400:

   stty 38400
   

6. Configure your terminal emulation software to use the following settings:

   Bits per second	Data bits	Parity	Stop bits	Flow control
   38400	8	None	1	None

7. Type the following command to load the Eboot.sre image into the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit's RAM:

   load -htty0
   

8. Send the Eboot.sre file through the terminal emulation application as an ASCII text file.

9. After Eboot.sre downloads, type the following command to program the image into flash memory:

   flash 82000000 xxxxx 1c00000
   

   The xxxxx parameter denotes the size of the boot loader image.

   For example, if your boot loader image size is less than or equal to 0x20000 bytes, enter 20000 to denote your image size.

   You can use the Viewbin tool to determine the boot loader image size. For more information, see Viewbin Tool.

10. Turn off the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit and remove the jumper from J35 and put it on J15.

    This configures the device to run the boot loader at boot time.

11. Verify that your terminal emulation software is configured using the following settings:

    Bits per second	Data bits	Parity	Stop bits	Flow control
    38400	8	None	1	None

12. Verify that the null modem serial cable is connected to the top serial port on the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

13. Turn on the device and verify that you see the Windows CE boot loader output.

    To view the Windows CE boot loader output, see Windows CE Boot Loader Output for the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit.

See Also

How to Use the BSP for the NEC Solution Gear 2-Vr5500 Development Kit

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