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MESC TOOL NEWS:
MESCT-PD308-001101D
PD308, PD30, PD79, PD77, and PD38
Upgraded Versions Announcement
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This is to announce that emulator debuggers have been upgraded as follows:
| PD308 V.2.10 Release 1 | for the M16C/80 series MCUs |
| PD30 V.5.10 Release 1 | for the M16C/60 and 20 series MCUs |
| PD79 V.3.10 Release 1 | for the 7900 series MCUs |
| PD77 V.3.10 Release 1 | for the 77xx series MCUs |
| PD38 V.4.10 Release 1 | for the 740 family MCUs |
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Descriptions of Upgrade
- 1.1 New Features
- (1) Capable of running on Windows 2000
- (2) Functions of setting software breakpoints on internal flash memory and rewriting the memory's contents (Set/Fill/Move) provided (PD79 only)
- (3) Watchdog timer disabling function introduced (PD79 only)
- 1.2 Problems Fixed
- The following known problems have been fixed:
- (1) If the Line Assemble dialog box is closed with the NOP check box being checked, the emulator debugger will not work properly.
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD308, PD30, PD79, PD77, PD38 Precautions" issued on May 16, 2000.
- (2) Clicking the MPL button in the MR window may display Windows' error message "This program has performed an illegal operation....".(Fixed only in PD308, PD30, and PD79.)
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD308SIM, PD308, PD30SIM, PD30, PD79SIM, and PD79
Precautions" issued on June 1, 2000.
- (3) Incorrect results of measurements may be displayed in the MR trace and MR analyze windows if an OS-dependent interrupt is serviced during the processing of the ret_int system call. (This problem occurs only in PD308 and PD30.)
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD308SIM, PD308, PD30SIM, PD30, PD79SIM, and PD79 Precautions" issued on June 1, 2000.
- (4) Displays of time in the Task trace and Task analyze windows may become incorrect if the operating clock of the target MCU is used as the resource of time measurement. (This problem occurs only in PD308 PD30, PD77, and PD38.)
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD308, PD30, PD77, and PD38 Precautions" issued on July 1, 2000.
- (5) Displays of time in the trace window and by the TraceData command may become incorrect. (Fixed only in PD308.)
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD308, PD30, PD77, and PD38 Precautions" issued on July 1, 2000.
- (6) When the window is re-opened after switching the display font to a specific one, "Courier" for example, characters cannot be displayed with the selected font.
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD308, PD30, PD79, PD77, and PD38 Precautions" issued on August 1, 2000.
- (7) In IEEE-695 absolute format files created by IAR's C compiler ICC7700 (EW7700), the part of programs beyond address 100000h cannot correctly be downloaded. (Fixed only in PD77.)
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD77SIM and PD77 Precautions " issued on September 1.
- (8) No include files that contain instruction code can be selected among the list of source files in the Source dialog box (for selecting the source file to be displayed). (Fixed only in PD38.)
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD38 V.4.00 Release 1 Precaution" issued on September 16.
- (9) In the C watch, global, file local, and local windows, displaying variables in a structure or union may results in the program being forced to terminate if the names of the structure's or union's members contain more than 1024 characters in total.
- For details refer to MESC TOOL NEWS "PD32RSIM, PD308SIM, PD30SIM, PD79SIM, PD77SIM, PD38SIM, PD32R, PD32000, PD308, PD30, PD79, PD77, PD38, and PD30M Precautions" issued on October 16.
- How to Upgrade Current Products and Order Upgraded Ones
- 2.1 Online Upgrade (without Charge)
- Please download the upgraded product you want from HERE.
- 2.2 First Ordering or Upgrading by CD-ROM (with Additional Charge)
- The upgrade service is available in CD-ROM with additional charge. For further information, contact your local Renesas Technology sales office or distributor.
- The type names and comments required to order upgraded products are shown below:
| Computer | OS | Type Name | Comment |
| IBM PC/AT or compatible | Windows 98
Windows 95
Windows 2000
Windows NT 4.0 | M-PD308
M-PD30
M-PD79
M-PD77
M-PD38 | For first ordering: W95E
For upgrading: W95E-VUP[Serial No.] |
- Note: Serial No. need not be entered if you have the license ID.
- 2.3 On User's Manuals
- The user's manual of each product is included with it in the electronic file (PDF). The paperbound version of each manual is also available with additional charge (the contents of it are the same as those in the electronic file). If you need it, please place an order with the following type name and comment filled in:
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| Manual Name | Type Name | Comment |
PD308 User's Manual
PD30 User's Manual
PD79 User's Manual
PD77 User's Manual
PD38 User's Manual | MESH-TOOL-S | PD308-UE
PD30-UE
PD79-UE
PD77-UE
PD38-UE |
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