Length of the transfer – Tally Genicom T5023+ User Manual
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Loadable Firmware/Character Generators
Length of the Transfer
T5023/5023+ - Programming Guide
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Length of the Transfer
Because the bootstrap loader receives binary data, an end character cannot be
used to inform it when the transfer process is ended. For this reason, the length
of the transferred is included in the call of the bootstrap loader. The length
specification is used to determine how much memory must be deleted from the
FLASH EPROM.
The length of the data to be transferred is stored in the file after the file header.
A 48-byte header is stored at the beginning of the file. This ID record has the
following structure:
Offset
Length Contents
Meaning
0
5
$MOD$
Identifier
5
1
blank
Separator
6
6
yymmdd
Release date with the format YYMMDD (941101
for 1.11.94)
12
1
blank
Separator
13
4
rrvv
Release and release version (1005 for V01.05)
17
1
blank
Separator
18
8
a..a
Module name (e.g. "5023_STD", "CP15_437")
26
1
.
Separator (point)
27
3
a.a
Extension (MOD, FRM, FNT, PAR)
30
1
00
String terminator
31
1
n1
Length byte 1
32
1
n2
Length byte 2
33
1
n3
Length byte 3 length= n1 + (256*n2) +
(65536*n3)
34
14
00..00
reserved
48
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