Running the lontalk interface developer utility, Customizing the ftxl system library – Echelon FTXL User Manual

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5. Specify the target hardware. Click Browse in the Select Target

Hardware area to open the Select Target Hardware dialog.

a. In the Select Target Hardware dialog, browse to the directory

that contains your project’s hardware description files and select

the appropriate SOPC Builder system file (*.ptf).

b. Click Open to select the file and close the Select Target Hardware

dialog.

6. Do not modify the CPU field in the Select Target Hardware area; the

name of the CPU is contained in the project’s *.ptf file. However, if this

file specifies more than one Nios II processor, you need to select which
one the application project should use.

7. Click Finish to create the project and generate the project’s system

library.

Running the LonTalk Interface Developer Utility

Before you can compile the newly created project, you must run the LonTalk

Interface Developer utility to generate the application framework files and copy

other required files to the project directory.

To run the LonTalk Interface Developer utility for the project:

1. Start the LonTalk Interface Developer utility from the Windows Start

menu: Start Programs Echelon FTXL Developer’s Kit LonTalk
Interface Developer.

2. From the Welcome to LonTalk Interface Developer page of the utility,

specify a name and directory for a new project file, or click Browse to
open an existing project file.

3. For each page of the LonTalk Interface Developer utility, specify the

required project settings. For many of the settings, you can accept the

utility’s default settings. See Chapter 4,

Using the LonTalk Interface

Developer Utility

, on page 55, or the utility’s online help, for more

information about using the LonTalk Interface Developer utility.

4. Click Finish on the Build Progress and Summary page of the utility to

close the LonTalk Interface Developer utility.

Within the Nios IDE, right-click within the Nios II C/C++ Projects pane and

select Refresh to see the newly generated and copied files for the project. You can

now compile and build the project.

After you have generated the application framework files, you can add to and

modify them to develop your own FTXL application. See Chapter 5,

Developing

an FTXL Application

, on page 73, for more information about developing an

FTXL application.

Customizing the FTXL System Library

After you create the project, you can customize the project’s system library, which
includes specifying the settings for the operating system. See

Configuring the

Operating System

on page 160 for information about determing the settings for

the operating system.

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