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2.6 F-TRAN Program Capacity
Program capacity has two aspects. It refers to that portion of non-volatile memory which can be
loaded with; Control F-TRAN programs, Display F-TRAN programs, User written F-TRAN subrou-
tines, Custom static screen images, Custom character set, the F-CIM program and User written
F-CIM modules. In addition it refers to the maximum number of resident entities at any one time.
The following table indicates the maximum number for each usage of the program space.
Control F-TRAN programs 20
Display F-TRAN programs 70
User written F-TRAN subroutines 56
Custom static screen images 20
F-CIM programs 1
F-CIM modules are special User written F-TRAN subroutines and thus are counted as the same. A
Custom character set is a special implementation of the first Custom static screen image (SCREEN0)
and is therefore counted as a screen.
The total amount of memory reserved for programming entities is 15,872 bytes. This portion of
memory is allocated to individual entities during a procedure referred to as linking. Linking takes
those individually generated programming entities listed in an input file and combines them into a
single downloadable file.
The procedures for generating individual programming entities and linking, and then downloading
them is explained in the documentation supplied with the various program generation tools. The
procedures in general can be summarized as follow:
A. Programs, Subroutines and F-CIM modules
1. Using an editor such as EDLIN on a MS-DOS compatible computer, generate a
program as a text file.
2. Using the preprocessor (FPP) and appropriate compiler (CPILE6) generate a
HEX output file.
B. Static screens and Custom character set
1. Using MC5DRAW program on a MS-DOS compatible computer to generate
either a screen or character set output HEX file.
C. Make downloadable program file
1. Using LINKPRGM program on a MS-DOS compatible computer generate the
HEX output file.
D. Load program
1. Using DOWNLOADP program on a MS-DOS compatible computer connected to
the units Configurer port or Datalink port load the LINKPRGM output file into the
unit.
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