Z-World RabbitCore User Manual - 2. G
User’s Manual
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2. G
ETTING
S
TARTED
This chapter describes the RCM3600 hardware in more detail, and
explains how to set up and use the accompanying Prototyping Board.
NOTE:
It is assumed that you have the RCM3600 Development Kit. If you purchased an
RCM3600 module by itself or with another kit, you will have to adapt the information
in this chapter and elsewhere to your test and development setup.
2.1 Install Dynamic C
To develop and debug programs for the RCM3600 (and for all other Z-World and Rabbit
Semiconductor hardware), you must install and use Dynamic C.
If you have not yet installed Dynamic C version 8.11 (or a later version), do so now by
inserting the Dynamic C CD from the RCM3600 Development Kit in your PC’s CD-ROM
drive. If autorun is enabled, the CD installation will begin automatically.
If autorun is disabled or the installation otherwise does not start, use the Windows
Start | Run
menu or Windows Disk Explorer to launch
setup.exe
from the root folder
of the CD-ROM.
The installation program will guide you through the installation process. Most steps of the
process are self-explanatory.
Dynamic C uses a COM (serial) port on your PC to communicate with the target develop-
ment system. The installation allows you to choose the COM port that will be used. The
default selection is COM1. You may select any available port for Dynamic C’s use. If you
are not certain which port is available, select COM1. This selection can be changed later
within Dynamic C.
NOTE:
The installation utility does not check the selected COM port in any way. Speci-
fying a port in use by another device (mouse, modem, etc.) may lead to a message such
as
"could not open serial port"
when Dynamic C is started.
Once your installation is complete, you will have up to three icons on your PC desktop.
One icon is for Dynamic C, one opens the documentation menu, and the third is for the
Rabbit Field Utility, a tool used to download precompiled software to a target system.