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From: fredm@media.mit.edu (Fred G Martin)
Subject: Re: Miniboard download mode failure
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 04:42:28 GMT
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In article <1993Apr17.003833.5321@cs.ucf.edu> ton@engr.ucf.edu (Toan
Nguyenphu) writes: 

>The RCV led lit when I connected the RS232 line to the miniboard.  Turned on  
>the power supply and the RCV led was off and the PWR led was on dimly.  The   
>slide switch was already in the download (away from 68HC11) position.  The 
>PWR led was still dimly lit when I pressed the reset button.  According to
>the manual by Fred Martin, the board will NOT be in download mode if the 
>PWR (red) led is on fully or dimly.

Try swapping RxD and TxD on your serial line adapter.

BTW, robot-board@oberon.com is a better place for Mini Board support
these days.  To join the list, send an e-mail containing the message

        subscribe robot-board <Your Real Name>

to listserv@oberon.com.  Note: remove the "<" and ">" when you plug in
your name.

        -Fred

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