G W T 8 0
grifo® Windows Terminal Z80 family
English PDF User Manual of GWT80.
Ver. 5.00 - Rel. March 09, 2005.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The GWT80 (Grifo® Windows Terminal Z80 family)
is used with GDOS 80 operating system, which is executed
on Abaco® target cards provided of Z80 microprocessors
and derivates. Thanks to a standard PC, it can completely
manages the develop and debug phase of the user application program
in a fast, efficient and comfortable way.
In detail any GWT80 users can use the PC as a
develop system for the target card. The available operations start
with the transfer of developed program from PC to target
card, and go on with the test of program, directly on selected
hardware. Then the user carry on by detecting and solving any
errors (sintax, logic and execution bugs) and finally he saves
the obtained program on the non volatile memories, installed on
target card that becomes autonomous and embedded. If it is required
the GWT80, and the PC that execute it, can be used even
after the final installation for many different purposes, as:
transfer of collected or required data, update of working parameters,
production of printed reports, user interface management, etc.
The availability of some utilities speeds up the program use
and lets the user perform many operations in a intuitive, immediate
and comfortable manner. So it is not necessary to have a specific
knowledge on all the selected products, and in this way, the complete
develop time of the user application program is drastically reduced.
GWT80 is a follow up version of previous GET80 program
and it is full compatible with this one; the main difference with
the last is that GWT80 can be executed on PC provided
of Windows operating system.
FEATURES
GWT80 REQUIREMENTS
Z80 based control card
It is the electronic card that belong to grifo® industrial set, based on Zilog Z80 and compatible microprocessors, as:
Independently from the application to develop, the target card
must be provided of:
- EPROM or FLASH EPROM with romated operating system
GDOS 80
- at least 64 Kbytes of RAM
- one asyncronous RS 232 serial line
The remote card is not absolutely necessary for GWT80
execution but it is anyway indispensable for many of its functionalities.
Personal computer
A personal computer provided of:
The following resources are optional in fact they are necessary only when specific operations are performed by the user:
In the previous description the indication "correctly
managed by used PC and operating system" refers to
the device in object that must be previously installed. This installation
includes both hardware and software configurations as defined
by the manufacturing company. In other words the GWT80
have no dedicated software driver for these devices, but it uses
those already available in the operating system.
Suggested materials
To simplify and to speed the GWT80 use, even by untrained customers, the following items can be profitably used:
Page up-dated at March 10, 2005
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