User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Hardware Required
- 2.3 Hardware Debug Features
- 2.4 Setting Up the SROM Serial Port Connection
- 2.5 Starting and Running the Mini-Debugger
- 2.6 Sample Session on the EB64
- 2.7 Sample Session on the EB64+ and the AlphaPC 6...
- 2.8 Sample Session on the EB66 and EB66+
- 2.9 Sample Session on the EB164
- 2.10 Sample Session on the AlphaPC 164
- 2.11 Sample Session on the AlphaPC 164LX
- 2.12 Onboard Machine Check Handler
- SROM Mini-Debugger Command Set
- Support, Products, and Documentation
- Index
2–4 Getting Started
Setting Up the SROM Serial Port Connection
All examples and command descriptions that follow assume that the motherboard
SROM port is connected to COM1.
2.4.4 Connecting to the Motherboard from a System Running
Windows NT Version 4.0
A system running the Windows NT version 4.0 operating system supports serial
communication with the motherboard. Use the Start button on the taskbar to
configure a COM port for connection to the motherboard and follow these steps:
1. Choose the Programs menu.
2. Choose the Accessories menu.
3. Choose the HyperTerminal menu and choose the HyperTeminal icon.
The Connection Description window appears.
4. Enter a name for the new connection such as Direct Connection Com1,
choose an icon for the connection, and click OK.
5. Set the following terminal characteristics:
Click OK to save these settings. The motherboard connection appears in the
HyperTerminal window.
2.4.5 Connecting to the Motherboard from a System Running
DIGITAL UNIX
An Alpha system running the DIGITAL UNIX operating system supports serial
communication through two ports that can be connected to the motherboard:
• /dev/tty00
• /dev/tty01
Terminal Setting Value
Bits per second 9600
Data bits 8
Parity None
Stop bits 1
Flow control None