User`s manual
User’s Manual Introduction 1–3
1.4 How to Use This Manual
This user’s manual is intended to give users detailed
information on the RCM2100 series modules. It
does not contain detailed information on the Dyna-
mic C development environment or the TCP/IP soft-
ware support for the integrated Ethernet port. Most
users will want more detailed information on some
or all of these topics in order to put the RCM2100
module to effective use.
1.4.1 Additional Product Information
Introductory information about the RabbitCore
RCM2100 series and its associated Development
Kit and Prototyping Board will be found in the
printed RabbitCore RCM2100 Series Getting
Started Manual, which is also provided on the
accompanying CD-ROM in both HTML and Adobe
PDF format.
We recommend that any users unfamiliar with
Z-World products, or those who will be using the
prototyping board for initial evaluation and develop-
ment, begin with at least a read-through of the Get-
ting Started manual.
1.4.2 Additional Reference Information
In addition to the product-specific information con-
tained in the RabbitCore RCM2100 Series Getting
Started and User’s Manual, several higher level
reference manuals are provided in HTML and PDF
form on the accompanying CD-ROM. Advanced
users will find these references valuable in develop-
ing systems based on the RCM2100 series modules:
• Dynamic C Premier User’s Manual
• Introduction to TCP/IP
• TCP/IP Function Reference
• Rabbit 2000 Microprocessor User’s Man-
ual
1.4.3 Using Online Documentation
We provide the bulk of our user and reference docu-
mentation in two electronic formats, HTML and
Adobe PDF. We do this for several reasons.
We believe that providing all users with our com-
plete library of product and reference manuals is a
useful convenience. However, printed manuals are
expensive to print, stock, and ship. Rather than
include and charge for manuals that every user may
not want, or provide only product-specific manuals,
we choose to provide our complete documentation
and reference library in electronic form with every
Development Kit and with our Dynamic C develop-
ment environment.
NOTE: The most current version of
Adobe Acrobat Reader can always
be downloaded from Adobe’s web
site at http://www.adobe.com.
We recommend that you use ver-
sion 4.0 or later.
Providing this documentation in electronic form
saves an enormous amount of paper by not printing
copies of manuals that users don’t need. It reduces
the number of outdated manuals we have to discard
from stock as well, and it makes providing a com-
plete library of manuals an almost cost-free option.
For one-time or infrequent reference, electronic doc-
uments are more convenient than printed ones—
after all, they aren’t taking up shelf or desk space!
Finding Online Documents
The online documentation is installed along with
Dynamic C, and an icon for the documentation
menu is placed on the workstation’s desktop. Dou-
ble-click this icon to reach the menu. If the icon is
missing, use your browser to find and load
default.htm in the docs folder, found in the
Dynamic C installation folder.
The latest versions of all documents are always
available for free, unregistered download from our
Web sites as well.