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CATC FIREINSPECTOR 2.01 CHAPTER 8
User’s Manual Bus Topology Trees
8.6.1 Reading Configuration ROM From a Device
To read configuration ROM from a device:
Step 1 Connect a device to a port on the analyzer box.
Step 2 Select Tree > Read Configuration ROM... from the menu bar.
The Configuration ROM dialog will open, displaying the config ROM data
for the device.
Note: If there is more than one device on the bus, you'll need to enter the node ID
for a specific device in the Destination ID box in order to read its
configuration ROM.
Configuration ROM data can also be read from a specific node in a bus topology tree.
To read configuration ROM from a bus topology tree:
Step 1 Right-click on a node in the tree.
A menu will pop up.
Step 2 Select Read Configuration ROM... from the menu.
The Configuration ROM dialog will open, displaying the configuration
ROM data for the selected node.
8.6.2 Reading Configuration ROM From a File
You can open and display a Config ROM (.rom) file in the Configuration ROM dialog.
To read configuration ROM from a file:
Step 1 Select Tree > Read Configuration ROM from the menu bar.
The Configuration ROM dialog will open.
Step 2 Click the Read ROM From File button.
The Open dialog will appear.
Step 3 Navigate to the file you wish to view and click Open.
Step 4 FireInspector will read the data from the file and display it in the
Configuration ROM dialog.
8.6.3 Reconstructing Configuration ROM
If a Trace file contains configuration ROM data, FireInspector can read the data, reconstruct
it, and display it in the Configuration ROM dialog.
To reconstruct configuration ROM from a Trace:
Step 1 Left-click on the dest_offset field of a ReadDQ packet.
A menu will pop up.
Step 2 Select Reconstruct Configuration ROM from the menu.
The Configuration ROM dialog will open, displaying the configuration
ROM derived from the packets in the Trace.