Flasher 5 PRO - Universal Programming Tool for Renesas Series Microcontrollers

When using FLASHER for the first time, please select the menu point Options->Device. You will see the following dialog box:

The device properties dialog allows selection of the chip area you would like to access, the sectors of the on chip-flash and the interface you would like to use. The serial interface requires a cable to connect FLASHER to your target. For targets running at low frequencies, it may be necessary to set the speed option to Slow. To select an other device, press the „Select Device“ button. The device selection dialog will open. You can select the group in a dropdown list and the specific device from the list below.

Now you should be able to blank check, clear, program, verify or read the target chip in serial mode (if your target is properly connected to the FLASHER). The first time you program or verify, the PC downloads your your target program to the FLASHER, where it is stored in the on board FLASH chip for programming or verification. The PC-Program stores all setup information in the registry; when you start the program the next time, it will start with the same settings.

Select one of the commands in the TARGET menu to start the operation. Note that some of the menu points may be grayed if you have no connection to the target or no file loaded

The operating mode of FLASHER may be changed using the setup dialog from the Options menu.Power up mode, Power down mode and Reset mode should not be changed for normal operation. Setting of Power down mode has no effect on FLASHER MV3.You may change the reset active and reset inactive time, if required by your target hardware. All setup settings are stored permanently in FLASHER after pressing 'Save setup' button.

Additional options The Filling & Misc. Options from the Options menu may be altered if required. Normally there is no need to change any of these settings. Improper setting of the fill byte may lock your target CPU! When programming blank (virgin) CPUs, ‘Automatic clear before program’ is not required, so this feature can be disabled to speed up programming procedure. Detailed errorlevel on return option may be used to return a detailed errorlevel to the calling program when Flasher is used in batchmode.

When programming the chip in serial mode (in target), an identification code of 7 or more bytes has to be supplied. If the target MCUs user program area is blank, this ID-value does not matter. However, after programming, these values need to be set correctly, because otherwise FLASHER will be unable to communicate with the target CPU. These ID-values can be set using the menu point Options|Pass code (7 or more byte ID). With a standard program, these values should be 0, as the high bytes of the interrupt vectors which are used to store the values are usually 0. For more detailed information, please consult the Renesas users manual. The menu point "Edit|Copy Renesas Id into loaded file" can be used to set these ID bytes.