(TunerPro RT Only)

The Emulation toolbar can be used as a shortcut for common emulation tasks. The buttons are only enabled if emulation hardware is detected. To detect hardware, select "Initialize Attached Hardware" from the Tools menu. Below is an outline of the emulation toolbar button functionality.

Upload Current Bin:

This important button uploads the bin currently loaded for editing in TunerPro to the emulation hardware. This "syncs" the emulator with the data loaded in the software. Any time you're uncertain of the emulation buffer's contents, you should press this button to synchronize the current bin with the emulator. This is a hard-write (and not invisible to the ECM), so you should not be actively driving your car when you press this button. You should be pulled over, engine-off, key-on.

Download Current Bin:

This button downloads the bin from the emulator into the current edit buffer. The size of the bin downloaded is determined by the currently loaded bin definition file (XDF).

Verify ROM with Bin:

This button will compare the contents of the emulation buffer with the contents of the current file loaded in the software. If they match, it will show "success", if not, it will show "failed". If the test return failure, the data in the emulator does not match the data loaded in the software. You should upload the current bin and run the test again.

ROM to File:

ROM to file allows you to save the emulation buffer contents directly to file. To make use of this, you need to know how large the emulation buffer is in its entirety for the hardware you're using. A Romulator I, for instance, has 32k of emulation memory (0000-7FFF). If you are emulating a 16k chip, the chip will "live" in the upper 16k of memory in the emulator (4000-7FFF). So, if you'd like to dump a 16k chip from the emulator, you should enter 4000 in the MemStart$ field and 7FFF in the MemEnd$ field, then press execute. You will be prompted to select a file to save to (you can create a new file or select an existing file). After you press Save, the emulation buffer will be dumped to the file you selected.

Enable Emulation:

After the emulator has been initialized and the current bin has been uploaded, the Enable Emulation button will be enabled. Pressing this button causes all subsequent edits to be uploaded to the emulator. When disabled, changes made to the bin are not saved to the emulator. If you disable emulation, make changes, and then wish to re-enable emulation, you should re-sync the current bin with the emulator by pressing the "Upload Current Bin" button.

TunerPro Help V1.2 Compiled 7/17/09 23:03