Specifications

14 MDR User Guide
3 Standalone MDR
The MDR system is delivered as a pre-programmed ready-to-run system. In this con-
figuration the built-in RS-232 serial port and user interface enables Standalone operation
from a VT100 terminal or terminal emulator.
3.1 MDR Software
The MDR is shipped with several software modules preloaded into FLASH. These
modules consist of the firmware, mdrvxst.hex, and MDR configuration files. The
MDR configuration files are the following:
• mdr.ini MDR-specific configuration parameters file
•
vxbsp.ini VxWorks BSP configuration file
• vxbp.txt VxWorks boot parameters file
• mmon.ini MIDAS Monitor configuration file
See Chapter 10: Configuration Files for complete details and modification procedures.
3.2 VxWorks Boot Parameters for the MDR board
Both MDR boards, MDR-220 and MDR-250, run the VxWorks operating system. To
boot VxWorks, several boot parameters must be provided. Each of the boot parameters
is described below. More details may be obtained in the Wind River Systems, Tornado
Users Guide.
boot device Type of device to boot from. For standalone operation
this must be set to a period. If a master controller is
present, entry should be set to mdcX, where X is the slot
number.
Processor number
A unique identifier for the target processor in a
multiprocessor environment.
host name
Name of the host computer to boot from. This host is
the location of the software image.
file name
Full path to the VxWorks object module stored within
the boot host computer.
inet on ethernet (e)
Internet address of the target when an Ethernet
interface is used
.
inet on backplane (b)
Internet address of the target when a backplane
interface is used.
host inet (h)
Internet address of boot host computer.
gateway inet (g)
If the host is not on the target network, this indicates
address of the gateway node.
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