Development Menu

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. How to Use
  3. Note
  4. Revision History

1. Overview

The Development Menu is the screen that is first displayed when the PARTNER-CTR Debugger or CTR test unit is turned on.

It is a substitute for the HOME Menu for CTR devices and has minimal functionality.
When the HOME Button is pressed while an application is running, that application is interrupted and this menu is displayed.

However, to return to the Development Menu, the application must handle a press of the HOME Button.

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2. How to Use

The following operations are possible on the Development Menu.

Input Feature
START Start DevMenu. When there is an interrupted application, terminate that
application then start DevMenu.
A Launches an application from a CTR Card. With the PARTNER-CTR Debugger, the application
loaded in the emulation memory is started.
B Terminates an interrupted application, if there is one.
HOME Returns to an interrupted application, if there is one.

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3. Note

The Development Menu is a minimal implementation. Apart from its appearance, it has a number of restrictions that do not apply to the actual HOME Menu.

The sleep-related implementation differs from the HOME Menu and in some places does not account for critical timing. As a result, if the system enters Sleep Mode during an application transition (this includes closing the application and returning), it may not recover.

The wireless switch cannot be turned on and off by the Test Menu on its own because the NWM process and processes dependent on it have not started.

If an application is loaded and executed while the development menu is displayed, execution will tentatively stop at the start of the application. Therefore, this allows debugging from a closer point to startup than when starting an application from the HOME Menu and using ATTACH. If the POWER Button is pressed after starting an application from the development menu, it may stop execution at the Enable function.

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4. Revision History

2011/02/03
Added information about the possibility of using the POWER Button to stop execution at the Enable function.
2011/01/31
Added that the wireless switch cannot be turned on and off.
2010/12/13
Added a note.
2010/10/26
Initial version.


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