Test Menu

Table of Contents

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

1. Overview

The Test 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 suspended and this menu is displayed.

However, to return to the Test 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 Test Menu.

Input Feature
START Start DevMenu. When there is a suspended application, terminate that
application, and 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 a suspended application, if there is one.
L Button When there is a suspended application, the upper and lower screens (if stereoscopic view is enabled, there will be a total of three screen images) are output to the SD Card as a set. This will have no effect if an SD Card is not inserted.
The filename will be (time on system clock in yyyymmdd_hhmm format)_(Screen)_(Index).bmp.
It will be saved to the Capture folder on the SD Card.
Note: (Screen): UL = upper screen, left eye image; UR = upper screen, right eye image; LO = lower screen
(index): A five-digit numerical sequence incremented each time a save is performed from the time the development menu is started. Each image in a set of images has the same index number.
HOME Returns to a suspended 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 situations in which timing is critical. 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 TestMenu by itself cannot turn the wireless switch on or off.

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.

The SD Card is only detected immediately after starting. Thus it is not possible to write to an SD Card if it is inserted after the development menu starts. It will also not be possible to write if the SD Card is removed after starting.

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4. Revision History

2011/04/06
Added note about detecting an SD Card.
2011/03/30
Added information about screen capture function for suspended applications.
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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