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TLA7xxx hacks (32M Depth on TLA7AA4CS enabled successful) :)

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TiN:
No, I did not mess much with mainframe software.

But had issues with modules not detected by ver6 client on remote machine. That's why I rolled back to v5.8 and used it for a year or so. Only recently I tried ver6 and 6.1 as v5.8 had some crashing problems with Nexus DDR3 support module, and it worked well, detecting module and
doing all stuff. Maybe just play around with various versions and see if anything changes.

So dallas NVRAM replacement to 1245 did magic to you too? What's is your module FW version?

I notice also that all TLA apps have memory management issues on my Win2008R2 64bit. If i used more than 8-10GB of memory on remote machine, and try run TLA app - it gives "not enough memory" error and refuse to work. Probably some addressing or resource allocation in TLA app was not done quite right, as i have lots of free memory still available (64GB total RAM)

jgorsk:
My module's firmware is 5.0. I used DS1245AB-100+

I tried to modify TLA7N3 module before and that didn't work.
I tied A15 to VCC then, I'm not sure about A16. This time I left
them both floating. I'm not sure if that matters. In theory
floating address pins may be giving problems but I don't think
I'll test this hack with A15/16 inputs of the DS1245 pulled up
or down uless it stops working properly.

I'm not using any Tek Apps but I'm going to write my own
plugins using TPI.Net when I get some time.

Thanks again.

KK:
I can confirm the hack works. Modified two TLA7AA4cs modules that now have full memory support.

Used a DS1245AB-100

Tied a15 and a16 high. Desoldering, soldering a socket and installing chip was simple and quick.

Modules work great.

Using TLA5.8 on remote Windoze 7 machine and 5.1 locally on the TLA714.

dxl:
I dissassembled the Firmware in 2009 to upgrade the Module. You can use the NI VISA Talk/Listen Utility for this. It's been a while, but i think the procedure was:

Enable Special Upgrade Mode (Get Firmware Version from IDN query)

--- Code: ---SYST:PASS:INST:PASS Pitbull<FirmwareVersion>

--- End code ---

Set Parameters

--- Code: ---SYST:CONF:MAX:DEPTH <Bytes>
SYST:CONF:SPEED <Speed>

--- End code ---

Save Parameters:

--- Code: ---SYST:PASS:INST:UPD <UnixTimeStamp>

--- End code ---

This worked on TLA7AA4 and TLA7N4 at least.

Have fun

nctnico:
What do you fill in for the Unix timestamp?

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