CAS Interface Studio 3.3
Make sure you have read the "brief introduction to UCAS CAM programming" and understand the information about the necessity of (re)programming the Xilinx before you do it. If you are sure it is necessary to (re)program the Xilinx of your CAM, then please continue.
From the main menu you select the Magic Module Icon to get to this part of the software.
You will hear two beeps and then you should see this screen (see below).
Now like the message in the program window tells you, hit the connect button.
When the CAM was properly inserted and everything is OK, you will see this screen down here.
Notice the text in the message window. It specifies the two chips in your CAM that can be programmed with the CAS Interface 2.
There is only one thing I have to explain about the user interface here. The screen is split up into 2 different programming sections:
- the Flash Functions, it consists of 8 buttons
- the Xilinx Functions, it contains only 1 button
You should treat these sections as completely individual sections indeed.
Usually I allways advise to erase any device before programming it, but please do NOT use the erase button here if you are going to (re)program the Xilinx. That erase button erases the Flash, not the Xilinx. The Xilinx is erased automatically by the software before programming.
Now hit the Xilinx Write button in the lower left corner of the screen (see below).
Now the File Selection dialog will be opened (see below).
If you are going to program your CAM to behave like a Magic CAM, you will need a magic.cas or a magic.jed file, and if you are going to create a Matrix Reloaded CAM, you will need a matrix.cas or a matrix.jed file.
Select the right Xilinx file for the type of CAM you are going to program.
When you have selected the file of your choice, either by double click or by clicking the Open button, the software will perform a number of tasks automatically:
- it will check if the chosen file validates as a correct file
- it will erase the Xilinx
- it will program the Xilinx chip with the selected file
When the programming is done, your Xilinx is (re)programmed.
That's all. It's that easy indeed.