S O F T W A R E   I N S T A L L A T I O N  6 Software Installation SX-DEV software installation is very simple. oftware installation procedure is very simple ² just copy sxdevs.zip archive to the separate directory on your  hard  drive  and  unpack  it,  using  Winzip  or  Zip  program.  Run  sx_devs.exe  and  installation procedure finished. During the first start, two new files will be created ² sx_devs.ini and sx_tips.ini. First file  store  all  SX-DEV  environment  configuration,  second  file  store  built-in  SX-TIPS  programmer configuration. &onfiguration After SX-DEV software installation you need to configure serial port used for SX-TIPS debugger/programmer connection. Ensure, that you have free serial port and no any other software use this port. &onnect  SX-TIPS  debugger/programmer  to  the  target  board  and apply power to the target board, as the SX-TIPS powered from the target  board.  &onnect  SX-TIPS  to  the  free  serial  port  with  DE9 connector  on  the  SX-TIPS  cable  end.  Run  sx_devs.exe  software and choose &onfigure/Tips_Hardware option from the menu. will get configuration menu. If you did not have other serial ports currently in use on your computer, you can use Search option ² this option will automatically search SX-TIPS hardware on all available ports, however some conflicts may occur during the search procedure. If you know exactly, what port will be used for SX-TIPS hardware,  choose  the  right  port  manually  and  Save  Settings.  When  connection  with  SX-TIPS  hardware established,  you  will  get  message  “SX_TIPS  Hardware  found  on  &OMxµ  at  the  bottom  line  of  the &onfiguration window. &hapter S