.Setsector Method

Function:

Writes the entire 264 bytes of the specified sector with the data from the currently selected RAM buffer of the flash memory (selection is made through the fd.buffernum property).

Syntax:

fd.getsector(num as word) as pl_fd_status_codes

Returns:

One of the following pl_fd_status_codes, also affects fd.laststatus:

0- PL_FD_STATUS_OK: Completed successfully.

1- PL_FD_STATUS_FAIL: Physical flash memory failure (fatal).

4- PL_FD_STATUS_INV_PARAM: specified sector number is in the firmware/application area of the flash memory; access has been denied.

16- PL_FD_STATUS_FLASH_NOT_DETECTED: Flash IC wasn't detected during boot, fd. object cannot operate normally.

See Also:

Direct Sector Access, Sharing Flash Between Your Application and Data, File-based and Direct Sector Access Coexistence,

fd.buffernum, fd.getbuffer, fd.setbuffer, fd.getsector, fd.checksum, fd.copyfirmware, fd.copyfirmwarelzo

Part

Description

num

Logical number of the sector to write to (logical numbers are in reverse: writing to the logical sector 0 actually means writing to the last physical sector of the flash IC). Acceptable range is 0 - fd.availableflashspace-1.