Can Techview be brought up on the target board

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Wed, 2008-01-16 07:01
anoop_ashok
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Hi ,

I know TechView is an emulator which provides a Microsoft Windows-based implementation of Symbian OS. A TechView emulator is driven from its GUI shell program, called System, which allows applications to be launched and files to be accessed and managed.

I would like to use the techview and the GUI on a target board like H4 board with 2420 ARMv11 processor. I am able to build TechView for release versions . But I am not able to bring it up on a board.

Could anyone help me out with some documents or from where to start making changes so that I can bring Techview on a board.

Regards
Anoop

Wed, 2008-01-16 18:16
Numpty Alert
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Its possible to run techview on a H4 board, a reason why it may not be is you are not including everything that is needed in the rom image. Not just techview, but the things techview loads etc.
I can't remember where you can find out what to include in the rom but a search through the epoc32 tree for .iby/.oby files etc. might find you something.

 
Thu, 2008-01-17 06:13
anoop_ashok
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

hey thanks for the information.

Are there any board related changes required to be done. like platform porting etc.

Also are there any sites where I can find information regarding this.

 
Thu, 2008-01-17 10:29
raghav_an
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Hi,

Inorder to boot techview image on the target board, you need to specify the screen size(resolution) you are going to use, in file wsini.ini.

You need to include "techview.oby" and "techview_base.iby". These include components necessary for techview image.

Chao,
Raghav

 
Thu, 2008-01-17 11:53
alh
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Just a small clarification.

TechView is the Symbian UI (as opposed to the UIQ or S60 UIs), it has nothing to do with the emulator really.
The emulator is the same (epoc) for all, TechView, UIQ or S60, and is a base port of symbian to run on Win32 (instead of on some arm hw)

That distinction makes it easier to understand it Smiling

 
Mon, 2008-01-21 11:08
anoop_ashok
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

So Does that mean Techview cannot be brought up on a arm HW.

Where can i find information regarding a TechView build.

 
Mon, 2008-01-21 12:31
fig7
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Of course Techview can run on an ARM hardware board. You just build a techview rom and flash it. Simple really.

As for documentation, well whoever supplied you with the ARM board and Symbian OS must also have supplied you with the tools you need to flash roms.

 
Mon, 2008-01-21 13:52
raghav_an
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Did you try generating the ROM for techview for ARM hardware? Are you facing any problems with that?

Chao,
Raghav

 
Mon, 2008-01-21 14:44
alh
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

I'm also a bit surprised why you ask us?
and not ask the ones that gave you the H4 board, and the TechView Symbian Baseline?

They should know how to, and have all documentation you might need.
None of us could legally give you any documentation on this, even if we might have it.

You're profile says you work for Samsung.
Since samsung is a licensee of S60, you really should be able to get better help then asking here...

 
Tue, 2008-01-22 05:43
anoop_ashok
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Hi Raghav,

I generated the ROM for techview for ARM hardware using the command "buildrom h4hrp techview platsec" I did not face any difficulty. the ROM image is build fine.

But when i burn it on the hardware the techview GUI doesnt come up. The hardware screen is blank. Is there something else I should do before burning the image on the hardware

 
Tue, 2008-01-22 10:45
raghav_an
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Hi,

The procedure for loading image onto the board is same as the "textshell" image.
Infact the contents of the techview image shall be "contents of textshell ROM + techview gui stuff". Did you succeed in bringing up the textshell image on the board? If yes then there should not be much problem in bringing up the techview image on the board. In addition to the components that are being included in textshell ROM you need to include components specified in "techview.oby" and "techview_base.iby".

Chao,
Raghav

 
Tue, 2008-01-29 05:52
anoop_ashok
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Hi ,

Infact I did include "techview.oby" in my build. Actually if the command "buildrom h4hrp techview platsec" is run from epoc\tools the contents of textshell ROM + techview gui stuff are included. the image was build fine without any error.

I feel I need to make some board specific changes. As mention I opened wsini.ini file. the contents inside the file is

AUTOCLEAR 1
STARTUP \SYS\BIN\Start
WINDOWMODE COLOR64K
KEYCLICKPLUGIN KeyClickRef
TRANSPARENCY

here i tried changing the WINDOWMODE COLOR64K to 256, 32 etc. But still i cannot bring the techview image on the board. Is there any other changes required to be done.

please do help me.

 
Tue, 2008-01-29 15:47
raghav_an
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Will you elaborate

But still i cannot bring the techview image on the board

What is problem you are having. Is there any crash/panic while booting or it is that the window server is not getting started.

Chao,
Raghav

 
Mon, 2008-02-04 10:40
anoop_ashok
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Re: Can Techview be brought up on the target board

Actually after the ONBL2 shadowing of OS is done. After that there is no debug messages and the screen is totally blank. I am not able to debug and tell where the exact point of crash is happening.

when i try to boot up

entering ONBL2
Image Shadowing finished. Launch Image at 0x80100000

i get the above error. that is the OS is not able to boot.

I am still digging to find the exact crash location

 
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