In message 1124704021.89a455bcS3092131@student.rmit.edu.au you wrote:

I am using Windows Hyper Terminal for serial communication with the Accelen t board having pxa255 processor.

Please use shorter lines. Your text is nearly unreadable.

I am getting the monitor command prompt. I have to download hello_world.sre c onto the flash. When i use loads 40004 i get ## Ready for S-Record download ... and then the system seems to do nothing.

This is to be expected. Please read the manual (DULG) how to use S-Record download. Note that Windows Hyperterminal is *not* listed as supported tool for this purpose.

I cannot specify the path of the file to be downloaded.

This is then a problem with Hyperterminal. Use the recommended tools instead.

1>>Please let me know what could be the problem with this and where is the

You're using the wrong tools.

default path for file download set.

There is no default path. It's up to the terminal program to select and send the appropriate file.

2>>I downloaded the hello_world.bin through the JTAG pin we have made and tried to run hello_world application using go 40004 Hello World! This is a test and i get number of junk characters li ke which i think could be because of some undefined instruction what shou ld be done in this case.

Debug the problem.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk