Device Information Window

The Device Information window displays the contents of the Device Information Area of memory for devices that support this memory area (currently PIC18F24K42 and many PIC16Fxxxxx devices). The DIA contains the calibration data for the internal temperature indicator module, stores the Microchip Unique Identifier words and the Fixed Voltage Reference voltage readings measured in mV. See your device data sheet for details.

Figure 1. Device Information Window

Device Information Window Display

This display format shows data in the following columns:

Address – Hexadecimal address of the data in the next column.
Hex – Hexadecimal data, shown in 1-, 2- or 4-byte blocks, selectable from the menu.
Name – Description of the corresponding line of data.

Device Information Window Icons

Icons are located on the left side of the window.

Table 1. Device Information Window Icons
Icon	Icon Text	Function
	Refresh by Read Device Memory	Same function as the Debug toolbar “Read Device Memory” icon - uploads device memory to the MPLAB X IDE.
	Find	Specify a string to find in the window. Select to match whole word or case.
	Find Next	Find next instance of string from Find.
	Find Previous	Find previous instance of string from Find.
	Go To	Go to specified line number or address.

Device Information Window Menu

Right click in the memory window data area to pop up this menu. Not all items may be visible for all devices.

Table 2. Device Information Window Context Menu
Item	Description
Fill Memory	Fill memory from Start Address to End Address with the value in Data. Specify other options in the Fill Memory dialog.
Go To	Go to the address/function specified using the Go To dialog.
Find	Find text specified using the Find dialog.
Output To File	Write the displayed window contents to a text file using the Output to File dialog.
Print	Print the contents of this window using the Print dialog. Note: If you have a large memory device, the number of pages printed can become very large. A suggestion is to print the window contents to a file (Print dialog, General tab, “Print to File” check box) and then select which pages from the file you need to print.
Adjust Table Columns	Adjust the columns automatically.