Legacy microcontrollers Forum Discussions

I'm using the XC888-8FF with my students for basic microcontroller training and small projects (thesis).

In the process of learning, students (and professors alike) write faulty programs.
One of my students, on testing such a program, activated FLASH protection.
I assume this is because he accidentally activated ROM code.

The problem is that once the FLASH is protected, there is now way to deactivate this, unless you know
the password. Since the protection was activated by a faulty program, we do not know wat this password is.

I would like to know:
-is there a general password that can be used to erase the device, and make it usable again?
-is there any option in FLOAD ore MEMTOOL, to deactivate the protection and erase the device, without password?

If this is not the case, the only option is to replace the device.

For the infineon reader: you have equipped the device with a watchdog to reboot when somthing (power glitch?)
disturbed normal program flow. This could also activate ROM code, and thus making the device unaccessible for
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