PK-232 TECHNICAL MANUAL
CHAPTER 3 – THEORY OF OPERATION
PK232TM Rev. A 5/87
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Bit
U6 Pin J2 Pin
Function
Sense
Direction
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PB7
15
21
Data 8
Pos
Out
PB6
14
19
Data 7
Pos
Out
PB5
13
18
Data 6
Pos
Out
PB4
12
17
Data 5
Pos
Out
PB3
11
16
Data 4
Pos
Out
PB2
10
15
Data 3
Pos
Out
PB1
9
14
Data 2
Pos
Out
PB0
8
13
Data 1
Pos
Out
PC2
21
24
Busy
Pos
In
PC1
20
23
Ack
Neg
In
PC0
19
22
Strobe
Neg
Out
The Busy and ACK signals should each contain a 200-Ohm series resistor in the cable to
the parallel printer.
3.3.4
8530 SCC Serial Communications Controller
U7 is an 8530 SCC chip which provides two serial communications ports.
Port A is the HDLC port for Packet-Radio.
Port B is the RS-232 interface to the terminal.
This chip receives address bits A0, A1 and A7 from the CPU. The PK-232 firmware ad-
dresses the 8530 by forcing all other address bits high, yielding these addresses:
$7C - Terminal (Port B) control
$7D - Terminal (Port B) data
$7E - HDLC (Port A) control
$7F - HDLC (Port A) data
The 8530 chip has a 2.4576 MHz clock that is totally independent of the rest of the sys-
tem.
The serial interface signals TXD (J2 pin 2), RTS (4) and DTR (20) flow from the RS-232
connector through the drivers on the 1489 chip at U19 to the 8530's RXDB, CTSB and
DCDB pins respectively.
The 8530 output pins TXDB, RTSB and DTRB pins are buffered by the drivers on the 1488
chip at U20 to the J2 pins RXD (3), CTS (5) and DCD (8) respectively.
Both the RTS (J2 pin 4) and DTR (pin 20) signals must be high for the 8530 to send data
on the RS-232 link.
J2 pin 8 (DCD) may be used as an active-high Packet Connect indicator for mailbox soft-
ware. J2 pin 6 (DSR) is permanently pulled high. J2 pin 1 is frame ground and J2 pin 7 is
signal ground. All other J2 pins are reserved for use with a parallel printer.
The SYNCB input (pin 29) is pulled high by R179. This input may be connected to a hard-
ware EAS (Echo as Sent) switch to monitor the output in AMTOR, Morse, Baudot and AS-
CII modes.
Forcing this pin low has the same effect as typing the command
EAS ON
.
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