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Page 1: ... 4 C PC Transporter Card Installation Guide CORVUS ...

Page 2: ...ter OmninetCR Omninet 4T logiCalc The BankTM Bank Tape OmniDrive ISYST TLC Consteliation R Mirror R and O piHtlb lIJ Network Star Controller arc trademarks of Corvus Systems Inc I fdirror U s Patent 4 380 047 International patents pending Corvus Con cpt i Ar rle Mac I and LaserWriter R are registered trademarks and Apple II Aqple Desktop Bus and Macintosh and arc trademarks of Apple f pu r Inc lBM...

Page 3: ...t 4 Transporter Card General Information 2 Network Device Node Address and Speed 3 Memory Base Address 6 I O Base Address 7 Interrupt Request Line 9 Boot PROM and Jumpers 9 Installing the Transporter Card in Your Computer 10 Specifications 12 ...

Page 4: ...address Interrupt request line The Omninet 4 Transporter card s dual port memory uses 16 kilobytes of your computer s address space The dual port memory accessible by both the Transporter card controller device and the host computer is used for the exchange of data moving to and from the network The memory base address is the starting address of this 16 kilobyte block of addresses Similarly the Tr...

Page 5: ...e computer to the network check to see that the other devices are still working correctly If they appear to be working properly there may be no conflicts however it is possible that conflicts may occur only under particular circumstances You can change the memory base address the I O base address or the interrupt request line on the Transporter card as necessary These values should be changed only...

Page 6: ... onto the network The network device address is set with switches 1 6 The ON position of these switches is down toward the numbers Set the switches to the device address assigned to your node according to the settings shown in Table 1 Make a note of your device address for reference Switch 7 is not used set it to the OFF position Switch 8 sets the operating speed of the Transporter card ON down is...

Page 7: ...c 46 0 00 0 15 OC o 0 47 o 0 00 0 16 o 48 oc 17 o o 49 C CC 18 C C 50 0 CC 19 C 0 O 51 C 0 CC 20 o O 52 c OC 21 O O o 53 o O CC 22 0 O O 54 0 O CO 23 CC O O 55 o C O 00 24 c O 56 c CO 25 C 0 C 57 c 0 CC 26 0 0 O 58 c c 00 27 oc c O 59 CC c CC 28 oc c 60 co CO 29 C CO C 61 C oc CC 30 c CC O 62 c OC CC 31 CC OC C 63 CC CC CC Address 1 2 3 456 Address 1 2 3 456 SWItch Setting SWItch Setting ON C OFF ...

Page 8: ...es for setting memory base ad dress I O base address and interrupt request line MEMORY BASE ADDRESS The default memory base address for the Omninet 4 Transporter card is ODCOOOh The memory base address is set with the leftmost three switches I 2 and 3 labeled MA16 MA1S and MA14 of switch unit SWI Memory base addresses and their corresponding switch settings are shown in Table 2 Corvus Systems Inc ...

Page 9: ...OOO 0 0 0 Table 2 Memory base address switch settings l ON O OFF The asterisk indicates the deCault setting I O BASE ADDRESS The default I O base address is 240h The I O base address is set with the rightmost five switches 4 8 labeled IA8 IA4 of switch unit SWI I O base addresses and their corresponding switch settings are shown in Table 3 7 Corvus Systems Inc ...

Page 10: ... 2AO 1 0 1 0 1 2BO 1 0 1 0 0 2CO 1 0 0 1 1 200 1 0 0 1 0 2EO 1 0 0 0 1 2FO 1 0 0 0 0 300 0 1 I 1 1 310 0 1 I 1 0 320 0 I I 0 1 330 0 1 1 0 0 340 0 1 0 1 1 350 0 1 0 1 0 360 0 1 0 0 1 370 0 1 0 0 0 380 0 0 1 1 1 390 0 0 1 1 0 3AO 0 0 1 0 1 3BO 0 0 1 0 0 3CO 0 0 0 1 1 300 0 0 0 1 0 3EO 0 0 0 0 1 3FO 0 0 0 0 0 Table 3 I O base addresses and switch settings l ON O OFF The asterisk indicates the de fau...

Page 11: ...itch Request 1 2 3 4 Line IRQ2 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 Table 4 Interrupt request lines and switch set tings l ON O OFF The asterisk indicates the default setting BOOT PROM AND JUMPERS The socket labeled Ull is provided for a boot PROM for applications where the Transporter card will be installed in a diskless workstation Closing jumper EI puts 5 VDC on pin 1 of device...

Page 12: ...puter off and disconnect its power cord 2 Remove the cover from your computer according to the manufacturer s instructions 3 Remove the cover from an unused expansion slot Save the screw to fasten down the Transporter card Figure 3 Installing the Trans porter card in the computer Corvus Systems Inc ...

Page 13: ...llation Guide included with the Omninet Cabling System Termination Kit the two little black plugs for instructions on how to connect your network Corvus Support Thank you for buying Corvus products We appreciate your business you our customer are our most valuable asset If you experience any difficulty using your Corvus products or have any questions in the United States contact your nearest autho...

Page 14: ... bus 4 Mbps baseband switchable to 1 Mbps NEC uPD72105 NS3695 RS 485 Differential Line Transceiver Proprietary twisted pair 4 segments maximum 1000 ft 300 m per segment 5 VDC 1 5 A maximum 16k Dual Port static RAM Operating temperature 32 F to IS80p OOC to 70 C 20 t9 80 noncondensing 7000 ft 2134 m maximum FCC Class A Relative humidity Altitude Electromagnetic Physical dimensions Warranty Corvus S...

Page 15: ...for additional information on warranty procedures or to obtain the name and address of a Corvus authorized service center near you Warranty repairs may be made only by Corvus or a Corvus authorized service center DURATION OF WARRANTY ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES FOR THIS PRODUCT IN CLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO A PER...

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