Hardware Reference Guide
SST-PFB3-ISA
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Loading a Firmware Module
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C.1 Loading a Firmware Module
Firmware modules for the card are supplied as .ss3 files, found on the software CD-ROM or on
the website at
http://www.woodhead.com/
.
If you are developing a driver for the card or producing a stand-alone embedded application, the
following section describes the basic sequence of steps to manually load a firmware module onto
the card.
Note
For register descriptions, refer to Chapter 3,
Hardware Register Details
.
C.1.1 Verifying Card Presence
To verify the card’s presence, follow these steps:
1. Start up your computer.
2. Following release of the backplane reset, wait at least 1 second (though 2 is
recommended).
3. Verify a Control Register value of 0x41.
4. If HDR reads anything other than 0x41, the card is still in Reset or has not been
found. Double-check that the Short I/O address matches the DIP Switch setting.
If you continue to experience difficulties, contact technical support (refer to
Section E.3,
Technical Support
, for details).