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XVME-976 Adapter Module

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Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 3-1
Driver Operation.................................................................................................................................................... 3-2

Utility Programs.................................................................................................................................................. 3-2
Driver Installation ............................................................................................................................................... 3-2
ASPI2DOS.SYS Options.................................................................................................................................... 3-3

Aspidisk.Sys .......................................................................................................................................................... 3-4
Switch Settings....................................................................................................................................................... 3-4

Partitioning and Formatting ................................................................................................................................ 3-6
AFDISK Operation ............................................................................................................................................. 3-6

BIOS Operation ..................................................................................................................................................... 3-7

Module Switch Configuration............................................................................................................................. 3-7

Booting from a SCSI Drive and Installing Drivers on that  Device ..................................................................... 3-10
Cable Installation ................................................................................................................................................. 3-10
Connector Definition ........................................................................................................................................... 3-11
Specifications....................................................................................................................................................... 3-11

Chapter 4

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 Memory Expansion Module  Installation

Memory Expansion Module Installation................................................................................................................ 4-1
Jumper Configuration Summary ............................................................................................................................ 4-1
General Module Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 4-3

Window Address Selection................................................................................................................................. 4-3
Control Register Port Address ............................................................................................................................ 4-4
Board Number (W11) ......................................................................................................................................... 4-4
Power Fail Interrupt Jumpers (W10, W5)........................................................................................................... 4-5

Memory Device Configuration (W1-4, W6-9) ...................................................................................................... 4-6

Installing 28-Pin Devices in 32-Pin Sockets ....................................................................................................... 4-8
Static RAM Jumpering........................................................................................................................................ 4-8
EPROM Jumpering........................................................................................................................................... 4-10

Jumper Array Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4-13
Battery Backup Configuration And Battery Information ..................................................................................... 4-14

Safety Information ............................................................................................................................................ 4-14
Battery Connection ........................................................................................................................................... 4-15

Installation to Carrier Card .................................................................................................................................. 4-16

XVME-976 Installation .................................................................................................................................... 4-16

Programming ....................................................................................................................................................... 4-18
Control Register Usage........................................................................................................................................ 4-18

Control Register 1 Functions ............................................................................................................................ 4-18
Control Register 2 Functions ............................................................................................................................ 4-20
Reading the Registers........................................................................................................................................ 4-21

Selecting Portions of Large Devices.................................................................................................................... 4-22
Board Number ..................................................................................................................................................... 4-23
Window Address Selection.................................................................................................................................. 4-23

Summary of Contents for XVME-976

Page 1: ...XVME 976 Adapter Module P N 74976 001A 1996 XYCOM INC XYCOM 750 North Maple Road Printed in the United States of America Saline Michigan 48176 1292 Part Number 74976 001A 313 429 4971 ...

Page 2: ...n This document is copyrighted by Xycom Incorporated Xycom and shall not be reproduced or copied without expressed written authorization from Xycom The information contained within this document is subject to change without notice Xycom does not guarantee the accuracy of the information and makes no commitment to keeping it up to date Address comments concerning this manual to xycom Technical Publ...

Page 3: ...13 PC 104 Connector Pinouts 1 13 PMC Expansion Site Connector Pinouts 1 14 VME P1 1 17 80pin Interboard Connector 1 Pinout P5 1 17 80 pin Interboard Connector 2 Pinout P6 1 19 Environmental Specifications 1 20 Hardware Specifications 1 20 Chapter 2 SSP Installation Introduction 2 1 Serial Port Driver Receivers 2 2 Jumper Settings 2 3 Base I O Address Selection 2 3 Interrupt Selection 2 5 Serial Po...

Page 4: ...ion Summary 4 1 General Module Setup 4 3 Window Address Selection 4 3 Control Register Port Address 4 4 Board Number W11 4 4 Power Fail Interrupt Jumpers W10 W5 4 5 Memory Device Configuration W1 4 W6 9 4 6 Installing 28 Pin Devices in 32 Pin Sockets 4 8 Static RAM Jumpering 4 8 EPROM Jumpering 4 10 Jumper Array Summary 4 13 Battery Backup Configuration And Battery Information 4 14 Safety Informat...

Page 5: ...nstallation Introduction 5 1 Hardware Configuration 5 1 Jumper Settings 5 2 Installation 5 3 Software Configuration 5 4 SET4I29 5 4 SHOW4I29 5 9 Default Configuration 5 9 Interface Connectors 5 10 10BASE2 5 10 10BASET 5 10 AUI 5 10 Specifications 5 11 ...

Page 6: ...rical connections for the XVME 976 Module Features The XVME 976 offers the following features One PC 104 and one PMC expansion module site On board DC regulator to supply 3 3 volts to the PMC site Pin and socket connector scheme Optional PC 104 compatible modules for Ethernet SCSI serial and par allel expansion available from Xycom Optional PMC modules available through third party for ATM FDDI an...

Page 7: ...andard PMC has been adopted by VMEbus In ternational Trade Association VITA and the VMEbus community to ex pand the PCI capability of the VMEbus processor modules The PMC site on the XVME 976 supports PMC J2 I O options Processor Connection Options The XVME 976 supports connections to the XVME 654 and XVME 655 VMEbus PC AT processor modules Installing the XVME 976 on an XVME 654 The adapter module...

Page 8: ... standoffs 2 and standoff screws 2 pairs as illustrated in Figure 1 1 Figure 1 1 Installing XVME 976 onto XVME 654 9 Clear two adjacent card cage slots 10 Align the two connected modules with the XVME 976 on the right on the card guides in the slots 11 Gently push the modules to the rear of the chassis until the P1 and P2 connectors engage 12 Tighten the screws on the front panel of the XVME 654 p...

Page 9: ...ing the XVME 978 onto the XVME 655 can be found in the XVME 655 manual 1 Follow procedures for the prevention of static discharge to prevent dam age to the circuitry of the modules 2 Disconnect all power sources 3 Loosen the screws on the front panel of the XVME 655 processor mod ule 4 Remove the XVME 655 with XVME 978 connected from the VME backplane as follows Gently pull on the face plate until...

Page 10: ...hree connected modules with the XVME 976 on the right on the plastic guides in the slots 11 Gently push the modules to the rear of the chassis until the P1 and P2 connectors engage 12 Tighten the screws on the front panel of the XVME 655 processor module to secure the connected modules into place The installation is complete ...

Page 11: ...XVME 976 Xycom s Type A PC 104 expansion modules Generic Type B PC 104 expansion modules PMC expansion modules The following sections explain the installation procedures for mounting PC 104 compatible Types A and B expansion modules onto an XVME 976 adapter module Figure 1 3 XVME 976 with PMC and Type A 4 010 x 5 091 Modules ...

Page 12: ...ces 3 Loosen the screws on the front panel of the XVME processor module 4 Remove the XVME 976 and any attached modules from the VME back plane as follows Gently pull on the face plate s until the board s slide out of the chassis 5 Place the XVME 976 and any attached boards on a static free surface with the XVME 976 on top See Figure 1 3 6 Remove four screws securing the blank front panel assembly ...

Page 13: ...crews on the front panel of the XVME processor module to secure the connected modules into place The installation is complete Type B Module Installation The XVME 976 is configured to accept the installation of generic Type B modules in the PC 104 site Type B modules contain cable connectors may require a Xycom front panel kit Additional equipment included or required for connecting a Type B module...

Page 14: ...cedures for the prevention of static discharge to prevent dam age to the circuitry of the modules 2 Disconnect all power sources 3 Loosen the screws on the front panel of the XVME processor module 4 Remove the XVME 976 and any attached modules from the VME back plane as follows Pull gently on the face plate s until the board s slide out of the chassis 5 Place the XVME 976 and any attached boards o...

Page 15: ...tors on the Type B module 11 Gently press the two boards together Do not bend or twist the XVME 976 12 Fold the mylar shield down over the solder side of the expansion mod ule 13 Insert the two screws removed in Step 9 14 Attach the new front panel assembly if provided to the XVME 976 with the four screws removed in Step 6 15 Align the connected modules with the XVME 976 on the right on the plasti...

Page 16: ...E 976 is designed to accept the installation of PMC expansion modules to add PCI functionality Figure 1 5 XVME 976 with PMC Expansion Module Note The XVME 976 PMC site is keyed to accept only 5 volt boards Other voltage configurations will not fit on this site ...

Page 17: ... from the VME back plane as follows Gently pull on the face plate s until the board s slide out of the chassis 5 Place the XVME 976 and any attached boards on a static free surface with the XVME 976 on top See Figure 1 5 6 Pop out the filler plate in the XVME 976 front panel 7 Align the PMC board with the 5 volt key See Figure 1 5 8 Insert the four screws to secure the expansion module to the XVME...

Page 18: ...IRQ10 LA22 4 SD5 IRQ9 IRQ11 LA21 5 SD4 NC IRQ12 LA20 6 SD3 DRQ2 IRQ15 LA19 7 SD2 12V IRQ14 LA18 8 SD1 NC NC LA17 9 SD0 12V NC MEMR 10 IOCHRDY NC DACK5 MEMW 11 AEN SMEMW DRQ5 SD8 12 SA19 SMEMR DACK6 SD9 13 SA18 IOW DRQ6 SD10 14 SA17 IOR NC SD11 15 SA16 NC NC SD12 16 SA15 NC 5V SD13 17 SA14 DACK1 NC SD14 18 SA13 DRQ1 GND SD15 19 SA12 REF GND NC 20 SA11 SYSCLK 21 SA10 IRQ7 22 SA9 IRQ6 23 SA8 IRQ5 24 ...

Page 19: ... 15 GND 16 GNT 17 REQ 18 5V 19 V I O 20 PAD 31 21 PAD 28 22 PAD 27 23 PAD 25 24 GND 25 GND 26 C BE3 27 PAD 22 28 PAD 21 29 PAD 19 30 5V 31 V I O 32 PAD 17 33 FRAME 34 GND 35 GND 36 IRDY 37 DEVSEL 38 5V 39 GND 40 PLOCK 41 SDONE 42 SBO 43 PAR 44 GND 45 V I O 46 PAD 15 47 PAD 12 48 PAD 11 49 PAD 9 50 5V 51 GND 52 C BE0 53 PAD 6 54 PAD 5 55 PAD 4 56 GND 57 V I O 58 PAD 3 59 PAD 2 60 PAD 1 61 PAD 0 62 ...

Page 20: ...ND 19 PAD 30 20 PAD 29 21 GND 22 PAD 26 23 PAD 24 24 3 3V 25 IDSEL 26 PAD 23 27 3 3V 28 pad 20 29 PAD 18 30 gnd 31 PAD 16 32 C_BD2 33 GND 34 PMC RSVD 35 TRDY 36 3 3V 37 GND 38 STOP 39 PERR 40 GND 41 3 3V 42 SERR 43 C_BD1 44 GND 45 PAD 14 46 PAD 13 47 GND 48 PAD 10 49 PAD 8 50 3 3V 51 PAD 7 52 PMC RSVD 53 3 3V 54 PMC RSVD 55 PMC RSVD 56 GND 57 PMC RSVD 58 PMC RSVD 59 GND 60 PMC RSVD 61 ACK64 62 3 3...

Page 21: ...I O 24 25 USER I O 25 26 USER I O 26 27 USER I O 27 28 USER I O 28 29 USER I O 29 30 USER I O 30 31 USER I O 31 32 USER I O 32 33 USER I O 33 34 USER I O 34 35 USER I O 35 36 USER I O 36 37 USER I O 37 38 USER I O 38 39 USER I O 39 40 USER I O 40 41 USER I O 41 42 USER I O 42 43 USER I O 43 44 USER I O 44 45 USER I O 45 46 USER I O 46 47 USER I O 47 48 USER I O 48 49 USER I O 49 50 USER I O 50 51 ...

Page 22: ...20 NC C20 USER I O 39 A21 USER I O 42 B21 NC C21 USER I O 41 A22 USER I O 44 B22 GND C22 USER I O 43 A23 USER I O 46 B23 NC C23 USER I O 45 A24 USER I O 48 B24 NC C24 USER I O 47 A25 USER I O 50 B25 NC C25 USER I O 49 A26 USER I O 52 B26 NC C26 USER I O 51 A27 USER I O 54 B27 NC C27 USER I O 53 A28 USER I O 56 B28 NC C28 USER I O 55 A29 USER I O 58 B29 NC C29 USER I O 57 A30 USER I O 60 B30 NC C30...

Page 23: ...A 56 PERR 17 PIRQB 57 SDONE 18 PIRQC 58 SBO 19 PIRQD 59 SERR 20 REQ3 60 PAR 21 PCICLK2 NC 61 BE1 22 REQ1 62 AD 15 23 GNT3 63 AD 14 24 PCICLK1 64 AD 13 25 GNT1 65 AD 12 26 PCIRST 66 AD 11 27 PCICLK0 67 AD 10 28 GNT0 68 AD 9 29 REQ0 69 AD 8 30 REQ2 70 BE0 31 AD 31 71 AD 7 32 AD 30 72 AD 6 33 AD 29 73 AD 5 34 AD 28 74 AD 4 35 AD 27 75 AD 3 36 AD 26 76 AD 2 37 AD 25 77 AD 1 38 AD 24 78 AD 0 39 BE3 79 ...

Page 24: ...oard Connector 2 Pinout Pin Name Pin Name 1 SYSCLK 41 SA10 2 OSC 42 SA11 3 SD 15 43 SA12 4 SD 14 44 SA13 5 SD 13 45 SA14 6 SD 12 46 SA15 7 SD 11 47 SA16 8 SD 10 48 SA17 9 SD 9 49 SA18 10 SD 8 50 SA19 11 MEMW 51 BALE 12 MEMR 52 TC 13 DRQ5 53 DACK2 14 DACK5 54 IRQ3 15 DRQ6 55 IRQ4 16 DACK6 56 SBHE 17 LA17 57 IRQ5 18 LA18 58 IRQ6 19 LA19 59 IRQ7 20 LA20 60 REF 21 LA21 61 DRQ1 22 LA22 62 DACK1 23 LA23...

Page 25: ...to 2000 Hz 015 peak to peak displacement 2 5 g maximum accelera tion 030 peak to peak displacement 5 0 g maximum accelera tion Shock Operating Non operating 30 g peak acceleration 11 msec duration 50 g peak acceleration 11 msec duration Humidity 5 to 95 RH non condensing Hardware Specifications Table 1 9 Hardware Specifications Characteristic Specification Power Specifications 12V 12V 5V N A Note ...

Page 26: ...e specific option you have chosen for the second serial port Verify and or adjust the jumper settings Attach cables to the parallel and serial port connectors Install the SSP board to its parent device Some operations may not apply to the specific options you have chosen In such cases just skip the sections that don t apply and simply verify that your boards have the proper ICs and jumper settings...

Page 27: ...ort Figure 2 1 Connector and Jumper Locations Serial Port Driver Receivers The serial port COMA is an RS 232C port The serial port COMB can be configured as an RS 232C or RS 485 port Implement your selection for this second serial port by plugging in the appropriate driver receiver ICs as shown in Table 2 3 Table 2 3 Serial Port Driver Receiver ICs Driver Receivers Installed Interface U10 Max 239 ...

Page 28: ...hat you should leave it out Base I O Address Selection Each port on the board can be assigned a base address at any eight byte boundary in the PC I O address space The address you select however must be unique not the same as that of any other I O port For convenient reference Table 2 4 lists some commonly used I O port address assign ments Table 2 4 Common I O Port Addresses Port Base Address Hex...

Page 29: ...ert each to binary ignore the two leading zeros and the last three zeros and then install jumpers to short the pin pairs corresponding to the remaining zeros in the address As an example suppose that you want to assign base I O address 02E8h Converted to binary this would be 0010 1110 1000 Bits A8 and A4 are ze ros therefore you would short pin pairs 3 4 and 11 12 leaving all the other pairs open ...

Page 30: ...r group shorting a particular jumper pin pair assigns a corresponding interrupt as shown in Table 2 10 Table 2 10 Interrupt Selection Jumper Pins Pair Shorted 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Interrupt IRQ2 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ6 IRQ7 Pull Down You are not required to assign an interrupt to a port however you will as sign interrupts to ports that have incoming data The parallel port does not usually need...

Page 31: ...3 1 2 1 2 open short short short open RS 485 Half Duplex 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 open open short short Install short on W15 to terminate RS 485 signal line RS 485 termination should be installed at the two ends of the line Table 2 12 COM B Serial Port Jumper Functions Jumper W11 DSR source selection 2 3 1 2 DSR from RS 232C input Forces DSR active W12 CTS source selection 2 3 1 2 CTS from RS 232C RS 485 i...

Page 32: ...485 port in accordance with Tables 2 3 and 2 11 Table 2 14 COM B Pin Assignments Full Duplex RS 485 Signal Time Function In Out Pin AUXOUT AUXOUT TXD TXD GND RXD RXD AUXIN AUXIN Handshake output high Handshake output low Transmit data high Transmit data low Ground Receive data low Receive data high Handshake input low Handshake input high Not used out out out out in in in in 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 The ...

Page 33: ...in TXD RXD TXD RXD GND Not used Not used Bi directional data high Bi directional data low Ground Not used Not used Not used Not used Not used I O I O 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 The signal lines shown in Table 2 15 provide for half duplex operation RS 485 is a differential interface which provides for greater immunity against noise and interference This interface will drive cable lengths up to 4000 feet at ...

Page 34: ...the DB25F parallel connector cable supplied with the unit The pinout of J3 is such that it allows the use of a flat ribbon cable between J3 and a PC AT compatible DB25F parallel connector Table 2 16 J3 Pin Assignment Signal Name Function In Out J3 Pin DB25f Pin STROBE Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 ACK BUSY PAPER EMPTY SEL OUT Output data strobe Data bit LSB Data bit MSB C...

Page 35: ...or SEL IN Whichever line you use be sure that your software controls the line in such a way that you get the data direction you desire There are limitations on the total length of cable that can be driven reliably by the ports of the board A full discussion of these limitations is beyond the scope of this manual In general terms the maximum cable length depends on the data rate and on the amount o...

Page 36: ... with one or no standard hard drives There must be no more than two drives standard and SCSI in the system The drivers support up to 56 devices and must be used when more than two are needed The BIOS is configured via switches on the module which is typically embedded in the system The drivers are configured via parameters in the CONFIG SYS file The BIOS only recognizes SCSI targets 0 0 and 1 0 Th...

Page 37: ...n the AFDISK subdirectory are used for drive partitioning and formatting see the API2DOS SYS section Driver Installation The ASPI2DOS SYS and ASPIDISK SYS files need to reside on the boot device Copy these files as well as the AFDISK subdirectory files to that drive For convenience you can store these files in a subdirectory ASPI2DOS SYS and ASPIDISK SYS need to be loaded via the config sys comman...

Page 38: ...t number 7 Specify hx to change this value where x is the desired target number from 0 through 7 inclusive Default AT interrupt level 11 Specify qx to change this value where x is the desired interrupt level and must be one of the following 09 10 11 or 12 The interrupt level switches described at the end of the chapter must be set to match the level chosen by this option Default AT I O address ran...

Page 39: ... sys has two default values Default Minimal messages displayed during drive installa tion Specify d to display useful debugging in formation during installation Default One logical drive will be reserved for removable media devices Specify rx to reserve additional logical drives The number representing the num ber of reserved logical drives is entered in the position indicated by x This com mand l...

Page 40: ...O C C C C O O C C O O C C O C O C O C O C 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 O SCSI Parity Enabled C SCSI Parity Disabled OSCSI Sync Negotiations Enabled C SCSI Negotiations Disabled O SCSI Disconnects Enabled C SCSI Disconnects Disabled O Diagnostic Messages Disabled C Diagnostic Messages Enabled O Open C Closed ...

Page 41: ...rive Format SCSI logical drives or partitions Delete existing partitions AFDISK provides the functional equivalent of the DOS FORMAT and FDISK utilities Use AFDISK on drives to be installed under the drivers do not use DOS utilities AFDISK Operation Locate the diskette shipped with the module and copy the five files in the AFDISK subdirectory into a working subdirectory To run AFDISK simply type A...

Page 42: ...must be determined These options are the following Module Target Number This is a number from 0 to 7 inclusive This number must be unique and is typically defined as 7 for the module host Parity Parity disabled will not check parity on the SCSI bus Parity en abled will allow the module to check parity on the SCSI bus This op tion is typically enabled Synchronous Negotiation When this option is ena...

Page 43: ...1 or 12 may be chosen The level chosen must not con flict with any other interrupts in the system Level 10 is typically used by XVME CPU modules and level 9 is typically used by video control lers Therefore levels 11 or 12 are good choices Diagnostic Messages If diagnostic messages are enabled the BIOS will display detailed informa tion during the SCSI connection phase This lengthens the connectio...

Page 44: ...and 1 0 The BIOS will not recognize any drives with target numbers 2 0 and higher If there are two standard drives the BIOS will not connect any SCSI drives However if there is one standard drive a maximum of one SCSI drive will be connected by the BIOS If there are no standard drives the BIOS will connect a maximum of two SCSI drives Use the drivers to overcome these limitations The BIOS will ass...

Page 45: ...rivers is greater than 1 0 i e with the SCSI drives the boot SCSI drive should be 0 0 and the drive to be installed under drivers should b 2 0 This usually requires a jumper configuration on the second SCSI drive 5 Ensure SW2 positions 1 2 and 3 are set to the desired BIOS address 6 Ensure all driver parameters agree with the switch settings Cable Installation The SCSI devices communicate through ...

Page 46: ...GND GND TERM POWER FUSED GND GND ATN GND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ I O 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 Note Pin 25 is open All remaining odd pins are grounded Specifications Table 3 4 lists the various operational specifications for the SCSI adapter module Table 3 4 Specifications Characteristics PowerRequirements 5V 0 43 A typical 0 63 A maximum Temperatur...

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Page 48: ...ces and verify the jumper settings Jumper Configuration Summary Table 4 1 summarizes the expansion module unit s configuration jumpers Table 4 1 Jumper Option Summary Jumper Function W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 J2 J3 J4 J5 Write enable protect for devices in sockets A and B Jumpering for Sockets A and B Jumpering for Sockets A and B Jumpering for Sockets A and B Interrupt Level Selection Wr...

Page 49: ...XVME 976 Adapter Module 4 4 2 Figure 4 1 Connector and Jumper Locations ...

Page 50: ...r VMEbus Real Mode Window accesses If code on the memory expansion module will require use of the VMEbus Real Mode Window the memory expansion module must reside at D0000H The expansion module requires the use of the entire D0000H segment of 64 Kbytes If another PC AT device resides anywhere within this 64K block e g at D0000H contention will occur if W11 7 8 is open If W11 7 8 is shorted selectin...

Page 51: ...dress selection is shown in Table 4 3 Table 4 3 I O Port Address Selection W11 Jumper Function 5 6 Open Control Register 1 I O address 274h Control Register 2 I O Address 674h 5 6 Shorted Control Register 1 I O address 275h Control Register 2 I O Address 675h Default Board Number W11 Each memory expansion module is identified by a Board Number from 0 to 3 A unique Board Number allows up to four ex...

Page 52: ...ow a trip point se lected by W10 of either 4 75V or 4 5V on board circuitry generates a power fail signal Table 5 5 shows which jumper pins to short at W10 to select the trip level Jumpers at W5 select which interrupt if any to generate when a power fail signal is received The power fail interrupt signal can be connected to any of the IRQ lines on the PC bus or to the IOCHCK line which is a non ma...

Page 53: ...emory Device Configuration W1 4 W6 9 The memory expansion module s four sockets are organized as two groups of two sockets each Configuration for various devices to be used in each group is controlled by jumper arrays W1 4 for sockets A and B and W6 9 for sockets E and F Each group of sockets must contain devices of a single type Different groups of sockets can have different devices For example G...

Page 54: ...h associated with an array of pins as shown in Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 Byte Wide Socket Configuration Jumpering W1 4 and W6 9 Caution When changing the jumper blocks on a jumper array be sure to remove any jumper blocks that may be on the jumper array if they are not specified in the table ...

Page 55: ...evice socket pin 30 becomes device pin 28 etc Figure 4 3 28 Pin Device in a 32 Pin Socket Static RAM Jumpering To install Static RAMs SRAMS jumper the byte wide sockets according to the contents of Table 4 7 and then plug in the devices Connect the off board battery to provide back up power to the SRAMs See the Battery Backup Configuration section in this chapter for details of battery connec tion...

Page 56: ...lent 1 2 for software controlled write enable 2 3 for writing always enabled 2 4 connects back up battery 4 6 if back up battery is not desired To install NOVRAM devices jumper the byte wide sockets according to the contents of Table 4 8 then plug in the devices NOVRAM devices contain batteries therefore off board batteries are not required Table 4 8 NOVRAM Jumpering Name Size Mfgr Pins Jumpering ...

Page 57: ...EC Hitachi Toshiba OKI Intel Intel NEC Intel 28 28 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 6 9 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 1 4 2 3 6 9 7 8 Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open 3 5 4 6 3 5 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 1 3 5 6 1 3 5 6 1 3 5 6 27513 27011 64KP 128KP Intel Intel 28 28 1 ...

Page 58: ... uA by other devices Use of such devices may limit battery life It is your responsibility to determine the proper devices for your application Flash EPROM Jumpering To install Flash EPROMs jumper the byte wide sockets according to the contents of Table 4 10 then plug in the devices Table 4 10 Flash EPROM Jumpering Name Size Bytes Mfgr Pins Jumpering W1 6 W2 7 W3 8 W4 9 28C256 29C256 28F256 28F512 ...

Page 59: ...8 2 3 4 5 5 9 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 Open Open Open Open Open Open 3 5 4 6 3 5 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 1 3 4 6 If 12 volt Flash EPROMs are used you will have to supply the 12 volt pro gramming voltage while programming the devices This can come from the PC bus or an external power supply To use the PC bus voltage connect J3 pins 1 and 2 To use an external power supply connect the 12 volts to J3 pin 2 with th...

Page 60: ...t to on the 32 pin sockets Note In Tables 4 13 through 4 16 From indicates the source of the signal and To indicates the destination of a particular line Table 4 13 Summary of Jumper Array W1 W6 Function Pin From write strobe gated To W2 or W7 pin 5 From write strobe ungated 1 2 3 Table 4 14 Summary of Jumper Array W2 W7 Function Pin From address bit A18 PS2 To socket pin 1 and W3 W8 pin 2 Flash E...

Page 61: ...ct external backup batteries to protect the contents of SRAMs It also discusses important safety aspects of using lith ium batteries Safety Information Note Lithium batteries may explode if mistreated Please observe the following important safety precautions Do not recharge disassemble heat above 100 C 212 F or dispose of in fire Dispose of used batteries promptly KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN External ...

Page 62: ...J4 3 J4 4 Backup Battery 1 3 6 VDC Key no connection Backup Battery 1 3 6 VDC Ground J5 1 J5 2 J5 3 J5 4 Backup Battery 1 3 6 VDC Key no connection Backup Battery 1 3 6 VDC Ground Battery Replacement To maintain backup current to the devices a good battery must be connected to J4 or J5 at all times You can change one battery at a time Figure 4 4 shows the J4 connector See Figure 4 1 for the locati...

Page 63: ...d For proper installation refer to Chapter One for Type B module assembly to the XVME 976 XVME 976 Installation Figure 4 4 shows the front panel assembly of the XVME 976 memory ex pansion module Figure 4 4 XVME 976 Memory Expansion Module Front Panel Assembly ...

Page 64: ...ace the XVME 956 101 module on the XVME 976 making sure the pins on the XVME 976 are aligned with the sockets on the XVME 956 101 3 Connect the battery cable from the front panel to the appropriate con nector on the XVME 956 101 Next secure the front panel to the XVME 976 using the two screws labeled 2 in Figure 4 5 4 Fold the mylar insulator back over the XVME 956 101 and secure it to the XVME 95...

Page 65: ...In systems with multiple XVME 956 101 modules all modules at the same I O port address receive the same information in their control registers However because Board Number is decoded from the contents of Control Register 1 only one module per address is selected At power up and CTRL ALT DEL reset the control registers are reset to all zeros by the BIOS Control Register 1 Functions The contents of ...

Page 66: ...0 Name BD1 BD0 PS1 PS0 SN2 SN1 SN0 Read Write R W R W R W R W R W R W R W R W Description Bits 7 6 BD0 BD1 Board Number Module is selected if these bits match board number jumpering of W11 pins 1 4 Bits 5 4 PS0 PST Page Select Used to select 64K byte pages from larger memory devices PS2 and PS3 are in Control Register 2 Bit 3 Reserved Bits 2 0 SN0 SN2 Socket number in binary where SN0 is the LSB ...

Page 67: ... 2 1 0 Name VB2 VB1 PFIRQ WEN VPP PS3 PS2 Read Write R R R R R W R W R W R W Description Bits 7 6 VB1 2 Battery monitor 1 dead or missing battery Bit 6 battery 1 J4 Bit 7 battery 2 J5 Bits 5 PFIRQ Power fail interrupt status Zero if system not battery power falls below threshold Bit 4 Ampro reserved Always set to 0 Bit 3 WEN Software controlled write protect for SRAMs or Flash EPROMs 1 is write pr...

Page 68: ...ssed later in this chap ter If this bit is one 12 volts is routed to W2 3 and W7 3 Bits 1 and 0 are used to select 64K byte pages of larger memory devices See Figure 4 5 Reading the Registers Both Control Registers are readable Control Register 1 and most of 2 are writable Three read only bits 7 5 in Control Register 2 provide informa tion about the state of the off board batteries and the power f...

Page 69: ...w only part of its contents can appear in the window The part of the device to appear is selected via the PS0 3 bits in the control registers These bits are used as high order address lines A16 through A19 by the memory devices They are set by writing to the control registers with I O instructions A 128 Kbyte device can appear as two 64 Kbyte pages so only PS0 is re quired to select the upper PS0 ...

Page 70: ...ered for a particular board number 0 to 3 corresponding to the values of BD0 and BD1 Only one module per control register I O port address may be jumpered to a given board number At power up the control registers of all XVME 956 101 modules are reset to 0 Multiple XVME 956 101 modules with board number 1 2 or 3 may be used if they are jumpered for different control register I O ports You must be s...

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Page 72: ...BaseT 10Base2 AUI selection Selectable interrupts are IRQ2 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ10 IRQ11 and IRQ12 The 10Base2 DC DC converter can be turned off to minimize power when idle and is automatically disabled when the XVME 956 411 is setup for twisted pair cable use The all CMOS design of the XVME 956 411 plus efficient DC DC converter keeps operating power below 2 watts Standard packet buffer is 16 Kbytes...

Page 73: ...ted internally The internal termination is enabled by setting the shorting jumper on jumper block W1 in the UP position Setting the jumper to the DOWN position disables the internal termination Bus Size Selection The XVME 956 411 can work with 8 and 16 bit CPUs Bus size is normally se lected automatically by sensing the voltage on the PC 104 bus J2 connector pin 34 This is a 5V line on the AT part...

Page 74: ...llation It is necessary to install the module on a PC 104 site to perform the software setup Fol low the steps below to install your module 1 Plug in the Boot ROM chip in U12 if needed 2 Install the Ethernet module on the XVME 956 carrier card Be sure to install the IRQ jumper on the XVME 956 corresponding to the IRQ line the Ethernet mod ule will use ...

Page 75: ...to a different port address you need to specify the new port address when running SET4I29 Because it is possible to forget the port location of a 4I29 card the port address on the command line can be replaced with S This causes SET4I29 to look for the 4I29 card by probing all of the possible 4I29 I O addresses You should not use the S earch option if you know the 4I29 port address as it is not gua...

Page 76: ...rameter Parameter Values Default COMPATIBLE Yes No Yes If COMPATIBLE is Yes the buffer mapping matches the standard size and location for WD8013 and NE2000 compatibility If COMPATIBLE is No and the XVME 956 411 has 64 Kbytes of buffer RAM all buffer RAM is accessible Table 5 4 PORTADD Parameters Parameter Parameter Values Default PORTADD 240 280 2C0 300 320 340 360 300 PORTADD sets the XVME 956 41...

Page 77: ...meter Parameter Parameter Values Default INTERRUPT None IRQ2 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 None INTERRUPT selects the interrupt request line that the XVME 956 411 will drive Note Make sure that no other card in the system uses the same interrupt line ...

Page 78: ...ts the boot PROM location and size NONE means that the boot PROM is disabled Make sure that the boot PROM location does not overlap any memory in the system Table 5 7 CABLETYPE Parameter Parameter Parameter Values Default CABLETYPE TWISTED THIN THICK TWISTEDLOW TWISTED CABLETYPE selects the interface type DC DC converter is enabled when THIN is selected TWISTEDLOW uses the twisted pair interface w...

Page 79: ...ated by address decode only If disabled IOCS16 is generated with IORD and IOWR May be needed with some chips Table 5 10 FASTCHRDY Parameter Parameter Parameter Values Default FASTCHRDY Yes No No If enabled IOCHRDY is generated when BALE goes high If disabled IOCHRDY is generated with IORD and IOWR Note SET4I29 should be run before any network software has been installed or unpredict able behavior ...

Page 80: ...line can be replaced with S This causes SHOW4I29 to look for the XVME 956 411 card by probing all of the possible XVME 956 411 I O addresses You should not use the S earch option if you know the XVME 956 411 port address as it is not guaranteed to work in all cases Note SHOW4I29 should not be run after network software is installed or unpredictable be havior may result Default Configuration The de...

Page 81: ...e installed This terminator can be a BNC terminator if the BNC TEE is used or the internal XVME 956 411 termination option can be used 10BASET When twisted pair networks are used a 10BaseT hub must be supplied You cannot simply connect from one interface card to another when twisted pair is used AUI This connector is provided to external transceivers This connector is a female D SUB connector with...

Page 82: ...nt 4 5 V min 5 5 V max 5 V 125mA max AUI 10BaseT 5 V 250mA max 10Base2 Bus Loading Input capacitance Input leakage current Output drive capability Output sink current 15pF max 5uA max 150pF min 12mA min Table 5 12 Environmental Specifications Characteristic Specification Temperature Operating C version 0 70ºC 32ºF to 158ºF Humidity Operating 0 90 RH non condensing ...

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Page 84: ...sion site J 11 1 14 PMC expansion site J 12 1 15 PNC expansion site J14 1 16 VME P1 1 17 VME P2 1 17 control register 1 XVME 956 101 MEM 4 18 control register 2 XVME 956 101 MEM 4 20 D diagnostic messages SCSI 3 8 drivers SCSI location 3 2 drives multiple 3 10 E electrical specifications Ethernet 5 11 environmental specifications Ethernet 5 11 XVME 976 1 20 expansion modules XVME 976 1 1 F feature...

Page 85: ...r insulator XVME 956 101 MEM 4 17 O options Ethernet location 5 4 programmable 5 1 SCSI 3 7 P pinout See connectors ports SSP serial driver receiver 2 2 power SCSI 3 11 programming interface XVME 956 101 MEM 4 18 R restrictions EPROM 4 11 S search options Ethernet 5 4 5 9 shock XVME 976 1 20 specifications Ethernet 5 11 SCSI 3 11 SSP 2 10 XVME 976 1 2 switch SCSI 3 7 settings 3 4 T target number 3...

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