8 Host Utilities
108
8
Host Utilities
This section describes some of the utilities that can be used with the
Dialogic
®
DSI SPCI Network Interface Boards. See the software environment
Programmer's Manual for details of the
gctload
,
tim
,
tick
,
s7_log
and
s7_play
utilities.
8.1
ssds
8.1.1
Description
The ssds utility interfaces with the device driver for passing messages to and
from the board and controls the downloading software to the board.
The ssds utility also controls the mapping of configured to handle different
modes of addressing for each board within a system. This functionality is
described as Geographic Addressing.
can be based on either the PCI bus enumeration or the ADDR switch setting
on the board.
If ssds is defined as the congestion-handling module for gctload then it will
stop retrieving messages from the board until the congestion abates. Other
congestion handling steps may be required depending on the system
configuration and state.
8.1.2
Syntax
ssds [-v -d]
8.1.3
Command Line Options
The ssds utility supports the following command line options:
-o
This parameter specifies the Geographic Addressing mode of operation. It can
take the following values:
-o1 PCI address mode
-o3 Switch address mode
If the parameter is omitted then operation defaults to PCI address mode.
See section 4.5
Geographic Addressing
for further information.
-a
For Switch address modes it is necessary to specify a second command line
parameter (-a) for ssds containing a list of the addresses for each logical
board position (or board_id) derived from the ADDR switch setting. The
address list format is:
-a6,4,2,3,12,14
Up to a maximum of 16 addresses can be specified in this list.
