VSC8514 Evaluation Board
VPPD-03695 VSC8514 User Guide Revision 1.0
Contents
1 Revision History ............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Revision 1.0 ........................................................................................................................................ 1
2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 2
3 General Description ....................................................................................................................... 3
3.1 Key Features ....................................................................................................................................... 3
3.1.1
Copper Port RJ45 Connections ................................................................................................................ 3
3.1.2
Zarlink ZL30343 SyncE G.8262/SETS ........................................................................................................ 3
3.1.3
External RefClk Option ............................................................................................................................ 4
3.1.4
Recovered Clocks .................................................................................................................................... 4
4 Quick Start ..................................................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Connecting the Power Supply ............................................................................................................ 5
4.2 PC Software Installation ..................................................................................................................... 5
4.3 Connecting to the Board to the PC ..................................................................................................... 5
4.3.1
Changing the IP Address of the Board ..................................................................................................... 5
4.4 Using the Control Software ................................................................................................................ 6
4.4.1
Board Initialization .................................................................................................................................. 7
4.4.2
Copper Media Operation (Auto-negotiation Enabled) ............................................................................ 7
4.4.3
Sync-E Operation ..................................................................................................................................... 8
4.5 Useful Registers .................................................................................................................................. 8
4.5.1
Ethernet Packet Generator ..................................................................................................................... 8
4.5.2
Copper PHY Error Counters ..................................................................................................................... 8
4.5.3
Near-End Loopback ................................................................................................................................. 8
4.5.4
Far-End Loopback .................................................................................................................................... 8
4.5.5
QSGMII SerDes Loopback ........................................................................................................................ 8
5 Additional Information .................................................................................................................. 9
