PEX 8648-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual, Version 1.2
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3.6 Hardware
Strapping
Balls
The PEX 8648 switch has several Strapping balls that provide the capability to perform various types of hardware
initialization, without the use of software. These Strapping balls are brought out to a bank of eight DIP switches on
the PEX 8648 RDK base board – SW1, SW11, SW4, SW5, SW9, SW6, SW2, and SW10. (Refer to
Figure 17
.)
Table 3
defines each DIP switch and its default settings.
Figure 17. PEX 8648 RDK Base Board Hardware Strapping DIP Switches – SW1, SW11,
SW4, SW5, SW9, SW6, SW2, and SW10, Default Settings