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CONTENTS
MANUAL ORGANIZATION .....................................................................................................................4
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................5
ABOUT THE ZT 8995 INTERFACE .............................................................................................5
PRODUCT DEFINITION .................................................................................................5
FEATURES ....................................................................................................................6
FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS ..............................................................................................................7
LAN INTERFACE (DP83905)..........................................................................................8
SERIAL INTERFACE (DP83905) ....................................................................................8
TRANSCEIVER INTERFACE (DP8392)..........................................................................9
PACKET RAM BUFFER .................................................................................................9
USER PROM SOCKET...................................................................................................9
INTERRUPT CAPABILITY ..............................................................................................9
DIAGNOSTIC LEDS .......................................................................................................9
ZT 97115 SOFTWARE DISK.......................................................................................................9
ZT 97115 PRODUCT DEFINITION ...............................................................................10
2. GETTING STARTED .........................................................................................................................12
UNPACKING.............................................................................................................................12
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................12
MEMORY REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................13
PROCESSOR COMPATIBILITY................................................................................................14
DEFAULT CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................14
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION................................................................................................15
USING THE SETUP PROGRAM ..................................................................................15
SHARED MEMORY MODE OPERATION .....................................................................26
CONFIGURING MULTIPLE BOARDS...........................................................................29
TESTING A BOARD .....................................................................................................29
INSTALLING THE DRIVERS ........................................................................................30
TROUBLESHOOTING HINTS ...................................................................................................30
FURTHER INFORMATION .......................................................................................................32
3. THEORY OF OPERATION ................................................................................................................33
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS........................................................................................33
STD INTERFACE......................................................................................................................34
I/O PORT DECODE......................................................................................................35
SHARED MEMORY ADDRESSING..............................................................................35
INTERRUPTS...............................................................................................................36
WAIT STATES..............................................................................................................37
ETHERNET INTERFACE ..........................................................................................................37
TWISTED-PAIR ETHERNET (10BASET) CONNECTOR ..............................................39
ETHERNET (AUI) CONNECTOR..................................................................................39
THIN ETHERNET (BNC) CONNECTOR .......................................................................40
DIAGNOSTIC LEDS..................................................................................................................40
A. JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS ..........................................................................................................41
JUMPER DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................................................................43
W1 (CHASSIS GROUND TO LOGIC GROUND)...........................................................43
W2 (AT/LANTIC POWER-ON CONFIGURATION) ........................................................43
W3 (ISP PAL PROGRAM ENABLE)..............................................................................44
W4-W7 (24-BIT ADDRESS SELECTION) .....................................................................44
W8,9,15 (SHARED MEMORY BLOCK LOCATION) ......................................................45
W10 (THIN ETHERNET ENABLE) ................................................................................45
W11-W14 (INTERRUPT SIGNAL SELECTION)............................................................46
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