Specifications

Contents
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Appendix C: Connectors
RS-232 Port (COM1)........................................................................................................................................ 59
RS-422/485 Port (COM2)................................................................................................................................. 59
Parallel Port....................................................................................................................................................... 60
Keyboard........................................................................................................................................................... 60
VGA.................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Ethernet............................................................................................................................................................. 61
Appendix D: Memory
Memory............................................................................................................................................................. 63
Appendix E: Subplanes
Subplane Installation......................................................................................................................................... 65
EXP-BP1 Subplane.................................................................................................................................... 65
EXP-BP2 Subplane.................................................................................................................................... 66
EXP-BP4 Subplane.................................................................................................................................... 67
EXP-BP3A Subplane................................................................................................................................. 68
EXP-BP5 Subplane.................................................................................................................................... 69
EXP-BP4A Subplane................................................................................................................................. 70
EXP-BP6 Subplane.................................................................................................................................... 71
Appendix F: Registers
Registers Specific to the EPC-8A..................................................................................................................... 73
Configuration (8102h) ...................................................................................................................................... 74
VME A21–16 Address Register (8130h).......................................................................................................... 75
ID Register (8140h and 8141h) ........................................................................................................................ 75
Device Type Register (8142h and 8143h) ........................................................................................................ 75
Status/Control Register (8144h and 8145h)...................................................................................................... 75
Reserved (8146h and 8147h) ............................................................................................................................ 76
Protocol Register/Signal FIFO (8148h and 8149h) .......................................................................................... 77
Response Register (814Ah and 814Bh)............................................................................................................ 77
Reserved (814C and 814D)............................................................................................................................... 79
Message Low Register (814Eh and 814Fh)...................................................................................................... 79
VME A31–24 Address Register (8150h).......................................................................................................... 79
VME Modifier Register (8151h) ...................................................................................................................... 79
VME Interrupt State Register (8152h).............................................................................................................. 80
VME Interrupt Enable Register (8153h) .......................................................................................................... 80
VME Event State Register (8154h) .................................................................................................................. 80
VME Event Enable Register (8155h)............................................................................................................... 80
VME Interrupt Generator Register (8158h)...................................................................................................... 81
Unique Logical Address Register (815Ch)....................................................................................................... 81
Module Status/Control Register (815Dh)......................................................................................................... 81
VMEbus Mapped Registers.............................................................................................................................. 82
Appendix G: XFORMAT Software for the EPC-8A
XFORMAT Software ....................................................................................................................................... 83
Appendix H: AUTOSET Software
AUTOSET Software......................................................................................................................................... 85
Installing the Software...................................................................................................................................... 85
Using the AUTOSET Program.................................................................................................................. 85
Novell Configuration................................................................................................................................. 87
I/O Base Address....................................................................................................................................... 87
Adapter Architecture ................................................................................................................................. 88
Interrupts.................................................................................................................................................... 88