Installation manual

AT-1500 Plug and Play

The

/CR

and

/CW

parameters are used instead of the command-

line configuration switches to create a configuration file that

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can use to configure subsequent cards. You use the

/CW

switch to create a file from an adapter card and the

/CR switch to configure a card by reading the configuration from

the file. Alternatively, you can create a configuration file using a

text editor. This file is an ASCII file that must contain ALL

parameter values IN ORDER. The order is shown in Table 5.

Installing More than One Card

You can install up to four Allied Telesyn AT-1500 adapter cards

in the same computer, although a maximum of three is frequently

observed for speed/bus resource reasons. Each card requires its

own unique I/O resources (I/O port, IRQ, and DMA) and its own

driver loaded or the same driver loaded on a re-entrant basis. If

more than one card is installed in the host when you run

CardAssistant, the configuration window displays a column of

settings for each card. You can tell which column is for which

card by checking the node address. The displayed node address

agrees with the address label on the card itself.

Table 5: Parameter Order in Conﬁguration Batch File

Parameter Function

Board instance The identifier of the adapter card being configured; the first

adapter card is 1

Base I/O

address

First address in hex of the I/O port

IRQ Selected interrupt request line

DMA Selected Direct Memory Access channel

Media Selected Ethernet medium or AUTO SELECT

Boot ROM Boot ROM address or DISABLE