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11 1. Product Description This manual contains all the information needed to install and use the EPC-7 VXIbus embedded computer. Additional user an
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10. Support and Service In North America Technical Support RadiSys maintains a technical support phone line at (503) 646-1800 that is staffed weekd
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Repair Services Factory Repair Service is provided for all RadiSys products. Standard service for all RadiSys products cove
Support and Service All non-warranty repairs are subject to service charges. RadiSys has determined that pricing repairs based on time and materials
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AA Appendix A: Interrupts & DMA Channels Interrupts and DMA Channels All of the following interrupts are used on the EPC-7 and cannot be disable
EPC-7 Hardware Reference AAThe assignment of DMA channels is shown in the following table. 0 SCSI or unassigned (see battery-backed register) 1 una
BB Appendix B: I/O Map I/O Map The following defines the I/O addresses decoded by the EPC-7. It does not define addresses that might be deco
EPC-7 Hardware Reference BB 3 minutes alarm 4 hours 5 hours alarm 6 day of week 7 date of month 8 month 9 year
I/O Map F0 Coprocessor Clear coprocessor busy F1 Reset coprocessor Port Functional group Usage BB 1F0 IDE disk controller Data re
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 11 Specifications The following tables define the power and environmental specifications of the EPC-7. They do not include
EPC-7 Hardware Reference BB378 LPT1 parallel port Printer data register 379 Printer status register 37A Printer control register 3F2 F
I/O Map BB Port Functional group Usage8159 MODID upper 815A TTL trigger drive 815B ECL trigger 815C ULA 815D Module status/control 8
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Appendix C: Using the EPC7-AM CCThe EPC7-AM is a factory-installed option which bolts to the right side of the EPC-7 and occupies an additional VXI
EPC-7 Hardware Reference First, set any jumpers or switches on your add-in card. Make sure that any selections you use for IRQ levels, base addresses
Using the EPC-7 AM (Top)Remove these screws CCFigure C-2. EPC-7/EPC7-AM Orientation. ÿ Loosen the front-panel thumb screw shown in Figure C-3 below.
EPC-7 Hardware Reference ÿ Position the add-in card inside the EPC7-AM as shown in Figure C-3 above. Slide the add-in card toward the front panel un
Using the EPC-7 AM ÿ Slide the front-panel retainer clip down until it is secure against the add-in card end plate flange. Tighten the thumb screw.
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I-1 IIIndex A16 43, 44, 45, 68 A24 43, 44, 45, 48, 55, 68 A32 43, 44, 45, 48, 55, 68, 70 ACFAIL 60, 71 address lines 44 address modi
Product Description 11 The following are the environmental specifications of the EPC-7 when it contains floppy and hard disk drives. Characteristic
Index I-2 IICTRL+ALT+ESC 79, 85 CTRL+ALT+ESC keys 16 Current 4 D08 46, 50 D16 46, 47, 50 D32 46, 50 Daisy chain 7, 32 daisy-chain lines 7
Index I-3 II I/O addresses 20 IACK 7, 32 IACK daisy chain 32, 41 IackIn 7 IackOut 7 ID register 54, 62 IDE 24, 29 universal translation mode
Index I-4 II Non-system disk error 88 Offset register 56 onboard cache 27 OS/2 53 P1 connector 31, 34 P2 connector 31 page tables 50, 74 P
Index I-5 IIShock 2, 3 Signal FIFO register 63 Signal interrupt 71 Signal register 57 Signal register FIFO 57, 60 SIMM sockets 78 SIMMs 77,
Index I-6 IImaster data transfer 4 requester 4 slave data transfer 4 specifications 4 system controller 4, 5 VMEbus accesses 43, 44, 45, 48,
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EPC-7 Hardware Reference 11 The following table contains additional specifications. Power and current are measured with hard and floppy drives and no
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2. Before Installation 22Before installing the EPC-7, unpack and inspect it for shipping damage. DO NOT REMOVE ANY MODULES FROM THEIR ANTI-STATI
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 22EPC-7 is not the slot-0 controllerEPC-7 is slot-0 controllerJumpersEPC-7 Rear View Figure 1. EPC-7 Configuration Jumpers.
Before Installation Installing the VXIbus Backplane Jumpers The VXIbus contains several daisy-chained control signals. Most VXIbus backplanes contai
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 22handle any of these signals. Check the manual for each board to be installed to determine if these signals are passed thro
Before Installation Now that you have determined where the jumpers need to be, you must determine how to jumper your particular backplane. VXIbus cha
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 2J1 ConnectorsBG0BG1BG2BG3IACK Figure 4. VXIbus Jumpers or DIP Switches on Front of Chassis. 2The stake pins (front or rear
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3. Installation 33EPC-7 Insertion The EPC-7 is inserted in a VXIbus card cage in the following way: 1. Make sure that power to the VXI system is o
EPC-7 Hardware Reference To insert an EXM, slide the EXM into place in the card guides, push firmly on the EXM front panel to seat the rear cardedge c
Installation If the BIOS produces the message "KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT" at time of power-on or reset, either no keyboard is pr
EPC-7 Hardware Reference External Clock Input 33The EPC-7 provides the option, when it is configured as the slot-0 controller, of deriving the ECL CLK
4. Configuring the BIOS Setup Power-On Screen Display Whenever a hardware reset (power-on or front-panel) occurs on the EPC-7, information is disp
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Some error messages might occur during the execution of the BIOS initialization sequence. If errors occur during the power-
Configuring the BIOS Setup Use the up and down cursor (arrow) keys to move from field to field. For most fields, position the cursor at the field and
EPC-7 Hardware Reference BUS RELEASE METHOD This field entry toggles between two bus release modes: ROR (release on request) and RONR (request on no
Configuring the BIOS Setup The BIOS displays the configuration information in hexadecimal format. RadiSys EPC-7 EXM Setup, System BIOS V3.05 50MHz
EPC-7 Hardware Reference EPC and RadiSys are registered trademarks and EPConnect is a trademark of RadiSys Corporation. OS/2, IBM, EGA,
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Consult the EXM manual for the correct configuration information for each EXM expansion module installed. After all EXMs hav
Configuring the BIOS Setup The Fixed Disk Menu screen looks similar to the one below. RadiSys EPC-7 Fixed Disk Menu, System BIOS V3.05 50MHz, 16 MBy
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 44Drive LabelP1P2 Figure 11. Location of Disk Drive Label. User-Definable Drive Types If the correct AT disk type is not li
Configuring the BIOS Setup The new hard disk may have parameters larger than the allowable maximum. If the drive parameters are greater than the allo
EPC-7 Hardware Reference For low-level formatting of an IDE hard drive, a disk utility must be used, such as DOSUTILS from Ontrack Computer Systems,
5. Theory of Operation This chapter specifies other information about the operation of the EPC-7 that might be useful to the system designer. The b
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Memory Map The 232 byte physical address space seen by the CPU is mapped according to the following table. 5 5Range Conten
Theory of Operation Processor and Memory The processor is a derivative of the Intel 80486 DX. The EPC-7 was designed to work with a variety of models
EPC-7 Hardware Reference For best possible performance, the BIOS initialization software copies 64 KB of the ROM contents into DRAM (called shadowing
Theory of Operation IDE Disk Interface EPC-7 contains an interface for an internal IDE disk drive. The signals for the drive are supplied on the 40-p
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Hardware Warranty RadiSys Corporation ("RadiSys") warrants the EPC system and component modules to the original pur
EPC-7 Hardware Reference MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS DESCRIBED HERE IS PERFORMED IN A STATIC-FREE ENVIRONMENT. First remove the upper two EXM module
Theory of Operation EXM Expansion Interface The EXM expansion interface, an I/O expansion bus, is provided at the rear of the front-panel slots in the
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Slot 0 and System Controller Functions When the EPC-7 is configured as the slot 0 controller, it performs the VXI slot-0 func
Theory of Operation • Bits 0-2 of the interrupt generator register • TTL trigger drive register • External trigger register • VME A31-24 address r
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Printed Circuit Board The following diagram shows areas of interest on the EPC-7 circuit board. 55BatteryFloppy diskconnector
6. Connectors This chapter specifies the details of the connectors of the EPC-7. The DB-9 COM1 serial port connector is defined in the following ta
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 123456 The female DB-25 LPT1 printer and parallel port on the front panel is defined in the following table. 66 Pin Si
Connectors The SCSI connector is a high-density, 50-pin, standard SCSI-2 connector of type AMP 174726-4 or equivalent. The mating connector is AMP pa
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 1 2 The speaker header on the EPC-7 circuit board is defined in the table below. 6 Pin Signal Pin Signal1 Re
Connectors Row A Row B Row C Pin Name Use Name Use Name Use1 D00 IO BBSY* IO D08 IO2 D01 IO BCLR*IO 2 D09 IO3 D02
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EPC-7 Hardware Reference The following table shows the usage of signals on the VXIbus P2 connector. 66 Row A Row B Row C Pin Name Use Na
Connectors The P1 connector below is the "rightmost" one used for power. The connector propagates the bus-grant and IACK daisy chains throug
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Floppy Connector The EPC-7 offers two floppy connectors: a 34-pin connector and a smaller 26-pin connector that is a subset
7. VXIbus Interface This chapter describes the EPC-7 VXIbus interface as seen by a program. Wherever possible, users should avoid direct use of mo
EPC-7 Hardware Reference set for every access using the E-page window. Make sure that those registers not directly supplying address lines are set to
VXIbus Interface When accessing the VMEbus in this manner, the source of the VMEbus address lines is defined below. A32 31 3029 000 From 486 addres
EPC-7 Hardware Reference The EPC-7 contains programmable byte-swapping hardware to allow programs to read or write VMEbus memory in either byte order.
VXIbus Interface 486AddressMotorolaAddressAddrAddr+1Addr+2Addr+3AddrAddr+1Addr+2Addr+3LSBMSB103254761032 54 76AddrAddr+1AddrAddr+1LSBMSB10321032D16Acc
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Slave Accesses from the VMEbus When SLE (Slave Enable) in the status/control register (8145) is set, the EPC-7's dual-po
VXIbus Interface This ability is also useful in system checkout (i.e., checking operation of the backplane) and in giving an EPC-7 program the ability
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EPC-7 Hardware Reference One more case of interest is when the EPC-7 performs a locked access that results in a self access. These function correctly
VXIbus Interface 77 Status/Control Reg, lower SRIE 1 SYSC 1 RDY PASS NOSF RSTP 8144 Status/Control Reg, upper SLE MODI SYSR 1
EPC-7 Hardware Reference MODID / Interrupt Gen Reg MO04 MO03 MO02 MO01 MO00 Interrupt-out 8158 MODID Upper Register MO12 MO11 MO10 MO09 MO08 MO07 M
VXIbus Interface Where a bit position has been described by a 0 or 1, the bit is a ROM bit, and writing to it has no effect. Bit positions labeled &q
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Whenever the EPC-7 is held in the reset state, EVME is masked off (but the register bit is not changed). Bit 0 Set to 0.
VXIbus Interface Since the EPC-7 is a DC device (a device whose ULA can be assigned dynamically by the resource manager), an initial write to this reg
EPC-7 Hardware Reference SRIE SYSRESET input enable. If set, assertion of VXI SYSRESET generates a reset of the EPC-7. One use of this bit is havin
VXIbus Interface 77 Protocol/Signal Reg, lower 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8148 Protocol/Signal Reg, upper 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 8149A
EPC-7 Hardware Reference MLCK This EPC-7 specific bit is used for synchronization of messages from multi-ple senders, something not provided for in t
VXIbus Interface 77 VME Modifier Register VME WA23-22 BORD IACK AM5 AM4 AM2 AM1 8151This register is also used when the EPC-7 makes an a
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 5. Theory of Operation...25 Memory M
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 77 VME Event State Register 1 1 VXRCP SIGR WDT ACFA BERR SYSF 8154Similar to the interrupt state register, this regis
VXIbus Interface MODID / Interrupt Gen Reg MO04 MO03 MO02 MO01 MO00 Interrupt-out 8158This register serves two purposes: driving the VXI MODID lin
EPC-7 Hardware Reference ECL Trigger / Misc Reg ES1 ES0 ED1 ED0 VXR SBER 1 BSAM 815BThis read/write register contains the following bits: ES
VXIbus Interface 77 Module Status/Control Reg 1 IST 1 BTOEWDTR FWDT 1 1 815DThis register contains the following miscellaneous status and
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 77 TTL Trigger Latch Register TTL7 TTL6 TTL5 TTL4 TTL3 TTL2 TTL1 TTL0 8161This register catches assertions of t
VXIbus Interface 77 Trig Interrupt Enable Reg TTI7 TTI6 TTI5 TTI4 TTI3 TTI2 TTI1 TTI0 8164This is a mask of the interrupt conditions i
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 15 8 7 0 Alternate Response Register 11111111 Copy of response register, lower xx20 bits 7-0 LOCK 1 ABMH SIG
VXIbus Interface VXIbus Mapped Registers The EPC-7 contains a set of configuration and operational registers mapped into the VXIbus A16 address space
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Supported Address Modifiers 77 2Dh A16 supervisor 39h A24 non-privileged data 3Ah A24 non-privileged program 3Dh A24 s
VXIbus Interface 3. The unused address lines A31-A16 may float when not being used. Registers 8150 and 8130 must be set so that each line is a 1.
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EPC-7 Hardware Reference 6. Read the data. Data ← value pointed to by Addr Microsoft C code for Example 1 - #define WORD unsigned short #defin
VXIbus Interface 5. Set register 8130 with the value corresponding to bits 21-16 of the VMEbus address with the two low order bits of the register se
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 77IRQ1IRQ2IRQ3IRQ4IRQ5IRQ6IRQ7RRDYWRDYSYSFAILBERR ACFAILWDTSIGNAL FIFOVXRCPPC architectureIRQ10VXIbusinterruptsVMEinterruptst
VXIbus Interface The state registers can also be read by non-interrupt-handler software to poll for the state of these signals. The enable registers a
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Read-Modify-Write Operations The EPC-7 provides synchronization integrity in its local DRAM between accesses from the 486 int
VXIbus Interface In the soft reset state, a device is inactive, interrupts which are pending are unasserted, and all pending bus requests are removed.
EPC-7 Hardware Reference IF SBER is asserted by itself, then a BERR response occurred to one of the VME accesses. If both SBER and VXR bits are assert
8. Upgrades DO NOT HANDLE THE EPC-7 MODULE UNLESS YOU ARE IN A STATIC-FREE ENVIRONMENT. Memory The EPC-7 can be configured for 4 MB, 8 MB, 16 M
EPC-7 Hardware Reference • 72 pin • fast page mode • 60 nanosec. (or better) • single-sided or double-sided For 8 MB, Use 2 each 1M x 36 SIM
Upgrades FloppyHard DiskP2P1SIMMsBatteryEPC-7Front1 2 3 4 Figure 18. Location of SIMM sockets. After upgrading the memory, reboot the system. The
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Figures Figure 1. EPC-7 Configuration Jumpers... 6 Figure 2. Daisy-Chain Signa
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9. Troubleshooting & Error Messages Troubleshooting This section deals with problems that you may encounter that do not provide an error messag
EPC-7 Hardware Reference 99 Symptoms Possible cause(s) SolutionSystem fails at power-up -will not run power-on self-test. The system is not gettin
Troubleshooting & Error Messages System will not talk across VMEbus. The VMEbus backplane may not be jumpered correctly. More tha
EPC-7 Hardware Reference Common Error Messages This section contains a summary of error and warning messages alphabetized by message text. These are
Troubleshooting & Error Messages DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR - RUN SETUP Problem: The floppy diskette installed in the system does n
EPC-7 Hardware Reference FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT Problem: The configuration information in the BIOS setup says that one or more
Troubleshooting & Error Messages The keyboard may not be a valid PC/AT keyboard (e.g., it is a PC/XT-only or PS/2 keyboard). If this is the ca
EPC-7 Hardware Reference NON-SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR REPLACE AND PRESS ANY KEY WHEN READY Problem: This is caused by an attempt to boot from a disk
Troubleshooting & Error Messages REAL TIME CLOCK ERROR - RUN SETUP Problem: The battery-backed TOD clock is incorrect. Solution(s): Run the B
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