Corvus Omninet/4 User manual

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PC

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Card

Installation

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in a

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radio

and

TV reception reQuir-

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WARRANTY

Hardwa,e

Corvus

'warrants

its

hardware

products

against

defects

in

materials

and

workmanship

under

normal use

for

a

period

of

12

months from the

date

of

purchase

from

a rescUer

or

Corvus products.

If

Corvus is

notified

of

such

defects

during

the

warranty

period Corvus will.

at

its

option.

either

repair

or

replace

the

hardware

products

that

prove to be defective.

Repairs

will

be

perrormed

and

defective

parts

replaced

with

either

new

or

reconditioned

parts. Corvus docs not

warrant

that

the

operation

of

the

hardware

will be

uninterrupted

or

error-Cree.

.Table

of

Contents

Configuring

the

Omninet/4

Transporter

Card

General

Information

2

Network

Device

(Node)

Address

and

Speed 3

Memory

Base

Address

6

I/O

Base

Address

7

Interrupt

Request

Line

9

Boot

PROM

and

Jumpers

9

Installing

the

Transporter

Card

in

Your

Computer

10

Specifications

12

2

Omninet/4

PC

Transporter

Card

Configuring

the

Omninet/4

Transporter

Card

Your

Omninet/4

Transporter

card

has

switches

that

let

you

set

values

for

four

of

its

operating

characteristics.

Before

you

install

the

card,

you

will

at

least

have

to set

the

device

address

for

your

computer.

You

should

also

check

the

other

switch

settings

and

change

them

as

needed

or

confirm

that

they

are

correctly

set

to

their

default

values.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Switch-selectable

values

on

the

Omninet/4

Transporter

card

include

•

Network

device

(node)

address

and

speed

•

Memory

base

address

•

I/O

base

address

•

Interrupt

request

line

The

Omninet/4

Transporter

card's

dual-port

memory

uses

16

kilobytes

of

your

computer's

address

space.

The

dual-

port

memory,

accessible

by

both

the

Transporter

card

controller

device

and

the

host

computer,

is used

for

the

exchange

of

data

moving

to

and

from

the

network.

The

memory base address is

the

starting

address

of

this

16-

kilobyte

block

of

addresses.

Similarly,

the

Transporter

card

requires

I/O

addresses

through

which

to

exchange

command

and

status

informa-

tion

with

the

host

computer.

The

I/O

base address is

the

first

address

of

a

block

of

16

I/O

addresses

that

the

card

uses.

The

interrupt request line is

the

means

by

which

the

Transporter

card

signals

the

host

computer

when

action

on

the

part

of

the

host

is

required.

Corvus

Systems, Inc.

Installa

tion

Guide

3

No

two

devices

in

a

computer

can

share

the

same

memory,

I/O

addresses,

or

interrupt

request

lines

at

the

same

time.

The

Omninet/4

Transporter

card

uses

the

following

default

memory,

I/O

addresses,

and

interrupt

request

line:

Memory

I/O

addresses

Interrupt

request

line

ODCOOO-ODFFFF

240-24F

IRQ2

It

is possible

for

conflicts

to

occur

between

a

Transporter

card,

EMS

cards,

tape

controllers,

modem

or

asynch

cards,

or

SCSI

con

trollers.

You

should

compare

the

Transporter

card

default

values

with

those

for

memory,

I/O

address,

and

interrupt

request

lines

used

by

other

devices

in

the

computer

to

determine

whether

there

are

any

conflicts.

If

that

information

is

not

available,

you

can

install

the

Transporter

card

and,

before

you

attach

the

computer

to

the

network,

check

to

see

that

the

other

devices

are

still

working

correctly.

If

they

appear

to be

working

properly,

there

may

be no

conflicts;

however,

it

is possible

that

conflicts

may

occur

only

under

particular

circumstances.

You

can

change

the

memory

base

address,

the

I/O

base

address,

or

the

interrupt

request

line

on

the

Transporter

card

as necessary.

These

values

should

be

changed

only

if

your

network

operating

system

will

permit

the

changes.

The

locations

of

the

switches

for

changing

these

values

and

their

meanings

are

shown

in

Figure

2.

NETWORK

DEVICE

(NODE)

ADDRESS AND

SPEED

The

switch

for

setting

the

network

device

address

and

card

operating

speed is

located

on

the

end

of

the

card,

accessible

through

a

cutout

in

the

card

retainer,

as

illustrated

in

Figure

1 below.

Allowable

addresses

are

0

through

63,

and

the

device

address

of

your

computer

must

be

different

from

the

address

of

any

other

device

on

your

I

Corvus,Systems, Inc.

Omninet/4

PC

Transporter

Card

network.

Your

network

manager

should

be

able

to give

you

an

address

for

your

computer.

Network Activity

Indicator

Figure

1.

End

view

of

Omninet/4

Transporter

Network

Interface

Card,

showing

network

activity

indicator,

device

address

switch,

and

network

drop

cable

connector.

The

ON

position

of

the

switches is

down--toward

the

numbers.

The

network

activity

indicator

lights

when

the

card

is

transmitting

data

onto

the

network.

The

network

device

address

is set

with

switches

1-6.

The

ON

position

of

these

switches

is

down--toward

the

numbers. Set

the

switches

to

the

device

address

assigned

to

your

node

according

to

the

settings

shown

in

Table

1.

Make a

note

of

your

device

address

for

reference.

Switch

7 is

not

used--set

it

to

the

OFF

position.

Switch

8·sets

the

operating

speed

of

.the·

Transporter

card.

ON

(down)

is 1 Mbps;

OFF

(up)

is 4 Mbps

(the

default

set-

ting). Be

sure

that

the

speed

switch

is

set

correctly.

One

card

set

at

the

wrong

speed on a

network

will

prevent

the

network

from

operating.

Also be

sure

that

switch

7 is

OFF.

Corvus

Systems, Inc.

Installation

Guide

SwItch

Setting

SwItch

Setting

Address 1 2 3

456

Address

1 2 3 4 5 6

0

••

32

•

••

c

1 C • ••

••

33

C

••

c

2 • C

••••

34

•C •

••

c

3 C C

••

35

C C •

••

c

4 ••C •

••

36

••

c • • c

5 C • C •

••

37

c.

c • • c

6 • C

c.

••

38

.c

c • • c

7

CC

C • ••

39

CC

C •

.c

8

••

• C •• 40

••

.c.c

9 o • • 0 ••

41

C • • c

.c

10

• C • C

••

42

.0

.c

11

00

.0

•• 43

CO

.c.c

12

••C 0 ••

44

••

00

.0

13

C •

cc

••

45 C •

cc

.0

14

• C

Oc

••

46

• 0

00

.0

15

OC

o 0

••

47

o 0

00

.0

16

••••o •

48

••

oc

17

o •

••

o •

49

C •

••

CC

18

• C

••

C •

50

• 0

••

CC

19

C 0

••

O.

51

C 0

••

CC

20 ••o •

O.

52 ••

c.

OC

21

O.

o •

53

o •

O.

CC

22 • 0

O. O.

54

• 0

O.

CO

23

CC

O. O.

55 o C

O.

00

24

••

.c

O.

56

• • • c

CO

25 C • • 0 C •

57

c • • 0

CC

26

• 0

.0

O.

58

.c

00

27

oc

.c

O.

59

CC

.c

CC

28

••

oc

c.

60

••

co

CO

29

C.

CO

C.

61

C.

oc

CC

30

.c

CC

O.

62

.c

OC

CC

31

CC

OC

C • 63

CC

Address 1 2 3

456

Address 1 2 3

456

SWItch

Setting

SWItch

Setting

•

ON

C

OFF

Table

1.

Network

address

switch

set-

tings.

ON

is down;

toward

the

number.

5

Corvus Systems, Inc.

6

Omninet/4

PC

Transporter

Card

c:::::::::]

[::::::::::::::::::]

~o

t::::=l

c::::::::)

0

c:::::::::]

C:;Lc::::J

c::::J

c:::::::)

0 0

j;C;C~

...

~~~

~a~~

0 0

c::::::::)

c::::J

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n~~

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c:::::::]

c::::J

~

II

.

II

I.::::::::::!

BB

c::::Jc::::Jc::::J

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Figure

2.

Omninet/4

Transporter

Network

Interface

Card,

showing

locations

of

switches

for

setting

memory

base

ad-

dress,

I/O

base

address,

and

interrupt

request

line.

MEMORY

BASE

ADDRESS

The

default

memory

base

address

for

the

Omninet/4

Transporter

card

is

ODCOOOh.

The

memory

base

address

is

set

with

the

leftmost

three

switches

(I,

2,

and

3),

labeled

MA16, MA1S,

and

MA14

of

switch

unit

SWI.

Memory

base

addresses

and

their

corresponding

switch

settings

are

shown

in

Table

2.

Corvus

Systems, Inc.

Installation

Guide

Memory

Switch

Base 1 2 3

Addr~ss

{MA16}

{MAl~}

{MA14}

OCOOOO

1 1 1

OC4000 1 1 0

OC8000 1 0 1

OCCOOO

1 0 0

000000

0 1 1

004000

0 1 0

008000

0 0 1

·OOCOOO

0 0 0

Table

2. Memory

base

address

switch

settings.

l=ON;

O=OFF.

The

asterisk

(*)

indica

tes

the

deC

ault

setting.

I/O

BASE ADDRESS

The

default

I/O

base

address

is 240h.

The

I/O

base

address

is

set

with

the

rightmost

five

switches

(4-8),

labeled

IA8-IA4

of

switch

unit

SWI.

I/O

base

addresses

and

their

corresponding

switch

settings

are

shown

in

Table

3.

7

Corvus

Systems, Inc.

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Omninet/4

PC

Transporter

Card

I/O

Switch

Base 4 5 6 7 8

Addr~s~

!lAn

lIA7l

lIA6l

(lAS)

(lA4)

200 1 1 1 1 1

210 1 1 1 1 0

220 1 1 1 0 1

230 1 1 1 0 0

·240

1 1 0 1 1

250 1 1 0 1 0

260 1 1 0 0 1

270 1 1 0 0 0

280 1 0 1 1 1

290 1 0 1 1 0

2AO

1 0 1 0 1

2BO

1 0 1 0 0

2CO

1 0 0 1 1

200

1 0 0 1 0

2EO

1 0 0 0 1

2FO 1 0 0 0 0

300 0 1 I 1 1

310 0 1 I 1 0

320 0

I,

I 0 1

330 0 1 1 0 0

340 0 1 0 1 1

350 0 1 0 1 0

360 0 1 0 0 1

370 0 1 0 0 0

380 0 0 1 1 1

390 0 0 1 1 0

3AO

0 0 1 0 1

3BO

0 0 1 0 0

3CO

0 0 0 1 1

300

0 0 0 1 0

3EO

0 0 0 0 1

3FO

0 0 0 0 0

Table

3.

I/O

base

addresses

and

switch

settings.

l=ON;

O=OFF.

The

asterisk

(*)

indicates

the

de-

fault

setting.

Corvus

Systems,

Inc.

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