DY 4 Systems PMC-700-X00 User manual

Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality
new and certied-used/pre-owned equipment
• FAST SHIPPING AND
DELIVERY
• TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
IN-STOCK ITEMS
• EQUIPMENT DEMOS
• HUNDREDS OF
MANUFACTURERS
SUPPORTED
• LEASING/MONTHLY
RENTALS
• ITAR CERTIFIED
SECURE ASSET SOLUTIONS
SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS
Experienced engineers and technicians on staff
at our full-service, in-house repair center
WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT
Sell your excess, underutilized, and idle used equipment
We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins
www.artisantg.com/WeBuyEquipment
REMOTE INSPECTION
Remotely inspect equipment before purchasing with
our interactive website at www.instraview.com
LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION?
Visit us on the web at www.artisantg.com for more
information on price quotations, drivers, technical
specications, manuals, and documentation
Contact us: (888) 88-SOURCE | [e-mail] | www.artisantg.com
SM
View
Instra

Document Number:
Revision:
Date:
DY 4 Systems Inc.
333 Palladium Drive
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
K2V 1A6
[phone]
PMC-700-X00
Graphics Controller
User’s Manual
809789
2
December 2000
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
ii 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Revision History
Copyright Notice
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and
should not be construed as a commitment by DY 4 Systems Inc. While
reasonable precautions have been taken, DY 4 Systems Inc. assumes no
responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document.
No part of this document may be copied or reproduced without the prior
written consent of DY 4 Systems Inc.
The proprietary information contained in this document must not be disclosed
to others for any purpose, nor used for manufacturing purposes, without
written permission of DY 4 Systems Inc. The acceptance of thisdocument will
be construed as an acceptance of the foregoing condition.
Copyright © 2000, DY 4 Systems Inc. All rights reserved.
Trademarks
3Dlabs is a registered trademark of 3Dlabs Inc., Ltd.
Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation.
OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
PanelLink is a registered trademark of Silicon Image, Inc.
Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
Permedia is a registered trademark of 3Dlabs Inc., Ltd.
PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Seawind is a trademark of Seaweed Systems, Inc.
VxWorks is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc.
Windows, Windows NT, MS, and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
X Window System is a trademark of the X Consortium.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.
Rev By Date Description
1 BJ July 2000 First release
2 BJ December 2000 Corrected Table 3.2 on page 3-8.
Added P0 cable information.
Added information on inserting PMC-700-X00 in PMC slot 1 of a basecard.
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. Table of Contents
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 iii
Table of Contents
Preface...........................................................................................................................................................ix
Purpose ...................................................................................................................................................ix
Audience.................................................................................................................................................ix
Scope ......................................................................................................................................................ix
Related Documents.................................................................................................................................ix
Conventions Used in this Manual............................................................................................................x
Reference Documentation .................................................................................................................... xii
1. Product Overview........................................................................................................1-1
General Description ................................................................................................................................... 1-3
Feature Summary....................................................................................................................................... 1-4
Technical Description ................................................................................................................................ 1-5
Clock Circuitry.................................................................................................................................... 1-5
Permedia3............................................................................................................................................ 1-5
Reset .................................................................................................................................................... 1-5
PCI Bus Interface................................................................................................................................. 1-5
PCI Bus Arbitration............................................................................................................................. 1-5
PCI Address Decoding ........................................................................................................................ 1-6
Local Registers.................................................................................................................................... 1-6
Memory ............................................................................................................................................... 1-6
Input/Output......................................................................................................................................... 1-6
Physical Characteristics ............................................................................................................................. 1-7
Dimensions.......................................................................................................................................... 1-8
Weight ................................................................................................................................................. 1-8
Mating Connectors .............................................................................................................................. 1-8
Overview of Available Software................................................................................................................ 1-8
SeaWind............................................................................................................................................... 1-8
2. Pre-Installation Tasks .................................................................................................2-1
Unpacking the Card.................................................................................................................................... 2-3
Checking Hardware Requirements ............................................................................................................ 2-4
Chassis Requirements.......................................................................................................................... 2-4
Power Requirements............................................................................................................................ 2-4
Cable Requirements............................................................................................................................. 2-4
3. Hardware Installation on a DY 4 PowerPC™ Basecard...........................................3-1
Installation Procedure Summary - PowerPC Basecard..............................................................................3-3
Installation Procedure - PowerPC Basecard .............................................................................................. 3-4
Before You Begin................................................................................................................................ 3-4
Unpack and Configure the Cards......................................................................................................... 3-4
Install the PMC-700-X00 on the Basecard.......................................................................................... 3-4
Choosing a VME Slot Location........................................................................................................... 3-4
Insert the Basecard in the Chassis ....................................................................................................... 3-4
Connect the Basecard to a Terminal.................................................................................................... 3-5
Connect a Monitor............................................................................................................................... 3-8
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
iv 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Apply Power.......................................................................................................................................3-10
Display the GPM Prompt...................................................................................................................3-10
Boot the Operating System ................................................................................................................3-11
Install the PMC-700 Software............................................................................................................3-11
4. Hardware Installation on a DY 4 Pentium™ Basecard............................................ 4-1
Installation Procedure Summary - Pentium Basecard ................................................................................4-3
Installation Procedure - DY 4 Pentium Basecard.......................................................................................4-4
Before You Begin... .............................................................................................................................4-4
Unpack and Configure the Cards.........................................................................................................4-4
Install the PMC-700 on the Basecard...................................................................................................4-4
Choosing a Slot Location.....................................................................................................................4-4
Insert the Basecard in the Chassis........................................................................................................4-5
Connect a Keyboard and Mouse..........................................................................................................4-5
Connect a Monitor................................................................................................................................4-6
Power Up the Chassis...........................................................................................................................4-8
Set Up the BIOS...................................................................................................................................4-8
Connect a Floppy Drive, Hard Drive, and a CD Drive........................................................................4-8
Install the Operating System and Software Drivers.............................................................................4-8
Install the 3DLabs Software Drivers....................................................................................................4-8
A. PN1, PN2, and PN4 Interface Pin-outs......................................................................A-1
PMC Connector Pin Assignments.............................................................................................................A-3
PMC Connector PN1...........................................................................................................................A-3
PMC Connector PN2...........................................................................................................................A-4
PMC Connector PN4...........................................................................................................................A-5
Index................................................................................................................................... I-1
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. List of Figures
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 v
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: PMC-700-X00 Functional Block Diagram................................................................ 1-3
Figure 1.2: PMC-700-X00 Component Side Layout ................................................................... 1-7
Figure 1.3: Solder Side Layout..................................................................................................... 1-7
Figure 3.1: CBL-700-000 P2 Cable (901433-003) ......................................................................3-5
Figure 3.2: CBL-700-001 P0 Cable (901434-001) ......................................................................3-6
Figure 4.1: Backpack Module ......................................................................................................4-6
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
vi 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. List of Tables
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 vii
List of Tables
Table 1: Typographical Conventions...........................................................................................x
Table 2: Signal Conventions........................................................................................................x
Table 3: Abbreviations............................................................................................................... xi
Table 1.1: PCI Address Regions................................................................................................. 1-6
Table 1.2: PMC-700-X00 Weight............................................................................................... 1-8
Table 2.1: Power Requirements.................................................................................................. 2-4
Table 3.1: Discrete Digital I/O Connector (J4) Pinout ............................................................... 3-6
Table 3.2: Signal Mapping from Basecard P2 Connector to Video Connectors ........................ 3-8
Table 3.3: Signal Mapping from Basecard P0 Connector to Video Connectors ........................ 3-9
Table 4.1: Video Signal Pinout for J29 and J30 Backpack Headers........................................... 4-7
Table A.1: PN1 Connector.......................................................................................................... A-3
Table A.2: PN2 Connector.......................................................................................................... A-4
Table A.3: PN4 Connector.......................................................................................................... A-5
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
viii 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. Preface
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 ix
Preface
Purpose This manual provides an overview of the PMC-700-X00 graphics controller.
AfterexplainingthecapabilitiesofthePMC-700-X00,themanualprovidesthe
procedure for correctly installing it and checking its operation.
Audience This document is aimed at readers with a technical understanding of hardware
engineeringfundamentals,aswellasabasicunderstandingoftheVMEbusand
computer graphics hardware and software.
Scope This manual contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1 - Product Overview. This chapter provides an overview of the
features and functions of the PMC-700-X00.
Chapter 2 - Pre-Installation Tasks. This chapter discusses tasks that must be
performed beforeinstalling the PMC-700-X00 in asystem, including checking
power requirements.
Chapter 3 - Hardware Installation on a PowerPC™Single Board
Computer. This chapter explains how to install the PMC-700-X00 and the
PowerPC Single Board Computer (SBC) into a VME chassis and verify that it
is operating correctly.
Chapter 4 - Hardware Installation on a Pentium™ Single Board
Computer. This chapter explains how to install the PMC-700-X00 and the
Intel-based Single Board Computer (SBC) into a VME chassis and verify that
it is operating correctly.
Appendix A - Connector Pin Assignments. This appendix lists the interface
connector pinouts for the PMC-700-X00 and for the SVME/DMV-179 with
PMC-700-X00 attached and SVME/DMV-192 with PMC-700 attached.
Related
Documents For detailed information about the Single Board Computer on which your
PMC-700-X00 is installed, refer to its Getting Started Manual and Hardware
User’s Manual.
Chapter 1 of the BSP Target Document for your basecard explains how to
install the BSP on a PowerPC basecard.
For information on installing the PMC-700-X00 software, see Chapter3 of the
SeaWind X Window System User’s Manual and Chapter 3 of the SeaWind X
Window System Server User’s Manual.
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
x809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Conventions Used
in this Manual This document and the accompanying documents in the documentation
package use various icon conventions and abbreviations to make the
documents clearer and easier to read. These conventions cover typography for
such elements as sample software code and keystrokes, signal meanings, and
graphical elements for important information such as warnings or cautions.
Typographic
Conventions Table 1 lists the typographical conventions used in this documentation
package.
Signal Conventions Table 2 lists symbols that can follow a signal name. For example, the asterisk
(*) is used with a VMEbus signal name, such as BERR*.
Table 1: Typographical Conventions
Item Convention Example
Keystrokes Keys are listed as they appear on most
keyboards, surrounded by < > marks.
Combinations of keystrokes appear within
a single set of < > brackets.
Type < Ctrl-Alt-C > to return to the previous menu.
Type < Esc > to exit.
File Names File names are set in italics. Open the file named es.h.
Directory Names Directory names show the full directory
path. The last directory in the path does
not have a trailing slash following it.
Go to the c:\windows\temp\backup directory.
Monitor Displays Prompts and other text appearing on mon-
itors is set in bold monospace type. % mpp MC68040gnu >
Firmware Code Firmware code, and any informtion you
need to type in response to a prompt, is
set in monospace type.
% make -f Makefile.MC68040gnu
Table 2: Signal Conventions
Symbol Description
* The signal is active LOW and is connected to the
VMEbus.
/ The signal is active LOW and is connected to the
local bus only, not directly to the VMEbus.
# The signal is active LOW and is connected to the
local bus only, not directly to the VMEbus.
[no symbol] The signal is active HIGH, with no indication
whether it is connected to the VMEbus or local bus.
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. Preface
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 xi
Abbreviations Table 3 lists the abbreviations used to describe the size of a memory device or
a range of addresses.
Memory Addresses Unless otherwise stated, all memory addresses are shown in hexadecimal
notation.
Table 3: Abbreviations
Abbreviation Convention
1 Kbyte 1,024 bytes
1 Mbyte 1,024 Kbytes
1 Gbyte 1,024 Mbytes
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
xii 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Icons The following icons are used throughout the documentation package:
Warning
The warning icon indicates procedures in the manualthat, if notcarried out, or
if carried out incorrectly, could cause physical injury, electrical damage to
equipment, or a non-recoverable corruption of data. Warnings include
instructions for preventing such damage. Please observe warning icons and
read the accompanying text completely before carrying out the procedure.
Caution
The caution icon indicates non-catastrophic incidents, complex practices, or
procedures which, if not observed, could result in damage to the hardware.
Cautions include specific instructions for avoiding or minimizing these
incidents.
Note
The note icon highlights exceptions and special information.
Tip
Tips provide extra information on the subject matter. This could include hints
about how to use your current DY 4 card to its maximum potential.
Cross
Reference
Cross references to other documents are used when a subject being discussed
is addressed in depth by another, more authoritative document. Cross
references are also used for document chapters and sections.
Reference
Documentation Please refer to the CD-ROM included in the documentation package for
additional reference information, supplied in Portable Document Format
(PDF) files readable by Adobe® Acrobat® Reader software. The Technical
Documentation CD-ROM includes documents relating to the standard
Foundation Firmware, a user’s manual for the Universe PCI to VMEbus
interface, and a helpful guide to the VMEbus, among other things.
You’llalsofind copiesof therelevantschematicsandcableassembly drawings
there.
Note
The CD-ROM also provides a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader software,
version4.0, including the AcrobatSearch plug-in, to enableyou toget the most
out of your CD-ROM by enabling full-text searches of the information.
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

809789 Revision 2 December 2000 1-1
In this chapter... This chapter provides you with a general overview of the PMC-700-X00
Graphics Controller, including the following:
❏ general description;
❏ summary of features;
❏ technical description;
❏ physical characteristics; and
❏ overview of available software.
Product Overview
Chapter 1
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
1-2 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. Product Overview
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 1-3
Chapter1
General Description
The PMC-700-X00 Graphics Controller is based on the 3Dlabs Permedia3
graphics processor. The Permedia3 provides a virtual texture memory
management unit, a 256 Mbyte virtual texture address space, a multi-texture
unit (single-pass), an integrated 270 MHz RAMDAC, a high-speed 128-bit
memory interface, seven DMA engines, a unified 2D/3D raster core, and an
integrated SVGA controller.
The PMC-700-X00 has 64 Mbytes of SDRAM, giving 32 Mbytes of useable
graphics memory. It is compatible with both the PowerPC/VxWorks and
Pentium/WinNT platforms. Figure 1.1 illustrates the PMC-700-X00
architecture.
Figure 1.1 PMC-700-X00 Functional Block Diagram
3DLabs
Permedia 3
128 bit
16 16 16 16
4M x 16
SDRAM
16 16 16 16
PMC
PCI
32
SiI160
Panel
Link
Transmitter
32
rgb222
2
sync
4M x 16
SDRAM
4M x 16
SDRAM
4M x 16
SDRAM
4M x 16
SDRAM
4M x 16
SDRAM
4M x 16
SDRAM
4M x 16
SDRAM
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
1-4 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
Feature Summary
The PMC-700-X00 Graphics Controller supports the following features:
• ideal for harsh environment, military, and commercial applications;
• 33/66 MHz/32-bit standard PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC), compliant with
IEEE P1386;
• TMDS (Transmission Minimized Differential Signalling) digital video
interface, PanelLink-compatible output (four TMDS pairs, one clock sig-
nal, three data lines);
• maximum pixel clock rate of 270 MHz;
• 32 Mbytes useable SDRAM;
• one RGB output capable of providing non-interlaced signals up to 1600 x
1200 resolution at 24 bits;
• X11/OpenGL programming interface;
• hardware-accelerated X11 and OpenGL support;
• RGB pin-out compatibility with the SVME/DMV-783 when the PMC-
700 is installed in PMC site 2 on a DY 4 PowerPC Single Board Compu-
ter; and
• digital video output bus utilizing PanelLink® transmitter, compatible
with Digital Visual Interface (DVI) TMDS transmitter standard, support-
ing resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 at 60 Hz with 24-bit colour.
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. Product Overview
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 1-5
Technical Description
Clock Circuitry Clock reference circuitry on the PMC-700-X00 generates a 14.318 MHz clock
to drive the Permedia3.
Permedia3 The Permedia3 is a high performance graphics processor designed to
accelerate 3D and 2D applications. It provides 3D polygon and textured
graphics acceleration. It has a fast integrated SVGA core and integrated
RAMDAC. It includes hardware support for OpenGL.
Reset The Permedia3 resets when the basecard asserts the PCI_RST* signal. The
reset status of the Permedia3 is controlled through the use of configuration
resistors. After reset, the Permedia3 is in the following state:
• internal VGA subsystem is present;
• VGA Fixed address decoding is enabled;
• PCI Retry using “Disconnected Without Data” is disabled;
• the upper half of region Zero is write-combined;
• Base Address Registers 1 and 2 (representing relocatable address spaces
Memory Aperture One and Two respectively) are marked as prefetcha-
ble.
PCI Bus Interface The Permedia3 implements the PCI bus interface and is compliant with the PCI
Local Bus standard Revision 2.1. Protection diodes protect the Permedia3
device from signal overshoot.
Data Path The data path into and out of the PMC-700-X00supports 8, 16, and 32-bit data
transfers. That is, as a slave, the PMC-700-X00 provides D32, D16, and D8
interfaces.
PCI Bus Interrupts A single PCI bus interrupt is generated as part of the Permedia3 PCI bus
implementation. The interrupt level and vector are programmable by the
basecard CPU. The interrupt is initialized and serviced by the X Server
software.
PCI Bus
Arbitration The Permedia3 acts as a PCI Local Bus Target, a PCI Local Bus Read Master,
and a PCI Local Bus Write Master. All PCI bus arbitration is resolved as per
3DLabs’ implementation of the PCI specification.
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

PMC-700-X00 User’s Manual DY 4 Systems Inc.
1-6 809789 Revision 2 December 2000
PCI Address
Decoding The PMC-700’s PCI interface has seven base address regions as shown in
Table 1.1. For a complete address map refer to the Permedia3 Reference
Guide.
Table 1.1: PCI Address Regions
Note
When the address range allocated for memory exceeds the memory size, the
contents of memory are imaged throughout the allocated address range.
Local Registers All registers on the PMC-700-X00 are part of the Permedia3 device and are
described in the 3DLabs Permedia3 Reference Guide available from 3DLabs.
Memory
SDRAM The PMC-700-X00 is equipped with 64 Mbytes (eight 64 Mbit devices) of
SDRAM. 32 Mbytes of this is accessible through the Permedia3 to support 3D
operations. The SDRAM is byte, word, and long word accessible. The
SDRAM supports single and burst cycles from the basecard CPU.
The SDRAM is used to store colour, depth, stencil, and texture data.
Input/Output
DVI Output The PMC-700-X00 provides one DVI-compatible output (four TMDS pairs,
one clock, and three data) to be used to interface to a DVI-compliant display
device.
VGA Output The PMC-700-X00 provides one VGA output to be used to interface to a
VGA-compliant display device.
Region Address Space Description Size
Config Configuration PCI Configuration 256 bytes
Zero Memory Control Registers 128 Kbytes
One Memory Memory Aperture One 64 Mbytes
Two Memory Memory Aperture Two 64 Mbytes
Three I/O Indirect Access I/O 16 bytes
ROM Memory Expansion ROM 64 Kbytes
VGA Memory & I/O VGA Access ---
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com

DY 4 Systems Inc. Product Overview
809789 Revision 2 December 2000 1-7
Physical Characteristics
Figures 1.2 and 1.3 show the location of the major components and the mating
connectors on the PMC-700-X00.
Figure 1.2 PMC-700-X00 Component Side Layout
Figure 1.3 Solder Side Layout
Permedia3
SiI160
TMDS
Driver
OSC
RAM
RAMRAM
RAMRAM
RAM RAM
RAM PN4
PN2
PN1
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com