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HP E2444A 80386DX/DXL
Preprocessor Interface
User’s Guide
for the HP 1650A, HP 1650B, HP 1652B, HP 1660A/61A, HP 16510A,
HP 16510B, HP 16511B, HP 16540/16541A,D, HP 16542A, and HP 16550A
Logic Analyzers
Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company1993
Manual Part Number E2444-90902
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Contents
Introduction
Logic Analyzer Software Requirement
Logic Analyzers Supported
Howto Use This Manual
Chapter 1: Setting Up the HP E2444A
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Duplicating the Master Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Equipment Supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Equipment Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
J2 Jumper and J3 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
The State/Timing Jumper (J2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
J3 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Connecting to the Target System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Connecting to the HP E2444A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Power Up / Down Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Setting Up the Analyzer from the Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Chapter 2: Analyzing the Intel 80386DX/DXL
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Format Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Listing Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
The 80386DX/DXL Inverse Assemblers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Synchronizing the Inverse Assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Interpreting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Instruction Decoding (-/?). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Coprocessor Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Additional Information on Instruction Decoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
The IA386E Inverse Assembler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Show/Suppress . . . . .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Code Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
IDT Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Timing Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Timing Format Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
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Waveform Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
State-Per-Clock Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Chapter 3: General Information
Preprocessor Interface Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Preprocessor Interface Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
80386DX/DXL Signal to HP E2444A Connector Mapping . . . . . . . . 3-6
Servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Appendix A: Troubleshooting
Target Board Will Not Bootup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
"Slow or Missing Clock". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Slow Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
"No Configuration File Loaded". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
"Selected File is Incompatible" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
". . . Inverse Assembler Not Found". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
No Inverse Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Incorrect Inverse Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
No Activity on Activity Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Capacitive Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
"State Clock Violates Overdrive Specification" ............... A-4
Unwanted Triggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
"Waiting for Trigger" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Intermittent Data Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Bent Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
"Time from Arm Greater Than 41.93 ms.". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
No Setup/Hold Field on Format Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
"Default Calibration Factors Loaded"(16540/41/42). . . . . . . . . . . A-5
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Introduction
The HP E2444A Preprocessor Interface provides a complete interface
between any 80386DX/DXL target system and the following logic
analyzers: HP 1650A, HP 1650B, HP 1652B, HP 1660A/61A,
HP 16510A, HP 16510B, HP 16511B, HP 16540/16541A,D,
HP 16542A, or HP 16550A.
The 80386DX/DXL configuration software on the flexible disk sets up
the format specification menu of the logic analyzer for compatibility
with the 80386DX/DXL microprocessors. It also loads the inverse
assembler for obtaining displays of 80386DX/DXL data in
80386DX/DXL assembly language mnemonics.
Logic Analyzer
Software
Requirement
The HP E2444A Preprocessor Interface requires HP 16500A system
and module software version V05.03 or higher (HP 16540/16541A,D
HP 16542A, and HP 16550A Logic Analyzers). For the HP 16500B
mainframe, system and module software version V01.00 or higher is
required. For the HP 1660A/61A Logic Analyzers, software version
V01.00 or higher is required. To use the enhanced inverse assembler
with the HP 1660A/61A Logic Analyzers, software version V02.00 or
higher is required. If your software version is older than those listed
above, load newsystem software with the above version numbers or
higher before loading the HP E2444A software.
Introduction-1

Logic
Analyzers
Supported
The following logic analyzers are supported by the HP E2444A
Preprocessor Interface:
HP 1650A, HP 1650B, HP 16510A, HP 16510B, and HP 1652B
These logic analyzers provide 1 k of memorydepth with either 80
channels of 35 MHz state analysis (25MHz state analysis for the
HP 1650A or HP 16510A) or 80 channels of 100 MHz timing
analysis.
HP 16511B
This logic analyzer combination provides 1 k ofmemorydepth with
either 160 channels of 35 MHz state analysis or 80 channels of
35MHz state analysis and 80channels of100 MHz timing analysis.
HP 1660A/61A
The HP 1660A/61A Logic Analyzers provide 4 k of memory depth
with 136 channels (HP 1660A) or 102 channels (HP 1661A) of 100
MHz state analysis or 250 MHz timing analysis. These logic
analyzers also support various combinations of mixed state/timing
analysis.
HP 16540A,D with one or two HP 16541A,D Expansion Cards
This logic analyzer combination provides 4 k ofmemorydepth
(16 k with the D version) with up to either 64 or 112 channels of
100 MHz state or timinganalysis.
HP 16542A (Master Card and four expansion cards)
This logic analyzer combination provides 1 M of memorydepth
with 80 channels of 100 MHz state or timinganalysis.
Introduction-2