SeaLevel PIO-48.PCI User manual

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PIO-48.PCI
USER MANUAL
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Contents
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................1
OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................1
WHAT’S INCLUDED....................................................................................................1
INSTALLATION....................................................................................................1
CARD SETUP..............................................................................................................1
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ........................................................................................1
Linux Users.....................................................................................................1
SYSTEM INSTALLATION .............................................................................................2
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION............................................................................3
SOFTWARE ................................................................................................................3
LINUX USERS.............................................................................................................3
3rd Party Software Support..........................................................................4
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS.................................................................................5
Pull Ups...........................................................................................................6
50 PIN RIBBON PIN OUT ...........................................................................................7
APPLICATION PROGRAMMERS INTERFACE (API) .......................................................8
Presetting an Output Port:...........................................................................8
Interrupts:.......................................................................................................8
PORT C......................................................................................................................8
Port Configuration:......................................................................................9
Relative Addressing vs. Absolute Addressing...........................................9
ABSOLUTE ADDRESS ...............................................................................................12
DIRECT HARDWARE CONTROL...............................................................................14
Reading the Inputs:....................................................................................14
Reading the Outputs:.................................................................................14
Presetting an Output Port:........................................................................14
Writing the Outputs:..................................................................................14
Bit Set/Reset.................................................................................................14
Port Configuration:...................................................................................14
Interrupts.....................................................................................................14
Port C...........................................................................................................15
Register Description (for direct hardware control)..............................15
SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................20
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS..........................................................................20
POWER CONSUMPTION...........................................................................................20
MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES (MTBF).............................................................20
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS...........................................................................................20

APPENDIX A -TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................21
APPENDIX B -HOW TO GET ASSISTANCE.............................................22
APPENDIX C -SILK-SCREEN......................................................................23
APPENDIX D -COMPLIANCE NOTICES..................................................24
FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STATEMENT........................................24
EMC DIRECTIVE STATEMENT ................................................................................24
WARRANTY.......................................................................................................25
FIGURES
Figure 1-Electrical Characteristics.........................................................5
Figure 2-Pull Up Resistors.........................................................................6
Figure 3-50 Pin Ribbon Cable Pin Out....................................................7
Figure 4-Control Words..............................................................................9
Figure 5-Absolute byte Address (any configuration) ..........................11
Figure 6-Relative byte Address Given:..................................................11
Figure 7-Absolute bitAddress (any configuration).............................12
Figure 8-Relative Byte Address...............................................................13
Figure 9-(Print and fill in for your configuration) .............................13
Figure 10-RegisterDescription...............................................................15
Figure 11-Control Words .........................................................................17
Figure 12-Interrupt Control ....................................................................19
Figure 13-Interrupt Mode.........................................................................19
Figure 14-Interrupt Read..........................................................................19
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Introduction and Installation
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Introduction
Overview
The Sealevel Systems PIO-48.PCI provides two 8255 mode 0 compatible
ports providing four eight-bit ports and four four-bit ports. Each can be
individually configured as inputs or outputs. When configured as outputs each
bit of the four bit ports may be set or reset individually.
What’s Included
The PIO-48.PCI is shipped with the following items. If any of these items is
missing or damaged, contact the supplier.
•PIO-48.PCI Adapter
•Sealevel Software
•Industry Standard Relay Rack Cables are Available:
Part number CA135 for Edge Connection
Part number CA167 for IDC Connection
Installation
Card Setup
The PIO-48.PCI is a fully compliant PCI ‘Plug and Play’ adapter. All card
resources (i.e. I/O address, IRQ selection) are auto-assigned by either your
system BIOS or your ‘Plug and Play’ operating system.
Software Installation
For proper operation install software first. To install the software place the CD
in your CD-ROM tray and the auto-run program will start. If auto-run is not
available browse the CD and choose “index.htm”. Choose Install Software at
the beginning of the CD. Select the Digital I/O software drivers and install
SeaIO prior to installing hardware.
Linux Users
Refer to the installation instructions at the beginning of the CD for details on
installing the Sealevel Systems digital I/O cards in Linux.

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System Installation
The PIO-48.PCI can be installed in any of the PCI expansion slots.
1. Turn off PC power. Disconnect the power cord.
2. Remove the PC case cover.
3. Locate an available PCI slot and remove the blank metal slot cover.
4. Remove the clamping portion of the bracket from the card.
5. Gently insert the PIO-48.PCI into the slot. Make sure that the adapter
is seated properly.
6. Feed the two 50-pin ribbon cables through the cutout bracket and
connect them to the card.
7. Replace the bracket retaining screw.
8. Install the clamping portion of the bracket
9. Replace the computer cover.
10. Connect the power cord. Installation is complete.

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Technical Description
The PIO-48.PCI provides 48 channels of digital I/O configurable as inputs or outputs, which can
be utilized for PC based control and automation including sensors, switches, satellite antenna
control systems, video and audio studio automation, security control systems, and other
industrial automation systems.
Software
The PIO-48.PCI ships with Sealevel Systems’ SeaI/O suite of Windows 98/NT/ME/2000
drivers. SeaI/O provides the user with a consistent and straightforward API, allowing the
developer to concentrate on the details of the application as opposed to low level driver
development. Popular development environments, including Visual C++, Visual Basic, and
Delphi, are supported for application development. SeaI/O includes a utility for configuring the
driver parameters under Windows, further simplifying installation.
Linux Users
The PIO-48.PCI ships with software for Linux, including a kernel-mode driver, API, and the
SeaIOTst diagnostic tool. The kernel-mode driver is provided as a module, so future driver
upgrades may be performed with minimal (usually zero) downtime. The Linux API is identical to
its Windows counterpart, facilitating quick and easy ports of existing SeaI/O-aware applications
to the Linux operating system. All source code for the Linux software suite is provided under
the GNU Public License (GPL v2.0), to assist in "roll-your-own"-type applications.

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3rd Party Software Support
Third party software support for many HMI/MMI and other process control software is included
on the product installation CD. For the most up to date information on third party software
support, please visit http://www.sealevel.com/3rdpartysw.htm.

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Electrical Characteristics
The table below provides the electrical characteristics of each Input/Output. Each port is
buffered with a 74LS245 octal bi-directional transceiver. Each input is capable of sinking up to
24 mA, while each output can source up to 15 mA.
Recommended Operating Conditions
Min Max
Input 0 V 5.25 V
Source 15 mA
Sink 24 mA
Electrical Characteristics
High Level Input Voltage Min 2 V
Low Level Input Voltage Max 0.8 V
High Level Output Voltage Min 2 V at 15 mA
Typically 3.4 V at 3 mA
Low Level Output Voltage Max 0.55 V at 24 mA
Figure 1-Electrical Characteristics

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Pull Ups
Ten pin bussed resistor packs are installed to provide pull-ups to the input ports. These are
installed on all ports. The pull-up resistor packs are rated at 10K ohms. Figure 2 below provides
the bussed resistor and corresponding port. The resistors insure that no line is floating which is
not connected. This provides consistent biasing on all un-terminated lines.
Bussed Corresponding Bussed Corresponding
Resistor Port Resistor Port
RP4 Port A1 RP1 Port A2
RP5 Port B1 RP2 Port B2
RP6 Port C1 RP3 Port C2
Figure 2-Pull Up Resistors

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50 Pin Ribbon Pin Out
Figure 3-50 Pin Ribbon Cable Pin Out
Description Pin #
Port A
A0 47
A1 45
A2 43
A3 41
A4 39
A5 37
A6 35
A7 33
Port B
B0 31
B1 29
B2 27
B3 25
B4 23
B5 21
B6 19
B7 17
Port C
C0 15
C1 13
C2 11
C3 9
C4 7
C5 5
C6 3
C7 1
GND All Even pins
+5V 49

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Application Programmers Interface (API)
Most modern operating systems do not allow direct hardware access. The SeaIO driver and API
have been included to provide control over the hardware in Windows and Linux environments.
The purpose of this section of the manual is to help the customer with the mapping of the API to
the actual inputs for the 8005 specifically. Complete documentation of the API can be found in
its accompanying help file.
Presetting an Output Port:
Each port has an output register associated with it. This register may be written and retains its
value whether the port is configured as an input or an output. To preset the value of an output port
the program should write to the port when it is configured as an input then configure it as an
output. Inputs cannot be written to with relative addressing, absolute addressing must be used.
See Relative Addressing vs. Absolute Addressingbelow.
Interrupts:
Interrupt sampling can be set up in the API. Port A1 bit zero is the interrupt source (pin 47).
Refer to the API section in the SeaI/O help file for more detailed information.
Port C
Port C of each bank has the ability to be configured as two four bit ports. If both lower and upper
nibbles are configured the same then no special considerations need to be made. But if they are
configured differently, one nibble as input, and one as output then the user will have to keep this
in mind.
Port C absolute addressing (when port C is split)
When reading, the input nibble will be returned on the corresponding upper or lower
nibble while the outputs will be returned on their corresponding upper or lower nibble.
Whenwriting, the corresponding nibble will be written to the output nibble, while the
input nibble will have its output register written to. The output register can be written to
without affecting the inputs. These will be eight bit operations and it will up to the
programmer to keep track of the two four bit nibbles.

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Port C relative addressing (when port C is split)
The input and output nibbles will each be treated as individual four bit ports.
Port Configuration:
Each eight-bit port can be configured as inputs or outputs. The API provides a set adapter state
call to access the control words. For this device, two control word is used. Refer to the
following table.
Note: : The control panel also allows you to configure the device. Your program can over ride
the control panel configuration when executed, but the control panel configuration will be the
default on power up. The default settings are based on the settings in the control panel application
when last changed and saved after re-booting.
Control Word 0: Bank 1 (A1, B1, C1)
Control Word 1: Bank 2 (A2, B2, C2)
Control Words
I/O Configuration
CWnD0 Port C1 lower nibble (bits 0-3) 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD1 Port B1 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD2 0 or 1 (no effect)
CWnD3 Port C1 upper nibble (bits 4-7) 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD4 Port A1 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD5 0 or 1 (no effect)
CWnD6 0 or 1 (no effect)
CWnD7 Always a 1
Figure 4-Control Words
Relative Addressing vs. Absolute Addressing
The SeaIO API makes a distinction between “absolute” and “relative” addressing modes. In
absolute addressing mode, the Port argument to the API function acts as a simple byte offset
from the base I/O address of the device. For instance, Port #0 refers to the I/O address base + 0;
Port #1 refers to the I/O address base + 1.
Relative addressing mode, on the other hand, refers to input and output ports in a logical fashion.
With a Port argument of 0 and an API function meant to output data, the first (0th) output port on
the device will be utilized. Likewise, with a Port argument of 0 and an API function designed to
input data, the first (0th) input port of the device will be utilized.
In all addressing modes, port numbers are zero-indexed; that is, the first port is port #0, the
second port is #1, the third #2, and so on.

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Tables : API Port/bit reference numbers for Absolute and Relative Addressing
R = Read
W = Write
R/W = Read or Write
Port API Port # Absolute Address
(function)
A1 0 ( R/W )
B1 1 ( R/W )
C1 2 ( R/W )
A2 8 ( R/W )
B2 9 ( R/W )
C2 10 ( R/W )
Figure 5-Absolute byte Address (any configuration)
Port API Port # Relative
Address (function) Port Type
A1 0 ( R ) Input
B1 1 ( R ) Input
C1 2 ( R ) Input
A2 0 ( W ) Output
B2 1 ( W ) Output
C2 Lower 2 ( W ) Output
C2 Upper 3 ( R ) Input
Figure 6-Relative byte Address Given:
Inputs A1, B1, C1, C2Upper
Outputs A2, B2, C2 Lower

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Absolute Address
Port 1 Port 2
Absolut
e bit
Address
Port-Bit Absolut
e bit
Address
Port-Bit
0A1-064 A2-0
1A1-165 A2-1
2A1-266 A2-2
3A1-367 A2-3
4A1-468 A2-4
5A1-569 A2-5
6A1-670 A2-6
7A1-771 A2-7
8B1-072 B2-0
9B1-173 B2-1
10 B1-274 B2-2
11 B1-375 B2-3
12 B1-476 B2-4
13 B1-577 B2-5
14 B1-678 B2-6
15 B1-779 B2-7
16 C1-080 C2-0
17 C1-181 C2-1
18 C1-282 C2-2
19 C1-383 C2-3
20 C1-484 C2-4
21 C1-585 C2-5
22 C1-686 C2-6
23 C1-787 C2-7
Figure 7-Absolute bit Address (any configuration)

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The following tables are provided for the user in the event that he/she wishes to record their
particular relative addressing setup, provided its constant. Print this page and fill in the tables
starting in the top left corner of each and work from top to bottom, left to right. Start with zero
on the first input and increment by one on each additional input. Next move to outputs and again
start with zero and increment by one on each additional output.
Bank 1 –P2 Bank 2 –P3
Address Port Address Port
A1 A2
B1 B2
C1 C2
Figure 8-Relative Byte Address
Bank 1 –P2 Bank 2 –P3
Address Port-Bit Address Port-Bit
A1-0A2-0
A1-1A2-1
A1-2A2-2
A1-3A2-3
A1-4A2-4
A1-5A2-5
A1-6A2-6
A1-7A2-7
B1-0B2-0
B1-1B2-1
B1-2B2-2
B1-3B2-3
B1-4B2-4
B1-5B2-5
B1-6B2-6
B1-7B2-7
C1-0C2-0
C1-1C2-1
C1-2C2-2
C1-3C2-3
C1-4C2-4
C1-5C2-5
C1-6C2-6
C1-7C2-7
Figure 9-(Print and fill in for your configuration)

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Direct Hardware Control
In systems where the users program has direct access to the hardware (DOS) the tables below
gives the mapping and functions that the 8005 provide. The address of each eight-bit port is
calculated as shown in the table on the following page, the cards base address plus an offset.
Reading the Inputs:
The inputs are active high. If an input is driven high (2V to 5.25 V) it will read as a logical one
(1), if driven low (0V to 0.8V) it will read as a logical zero (0). If an input is not driven it will
read as a one due to the 10K ohm pull up resistors on each port.
Reading the Outputs:
The value that is currently being used to drive the outputs will be returned.
Presetting an Output Port:
Each port has an output register associated with it. This register may be written and retains its
value whether the port is configured as an input or an output. To preset the value of an output port
the program should write to the port when it is configured as an input then configure it as an
output.
Writing the Outputs:
The outputs are active high. Writing a one (1) corresponds to 5V while writing a zero (0)
corresponds to 0V, at the output.
Bit Set/Reset
Port C supports bit set/reset as shown in the tables below.
Port Configuration:
Each port can be configured as an input or an output by writing to its direction control bit, refer
to the tables below.
Interrupts
Interrupts can be set up as shown in the tables below.

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Port C
Port C is written and read to as a single eight bit port, but it has the ability to be configured as
two four bit ports. If both lower and upper nibbles are configure the same then no special
considerations need to be made. But if they are configured differently, one nibble as input, and
one as output then the user will have to keep this in mind. When reading, the input will be
returned on the corresponding upper or lower nibble while the current outputs will be returned on
their corresponding upper or lower nibble. When writing, the corresponding nibble will be
written to the output nibble, while the input nibble will have its output register written to. The
output register can be written to without affecting the inputs.
Register Description (for direct hardware control)
Addres
sMode D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
Base+0
Port A1 RD/WR PA1D7 PA1D6 PA1D5 PA1D4 PA1D3 PA1D2 PA1D1 PA1D0
Base+1
Port B1 RD/WR PB1D7 PB1D6 PB1D5 PB1D4 PB1D3 PB1D2 PB1D1 PB1D0
Base+2
Port C1 RD/WR PC1D7 PC1D6 PC1D5 PC1D4 PC1D3 PC1D2 PC1D1 PC1D0
Base+3
Control Word
Port 1 WR CW1D7
00CW1D4 CW1D3 CW1D2 CW1D1 CW1D0
Base+4
Interrupt
configuration
Port 1
RD/WR 00000IRQEN1 IRQC11 IRQC10
Base+5
Interrupt
status for
Port 1 and 2
RD 000IRQST2 000IRQST1
Port 2
Base+8
Port A2
RD/WR
PA2D7 PA2D6 PA2D5 PA2D4 PA2D3 PA2D2 PA2D1 PA2D0
Base+9
Port B2
RD/WR
PB2D7 PB2D6 PB2D5 PB2D4 PB2D3 PB2D2 PB2D1 PB2D0
Base+A
(10) Port C2
RD/WR
PC2D7 PC2D6 PC2D5 PC2D4 PC2D3 PC2D2 PC2D1 PC2D0
Base+B
(11) Control
Word Port 2
WR CW2D7 00CW2D4 CW2D3 CW2D2CW2D1 CW2D0
Base+C
(12) Interrupt
configuration
Port 2
RD/WR 00000IRQEN2 IRQC21 IRQC20
Figure 10-Register Description

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Control Words
n = control word for port1 or 2
I/O Configuration
CWnD0 Port C1 lower nibble (bits 0-3) 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD1 Port B1 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD2 0 or 1 (no effect)
CWnD3 Port C1 upper nibble (bits 4-7) 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD4 Port A1 1 = input 0 = output 1 on power up
CWnD5 0 or 1 (no effect)
CWnD6 0 or 1 (no effect)
CWnD7 Always a 1
Control Word (X = 0) Hex Value Port Setup
76543210ABC Upper C Lower
1XX00X0080 Out Out Out Out
1XX00X0181 Out Out Out In
1XX00X1082 Out In Out Out
1XX00X1183 Out In Out In
1XX01X0088 Out Out In Out
1XX01X0189 Out Out In In
1XX01X108A Out In In Out
1XX01X118B Out In In In
1XX10X0090 In Out Out Out
1XX10X0191 In Out Out In
1XX10X1092 In In Out Out
1XX10X1193 In In Out In
1XX11X0098 In Out In Out
1XX11X0199 In Out In In
1XX11X109A In In In Out
1XX11X119B In In In In
Figure 11-Control Words