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Document Number: 809605 Revision: Date: January 2003 SVME/DMV-179 Single Board Computer Getting Started Manual Dy 4 Systems Inc. 333 Palladium Drive Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2V 1A6 (613) 599-9199 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Serial Communications via the P2 Connector..................3-9 Expanded I/O via the P0 Connector ....................3-15 Controlling the Power-Up Sequence ....................3-20 Initiating the Power-Up Sequence..................... 3-21 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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VME Base Addresses...........................4-9 Changing the Base Address .......................4-10 Communicating over the VMEbus ......................4-12 Establishing the Link..........................4-13 Terminating the Link..........................4-13 Ethernet Address............................4-14 Index ........................... I-1 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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CIT Command ......................4-3 Figure 4.2: GPM MAP Command ....................4-4 Figure 4.3: CLD Results....................... 4-5 Figure 4.4: Serial Data Communications over the VMEbus............4-12 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Table 4.1: Geographical Address Pin Assignments..............4-8 Table 4.2: VMEbus Base Addresses................... 4-9 Table 4.3: Auto-ID Bypass Byte and VME Address ..............4-11 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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SEEPROM and Foundation Firmware. Explains how to change the SVME/DMV-179’s VME base address and how to communicate with other cards over the VMEbus. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
VMEbus or local bus). The signal is active LOW and is connected to the PCI bus. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Cross references to other documents are used when discussing a subject that is fully addressed by another, more authoritative document. Cross references are also used for document chapters and sections. Cross Reference 809605 Revision D January 2003 xiii Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
In addition, the SVME/DMV-179 Hardware User’s Manual, document number 809606 (included in hard copy format in the documentation package binder), provides additional technical detail about the SVME/DMV-179. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Single Board Computer: general description; block diagram; Dy 4 common features supported; available ruggedization levels; environmental requirements; overview of supplied firmware; physical characteristics. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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PowerPC SBCs, the SVME/DMV-179 supports the life- cycle model of successive technology insertions throughout a platform’s life time. Figure 1.1 illustrates the SVME/DMV-179 architecture. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
SVME/DMV-179's functionality by utilizing standard DY 4 PMCs, available third party PMC products, or by developing their own PMC-based modules. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
These features allow users to: • build high-performance multi-processor systems • detect and isolate faults during operation • minimize field maintenance and sparing logistics. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Figure 1.2 shows the location of the major components and the mating connectors on the component side of the SVME/DMV-179 PWB. Processor GT-64130 FPGA 53C885 Universe II Figure 1.2 SVME/DMV-179 Component Side Layout 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Maximum Card Weight Card Type Weight (without PMC modules) SVME-179 (no PMC modules present) 550 g DMV-179 (no PMC modules present) 600 g 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
You should consult the Product Release Notes for your particular card variant, Reference which contains information describing any variant-specific alterations to the interface configuration of your card, if any have been implemented. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
SVME/DMV-179 Hardware User’s Manual, document number 809606, provided in this documentation package. PMC Slots: Two openings are provided on the SVME-179 front panel to provide access to connectors that may be incorporated on optional PMC modules that may be installed on the basecard PWB.
Sample code software is supplied on the Technical Documentation CD-ROM to facilitate your initial testing of the installed hardware and help you explore the product functions and capabilities. 1-10 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
VME chassis. Specifically, this chapter provides the following information: unpacking the card; modifying the SVME/DMV-179 jumper settings; and checking cable and power requirements. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Please contact the factory if you require information about factory configured options. Under normal circumstances, you should not need to alter any of the factory-configured options. Note 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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SVME/DMV-179 cards based upon the 310939-004 (or higher) PWB, do not connect E48-E49 if you have also connected P0 pin A10 to ground... use one or the other method, not both. Caution 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
E55 E56 E2 E3 Figure 2.1 SVME/DMV-179 Jumper Locations All remaining “E” terminals are reserved for factory use or configuration only. Note 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Connect E2-E4 (PCI Control and Status Register bit SW0=0). Execution sequencer control (see page 3-20) Open E2-E4 (PCI Control and Status Register bit SW0=1). Figure 2.2 User Link Location 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Watchdog timer is disabled following power-up. Connect E3-E5 Watchdog timer is enabled following power-up and Open E3-E5 generates reset on timeout. Figure 2.3 Watchdog Timer Power-up Behaviour 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
SVME/DMV-179 cards based upon the 310939-004 (or higher) PWB, do not connect E48-E49 if you have also connected P0 pin A10 to ground... use one or the other method, not both. Caution 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Checking Hardware Requirements Ensure that the following requirements have been met prior to installation: Chassis The SVME-179 is designed to be installed in a standard VMEbus chassis and backplane which operates in a free-air or forced-air cooling environment. The Requirements DMV-179 is conduction-cooled, and is therefore designed to be installed in a VME conduction-cooled chassis.
See the section of this manual called Connecting a Terminal on page 3-5 for information about how to use the cables available for the SVME/DMV-179. Cross Reference 2-10 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Power-up Built-In-Test (PBIT) has completed successfully; displaying the initial screen message and establishing the card’s VME base address; and troubleshooting installation problems. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Insert basecard in chassis Connect basecard to terminal Apply power Display the GPM prompt Boot the Operating System and Install SVME/DMV-179 Software 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
SYSCON, select the left-most unoccupied slot. All VME cards should be installed in adjacent slots; leaving empty slots may cause problems with interrupts and Bus Grant signals. 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
CBL-179-002, (for both SVME and DMV-179 version products). Default serial communication parameters are 9600 N, 8, 1 (9600 baud, no parity, 8 bits, 1 stop bit). 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Hardware User’s Manual for complete interface pinout listings for the J9, P0, and P2 interfaces. Serial The SVME-179 has a single 31-pin connector on the front panel that provides access to two EIA-232 serial channels (1 and 2), an Ethernet 10BaseT or Communications 100BaseT interface, plus a COP/JTAG interface for debugging purposes.
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Front Panel Cable P1 to PB1 Signal Mapping Front Panel Reset Pushbutton Signal Name P1 Connector PB1 Switch P1-8 PB1-1 FP_RST- P1-24 PB1-2 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
EIA-232 P1-D19 J4-4 CH1DSR EIA-232 P1-B31 J4-5 Signal Ground P1-D30 J5-2 CH2TXD EIA-232 P1-Z19 J5-3 CH2RXD EIA-232 P1-B31 J5-5 Signal Ground 3-10 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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Cable J6 or J7 Standard Connector Standard Connector Signal Name Connector (without null modem) (with null modem) TXD_A TXD_B RXD_A’ RXD_B’ 809605 Revision D January 2003 3-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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When connecting a SCSI peripheral, make sure to configure the peripheral to Note accept TERMPWR from the SCSI bus. This is a jumper setting on the SCSI peripheral. 3-12 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Card Level Diagnostics (CLD). For more information about PBIT, see the V8 Foundation Firmware User’s Manual (808006), included on the Technical Documentation CD-ROM. Cross Reference 3-20 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Type '?' at the prompt to display the help screen for the GPM. For more detailed information on using the GPM, refer to the V8 Foundation Firmware User’s Manual (808006). Cross Reference 809605 Revision D January 2003 3-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
8, N, 1 (9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit). Also, ensure that you are Garbled using a cable compatible with the ones listed in Table 2.6 on page 2-10. 3-22 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Diagnostics to isolate problems) is available in Chapter 4 of this manual. Refer also to the FAQ database in the Support area of the DY 4 web site (www.dy4.com). Cross Reference 809605 Revision D January 2003 3-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Installation Procedure,” in Chapter 1 of your BSP Software User’s Manual, which is included in Acrobat pdf format on your BSP CD-ROM. Cross Reference 3-24 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
SEEPROM; restoring Foundation Firmware; changing the VME base address of the card; communicating with other cards over the VMEbus; Ethernet address. 809605 Version D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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GPM prompt. This will display the CSCI information table as shown in Figure 4.1. The second line gives the Foundation Firmware Image #. Figure 4.1 CIT Command 809605 Version D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
If the GPM prompt is not displayed, or if you need to upgrade the Foundation Firmware, use FlashProg to reprogram the card. See the FlashProg demo on your Technical Documentation CD-ROM for detailed instructions. 809605 Version D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Refer to “Changing the Base Address” on page 4-10 for information on how to select this feature and Table 4.1 for the standard P1 backplane configuration. 809605 Version D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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VMEbus A32 base address of the card. Refer to the V8 Foundation Firmware User’s Manual for more information. Cross Reference 4-10 809605 Version D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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E000 0000 E0 0000 E800 0000 E8 0000 F000 0000 F0 0000 Not Valid Not Valid Use Geographical Address Use Auto-ID Value 809605 Version D January 2003 4-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
In this way, you can connect to any DY 4 card in the system from a host computer terminal. VMEbus Primary card Secondary card Terminal Figure 4.4 Serial Data Communications over the VMEbus 4-12 809605 Version D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Refer to the V8 Foundation Firmware User’s Manual, included in the documentation package CD-ROM, for more details on the Communicate command. Cross Reference 809605 Version D January 2003 4-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Each SVME/DMV-179 card is pre-programmed with a unique Ethernet address. The three high bytes are 00 , 80 , 7F and the lower three bytes are a unique number. 4-14 809605 Version D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
3-20 controlling power-up sequence hardware map of the card hardware requirements debug Flash bank 3-21 default application diagnostics 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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PMC slots watchdog timer configuration PMC support weight power requirements Power Supply Supervisor Chip 3-20 power-up sequence programming Foundation Firmware programming the card 809605 Revision D January 2003 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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