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Garson Industries CFtoSCSI User Manual

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CFtoSCSI Disk Bridge
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Summary of Contents for Garson Industries CFtoSCSI

  • Page 1 Garson Industries http://www.garsonindustries.com CFtoSCSI Disk Bridge User Guide...
  • Page 3 Overview • The CFtoSCSI bridge PCB is a general purpose SCSI bridge PCB for a Compact Flash (CF) Card. A regular CF card is plugged into the 3M CF socket at the end of the PCB and this is presented as a regular SCSI disk to a SCSI Host via the standard SCSI interface the other end of the board.

  • Page 4: Quick Install

    Quick install Ensure CF card is inserted and SET SCSI ID – J6 positions 1,3,5 home Power connector – only 5V required Heartbeat LED SCSI connector—NOTE pin 1 Disk coming ready LED (green) Disk Activity LED (red or green ) Serial port Display connector Export Termination power jumper LK1...
  • Page 5 • Set Termination Disable/Enable at LK2 -- If jumpered termination is ENABLED • Do you need to export termination power? -- This is generally not necessary –If so jumper LK1. Note that the internal terminators always have power. • Connect the SCSI cable – Note that pin 1 of the cable is at the edge of the PCB. •...

  • Page 6: Internal Diagnostics

    INTERNAL DIAGNOSTICS The Diagnostic Feature is accessed via the RS232 port of the CFtoSCSI Board. This feature is most useful to gain insight into unexpected operating system exceptions. This section of the manual assumes that problems with SCSI ID, SCSI Termination and other hardware issues have been solved, but system problems which have to do with software, timing or protocol are present.
  • Page 7 This option requires special firmware The SCSI Real Time Trace consists of three modes of operation: Print mode = nothing (power-on default) Print mode = only errors Print mode = all These options may be cycled and advanced to the next mode by the keying of the ‘A’ character.
  • Page 8 Firmware Upload from Serial Port using Intel HEX Format The CFtoSCSI card has a Flash PROM installed. In order to update the code on this PROM, the card needs to be connected to the serial port on a PC and the code downloaded, as follows.

  • Page 9: Firmware Upgrades For Pg Units

    +++AT E0 B1 X1 M1 L2 &C0 &D0 S0=1 S7=60 S11=55 O Menu Choice G: Go (Execute) from Specified Address This option is available for use by Garson Industries Personnel only. Menu Choice H: Display this Diagnostic Menu Typing an “h” or “H” will cause the diagnostic menu to be re-displayed.
  • Page 10 CFtoSCSI product REQUIRES xon/xoff control. Please refer to the hints below for configuration. Power up the CFtoSCSI board . Make a note of the firmware level displayed on the bottom line of the LCD display. This will be used to confirm the firmware upgrade.