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MVME177
Single Board Computer
Installation and Use Manual
VME177A/IH2

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  • Page 1 MVME177 Single Board Computer Installation and Use Manual VME177A/IH2...
  • Page 2 Motorola, Inc. assumes no liability resulting from any omissions in this document, or from the use of the information obtained therein. Motorola reserves the right to revise this document and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of Motorola to notify any person of such revision or changes.
  • Page 3 The MVME177 UserÕs Manual provides general information, hardware preparation and installation instructions, operating instructions, and functional description for the MVME177 Single Board Computer (referred to as MVME177 throughout this manual). The information contained in this manual applies to the following...
  • Page 4 The computer programs stored in the Read Only Memory of this device contain material copyrighted by Motorola Inc., Þrst published 1990, and may be used only under a license such as the License for Computer Programs (Article 14) contained in Motorola's Terms and Conditions of Sale, Rev. 1/79.
  • Page 5 Motorola, Inc. assumes no liability for the customer's failure to comply with these requirements. The safety precautions listed below represent warnings of certain dangers of which Motorola is aware. You, as the user of the product, should follow these warnings and all other safety precautions necessary for the safe operation of the equipment in your operating environment.
  • Page 7 Manual Terminology 1-12 Introduction 2-1 Unpacking Instructions 2-1 Overview of Start-up Procedure 2-2 Hardware Preparation 2-4 Setup Instructions 2-10 MVME177 Module Installation Instructions 2-12 System Considerations 2-15 Introduction 3-1 Controls and Indicators 3-1 ABORT Switch S1 3-1 RESET Switch S2 3-2...
  • Page 8 SRAM 4-7 Onboard DRAM 4-9 Battery Backed Up RAM and Clock 4-10 VMEbus Interface 4-11 I/O Interfaces 4-11 Serial Port Interface 4-12 Parallel Port Interface 4-14 Ethernet Interface 4-15 SCSI Interface 4-16 SCSI Termination 4-16 Local Resources 4-16 Programmable Tick Timers 4-17 Watchdog Timer 4-17 Software-Programmable Hardware Interrupts 4-17 Local Bus Time-out 4-18...
  • Page 9 Disk I/O Support B-13 Blocks Versus Sectors B-13 Device Probe Function B-15 Disk I/O via 177Bug Commands B-16 IOI (Input/Output Inquiry) B-16 IOP (Physical I/O to Disk) B-16 IOT (I/O Teach) B-17 IOC (I/O Control) B-17 BO (Bootstrap Operating System) B-17 BH (Bootstrap and Halt) B-17 Disk I/O via 177Bug System Calls B-17 Default 177Bug Controller and Device Parameters B-19...
  • Page 10 177Bug Generalized Exception Handler B-42 Floating Point Support B-44 Single Precision Real B-45 Double Precision Real B-46 Extended Precision Real B-46 Packed Decimal Real B-46 ScientiÞc Notation B-47 Additions to FLASH Commands B-47 Flash Test ConÞguration Acceptable Entries B-48 Erase Test B-48 Flash Fill Test B-48 Flash Patterns Test B-49 Default Flash Test ConÞguration B-50...
  • Page 11 List of Figures MVME177 Switches, Headers, Connectors, Polyswitches, and LEDs 2-5 MVME177 Block Diagram 4-3...
  • Page 12 List of Tables MVME177 Model Designations 1-1 MVME177 Features 1-2 MVME177 SpeciÞcations 1-4 Start-up Overview 2-2 ConÞguring MVME177 Headers 2-6 Local Bus Memory Map 3-5 Local I/O Devices Memory Map 3-6 EPROM and Flash Control and ConÞguration 4-5 Diagnostic Test Groups B-26...
  • Page 13 Functional description for the MVME177 series of Single Board Computers (referred to as the MVME177 throughout this manual). Model Designations The MVME177 is available in the models listed in Table 1 - 1. Table 1-1. MVME177 Model Designations Model Number Speed...
  • Page 14 General Information Features Features of the MVME177 are listed in the following table: Table 1-2. MVME177 Features Feature Description Microprocessor MC68060 at 50 MHz (MVME177-00x) or 60 MHz (MVME177-01x) DRAM 4/8/16/32/64/128/256MB with ECC protection Flash Memory 4MB in four Intel 28F008SA chips with software control write...
  • Page 15 Specifications Specifications General specifications for the MVME177 are listed in Table 1-3. The following sections detail cooling requirements and FCC compliance. Cooling Requirements The Motorola MVME177 VMEmodule is specified, designed, and tested to operate reliably with an incoming air temperature range from 0û...
  • Page 16 Refer to the Cooling Requirements section in the General Information chapter for temperature qualification information for the system board platform. Table 1-3. MVME177 Specifications Characteristics SpeciÞcations Power requirements +5 Vdc (± 5%), 4.5 A (typical), 6.0 A (max.)
  • Page 17 General Description FCC Compliance The MVME177 was tested in an FCC-compliant chassis, and meets the requirements for Class A equipment. FCC compliance was achieved under the following conditions: 1. Shielded cables on all external I/O ports. 2. Cable shields connected to earth ground via metal shell connectors bonded to a conductive module front panel.
  • Page 18 128KB of static RAM (with optional battery backup), and VMEbus system controller. The I/O on the MVME177 is connected to the VMEbus P2 connector. The main board is connected through a P2 transition board and cables to the transition boards. The MVME177 supports...
  • Page 19 General Description VMEbus interrupter VMEbus system controller VMEbus interrupt handler VMEbus requester Processor-to-VMEbus transfers can be: VMEchip2 DMA transfers to the VMEbus, however, can be: D16/BLT D32/BLT D64/MBLT The PCCchip2 ASIC provides: Two tick timers Interface to the LAN chip SCSI chip Serial port chip Parallel (printer) port...
  • Page 20 Connecting cables P2 adapter Operating system The MVME177Bug debug monitor firmware (177Bug) is provided in the two EPROMs in sockets on the MVME177 main module. It provides: Over 50 debug, up/downline load, and disk bootstrap load commands Full set of onboard diagnostics...