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Doc. #02791 Rev 0594

OCTAGON SYSTEMS CORPORATION

6510 W. 91st Ave. Westminster, CO 80030

Tech. Support: 303–426–4521

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Page 1 5805 User’s Manual Doc. #02791 Rev 0594 OCTAGON SYSTEMS CORPORATION ® 6510 W. 91st Ave. Westminster, CO 80030 Tech. Support: 303–426–4521...
Page 2: Notice To User
COPYRIGHT Copyright 1990–94—Octagon Systems Corporation. All rights reserved. However, any part of this document may be reproduced, provided that Octagon Systems Corporation is cited as the source. The contents of this manual and the specifications herein may change without notice.
Page 3 IMPORTANT! Please read before installing your product. Octagon's products are designed to be high in performance while consuming very little power. In order to maintain this advantage, CMOS circuitry is used. CMOS chips have specific needs and some special requirements that the user must be aware of.
Page 4 Using CMOS Circuitry in Industrial Control Industrial computers originally used LSTTL circuits. Because many PC components are used in laptop computers, IC manufac- turers are exclusively using CMOS technology. Both TTL and CMOS have failure mechanisms, but they are different. This section describes some of the common failures which are common to all manufacturers of CMOS equipment.
Page 5 Octagon has never found a single case where multiple IC failures were not caused by misuse or accident. It is very probable that multiple component failures indicate that they were user-induced. Testing “dead” cards - For a card that is “completely nonfunctional”, there is a simple test to determine accidental over voltage, reverse voltage or other “forced”...
Page 6 Serial and parallel - Customers sometimes connect the serial and printer devices to the Micro PC while the power is off. This can cause the failure mentioned in the above section, Failure upon power-up. Even if they are connected with the Micro PC on, there can be another failure mechanism.
Page 7 NOTICE If you need Octagon’s DISK.SYS and FMT5805.COM files, you can download them from our bulletin board — 303–427–5368.
Page 9: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ................. 1 Conventionsl Used In This Manual ........... 1 Symbols And Terminology ..............2 Technical Support ................4 CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW ..........5 Description ..................5 Summary Of Features ................ 5 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION ........7 Equipment ...................
Page 11: Preface
Micro PC system, allowing you to tailor your system for a wide variety of applications. The 5805 can also be used in a non–Micro PC system, but you cannot boot from the 5805. In addition, you must install appropri- ate device drivers.
Page 12: Symbols And Terminology
Warnings always appear in this format: The warning message appears here. WARNING: Paired angle brackets are used to indicate a specific key on your keyboard. For example, <ESC> means the escape key; <CTRL> means the control key; <F1> means the F1 function key.
Page 13 Read Only Memory devices. ROMs provide nonvolatile memory, have a limited number of write cycles, and include EPROMs and flash EPROMs. ROM–DOS DOS operating system included in Micro PC ROM. Solid–State Disk (SSD) A simulated disk using a high speed solid–state memory device, for example, flash EPROM, EEPROM, or static RAM.
Page 14: Technical Support
TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have a question about the 5805 Solid–State Disk Card and can’t find the answer in this manual, call our Technical Support Department. They will be ready to give you the support you need. When you call, please have the following at hand: •...
Page 15: Chapter 1: Overview
Control Cards and is electrically compatible with other standard CPU cards. Each 5805 measures 4.5 x 4.9 inches and uses one slot of the Micro PC card cage. The 5805 requires 5V at 35 mA when there is no memory installed. The memory device, base address, write–protect feature and battery backup for RAM are all deter-...
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Page 17: Chapter 2: Installation
Chapter 2 INSTALLATION The 5805 Solid–State Disk Card uses one slot of the Micro PC card cage. It may be used with any Micro PC Control Card. Jumper configurations specify base address and memory type, as well as enable or disable the write protect feature and battery backup.
Page 18: Base Addresses
Write Protect Indicator Battery Address Write Select Protect Memory (U9-U16) Figure 2–1—5805 Card Components BASE ADDRESSES The 5805 requires four I/O addresses. The card is accessed through the four I/O address locations described in the following table: Installation – 8...
Page 19 180H, which is jumper configuration W1[1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8 , 9–10]. If there is another card in your system with a base address of 180H, you must use a different base address for the 5805 (or change the address of the other card). Installation – 9...
Page 20 W1: Base Address Select Pins Jumpered Base Address [1-2] [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 100H-103H [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 104H-107H [1-2] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 108H-10BH [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 10CH-10FH [1-2] [3-4] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 110H-113H [3-4] [[7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 114H-117H [1-2] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 118H-11BH...
Page 21 W1: Base Address Select (cont.) Pins Jumpered Base Address [1-2] [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 180H-183H* [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 184H-187H [1-2] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 188H-18BH [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 18CH-18FH [1-2] [3-4] [7-8] [9-10] 190H-193H [3-4] [7-8] [9-10] 194H-197H [1-2] [7-8] [9-10] 198H-19BH [7-8] [9-10] 19CH-19FH...
Page 22: Specifying Memory Device Type And Size
5805 card. The total memory capacity of a single 5805 card is up to 4 MB. Jumper block W2 defines the size of the memory devices installed on the 5805 for either 128K or 512K devices.
Page 23: Battery Backup
BATTERY BACKUP If you are using the 5805 as a RAM disk, enable the non–recharge- able lithium battery (VBATT) included with the card to maintain power to the static RAMs so that they will be nonvolatile. Other- wise, any information stored in the static RAMs will be lost as soon as power to the card is lost.
Page 24: Write Protection
With W4 installed, the red LED lights, indicating write–protect is enabled. You cannot write to the 5805 if you are using it as a ROM disk. Write–protect should be enabled for a ROM disk so that an error message will be generated if you attempt to write to a ROM.
Page 25: Using Static Rams
Memory Device Type, and W3, Memory Device Size, accord- ingly. Set the base I/O address for the 5805 at W1. If you are using more than one 5805 card in your system, you must set each card for a different I/O address.
Page 26 Slide the 5805 into the card cage. The components on the card should face to the left or up, depending on the type of Micro PC card cage. Take care to correctly position the 5805 in the WARNING: card cage. The V and ground signals must match those on the backplane.
Page 27: Using Eproms
Memory Device Type, and W3, Memory Device Size, accord- ingly. Set the base I/O address for the 5805 at W1. If you are using more than one 5805 card in your system, you must set each card for a different I/O address.
Page 28 NOTE: If the /S switch is not used, TREEDISK assumes 128K devices. Program the EPROMs with the image files. Install the EPROMs on the 5805. You can install any amount of memory but the devices must be installed contiguously from U9 to U16:...
Page 29 Make sure power to the card cage is off. 10. Slide the 5805 into the card cage. The components on the card should face to the left or up, depending on the type of Micro PC card cage. Take care to correctly position the 5805 in the WARNING: card cage.
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Page 31: Chapter 3: Technical Data
Either 128K or 512K static RAM, or 128K or 512K EPROM devices. Only one type of device may be used on a single card. To use more than one type of device, use more than one 5805 card. Memory Access All memory is accessed via four I/O ports.
Page 32 Write–protect jumper (W4) disables modification to static RAM. Prevents accidental overwrite of data. Access LED A LED lights briefly each time the disk is accessed. Write–protect LED A LED lights when the disk is write–protected. 5805 On-card I/O Map Address Read Write Base Write protect status...
Page 33: Jumper Settings
JUMPER SETTINGS W1: Base Address Select Pins Jumpered Base Address [1-2] [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 100H-103H [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 104H-107H [1-2] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 108H-10BH [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 10CH-10FH [1-2] [3-4] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 110H-113H [3-4] [[7-8] [9-10] [11-12] 114H-117H [1-2] [7-8] [9-10] [11-12]...
Page 34 W1: Base Address Select (cont.) Pins Jumpered Base Address [1-2] [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 180H-183H* [3-4] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 184H-187H [1-2] [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 188H-18BH [5-6] [7-8] [9-10] 18CH-18FH [1-2] [3-4] [7-8] [9-10] 190H-193H [3-4] [7-8] [9-10] 194H-197H [1-2] [7-8] [9-10] 198H-19BH [7-8] [9-10] 19CH-19FH...
Page 35 W2: Memory Size Select Memory Device Pins Jumpered 128K device [1-2][4-5][7-8] 512K device* [2-3][5-6][8-9] * = default W3: Memory Type Select Memory Device Pins Jumpered 128K static RAM [1-2][5-6][7-8] 512K static RAM* [1-2][5-6][7-8][9-10][11-12] 128K EPROM [1-3] [4-6] 512K EPROM [1-3][4-6][7-9][11-12] * = default W4: Write Protect Write-protect...
Page 36: Connector Pinouts
CONNECTOR PINOUTS Micro PC "A" Pin # Description Signal Pin # Desctiprion Signal I/O CH CK* I/O CH RDY * = active low Technical Data – 26...
Page 37 Micro PC "B" Pin # Description Signal Pin # Desctiprion Signal DACKI* RESET DRQ1 DACK0* IRQ2 CLOCK Not used IRQ7 DRQ2 IRQ6 -12V IRQ5 Reserved Not used IRQ4 +12V IRQ3 Analog Gnd DACK2* MEMW* MEMR* IOW* Aux +5V IOR* DACK3* Aux Gnd DRQ3 * = active low...
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Page 39: Software Utilities
APPENDIX A SOFTWARE UTILITIES INTRODUCTION The 5805 Utility Disk comes with the utilities listed below. This appendix describes the utilities and their use. DISK.SYS MAKE5805.EXE TREEDISK.EXE Appendix A – 29...
Page 40: Disk.sys
SYNTAX: DEVICE=DISK.SYS xx xx is the base address in hex. REMARKS: This device driver is used when a 5805 Solid– State Disk Card is installed. A DISK.SYS statement is required in the CONFIG.SYS file for each 5805 installed. When encounter- ing the following line in the CONFIG.SYS...
Page 41 ROM or flash EPROMs installed, it cannot be written to as a disk; it can only be read from. If the 5805 contains RAM and is not format- ted using MAKE5805, or it contains ROMs which do not look like a disk, the following will appear: 5025 DISK.SYS V3.3, 5805 SSD not...
Page 42: Make5805.Exe
Formats a 5805 populated with static RAMS so that it looks like a disk. SYNTAX MAKE5805 [/A####] #### specifies the card address of the 5805 in hex. If the /A option is not used, MAKE5805 prompts the user's for the card address. REMARKS:...
Page 43: Treedisk.exe
Utility program. PURPOSE: Converts a directory of directories and files into image files. These files are used to program standard EPROMs and turn a 5805 into a ROM disk. SYNTAX: TREEDISK filepath /S# # specifies the size of the target devices in kilobytes with valid value of either 128 or 512.
Page 44 Appendix A – 34...
Page 45: Warranty
WARRANTY Octagon Systems Corporation (Octagon), warrants that its stan- dard hardware products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for the current established warranty period. Octagon’s obligation under this warranty shall not arise until Buyer returns the defective product, freight prepaid to Octagon’s facility or another specified location.
Page 46: Returning A Product For Repair
RETURNING A PRODUCT FOR REPAIR Upon determining that repair services are required, the customer must: Obtain an RMA (Return Material Authorization) number from the Customer Service Department, 303-430-1500. If the request is for an out of warranty repair, a purchase order number or other acceptable information must be sup- plied by the customer.