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- Page 1 ® ORKS PCC-10 PC Card User’s Guide Version 2 ® C o r p o r a t i o n 078-0155-01B...
- Page 2 Parts manufactured by vendors other than Echelon and referenced in this document have been described for illustrative purposes only and may not have been tested by Echelon. It is the responsibility of the customer to determine the suitability of these parts for each application.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
2-11 Windows 3.1 and 3.11 Software Removal Procedure 2-11 DOS Software Removal Procedure 2-12 PCC-10 Card Hardware Installation 2-12 Windows 95 PCC-10 Card Hardware Revisions 2-14 Cancel 2-15 Do not install a driver 2-15 Driver from disk... 2-15 Select from a list... - Page 4 Configuring and Testing the PCC-10 Card Under Windows PCC-10 Configurations PCC-10 Initialization Device Specific Settings Device Selected Automatic Flush Cancel NI Application Transceiver... Diagnostics General Settings System Image Path Layer2 and Layer6 Buffering Enable PC Card Reset PCC-10 Diagnostics Driver Status...
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Page 5: Pcc-10 Introduction
® Adapter and the LonManager PCC-10 Protocol Analyzer card. Except where noted, the term “PCC-10 card” used in this guide refers to both cards. The PCC-10 Network Adapter is a high-performance interface that is ideal for building portable installation, maintenance, monitoring and control tools. - Page 6 PCC-10 cards included with the protocol analyzer also provide all the functionality of the PCC-10 Network Adapter. Introduction...
- Page 7 TP/XF twisted pair networks is ORKS accomplished through external transceiver assemblies (referred to as “pods”). The PCC-10 card can also be used with power line, RF, coaxial cable, IR, and fiber optic transceivers, and current-limited +5V power is supplied for powering the external pods.
- Page 8 • Avoid bending or squeezing the PCC-10 card. • Do not immerse the PCC-10 card in liquid of any type, and clean only with a soft, dry, anti-static cloth. • Do not insert foreign objects into the connectors and avoid exposure to substances that may contaminate the electrical contacts.
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Page 9: Audience
ORKS the PCC-10 card. Content This manual provides an overview of the PCC-10 card and software, and includes installation details and configuration options. Electrical specifications for the network port of the card and related cable assemblies also are included. This document has a list of references in Chapter 5. Whenever a reference document is addressed, a superscript number corresponding to the reference has been placed in the text, i.e., FTT-10 User's Guide... -
Page 10: Installing The Pcc-10 Card
Installing the PCC-10 Card This chapter describes the procedures for installing the PCC-10 card software in a PC or embedded host with a compatible operating system. PCC-10 User's Guide... -
Page 11: Pcc-10 Card Software Installation
LonManager Protocol Analyzer User’s Guide . Note that you cannot use the LonManager ISA Protocol Analyzer card and a PCC-10 card in the same PC. Install the PCC-10 driver software as described below. -
Page 12: Windows 95 Software Installation Procedure
Windows Registry. The path may be modified using the Browse button; however, if a directory other than c:\lonworks is chosen, the PCC-10 images path will have to be specified to enable use of the PCC-10 card. This is accomplished during PCC-10 Configuration. See Chapter 3, Configuring and Testing the PCC-10 Card. - Page 13 PCC-10 card device driver under Windows rather than attempting to access the device under DOS. Once this driver is installed and active, existing 16-bit Windows applications can access the PCC-10 card using the ldv_open(), ldv_close(), ldv_read(), and ldv_write() functions provided by the WLDV.DLL file.
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Page 14: Windows 3.1 And 3.11 Software Installation Procedure
PCMCIA Drivers, which are packaged with the Axonix ProMedia Portable CDROM Drive. To allow the PCC-10 card to operate with these drivers, some of its services must be disabled by commenting-out the lines in the PC’s CONFIG.SYS file which contain the following instructions: C:\CARDWORK\SSTOPIC.EXE,... -
Page 15: Microsoft Dos Software Installation Procedure
PCC-10 images path will have to be specified to enable use of the PCC-10 card. This is accomplished during PCC-10 Configuration. See Chapter 3, Configuring the PCC-10 Card. To access the PCC-10 card, the “PCCLONn” network interface naming convention must be used, rather than the “LONn”... -
Page 16: Real-Mode Dos Driver
Microsoft DOS where no Windows operating system is being used. Real-Mode DOS Driver Real-Mode DOS support for the PCC-10 Card (tested on DOS 6.22) consists of a single device driver named LDVPCC10.SYS which can control up to four (4) cards, third party DOS-level PCMCIA Card and Socket services provided by the manufacturer of your PCMCIA card slot, and associated files. - Page 17 A list of available hard disk drives will be displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the drive where the PCC-10 Card software should be installed. The default drive is C. Press ENTER when the proper drive is highlighted. If the computer does not display blinking options, the highlighted option will be shown as black writing on a white background.
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Page 18: Configuring The Pc For Maximum Performance Under Dos
12. Installation is complete. Remove the PCC-10 installation diskette and restart the computer. Note that Windows will not recognize the PCC-10 card until the computer is restarted. Configuring the PC for Maximum Performance... - Page 19 FlushCancel=n where n describes whether the device driver will automatically force the network interface (for the selected PCC-10 card) to leave the post-reset flush state whenever it is reset. The post-reset flush state prevents any inbound or outbound network traffic following a reset. This value should be ‘1’ to automatically leave the flush state, or ‘0’...
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Page 20: Software Installation Results
Software Installation Results The installation software for the PCC-10 Card loads a selection of new files and updated Echelon files to different locations on the PC’s hard drive. For Windows installations, the function and location of the files can be found in the on-line help file. -
Page 21: Dos Software Removal Procedure
PCC-10 was installed, i.e., [RETURN] DELTREE \LONWORKS\IMAGES\PCC10 If a Windows version of the PCC-10 Device Driver does exist, then remove the README.TXT file from the \IMAGES\PCC10 directory. Delete LDVVDD.SYS, LDVPCC10.SYS, and LDVPCC10.INI from the \BIN directory (i.e., C:\LONWORKS\BIN). - Page 22 UL Listed equipment. Do not force the PCC-10 card into the PC Card slot. The PCC-10 card is keyed and can only be inserted one way into the PC Card slot. Figure 4.4 shows the 68-pin PC Card side of the PCC-10 card.
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Page 23: Windows 95 Pcc-10 Card Hardware Revisions
Windows 95 PCC-10 Card Hardware Revisions If a different, or newer, version of the PCC-10 card is inserted into the PC Card slot, a New Hardware Found window may be presented (see figure 2.1). In this event, a prompt will appear to select which driver should be installed for the new ®... -
Page 24: Cancel
This action will cause the New Hardware Found window to be displayed again. Choose the Windows default driver. Do not install a driver If this option is chosen, the PCC-10 software must be re-installed to use the PCC-10 card. This screen will only be presented once. Driver from disk…... -
Page 25: System Resources
When the Windows 95 Device Manager does not locate a free IRQ for a newly inserted PCC-10 card, it will not assign the card an IRQ. As a result, there may be no indication to the user that a problem has occurred, since no true resource “conflict”... -
Page 26: Dos, Windows 3.1 And 3.11
If a DOS real-mode driver is in use, other than the PCC-10 Card DOS driver, for a specific device which is installed in the PC, Windows 95 may not know about that device’s resource requirements. Unlike Windows driver conflicts, this problem is difficult to diagnose. -
Page 27: Common Resource Problems
ORKS Selecting the Configuration Info menu item under the appropriate socket menu displays the resources allocated to the PCC-10 card (figure 2.3). Figure 2.3 Allocated PCC-10 Card Resources Selecting IRQ under the Resources menu displays the IRQ Resource Control dialog (figure 2.4). -
Page 28: Software Compatibility
For example, only the names “LON1” through “LON9” may be available, preventing the use of a PCC-10 card. This problem can be fixed through the use of device name aliasing. To create a device alias under Windows 3.1x or Windows 95, follow the instructions below: 1. -
Page 29: Device Name Aliasing Under Dos
Analyzer ISA-bus card share the same Windows VxD identifier. As a result, both types of cards cannot run on a PC at the same time. Therefore, the PCC-10 instal- lation software will comment out the SYSTEM.INI entry that loads the ISA-bus driver. -
Page 30: Configuring And Testing The Pcc-10 Card Under Windows
This chapter explains how to configure and test the PCC-10 card using the Windows Control Panel installed in Chapter 2. Details of how to configure the PCC-10 Card for use with the DOS driver can be found in the Microsoft DOS Software Installation Procedure section in Chapter 2. -
Page 31: Pcc-10 Configurations
PCC-10 Card for use with the DOS driver must be done after installation. Details of how to configure the PCC-10 Card for use with the DOS driver can be found in the Installation section. Testing of the PCC-10 Card can be performed using the NODEUTIL.EXE utility which is available in the Developers Toolbox at the Echelon... -
Page 32: Pcc-10 Initialization
An error will be reported if an attempt is made to modify the transceiver type before the PCC-10 card is initialized. Testing the card with the Diagnostics button, as suggested by the error message, produces the diagnosis: “Image file not found.”... -
Page 33: Ni Application
PCC-10 card. If there is no PCC-10 currently inserted in a PC Card slot, a message appears under Windows 95 stating that the operating system has removed, or has not loaded, the PCC-10 device driver. -
Page 34: Diagnostics
The information in the Custom Properties area reflects the current configuration within the PCC-10 card. It will not change until a transceiver is selected, and then configured by using the OK or Apply buttons. When configuring a custom transceiver or adding custom parameters for a standard transceiver, the values used in the Custom Properties Raw data edit boxes must be entered as hexadecimal byte values separated by dashes. -
Page 35: Enable Pc Card Reset
PCC-10 device driver. If no PCC-10 card is inserted in a PC Card slot, the Diagnostics window will display “(no driver found)” under Windows 95 or “no device installed”... -
Page 36: Driver Status
EEPROM • Loaded Image Size: the size, in bytes, of the currently loaded PCC-10 system image. This may be zero if the PCC-10 card is in the initial “boot” state. • Interrupt Count: the number of interrupts the driver has processed for this device. -
Page 37: Diagnostic Commands
3.5. If a diagnostic command results in the “Image file not found” error message, close the Diagnostics dialog box by selecting the OK button, then click the Apply button in the PCC-10 control panel. This re-initializes the PCC-10 card and allows use of the commands. -
Page 38: Service
Service The Service button will cause the PCC-10 card to broadcast a service pin message on the network. The service pin message will not be sent if the PCC-10 card is in the post-reset flush state (see Automatic Flush Cancel). -
Page 39: Electrical Interface
Electrical Interface This chapter provides information about the electrical characteristics of the PCC-10 card. Included is an overview of the electrical design of the interface for external transceivers and details about connecting the card’s internal FT-10 compatible transceiver to a network. -
Page 40: Network Port
Figure 4.1 shows the numbering scheme of the 15-pin Hirose male connector on the PCC-10 card (the top of the PCC-10 card is the side with the product label). Figure 4.2 shows the pin-out of the mating female Hirose NX30TA-15PAA connector to which the network wiring or transceiver pod is connected. - Page 41 Hirose CL234- Figure 4.3 PCC-10 Card Network Port Electrical Interface The R resistors used in the PCC-10 card buffer the CPx lines to and from the Neuron 3150 ® Chip, and have a value of 82• ±5%. Examples of how to interface the PCC-10 card to external transceivers can be found in Appendix A, External Transceivers.
- Page 42 4.2 describes the electrical characteristics of the card’s digital inputs and outputs. Table 4.1 PCC-10 Network Port Electrical Interface Description Signal Type Description ~Pod_Sense Digital Input Pod Connection Indicator ~Drive_Pod_Reset Digital Output Reset Line for External Transceiver...
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Page 43: Pc Card Connector
Input Current µA PC Card Connector The PCC-10 card includes a standard 68-pin PC Card connector for interfacing with a host PC or embedded controller. This connector conforms to PCMCIA Card Standard, Release 2.1 guidelines for Type II I/O cards Bottom Figure 4.4 PCC-10 68-Pin PC Card Connector (not to scale) - Page 44 PCC-10 card from a network. Electrical Interface...
- Page 45 FT-10_NetA FT-10_NetB (PCC-10 I/O Connector (PCC-10 I/O Connector pin 15) pin 14) Switchcraft Male Cord Plug: No connection Q-G® A3MBAU Figure 4.5 Model 78300 XLR Connector Port (not to scale) The Switchcraft A3MBAU XLR male connector is compatible with a wide variety of female connectors, as shown in table 4.3.
- Page 46 Table 4.4 Pod Cable Pinout and Color Coding Wire Color Code Black / Blue Blue / Black Black / Yellow No wire Yellow / Black Green / Black Red / Black Brown / Black Orange / Black Black / Green Black / Red Black / Brown Black / Orange...
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Page 47: References
References This chapter provides a list of the documents referenced in this manual. PCC-10 User’s Guide... -
Page 48: Reference Documentation
[5] LonBuilder User’s Guide, Echelon Corporation. PC Card Standard, Release 2.1. This standard is available from the PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. [7] Neuron Chip Data Book, as published by Motorola and Toshiba. [8] LonManager LonMaker Installation Tool User’s Guide, Echelon Corporation. References... -
Page 49: Appendix A External Power Line Transceivers
Appendix A External Power Line Transceivers This appendix describes the PCC-10 card’s electrical interface to external power line network transceivers. PCC-10 User's Guide... -
Page 50: Electrical Interface To The Pcc-10 Network Port
There are a few design issues which should be taken into consideration when designing an external transceiver pod: • Pin 1 must be grounded when a pod is connected to inform the PCC-10 card of the presence of an external transceiver. •... - Page 51 Power Coupling Supply Circuit Circuit PLT-21 Transceiver, Clock, and Pulse-Stretching LVI Circuit Figure A.1 PLT-21 Pod Design Example PCC-10 User's Guide...
- Page 52 The two (2) zener diodes allow a 5V offset between the cable shield and pod logic ground. This circuit in figure A.2 is necessary to ensure proper Vcc sequencing during pod cable insertion into the PCC-10 Card. The • 0.1µF capacitor can be placed between the shield and pod logic ground to improve EMI performance.
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Page 53: Appendix B Regulatory Information
Appendix B Regulatory Information This appendix contains the FCC User’s Information and CE Mark Declaration of Conformity PCC-10 User's Guide... -
Page 54: Fcc Information
FCC Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. - Page 55 ® ECLARATION OF ONFORMITY PCC-10 PC C Application of Council Directive : 73/23/EEC; 89/336/EEC; 93/68/EEC Manufacturer’s Name: Echelon Corporation Manufacturer’s Address: 4015 Miranda Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 Manufacturer’s Address: Echelon Europe LTD. in Europe Elsinore House, 77 Fulham Palace Road...