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Echelon PCC-10 User Manual
Summary of PCC-10
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L on w orks ® pcc-10 pc card user’s guide version 2 ® c o r p o r a t i o n 078-0155-01b.
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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of echelon corporation. Echelon, lon, l on w orks , lonbuilder, nodebuilder, l...
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Pcc-10 user’s guide iii contents 1 pcc-10 introduction 1-1 introduction 1-2 audience 1-4 content 1-4 related documentation 1-4 2 installing the pcc-10 card 2-1 pcc-10 card software installation 2-2 windows 95 ® software installation procedure 2-3 windows 3.1 and 3.11 software installation procedure ...
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Iv echelon 3 configuring and testing the pcc-10 card under windows 3-1 pcc-10 configurations 3-2 pcc-10 initialization 3-3 device specific settings 3-3 device selected 3-3 automatic flush cancel 3-3 ni application 3-4 transceiver... 3-4 diagnostics 3-5 general settings 3-5 system image path 3-5 laye...
Page 5: Pcc-10 Introduction
Pcc-10 user’s guide 1-1 1 pcc-10 introduction this guide describes the mechanical characteristics and the hardware and software driver installation for the pcc-10 network adapter and the lonmanager ® pcc-10 protocol analyzer card. Except where noted, the term “pcc-10 card” used in this guide refers ...
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1-2 introduction functionality, the pcc-10 cards included with the protocol analyzer also provide all the functionality of the pcc-10 network adapter..
Page 7: Introduction
Pcc-10 user’s guide 1-3 introduction the pcc-10 card provides any host processor equipped with a type ii pc card interface and compatible operating system, with access to a l on w orks network. It measures 54.0mmw x 85.6mml x 5.0mmh (2.126" x 3.370" x 0.196"). A software-based control panel, and sof...
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1-4 introduction ! • 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 contac...
Page 9: Audience
Pcc-10 user’s guide 1-5 audience this manual is intended for developers and end users of l on w orks systems using 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...
Page 10: Installing The Pcc-10 Card
Pcc-10 user's guide 2-1 2 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..
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2-2 installing the pcc-10 card pcc-10 card software installation ! Installation of the pcc-10 software must precede insertion of a pcc-10 card into a pc card ( pcmcia ) slot. Failure to install the software before inserting the card will render the card unusable until the software is removed, and th...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-3 windows 95 software installation procedure prior to installation, ensure that the computer is running the windows 95 operating system. The pcc-10 software cannot be installed from dos, or a dos shell. 1. Close all open programs. 2. Insert the installation diskette into the pc...
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2-4 installing the pcc-10 card to use the 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...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-5 ! Windows 95 warning some windows 95 computer systems come equipped with hardware (such as cdrom drives) which use their own card and socket services. These services replace those provided by windows 95, and may contain incompatibilities that prevent the pcc-10 card from func...
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2-6 installing the pcc-10 card 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 the pcc-10 card. 7. To access the pcc-10 card, the ...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-7 products by using the windows 3.1 or windows 3.11 operating systems with proper windows card & socket services, or by using the windows 95 operating system with microsoft-provided card & socket services. The windows 3.1x and windows 95 pcc-10 card installation software will p...
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2-8 installing the pcc-10 card 1. Close all open programs, and run installation from dos or a dos box within windows 3.1, windows 3.11, or windows 95. 2. Insert the installation diskette into the pc, then enter the following (substituting the appropriate drive letter for a: if the diskette is not in...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-9 10. “ > ” will be shown followed by several options for modifying the default settings of the pcc-10 dos device driver. The location of the readme.Txt file c:\lonworks\images\pcc10\readme.Txt will also be shown. Press any key other than esc to continue. 11. If the installatio...
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2-10 installing the pcc-10 card within each section the following entries should exist: imagepath= filepath where filepath is the full file pathname for the neuron chip binary image (nbi), or system image, to be loaded for this device. Since this driver does not support the lonmanager protocol analy...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-11 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 h...
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2-12 installing the pcc-10 card 3. Within the enclosed \bin subdirectory, delete the following files: ldvstub.Sys loncsm.Exe lonpcc10.386 4. Within the \images subdirectory, remove the \pcc10 directory and its contents. 5. At the root drive level (default: c:\ ), edit the config.Sys file to remove a...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-13 conforms to this standard, whether the computer is on or off. In addition, the pcc-10 card is recognized as a ul (underwriter’s laboratories) listed accessory and is designed to be used with ul listed equipment. Do not force the pcc-10 card into the pc card slot. The pcc-10 ...
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2-14 installing the pcc-10 card • removal of a pcc-10 card while an application is using the card will result in a loss of communication with the device, which cannot be restored by re- inserting the card. Some applications will display unusual behavior, and will not properly function. Any applicati...
Page 24: Troubleshooting
Pcc-10 user's guide 2-15 if cancel or an option other than windows default driver is chosen, follow the instructions indicated for that selection below: cancel if the cancel button is accidentally selected, remove the pcc-10 card and re-insert it. This action will cause the new hardware found window...
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2-16 installing the pcc-10 card system resources each pcc-10 card requires four contiguous bytes of i/o address space starting on a modulo-4 based address (i.E., an address evenly divisible by 4). A dedicated interrupt request (irq) is also required for each pcc-10 card used. Windows 95 i/o resource...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-17 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. There ar...
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2-18 installing the pcc-10 card figure 2.2 l on w orks pcc-10 card services client 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 resourc...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 2-19 • unused ide controllers that can not be disabled through the bios ; • unused/nonexistent ps/2 mouse ports; • sound cards that support both 8-bit and 16-bit compatibility modes, consuming two irqs. An additional problem often associated with sound cards is the improper repor...
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2-20 installing the pcc-10 card device name aliasing under dos the file, lvdpcc10.Ini, contains the device names for the dos-mode driver. The installation default name is lon1 since this is the default name for most dos- based l on w orks software. The name may be changed by modifying the file in a ...
Page 30: Configuring and Testing The
Pcc-10 user's guide 3-1 3 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 microsof...
Page 31: Pcc-10 Configuration
3-2 configuring the pcc-10 card pcc-10 configuration pcc-10 card configuration is accomplished using the l on w orks pcc-10 control panel. Open the control panel by selecting the “lonworks ¨ plug ‘n play” icon in the control panel folder located in the my computer folder on the windows 95 desktop, o...
Page 32: Pcc-10 Initialization
Pcc-10 user's guide 3-3 pcc-10 initialization in most cases, pcc-10 card initialization occurs automatically upon insertion. Manual initialization will be required following software installation to a directory other than c:\lonworks , or moving of the pcc-10 system images. To manually initialize th...
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3-4 configuring the pcc-10 card ni application this setting controls the type of image or application to be used. (when using the lonmanager protocol analyzer software with the pcc-10 protocol analyzer card, this selection is handled automatically.) a pcc-10 card can only hold one image at a time. L...
Page 34: General Settings
Pcc-10 user's guide 3-5 the pcc-10 card will be configured for the selected transceiver when either the ok button or apply button is chosen. While either button will configure the pcc-10 card, the ok button will also close the pcc-10 transceiver window. To implement the changes, the pcc-10 card will...
Page 35: Pcc-10 Diagnostics
3-6 configuring the pcc-10 card setting of layer2 buffering is 20 pages, and the default setting of layer6 buffering is 6 pages. These values should be appropriate for most applications; embedded systems may need to change the number of buffering pages. Enable pc card reset this switch controls whet...
Page 36: Driver Status
Pcc-10 user's guide 3-7 figure 3.4 pcc-10 diagnostics dialog box driver status the content of the device driver status is as follows: • number of free pcc-10 output buffers: non-priority: the non-priority application output buffer count, as calculated by the driver based on information retrieved fro...
Page 37: Diagnostic Commands
3-8 configuring the pcc-10 card diagnostic commands the diagnostic commands are invoked by selecting one of the buttons displayed in figure 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 ap...
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Pcc-10 user's guide 3-9 once the node is in the configured state, the control panel will enter a receive- ready state and will display the following message while waiting for a service pin message from another node on the network: now waiting for a service pin message. Once the service pin is presse...
Page 39: Electrical Interface
Pcc-10 user’s guide 4-1 4 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 tran...
Page 40: Network Port
4-2 electrical interface network port the pcc-10 has a 15-pin network port connector for interfacing with a free topology or link power channel, and for connecting external transceiver pods. Figure 4.1 shows the numbering scheme of the 15-pin hirose male connector on the pcc-10 card (the top of the ...
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Pcc-10 user’s guide 4-3 figure 4.3 shows a block diagram of the electrical interface of the 15-pin network port. 1 (~pod_sense) 2 (~drive_pod_reset) 3 (~sense_pod_reset) 4 nc 5 (buf_cp4) 6 (buf_cp3) 7 (buf_cp2) 8 (buf_cp1) 9 (buf_cp0) 10 (vcc) 11 (vcc) 12 (gnd/shield) 13 (gnd/shield) 14 (ft_netb) 15...
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4-4 electrical interface card’s network port and table 4.2 describes the electrical characteristics of the card’s digital inputs and outputs. Table 4.1 pcc-10 network port electrical interface description pin signal type description 1 ~pod_sense digital input pod connection indicator 2 ~drive_pod_re...
Page 43: Pc Card Connector
Pcc-10 user’s guide 4-5 table 4.2 pcc-10 card network port electrical interface values for digital inputs and outputs (pins 1-3, 5-9) parameter symbol min max unit low-level output voltage (i ol =+100µa) v ol — 0.45 v high-level output voltage (i oh =-100µa) v oh 2.4 — v low-level input voltage v il...
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4-6 electrical interface reliable means of repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the pcc-10 card from a network..
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Pcc-10 user’s guide 4-7 1 2 3 ft-10_neta (pcc-10 i/o connector pin 15) ft-10_netb (pcc-10 i/o connector pin 14) switchcraft male cord plug: q-g® a3mbau no connection figure 4.5 model 78300 xlr connector port (not to scale) the switchcraft a3mbau xlr male connector is compatible with a wide variety o...
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4-8 electrical interface table 4.4 pod cable pinout and color coding pin wire color code 1 black / blue 2 blue / black 3 black / yellow 4 no wire 5 yellow / black 6 green / black 7 red / black 8 brown / black 9 orange / black 10 black / green 11 black / red 12 black / brown 13 black / orange 14 whit...
Page 47: References
Pcc-10 user’s guide 5-1 5 references this chapter provides a list of the documents referenced in this manual..
Page 48: Reference Documentation
5-2 references reference documentation [1] l on w orks ftt-10 free topology transceiver user’s guide, echelon corporation. [2] l on w orks ftt-10a free topology transceiver user’s guide, echelon corporation. [3] lonmanager protocol analyzer user’s guide, echelon corporation. [4] l on w orks host app...
Page 49: Appendix A
Pcc-10 user's guide a-1 appendix a external power line transceivers this appendix describes the pcc-10 card’s electrical interface to external power line network transceivers..
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A-2 external power line transceivers 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 ext...
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Pcc-10 user's guide a-3 power supply circuit coupling circuit optically isolated signal interface ftt_neta ftt_netb gnd vcc buf_cp0 buf_cp1 buf_cp2 buf_cp4 ~sense_pod _reset ~drive_pod_reset ~pod_sense noconn cable connector buf_cp3 gnd vcc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 82• v v ground txd rxd ...
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A-4 external power line transceivers pod logic ground cable shield two 5.1v zener diodes Š 0.1 µf figure a.2 pcc-10 card shielded pod cable circuit 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 s...
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Pcc-10 user's guide b-1 appendix b regulatory information this appendix contains the fcc user’s information and ce mark declaration of conformity.
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B-2 regulatory 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 un...
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Pcc-10 user's guide b-3 ® d eclaration of c onformity pcc-10 pc c ard 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 usa manufacturer’s address: echelon europe ltd. In europe...