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RadiSys EXM-9 Reference
Summary of EXM-9
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______________________________________________________________________ 07-0060-03 july 1993 exm-9 disk controller reference ® radisys corporation 15025 s.W. Koll parkway beaverton or 97006 (503) 646-1800 fax: (503) 646-1850
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Exm-9 hardware reference page ii epc is a registered trademark and epconnect and radisys are trademarks of radisys corporation. Os/2, ibm, and pc/at are trademarks of international business machines corporation. Microsoft and ms-dos are registered trademarks of microsoft corporation. July 1990 copyr...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page iii hardware warranty radisys corporation ("radisys") warrants the epc system and component modules to the original purchaser for two years from the product's shipping date. If an epc product fails to operate in compliance with its specification during this period, radi...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page iv notes.
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Exm-9 hardware reference page v table of contents 1. Getting started .............................................................................................. 1 specifications.................................................................................... 2 2. Installation ....................
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Exm-9 hardware reference page vi figures figure 1. Exm setup screen ........................................................... 4 figure 2. Exm slot numbering......................................................... 5 figure 3. Front panel connectors ....................................................
Page 7: 1. Getting Started
Page 1 1 1 1. Getting started this manual contains the information you will need to install and use the exm-9 disk controller. The exm-9 disk controller allows you to use external floppy disk and ide (integrated device electronics) hard disk devices. It is designed to plug into any slot in an exmbus...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 2 1 1 specifications the following table defines the power and environmental specifications of the exm-9. Characteristic value temperature operating 0 to 60°c ambient storage -40 to 125°c humidity operating 0 to 90% non condensing storage 0 to 95% non condensing altitud...
Page 9: 2. Installation
Page 3 2 2 2. Installation before installing the exm-9, unpack and inspect it for shipping damage. Do not remove the module from its anti - static bag unless you are in a static - free environment . The exm - 9 , like most other electronic devices , is susceptible to esd damage . Esd damage is not a...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 4 2 2 configuring the bios setup once the exm-9 is inserted into the carrier, turn the system on and boot it up. The exm configuration data in the epc to which the exm-9 is connected now must be modified to recognize and enable the card and select from the available opt...
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Installation page 5 2 2 exm slots c p u 0 1 2 4 3 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 vme emc 8 9 10 11 figure 2. Exm slot numbering. Id is a hard-wired id value. Each exm has a unique id value. Ob1/ob2 are two bytes of option information. Note that all slots are listed on the screen even if the actual system configu...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 6 2 2 ob2 is not used and should be set to 00. Notes.
Page 13: 3. Operation
Page 7 3 3 3. Operation this chapter discusses the main setup and connectors of the exm-9. In addition to configuring the exm-9 using the exm setup screen, you will also need to describe your connected disk configuration on the main setup screen. If you have a floppy drive connected and enabled, sel...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 8 3 3 2. For use by the translation mapping, select either 63 or 17 sectors per logical track. Call this value s. Use s of 63 for drives greater than 136 mb, and s of 17 for smaller drives. 3. Compute the minimum number of logical heads needed to cover the capacity of t...
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Operation page 9 3 3 disk partitioning if you have used the universal translation mode, you may have noticed that the number of logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track of the drive type selected on the fixed-disk menu produces a product that exceeds the actual capacity of your drive. This ca...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 10 3 3 some error messages that might appear and their interpretations are disk boot failure. No boot disk could be found by the bios. Diskette drives or types mismatch error. The bios setup information is inconsistent with the drives de- tected (or absent). Error initi...
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Operation page 11 3 3 the 40-pin ide connector on the front panel of the exm-9 mates with a ribbon cable to an ide drive. The pins are defined below. Pin signal pin signal 1 -rst 21 not used 2 ground 22 ground 3 dd7 23 -diow 4 dd8 24 ground 5 dd6 25 -dior 6 dd9 26 ground 7 dd5 27 not used 8 dd10 28 ...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 12 3 3 this condition can occur if the ribbon cable extends beyond the edge of the connector, as shown below: figure 4. Cable connection instructions. To help alleviate problems, the following cables are recommended: manufacturer floppy connector (34 pin) ide connector ...
Page 19: 4. Programming Interface
Page 13 4 4 4. Programming interface this chapter contains information needed to write custom software drivers for the exm-9. Anyone just using the exm-9 as a bios-controlled interface to external disks can skip reading this chapter. The exm-9 defines the following registers in the i/o space. Bit 7 ...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 14 4 4 cyliner high register 1f6 sdh register 1f7 status / command register 3f2 floppy operations register 3f4 floppy command register 3f5 floppy data register 3f6 alt. Status/digital output register 3f7 drive address (ide)/floppy control the first two are standard exm ...
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Programming interface page 15 4 4 respond to reads from i/o port 100h and reads and writes from i/o port 102h, and then only if exmbus line -exmid is asserted. The addresses 1f0-1f7 and 3f6-3f7 are interpreted by the integrated controller in the external ide drive. Note that both the ide interface a...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 16 4 4 notes.
Page 23: 5. Support and Service
Page 17 5 5 5. Support and service in north america technical support radisys maintains a technical support phone line at (503) 646-1800 that is staffed weekdays (except holidays) between 8 am and 5 pm pacific time. If you have a problem outside these hours, you can leave a message on voice-mail usi...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 18 5 5 repair services factory repair service is provided for all radisys products. Standard service for all radisys products covers factory repair with customers paying shipping to the factory and radisys paying for return shipment. Overnight return shipment is availab...
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Support and service page 19 5 5 all non-warranty repairs are subject to service charges. Radisys has determined that pricing repairs based on time and materials is more cost-effective for the customer than a flat-rate repair charge. When product is received, it will be analyzed and, if appropriate, ...
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Exm-9 hardware reference page 20 5 5 when shipping the product, include the following information: return address, contact names and phone numbers in purchasing and engineering, and a description of the suspected problem. Any ancillary information that might be helpful with the debugging process wil...