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- From: jlothian@castle.ed.ac.uk (J Lothian)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.pdp-11
- Subject: Re: Unibus Serial port problems
- Message-ID: <30006@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 18:59:15 GMT
- References: <1993Jan7.071412.962@netcom.com>
- Sender: nntpusr@castle.ed.ac.uk
- Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service
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-
- Here's some stuff about the M7856 (DL11-W) module
- (combined serial port/real-time clock), taken from
- the print-set. As far as I can remember, there are 5
- sets of dip-switches on the board. Mode of operation
- is selected as follows:
-
- Mode 1: serial line and RTC can both be addressed.
- Serial line addresses are restricted to 77756X. [Standard
- console address]. Line clock is at 777546.
- Mode 2: Only serial line can be addressed. Address selection
- ranges from 774000 to 777777. Line clock is disabled.
- Mode 3: Only line clock can be addressed, serial line
- does not respond to any address. Line clock is at 777546.
-
- Mode selection & address bits:
-
- Address bit A10 A09 A08 A07 A06 A05 A04 A03 N/A N/A
- Switch S5-3 S5-2 S5-1 S5-4 S5-5 S5-6 S5-8 S5-7 S5-9 S5-10
- Mode 1 Off Off Off On Off Off Off On Off On
- Mode 2 Off Off Off On Off Off Off On On Off
- Mode 3 Off Off Off On Off Off On On On On
-
- Mode 2 is shown for serial line addresses 77756X. For address
- bits in mode 2, switch off = 1 and switch on = 0.
- [Apparently, it is not possible to deviate from the specified
- address for the serial port in Mode 1 -- I have a feeling that
- if you fiddle with the address switches in Mode 1, the LTC
- address may move as well.]
-
- Note: remove R63 from DL11-W operating in Mode 2 to allow proper
- operation of a line frequency clock or other DL11-W in Mode 1
- or Mode 3. [R63 goes from the BUS LTC L signal at pin CD1
- on the backplane connector to (among other things) pin 9 on a 7414,
- and is a 330 ohm resistor. It should be easy enough to find --
- I don't have a layout diagram for the board.]
-
- Vector Address Assignments
-
- Line clock is fixed at 100. Serial line assignments are
- floating vectors of the form XX0 (receiver) and XX4 (transmitter),
- where XX is 00 to 77. For console device, vector should be
- 060/064.
-
- Vector bit V8 V7 V6 V5 V4 V3
- switch S2-8 S2-7 S2-5 S2-3 S2-6 S2-4
- 060/064 Off Off Off On On Off
- On=1, Off=0.
-
- Data Format
-
- Bits per Character
- S4-4 S4-3 Bits
- On On 5
- On Off 6
- Off On 7
- Off Off 8
-
- Parity
- S4-2 S4-6 Parity
- Off Off Off
- On Off Off
- Off On Even
- On On Odd
-
- Stop Bits
- S4-5 Stop bits
- On 1
- Off 2 (or 1.5 if 5 data bits selected)
-
- Baud Rate Selection
- Rate Receiver Transmitter
- S3-2 S3-3 S3-5 S4-10 S3-1 S3-4
- 110 Off Off Off On On On
- 150 On Off Off Off On On
- 300 Off On On On Off Off
- 600 Off On Off On Off On
- 1200 Off Off On On On Off
- 2400 On On On Off Off Off
- 4800 On On Off Off Off On
- 9600 On Off On Off On Off
-
- Current Loop Active/Passive Selection
- Transmitter S1-1 S1-2 S1-3 S1-6 S1-7
- Active On On Off Off On
- Passive Off Off On On Off
-
- Receiver S3-6 S3-7 S3-8 S3-9 S3-10
- Active On Off On Off On
- Passive Off On Off On Off
-
- Reader Enable S1-4 S1-5 S1-8 S1-9 S1-10
- Active On Off On Off On
- Passive Off On Off On Off
-
- [There is a spade lug on the board, near the front
- edge, which can be connected to one of the spade lugs
- on the M9301 bootstrap module, so that pressing BREAK
- on your terminal keyboard will cause the machine to bomb
- into the bootstrap module's console emulator.]
-
- So there you go. I've used one of these boards on my 11/40
- for several years now, without much bother. I have an M9301
- for bootstrap, and am good at avoiding BREAK when typing!
-
- The only thing that occurs to me about the problems
- you've been having is: is there another device (e.g.
- bootstrap board) in your system that includes an
- LTC circuit? See the note about R63 above.
-
- You can reset the 11/34 CPU by placing CONT/HALT
- in HALT position, then operating BOOT/INIT.
-
- Good luck.
-
- James
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- James Lothian | "It's life, Jim,
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