home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Cream of the Crop 21
/
Cream of the Crop 21 (Terry Blount) (October 1996).iso
/
windows
/
stallrel.zip
/
DIAGS
/
HELP.TXT
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1995-12-21
|
24KB
|
564 lines
This file is text only and can be edited by a normal text editor.
This file should be given read only attributes on the release floppy.
The maximum lines of help for each screen is 24 lines.
TABS will be expanded to 8 characters.
{1}
Welcome to Stallion Technologies Diagnostics.
These diagnostics may also be invoked with command line switch options.
The switches are:
-p ITER Forces production diags (Iteration limit).
-b BOARD_TYPE Sets the board type. Valid board types are:
1-Brumby, 2-ONboard,
3-ONboard2, 4-ONboard/E,
-a IO_ADDR Sets the IO address.
-r RAM_ADDR Sets the RAM address.
-i INT_NUMBER Sets the Interrupt number.
-? This help screen
Note that the -b option must be used if any other command line options are
required.
{2}
The Diagnostic Menu displays the tests possible and allows the user to
select which test is to be run.
The tests will be performed using the default configuration displayed.
Complete Checkout enables the board memeory and confirms the presence of
the board in the system. This is indicated by the presence test result.
The test also checks the board memory for errors and the dual ported memory
for faults. The selected interrupt on the host bus is also tested for
correct operation. If required this test can be run repetitively by
selecting option 2.
Ports Loopback test allows the testing of the communications ports by
looping transmit signals back to receive signals using the loopback plug
supplied with the board. This tests all of the electronic circuits on
the board including the communcations line drivers. If required this test
can be run on an individual port.
{3}
{4}
The "Complete Checkout" verifies all board functions except the communications
interface. This is tested by the Cable Loopback tests.
"Board Present ...OK" indicates that the specified board has been found at the
selected I/O and Memory address, and that the board has powered up correctly.
If this should fail check the I/O address is correctly selected and that the
memory address is correctly chosen and does not clash with other adapters.
"Number of ASYNC Ports...." is the number of standard asynchronous ports found
to be alive on the board. If this is not equal to the number of ports actually
on the board there may be a problem with the hardware.
"Number of SYNC Ports....." is the number of synchronous ports found to be
alive on the board. These are only on ONboard-SYNC and Xtream boards.
"Memory Size....." is the amount of memory found during the ROM boot process.
"Memory Test....." tests the Dual Port memory from the host bus to verify
correct operation.
"Dual Port Test..." tests the memory on the board while also performing host
accesses to the board. This verifies the memory interface electronics.
"Interrupt to Host...." tests that the host machine is able to receive
interrupts from the board on the interrupt line selected.
{5}
The Cable Loopback test checks the operation of the communications ports by
sending packets of data and handshake sequences and verifying that these
transmissions are correctly returned. The tests should be performed using the
loopback plug supplied with the board. Note that the port may be tested
directly at the back of the machine or at the far end of the connecting cable.
This provides a quick way of detecting cable breaks or short circuits.
{10}
BRUMBY Configuration
The configuration options allow location of the board in the system resource
maps to be selected. This requires identification of a unique I/O address,
Memory address and Interrupt to be selected. The following table shows the
switch settings for the range of I/O and memory address options supported.
I/O -> 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 3A0 3B0 3C0 3D0 3E0 3F0
Sw #
1 ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
2 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF
3 ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF
4 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF
MEM -> C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 DC000
Sw #
5 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF
6 ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF
7 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF
8 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
IRQ Jumper positions from left to right on the interrupt jumper are:
15, 12, 11, 10, 7, 5, 4, 3
{11}
ONboard Configuration
The configuration options allow location of the board in the system resource
maps to be selected. This requires identification of I/O address, Memory
address and Interrupt to be selected. The I/O address and interrupt must be
unique values but the memory address may be shared by more than one ONboard.
The I/O address is selected by the switches on the board. The table below
shows the possible switch settings. The memory address and interrupt is
software programmable.
I/O -> 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 2A0 2B0 2C0 2D0 2E0 2F0
Sw #
1 ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
2 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF
3 ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF
4 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF
The Memory addresses supported by the ONboard are : A0000 - E0000 inclusive
and 100000 - FF0000. The usable memory address depends on your system
configuration. Commonly used values are D0000 and EC0000.
The Interrupts supported by the ONboard are IRQ 3,4,5,7,10,11,12,15.
{12}
ONboard2 Configuration
The configuration options allow location of the board in the system resource
maps to be selected. This requires identification of I/O address, Memory
address and Interrupt to be selected. The I/O address and interrupt must be
unique values but the memory address may be shared by more than one ONboard2.
The ONboard2 is configured with an ".ADF" file which is supplied with the
board. Check the configuration option used before running these diagnostics
or you may get incorrect results.
There are no switches or jumpers to set on the ONboard2 card.
The I/O addresses supported are from 780 - 7F0.
The memory addresses supported are C0000, D0000, E80000 - EF0000
The Interrupts supported are 3,7,10,11,12,15.
The usable options depends on your system configuration.
{13}
ONboard/E Configuration
The configuration options allow location of the board in the system resource
maps to be selected. This requires identification of I/O address, Memory
address and Interrupt to be selected. The I/O address and interrupt must be
unique values but the memory address may be shared by more than one ONboard/E.
The ONboard/E is configured with a ".CFG" file which is supplied with the
board. Check the configuration option used before running these diagnostics
or you may get incorrect results.
There are no switches or jumpers to be set on the ONboard/E.
The I/O addresses are slot specific (consult your EISA system manual).
The memory addresses supported are anywhere in the 4 Gbyte address range
on 64K byte boundaries.
The Interrupts supported are 3,4,5,7,10,11,12,15.
The usable options depends on your system configuration.
{14}
ONboard/SYNC Configuration
The configuration options allow location of the board in the system resource
maps to be selected. This requires identification of I/O address, Memory
address and Interrupt to be selected. The I/O address and interrupt must be
unique values but the memory address may be shared by more than one ONboard.
The I/O address is selected by the switches on the board. The table below
shows the possible switch setti