Intel LXD970A Demo Board for 10/100 manual LED Indicators, Additional JP1 Jumper Functions

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Demo Board for 10/100 and 100BASE-FX Applications — LXD970A

4.1.2Additional Jumper Functions

In addition to the MF pins, the Hardware Control Interface (JP1) contains 10 pins, (#41 - #50) that are labeled as MAN0, MAN1, MAN2, TRSTE and MDDIS, (Note: TRSTE and MDDIS are not labeled on the demo board). MAN0 = CFG0, MAN1 = FDE and MAN2 = CFG1. The Manual pins control the status of the applicable function by installing or removing a jumper. See Table 6 for function status.

Table 6.

Additional JP1 Jumper Functions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jumper Label

Function

Status

Jumper

Jumper Not

Installed

Installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restart Negotiation

Enable

 

X

 

(when Auto-Neg enabled)1

 

 

 

 

MAN0

 

Disable

X

 

(CFG0)

 

 

 

 

Speed Select

10Mbps

 

X

 

(when Auto-Neg disabled)1

 

 

 

 

 

 

100Mbps

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAN1

Full Duplex

 

Enable

X

 

(FDE)

 

 

 

 

 

Disable

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed Advertisement Capabilities

When Auto-Neg enabled, MAN2 (CFG1) works in

 

combination with MF4 to control operating speed

 

(when Auto-Neg enabled)1

MAN2

advertising capabilities. See Table 5 for details

 

 

(CFG1)

 

 

 

 

 

Link Test

Enable

 

X

 

 

 

(when Auto-Neg disabled)1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disable

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tristates

X

 

Not Labeled

Tristate

MII Data Interface

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(TRSTE)

(MDC and MDIO are not affected)

Normal

 

X

 

 

 

Operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not Labeled

MDIO Port

 

Enable

 

X

(MDDIS)

 

 

 

 

 

Disable

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Auto-negotiation is set via MF0.

4.2LED Indicators

 

There are 5 status LEDs on the Demo Board. Refer to Table 7 for LED descriptions.

Table 7.

LED Descriptions

 

 

 

 

Label

 

Ref Des

Description

 

 

 

 

ENBL

 

D1

Line Speed. Indicates 100Mbps operation

 

 

 

 

COL

 

D2

Collision. Indicates collision

 

 

 

 

LNK

 

D3

Link. Indicates connection

 

 

 

 

TX

 

D4

Transmit Data. Indicates data being transmitted

 

 

 

 

RX

 

D5

Receive Data. Indicates data being received

 

 

 

 

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