Chapter 7 Board-control Commands

 

Board Information (15H)

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Termination

This field returns the status of the SCSI fuse on the RF3880 and the condition of terminator power on the SCSI cable connector. It has this format:

BITS

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

BSF

BTP

0

Table 96: Bit Meanings of Termination Field

BTP Bad SCSI Termination Power - Indicates whether there is sufficient voltage on the TERM PWR pin of the SCSI connector.

0 Proper 4 - 5.25 volts available.

1 Less than 4 volts available.

BSF Blown SCSI Fuse - Indicates whether the Termination Power Fuse on the adapter is intact.

0 Fuse is good.

1 Fuse is blown.

SCSI Cfig Block

This field reports the status of the SCSI Configuration Block of hardware jumpers. You can use it to determine how the jumpers are set without removing the board from your system:

BITS

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

1 - 2

3 - 4

5 - 6

7 - 8

9 - 10

11 - 12

13 - 14

15 - 16

Table 97: SCSI Configuration Jumpers

Each bit corresponds to a hardware jumper.

0 Jumper is not present.

1 Jumper is installed.

The purpose for each jumper is described below:

Pins

Description

Default

1

- 2

Reserved

OUT

 

 

 

3

- 4

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

5

- 6

Enable SCSI Parity Checking

OUT = Selected

 

 

 

 

7

- 8

SCSI bus Reset at Power-up

OUT = Selected

 

 

 

9 - 10

SCSI ID Bit 3

OUT = 0

 

 

 

 

11

- 12

SCSI ID Bit 2

OUT = 0

 

 

 

 

13

- 14

SCSI ID Bit 1

OuT = 0

 

 

 

 

15

- 16

SCSI ID Bit 0

OUT = 0

 

 

 

 

Table 98: SCSI Cfig Block - Default Jumper Settings

Adapter Base Model #

This field of the Board Information command was added for the RF3880. If the board is an RF3880, the value 3880H will be returned.

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Ciprico Rimfire 3880 manual Board-control Commands Board Information 15H Termination, Scsi Cfig Block, Adapter Base Model #