Emerson MVME55006E manual Remote Start

MOTLoad Firmware Remote Start

4.6Remote Start

As described in the MOTLoad Firmware Package User's Manual, listed in Appendix C, Related Documentation, remote start allows the user to obtain information about the target board, download code and/or data, modify memory on the target, and execute a downloaded program. These transactions occur across the VMEbus in the case of the MVME5500. MOTLoad uses one of four mailboxes in the Universe II as the inter-board communication address (IBCA) between the host and the target.

CR/CSR slave addresses configured by MOTLoad are assigned according to the installation slot in the backplane, as indicated by the VME64 Specification. For reference, the following values are provided:

CR/CSR space for a board in the 1st slot will start at 0x0008.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 2nd slot will start at 0x0010.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 3rd slot will start at 0x0018.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 4th slot will start at 0x0020.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 5th slot will start at 0x0028.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 6th slot will start at 0x0030.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 7th slot will start at 0x0038.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 8th slot will start at 0x0040.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the 9th slot will start at 0x0048.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the ath slot will start at 0x0050.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the bth slot will start at 0x0058.0000

CR/CSR space for a board in the cth slot will start at 0x0060.0000

For further details on CR/CSR space, please refer to the VME64 Specification, listed in Appendix C, Related Documentation.

The MVME5500 uses a Tundra Universe II for its VME bridge. The offsets of the mailboxes in the Universe II are defined in the Universe II User Manual, listed in Appendix C, Related Documentation, but are noted here for reference:

Mailbox 0 is at offset 7f348 in the CR/CSR space

Mailbox 1 is at offset 7f34C in the CR/CSR space

Mailbox 2 is at offset 7f350 in the CR/CSR space

Mailbox 3 is at offset 7f354 in the CR/CSR space

The selection of the mailbox used by remote start on an individual MVME5500 is determined by the setting of a global environment variable (GEV). The default mailbox is zero. Another GEV controls whether remote start is enabled (default) or disabled. Refer to the Remote Start chapter in the MOTLoad Firmware Package User's Manual for remote start GEV definitions.

The MVME5500’s IBCA needs to be mapped appropriately through the master’s VMEbus bridge. For example, to use remote start using mailbox 0 on an MVME5500 installed in slot 5, the master would need a mapping to support reads and writes of address 0x002ff348 in VME CR/CSR space (0x280000 + 0x7f348).

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