4.2 Enabling the Special Registers
The
The Interrupt Status Register and Options Register are accessed through the scratchpad location of any UART. The DLAB bit of the UART (Line Control Register, bit 7) is used to select between the two registers. The most recent write of a DLAB bit in any UART selects between the two registers as shown in Figure 7.
DLAB Bit | SPAD Jumper | Register selected for | |
address 7 accesses | |||
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0 | removed | Interrupt Status Register | |
1 | removed | Options Register | |
X | applied | Scratchpad Registers |
Figure 7 --- DLAB bit selects between special registers
4.3 Interrupt Status Register
The
Bit | Description |
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7 (MSB) | 0 (not used) |
6 | 0 (not used) |
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5 | 0 (not used) |
4 | 0 (not used) |
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3 | Port 4 |
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2 | Port 3 |
1 | Port 2 |
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0 | Port 1 |
Figure 8 --- Interrupt Status Register
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