VXI VT1433B manual VXI Bus Registers are defined as follows

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VT1433B User's Guide

Register Definitions

The VXI Bus Registers are defined as follows:

￿Id Register: A read of this 16 bit register provides information about the device ’s configuration. Its value is always CFFF16 as defined in the following table.

Bit

15-14

13-12

11-0

Contents

11

00

111111111111

(Register Based Device)

(A16/A24)

(Agilent’s ID)

 

￿Logical Address Register: A write to this register changes the device ’s logical address according to the VXI Bus Dynamic Configuration protocol. Its format is defined in the following table.

Bit

15-8

7-0

Contents

No effect

Logical

Address

 

 

￿Device Type Register: A read of this register provides information about the device ’s configuration. Its format is defined in the following table.

Bit

15-12

11-0

Contents

0011

Model Code

(1MB of A24)

(20216 for VT1433B)

 

￿Status Register: A read of this register provides information about the device ’s status as defined in the following table.

Bit

15

 

14

 

 

13-12

 

 

11

 

10

 

9

8

Contents

 

A24

MODID*

 

Unused

 

 

Block

 

Data

 

ST

 

Loaded

 

Active

 

 

 

Ready

 

Ready

 

Done

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

 

7

 

6

 

5

 

4

 

3

 

2

 

1

 

0

Contents

 

Done

 

Err*

 

Unused

 

HW

 

Ready

 

Passed

Q Resp

 

Cmd

 

 

 

 

OK

 

 

Ready

 

Ready

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A24 Active: A one (1) in this field indicates that the A24 registers can be accessed. It reflects the state of the Control register’s A24 Enable bit.

MODID*: A one (1) in this field indicates that the device is not selected via the P2 MODID line. A zero (0) indicates that the device is selected by a high state on the P2 MODID line.

Unused: A read of these bits will always return zero (0).

A-5

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VXI VT1433B manual VXI Bus Registers are defined as follows

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