GE Fanuc Genius Quick Install Manual

PCI Genius® Card

Quick Install Guide

PCI Genius Card
IC660ELB931

October 2004

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GFK-2342

GFL-002

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes as Used in this Publication

Warning

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currents, temperatures, or other conditions that could cause personal injury exist in
this equipment or may be associated with its use. In situations where inattention
could cause either personal injury or damage to equipment, a Warning notice is used.

Caution

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Note: Notes merely call attention to information that is especially significant to

understanding and operating the equipment.
This document is based on information available at the time of its publication. While efforts

have been made to be accurate, the information contained herein does not purport to cover
all details or variations in hardware or software, nor to provide for every possible contingency
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The PCI Genius Card has been tested and found to meet or exceed the requirements of U.S.
(47 CFR 15), Canadian (ICES-003), Australian (AS/NZS 3548) and European (EN55022)
regulations for Class A digital devices when installed in accordance with guidelines noted in
this manual.

Note: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference received including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

Note: This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A

digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his
own expense.

Note:

Any changes or modifications to the product or installation that are not expressly

approved by GE Fanuc Automation could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment under FCC rules.

The following statements are required to appear for Class 1, Div 2 Hazardous Locations.

1. EQUIPMENT LABELED WITH REFERENCE TO CLASS 1, GROUPS A, B, C, AND D,
DIV 2 HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS IS SUITABLE FOR USE IN CLASS 1, DIVISION 2,
GROUPS A, B, C, D, OR NON-HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS ONLY.

2. WARNING - EXPLOSION HAZARD - SUBSTITUTION OF COMPONENTS MAY IMPAIR
SUITABILITY FOR CLASS 1, DIVISION 2.

3. WARNING - EXPLOSION HAZARD - DO NOT DISCONNECT EQUIPMENT UNLESS
POWER HAS BEEN SWITCHED OFF OR THE AREA IS KNOWN TO BE
NONHAZARDOUS.

4. WARNING - EXPLOSION HAZARD - WHEN IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS, TURN OFF
POWER BEFORE REPLACING OR WIRING MODULES

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents.................................................................. 5

Description ............................................................................ 7

PCI Genius Card ...........................................................................7

Faceplate ......................................................................................7

Software........................................................................................8

Programming Interface..................................................................8

Installing the PCI Genius Card ............................................ 9

Mechanical Overview............................................................ 9

Indicators ............................................................................. 11

Connecting the Bus ............................................................ 13

Sample Bus Configuration ................................................. 13

DIP Switch Setting .............................................................. 15

Bus Termination Resistor Setting................................................15

Specifications...................................................................... 17

Board Specifications....................................................................17

Network Specification..................................................................18

Bus Cable Type and Maximum Cable Length: ............................18

Product Certification....................................................................21

Diagnostics.......................................................................... 22

Diagnostic Steps .........................................................................22

Appendix A .......................................................................... 25

History.........................................................................................25

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PCI Configuration........................................................................26

Functional Registers....................................................................27

Shared RAM Memory Map..........................................................35

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Description

PCI Genius Card

The PCI Genius card provides an intelligent interface between a PCI
slot in a PC compatible computer and a single channel general purpose
controller interface to the Genius serial bus. This card complies with
Rev 2.2 of PCI Local Bus Specification and handles all the interface and
protocol tasks associated with the Genius bus communications. The
primary function of this card is to provide a means for third parties to
interface the CPU, PLC, or Genius I/O Blocks on the Genius bus.

Faceplate

The PCI Genius card has a 4-pin right angle male terminal box
connector with retention screws for the Genius I/O interface. Two LEDs
(GENI OK and COMM OK) on the faceplate indicate the single channel
Genius bus status. Openings in the faceplate accommodate the bus
connector and LEDs.

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Software

If you are using the PCI Genius card with Machine Edition software,
Machine Edition installs custom drivers for its use. Please consult the
topic "Installing the device driver for a PCI device (card)" in the Machine
Edition online help for more details.

If you are not using Machine Edition, you can use a Windows driver for
the PCI Genius card that is available for Windows NT4, 2000, and XP.
This driver allows user-mode programs to gain access to the PCI
Genius card’s Shared RAM, configuration register, status register, and
control register and also to determine the physical bus and slot of the
card. The driver is available under special license from GE Fanuc.
Contact the GE Fanuc Global Customer Care Center at
1-800-GEFANUC for more details concerning part number
44A750896-G01.

Programming Interface

Programming user applications to communicate with the drivers are not
covered in this manual. Users wishing to write their own interface to the
hardware should see Appendix A for hardware register details.

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Installing the PCI Genius Card

Warning: Always use anti-static precautions when handling

the PCI Genius card or working inside the host
computer.

1.

Power off the host computer and unplug it from its power source.

2. Install the PCI Genius card according to computer manufacturer's

instructions for option cards.

3. Power up the computer and login to Windows.

Mechanical Overview

The PCI Genius card is shown on the next page. The interface card will
plug into PCI slot of a computer. The Genius bus connector is where the
Genius bus cable is connected to the module. DIP switches are used to
set the termination resistance for the Genius bus. LED indicators display
the status of the module.

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Indicators

The Genius Interface module has two LED indicators on the faceplate.
These are used for displaying the status of the module.

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LED LED

Status

Description

ON The Genius Interface can send and receive

data on the serial bus.

Communication
OK

OFF
(Flashing)

An error has been detected in communications
on the serial bus.

ON Power is available to the Genius Interface, and

the onboard self-diagnostics passed.

Genius OK

OFF The watchdog timer has timed out, indicating a

board failure.

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Connecting the Bus

Devices can be connected in any physical sequence on the bus.
The Genius bus connector has four terminals for the bus cable:
(Serial 1 (X1), Serial 2 (X2), Shield In (SI), and Shield Out (SO)).

Connect the Serial 1 terminal of each connector to the Serial 1
terminals of the previous device and the next device. Connect the
Serial 2 terminal of each connector to the Serial 2 terminals of the
previous device and the next device. Shield In of each connector
must be connected to Shield Out of the preceding device. For the
first device on the bus, Shield In can be left unconnected. For the
last device on the bus, Shield Out can be left unconnected.

Sample Bus Configuration

Terminating Start End Terminating
Resistor of Bus of Bus Resistor

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Caution: When making bus connections, the maximum exposed
length of bare wires should be two inches. For added
protection, each shield drain wire should be insulated with
electrically isolated tubing to prevent the Shield In and
Shield Out wires from touching each other.

Refer to The Genius I/O System and Communications User’s
Manual, GEK-90486-1 for additional details on Genius bus wiring.

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DIP Switch Setting

Bus Termination Resistor Setting

A bus must be terminated at each end by the correct impedance for the
particular cable type. The impedance will be either 75, 100, 120, or 150
ohms. Install the appropriate terminating resistor across the Serial 1 and
Serial 2 terminals.

The Genius Interface has on-board termination resistors that can be
selected by the DIP switch setting. The Genius I/O System and
Communications User’s Manual, GEK-90486-1 lists appropriate
terminating resistors for each recommended bus cable type.

The DIP switch configuration should be set according to the description
on the next page.

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Pole1 Pole 2 Pole3 Pole 4 Resistor Value

ON OFF OFF OFF 150 OHM

ON ON OFF OFF 125 OHM

ON ON ON OFF 100 OHM

ON ON ON ON 75 OHM

OFF OFF OFF OFF *NONE

* Default setting.

ON

1 2 3 4

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Specifications

Board Specifications

Environmental:
Operating:
Operating temperature at board
Humidity
Vibration

Shock

Non–operating:
Ambient Temperature at board

Humidity

Vibration

Shock

0°C to +60°C, 32°F to + 140°F
5% to 95% non–condensing
IEC 68-2-6; 10 - 57Hz, 0.012" peak to peak

displacement; 57 - 500Hz, 1.0g constant
acceleration.
IEC 68-2-27; 15g, 11ms (sine wave).

–40°C to +85°C, –40°F to +185°F

5% to 95% non–condensing

IEC 68-2-6; 10 - 57Hz, 0.012" peak to peak
displacement; 57 - 500Hz, 1.0g constant
acceleration

IEC 68-2-27; 15g, 11ms (sine wave).

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Network Specification

Bus Type Daisy-chained bus cable; single twisted pair plus shield or

Twinax

Bus Termination On board DIP switch selectable: None, 75, 100, 120, or

150 ohms.

Baud Rate Configurable 153.6 Kbaud standard, 153.6 Kbaud

extended, 76.8 Kbaud, or 38.4 Kbaud.

Max. Number of
Devices

32 devices at 153.6 Kbaud standard, 153.6 Kbaud
extended, or 76.8 Kbaud. 16 devices at 38.4 Kbaud.

Bus Cable Type and Maximum Cable Length:

Maximum Length Cable Run,

feet/meters at baud rate

Cable #
& Make

Terminating

Resistor

–10%to+20%

1/2 Watt

153.6s 153.6e 76.8

38.4

••••

(A)9823
(B)9182
(C)4596

(M)M39240

150 ohms 2000ft

606m

3500ft

1061m

4500ft

1364m

7500ft

2283m

(B)89182 150 ohms 2000ft 3500ft 4500ft 7500ft

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Maximum Length Cable Run,

feet/meters at baud rate

Cable #
& Make

Terminating

Resistor

–10%to+20%

1/2 Watt

153.6s 153.6e 76.8

38.4

••••

606m 1061m 1364m 2283m

(B)9841

(M)M3993

120 ohms 1000ft

303m

1500ft

455m

2500ft

758m

3500ft

1061m

(A)9818C

(B)9207

(M)M4270

100 ohms 1500ft

1818m

2500ft

455m

3500ft

758m

6000ft

1061m

(A)9109

(B)89207

(C)4798

(M)M44270

100 ohms

1500ft

1818m

2500ft

455m

3500ft

758m

6000ft

1061m

(A)9818D

(B)9815

100 ohms 1500ft

1818m

2500ft

455m

3500ft

758m

6000ft

1061m

(A)9818
(B)9855

(M)M4230

100 ohms 1200ft

364m

1700ft

516m

3000ft

909m

4500ft

1364m

(A)9110

(B)89696

100 ohms 1200ft

364m

1700ft

516m

3000ft

909m

4500ft

1364m

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Maximum Length Cable Run,

feet/meters at baud rate

Cable #
& Make

Terminating

Resistor

–10%to+20%

1/2 Watt

153.6s 153.6e 76.8

38.4

••••

(B)89855

(M)M64230

(A)9814C)

(B)9463

(M)M4154

75 ohms 800ft

242m

1500ft

455m

2500ft

758m

3500ft

1061m

(A)5902C

(B)9302

(M)M17002

75 ohms 800ft

242m

1500ft

455m

2500ft

758m

3500ft

1061m

Notes: A = Alpha, B = Belden, C = Consolidated, M = Manhattan

• = Limited to 16 taps at 38.4 Kbaud

Refer to The Genius I/O System and Communications User’s
Manual, GEK-90486-1 for details on selection and installation of the
bus cable.

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Product Certification

Description Agency Standard or

Marking

Comments

North American Safety
for Industrial Control
Equipment

UL 508/C-UL Certification by

Underwriter’s
Laboratories to UL
standard and equivalent
CSA standard

North American Safety
for Hazardous Locations
Class I, Div. 2, Groups
A, B, C, D

UL 1604C-UL Certification by

Underwriter’s
Laboratories to UL
standard and equivalent
CSA standard

Electromagnetic
Compatibility Directive
European EMC for
Industrial Control
Equipment

CE Certification by

Competent Body in
accordance with
European Directives.
Refer to Declaration of
Conformity.

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Diagnostics

Troubleshooting involves thinking logically of the function of each part of
the system, and understanding how these functions interrelate. When
problems occur, the total system must be considered. All the devices on
the bus must be connected and operating properly.

A malfunction causing improper operation of Genius Interface board can
usually be isolated by checking the board LEDs on the module. These
indicate the status of the board itself and its communications with the
Genius bus. During proper operation, both the LEDs will be on.

Diagnostic Steps

The module should be plugged in, powered up and the proper software
application should be running:

Indication Troubleshooting Steps

Genius OK is off
COMM OK is on

Make sure the correct parameters are entered using the
configuration software.

Ensure that the Genius interface Module is completely
inserted in the host backplane connector, and that all
connector pins are properly aligned.

If these steps do not correct the problem, replace the
Genius Interface Module.

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Indication Troubleshooting Steps

Genius OK is on
COMM OK is off

Ensure correct cable type and length (see Genius I/O

System and communications User’s Manual, GEK-90486-

1).

Ensure correct terminating resistors are installed at both
ends of the bus length (see Genius I/O System and
communications User’s Manual, GEK-90486-1).

Ensure the serial bus is wired in a daisy-chain fashion.
Make sure cabling is not in proximity to high voltage runs.
Make sure cable is not broken.

Make sure the Genius interface Module is plugged in,
seated properly, and receiving power.

Both LEDs are off

Make sure the proper software application is loaded and
running. (Try reloading the application)

Both LEDS are
flashing together

Two devices on the same bus have probably been
configured with the same Device Number (serial bus
address). Check the bus addresses, and if necessary
correct them.

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Indication Troubleshooting Steps

Repeated bus
errors occur

Ensure that cable shielding is properly installed and
Grounded (see Genius I/O System and communications

User’s Manual, GEK-90486-1).

Unplug the bus communications cable from the Interface
Module, verify the serial bus addresses (SBAs) of all
network nodes with a hand-held monitor (HHM), and use
the HHM to read the configuration and verify device
numbers and I/O reference numbers.

Bus errors--can’t
get the Interface
Module up and
running

Serial 1 and Serial 2 are crossed.
Correct the bus wiring (see “Sample Bus Configuration”

on page 14.)

Intermittent or total
lack of
communications

Mixed baud rates.
Power up blocks one at a time and confirm the baud rate

for each. Any changes to baud rate in a block will not take
effect until block power is cycled.

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Appendix A

Many users of the ISA bus Genius cards have developed private
software that interfaces with the Genius network. This appendix
provides hardware details to help those users transition to the PCI card.

History

In working with the GENIUS PCI card, it is helpful to understand some
of the history of the GENIUS PC interfaces. The core of the GENIUS PC
interface products is a shared memory module called a GENI or µGENI,
which is described in the Genius I/O µGENI Board User’s Manual,
GFK-0845. This module has a 16Kbyte memory mapped interface that
allows a host processor to communicate on the GENIUS network. The
other input and output signals to a µGENI module are the four GENIUS
bus lines, two LED signals, and eight initialization signals that specify
the card's SBA, network baud rate, and output enabled status.

Previous ISA PC GENIUS cards either implemented the µGENI circuitry
as a single circuit board or had a carrier ISA circuit board that allowed
one or two µGENI daughter modules to attach to the carrier ISA circuit
board. The eight initialization signal values and the address information
as to where the µGENI mapped into the ISA space were programmed
into non-volatile memory on the carrier board. This configuration
information resided at one range of I/O registers and control of the reset

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and watchdog lines going into the µGENI hardware were controlled at a
second set of I/O registers.

The GENIUS PCI card continues this tradition. The µGENI module has
been integrated onto the single circuit board and the setup signals and
control of the reset and watchdog functions have been mapped to I/O
registers. There is no non-volatile memory on the PCI card, so the card
does not retain its SBA address, bus baud rate, or output enable state in
non-volatile storage.

PCI Configuration

The Device and Vendor IDs of the PCI Genius card are 0x0100 and
0x1FC3. The card reports five resource descriptors:

- An interrupt descriptor

- A memory and I/O region of length 128 bytes for access to the

internal PCI hardware

- A four byte I/O area for the Functional Registers

- A 16K byte memory area for the Shared RAM

Users programming their own drivers should only need to access the
Functional Registers and Shared RAM in most cases.

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Functional Registers

The PCI Genius card has three I/O mapped registers. The PCI stack
maps these registers into I/O space The Windows driver controls
access to these registers.

Register Size Description Access Type

0 1 Byte Configuration Register Read /Write

1 1 Byte Status Register Read only

2 1 Byte Control Register Read /Write

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Configuration Register

The Configuration register must be programmed prior to releasing the
PCI Genius card from reset. The bits of this register are read by the
µGENI firmware during its initialization. The bits of this register are
described below:

Bit Name Function

7 Output

Enable

0=enabled
1=disabled (Default)

6—5 Baud Rate Serial Bus Baud Rate

00=153.6 Kbaud Extended (8 bit skip time)
01=38.4 Kbaud (8 bit skip time)
10=76.8 Kbaud (8 bit skip time)
11=153.6 Kbaud Standard (4 bit skip time) (Default)

4—0 Address Serial Bus Address, see “Serial Bus Addresses” on

page 29.

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Serial Bus Addresses

Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0 SBA

Default 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 1 0 2

0 0 0 1 1 3

0 0 1 0 0 4

0 0 1 0 1 5

0 0 1 1 0 6

0 0 1 1 1 7

0 1 0 0 0 8

0 1 0 0 1 9

0 1 0 1 0 10

0 1 0 1 1 11

0 1 1 0 0 12

0 1 1 0 1 13

0 1 1 1 0 14

0 1 1 1 1 15

1 0 0 0 0 16

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Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0 SBA

1 0 0 0 1 17

1 0 0 1 0 18

1 0 0 1 1 19

1 0 1 0 0 20

1 0 1 0 1 21

1 0 1 1 0 22

1 0 1 1 1 23

1 1 0 0 0 24

1 1 0 0 1 25

1 1 0 1 0 26

1 1 0 1 1 27

1 1 1 0 0 28

1 1 1 0 1 29

1 1 1 1 0 30

1 1 1 1 1 31

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Status Register

The individual bits in the Status register have the following functions:

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Bit 0

–GENI RESET Detect

This bit is set to 0 whenever PCI Genius board goes into reset. During
normal operation this bit will be 1.

Bit 1 – Watchdog Timer Status

This bit is 1 if the watchdog timer is being pulsed every 500ms. The
watchdog timer is pulsed by the accesses into the Shared Memory area.
If the timer expires, this bit goes to 0. The Shared RAM area should be
accesses to set this value before enabling the watchdog timer.

GENI Reset Detect

Watchdog Timer Status

GENI OK

COMM OK

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Bit 3

–GENI OK

The state of this bit follows the condition of the GENI OK LED on the
board. If the LED is lit, the GENI OK bit is 0. This bit also indicates the
MIT watchdog timer (an onboard firmware watchdog timer) has timed
out, indicating a failure in the onboard firmware. The board can be reset
by pulsing bit 6 of the control register to low and then high again.

Bit 4

– COMM (Communications) OK

Like the GENI OK bit, this bit follows the output of one of the LED’s on
the board. This bit is 0 if the COMM OK LED on the board is lit.

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Control Register

The individual bits in the Control register are used for the following
functions:

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

HHM Present Test
WDT Enable
Board Reset

Bit 3 – HHM Test

An HHM present can be indicated even when one is not plugged in by
raising this bit to 1. After power up and under normal conditions, this bit
should be 0. It is not used on the PCI Genius card.

Bit 5

– WDT Enable

When this bit is 0 it enables the hardware watchdog timer. The host can
set this bit to '1' to disable the watchdog timer. During power on this bit
will be default zero (watchdog timer enabled).

Bit 6

–Board RESET

When this bit is 0 it resets the PCI Genius board. Under normal running
conditions, it should be 1. During power on, this bit will default to 0.
Before setting this bit to 1, the host can update the configuration register

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and the control register; this bit can be set to 1 to bring the board out of
reset.

Watchdog Timer

The watchdog timer provides watchdog time out period of 0.99 seconds.
Once the watchdog circuit is enabled, it will monitor access to the
Shared RAM area of the card. If the host does not access the card
within the 0.99 seconds +/- 25% the watchdog expires. It is
recommended that host application should communicate with the
Genius card at least once every 0.5 second. The host should access
the Shared RAM area at least one before enabling the watchdog to
reset the timeout before enabling the watchdog reset feature.

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Shared RAM Memory Map

The 16Kbyte Shared RAM area is allocated by the PCI stack. User
applications must use a Windows driver to access this area or map it to
the process address space.

Host Address Content Size in bytes

Base + 0x0000 Request Queue 2176

Base + 0x0880 Request Queue Head Pointer 1

Base + 0x0881 Request Queue Tail Pointer 1

Base + 0x0882 Setup Table 16

Base + 0x0892 Status Table 16

Base + 0x08A2 Interrupt Status Table 16

Base + 0x08B2 Interrupt Disable Table 16

Base + 0x08C2 Command Block 16

Base + 0x08D2 Transmit Datagram Buffer 240

Base + 0x09C2 Read Datagram Buffer 134

Base + 0x0A48 I/O Table lockout Request 1

Base + 0x0A49 I/O Table lockout state 1

Base + 0x0A4A Host Clear 1

Base + 0x0A4B Reserved 64

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Host Address Content Size in bytes

Base + 0x0A8B Auxiliary Request Queue 48

Base + 0x0ABB Heartbeat Enable 2

Base + 0x0ABD Heartbeat Timeout Multiplier 1

Base + 0x0ABF Reserved 4930

Base + 0x1E00 Device Configuration Table 256

Base + 0x1F00 Directed Control Input Table 128

Base + 0x1F80 Broadcast Control Output Table 128

Base + 0x2000-0x3FFF Device I/O Table 8192

For more details on how to operate the Shared RAM Interface refer to
the Genius I/O µGENI Board User’s Manual, GFK-0845.