REMOTE DEVICE
USER REFERENCE SHEET
FOR
MAGNETEK'S MAG I/O DRIVER
FOR INTELLUTION'S FIX
For use with MicroTrac DSD LAN
RD MAG-FIX
FUNCTION
MagneTek's I/O Driver for Intellution's FIX
program is designed to work in an IBM
compatible personal computer (PC) that has
a Contemporary Control Systems, Inc.
(CCSI) ARCNET card plugged into the PC's
bus. The Driver software accepts messages
coming into the ARCNET card from
MagneTek's MicroTrac DSD ARCNET LAN
(Local Area Network) and converts them into
a format acceptable to the FIX program.
+—————————————————-———————-—-——+
| SW1 |
| +——|
| [—] | | ——> SW1
| [—] | | ———————--
| [ ] [ ] | | | ↑ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ |
| [ ] [ ] | | ———————-| [ ] [—] | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
| E3 [—] | |
| [—] +——|
| IRQ2 [ ] |
| [ ] E1 | | |
| [ ] | | |-—+
| [ ] | | |-—+
| [—] | | |
| [ ] |
| IRQ7 E4 |
+——+ +———-——————+
| |
+———————————-————+
HARDWARE
A. For your system computer (PC), you
must have the equivalent of an IBM PC/AT
(i.e. a machine with an 80286 processor) or
better. Also, your machine must have a
math co-processor such as an 80287 for the
80286 processor.
B. Set the jumpers and switches on the
CCSI ARCNET card (type PCX-CXB) as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. CCSI ARCNET Card Jumper Settings
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C. These switch and jumper settings on
the ARCNET card set up the following
operating environment for the card:
the card is the last node on the LAN, insert a
93 ohm terminator on the other side of the
"T" connector, as shown in Figure 2.
1. The ARCNET node number is
D2H (210 decimal)
2. The PC interrupt is IRQ5
3. Memory space from D000:0000
through D000:FFFF is used
4. I/O addresses from 300H
through 30FH are utilized
It is imperative that none of the other
hardware in your PC uses any of the
memory space, I/O addresses or interrupts
mentioned above. Unreliable operation will
occur if conflicts exist in the hardware
addressing.
D. Insert the CCSI ARCNET card into
your PC (make certain the power is off first).
E. Connect the ARCNET card to the
MicroTrac DSD LAN using RG-62 coaxial
cable, as described in the MicroTrac DSD
Technical Manual (TM 6100). Use a coaxial
"T" connector at the ARCNET card, and, if
F. The 115 volt 50/60 Hz power supply
for your PC must be supplied through an
isolating/noise-suppressing transformer.
DO NOT just plug your PC into a wall outlet
without utilizing an isolating transformer.
The ground connection of the secondary on
the isolating transformer should be
connected to the nearest good earth ground
(the steel structure of the building is usually
a good choice). The ground studs on the
MicroTrac DSD drive panels or cabinets
must also be connected directly to a solid
earth ground in order to prevent erratic
operation of the LAN system.
G. Insert CCSI's ARC-Control Configuration Program floppy disk into your PC.
Execute their "PCX" program and verify that
the ARCNET card settings described in
paragraph C do not have conflicts with other
PC hardware. If there are conflicts, identify
them and notify MagneTek so that a new
MAG I/O Driver can be generated.
93 OHM
TERMINATOR
RD MAG-FIX
MAG I/O
DRIVER
CARD
PC
BNC "T"
CONNECTOR
Figure 2. ARCNET Coaxial Connection
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COAX CABLE TO
MICROTRAC DSD DRIVES
SOFTWARE
A. First, install Intellution's FIX program
onto your PC using the instructions given in
their instruction manual. Don't forget that
Intellution's "software key" must be plugged
into the parallel printer port of your PC to
enable operation of their programs.
your AUTOEXEC.BAT and RUNFIX.BAT files
to give automatic power-up entrance into
the first major display of your operational
program.
FIX PROGRAMMING
A. Roboot your PC. Then type
B. Copy the MagneTek MAG I/O Driver
diskette onto a spare blank diskette to make
a backup copy. Put the original diskette
away for safe keeping and use the copy for
the further processing.
C. Make certain that your current drive
on the PC is the hard disk that the FIX
programs are loaded on, and then insert the
MAG I/O Driver diskette into the "A:" drive.
Type:
A:INSTALL
and press the <ENTER> key.
The MAG Driver software should
automatically load into the FIXDIR
directory.
D. Check to see if your PC has a
CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of the
"power up" hard disk (usually C:). If it does
not, create one. Then modify the
CONFIG.SYS file to contain the following:
files=25
buffers=25
shell =c:\command.com /e:256 /p
The last statement was found to be required
on our systems to provide reliable operation
of the MAG Driver software and may also be
required on your system.
E. After you have completed debugging
operations, you may also want to modify
CD\FIXDIR
RUNFIX
to start the FIX program. Resolve all
indicated problems until the following
message appears:
**System Started**
Then type
GO
to get to the FIX main menu.
B. Enter the Data Base Builder (DBB).
Here use CV (Coil Value) and RV (Register
Value) blocks to interface your FIX screen
displays with the MAG Driver.
C. If you have loaded more than one I/O
Driver onto your system, the CV and RV
blocks may not come up (in the ADD mode)
with the DV label identified as MAG. (It
depends on which I/O Driver was loaded
first.) If the DV label is not MAG, change it
to MAG.
D. Then enter the appropriate TAG name
and IO-ADDR addresses for each CV (logic)
and RV (numeric) block. Each RV block
also requires a HI-EGU entry to define its
maximum value. All of these names,
addresses and max values should have
been supplied to you by the MagneTek
design engineer who worked with you on
this custom application. If you do not have
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a listing of these parameters, they should be
decipherable from the file USRTABL.ASM on
the MAG Driver diskette supplied for your
order.
The MAG Driver currently requires that all
numeric and logic data interchanged
between the FIX and the MicroTrac DSD
Local Area Network (LAN) be predefined in
the USRTABL.ASM file. If a need arises for
additional data points, you may contact
MagneTek to add those points to the
USRTABL and send you a new MAG I/O
Driver.
E. Save your new database and proceed
with the rest of your FIX programming
activities.
RD MAG-FIX
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