3094

3094 is the Ethernet II controller (ND number 110063).

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Introduction

It is an ethernet interface for ND-100 machines. The controller conforms to IEEE 802.3, ECMA 80/81/82 and ISO/DIS 8802/3 standards. ND-100 based systems can drive a maximum of four Ethernet II controllers. The Ethernet controller implements the three lower layers of the OSI seven layer model (OSI model) for system communication.

Switches and indicators

Indicators on the card, from the top of the card

• "8" - yellow LED - external 12V transceiver
• "2" - red LED - 68000 halt
• "1" - red LED - 68000 reset
• "3" - yellow LED - active memory cycle
• "5" - red LED - memory parity error

Thumbwheel switches, from top of the card

• 12J - Ethernet number, An ND-100 can control four Ethernet controllers. The device address of a controller in the system is set by this switch. Position of the switch as follows:
  • 0 - ethernet number 1 - device number 140360 (octal) - ident code 140034 (octal)
  • 1 - ethernet number 2 - device number 140364 (octal) - ident code 140035 (octal)
  • 2 - ethernet number 3 - device number 140370 (octal) - ident code 140036 (octal)
  • 3 - ethernet number 3 - device number 140374 (octal) - ident code 140037 (octal)
• 9J - memory bank number
• 7J - memory bank number

These thumbwheels selects the memory bank accessible to the controller, as follows:

• • 7J: 0, 9J: 0-3, bank number: 0, PIOC address space: 0 - 512 Kbytes, physical page: 0 - FF (hex)
  • 7J: 0, 9J: 4-7, bank number: 4, PIOC address space: 512 - 1024 Kbytes, physical page: 100 - 1FF (hex)
  • 7J: 0, 9J: 8-11, bank number: 8, PIOC address space: 1024 - 1536 Kbytes, physical page: 200 - 2FF (hex)
  • 7J: 0, 9J: 12-15, bank number: 12, PIOC address space: 1536 - 2048 Kbytes, physical page: 300 - 3FF (hex)
  • 7J: 1, 9J: 0, bank number: 16, PIOC address space: 2048 - 2560 Kbytes, physical page: 400 - 4FF (hex)

etc.

Connectors

The A and B connectors are used for I/O, the C connector is used for the ND-100 Bus.

I/O Devices on the card

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Hardware architecture

The controller is implemented on a single ND-100 card, featuring the following blocks.

68000 local processor

The 68000 is a 10 Mhz, 16-bit processor dedicated to the I/O processing required by the Ethernet controller. Its basic controls signals - HALT and RESET - are directly set by the ND-100.

Interrupt Levels

The 68000 interrupt levels are assigned as follows

• 7 - ND-100 power low
• 6 - ND-100 OPCOM
• 5 - parity error
• 4 - test console (PTC)
• 3 - MFP (and ND-100)
• 2 - LANCE interrupt
• 1 - not used
• 0 - indicates no interrupt

Interrupt level 7 has the highest priority and level 0 the lowest.

LANCE

The Am7990 LANCE is a single integrated circuit featuring

• onboard DMA and buffer management (48 byte FIFO known as a Silo)
• network and packet error reporting
• back-to-back packet reception
• network diagnostics
  • internal / external loopback
  • CRC logic check
  • time domain reflectometer

The LANCE operates in two modes

• transmit
• receive

In transmit mode, the LANCE directly accesses data in memory and formats it into a packet for transmission. The packet consists of

• preamble
• sync pattern
• data
• 32-bit CRC

The LANCE transmits the packet to the SIA. It loads the first byte of data into its Silo. Then, as the LANCE transmits the preamble to the SIA, it simultaneously loads the Silo with the remaining data.

In receive mode, packets are loaded into the Silo via the SIA. The CRC of the received data is calculated and and compared and appended to CRC field given by the packet. If the CRCs do not match, an error bit is set.

Error reporting

System errors reported by the LANCE includes

• babbling transmitter (the transmitter attempts to send more than 1518 data bytes)
• collision (collision detection malfunctions)
• missed packet (insufficient buffer space)
• memory timeout (25.6 microseconds)

Packet errors include:

• CRC (data invalid)
• framing (the end of the packet was not on a byte boundary). This is also known as octet or alignment error.
• overflow / underflow (slow response to a DMA request)
• buffer (insufficient buffer space)

Installation

Hardware needed

• The 3094 controller card
• Ethernet/GPIB plug panel
• internal cable between controller and plug panel
• an ethernet transceiver

ethernet transceiver

The transceiver is powered by the ND-100's 12 V DC power supply via the Ethernet controller. A current switch will disconnect the power to the transceiver in case of

• short circuit or excessive transceiver current consumption
• low 5 Volt supply
• a power off command from the controller. A power-off command is issued:
  • after jabber (data transmitted to jam the network)
  • as a result of a hanging transmitter
  • if the heartbeat is missing

Ethernet accessories

The listing below has the ND number, followed by the product description.

• 107700 - transceiver cable, 5m
• 107710 - transceiver cable, 15m
• 107720 - Ethernet 50 ohm terminator
• 107730 - Ethernet cable splice
• 107740 - Ethernet transceiver
• 107750 - local repeater package (includes 1 repeater, 2 transceivers and 2 transceiver cables)
• 107760 - Ethernet coaxial cable, 23.4m
• 107770 - Ethernet coaxial cable, 70.2m
• 107780 - Ethernet coaxial cable, 117m
• 107790 - remote repeater package (includes 2 repeaters, 2 transceivers and 2 15m transceiver cables)
• 107830 - fan out package

Reference

Norsk Data Document ND–12.055.01 Ethernet II Controller