DC2000B-VL/DC2000C-VL Hard Disk/Floppy Controller Settings and Configuration
PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
DC2000B-VL/DC2000C-VL
Data bus: | 32-bit VL-bus |
Size: | Three-quarter length, half-height card |
Hard drive supported: | Two IDE(AT) drives |
Floppy drives supported: | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |
CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector | J1 |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive | J2 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | JP1 |
16-pin game port | JP5 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal | JP6 |
10-pin serial port 1 internal/9-pin serial port 1 external | JP7 |
25-pin parallel port - external | JP9 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
| Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Parallel port IRQ 7 select | JP3/G | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
| Parallel port IRQ 5 select | JP3/G | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive interface enabled | JP3/H | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Floppy drive interface disabled | JP3/H | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| Parallel port is uni-directional | JP4 | Closed | |
| Parallel port is bi-directional | JP4 | Open | |
| » | Game port enabled | JP8 | Closed |
| Game port disabled | JP8 | Open | |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
LPT | JP3/E | JP3/F | |
| » | LPT1 (378h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT2 (278h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
LPT3 (3BCh) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
COM | JP3/A | JP3/B | |
| » | COM1 (3F8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
COM4 (2E8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
COM | JP3/C | JP3/D | |
| » | COM2 (2F8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
COM4 (2E8h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
IDE SPEED SELECTION (MODEL DC-2000B) | |||
IRQ | JP2/A | JP2/B | |
| » | Speed 0 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Speed 1 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Speed 2 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
IDE SPEED SELECTION (MODEL DC-2000C) | |||
IRQ | JP2/A | JP2/B | |
| » | Speed 0 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Speed 2 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Speed 4 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Speed 6 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
Configurable differences between models DC-2000B and DC-2000C are in the drive speed settings. These are displayed in separate tables. |
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