VISION QD6580/8663A Hard Disk/Floppy Controller Settings and Configuration

Data Bus	32-bit VESA Local Bus
Card Size	Three-quarter length, half-height card
Hard Drives supported	Four IDE (AT) drives
Floppy drives supported	Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives

CONNECTIONS
Function	Location	Function	Location
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector	CN1	9-pin serial port 1 - external	CN5
40-pin secondary IDE(AT) connector	CN2	10-pin serial port 2 - internal	CN6
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive	CN3	25-pin parallel port - external	CN7
16-pin game port	CN4	4-pin connector - drive active LED	CN10

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS
Function		Label	Position
»	Primary IDE interface supports disk drives only	JP1	Open
	Primary IDE interface supports disk/non-disk peripherals	JP1	Closed
»	Factory configured - do not alter (sense CLK frequency from VL slot)	JP2	Pins 2 & 3 closed
»	IDE(AT) interface enabled	JP3	Pins 2 & 3 closed
	IDE(AT) interface disabled	JP3	Pins 1 & 2 closed
»	Both IDE(AT) interfaces enabled (1Fxh/3Fxh is primary I/O address & 17Xh/37Xh is secondary address)	JP4	Closed
	One IDE(AT) interface enabled (IFXh/3FXh is I/O address)	JP4	Open
»	Chip registers port 0BXh select	JP5	Pins 2 & 3 closed
	Chip registers port 03Xh select	JP5	Pins 1 & 2 closed
»	Floppy drive interface enabled	JP8	Pins 1 & 2 closed
	Floppy drive interface disabled	JP8	Pins 2 & 3 closed
»	Parallel port I/O address is 378h	JP11	Pins 1 & 2 closed
	Parallel port I/O address is 278h	JP11	Pins 2 & 3 closed
»	Game port enabled	JP14	Pins 1 & 2 closed
	Game port disabled	JP14	Pins 2 & 3 closed
»	Parallel port IRQ 7 select	JP15	Pins 2 & 3 closed
	Parallel port IRQ 5 select	JP15	Pins 1 & 2 closed
Note: When using a non-disk peripheral, it is advisable to close JP4 and connect it to the secondary port.

DMA CHANNEL SELECTION
Channel		JP16	JP17
	1	Pins 1 & 2 closed	Pins 1 & 2 closed
»	3	Pins 2 & 3 closed	Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION
Setting	JP6	JP7
COM1	Pins 1 & 2 closed	Pins 1 & 2 closed
COM3	Pins 1 & 2 closed	Pins 2 & 3 closed
Disabled	Pins 2 & 3 closed	Pins 1 & 2 closed
Disabled	Pins 2 & 3 closed	Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION
Setting	JP12	JP13
COM2	Pins 1 & 2 closed	Pins 1 & 2 closed
COM4	Pins 1 & 2 closed	Pins 2 & 3 closed
Disabled	Pins 2 & 3 closed	Pins 1 & 2 closed
Disabled	Pins 2 & 3 closed	Pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION
Setting	JP9	JP10
ECP	Pins 1 & 2 closed	Pins 2 & 3 closed
EPP	Pins 2 & 3 closed	Pins 2 & 3 closed
Bi-Directional	Pins 1 & 2 closed	Pins 1 & 2 closed
Disabled	Pins 2 & 3 closed	Pins 1 & 2 closed