COMTROL CORPORATION
HOSTESS 554 QUADCABLE, HOSTESS 554 OCTACABLE
Card Type | Serial |
Chipset | 16554 |
I/O Options | Serial ports (4 for Quadcable, 8 for Octacable) |
Data Bus | 16-bit ISA |
Card Size | Full-height, half-length |

CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Label |
Serial ports via DB-78 port | J1 |
Note:Standard serial ports are available on an included adapter cable. | |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | ||
Setting | Label | Position |
Interrupt mask enabled | SW2/1 | On |
Interrupt mask disabled | SW2/1 | Off |
BASE I/O ADDRESS SELECTION | |||||||||
Setting | SW1/1 | SW1/2 | SW1/3 | SW1/4 | SW1/5 | SW1/6 | SW1/7 | SW1/8 | |
0000h | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
0020h | Off | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
0040h | On | Off | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
0060h | Off | Off | On | On | On | On | On | On | |
0080h | On | On | Off | On | On | On | On | On | |
| » | 0280h | On | On | Off | On | Off | On | On | On |
1F60h | Off | Off | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
1F80h | On | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
1FA0h | Off | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
1FC0h | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
1FE0h | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | |
Note: A total of 512 base address settings are available. The switches are a binary representation of the decimal memory addresses. SW1/8 is the Most Significant Bit and switch SW1/1 is the Least Significant Bit. The switches have the following decimal values: SW1/8=4096, SW1/7=2048, SW1/6=1024, SW1/5=512, SW1/4=256, SW1/3=128, SW1/2=64, SW1/1=32. Turn off the switches and add the values of the switches that are off to obtain the correct memory address. (Off=1, On=0)SW1/1 must be off on the Octacable card. | |||||||||
INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||||||
Setting | JP1 | SW2/2 | SW2/3 | SW2/4 | SW2/5 | SW2/6 | SW2/7 | SW2/8 |
2 | Pins 1 & 2 | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off |
3 | Pins 1 & 2 | Off | On | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off |
4 | Pins 1 & 2 | Off | Off | On | Off | Off | Off | Off |
5 | Pins 1 & 2 | Off | Off | Off | On | Off | Off | Off |
7 | Pins 1 & 2 | Off | Off | Off | Off | On | Off | Off |
10 | Pins 1 & 2 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | On | Off |
11 | Pins 1 & 2 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | On |
12 | Pins 2 & 3 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off |
Note:Pins designated are in the closed position. | ||||||||