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PCARC/50
NIC Type | Arcnet |
Transfer Rate | 2.5Mbps |
Data Bus | 8-bit ISA |
Topology | Star/Daisy Chain |
Wiring Type | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
Boot ROM | Available |

NODE ADDRESS SELECTION | ||||||||
Address | SW3/1 | SW3/2 | SW3/3 | SW3/4 | SW3/5 | SW3/6 | SW3/7 | SW3/8 |
0 | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | On |
1 | On | On | On | On | On | On | On | Off |
2 | On | On | On | On | On | On | Off | On |
3 | On | On | On | On | On | On | Off | Off |
4 | On | On | On | On | On | Off | On | On |
251 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | On | Off | Off |
252 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | On | On |
253 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | On | Off |
254 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | On |
255 | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off |
Note: A total of 255 node address settings are available. The switches are a binary representation of the decimal node addresses. Switch SW3/8 is the Least Significant Bit and switch SW3/1 is the Most Significant Bit. The switches have the following decimal values: switch SW3/8=1, SW3/7=2, SW3/6=4, SW3/5=8, SW3/4=16, SW3/3=32, SW3/2=64, SW3/1=128. Turn off the switches and add the values of the off switches to obtain the correct node address. (on=0, off=1) | ||||||||
SHARED RAM CONFIGURATION | ||||
Address | SW1/3 | SW1/4 | SW1/5 | SW1/6 |
C0000h | Off | Off | Off | Off |
C4000h | Off | Off | Off | On |
C8000h | Off | Off | On | Off |
CC000h | Off | Off | On | On |
D0000h | Off | On | Off | Off |
D4000h | Off | On | Off | On |
D8000h | Off | On | On | Off |
DC000h | Off | On | On | On |
E0000h | On | Off | Off | Off |
E4000h | On | Off | Off | On |
E8000h | On | Off | On | Off |
EC000h | On | Off | On | On |
F0000h | On | On | Off | Off |
F4000h | On | On | Off | On |
F8000h | On | On | On | Off |
FC000h | On | On | On | On |
INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||
IRQ | SW2/4 | SW2/5 | SW2/6 | SW2/7 | SW2/8 |
2 | On | Off | Off | Off | Off |
3 | Off | On | Off | Off | Off |
4 | Off | Off | On | Off | Off |
5 | Off | Off | Off | On | Off |
7 | Off | Off | Off | Off | On |
TIME OUT CONFIGURATION | ||||
Response (micro Sec) | Reconfig. (ms) | Distance | SW1/1 | SW1/2 |
74.7 | 840 | 3.8 miles | Off | Off |
283.4 | 1680 | 17.5 miles | Off | On |
561.8 | 1680 | 35.5 miles | On | Off |
1118.6 | 1680 | 71.4miles | On | On |
BASE I/O ADDRESS SELECTION | |||||
Address | SW1/7 | SW1/8 | SW2/1 | SW2/2 | SW2/3 |
200h | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off |
210h | Off | Off | Off | Off | On |
220h | Off | Off | Off | On | Off |
230h | Off | Off | Off | On | On |
240h | Off | Off | On | Off | Off |
250h | Off | Off | On | Off | On |
260h | Off | Off | On | On | Off |
270h | Off | Off | On | On | On |
280h | Off | On | Off | Off | Off |
290h | Off | On | Off | Off | On |
2A0h | Off | On | Off | On | Off |
2B0h | Off | On | Off | On | On |
2C0h | Off | On | On | Off | Off |
2D0h | Off | On | On | Off | On |
2E0h | Off | On | On | On | Off |
2F0h | Off | On | On | On | On |
300h | On | Off | Off | Off | Off |
310h | On | Off | Off | Off | On |
320h | On | Off | Off | On | Off |
330h | On | Off | Off | On | On |
340h | On | Off | On | Off | Off |
350h | On | Off | On | Off | On |
360h | On | Off | On | On | Off |
370h | On | Off | On | On | On |
380h | On | On | Off | Off | Off |
390h | On | On | Off | Off | On |
3A0h | On | On | Off | On | Off |
3B0h | On | On | Off | On | On |
3C0h | On | On | On | Off | Off |
3D0h | On | On | On | Off | On |
3E0h | On | On | On | On | Off |
3F0h | On | On | On | On | On |
DIAGNOSTIC LED(S) | ||
LED | Status | Condition |
LED1 | On | Network connection is good |
LED1 | Blinking | Network reconfigurations occuring |
LED1 | Off | Network connection is bad |