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System Considerations
The MCP750HA is designed to operate as a CompactPCI system slot
board. As a system slot board, the MCP750HA provides system clocks and
arbitration for the other peripheral slots in the subrack. Consequently, the
MCP750HA must be installed in a subrack system slot marked with a
triangle symbol.
The MCP750HA provides seven peripheral slot clock outputs (CLK0-
CLK6) per CompactPCI specification 2.0 R2.1. Arbitration for the seven
peripheral slot bus masters is provided by the MCP750HA.
On the MCP750HA base board, the standard serial console port (
COM1
)
serves as the PPCBug debugger console port. The firmware console should
be set up as follows:
❏
Eight bits per character
❏
One stop bit per character
❏
Parity disabled (no parity)
❏
Baud rate of 9600 baud
9600 is the default baud rate for serial ports on MCP750HA boards. After
power-up you can reconfigure the baud rate if you wish, using the PPCBug
PF (Port Format) command via the command line interface. Whatever the
baud rate, some type of hardware handshaking — either XON/OFF or via
the RTS/CTS line — is desirable if the system supports it.
MCP750HA Module Power Requirements
The MCP750HA module draws +5VDC, +3.3VDC, VIO, +12VDC, and
-12VDC from the CompactPCI backplane connector J1.
The MCP750HA su5.0VDC, +3.3VDC, +12VDC, and -12VDC to
J3 and J5 for use by the transition module. Separately fused +5VDC is also
provided for the keyboard/mouse. Se5VDC fused power is also
provided for each USB channel and the PMC slot +5VDC. See
for fuse assignments.
Summary of Contents for MCP750HA Series
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