8 board control/status register – Kontron VM62 User Manual

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Chapter 2 Functional Description

2.6.8 Board Control/Status Register

Address:

CS7 + $7

PEP Default Address $CD 00 00 07

Format:

Byte

Access:

read / write

Value after HW reset:

0

EN_BERR1

TR_WDG

ACFAIL

LED_G

CS7 + $7

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

WDG

EN_WDG

BERR1

BERR2

Register Description

Name

Value

A c c e s s

Description

WDG
bit 7

Read/Write

Set by watchdog timer when timout has been reached. Used
to differentiate between resets caused by the watchdog and
resets caused by the reset button
(power up resets can be identified within the 68EN360)

BERR2
bit 6

Read/Write

Set by VMEbus BUS monitor when timeout has been
reached. Used to identify BERR caused by this timer (see
also VMEbus Control/Status register
)

BERR1
bit 5

Read/Write

Set by on-board bus error timer when timeout has been
reached. Used to identify BERR caused by this timer

EN_WDG
bit 4

1

Read/Write

Enable the watchdog timer. It can only be set once, and
remains enabled until the next reset

TR_WDG
bit 3

1

Read/Write

Triggers the watchdog timer. Watchdog timeout = 512ms

EN_BERR1
bit 2

1

Read/Write

Enables the on-board bus error timer. It also monitors all on-
board I/O cycles, including the time from the VMEbus
request to the VMEbus grant. Timeout = 8

µ

s

ACFAIL
bit 1

1

Read/Write

VME ACFAIL signal latched when active in order to
distinguish a level 7 NMI from an ABORT or ACFAIL

LED_G
bit 0

1

Read/Write

Enables the green ‘general purpose’ front panel LED

Note

Information may be lost if the user writes to bit 7.

May 17, 1996

© 1995 PEP Modular Computers

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