General options (07h), Command format, Description of fields – Ciprico Rimfire 3880 User Manual

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Chapter 7 Board-control Commands

General Options (07H)

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General
Options (07H)

The General Options command allows you to select how the RF3880 adapter
treats system and SCSI operation. The options you can select are general to the
entire SCSI bus. Other options are available to you on a per unit basis with the
Unit Options command and Extended Unit Options command.

The options of this command need only be set once during initialization; they
will remain in effect until the next General Options command is issued or until
the adapter is reset.

Command

Format

The Parameter Block for the General Options command looks like this:

Description of

Fields

Each field of the Parameter Block is explained below:

Command Identifier

The Command Identifier field is used to identify the Status Block associated
with a Parameter Block. It must be a unique value.

Adapter ID

The General Options command is a Board-control command. This value must
be FFH.

SCSI Bus ID

Each device that is connected to the SCSI bus must have an ID in order to
communicate on the bus; the initial SCSI ID of the RF3880 adapter is set
through jumpers. (See Chapter 3 for information on setting the jumpers.)

Note
You can use the Board
Information command
(7 - 32) to find out what
ID the jumpers are set to
without physically
examining the board.

This field of the General Options command allows you to select a different ID
than the one jumpered for the adapter, without changing the jumpers. This can
be useful to avoid conflicts caused by duplicated ID’s at power-up.

Valid values are 0 - FH.

Address

Offset

Byte Memory Address

Offset + 0

Offset + 1

Offset + 2

Offset + 3

00H

Command Identifier

04H

Select Flags

Bus Throttle

SCSI Bus ID

Adapter ID = FFH

08H

Reserved

0CH

Reserved

10H

Command = 07H

Reserved

14H

Reserved

18H

Reserved

Table 71: General Options Command Parameter Block

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