COMTROL CORPORATION
HOSTESS 4/8, HOSTESS 550 4/8
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Card Type |
Serial |
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Chipset |
16450 (Hostess 4/8) or 16550 (Hostess 550 4/8) |
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I/O Options |
Serial ports (8) |
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Data Bus |
16-bit ISA |
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Card Size |
Full height, half length |
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CONNECTIONS | |||
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Function |
Label |
Function |
Label |
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Serial ports via 100-pin connector |
J1 |
Header for 4-port daughterboard |
J3 |
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Header for 4-port daughterboard |
J2 | ||
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USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
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Setting |
Label |
Position | |
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Card does not have 4-port daughterboard installed |
JP1 |
Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
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Card has 4-port daughterboard installed |
JP1 |
Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
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Interrupt mask enabled |
SW2/1 |
On | |
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Interrupt mask disabled |
SW2/1 |
Off | |
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Factory configured - do not alter |
SW2/8 |
Unidentified | |
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Note:SW2/8 must be off if the daughterboard is installed. | |||
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COMTROL MODE ADDRESS SELECTION | |||||||||
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Setting |
SW1/1 |
SW1/2 |
SW1/3 |
SW1/4 |
SW1/5 |
SW1/6 |
SW1/7 |
SW1/8 | |
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0000h |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On | |
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0020h |
Off |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On | |
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0040h |
On |
Off |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On | |
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0060h |
Off |
Off |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On | |
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0080h |
On |
On |
Off |
On |
On |
On |
On |
On | |
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0280h |
On |
On |
Off |
On |
Off |
On |
On |
On | |
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1F60h |
Off |
Off |
On |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off | |
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1F80h |
On |
On |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off | |
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1FA0h |
Off |
On |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off | |
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1FC0h |
On |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off | |
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1FE0h |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off | |
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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 if the daughterboard is installed. | |||||||||
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INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||
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Setting |
JP2 |
SW2/2 |
SW2/3 |
SW2/4 |
SW2/5 |
SW2/6 |
SW2/7 |
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2 |
Pins 1 & 2 |
On |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
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3 |
Pins 1 & 2 |
Off |
On |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
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4 |
Pins 1 & 2 |
Off |
Off |
On |
Off |
Off |
Off |
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5 |
Pins 1 & 2 |
Off |
Off |
Off |
On |
Off |
Off |
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7 |
Pins 2 & 3 |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
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10 |
Pins 1 & 2 |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
On |
Off |
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11 |
Pins 1 & 2 |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
Off |
On |
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Note:Pins designated are in the closed position. IRQ7 is only available on boards that have SW2 marked with INTERRUPT. | |||||||