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Find the Curtiss-Wright / Synergy Microsystems VGM5 at our website: Click HERE VMEbus Dual G3/G4 PowerPC Single Board Computer User Guide Revision 5.1 October 12, 2004 Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing 9605 Scranton Road, Suite 700 San Diego, CA 92121-1773 (858) 452-0020 • (858) 452-0060 (FAX) www.cwembedded.com 98-0317/UG-VGM5-05 VGM5 User Guide Copyright © 2004 Synergy Microsystems, Inc. This manual is copyrighted under Title 17 US Code of the United States Copyright Law. All rights are reserved by Synergy Microsystems, Inc. This document may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, scanned, or reduced to any electronic medium or readable form without the express written consent of Synergy Microsystems, Inc. This document contains material of a proprietary nature to Synergy Microsystems, Inc. All manufacturing, use, and sales rights pertaining to this product are expressly reserved. 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VMEbus Technology logo is a trademark of VITA. Synergy wishes to acknowledge that the names of products and companies mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective manufacturers. PRINTED IN THE USA Table of contents Manual revision summary .................................................................................................ix Section 1. Overview ..................................................................................................... 1 VGM5 features...............................................................................................................................................................................3 VGM5 physical configuration..................................................................................................................................5 Functional block diagram..........................................................................................................................................6 Feature summary .........................................................................................................................................................7 Manual conventions .....................................................................................................................................................................9 Typographical conventions.......................................................................................................................................9 Notes chapter...............................................................................................................................................................9 Bit numbering conventions....................................................................................................................................10 Web page address....................................................................................................................................................10 Manual comments....................................................................................................................................................10 Section 2. Getting Started ............................................................................................11 Minimum system requirements..............................................................................................................................................13 Front panel....................................................................................................................................................................................17 8-bit user switch........................................................................................................................................................18 Toggle switches.........................................................................................................................................................19 LEDs..............................................................................................................................................................................20 Lamp test feature......................................................................................................................................................23 Setting up the VGM5 hardware.............................................................................................................................................25 Default configuration...............................................................................................................................................25 Installing jumpers......................................................................................................................................................25 Setting the slot number manually.......................................................................................................27 Installing a monitor PROM ......................................................................................................................................................29 Installing the RGSx memory module.....................................................................................................................................33 Installing/upgrading the RGSx memory module..............................................................................................35 Memory module securing screws........................................................................................................................38 Installing PMC cards..................................................................................................................................................................39 VGM5 PMC connectors.........................................................................................................................................40 Adding additional PMC cards with the PEX3 expansion board ................................................40 Installing a PMC card...............................................................................................................................................41 Installing the P0 overlay............................................................................................................................................................45 Installation notes.........................................................................................................................................................................51 Bus grant signal problems with Hybricon VME64x backplanes..................................................................51 Section 3. Basic Bus Descriptions..................................................................................53 PowerPC bus ...............................................................................................................................................................................55 VME64 bus...................................................................................................................................................................................57