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- NI6510
- Installation Manual
- Racal InterLan
-
-
- 950-1255-00 Rev. AB
-
-
- NOTICE
-
- The hardware described in this document
- is subject to change without notice.
-
- The information in this document is sub-
- ject to change without notice and should
- not be construed as a commitment by
- Racal InterLan. While reasonable
- precautions have been taken, Racal In-
- terLan assumes no responsibility for any
- errors that may appear in this document.
-
- No part of this document may be copied
- or reproduced in any form or by any
- means without the prior written consent
- of Racal InterLan.
-
- Ethernet is a registered trademark of
- Xerox Corporation.
- IBM and Personal Computer AT are regis-
- tered trademarks of International Busi-
- ness Machines Corporation.
- MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Mi-
- crosoft, Inc.
- InterLan is a registered trademark of
- Racal InterLan.
-
- IM-NI6510
- Second Edition, September 1990
-
-
-
-
- Copyright ∞ 1990 by:
- Racal InterLan
- 155 Swanson Road
- Boxborough, MA 01719
-
- All Rights Reserved
- Printed in the United States of America
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- PREFACE
-
- Who Should Read This Manual
- How This Manual Is Organized
- Service and Support
- Conventions
- Terminology
- If You Have Comments about This
- Manual
-
- CHAPTER 1. CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION 1-1
-
- The Preset Configuration
- When to Change the Configuration
- How to Change the Configuration
- Changing the I/O Base Address
- Changing the Boot PROM Base Ad-
- dress
- Changing the Interrupt Request
- Level
- Changing the DMA Channel
- Changing the Network Type
-
-
- CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE NI6510 IN YOUR PC AT
-
- Before You Begin Installation
-
-
- CHAPTER 3. CONNECTING THE NI6510 TO YOUR NETWORK
-
- Before You Begin
- Connecting to Standard Ethernet
- Connecting to Thin Ethernet
-
-
- CHAPTER 4. USING THE NI6510 DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM
-
- Before You Begin
- Starting the Diagnostics
- Testing the NI6510 after Installation
- Internal and Network Tests
- Running Tests Separately
- Customizing the Diagnostics
-
-
- APPENDIX A. DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS
-
- User-Correctable Errors
- I/O Base Address-Related Errors
- IRQ Level and DMA Channel-Related Errors
- Network Connection-Related Errors
- Hardware Failure Error Messages
-
-
- SUPPORT SERVICES
-
-
-
- PREFACE
-
-
- The Racal InterLan NI6510 Ethernet data link controller is a
- 16-bit, high-performance, low-cost expansion card for PC ATs and
- 100% IBM compatible personal computers adhering to the ISA
- (Industry Standard Architecture).
-
- Who Should Read This Manual
-
- You should read this manual if you are going to install an NI6510
- in a PC AT and connect it to your network. Familiarity with
- installing boards in PC ATs, and with the components of Ethernet
- local area networks, are helpful but not necessary.
-
- How This Manual Is Organized
-
- This manual is organized as follows:
-
- Chapter 1 discusses the NI6510's preset configuration, why you might
- need to change it, and how to change it.
-
- Chapter 2 tells you how to install the NI6510 in your PC AT.
-
- Chapter 3 explains how to connect the NI6510 to the network.
-
- Chapter 4 describes how to use the diagnostic program.
-
- Appendix A lists all diagnostic error messages and explains what to do
- about them.
-
- Service and Support
-
- Information about service and support for Racal InterLan products is
- contained in the Support Services section at the end of this manual.
-
- Conventions
-
- The term "enter," when used in reference to user input, means to type
- the input and then to press the Enter key.
-
- Terminology
-
- The following terms are used in this manual:
-
- * ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) is a de facto industry
- standard for the architecture evolved from the original IBM
- PC system architecture.
-
- * PC AT refers to any personal computer AT, or AT clone, adhering
- to the ISA.
-
- * Network refers to either a standard Ethernet (IEEE 802.3 10BASE5)
- network, which uses the yellow or orange coaxial cable (RG-8), or
- a Thin Ethernet (IEEE 802.3 10BASE2) network, which uses thin blue
- or black coaxial cable (RG-58).
-
- * Standard Ethernet refers to Ethernet networks using RG-8 coaxial
- cable.
-
-
-
- If You Have Comments about This Manual
-
- The Technical Publications Department would like to receive any comments,
- corrections, or suggestions you have concerning this manual. Send cor-
- respondence to the following address:
-
- Technical Publications Department
- Racal InterLan
- 155 Swanson Road
- Boxborough, MA 01719
-
-
- NI6510 Installation Manual
-
- CHAPTER 1.
- CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION
-
-
- This chapter describes the NI6510's
- preset configuration (the way the board
- is set up to work with your system), why
- you might need to change it, and how to
- change it.
-
-
- The Preset Configuration
-
- The NI6510's preset configuration
- settings are as follows:
-
- * I/O Base Address is 360 (hex).
- * Boot PROM is disabled.
- * Interrupt Request Level is 9
- (IRQ9).
- * Direct Memory Access is set to
- channel 3 (DMA3).
- * Network Type is Thin Ethernet.
-
-
- When to Change the Configuration
-
- You must change the configuration if
- any of these conditions are true:
-
- * The software you are using with
- the NI6510 requires settings
- that conflict with the preset
- configuration settings.
-
- * The I/O base address, IRQ level,
- or DMA channel matches that of
- another board already installed
- in your PC AT.
-
- * You add a Boot PROM.
-
- * Your network is standard
- Ethernet.
-
-
- If you do not need to change the con-
- figuration, go to Chapter 2.
-
-
- How to Change the Configuration
-
- To change any configuration setting,
- you must locate and change the cor-
- responding jumper setting on the
- board. Jumpers are two-pin combina-
- tions each marked by a certain setting
- (address, level, or channel).
- A small plastic block, the jumper
- block, fits over two pins of a jumper
- to enable it.
-
- Follow these steps to change any
- jumper setting:
-
- 1. Choose a new setting.
-
- 2. Use your fingers or needle-nose
- pliers to remove the jumper
- block from its current location.
-
- 3. Reposition the jumper block to
- fit over the two pins that cor-
- respond to the new setting.
-
-
- Note: The NI6510 works only with the
- settings listed in each section of
- this manual. If these settings are
- all being used, you must change the
- configuration of another board.
-
- Changing the I/O Base Address
-
- To change the NI6510's I/O base ad-
- dress, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Choose a new address from the
- list below that does not con-
- flict with the I/O base address
- of another board, and that meets
- software requirements, if any.
-
- 300 (hex)
- 320 (hex)
- 340 (hex)
-
- 2. Position the jumper block on
- the pins to correspond to the
- new address.
-
-
- Note: The NI6510 I/O base address
- must be at least 10 (hex) below or 2
- (hex) above the I/O base address of
- any other board in your PC AT.
-
- Changing the Boot PROM Base Address
-
- To change the NI6510's Boot PROM set-
- ting, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Choose a new address from the
- list below that does not con-
- flict with the Boot PROM base
- address of another board, and
- that meets the Boot PROM device
- requirements, if any.
-
- D0000 (hex)
- D4000 (hex)
- D8000 (hex)
- DC000 (hex)
-
- 2. Position the jumper block on
- the pins to correspond to the
- new address.
-
- Note: If no Boot PROM is to be in-
- stalled, the jumper block must be in
- the NO BOOT position.
-
- Changing the Interrupt Request Level
-
- To change the NI6510's interrupt re-
- quest level, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Choose a new level from the
- list below that does not dupli-
- cate the IRQ level of another
- board, and that meets software
- requirements, if any.
-
- IRQ12
- IRQ15
- IRQ5
-
- 2. Position the jumper block on
- the pins to correspond to the
- new setting.
-
-
-
- Changing the DMA Channel
-
- To change the NI6510's DMA channel,
- follow these steps:
-
- 1. Choose a new setting from the
- list below that does not con-
- flict the DMA channel of another
- board, and that meets software
- requirements, if any.
-
- DMA0
- DMA5
- DMA6
-
- 2. Position the jumper blocks on
- the pins to correspond to the
- new channel.
-
- Changing the Network Type
-
- To change the network type setting,
- follow these steps:
-
- 1. Locate the switch on the
- board's mounting bracket, at the
- rear of the host. It is marked
- in the following way:
-
- "ENET" for Standard Ethernet is UP
- "THIN" for Thin Ethernet is DOWN
-
- 2. With your finger or a pointed
- object, slide the switch up to
- the position marked "ENET". You
- can now connect to a standard
- Ethernet network. The opposite
- position is for connecting to
- Thin Ethernet.
-
-
-
- NI6510 Installation Manual
-
- CHAPTER 2.
- INSTALLING THE NI6510 IN YOUR PC AT
-
-
- This chapter describes how to:
-
- * Gain access to your PC AT's expan-
- sion slots.
- * Install the NI6510.
-
-
- Before You Begin
-
- Make sure you have these tools:
-
- * A flat blade screwdriver
- * A Phillips-head screwdriver
-
- Installation
-
- To install the NI6510 in an IBM PC AT
- or an AT clone, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Turn off your PC AT and dis-
- connect the power cord.
-
- 2. Open your PC AT to expose the
- expansion slots. (Consult the
- system documentation for in-
- formation on this procedure.)
-
- 3. Choose a full AT expansion
- slot, designated by a 16-bit ex-
- tension. Remove the screw and
- the expansion slot cover;
- save both.
-
- 4. Place the NI6510 in the ex-
- pansion slot, and push down
- gently until the board is fully
- seated in the slot.
-
-
- Caution: Do not force the board into
- the expansion slot. If you meet a
- great deal of resistance, remove the
- board and try again.
-
- 5. Align the mounting bracket and
- secure the board with the screw
- that you saved.
-
- 6. Close the PC AT and reconnect
- the power cord.
-
- You are now ready to connect the
- NI6510 to your network.
-
-
-
- NI6510 Installation Manual
-
-
- CHAPTER 3.
- CONNECTING THE NI6510 TO YOUR NETWORK
-
-
- This chapter explains how to connect
- your NI6510 to a standard Ethernet or
- Thin Ethernet local area network.
-
-
- Before You Begin
-
- To connect to a standard Ethernet
- network, you need:
-
- * The slide latch adapter,
- threaded clips, and screws that
- came with the board
-
- * An available AC-coupled trans-
- ceiver installed on a standard
- Ethernet RG-8 cable
-
- * A transceiver cable with a male
- and female 15-pin D-connectors
-
- To connect to a Thin Ethernet
- network, you need:
-
- * A Thin Ethernet RG-58 cable seg-
- ment no longer than 185 meters
- (610 ft)
-
- * A BNC T-connector (included with
- the NI6510)
-
- * A 50-ohm BNC terminator, if your
- PC AT is the first or the last
- workstation on the network
-
-
-
- Connecting to Standard Ethernet
-
- Follow these steps to connect the
- NI6510 to an external transceiver on
- the standard Ethernet cable:
-
- 1. Connect the transceiver cable's
- female connector to the trans-
- ceiver. Use the slide locks on
- the connector bracket to secure
- the connection.
-
- 2. Assemble the slide latch adapt-
- er plate at the male connector
- end of the transceiver cable as
- follows:
-
- a. Slide a threaded clip over
- the hole on each side of the
- adapter plate. Make sure
- that the smaller hole faces
- the transceiver cable.
-
- b. Insert a mounting screw
- into each threaded clip.
-
- c. Slide the adapter plate,
- bulging side away from the
- cable, over the cable's
- locking posts.
-
- 3. Attach the transceiver cable's
- male connector to the D-con-
- nector. Screw the two mounting
- screws into the two screw mounts.
-
-
- Connecting to Thin Ethernet
-
- Follow these steps to connect the
- NI6510 to a Thin Ethernet network.
-
- 1. Connect the T-connector's cen-
- ter barrel to the BNC connector
- on the mounting bracket. Push
- the T-connector in and turn it
- clockwise to lock it into place.
-
- 2. If your PC AT is the first or
- last workstation on the network,
- push a 50-ohm terminator in one
- end of the T-connector; turn it
- clockwise to lock. Attach the
- Thin Ethernet cable from the ad-
- jacent PC AT to the other end of
- the T-connector.
-
- 3. If your PC AT is not the first
- or last workstation on the
- network, attach the Thin
- Ethernet cable from the adjacent
- PC ATs to each end of the
- T-connector. Push the cables in
- and turn them clockwise to lock.
-
- NI6510 Installation Manual
-
-
- CHAPTER 4.
- USING THE NI6510 DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM
-
-
- After installation, use the NI6510 Diag-
- nostic Program to test the board to make
- sure that it is installed properly, and
- that its network connection is func-
- tional. This chapter tells you how to:
-
- * Start the diagnostics.
- * Run "All Tests".
- * Customize the diagnostic para-
- meters.
-
- Before You Begin
-
- Copy the following files from the
- diagnostic diskette to a directory in
- the DOS path:
-
- * NI6510DG.HLP
- * NI6510DG.EXE
-
- Starting the Diagnostics
-
- 1. At the DOS prompt enter:
-
- NI6510DG
-
- The NI6510 Configuration Settings
- Table, which displays the config-
- uration settings, appears. If it
- does not, copy the files to a
- directory in the DOS path again,
- and repeat this step.
-
- Note: If you have a configuration
- conflict, a warning message ap-
- pears. Press any key to get to the
- Main Menu and exit the diagnostics.
- You must correct the conflict
- directly on the board(s) involved.
- Refer to Chapter 1 for information
- on how to do this.
-
- This table displays the configuration
- parameters read at startup. Check to
- make sure the values are correct.
-
-
- 2. Press any key to continue.
-
- The Diagnostic Main Menu allows you
- to:
-
- * Run all tests.
- * Access other menus or help
- screens.
- * Display the error log file.
- * Exit the program.
-
- You can now run all tests. However,
- if you want to change logging devices
- or run tests over a long period of
- time, first go to the "Customizing
- the Diagnostics" section later in
- this chapter.
-
- Testing the NI6510 after Installation
-
- You can run "All Tests" (all internal
- and network tests, except the Echo
- Test), to make sure the board and its
- connection are operating correctly.
- Follow these steps:
-
- 1. "All Tests" is highlighted by
- default when you begin. Press
- Enter. Each test will run the
- number of times specified by the
- Test Repetition value (the de-
- fault is one).
-
- 2. Check the status window, which
- appears to the right of the
- menu, for pass or fail (error)
- messages. For a list of diag-
- nostic error messages and what
- to do about them, refer to Ap-
- pendix A.
-
-
- Internal and Network Tests
-
- If a test fails, you can run it sepa-
- rately after running "All Tests".
- All internal tests are listed below.
-
- * "NI6510 Reset Test" performs a
- software reset, and verifies
- that the NI6510 responds cor-
- rectly.
-
- * "Internal Register Test" tests
- the two NI6510 registers'
- ability to accurately hold data
- patterns.
-
- * "Node Address PROM Test" reads
- the NI6510's Ethernet address
- PROMs, tests pattern bytes, and
- verifies that they are correct.
-
- * "Initialize NI6510 Test" tests
- the board's ability to communi-
- cate with the PC AT.
-
- * "Internal Loopback Test" tests
- the LAN controller's ability to
- transmit and receive data inter-
- nally, its CRC logic, and its
- collision detection/retry logic.
-
- * "External Loopback Test" tests
- the LAN controller's ability to
- transmit and receive data ex-
- ternally.
-
-
-
- All network tests are listed below:
-
- * "Transmit Test" tests the
- NI6510's ability to
- transmit frames to a target (ad-
- dress) station.
-
- * "Receive Test" programs the LAN
- controller to accept all incom-
- ing addresses from the network,
- and to count, check, and display
- each frame on the screen.
-
- * "ITP Echo Test" tests data in-
- tegrity on the network inter-
- face.
-
- * "ITP Echo Server" enables the
- NI6510 to be an echo server for
- another NI6510 network con-
- troller running the Echo Test.
-
- Note: Run network tests only
- after all internal tests have
- been run successfully.
-
-
- Running Tests Separately
-
- Follow these steps to run any inter-
- nal or network test:
-
- 1. Use the or key to highlight
- the appropriate menu, either
- "Internal Tests Menu" or
- "Network Tests Menu", and press
- Enter.
-
- 2. Use the or key to highlight
- the appropriate test. Press
- Enter and the test runs. Check
- the status window for pass or
- fail (error) messages. See Ap-
- pendix A for a list of all error
- messages and what to do about
- them.
-
-
-
- Customizing the Diagnostics
-
- Follow these steps to customize the
- diagnostics:
-
- 1. Choose "Diagnostic Parameters
- Menu" from the Main Menu with
- the or key and press Enter.
-
-
- 2. Use the or key to highlight
- any of the following three config-
- urable parameters, and press Enter.
-
- * Log File, if you want to set up
- a different logging device
-
- * Test Repetition and Max. Error
- Count, if you want to run tests
- over a long period of time
-
- 3. Enter a new value at the prompt
- and press Enter. The new value
- automatically appears in the Diag-
- nostic Parameters Menu.
-
- Note: The diagnostic program auto-
- matically opens up a log file,
- 6510_ERR.LOG, in the directory that
- the NI6510 diagnostic files are in.
-
-
- NI6510 Installation Manual
-
- APPENDIX A.
- DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS
-
- This appendix lists all error messages.
- The errors are either user-correctable
- or hardware failures (not user-
- correctable), and are grouped accordingly.
-
-
- User-Correctable Errors
-
- If you get a diagnostic error message
- in the status window, make a note of
- it. Check this section to see if it
- is a user-correctable error. If it
- is, reconfigure the necessary
- board(s) to correct the problem
- (refer to Chapter 1).
-
- Note: In the following messages, xxxx
- stands for variable data patterns
- that are not equal, and (n) is the
- phase number of the Internal Loopback
- Test.
-
- I/O Base Address-Related Errors
-
- If you get any of the following mes-
- sages, check your boards for an I/O
- base address conflict. Reconfigure
- the board(s) to correct the problem
- (see Chapter 1).
-
- * WARNING: Possible I/O address
- conflict.
- Reset Failure: Status Found:
- xxxx Expected: xxxx
-
- * WARNING: Possible I/O address
- conflict.
- Reg. 1 Data Failure: Found xxxx
- Expected xxxx
-
- * WARNING: Possible I/O address
- conflict.
- Reg. 2 Data Failure: Found xxxx
- Expected xxxx
-
-
-
- * WARNING: Possible I/O address
- conflict.
- NI6510 Node Address PROM Failure
- detected.
- I/O address xxxx Expected: xx
- Found: xx
-
- IRQ Level and DMA Channel-Related Errors
-
- If you get any of the following mes-
- sages, check your boards for an IRQ
- level or DMA channel conflict. Re-
- configure the board(s) to correct the
- problem (see Chapter 1).
-
- * INITIALIZE Complete interrupt
- not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Initialize Done
- Interrupt not found.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible
- DMA channel conflict.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Xmit Packet in-
- terrupt not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Rcv Packet in-
- terrupt not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Initialize done inter-
- rupt not found.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Xmit Packet interrupt
- not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict. (See also the
- "Network Connection-Related Errors"
- section for this error.)
-
- * Ext Lpbk Rcv Packet interrupt
- not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict.
-
- * Transmit Packet Test: Xmit in-
- terrupt not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict. (See also the
- "Network Connection-Related Errors"
- section for this error.)
-
- * Echo Test Error: Xmit interrupt
- not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict.
-
- Network Connection-Related Errors
-
- If you get any of the following mes-
- sages, check your network connection
- (see Chapter 3), and make sure the
- Network Type switch properly reflects
- your network type.
-
- * Initialization Failure or Warn-
- ing detected.
- WARNING: No Heartbeat detected.
- Check coaxial cable connection.
- (If your network is not config-
- ured with heartbeat, ignore this
- error).
-
- * External Loopback Failure or
- Warning detected.
- WARNING: No Heartbeat detected.
- Check coaxial cable connection.
- (If your network is not config-
- ured with heartbeat, ignore this
- error).
-
-
-
- * Ext Lpbk Transmitter error
- detected.
- Transmitter detected loss of
- carrier.
- Check network cable connection,
- and thick/thin Ethernet switch
- for correct setting.
-
- * Transmit Packet Test: Trans-
- mitter error detected.
- Transmitter detected loss of
- carrier.
- Check network cable connection,
- and thick/thin Ethernet switch
- for correct setting.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected loss of
- carrier.
- Check network cable connection,
- and thick/thin Ethernet switch
- for correct setting.
-
- * Echo server Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected loss of
- carrier.
- Check coaxial cable connection.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Xmit Packet interrupt
- not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict. (If your board is
- set to Thin Ethernet, check your
- cable connection.)
-
- * Transmit Packet Test: Xmit in-
- terrupt not detected.
- WARNING: Possible interrupt
- level conflict, or possible DMA
- channel conflict. (If your board is
- set to Thin Ethernet, check your
- cable connection.)
-
- * Echo Test Error: No response
- from broadcast.
- Either the cable is not con-
- nected, or there is no echo
- server on the network.
-
-
- * Echo Test Error: No response
- from server.
- Either the station running or
- executing the echo server became
- disconnected, or the execution
- of the echo server has been
- stopped.
-
-
- Hardware Failure Error Messages
-
- The following messages indicate a
- hardware failure that you cannot fix.
- If you get any of the following error
- messages, refer to the Support Ser-
- vices section at the end of this
- manual.
-
- * Initialization Failure or Warn-
- ing detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Transmitter
- timeout error.
- Transmitter on longer than maxi-
- mum packet time.
-
- * Initialization Failure or Warn-
- ing detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Missed pack-
- et error detected.
- Receiver ran out of receive
- buffers.
-
- * Initialization Failure or Warn-
- ing detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Memory error
- detected.
- Did not receive READY signal
- within 25.6uSec.
-
- * Internal Loopback failure
- detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Transmitter
- timeout error.
- Transmitter on longer than maxi-
- mum packet time.
-
-
-
- * Internal Loopback failure
- detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Missed pack-
- et error detected.
- Receiver ran out of receive
- buffers.
-
- * Internal Loopback failure
- detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Memory error
- detected.
- Did not receive READY signal
- within 25.6uSec.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a buffer
- error.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected an un-
- derflow error.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a late col-
- lision error.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected loss of
- carrier.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a retry
- error.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Receiver error
- detected.
- Incoming packet contained a
- frame error.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Receiver error
- detected.
- Overflow error detected on in-
- coming packet.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Receiver error
- detected.
- A CRC error detected on incoming
- packet.
-
-
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Receiver error
- detected.
- A Receive Buffer allocation
- error detected.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) Xmit-Rcv Pckt
- size mismatch error.
- The receive frame packet size
- did NOT match the size of the
- packet transmitted.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) data mismatch.
- Xmit=xx Rcv=xx.
- The receive packet data field
- did NOT match the transmitted
- packet data field.
-
- * Int Lpbk ph.(n) CRC error
- detected. NI6510 CRC=xxxxxxxx
- Calculated=xxxxxxxx The genera-
- ted hardware CRC did NOT match
- the software calculated CRC.
-
- * Int Lpbk 3 Error: Receiver in-
- terrupt detected.
- Phase 3 of the internal loopback
- test, the receive frame inter-
- rupt, should NOT occur.
-
- * Int Lpbk 3 Error: TMD3 Retry
- error bit not set.
- Phase 3 of the internal loopback
- test, the Retry bit, should have
- been set.
-
- * Int Lpbk 3 TMD1 error bit not
- set. Phase 3 of the internal
- loopback test, the Error bit,
- should have been set.
-
- * External Loopback Failure or
- Warning detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Transmitter
- timeout error.
- Transmitter on longer than maxi-
- mum packet time.
-
-
-
- * External Loopback Failure or
- Warning detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Missed pack-
- et error detected.
- Receiver ran out of receive
- buffers.
-
- * External Loopback Failure or
- Warning detected.
- Status Reg. Error: Memory error
- detected.
- Did not receive READY signal
- within 25.6uSec.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Transmitter error
- detected.
- Transmitter detected a buffer
- error.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Transmitter error
- detected.
- Transmitter detected an un-
- derflow error.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Transmitter error
- detected.
- Transmitter detected a late col-
- lision error.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Transmitter error
- detected.
- Transmitter detected a Retry
- error.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Receiver error
- detected.
- Incoming packet contained a
- frame error.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Receiver error
- detected.
- Overflow error detected on in-
- coming packet.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Receiver error
- detected.
- A CRC error detected on incoming
- packet.
-
- * Ext Lpbk Receiver error
- detected.
- A Receive Buffer allocation
- error detected.
-
-
-
- * Ext Lpbk Xmit-Rcv Pckt size mis-
- match error.
- The receive frame packet size
- did NOT match the size of the
- packet transmitted.
-
- * Ext Lpbk data mismatch. Xmit=xx
- Rcv=xx. The receive packet data
- field did not match the trans-
- mitted packet data field.
-
- * Transmit Packet Test: Trans-
- mitter error detected.
- Transmitter detected a buffer
- error.
-
- * Transmit Packet Test: Trans-
- mitter error detected.
- Transmitter detected an un-
- derflow error.
-
- * Transmit Packet Test: Trans-
- mitter error detected.
- Transmitter detected a late col-
- lision error.
-
- * Transmit Packet Test: Trans-
- mitter error detected.
- Transmitter detected a Retry
- error.
-
- * Receive Packet: Fatal Error
- detected.
- Incoming packet contained a
- frame error.
-
- * Receive Packet: Fatal error
- detected.
- Overflow error detected on in-
- coming packet.
-
- * Receive Packet: Fatal error
- detected.
- A Receive Buffer allocation
- error detected.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a buffer
- error.
-
-
-
- * Echo Test Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected an un-
- derflow error.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a late col-
- lision error.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a Retry
- error.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Receive error
- detected.
- Incoming packet contained a
- frame error.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Receive error
- detected.
- Overflow error detected on in-
- coming packet.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Receive error
- detected.
- A CRC error detected on incoming
- packet.
-
- * Echo Test Error: Receive error
- detected.
- A Receive Buffer allocation
- error detected.
-
- * Echo Test data mismatch: Found
- xx Expected xx.
- The receive packet data field
- did NOT match the transmitted
- packet data field.
-
- * Echo Server Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a buffer
- error.
-
- * Echo Server Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected an un-
- derflow error.
-
- * Echo Server Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a late col-
- lision error.
-
- * Echo Server Error: Transmitter
- error detected.
- Transmitter detected a Retry
- error.
-
- * Echo Server Error: Receiver
- error detected.
- Incoming packet contained a
- frame error.
-
-
- * Echo Server Error: Receiver
- error detected.
- Overflow error detected on in-
- coming packet.
-
- * Echo Server Error: Receiver
- error detected.
- A CRC error detected on incoming
- packet.
-
- * Echo Server Error: Receiver
- error detected.
- A Receive Buffer allocation
- error detected.
-
-
- If you get the following message, you
- do not have a problem with your
- NI6510. This message indicates ei-
- ther a problem with your network, or
- with the board that sent the message.
-
- * Receive Packet: Fatal Error
- detected.
- A CRC error detected on incoming
- packet.
-
-
-
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-
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- customer support and how to get informa-
- tion about Racal InterLan Service
- Programs.
-
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-
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