BC96 Operations and VME Commands


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Mnemonic  Operation                       VME Command         Notes
                                          R/W     
                                              (hex)
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PwrOff    Power Off                       W   B+78     x      0

PwrOn     Power On                        W   B+7A     x      0

LCReg     Load Control Register           W   B+58     D7     1

ClADax    Clear All DACs                  W   B+5E     x      0,2

LDacNU    Load DAC<N> (N=0:8)& Update All W   B+40+2N  D      3

LDacN     Load DAC<N> (N=0:7)& No Update  W   B+60+2N  D      3

LDacN     Load DAC<N> (N=8) & Update DAC8 W   B+60+2N  D      3

UpDax     Update DACs 0:7                 W   B+56     x      0,4

RstAll    Reset All                       W   B+7E     x      5

SCNSC     Select Chan<N>, Start Convert   W   B+2N     x      0

RR        Read Result of last conversion  R   B+0      -      6

RRICSC    Read Res.,Inc Chan, Start Conv  R   B+10     -      6,7

RMxSel    Read Mux Select bits            R   B+20     -      8

RMxEns    Read Mux Enable lines           R   B+30     -      8
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Notes:
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0. data value "x" ignored
1. Only low 7 bits used: higher bits ignored
2. for DACs 6&7 equivalent to loading 1000hex. For others, equivalent
   to loading 0000hex. This reflects the use to which channels are put.
3. N=0:5  ... 13 bit unsigned data
   N=6,7  ... 13 bit signed offset binary
   N=8    ... 12 bit unsigned data
4. DAC8 always updates when loaded
5. Does Power Off and Clear All DACs
6. D[11:0] is result of last conversion in 12 bit signed offset binary.
   D[15:13] are status bits (=0 if OK)
7. The channel selection is incremented by 1. Counts in modulo 32dec.
8. RMxSel and RMxEns are diagnostic features not intended for general
   use.
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The same information, but viewed from the VME address standpoint is also available.
John Hill Last update 12 August 1997