MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL FIELD INFORMATION BULLETIN SERVICE GROUP(S): MICRO,MINI,LARGE MFG: BASIC FOUR NACS TYPE(S): N084 MFG. MODEL(S): GPX 30/50 CATEGORY: HANDBOOKS DESC: Handbook *** TABLE OF CONTENTS AS OF 07/08/92 *** FIB 00001.Software Functions................................(Text Inco04/13/92 FIB 00002.DIAGNOSTICS.................................................04/14/92 FIB 00003.GPX 50 CMB PCBA.............................................05/04/92 FIB 00004.VIDEO OUTPUT BOARD(VIO).....................................04/16/92 FIB 00005.MEMORY BOARD................................................04/16/92 FIB 00006.MODEM BOARD.................................................04/16/92 FIB 00007.SCSI CONTROLLER (EISA VERSION).............................04/17/92 FIB 00008.MFC-B MFC-X BOARDS........................................04/23/92 FIB 00009.8/16 WAY CONTROLLER.........................................04/23/92 FIB 00010.SERIAL.DEVICE CONTROLLER (ISA VERSION)......................04/28/92 FIB 00011.IRQ LEVELS..................................................05/04/92 HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------Table Of Contents Pg01 of 01 FIB 00002 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/14/92 *** DIAGNOSTICS *** The GPx Series 30 and 50 systems are 486 based systems running SCO UNIX adn OPEN BASIC. *** NACS MACHINE TYPES AND FEATURE NUMBERS *** 4149 - 486SX/20 - GPx 30 4150 - 486/33 - GPx 50 *** SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES *** No diagnostics are shipped with the GPx 30/50 systems, the following items MUST BE ORDERED BEFORE INSTALLATION of any GPx 30/50: MM690990 W814832-900 - includes: one DIVE/DEMON 3.5" diskette one BASS 3.5" diskette one Diagnostics Manual, Series 330/50, M0249 GPx Series 50 systems require MECU (EISA Configuration Utility) to configure the SMFB and the SCSI slots. The first GPx50 shipments did not include the MECU. Missed shipments are supposed to be filled automatically by the factory. Contact the National Support Center at 800/950-2227 to obtain MECU if necessary in the interim. MM690995 W814836-002 - EISA configuration program GPx50 NOTE: MS-DOS is required to run MECU NOTE: The root or superuser password on all systems is mai001 ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB002 Pg001 FIB 00003 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 05/04/92 *** GPX 50 CMB PCBA *** P/N 400900-204 MM698015 486DX-33 W/CACHE P/N 400900-207 MM698035 486SX-20 W/CACHE The CMB board has nine expansion slots, consisting of two 16-bit slots followed by 6 32-bit slots with one 32 bit slot reserved for the memory board. (slot 0). slot 8 is reserved for the video i/o board or (mfc). SWITCH AND JUMPER SETTINGS SWITCH 1 ALL OFF JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPER PIN SETTING FUNCTIONS ______ ___________ _________ JP1 1,2 IRQ 12 IS LEVEL TRIGGERED 2,3 DEFAULT IRQ 12 IS EDGE TRIGGERED JP4,JP5 JUMPERS REMOVED JP8 JUMPER REMOVED FOR 33MHZ CLOCK JUMPER INSTALLED FOR 25 MHZ CLOCK BIOS EPROM JUMPERS JP2 1,2 JP3 INSTALLED CACHE SIZE JUMPERING _____________________ JUMPER 0KB 64KB 128KB 256KB JP6 REMOVED INSTALLED REMOVED INSTALLED JP7 REMOVED INSTALLED INSTALLED INSTALLED JP9 REMOVED INSTALLED 1,2 1,2 JP10 2,3 2,3 2,3 1,2 JP11 2,3 2,3 2,3 1,2 JP12 2,3 2,3 1,2 1,2 JP13 2,3 2,3 1,2 1,2 JP14 2,3 2,3 2,3 1,2 ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB003 Pg001 FIB 00004 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/16/92 *** VIDEO OUTPUT BOARD(VIO) *** P/N 400900-208 MM698055 THE VIO BOARD CONTAINS 1.VGA CONTROLLER FOR MONITOR 2.FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER 3.IDE HARD DISK CONTROLLER ( NOT USED) 4.TWO SERIAL PORTS A... COM1 RESERVED FOR UPS OPTION B... COM2 NOT USED IN U.S.A 5. ONE CENTRONICS PARALLEL PORT This card resides in SLOT #8 JUMPER SETTINGS ______________ JUMPER PIN SETTING FUNCTION JP1 JUMPER REMOVED* 16 BIT VIDEO ROM JUMPER INSTALLED 8 BIT ROM JP2,JP3 JUMPERS REMOVED RESERVED JP4 1,2 DISABLE VGA 2,3* ENABLE VGA JP5 1,2 EXT. CLOCK 2,3* 36MHZ AS EXT CLOCK JP6 1,2* AT parallel I/O MODE 2,3 PS/2 parallel I/O MODE *=DEFAULT SETTING ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB004 Pg001 FIB 00005 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/16/92 *** MEMORY BOARD *** P/N 400900-203 MM698045 The memory board has 16 slots for simms which are divided into 4 memory banks. Slot #0 on cmb is reserved for the memory board MEMORY MATRIX ______________ ALLOWABLE MEMORY BOARD CONFIGURATIONS ____________________________________________ BANK 0 BANK 1 BANK 2 BANK 3 TOTAL MEMORY 1MBX4 1MBX4 8 MBYTES _________________________________________________________________________ 1MBX4 1MBX4 1MBX4 1MBX4 16 MBYTES MAX. FOR 1150 _________________________________________________________________________ 4MBX4 4MBX4 32 MBYTES _________________________________________________________________________ 4MBX4 4MBX4 4MBX4 48 MBYTES _________________________________________________________________________ 4MBX4 4MBX4 4MBX4 4MBX4 64 MBYTES _________________________________________________________________________ ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB005 Pg001 FIB 00006 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/16/92 *** MODEM BOARD *** P/N 40822-001 MM590021 The Modem board resides in Slot#7 SWITCH SETTINGS _______________ FUNCTION SETTING SWITCH POSITION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MNP ENABLE ON ECHO DISABLE - OFF AUTO, ANSWER ENABLE - - ON DISPLAY, STATUS DISABLE - - - OFF MODE OF USE"AT" OPERATION COMMANDS - - - - OFF COM PORT, COM2, IRQ SELECT IRQ3 - - - - - ON OFF DCD WHEN MODEM ACTIVE CONNECTS - - - - - - - OFF DTR AS SUPPLIED ACTIVE BY HOST - - - - - - - - OFF DSR IN MODEM ACTIVE DATA MODE - - - - - - - - - OFF DEFAULT SETTING 1,3,6,ON ALLOTHERS OFF. ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB006 Pg001 FIB 00007 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/17/92 *** SCSI CONTROLLER (EISA VERSION) *** P/N 400858-001 MM596060 The first scsi controller resides in slot #1 (next to memory) a second board would reside in slot #2. JUMPERS ______ FLP ENABLE JUMPER REMOVED TERMINATORS REMAIN INSTALLED ..........UNLESS AN MTS TAPE DRIVE IS INSTALLED ON THE SYSTEM. EISA CONTROLLERS MUST BE CONFIGURED USING THE MECU MITAC EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY. NOTE ....SCSI ADDRESS #7 IS RESERVED FOR THE CONTROLLER ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB007 Pg001 FIB 00008 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/23/92 *** MFC-B MFC-X BOARDS *** The MFC-B board has 1 parallel port (configurable as lpt2). it is centronics or data products compatible. The MFC-X board has an additional parallel port and an input connector to sense UPS switch closure. SWITCHES AND JUMPERS ______________________ JMP1 JUMPERS REMOVED JMP2 INSTALLED SWITCH 1 _________ POSITION SETTING FUNCTION SW1-1 ON* DISABLE LPT1 OFF ENABLE LPT1 NOTE 1 SW1-2 ON CENTRONICS MODE FOR LPT1 OFF DATAPRODUCTS MODE SW1-3 OFF ENABLE LPT2 SW1-4 ON* CENTRONICS MODE FOR LPT2 OFF DATA PRODUCTS MODE SW1-5 ON DISABLE COM1 SW1-6 ON* DISABLE COM2 OFF ENABLE COM2 NOTE 2 SW1-7 N/A SW1-8 ON DISABLE MFC BIOS SW1-9 OFF DISABLE MFC MODEM SW1 -10 N/A NOTE 1....LPT1 IS ENABLED WITH MFC-X NOTE 2....ENABLE COM2 WHEN MODEMBOARD IS NOT INSTALLED ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB008 Pg001 HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB008 Pg002 FIB 00009 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/23/92 *** 8/16 WAY CONTROLLER *** The following information applies to this PCBA: MM590025 - 8 Way Controller - 903758-002 MM590030 - 16 Way Controller - 903758-001 -----------------SWITCH SETTING LEGEND----------------- : : : C = Closed or On O = Open or Off X = Not Used : ------------------------------------------------------- o Switch 1 settings: Switch 1 Positions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Base Address O O O O O O C C - - - - FC0000H 1st 8/16 Way - - - - - - - - C C - - 2nd 8/16 Way - - - - - - - - C O - - 3rd 8/16 Way - - - - - - - - O C - - 4th 8/16 Way - - - - - - - - O O - - If this is an 8 Way - - - - - - - - - - O - If this is a 16 Way - - - - - - - - - - C - Normal mode - - - - - - - - - - - O Test mode - - - - - - - - - - - C o Jumper settings: __________________________________ | JUMPERING LEGEND | |---------------|----------------| | | | | | _____ | | O or O O | |X| or |X X| | | O | |X| | | | | | No Jumper | Jumper | | Installed | Installed | ---------------------------------- .......................................................................... | J1 JUMPERING: | J2 JUMPERING: | |X| | |X| |X| | |X| | Jumper positions 1 | Jumper positions 1 .....................................|.................................. (continued on next page) HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB009 Pg001 ......................................................................... J3 JUMPERING: Jumper positions 12 10 8 6 4 2 |X| O O O O O |X| O O O O O Jumper positions 11 9 7 5 3 1 ......................................................................... o Connector JMP4 NOT USED ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB009 Pg002 FIB 00010 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 04/28/92 *** SERIAL DEVICE CONTROLLER (ISA VERSION) *** P/N 400897-001 MM690300 The SDC has 32 ports max accessed by a series of breakout boxes . max. 4 per controller. The number of SDC's is limited by model. SWITCHES AND JUMPERS _______________________ THE 2 ROTARY SWITCHES AND 1 JUMPER ARE USED TOGETHER TO SET THE BOARD MEMORY ADDRESS. SDC BOARD SW 1 SW 2 LK1 ADDRESS IRQ FIRST F 8 0 F80000 15 SECOND F 8 8 F88000 12 ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB010 Pg001 FIB 00011 MAI COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 05/04/92 *** IRQ LEVELS *** IRQ LEVEL DEVICE _____________________________________________ 0 TIMER OUTPUT 0 1 KEYBOARD (UOTPUT BUFFER FULL) 3 SERIAL PORT 2, MODEM 4 SERIAL PORT 1, UPS 5 PARALLEL PORT 2 6 FLOPPY CONTROLLER 7 PARALLEL PORT 1 8 REAL TIME CLOCK 9 ETHERNET LAN CONTROLLER ** 10 8/16 WAY CONTROLLER 11 SCSI CONTROLLER 12 SECOND ISA CONTROLLER 13 COPROCESSOR (OPTIONAL) 14 HARD DISK DRIVE 15 SERIAL DEVICE CONTROLLER(1ST ISA...ALL EISA) NOTE.....IF ETHERNET BOARD IS 8BIT BOARD , SET IRQ TO LEVEL 2. ETHERNET BOARD WILL AUTOMATICALLY ROUTE TO MPU IRQ 9. ORIGINATOR: J WHALEN HANDBOOKS-BASIC FOUR-GPX 30/50----------------------FIB011 Pg001