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SIIG, INC.

IDE PROFESSIONAL VL

Data bus:

32-bit VL-Bus

Size:

Three/quarter-length, half-height card

Hard drive supported:

Four IDE (AT) interface drives

Floppy drives supported:

Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

16-pin game port - internal

CN1

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive

CN2

40-pin IDE (AT) interface connector

IDE1

40-pin IDE (AT) interface connector

IDE2

2-pin connector - drive active LED

LED1

2-pin connector - drive active LED

LED2

25-pin parallel port - external

P1

9-pin serial port - external

SIO1

10-pin serial port connector - internal

SIO2

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

» Function

Location

Setting

»

Game port enabled

JP1/A pins 2 & 3

closed

»

Game port disabled

JP1/A pins 1 & 2

closed

»

VL-Bus IDE (AT) interface enabled

JP1/B pins 2 & 3

closed

»

VL-Bus IDE (AT) interface disabled

JP1/B pins 1 & 2

closed

»

ISA-Bus IDE (AT) interface enabled

JP1/C pins 2 & 3

closed

»

ISA-Bus IDE (AT) interface disabled

JP1/C pins 1 & 2

closed

»

Floppy controller enabled

JP1/D pins 2 & 3

closed

»

Floppy controller disabled

JP1/D pins 1 & 2

closed

»

Parallel port IRQ7 select

JP2/E pins 2 & 3

closed

»

Parallel port IRQ5 select

JP2/E pins 1 & 2

closed

IDE CONFIGURATION

» Primary Adapter

JP2/A

JP2/B

JP2/C

JP2/D

»

VL-Bus IDE

pins 1 & 2

pins 1 & 2

pins 1 & 2

pins 1 & 2

»

ISA IDE

pins 2 & 3

pins 2 & 3

pins 2 & 3

pins 2 & 3

Note: These settings do not apply to any IDE adapters that are already present in the system, but reflect the secondary settings on the IDE Professional VL.

Pins designated are in the closed position.

SERIAL PORT 1 CONFIGURATION

» COM

JP1/E

JP1/F

»

COM1 (3F8h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

COM2 (2F8h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

COM3 (3E8h)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Disabled

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION

» IRQ

JP2/F

JP2/G

JP2/H

JP2/I

JP2/J

JP2/K

JP2/L

»

4

open

1 & 2

open

open

open

open

open

»

2/9

open

open

open

1 & 2

open

open

open

»

3

1 & 2

open

open

open

open

open

open

»

5

open

open

1 & 2

open

open

open

open

»

10

open

open

open

open

1 & 2

open

open

»

11

open

open

open

open

open

1 & 2

open

»

12

open

open

open

open

open

open

1 & 2

Note: Pins designated are in the closed position.

SERIAL PORT 2 CONFIGURATION

» COM

JP1/G

JP1/H

»

COM2 (2F8h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

COM1 (3F8h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

COM4 (2E8h)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Disabled

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION

» IRQ

JP2/F

JP2/G

JP2/H

JP2/I

JP2/J

JP2/K

JP2/L

»

3

2 & 3

open

open

open

open

open

open

»

2/9

open

open

open

2 & 3

open

open

open

»

4

open

2 & 3

open

open

open

open

open

»

5

open

open

2 & 3

open

open

open

open

»

10

open

open

open

open

2 & 3

open

open

»

11

open

open

open

open

open

2 & 3

open

»

12

open

open

open

open

open

open

2 & 3

Note: Pins designated are in the closed position.

PARALLEL PORT CONFIGURATION

» LPT

JP1/I

JP1/J

»

LPT1 (378h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

LPT2 (278h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

LPT3 (3BCh)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Disabled

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION

» Mode

JP1/K

JP1/L

»

EPP/Bi-directional

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

ECP

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

ECP & EPP

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

SPP

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

PARALLEL PORT DMA CHANNEL SELECTION

» Channel

JP3/A

JP3/B

JP3/C

JP3/D

JP3/E

»

3

closed

closed

closed

open

open

»

1

closed

open

open

closed

closed

Note: DMA channel selection is only in ECP mode.