DC4000

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PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DC4000

Data bus:

32-bit, VL-bus

Size:

Three/quarter-length, half-height card

Hard drive supported:

Two IDE (AT) Interface drives

Floppy drives supported:

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

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2) - external

CN1

40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector

J1

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive

J2

4-pin connector - drive active LED

JP1

10-pin serial port 2 (COM2/3/4) - internal

JP3

10-pin serial port 1 (COM1/2/3) - external

JP4

HARD DRIVE SPEED

Speed

JP2/jumper 1

JP2/jumper 2

»
0

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

1

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

2

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL, SERIAL AND FLOPPY DRIVE ADDRESS CONFIGURATION

Floppy

JP4

JP3

CN1

JP5/1

JP5/2

JP5/3

JP5/4

JP5/5

»
Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT1

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM2

COM3

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM1

Disabled

LPT2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM1

Disabled

LPT1

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

Primary

COM1

Disabled

LPT1

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

COM3

Disabled

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

COM3

Disabled

LPT2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

COM3

Disabled

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

COM2

COM3

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

Disabled

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

Disabled

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

Disabled

COM3

COM4

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

Disabled

COM2

COM3

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

Secondary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

Primary

COM2

COM3

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

Secondary

COM3

COM4

LPT2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

Note:Pins designated should be in a closed position

Floppy drive addresses: Primary - 3F2, 3F4, 3F5, &3F7h; Secondary - 372, 374, 375, & 377h

Secondary floppy address requires a device driver to function

Parallel port addresses and Interrupt Requests: LPT1 - 378h & IRQ7; LPT2 - 278h & IRQ7

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»
I/O port address is 398, 399h

JP6

pins 1 & 2 closed

I/O port address is 26E, 26Fh

JP6

pins 2 & 3 closed

BIOS ADDRESS

Address

JP7/1

JP7/2

JP7/3

JP7/4

JP7/5

DE000h

open

open

open

open

closed

DC000h

open

open

open

closed

closed

DA000h

open

open

closed

open

closed

»
D8000h

open

open

closed

closed

closed

D6000h

open

closed

open

open

closed

D4000h

open

closed

open

closed

closed

D2000h

open

closed

closed

open

closed

D0000h

open

closed

closed

closed

closed

CE000h

closed

open

open

open

closed

CC000h

closed

open

open

closed

closed

CA000h

closed

open

closed

open

closed

C8000h

closed

open

closed

closed

closed

Disabled

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

open


Data bus:	32-bit, VL-bus
Size:	Three/quarter-length, half-height card
Hard drive supported:	Two IDE (AT) Interface drives
Floppy drives supported:	Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB drives

CONNECTIONS
Function	Location
25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2) - external	CN1
40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector	J1
34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive	J2
4-pin connector - drive active LED	JP1
10-pin serial port 2 (COM2/3/4) - internal	JP3
10-pin serial port 1 (COM1/2/3) - external	JP4

HARD DRIVE SPEED
Speed		JP2/jumper 1	JP2/jumper 2
»	0	pins 1 & 2 closed	pins 1 & 2 closed
	1	pins 2 & 3 closed	pins 1 & 2 closed
	2	pins 2 & 3 closed	pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL, SERIAL AND FLOPPY DRIVE ADDRESS CONFIGURATION
Floppy		JP4	JP3	CN1	JP5/1	JP5/2	JP5/3	JP5/4	JP5/5
»	Primary	COM1	COM2	LPT2	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM1	COM2	LPT1	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM1	COM2	LPT1	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM3	COM4	LPT1	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM2	COM3	LPT2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM3	COM4	LPT2	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM1	Disabled	LPT2	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM1	Disabled	LPT1	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2
	Primary	COM1	Disabled	LPT1	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	COM3	Disabled	LPT1	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	COM3	Disabled	LPT2	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	COM3	Disabled	LPT2	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	COM1	COM2	LPT2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	COM1	COM2	LPT1	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	COM3	COM4	LPT1	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	COM2	COM3	LPT2	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2
	Primary	Disabled	Disabled	LPT2	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Primary	Disabled	Disabled	LPT1	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Primary	Disabled	Disabled	LPT1	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Primary	Disabled	Disabled	LPT2	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Disabled	COM1	COM2	LPT2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Disabled	COM1	COM2	LPT1	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Disabled	COM3	COM4	LPT1	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Disabled	COM2	COM3	LPT2	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3
	Primary	COM1	COM2	LPT2	1 & 2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3
	Primary	COM1	COM2	LPT1	2 & 3	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3
	Secondary	COM1	COM2	LPT1	1 & 2	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3
	Primary	COM3	COM4	LPT2	2 & 3	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3
	Primary	COM2	COM3	LPT2	1 & 2	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3
	Secondary	COM3	COM4	LPT2	2 & 3	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3
	Primary	Disabled	Disabled	Disabled	1 & 2	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3
	Disabled	Disabled	Disabled	Disabled	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3	2 & 3
Note:Pins designated should be in a closed position Floppy drive addresses: Primary - 3F2, 3F4, 3F5, &3F7h; Secondary - 372, 374, 375, & 377h Secondary floppy address requires a device driver to function Parallel port addresses and Interrupt Requests: LPT1 - 378h & IRQ7; LPT2 - 278h & IRQ7

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS
Function		Location	Setting
»	I/O port address is 398, 399h	JP6	pins 1 & 2 closed
	I/O port address is 26E, 26Fh	JP6	pins 2 & 3 closed

BIOS ADDRESS
Address		JP7/1	JP7/2	JP7/3	JP7/4	JP7/5
	DE000h	open	open	open	open	closed
	DC000h	open	open	open	closed	closed
	DA000h	open	open	closed	open	closed
»	D8000h	open	open	closed	closed	closed
	D6000h	open	closed	open	open	closed
	D4000h	open	closed	open	closed	closed
	D2000h	open	closed	closed	open	closed
	D0000h	open	closed	closed	closed	closed
	CE000h	closed	open	open	open	closed
	CC000h	closed	open	open	closed	closed
	CA000h	closed	open	closed	open	closed
	C8000h	closed	open	closed	closed	closed
	Disabled	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	open