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BUS CONTROL OPERATION
To enable its use in a bus controller the ASIC has additional logic within it. This logic can be enabled by pulling
the pin labelled RT/BC low. Once the ASIC is in bus control mode, all data transfers must be initiated by the bus
control processor correctly commanding the ASIC via the subsystem interface. In bus control mode six inputs are
activated which in RT mode are inoperative and four signals with dual functions exercise the second function
(the first being for the RT operation).
To use the ACT3492 as a 1553B bus control interface, the bus control processor must be able to carry out four
basic bus-related functions. Two inputs, BCOPA and BCOPB allow these four options to be selected. The option
is then initiated by sending a negative-going strobe on the BCOPSTB input. BCOPSTB must only be strobed low
when NDRQ is high. This is particularly important when two options are required during a single transfer.See
Figure 28 and Table 1.
With these options all message types and lengths can be handled. Normal BC/RT exchanges are carried out in
option zero. This is selected by setting BCOPA and BCOPB to a zero and strobing BCOPSTB. On receipt of the
strobe, the ACT3492 loads the command word from an external latch using CWEN and H/L. The command
word is transmitted down the bus. The TX/RX bit is, however, considered as being its inverse and so if a transmit
command is sent to a RT (Figure 21), the ACT3492 in BC mode believes it has been given a receive command.
As the RT returns the requested number of data words plus its status, the BC carries out a full validation check
and passes the data into the subsystem using DTRQ, DTAK, H/L, IUSTB and CWC as in RT operation. It also
supplies GBR at the end of a valid transmission. Conversely, a receive command sent down the bus is interpreted
by the BC as a transmit command, and so the requisite data words are added to the command word. See
Figure 22.
For mode commands, where a single command word is required, option one is selected by strobing BCOPSTB
when BCOPA is high and BCOPB is low. On receiving the strobe, the command word is loaded from the
external latch using CWEN and H/L, the correct sync and parity bits are added and the word transmitted (See
Figure 23). Mode commands followed by a data word requires option two. Option two, selected by strobing
BCOPSTB while BCOPA is low and BCOPB is high, loads a data word via DWEN and H/L, adds sync and
parity and transmits them to the bus (See Figure 25). If the mode code transmitted required the RT to return a
data word, then selecting option three by strobing BCOPSTB when BCOPA and BCOPB are both high will
identify that data word and if validated, output it to the subsystem interface using RMDSTB and H/L. This
allows data words resulting from mode codes to be identified differently from ordinary data words and routed
accordingly (See Figure 24). All received status words are output to the subsystem interface using STATSTB
and H/L.
In BC option three, if the signal PASMON is active, then all data appearing on the selected bus is output to the
subsystem using STATSTB for command and status words or RMDSTB for data words. See Passive Monitor.
RT to RT transfers require the transmission of two command words. A receive command to one RT is
contiguously followed by a transmit command to the other RT. This can be achieved by selecting option one
followed by option zero for the second command. The strobe (BCOPSTB) for option zero must be delayed until
NDRQ has gone low and returned high following the strobe for option one. The RT transmissions are checked
and transferred in the subsystem interface to the bus control processor (See Figure 26).
BC must wait for RTO to pulse before issuing subsequent messages.
PASSIVE MONITOR
The Monitor Mode may be utilized to analyze or collect all activities which occur on a selected bus. This is
initiated by selecting a bus, placing the unit in BC option three and setting PASMON low. All data appearing on
the selected bus is output to the subsystem using STATSTB for Command and Status Words or RMDSTB for
Data Words. See Figure 27.