Chapter 8 Mass Storage
170 Adept MV Controller User’s Guide, Rev. B
Mass Storage
Floppy Drive
The 1.4 MB floppy drive can access both double-density (720 KB) and
high-density (1.44 MB) floppy disks. Refer to the V
Operating System User’s
Guide for information on formatting floppy disks.
Hard Drive
The 1.4 GB internal hard drive is located inside the SIO board. (The capacity of the
hard drive is subject to change.)
Serial I/O Connectors
There are three RS-232 serial ports for general-purpose serial I/O functions. These
global serial ports are referred to as devices
',-0:!
,
',-0:<
, and
',-0:#
.
These serial ports can be accessed via the VME bus by any Adept system
processor configured to run V
+
. (There are also three additional local serial ports
on the AWC board and one port on the CIP.)
The connectors are DB-9P male 9-pin connectors that are pin-compatible with the
serial connector for AT-compatible computers; the signal and pin information are
shown in 94 % ( and ' (. The pinout for all three connectors is the same.
See the V
Language User’s Guide for information on serial I/O. Also see the
(
instruction in the V
Language Reference Guide for information on serial
I/O programming. Both of these manuals are optional and can be ordered from
Adept. See the Instructions for Adept Utility Programs for configuration
information using the
*/7) 8
program. All three serial ports on the SIO board
can be configured for use at up to 38,400 bps. Note: for very intensive high-speed
serial operation, it may be more efficient to use the serial port(s) located on the
system processor.
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