Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 08:09:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: "Taras M. Dowhaluk" <tarasd@visiondb.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Cyclades Cyclom-8Yo Message-ID: <XFMail.970926081447.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <m0xERtS-0046YTC@kyoko.mpx.com.au>
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I've got one of these running. I did have some trouble in the beginning, though. 1) Make sure you only have 1 IRQ set on the card. I accidentally bumped one of the DIPs as I inserted the card. 2) Make sure the memory address works. The default one that was on the card was in conflict. I had to call Cyclades tech support to find how to change this setting. I don't remember how I figured which one, but they worked with me. The guy I got was their Unix expert, so I got lucky. 3) In FreeBSD, make sure your kernel is config'd right. My string is: cy0 irq 10 maddr 0xd2000 msize 8192 on isa CYCTEST didn't work, similar to what you were experiencing until I had the memory address correct. Patrick On 26-Sep-97 Taras M. Dowhaluk wrote: >G'day all, > >I'm sure someone knows how to get one of these cards to work. I've >had little response from either Cyclades Tech support or my local >supplier. This is my second cyclom-8yo, I sent the first one back for >the exact symptoms that this one is showing. There must be >some magic I have to invoke because I can't believe 2 dud cards. > >The freebsd setup side of things was a doddle, I'm having trouble >with CYCTEST. > >1. I set the dip switches on the card for IRQ15 and it doesn't matter >what INT setting I use in CYCTEST the card still passes the board >tests. The IRQ test always reports 'Missed IRQs' but no number, so >I'm not sure if its supposed to report 'nnn Misses IRQs' when it >actually misses IRQs. > >2. I can't test any ports because CYCTEST reports it can't find any >ports connected. I've connected 2 known working modems and a known >working dumb terminal but I'm sure thats not what CYCTEST means by >connected. > >3. The terminal emulation in CYCTEST enables me to toggle DTR on the >modem so it looks like control signals are getting thru but nothing >on TD or RD. > >4. Both FreeBSD and NT start the card OK, but all applications will >hang when attempting to output on a cyclom port. FreeBSD reports >bytes entering the output queue but never leaving, then finally the >queue fills. > >Anyone advise on this would be greatly appreciated. > > >regards, taras > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Taras M. Dowhaluk >Director - Technical Operations >VisionDB Pty Ltd >Sydney, Australia >email: tarasd@visiondb.com.au >www: http://www.visiondb.com.au >www: http://www.biz.com.au >voice: +61 2 99226615 >facsimilie: +61 2 99568452 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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