Amanda Work Group 7xx Installation Manual

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Amanda Company Board (Designed for 
)
The JP1 and JP2 jumper blocks shown in the diagram above indicate the 
exact location in memory to be used by that board. JP1 indicates the memory 
segment, and JP2 indicates the offset within that memory segment. 
Amanda Company voice boards are preset to D800. If another vendor’s 
product (such as SCSI controller, LAN card, or modem) uses that location, 
you must select another for the voice board. The Amanda Company provides 
the Voice Board Advisor program to select a good location for you. See “A 
Typical Board Arrangement” on page 17. 
If you are installing more than one board, each board must have a different 
segment/offset location. These locations must be contiguous and eight 
kilobytes (2000 hex) apart. The Voice Board Advisor program lets you know 
how to jumper each board.
Each of the JP1 and JP2 jumper blocks has three pin positions. Each of the 
positions must be correctly set: closed or open.  
						

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Closed means that two pins are covered/connected by the shorting jumper, 
and Open means that the two pins are not covered/connected by the shorting 
jumper. In the diagrams in this chapter, the blacked out pin positions 
represent closed positions.
T
IP:Installers often place shorting jumpers over only one pin 
when the position is Open. This does not connect the pins, 
but it does prevent losing jumpers.
The combined settings for the three JP1 positions indicate a memory 
segment. The combined settings for the three JP2 jumper positions indicate 
the offset (or starting position) within the memory segment specified by the 
shorting jumpers on the JP1 jumper positions.
You must also set JP3, the jumper block that indicates which hardware 
interrupt (IRQ) the board will use to communicate with the driver. All the 
Amanda Company voice boards in the same PC must use the same IRQ. 
Amanda Company voice boards are preset to use IRQ 7. Advisor shows 
where to place the shorting jumper for this IRQ.
The J2, JP4, and JP5 jumper blocks (also shown in the diagram) are for board 
use only. Never change J2, JP4, and JP5. (Do not confuse J2, the board use 
only jumper block, with JP2, the offset jumper block that you do set.)
Configuring the Boards
Before you install Amanda software or install the voice boards, run the Voice 
Board Advisor program. Advisor does both of the following:
 Displays the configuration needed for each board
 Stores configuration information on your hard drive that is used later 
by the installation program
To configure an Amanda Company voice board:
 Run Advisor to configure the board to use a convenient memory lo-
cation and IRQ 7. 
						

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Running Advisor
On new installations, you must run the Voice Board Advisor program before 
you insert the voice boards into the computer. If you add additional voice 
boards later, you should run this program with the original boards in the 
computer, but the new boards must not be installed.
The first time you use the disk labeled “Board Advisor Disk”, it makes itself 
bootable, that is, capable of starting a computer. After that, it is always 
bootable.
If Advisor detects the presence of voice boards on a computer that was not 
previously an Amanda system, you are asked to remove the voice boards.
To get board configuration information from Advisor:
1. Insert the disk labeled “Board Advisor Disk” into the A: floppy disk 
drive.
2. From the DOS prompt C:\>, type the command:
A:\ADVISOR
Then press Enter.
You see one of the following screens, depending on whether the Board 
Advisor disk is bootable or not. 
						

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Not Bootable
                                                                              
    The Advisor program is examining your computer, please wait ...
    In order for the Advisor program to correctly determine the memory
    characteristics, the computer must be rebooted.  This disk is currently
    being made bootable.  This may take up to 30 seconds ...
            1 file(s) copied
    System transferred
    This diskette is now bootable; this step is permanent.  From now on, use
    this diskette by placing it in the A: drive and rebooting your computer.
    The Advisor program will run automatically when the computer reboots.
    Proceed with rebooting now[Y,N]?
                                                                               
Bootable
                                                                               
    This process requires rebooting the computer from this diskette.
    This reboot is automatic ...
    Proceed with rebooting now [Y,N]?
                                                                               
3. Press Y for Yes or wait for a few seconds for the system to do this auto-
matically.
If adding additional voice boards to an existing Amanda system, the 
next screen appears. Otherwise, go on to step 5. 
						

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  The Advisor program is examining your computer, please wait ...
  Found existing configuration information, making a copy of it ...
          1 file(s) copied
          1 file(s) copied
  It appears that you are attempting to add one or more boards to an existing,
  working system.  This process needs to be restarted using the configuration
  information from your existing setup.  This is being handled automatically;
  you dont need to take any action, but the system must reboot itself now.
  The reboot will occur automatically ...
  Reboot now[Y]?
                                                                               
4. Type Y for Yes or wait for a few seconds for the system to do this auto-
matically.
The following screen asks you how many boards you need configura-
tion information for.
                                                                               
    The Advisor program is examining your computer, please wait ...
    Advise - Board Configuration Utility Version 1.0
    Copyright (c) 1994-6, The Amanda Company, Inc.
    Maximum Number of Boards possible:   4
    How many boards do you wish to install[1]?
                                                                               
5. Type the number of new boards to be installed now. (The default is 1.)
The configuration information for the first new board that you are 
installing now appears on the screen. Press N for Next or P for Previous 
to see information for other boards. 
						

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6. Configure the boards’ memory segments and offsets from the displayed 
information.
7. Press Q for Quit when you are finished.
The final screen appears. 
						

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  Congratulations, configuration information for the boards in your system
  has now been placed on your hard disk.
   1. Remove this diskette.
   2. Power off the computer.
   3. Insert your configured boards.
  After boards have been installed, you may proceed with installing or
  upgrading your [email protected]/DOS software if desired.
                                                                               
8. Remove the Board Advisor disk.
9. Turn the computer off.
10. Insert your configured boards.
A Typical Board Arrangement
The following example shows the typical four-board (16-port) system. All of 
the boards use the D000 memory segment, but they are located eight 
kilobytes away from each other (2000 in hex) because each board needs 
eight kilobytes of memory. The jumper positions for the corresponding 
memory segments and offsets are also shown in the JP1 and JP2 Jumper 
Settings table in “Installing the Boards” on page 19.
Do not assume that your boards will automatically use these segments and 
offsets. If another vendor’s product (such as SCSI controller, LAN card, or 
modem) uses that location, you must select another for the voice board. The 
Amanda Company provides the Voice Board Advisor program to select a 
location for you.
Table 1: Typical 4-Board Arrangement
BoardPortsSegment/Offset
Board 1Ports 1-4D800 (see Row 21 of the JP1 and JP2 Jumper Settings table in the next 
section, “Installing the Boards”)
Board 2Ports 4-8DA00 (see Row 22)
Board 3Ports 9-12DC00 (see Row 23) 
						

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Board 4Ports 13-16DE00 (see Row 24)
Possible Jumper Settings
JP1JP2Segment and 
RowPos. 1Pos. 2Pos. 3Pos. 1Pos. 2Pos. 3Offset
1ClosedOpenOpenClosedClosedClosedB000 (to B1FF)
2ClosedOpenOpenClosedClosedOpenB200 (to B3FF)
3ClosedOpenOpenClosedOpenClosedB400 (to B5FF)
4ClosedOpenOpenClosedOpenOpenB600 (to B7FF)
5ClosedOpenOpenOpenClosedClosedB800 (to B9FF)
6ClosedOpenOpenOpenClosedOpenBA00 (to BBFF)
7ClosedOpenOpenOpenOpenClosedBC00 (to BDFF)
8ClosedOpenOpenOpenOpenOpenBE00 (to BFFF)
9OpenClosedClosedClosedClosedClosedC000 (to C1FF)
10OpenClosedClosedClosedClosedOpenC200 (to C3FF)
11OpenClosedClosedClosedOpenClosedC400 (to C5FF)
12OpenClosedClosedClosedOpenOpenC600 (to C7FF)
13OpenClosedClosedOpenClosedClosedC800 (to C9FF)
14OpenClosedClosedOpenClosedOpenCA00 (to CBFF)
15OpenClosedClosedOpenOpenClosedCC00 (to CDFF)
16OpenClosedClosedOpenOpenOpenCE00 (to CFFF)
17OpenClosedOpenClosedClosedClosedD000 (to D1FF)
18OpenClosedOpenClosedClosedOpenD200 (to D3FF)
19OpenClosedOpenClosedOpenClosedD400 (to D5FF)
20OpenClosedOpenClosedOpenOpenD600 (to D7FF)
21OpenClosedOpenOpenClosedClosedD8001 (to D9FF)
22OpenClosedOpenOpenClosedOpenDA00 (to DBFF)
23OpenClosedOpenOpenOpenClosedDC00 (to DDFF)
24OpenClosedOpenOpenOpenOpenDE00 (to DFFF)
Table 1: Typical 4-Board Arrangement 
						

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Jumper Block for IRQ (JP3)
Each number represents an IRQ. For example, 2 represents IRQ 2. This 
figure shows IRQ 7 as the selected IRQ. Be sure to select an interrupt 
number that is not used by another board (such as a modem or LAN card) in 
this PC.
Installing the Boards
Use the following procedure to install one or more Amanda Company voice 
boards in PC slots.
To  i n s t a l l  t h e  b o a r d s :
1. Turn your computer off.
2. Remove the computer’s cover.
3. Select an empty slot for each Amanda Company voice board and 
remove the blanking brackets (cover plates) from the rear of the PC 
chassis, corresponding to the chosen slot.
4. Insert each board gently into a slot and make sure that it is seated prop-
erly by screwing the board bracket to the rear panel of the PC.
5. Replace the computer’s cover.
6. Attach the Norstar telephone extension lines to the RJ-11 connectors.
C
AUTION:The Amanda Company voice board is to be used 
only with Northern Telecom’s Norstar telephone 
1Segment and offset usually selected by The Amanda Company for first Amanda 
Company voice board for Norstar. When you buy your board from The Amanda 
Company, this is its default setting. 
						

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switching systems. You can permanently damage 
the board by connecting the RJ-11 connectors to 
any other telephone outlet.
7. Turn the computer back on.
8. From the C:> DOS prompt, follow the installation instructions in “Chap-
ter 5: Installing Amanda Software”.
C
AUTION:Use an electrostatic discharge-safe (ESD-safe) station while 
configuring and installing your board. Otherwise, static dis-
charge may damage your board.
Connecting the Ports
The next figure shows you the back of the computer for a four-port system 
that uses one four-port voice board. Each board has four RJ-11 connectors 
providing connection to four loop-start trunks or station line interfaces.
ModemVoice Ports
VGA CardCOM1
COM2
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