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2.3 Configuring the Hardware

The AG Connect board is shipped in a protective anti-static container. Leave the board in its container until you are ready to install it. Handle the board carefully and only hold it by its edges. We recommend that you wear an anti-static wrist strap connected to a good earth ground whenever you handle the board. Take care not to touch the gold fingers which plug into the ISA bus connectors.


Before you install the AG Connect board, do the following: Determine which board will serve as the MVIP clock master. To learn more about this, see section 2.3.1. Make sure the board's I/O address space does not conflict with that of any other device in your system. Change the base I/O address if necessary. For more information, see section 2.3.2.

2.3.1 Determining The MVIP Clock Master and Slaves

In your system, your boards will be connected to one another with an MVIP bus cable. One of the boards on the cable must be configured as the MVIP clock master, driving the bus clock by which all other boards synchronize their communications. All other boards must be configured to be clock slaves, synchronized by the clock master.
Some board models can act as the clock master, while others cannot. (To determine the capabilities of other boards, see the documentation which came with those boards.) An AG Connect board can act as either a master or slave. To configure the board as a clock master or slave, specify the setting in software as described in Appendix A.
In your system, the board acting as clock master should be positioned in the center of the MVIP bus cable. All other boards should be distributed evenly around the clock master, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Arranging MVIP Boards In Your System

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