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8 Host Utilities

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8

Host Utilities

This section describes some of the utilities that can be used with the

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DSI SPCI Network Interface Boards. See the software environment

Programmer's Manual for details of the gctload, tim, tick, s7_log and

s7_play utilities.

8.1

ssds

8.1.1

Description

The ssds utility interfaces with the device driver for passing messages to and
from the board and controls the downloading software to the board.

The ssds utility also controls the mapping of configured to handle different

modes of addressing for each board within a system. This functionality is
described as Geographic Addressing.

can be based on either the PCI bus enumeration or the ADDR switch setting
on the board.

If ssds is defined as the congestion-handling module for gctload then it will

stop retrieving messages from the board until the congestion abates. Other

congestion handling steps may be required depending on the system
configuration and state.

8.1.2

Syntax

ssds [-v -d]

8.1.3

Command Line Options

The ssds utility supports the following command line options:

-o
This parameter specifies the Geographic Addressing mode of operation. It can

take the following values:

-o1 PCI address mode

-o3 Switch address mode

If the parameter is omitted then operation defaults to PCI address mode.

See section 4.5

Geographic Addressing

for further information.

-a
For Switch address modes it is necessary to specify a second command line

parameter (-a) for ssds containing a list of the addresses for each logical
board position (or board_id) derived from the ADDR switch setting. The

address list format is:

-a6,4,2,3,12,14

Up to a maximum of 16 addresses can be specified in this list.