Base address – Measurement Computing CIO-PDISO8 User Manual
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CIO-PDISO8 User's Guide
Installing the CIO-PDISO8
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Base address
The base address switch sets the starting I/O location where the CPU can access the registers of the CIO-
PDISO8. The factory default is 300h (768 decimal).
Before you install the CIO-PDISO8 in your computer, set the base address by using the dip switch labeled
ADDRESS
located on the board. The easiest way to set the base address switch is to let InstaCal show you the
correct settings. However, if are already familiar with setting ISA base addresses, you may use the base address
switch description below to guide your base address selection.
Unless there is already another board in your system using address 300 hex (768 decimal), leave the switches as
they are set at the factory. The example shown in Figure 2 shows the settings for the factory-default base
address of 300 hex.
Figure 2. CIO-PDISO8 base address switches
In the default configuration shown in Figure 2, addresses 9 and 8 are DOWN, and all others are UP.
Address 9 = 200 hex (512 decimal) and address 8 = 100 hex (256 decimal); when added together they equal 300
hex (768 decimal).
Disregard the numbers printed on the switch
When setting the base address, refer to the numbers printed in white on the printed circuit board.
PC I/O addresses
Hex Range
Function
Hex Range
Function
000-00F
8237 DMA #1
2C0-2CF
EGA
020-021
8259 PIC#1
2D0-2DF
EGA
040-043
8253 Timer
2E0-2E7
GPIB (AT)
060-063
8255 PPI (XT)
2E8-2EF
Serial Port
060-064
8742 Controller (AT)
2F8-2FF
Serial Port
070-071
CMOS RAM & NMI mask (AT)
300-30F
Prototype card
080-08F
DMA page registers
310-31F
Prototype card
0A0-0A1
8259 PIC #2 (AT)
320-32F
Hard disk (XT)
0A0-0AF
NMI mask (XT)
378-37F
Parallel printer
0C0-0DF
8237 #2 (AT)
380-38F
SDLC
0F0-0FF
80287 numeric CO-P (AT)
3A0-3AF
SDLC
1F0-1FF
Hard disk (AT)
3B0-3BB
MDA
200-20F
Game control
3BC-3BB
Parallel printer
210-21F
Expansion unit (XT)
3C0-3CF
EGA
238-23B
Bus mouse
3D0-3DF
CGA
23C-23F
ALT bus mouse
3E8-3EF
Serial port
270-27F
Parallel printer
3F0-3F7
Floppy disk
2B0-2BF
EGA
3F8-3FF
Serial port