NLX/ATX SELF-SERVICE PERSONALITY ADAPTER

CONTENTS

NLX/ATX Self-Service Personality

Adapter

Chapter 25.4

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 25.4-1

GENERAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................... 25.4-1

SDC PRIMARY NODE ................................................................... 25.4-2
PC COMMUNICATIONS MODULE ............................................. 25.4-2
PARALLEL/SERIAL PORT LOGIC .............................................. 25.4-3
POWER REQUIREMENTS ............................................................ 25.4-3
Lithium Battery .............................................................................. 25.4-3

TEST TOOLS ..................................................................................... 25.4-3

STRAPPING ....................................................................................... 25.4-4

SWITCHPACK U1 .......................................................................... 25.4-4

ADJUSTMENTS ................................................................................ 25.4-5

TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................... 25.4-5
LEDs 1 to 9 ....................................................................................... 25.4-5
STATE OF HEALTH LED (D10) ................................................... 25.4-5
PEARL ASIC LED (D15) ................................................................ 25.4-5
SPAM ASIC LED (D14) .................................................................. 25.4-6
COMMS LED................................................................................... 25.4-6

CABLE INFORMATION................................................................... 25.4-7

NLX/ATX SSPA BOARD EDGE CONNECTOR .......................... 25.4-7
MISC CONNECTOR J1................................................................... 25.4-8

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SERIAL/PARALLEL PORTS CONNECTOR J2............................25.4-8

COMMS LED CONNECTOR J3 .....................................................25.4-9
MISC I/O INTERFACE CONNECTOR J4......................................25.4-9
HIGH ORDER COMMS CONNECTOR J5 ..................................25.4-10

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CONTENTS

Chapter 25.4

NLX/ATX Self-Service Personality

Adapter

INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the Self-Service Personality Adapter (SSPA)
board used in the NLX and ATX PC Cores of NCR ATMs.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The SSPA is a plug-in card that provides the unique self-service

circuits required when a high end “off-the-shelf ” motherboard is
fitted in the core.
The self-service circuits are:
SDC Primary Node
PC Communications Module
Additional parallel and serial port logic.

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SDC PRIMARY NODE

The SDC Primary Node provides the following features:
32 KB of EPROM for level 0 and security code
SPAM ASIC providing SDC function
Extended ROM BIOS providing diagnostic and S4i secure boot
function*
32 KB of non-volatile storage for system and customer use
LEDs for level 0 diagnostic reporting
State Of Health tri-colour LED.

NOTE: * The extended ROM BIOS includes code to verify the

security level of the SSPA and the boot disk (flex or fixed) for
S4i based systems. This code is used in the Secure configuration
of the SSPA. Both the SSPA and the boot disk must correspond
to a secure configuration otherwise the system is halted and an
error is reported.

PC COMMUNICATIONS MODULE
The integrated PCCM logic provides the following features:
PEARL ASIC providing embedded V20 processor:
DMA
Interrupt Controller
Timer/Counter
64 KB ROM.
Zilog compatible Z8530 Serial Communications Controller, with
only Channel B connected
Up to 256 KB of SRAM memory for the downloaded communica-
tions driver and buffers (default is 128 KB with additional 128
KB)
RS-232 High Order Communications interface
Dundee low level compatible hardware interface between the
ISA bus and the V20 microprocessor
Switch selectable enable/disable
PEARL ASIC level 0 diagnostic LED.

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PARALLEL/SERIAL PORT LOGIC

The following integrated I/O circuits give additional parallel and
serial port functions:
Additional IEEE 1284 compatible parallel port
Two additional 16C550 Serial Ports
Switch selectable enable/disable.

POWER REQUIREMENTS
The NLX and ATX SSPA board has the following voltage and
current requirements:

Supply Typical Maximum

Limits
Voltage Current Current
+5 V ± 0.25 V 1A 2A
+12 V ± 0.6 V 100 mA 300 mA
-12 V ± 0.6 V 100 mA 300 mA

Lithium Battery
The lithium battery for the NVRAM is rated as follows:
Voltage = +3.67 V, -0.7 V +0.23 V
Current = 15 µ A max.
Capacity = 1 Ah
Life (@ 15 µ A) = 7.5 years.

TEST TOOLS
None.

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STRAPPING

SWITCHPACK U1

SSPA Board
8 SER
7 RESERVED
6 RESERVED
5 SER/PAR EN
4 PCCM EN
3 NVRAM CLEAR
2 SDC 200/210H
1 PCCM 380/3A0H
SW PACK - U1

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D9

SW1 LED8
SW8 LED1
LED9

The switches on switchpack U1 should all be set OPEN for normal

operation of the SSPA board. The switches have the following
functions:

Switch
Position Function
No.
1 OPEN PCCM base I/O address set to 3A0H (default)
CLOSED PCCM base I/O address set to 380H

2 OPEN SDC base address set to 210H (default)

CLOSED SDC base address set to 200H

3 OPEN NVRAM (default)

CLOSED NVRAM cleared (Refer to Chapter 4.2.25 “Level 0 Diagnos-
tics - NLX/ATX PC Core”)

4 OPEN PCCM enabled

CLOSED PCCM disabled

5 OPEN Serial/parallel ports enabled (CAFU/LISA) (default)

CLOSED Serial/parallel ports disabled (CAFU/LISA)

6 Not used

7 Not used

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Switch
Position Function
No.
8 OPEN Ser 4 port base address config. 2E8 (default)
CLOSED Ser 4 port base address config. 278

ADJUSTMENTS
None.

TROUBLESHOOTING

LEDs 1 to 9
LEDs 1 to 8 on the SSPA display level 0 error codes from the
motherboard BIOS and from the NCR Extended ROM BIOS. LED 9
is lit when the code is from the NCR Extended ROM BIOS and is off
when the LEDs are being written to by the motherboard main
BIOS.
The error codes are listed in Chapter 4.2.25 “Level 0 Diagnos-
tics - NLX/ATX PC Core”.

STATE OF HEALTH LED (D10)

The State Of Health (SOH) LED, D10, gives a three colour
indication as follows:
Amber - level 0 diagnostics running
Green - level 0 diagnostics passed
Red - level 0 diagnostics failed

PEARL ASIC LED (D15)

LED D15 is a green LED that is lit when the PEARL ASIC internal
diagnostics are running and is off when the diagnostics have
successfully passed. The LED remains lit if a fault is detected.

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SPAM ASIC LED (D14)

LED D14 is a green LED that is lit when the SPAM ASIC internal
diagnostics are running and is off when the diagnostics have
successfully passed. The LED remains lit if a fault is detected.

COMMS LED
The COMMS LED, on the operator panel, flashes to indicate comms
activity. It is driven from an output of the PEARL ASIC and is
routed via connector J4 to the Std PC Miscellaneous I/F Board.

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CABLE INFORMATION
Schematic diagrams of the cables between modules inside the NLX/
ATX PC Core are in chapter 6.2.25. This section shows pinouts of
the connectors on the SSPA board.

NLX/ATX SSPA BOARD EDGE CONNECTOR

The SSPA board plugs into the riser card on NLX cores and the
PIVAT motherboard on ATX cores, via a 16 bit ISA bus slot edge
connector. The pinout of the edge connector is as shown below.

GND B1 A1 N/C N/C B26 A26 A5

RESET_DRV B2 A2 SD7 N/C B27 A27 A4

+5 V B3 A3 SD6 N/C B28 A28 A3

IRQ9 B4 A4 SD5 +5 V B29 A29 A2

N/C B5 A6 SD4 OSC B30 A30 A1

N/C B6 A6 SD3 GND B31 A31 A0

-12 V B7 A7 SD2 N/C D1 C1 N/C

N/C B8 A8 SD1 N/C D2 C2 N/C

+12 V B9 A9 SD0 IRQ10 D3 C3 N/C

GND B10 A10 N/C IRQ11 D4 C4 N/C

SMEMWb B11 A11 AEN IRQ12 D5 C5 N/C

SMEMRb B12 A12 A19 IRQ15 D6 C6 N/C

IOWb B13 A13 A18 IRQ14 D7 C7 N/C

IORb B14 A14 A17 N/C D8 C8 N/C

N/C B15 A15 A16 N/C D9 C9 N/C

N/C B16 A16 A15 N/C D10 C10 N/C

N/C B17 A17 A14 N/C D11 C11 N/C

N/C B18 A18 A13 N/C D12 C12 N/C

N/C B19 A19 A12 N/C D13 C13 N/C

SYSCLK B20 A20 A11 N/C D14 C14 N/C

IRQ7 B21 A21 A10 N/C D15 C15 N/C

N/C B22 A22 A9 +5 V D16 C16 N/C

IRQ5 B23 A23 A8 N/C D17 C17 N/C

IRQ4 B24 A24 A7 GND D18 C18 N/C

IRQ3 B25 A25 A6

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MISC CONNECTOR J1
Connector J1 is a 10-way header connector that carries the
following signals:
Beeper
Tamper switch
Power Good
Front panel reset.
AMP_BEEP_A 1 2 AMP_BEEP_B
TAMP_SW_A 3 4 TAMP_SW_B
GND 5 6 FP_RSTb
GND 7 8 PWOK
GND 9 10 N/C

SERIAL/PARALLEL PORTS CONNECTOR J2

Connector J2 is a 40-way header that carries the Serial 3, Serial 4,
and Parallel port signals. J2 is connected to an identical connector
on the CAFU board (NLX) or LISA board (ATX). On the CAFU
board the signals are decoupled and routed to D-type connectors.

SERIAL3_CDb 1 2 SELECT
SERIAL3_DSRb 3 4 PE
SERIAL3_RXD 5 6 BUSY
SERIAL3_RTSb 7 8 ACKb
SIGNAL_GND 9 10 GND
SERIAL3_TXD 11 12 PDATA7
SERIAL3_CTSb 13 14 PDATA6
SERIAL3_DTRb 15 16 PDATA5
SERIAL3_RIb 17 18 PDATA4
SERIAL4_DSRb 19 20 SELECT_INb
SERIAL4_CDb 21 22 PDATA3
SERIAL4_RXD 23 24 PDATA2
SERIAL3_RTSb 25 26 INITb
PDATA1 27 28 GND
GND 29 30 GND
SERIAL4_TXD 31 32 ERRORb
SERIAL4_CTSb 33 34 PDATA0
SERIAL4_DTRb 35 36 AUTOFDXTb
SERIAL4_RIb 37 38 STROBEb
SIGNAL_GND 39 40 GND

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COMMS LED CONNECTOR J3

If a ZICO board is used in a system or another NCR HO Comms
board, then the Comms LED output from that board is fed into
connector J3. The LED_INb signal is then ORed with the signal
from the on-board PCCM and routed to MISC I/O connector J4.

LED_INb 1
N/C 2
N/C 3

MISC I/O INTERFACE CONNECTOR J4

Connector J4 is a 15-way D-type that carries the signals of the
Miscellaneous I/O Interface. These signals are:
Communications activity indicator (COMMS LED) output
Supervisor switch input
Reset switch input
Beeper output
Tamper switch
SDC link primary.

6 SDC_DATA_P
1 TAMP_SW_B 7 SDC_RESET_P 11 SDC_DATA_N
2 TAMP_SW_B 8 EXT_RESET_b 12 SDC_RESET_N
3 GND 9 SUPERVISOR 13 RESET_GND
4 AMP_BEEP_A 10 COMMS_LEDb 14 SUP_GND
5 AMP_BEEP_B 15 COMMS_5 V

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HIGH ORDER COMMS CONNECTOR J5

Connector J5 is a 25-way D-type connector carrying the HO Comms
Interface signals as follows:

N/C 1 14 NEWSYNC
TDb 2 15 TSET
RDb 3 16 N/C
RTS 4 17 RSET
CTS 5 18 WCA
DSR 6 19 N/C
GND 7 20 DTR
DCD 8 21 N/C
N/C 9 22 CI
N/C 10 23 DSRS
N/C 11 24 EXTSET
N/C 12 25 WIN
N/C 13

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