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9. PARALLEL PORT
The DS21Q44 is controlled via either a non–multiplexed (MUX = 0) or a multiplexed (MUX = 1) bus by
an external microcontroller or microprocessor. The DS21Q44 can operate with either Intel or Motorola
bus timing configurations. If the BTS pin is tied low, Intel timing will be selected; if tied high, Motorola
timing will be selected. All Motorola bus signals are listed in parenthesis (). See the timing diagrams in
the A.C. Electrical Characteristics in Section 23 for more details.
10.
CONTROL, ID AND TEST REGISTERS
The operation of each framer within the DS21Q44 is configured via a set of ten control registers.
Typically, the control registers are only accessed when the system is first powered up. Once a channel in
the DS21Q44 has been initialized, the control registers will only need to be accessed when there is a
change in the system configuration. There are two Receive Control Register (RCR1 and RCR2), two
Transmit Control Registers (TCR1 and TCR2), and six Common Control Registers (CCR1 to CCR6).
Each of the ten registers are described in this section.
There is a device Identification Register (IDR) at address 0Fh. The MSB of this read–only register is
fixed to a one indicating that the DS21Q44 is present. The T1 pin–for–pin compatible version of the
DS21Q44 is the DS21Q42 and it also has an ID register at address 0Fh and the user can read the MSB to
determine which chip is present since in the DS21Q42 the MSB will be set to a zero and in the DS21Q44
it will be set to a one. The lower 4 bits of the IDR are used to display the die revision of the chip.
Power–Up Sequence
The DS21Q44 does not automatically clear its register space on power–up. After the supplies are stable,
each of the four framer’s register space should be configured for operation by writing to all of the internal
registers. This includes setting the Test and all unused registers to 00Hex.
This can be accomplished using a two-pass approach on each framer within the DS21Q44.
1. Clear framer’s register space by writing 00H to the addresses 00H through 0BFH.
2. Program required registers to achieve desired operating mode.
Note:
When emulating the DS21Q43 feature set (FMS = 1), the full address space (00H through 0BFH) must be
initialized. DS21Q43 emulation require address pin A7 to be used. FMS is tied to ground for the
DS21FF44/DS21FT44.
Finally, after the TSYSCLK and RSYSCLK inputs are stable, the ESR bit should be toggled from a zero
to a one (this step can be skipped if the elastic stores are disabled).