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Symptom: Want to enable remote monitoring.


Corrective Action:

Most models of Duplidisk can be ordered with an optional RS-232 port for an additional charge of $10. This serial port is currently designed for OUTPUT and gives the computer system the Duplidisk installed in the ability to READ the status of the Duplidisk. The Duplidisk will send a status byte to this optional serial port after receiving a 55h at its input pin.

NOTES: The communications parameters are as follows:

  Your PORT   OUR PORT   NOTES
  Pin 1 (GRND)   Pin 1 (GRND)  
  Pin 2 (Rx)   Pin 3 (Tx)  
  Pin 3 (Tx)    
  Bits 1 - 0   00   Primary Channel OK
    01   Primary Channel not in use (no drives)
    10   Reserved
    11   Primary Channel marked as bad
  Bits 3 - 2   00   Mirrored Channel is OK
    01   Mirrored Channel not in use (no drives)
    10   Reserved
    11   Mirror Channel is marked as bad
  Bit 4 ***   0   Master drive data IS NOT identical
    1   Master drive data IS identical
  Bit 5   0   Beeper is OFF
    1   Beeper is ON
  Bit 6   0   Controller is running in SINGLE mode
    1   Controller is running in MIRROR mode
  Bit 7   0   Current active Channel for reads is the PRIMARY
    1   Current active Channel for reads is the MIRROR
  mov dx,h320   Port 320  
     
  n al, dx   Read the data from the port  



 
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