Paravision SX-1™ User's Guide
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1. Carrier Detect Receive Data Transmit Data Data Terminal Ready Ground Data Set Ready Request To Send Clear To Send Ring Indicate SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 13 RGB Video Connector Pin Name 1 IXCLK 2 IXCLKEN 3 RED 4 GREEN 5 BLUE 6 DI 7 DB 8 DG 9 DR 10 CSYNC 11 HSYNC 12 VSYNC 13 GNDRTN 14 ZD 15 AI 16 20 GND 21 NC 22 12V 23 45 Description Externa Clock External Clock Enable Analog Red Analog Green Analog Blue Digital Intensity Digital Blue Digital Green Digital Red Composite Sync Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync Return for XCLKEN Zero Detect Clock Out Ground No Connect 12 volts on A1200 412V Power 45V Power Pins 21 23 provide power Connect these pins only if the device requires it AT Keyboard Port Pins Name 1 KCLK 2 KDAT 3 NC 4 GND 5 5V Audio Connector Pins Tm UU BR UN FR Name AUDIO 12V LEFT EXT RIGHT EXT EXT AUDIO AUDIO GND GND Description Keyboard Clock Keyboard Data No Connect Ground 5 volts power Description Audio Voltage Left Signal Input Right Signal Input Audio Ground Ground SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 14 APPENDIX B QUICK REFERENCE JUMPER SETTINGS ON indicates that a jumper block is connecting two pins OFF means that the jumper block is either detached completely or is hanging off only one pin of the pair Jumper Function 1 Controls the number of memorv banks contained on the SIM2. 70 floppy disks worth of data Configuration Jumpers These are used to configure some of your SX 1 s SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 1 Disabl SX 1 Main Board Ho Parallel Port Switch External IDE Port N Drive Mounts Internal IDE Floppy Port Connector X Configuration Jumpers a Serial Port RGB Port _ Keyboard Port Clock Battery SIMM Socket Pass Through Board FMV Connector ag Audio CD32 a Inputs Connector options Thev will be detailed later Batterv for the Clock Calendar Chip This is a long life CR2032 replaceable lithium batterv that can be found anvwhere watch or camera batteries are sold Manv programs need to know when files were last changed With a clock built into the SX 1 vou won t have to enter the date everv time vou turn the power on 72 pin SIMM Memory Connector This is where you add memory to your system Computers use RAM as temporary extremely fast storage for data and programs The more memory your system has the more efficient it can become Increased memory can also let you run more programs at the same time and work with larger data files Left Side Panel RGB Video Connector This is a standard DB23 Amiga Video connector Adding an RGB monitor will give you a much sharper picture than you can get from the CD s composite video connector If you have Commodore s Full Motion Video card you can watch CD I video disks with the clarity of an RGB screen Ba
3. SX 1 2 If you do not need to open the SX 1 s case skip to step 21 Connecting To The CD To open the SX 1 s case you will need a 1 Phillips screwdriver Locate or create a static free workspace Static electricity can seriously damage any electronic device and the CD and SX 1 are no exceptions If you have an electronics store nearby the salespeople can supply you with and show you how to use a grounding wrist strap 3 Locate the 4 screws one on each corner holding the SX 1 s top cover and remove them Lift the top cover straight up to remove it Hard Disk Installation 4 If you are not installing an internal IDE hard disk skip to step 16 Installing Memory SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 4 To install an internal hard disk you will need a 5 millimeter nutdriver a 1 Phillips screwdriver a 44 conductor IDE cable approximately two inches long a2 1 2 hard disk and a copy of the AmigaDOS 3 x release disks including the Install disk The hard disk attaches upside down underneath the SX 1 s main board Because of this you must remove the 10 hex head screws from around the SX 1 s external connectors in order to get the board out 5 Lifting the front pass through card edge first remove the SX 1 s main board from the case At this point the silver shield around one or both of the rear connectors may come loose Don t worry just set it them aside 6 Open the screw spacer packet and insert one of the
4. screws through one of the hard drive mounting holes in the SX 1 board such that the head of the screw is on the top side of the board 7 Place one of the plastic spacers over the end of the screw and line up one of the mounting holes on the bottom of the drive with this screw Make sure that the drive s connector is facing the IDE connector on the top of the SX 1 board Start the screw but don t tighten it down yet This step is rather awkward you might need someone to help hold things for you while you get the screw going 8 Repeat steps 6 and 7 for each of the other three screws Getting the spacers in between the drive and board can be tricky after the first one so be patient A small needle nosed plier can sometimes help to get everything lined up 9 When all four screws are started into the drive tighten them all down 10 Look between the drive and board very carefully If any of the pins on the back of the SX 1 touch any part of the hard disk stop here Don t plug the board into the CD just to see if it will work serious damage to the disk SX 1 or CD is possible maybe all three Those pins will have to be removed before it will be safe to use that hard disk on the SX 1 11 Connect one end of your drive cable to the SX 1 s IDE connector If the cable has a stripe down one edge connect it so that this edge is toward the back of the SX 1 over the pin marked 1 on the board 12 Connect the other end o
5. M ON 2 Banks of Memory a 2 or 8 Megabyte SIMM OFF 1 Bank of Memory a 1 or 4 Megabyte SIMM Default position OFF 2 Controls the size of the memory banks contained on the SIMM ON 4 or 8 Megabyte SIMM OFF or 2 Megabyte SIMM Default position OFF 3 Disables Memory Configuration ON Defeat Autoconfiguration or No Ram Installed OFF Normal Autoconfiguration Default position ON 4 Power On Delay ON Adds additional 10 seconds for hard drive to spin up on initial cold starts OFF Normal boot time Default position OFF 5 Right Alt control for AT keyboards ON Keyboard has two ALT keys OFF Keyboard has no right ALT key so function is mapped to right CTRL key Default position ON SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 15 Amiga Hardware World Evervthing about Amiga hardware http amiga resource cx
6. Paravision SX 1 User s Guide Copyright 1994 Paravision Inc All Rights Reserved 2nd Edition July 1994 1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the SX 1 expansion unit for your Amiga CD and welcome to the world of personal computing By adding the SX 1 to your CD you transform an impressive game machine into a high powered multimedia computer system First make sure that you received everything you need In this package you should have e the SX 1 unit e a diskette of set up software e a warranty registration card e this User s Guide If your SX 1 does not have a hard drive installed you should also have a small packet containing four screws and four plastic spacers If anything is missing call our shipping department right away Take the time now to fill out the registration card This information will allow us to notify you of product updates Your unit s serial number is on the white label attached to the back of the SX 1 2 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS The SX 1 is a complex machine with many options This section will take each in turn and explain their uses and capabilities Inside the SX 1 Internal Drive Connector This is a standard 44 pin connector for 2 5 IDE Hard Disks A hard disk lets you save programs and data just like a floppy disk except that it can access them much more quickly than floppies can and it can store a great deal more A typical hard disk 60 megabytes can store almost
7. ck Panel Parallel Connector This is a standard DB25 Amiga 1200 parallel port allowing you to connect most printers easily Also some video and audio digitizers can plug in here Disable Switch This switch allows you to disable most of the functionality of the SX 1 board just in case you find any CD based software that does not work Only the RGB port memory and clock functions are left active when this switch is set toward the parallel port Normally you will leave it set toward the External IDE connector You will have to reset the machine each time you change this switch DB25 Expansion Cutout This opening allows you to add a SCSI interface card and neatly mount the connector on the back panel External Hard Disk Connector This DB37 connector lets you attach an external IDE hard disk This would be used when you have two hard disks that you want to use or when your hard disk is too large to fit inside the SX I1 Right Side Panel Audio Input This 6 pin Mini DIN connector allows a third audio stream to be mixed with the Amiga s audio output and the CD plaver s audio output This is nota digitizer the Amiga can t do anvthing with the signal that gets fed in except send it out the normal CD audio connectors With the proper cables you can attach a microphone and sing along with your music CD s AT 101 Keyboard Connector This connector allows you to plug in an inexpensive AT 101 style keyboard as used on IBM AT comp
8. eed further assistance contact our Technical Support department Paravision Inc 500 East Arapaho Suite 104 Richardson Texas 75081 United States of America Phone 1 214 644 0043 Fax 1 214 644 7916 Internet microbotics 1 bix com Our telephone lines are open Monday through Friday 09 00 to 17 00 US Central Time 6 CREDITS COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS Product Design Jerry Robinson Redmond Simonsen Yan Sun Software Design Dan Barrans Joanne Dow Mike Pinson Documentation Bill Knox Mike Pinson Package Design Robert Maynard This document its packaging and accompanying software are Copyright 1994 Paravision Inc all rights reserved SX 1 is a trademark of Paravision Inc Amiga is a registered trademark and Amiga CD32 Amiga 1200 AmigaDOS and Workbench are trademarks of Commodore Amiga Inc Commodore is a registered trademark of Commodore Electronics Limited IBM is a registered trademark and AT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 11 APPENDIX A CONNECTOR PINOUTS Parallel Connector Pin Name Description 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DO Data bit 0 LSB 3 D1 Data bit 1 4 D2 Data bit 2 5 D3 Data bit 3 6 D4 Data bit 4 7 D5 Data bit 5 8 D6 Data bit 6 9 D7 Data bit 7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy 12 POUT Paper Out 13 SEL Select 14 5V 5V Power 15 NC No Connect 16 RESET Printer Reset 17 25 GND Si
9. f the cable to the drive 13 Replace the connector shielding if any came loose in step 5 Notice how the connectors are wider at the top than at the bottom Make sure to put the shield s back on with the wide portion at the top 14 Reinstall the SX 1 board into the case If the drive hits the bottom of the case and will not allow the connectors on the sides of the SX 1 to line up with the holes in the case call Paravision Technical Support for an alternate spacer configuration 15 Reattach all the hex head screws around the connectors Don t tighten any of them down before getting all 10 started into their threads SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 5 Installing Memorv 16 If vou are not installing memorv skip to step 19 Configuring Other Options The SX 1 takes one SIMM Single row In line Memory Module to provide Fast Memory for the system This can be 1 2 4 or 8 megabytes in size if you do not have the Full Motion Video card or 1 2 or 4 megabytes if you do have the FMV This SIMM must be a 72 pin type providing a 32 bit wide data path There are 36 bit wide SIMMs which will also work but the extra bits are not used in the Amiga system Memory chips also have a speed rating and this SIMM must be rated at 80 ns nanoseconds or faster a lower number is faster Look closely at your SIMM You will notice that one of the lower corners has a notch taken out of it This notch keys the board so that it will go into the s
10. gnal Ground Pins 17 25 are signal grounds Do not connect them directly to a shield ground Pin 14 provides 5V power Connect this pin only if power is required by the external device Floppy Disk Connnector 1 RDY Disk Ready 2 IDKRD Disk Read Data 3 7 GND Ground 8 MTRXD Disk Motor Control 9 ISELI Select Drive 1 10 DRES Disk Reset 11 CHNG Disk Changed 12 5V 45V Power 13 SIDE Disk Side Select 14 WPRO Write Protected 15 TKO Track 0 Detected 16 DKWE Disk Write Enable 17 DKWD Disk Write Data 18 STEP Step Disk Heads 19 DIRB Select Head Direction 20 SEL2 Select Drive 2 21 SELO Select Drive 0 22 JINDEX Disk Index Pulse 23 112V 412V Power SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 12 External IDE Connector Pin Name 1 IDE RESET 2 DO 3 D2 4 D4 5 D6 6 GND 7 D8 8 D10 9 D12 10 D14 11 17 GND 18 19 5V 20 GND 21 D1 22 D3 23 D5 24 D7 25 GND 26 D9 27 DIL 28 D13 29 DI5 30 AOW 31 IOR 32 IDE IRQ 33 IDE A2 34 IDE Al 35 IDE AO 36 BICS1 37 BICSO Serial Port Pins Name 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI Description Drive Reset Data bit 0 Data bit 2 Data bit 4 Data bit 6 Ground Data bit 8 Data bit 10 Data bit 12 Data bit 14 Ground 5V Power Ground Data bit 1 Data bit 3 Data bit 5 Data bit 7 Ground Data bit 9 Data bit 11 Data bit 13 Data bit 15 T O Write T O Read Interrupt Request Address bit 2 Address bit 1 Address bit 0 Chip Select 1 Chip Select 0 Description
11. hard disk At one point it will ask for a unit number enter 0 31 When the partitioning is done close the HDSetup drawer open the Install drawer and double dick the icon for vour language Follow the prompts to install AmigaDOS onto vour hard disk Congratulations vou re donel 4 USING AN AT 101 STYLE KEYBOARD The keyboard connector on the right side of the SX 1 allows you to use inexpensive AT 101 Key keyboards to run your CD Selecting A Keyboard Before purchasing a keyboard to use with your SX 1 make sure that it is in fact an AT 101 style keyboard not a PC keyboard Ordinary PC keyboards will not work The AT 101 style can be identified by the extra function keys F11 and F12 and by the cursor keypad separate from the numeric keypad Also we recommend that the keyboard you select has two separate Alt keys one on the left side and one on the right Many keyboards are switchable between AT and PC compatibility Check the documentation that comes with your keyboard and configure it for AT compatibility On some keyboards this is controlled by a switch on the bottom that is easily changed by setting the keyboard down on anything other than a clean desk If at some time you find your keyboard no longer works double check this switch Some keyboards automatically detect whether they are attached to an AT or a PC These auto sensing keyboards will probably not work Using Your Keyboard Because
12. ned off SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 9 If a modifier kev is pressed but vou then decide to do something else tapping the Scroll Lock kev will release all held modifiers To deactivate Stickv Mode hold down the Scroll Lock kev for two seconds When the Scroll Lock light goes off Sticky Mode has been released Be particularly careful when using the Control and Amiga keys Either Control key plus both Amiga keys F11 and F12 will reset the CD just as Control Amiga Amiga would on a normal keyboard Other Differences Some key combinations are used by Amiga software but are not supported by IBM software These key combinations may or may not be implemented by your keyboard In particular moving the mouse pointer by the equivalent key presses either Amiga key plus a cursor key has been found to be impossible with many keyboards This problem is inside the AT keyboard and cannot be fixed in our translation software Most AT keyboards use Shift Tab to move the cursor back to the nearest tab position to the left You will see a left pointing arrow at the top of your Tab key This function is not built into the Amiga s operating system software so some of your programs may not support it SX User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 10 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT If vou have anv suggestions for improving this documentation or the product in general please drop us a note Should you have any problems please contact your dealer first If you n
13. ng Numlock on and using the numeric keypad only for numbers and using only the cursor keypad for cursor movement Using The Scroll Lock Key Since the Amiga has no provision for a Scroll Lock feature like the one the AT has the Scroll Lock key has been used to implement something new to the Amiga Persons for whom it is difficult or impossible to hold down multiple keys at once can activate Sticky Mode by pressing the Scroll Lock key for two seconds When Sticky Mode is active the Scroll Lock light will go on whenever the Scroll Lock key is pressed In Sticky Mode any modifier keys that you press Shift Control Alt or Amiga Keys will stick That is the Amiga will not be told when the key is released Instead the modifier will be kept active until a nonmodifier key is pressed anything other than the Shift Control Alt or Amiga keys The Scroll Lock light will be turned on to show you that a key is being held for you When you press a non modifier key all the held modifiers will be released and the Scroll Lock light will be turned off For example if you need to type a Right Amiga Q you would first press the Right Amiga F12 key The Scroll Lock light would go on to tell you that the Right Amiga modifier is being held for you Then you would press the Q key At this time the Amiga gets the Right Amiga Q When you release the Q key the stored Right Amiga modifier is released and the Scroll Lock light is tur
14. ocket in only one direction This notch should be nearer the pass through board when you install the SIMM in the SX 1 17 Set the SIMM into the socket at an angle Once the edge of the SIMM is down in the teeth of the socket rotate the SIMM so that it is standing vertically in the socket Two metal springs one on each end will snap into place to hold the SIMM upright To remove the memory simply press the metal springs away from the SIMM It will pop out when it is loose 18 Set jumpers 1 and 2 according to the particular size of SIMM you have installed Set jumper 3 RAM Disable ON for now The RAM Test can be more thorough when AmigaDOS isn t already using the memory When a jumper is ON it is connecting two pins The best way to set a jumper OFF is to leave it hanging off only one pin This keeps them inside the machine where they won t get lost Configuring Other Options 19 Jumper number 4 controls how long the system will wait on a cold boot for the drive to get up to speed If this jumper is on the SX 1 will add an additional 10 seconds to the boot up process Most drives will not require this extra delay so for the first time installation leave it off If after it s formatted the hard disk will not boot when you turn the CD on but will boot just fine when you press the reset button try setting this jumper on The right hand Alt alternate key is not present on some AT keyboards but is required for many Amiga pr
15. ograms If you want to use a keyboard that does not have a right Alt key you can remove jumper 5 This will let you use the right Control key which the Amiga normally doesn t have as a right Alt key When your keyboard has a right Alt key jumper 5 should be on This makes the right Control and Alt keys function normally 20 If you left the Memory Disable Jumper 3 ON in step 18 continue with the next section Otherwise re attach the top cover to the SX 1 and screw it SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 6 down Connecting to the CD 21 Detach all the cables from the CD 22 Locate the removable panel on the back of the CD unit and remove the screw holding it in place Remove the panel 23 If you have a Full Motion Video board remove it from its pass through board Plug the FMV card into the top slot of the SX 1 s pass through board 24 Line up the SX 1 with the CD so that the bottom slot of the pass through board connects with the CD s expansion bus Then press the two together Be very careful that the connectors are well seated before turning on any power 25 Reattach the cables to the CD and attach any new devices to the SX 1 s connectors Memory Testing 26 If you want to run the RAM test or if you have just changed the memory and need to run the RAM test continue reading here Otherwise skip to step 29 Hard Disk Setup Boot up the system from a Workbench disk either on hard disk or a flo
16. ppy If the system won t boot turn it off recheck the connections and try again 27 When the Workbench screen appears insert the SX 1 Utilities disk double click the SX 1 diskette icon and then the MBRTest 2 drawer Double click the MBRTest 2 program icon Select the area of memory labelled MBX1200Z7 select as many test options as you want and click on the START button 28 If the RAM test runs without problem turn off the power set the Memory Disable Jumper 3 OFF and close up the SX 1 s top cover If there was an error double check the jumper settings and all the connections and try the test again If there is still a problem contact your dealer or Paravision about getting the SIMM and or SX 1 tested Hard Disk Setup 29 If you have not just installed a hard disk then you re done Every hard disk needs some setup before it can be used You have to define at least one partition which is a named area of a hard disk You can divide a disk into any number of partitions and each one will show up on the Workbench screen as if it were a separate drive Normally though you won t divide a disk at all or if you do not into partitions any smaller than 40 or 50 megabytes 30 Boot the system with your copy of the AmigaDOS 3 x Installation disk SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 7 Double dick the disk icon then open the HDSetup drawer Select the language vou wish to use and follow the prompts to partition the
17. there are differences between the AT keyboard layout and the normal Amiga keyboard layout some keys will not function according to the legends printed on the keytops AT Key Label Amiga Function F11 Left solid Amiga key appears as a CommodoreTM logo on some Amiga keyboards F12 Right open Amiga key Print Screen Help key Sys Req Help key Home Shift Cursor Left End Shift Cursor Right SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 8 Page Up Shift Cursor Up Page Down Shift Cursor Down Insert not defined Pause not defined Break not defined Num Lock this kev behaves just as it does on AT computers see below Scroll Lock used to control Sticky mode see below There are two keys on the standard American Amiga keyboard that are not present on an AT keyboard The Open and Close Parentheses on the Amiga s numeric keypad cannot be generated Using The Num Lock Key The NumLock Numeric Pad Lock key is used to switch the numeric keypad between producing numbers and producing cursor movement keys When the NumLock light is on the keys will generate numbers When the NumLock light is off the keys will act to move the cursor Just like an AT holding down either Shift key will temporarily reverse the NumLock state it won t change the light though Some Amiga programs use the shift keys to modify the meaning of the cursor keys and you will have to be careful if you try to use the numeric pad with these programs We recommend leavi
18. uters SX 1 User s Guide 2nd Ed Page 3 9 pin IBM compatible RS232 Serial Port This port allows vou to connect to modems bv which vour computer can share data with other computers through the telephone lines some printers light pens and other local computers through a special cable called a null modem Amiga Floppv Drive Connector This connector allows vou to attach an Amiga floppy disk drive to the CD Both normal Amiga drives which store about 880 kilobvtes of information and the new Amiga high densitv drives which store about 1 76 megabytes of information are supported Pass Through Board Full Morion Video Connector This is where you would attach Commodore s Full Motion Video FMV card CD Connector This is where the SX 1 attaches to the CD 3 CONFIGURATION AND INSTALLATION 1 Read through the entire installation procedure before even picking up a screwdriver If you have any questions contact your dealer or Paravision s Technical Support department The standard power supply that comes with the CD is very weak It has enough power to run the CD itself and very little else If you are using any one of one floppy drive one hard disk or Commodore s Full Motion Video module you should have enough power to run reliably If you are using more than one though you probably will need a replacement power supply Consult your dealer for the availability of higher wattage power supplies Opening the
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