Amanda Work Group 7xx Installation Manual

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Amanda Company Board (Designed for 
)
The JP1 and JP2 jumper blocks shown in the diagram above indicate the 
exact location in memory to be used by that board. JP1 indicates the memory 
segment, and JP2 indicates the offset within that memory segment. 
Amanda Company voice boards are preset to D800. If another vendor’s 
product (such as SCSI controller, LAN card, or modem) uses that location, 
you must select another for the voice board. The Amanda Company...

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Closed means that two pins are covered/connected by the shorting jumper, 
and Open means that the two pins are not covered/connected by the shorting 
jumper. In the diagrams in this chapter, the blacked out pin positions 
represent closed positions.
T
IP:Installers often place shorting jumpers over only one pin 
when the position is Open. This does not connect the pins, 
but it does prevent losing jumpers.
The combined settings for the three JP1 positions indicate a...

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Running Advisor
On new installations, you must run the Voice Board Advisor program before 
you insert the voice boards into the computer. If you add additional voice 
boards later, you should run this program with the original boards in the 
computer, but the new boards must not be installed.
The first time you use the disk labeled “Board Advisor Disk”, it makes itself 
bootable, that is, capable of starting a computer. After that, it is always 
bootable.
If...

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Not Bootable
                                                                              
    The Advisor program is examining your computer, please wait ...
    In order for the Advisor program to correctly determine the memory
    characteristics, the computer must be rebooted.  This disk is currently
    being made bootable.  This may take up to 30 seconds ...
            1 file(s) copied
    System transferred
    This diskette is now bootable; this step is...

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  The Advisor program is examining your computer, please wait ...
  Found existing configuration information, making a copy of it ...
          1 file(s) copied
          1 file(s) copied
  It appears that you are attempting to add one or more boards to an existing,
  working system.  This process needs to be restarted using the configuration
  information from your existing...

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6. Configure the boards’ memory segments and offsets from the displayed 
information.
7. Press Q for Quit when you are finished.
The final screen appears. 

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  Congratulations, configuration information for the boards in your system
  has now been placed on your hard disk.
   1. Remove this diskette.
   2. Power off the computer.
   3. Insert your configured boards.
  After boards have been installed, you may proceed with installing or
  upgrading your [email protected]/DOS software if desired....

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Board 4Ports 13-16DE00 (see Row 24)
Possible Jumper Settings
JP1JP2Segment and 
RowPos. 1Pos. 2Pos. 3Pos. 1Pos. 2Pos. 3Offset
1ClosedOpenOpenClosedClosedClosedB000 (to B1FF)
2ClosedOpenOpenClosedClosedOpenB200 (to B3FF)
3ClosedOpenOpenClosedOpenClosedB400 (to B5FF)
4ClosedOpenOpenClosedOpenOpenB600 (to B7FF)
5ClosedOpenOpenOpenClosedClosedB800 (to B9FF)
6ClosedOpenOpenOpenClosedOpenBA00 (to BBFF)
7ClosedOpenOpenOpenOpenClosedBC00 (to BDFF)...

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Jumper Block for IRQ (JP3)
Each number represents an IRQ. For example, 2 represents IRQ 2. This 
figure shows IRQ 7 as the selected IRQ. Be sure to select an interrupt 
number that is not used by another board (such as a modem or LAN card) in 
this PC.
Installing the Boards
Use the following procedure to install one or more Amanda Company voice 
boards in PC slots.
To  i n s t a l l  t h e  b o a r d s :
1. Turn your computer off.
2. Remove the computer’s...

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switching systems. You can permanently damage 
the board by connecting the RJ-11 connectors to 
any other telephone outlet.
7. Turn the computer back on.
8. From the C:> DOS prompt, follow the installation instructions in “Chap-
ter 5: Installing Amanda Software”.
C
AUTION:Use an electrostatic discharge-safe (ESD-safe) station while 
configuring and installing your board. Otherwise, static dis-
charge may damage your board.
Connecting the Ports
The next figure shows...