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`DescriptionzThis document describes the design of the hardware independent communication protocol used by each stream to
`communicate with the motion control hardware.
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`Table of Contents
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`1 - Overview ....................................................................................................................... 1
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`2 - Communication Map Design .......................................................................................2
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`Mapping Logic ....................................................................................... 4
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`3 - Example Communication Maps .................................................................................. 5
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`Services Mapped ................................................................................... 5
`AT6400 Register Map ............................................................................ 6
`DMClOOO Register Map ......................................................................... 6
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`1 - Overview
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`XMC (a WOSA extension for Motion Control), uses a special protocol to facilitate
`communication with the underlying motion control hardware in a hardware
`independent manner.
`In specific, the key communication mechanism used is
`called the communication map for it maps a generic grid of information cells to
`the actual information cells implemented by the particular hardware.
`Since
`each cell may be located in different areas and may transfer different values on
`each hardware platform, a mapping is necessary in order to communicate
`common functions across a manifold of hardware implementations.
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`This document, describes the hardware independent communication protocol in
`the following two chapters:
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`Chapter 2 - Communication Map Design; describes how the communication
`map works and how it provides a hardware independent manner of
`communicating with a set of hardware devices falling into a similar class of
`functionality.
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`Chapter 3 - Example Communication Maps; provides several communication
`map examples that show how the mapping actually takes place in a real
`application.
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`2 - Communication Map Design
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`The communication map is a software layer that maps both the location of and
`the data transferred between a software application and a hardware device
`during basic,
`low—level, hardware communication, sometimes defined as the
`hand-shaking process. In order to generify the process, thus making it hardware
`independent, several fundamental items must be mapped, for they are different
`on most hardware platforms that use basic hardware communication, even
`though the class of services performed by each hardware implementation, from
`within the same function class, are very similar.
`
`implemented by the
`invoked by the software application, yet
`Each service,
`hardware, is mapped by a set of entries in the communication map. Each entry
`in the communication map is made of the following items.
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`Item Mapped Description
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`operation
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`cell size
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`cell offset
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`data mask
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`Specifies the operation defines whether or not to write
`data to the information cell,
`to read data from the
`information cell, or perform a nap directing to skip this
`sub-operation, thus ignoring it.
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`Specifies the cell size defines the actual size of the data
`contained in each cell. For example, cells may be defined
`as 8, 16, 24, 32, or 48 bits long. Of course other sizes
`may be defined as long as they are supported by the
`underlying hardware.
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`Specifies the cell offset defines the location of the cell in
`the information target grid. A base address defines the
`start location of the grid, whereas the cell offset is the
`number of bytes, offset from the base, where the target cell
`described lies.
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`Specifies the mask applied to the data read from, or to be
`written to the hardware.
`1’s signify active bits, whereas
`0’s signify inactive bits that are ignored, or masked out of
`the data passing through the communication map.
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`NOTE: when performing a write operation, specified by the operation
`field, the data mask is treated as the actual data and therefore sent to
`the hardware. With read operations, the data mask is used to mask out
`the active bits in the data item read from the hardware. The result of
`this masking is later applied to the data code in order to determine
`success or failure.
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`data code
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`Specifies the way to treat each data bit in the data mask.
`For example, the data code determines whether or not to
`invert the logic performed when logically ANDing the data
`mask to the data read.
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`In order to link each set of entries with a single service, an index, pointing to the
`beginning communication map entry for the service,
`is associated with the
`service.
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`The following diagram shows the flow of data through the communication map
`for a certain requested hardware service (Service 2).
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`Servie Index
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`During the mapping process, the following steps occur.
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`Description
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`The software application requests a certain hardware service, such as
`checking for the ready state of the hardware. Based on the mapping
`between the Service Index array and the Communication Map, there are
`three sub—operations making up this service.
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`In this step, the first of the three sub—operations is performed -- a read of
`16—bits at offset 2 from the base address in the hardware input/ output
`space (which is considered the information target grid)1. When
`performing the mapping, l6—bits of hardware data are read from offset 2,
`logically AND’ed with the data mask, and then the result is logically
`XOR’ed with the data code. See mapping logic table for details. This
`logic produces a result that if successful, based on the mapping logic,
`causes the algorithm to continue processing the remaining sub—
`operations. On the other hand, if the mapping logic produces a failure,
`the processing is terminated and an error code is returned to the
`software requesting the service.
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`The read actually takes place on the hardware 10 space itself, or on a
`low—level mapping provided by the operating system.
`
`the second sub—operation is
`from step 2 is success,
`If the result
`performed -- a write of 16-bits at offset 2 from the base address in the
`hardware IO space. For the write operation, the data mask is treated as
`the data, therefore in this step the number 0X0042 is written at offset 2.
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`
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`1 The input/ output (10) space may either be on the physical card itself, or provided as a
`block of data mapped by the operating system. Most operating systems map all
`hardware access into some operating system provided element, such as memory or an 10
`port.
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`Finally, the last sub—operation is performed —— another read of 16—bits at
`offset 2 in the hardware IO space. The same mapping logic, described in
`step #2 above applies in this step.
`If the result from this operation is a
`success, the service as a whole is a success, since all previous sub-
`operations must have succeeded in order to get to this one.
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`The write actually takes place on the hardware 10 space itself, or on a
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`low level mapping provided by the operating system.
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`Even though all three operations took place on the same offset, this is
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`not required. Each hardware platform defines its own hand—shaking
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`protocol used for performing each service
`implemented (by
`the
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`hardware), thus defining the base code offset for each sub—operation.
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`The final read takes place on the hardware [0 space or an operating
`system mapping of it.
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`Mapping Logic
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`During each communication map read sub-operation, making up a requested
`service, the following logic takes place:
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`RESULT =
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`((Data Read from Hardware) AND (Data Mask)) XOR (Data Code).
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`With this logic, the following logic table describes the various outcomes from
`data read from the hardware, versus data expected from the hardware.
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`3 - Example Communication Maps
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`The following examples pertain to motion control hardware that uses hardware
`registers in order to facilitate the hand—shaking taking place during data
`communication.
`In these examples, the communication mapping allows the
`software requesting services to perform them in a hardware independent
`manner. The information target in the communication map for these examples
`are the set of hardware registers used by each hardware motion control card.
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`Services Mapped
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`With both the AT6400TM2 and DMClOOOTM3 communication maps, the following
`set of hardware communication services are mapped.
`
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`Description
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`Used to query the hardware for the state of its output
`buffer. When ready, there is data ready to be read sitting
`in the hardware output buffer.
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`Used to query the hardware for the sate of its input
`buffer. When ready, the buffer has space to be written
`to. When not ready, the buffer is full.
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`Used to query whether or not the hardware is ready to
`perform other service operations.
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`Directs the hardware to ready its input buffer, which
`probably contains
`some
`sort of command for
`the
`hardware to begin processing.
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`
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`Read a block of data from the hardware (size is specified
`by the information cell size found in the information
`map).
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`Write a block of data to the hardware (size is specified by
`the information cell size found in the information map).
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`Directs the hardware to flush all of its buffers.
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`Directs the hardware to set its buffers to a certain size.
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`Directs the hardware to update any of its special status
`registers that may contain command data other than the
`communication hand-shaking data.
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`2 AT64OO is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Compumotor Division,
`Parker Hannifin Corporation.
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`3 DMClOOO is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Galil Motion Control, Inc.
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`AT6400 Register Map
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`With the given set of services defined in the previous section, the communication
`map for the AT6400 motion control hardware is as follows:
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