
DS31256 256-Channel, High-Throughput HDLC Controller
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Register Name:
THCD
Register Description:
Transmit HDLC Channel Definition
Register Address:
0484h
Bit #
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Name
TABTE
TCFCS
TBF
TID
TCRC1
TCRC0
TIFS
TTRANS
Default
Bit #
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
Name
n/a
TZSD
TFG3
TFG2
TFG1
TFG0
Default
Note: Bits that are underlined are read only, all other bits are read-write.
Bit 0/Transmit Transparent Enable (TTRANS). When this bit is set low, the HDLC engine generates flags and
the FCS (if enabled through TCRC0/1) and performs zero stuffing. When this bit is set high, the HDLC engine
does not generate flags or the FCS and does not perform zero stuffing.
0 = transparent mode disabled
1 = transparent mode enabled
Bit 1/Transmit Interfill Select (TIFS)
0 = the interfill byte is 7Eh (01111110)
1 = the interfill byte is FFh (11111111)
Bits 2, 3/Transmit CRC Selection (TCRC0/TCRC1). These bits are ignored if the HDLC channel is set to
transparent mode (TTRANS = 1).
TCRC1 TCRC0
ACTION
0
No CRC is generated
0
1
16-bit CRC (CCITT/ITU Q.921)
1
0
32-bit CRC
1
Illegal state
Bit 4/Transmit Invert Data Enable (TID). When this bit is set low, the outgoing HDLC packets are not inverted
after being generated. When this bit is set high, the HDLC engine inverts all the data (flags, information fields, and
FCS) after the packet has been generated.
0 = do not invert data
1 = invert all data (including flags and FCS)
Bit 5/Transmit Bit Flip (TBF). When this bit is set low, the HDLC engine obtains the first HDLC bit to be
transmitted from the lowest bit position of the PCI bus bytes (i.e., PAD[0], PAD[8], PAD[16], PAD[24]). When
this bit is set high, the HDLC engine obtains the first HDLC bit to be transmitted from the highest bit position of
the PCI bus bytes (i.e., PAD[7], PAD[15], PAD[23], PAD[31]).
0 = the first HDLC bit transmitted is obtained from the lowest bit position of the bytes on the PCI bus
1 = the first HDLC bit transmitted is obtained from the highest bit position of the bytes on the PCI bus
Bit 6/Transmit Corrupt FCS (TCFCS). When this bit is set low, the HDLC engine allows the frame checksum
sequence (FCS) to be transmitted as generated. When this bit is set high, the HDLC engine inverts all the bits of
the FCS before transmission occurs. This is useful in debugging and testing HDLC channels at the system level.
0 = generate FCS normally
1 = invert all FCS bits
Bit 7/Transmit Abort Enable (TABTE). When this bit is set low, the HDLC engine performs normally, only
sending an abort sequence (eight 1s in a row) when an error occurs in the PCI block or the FIFO underflows.
When this bit is set high, the HDLC engine continuously transmits an all-ones pattern (i.e., an abort sequence).
This bit is still active when the HDLC engine is configured in the transparent mode (TTRANS = 1).