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The Wangdat 3200 is a DDS1 drive with a 2/4Gb capacity. It is 3.5" as standard, a 5.25" fixing kit and bezel is available as an option.

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INTRODUCTION
The following tables and notes give a quick guide in setting up the Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb.
The notes explain the setting of dip switch block SW1, dip switch block SW4, jumper JP1 and the three terminating resistors.

Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb - SW1 Switch Settings
SW1 - Dip Switches On Value Off Value Default Settings
1 Enables Buffered Mode Disables Buffered.Mode

OFF

2 Compression ON = 4Gb Compression OFF = 2Gb

ON

3 SCSI 2 SCSI 1

ON

4 Enables Cartridge Eject Disables Cartridge Eject

OFF

5-8 Reserved Reserved

OFF


Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb - SW4: SCSI ID Selection
SW4 - Dip Switches On Value Off Value Default (Parity ON, SCSI ID 0)

1

Parity is enabled Parity is disabled

ON

2

Gives SCSI ID Value of 1 Gives SCSI ID Value of 0

OFF

3

Gives SCSI ID Value of 2 Gives SCSI ID Value of 0

OFF

4

Gives SCSI ID Value of 4 Gives SCSI ID Value of 0

OFF

NB.You can choose any SCSI ID value from 0 to 7.  See table below.
To do this the dip switches 2, 3 and 4 from SW4 are arranged in various ON OFF combinations.
So for example  SCSI ID 5 would be ON OFF ON (1 + 0 + 4 = 5).

Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb - SCSI ID Further Explanation
SW4 - Dip Switches Dip Switch 2 (Value = 1) Dip Switch 3 (Value = 2) Dip Switch 4 (Value = 4)
SCSI ID VALUE 0 OFF OFF OFF
SCSI ID VALUE 1 ON OFF OFF
SCSI ID VALUE 2 OFF ON OFF
SCSI ID VALUE 3 ON ON OFF
SCSI ID VALUE 4 OFF OFF ON
SCSI ID VALUE 5 ON OFF ON
SCSI ID VALUE 6 OFF ON ON
SCSI ID VALUE 7 ON ON ON

SCSI TERMINATION: JP1 (Jumper Block)
Jumper JP1 connects
termination power to the SCSI bus. When the two pins are jumpered, and thus installed, termination power is supplied by the drive. Without a jumper the power is supplied by the host. (The default setting is for the pins to be jumpered)

Terminating Resistors - The drive must be terminated (using the terminating resistors) if it is either, a stand alone unit, or last in a chain of devices. Terminating resistors are fitted one way only, a white circle printed on the PCB shows pin1.

SCSI CONNECTION
The Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb needs to be connected to a SCSI controller card. A low cost card, such as an
Adaptec 1505, is suitable for this task.  However the Adaptec 1505 will only control the one SCSI device.

Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb - Table of LED indicators
LED/Colour State Indication
Green (left LED) On Drive activity on SCSI bus
Red (left LED) Flashing Drive fault condition exists
Amber (right LED) Flashing Unloading/Loading cartridge
Amber (right LED) On Cartridge in place, compression disabled (2Gb)
Green (right LED) On Cartridge in place, compression enabled (4Gb)

 

The table of LED indicators on the left, gives an idea of the various functions of the flashing LEDs.

 

JUMPER BLOCKS INSTEAD OF DIP SWITCHES
There are versions of the Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb that have jumper blocks instead of dip switches. However the jumper block pin pairs control the same function as their respective dip switch number. On a Wangdat 3200 with jumpers, the SW1 switch block is labelled JP2, and the SW4 switch block is labelled JP3.
So for example.
On a 3200 with dip switches, the SW4 dip switch 1 controls whether parity is enabled or not.
On  a 3200 with jumpers, the  JP3 jumper block pin pair 1 controls the parity. etc

Wangdat 3200 2/4Gb - Media Information
Media

60 Metre

90 Metre

To back up 4Gb (compression ON) on a Wangdat 3200
a 90 metre cartridge is used, if compression was OFF a 2Gb
capacity would be acheived.  Inserting a 60 metre cartridge
gives a 2.6Gb compressed and 1.3Gb native capacity.
Native

1.3Gb

2Gb

Compressed

2.6Gb

4Gb

For further technical advice, click on the Tecmar (formerly Wangdat) link www.tecmar.com/product/drive.html

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