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6 6  
7 7  There is a single cable that controls four parts, each half side of I/O LED and center column of blue LEDs.
8 8  
9 -[[image:xserve io main cable pinout.drawio.png]]
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16 16  This cable allows us to communicate with 4 chips using two data lines, audio & service switch, case switch and (yet to be documented) compute LEDs
17 17  
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149 149  
150 150  == SAA1064T data for driving center IO LED stack ==
151 151  
152 -Center IO stack is a stack of 23 LED's, 22 blue and 1 green for ethernet activity. These are duplicated next to each other and driven by each their SAA1064T chips. Earlier we found the i2c address and just by playing around figured out that 4 segments of 1 byte binary values are used to set ship register.
151 +Center IO stack is a stack of 24 LED's, 23 blue and 1 green for ethernet activity. These are duplicated next to each other and driven by each their SAA1064T chips. Earlier we found the i2c address and just by playing around figured out that 4 segments of 1 byte binary values are used to set ship register.
153 153  
154 154  {{code language="C++"}}
155 155  void fillColumns() {
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167 167  {{/code}}
168 168  
169 169  (% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
170 -Here the last byte we send only is 5 bits since we only have 5 LEDs instead of 6 to address (total of 23). Also note that we start the transmission with a single bit.
169 +~-~- Here the last byte we send only is 5 bits since we only have 5 LEDs instead of 6 to address (total of 24). Also note that we start the transmission with a single bit. ~-~-
171 171  
172 172  == Pinouts voltages from MLB ==
173 173  
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195 195  * Power LED P3V3 - 3.30V
196 196  * Power LED - 0.87 V
197 197  
197 += Controlling top I/O LED =
198 +
199 +On the top row we have the following input/output devices in order from left to right;
200 +
201 +Left side:
202 +
203 +* physical lock
204 +* lock LED
205 +* warning/service button
206 +* warning/service LED
207 +* locate button
208 +* power LED (red & green)
209 +* fan LED (red & green)
210 +* temperature LED (red & green)
211 +* compute LED (unknown)
212 +
213 +Right side:
214 +
215 +* power LED (red & green)
216 +* fan LED (red & green)
217 +* temperature LED (red & green)
218 +* compute LED (unknown)
219 +* lock switch
220 +
221 +Each sides bank of LEDs are driven by each their PCA9554 shift register. The registers represent the following LEDs: (Note that Lock LED is only present for the LEFT side)
222 +
223 +(% border="1" %)
224 +|=(% scope="row" %)Register|1|2|3|4|5|6|7
225 +|=Device|Power LED Green|Power LED Red|Fan LED Green|Fan LED Red|Temperature LED Green|Temperature LED Red|Lock LED
226 +
227 +To control each LED we shift either a 0 to turn off or 1 to turn on. Since each device shares a single red/green LED (power LED green & power LED red) setting both to 1 at the same time will always leave it red. That is when power LED green and power LED red are both enabled, red always takes precedence.
228 +
229 +Use following script to power LEDs one at a time:
230 +
231 +{{code language="c++"}}
232 +#include <PCA9554.h> // Load the PCA9554 Library
233 +
234 +PCA9554 ioCon1(0x24); // Create an object at this address
235 +
236 +uint8_t mapIO = 0b10000000;
237 +
238 +void shiftL() {
239 + mapIO = (mapIO << 1) | ((mapIO & 0x80) >> 7);
240 +}
241 +
242 +void write() {
243 + Serial.println("writing to PCA9554 device");
244 +
245 + for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
246 + ioCon1.digitalWrite(i, (mapIO & (1 << i)) ? 0 : 1);
247 + }
248 +}
249 +
250 +void setup()
251 +{
252 + Serial.begin(9600);
253 + Serial.println("Setup");
254 +
255 + ioCon1.portMode(ALLOUTPUT);
256 +}
257 +
258 +void loop()
259 +{
260 + write();
261 + shiftL();
262 +
263 + delay(500);
264 +}
265 +{{/code}}
266 +
267 +
268 +Controlling middle IO strip
269 +
270 +0 = 0000
271 +1 (green) = 0001
272 +2 = 0010
273 +1 + 2 = 0011
274 +3 = 0100
275 +
276 +
277 +There are 4 words, each containing 7 data bits. They do not
278 +
279 +
280 += Controlling center LED columns =
281 +
282 +There are a total of 4 banks of addressable LED's 12 each of the total 48.
283 +
284 +|=Register Banks|=LEDs|=Count
285 +|=Bank 1|1 2 4 6 8 10 12|7
286 +|=Bank 2|3 5 7 9 11 13|6
287 +|=Bank 3|14 16 18 20 22 23 24|7
288 +|=Bank 4|15 17 19 21|4
289 +
290 +Script for writing all permutations to display:
291 +
292 +{{code language="c++"}}
293 +#include "Wire.h" // enable I2C bus
294 +
295 +byte saa1064 = 0x3B; // define the I2C bus address for our SAA1064 (pin 1 to GND) ****
296 +
297 +void setup()
298 +{
299 + Wire.begin(); // start up I2C bus
300 +}
301 +
302 +void write(int value) {
303 + Wire.beginTransmission(saa1064);
304 + Wire.write(1);
305 +
306 + Wire.write(value);
307 + Wire.write(value);
308 + Wire.write(value);
309 + Wire.write(value);
310 +
311 + Wire.endTransmission();
312 +}
313 +
314 +void loop() {
315 + for (int value = 0; value < 127; value++) {
316 + write(value);
317 + delay(300);
318 + }
319 +}
320 +{{/code}}
321 +
322 +Since LED positions don't map sequentially with LED number we can't address them in 10-base form, but we can define each LED in binary and use OR operator to display LEDs we want.
323 +
324 +{{code language="c++"}}
325 +#include "Wire.h" // enable I2C bus
326 +
327 +#define TCAADDR 0x70
328 +byte saa1064 = 0x3B; // define the I2C bus address for our SAA1064
329 +
330 +byte bank1;
331 +byte bank2;
332 +byte bank3;
333 +byte bank4;
334 +
335 +byte activityLED = 0b00000001;
336 +byte leds[23][4] = {
337 + {0b00000010, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 1
338 + {0b00000000, 0b00000010, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 2
339 + {0b00000100, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 3
340 + {0b00000000, 0b00000100, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 4
341 + {0b00001000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 5
342 + {0b00000000, 0b00001000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 6
343 + {0b00010000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 7
344 + {0b00000000, 0b00010000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 8
345 + {0b00100000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 9
346 + {0b00000000, 0b00100000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 10
347 + {0b01000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 11
348 + {0b00000000, 0b01000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000}, // 12
349 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000001, 0b00000000}, // 13
350 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000001}, // 14
351 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000010, 0b00000000}, // 15
352 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000010}, // 16
353 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000100, 0b00000000}, // 17
354 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000100}, // 18
355 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00001000, 0b00000000}, // 19
356 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00001000}, // 20
357 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00010000, 0b00000000}, // 21
358 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b00100000, 0b00000000}, // 22
359 + {0b00000000, 0b00000000, 0b01000000, 0b00000000} // 23
360 +};
361 +
362 +void setup()
363 +{
364 + Serial.begin(9600);
365 + Wire.begin(); // start up I2C bus
366 +
367 + Serial.println("setting up ports");
368 +}
369 +
370 +void tcaselect(uint8_t i) {
371 + if (i > 7) return;
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373 + Wire.beginTransmission(TCAADDR);
374 + Wire.write(1 << i);
375 + Wire.endTransmission();
376 +}
377 +
378 +void selectLeft() { tcaselect(2); }
379 +void selectRight() { tcaselect(1); }
380 +
381 +void write() {
382 + Wire.beginTransmission(saa1064);
383 + Wire.write(1);
384 +
385 + Wire.write(bank1);
386 + Wire.write(bank2);
387 + Wire.write(bank3);
388 + Wire.write(bank4);
389 +
390 + Wire.endTransmission();
391 +}
392 +
393 +void resetBanks() {
394 + bank1 = 0;
395 + bank2 = 0;
396 + bank3 = 0;
397 + bank4 = 0;
398 +}
399 +
400 +void displayNumber(int number) {
401 + bank1 = leds[number - 1][0];
402 + bank2 = leds[number - 1][1];
403 + bank3 = leds[number - 1][2];
404 + bank4 = leds[number - 1][3];
405 +}
406 +
407 +void displayUpToNumber(int number) {
408 + for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) {
409 + bank1 = bank1 | leds[i][0];
410 + bank2 = bank2 | leds[i][1];
411 + bank3 = bank3 | leds[i][2];
412 + bank4 = bank4 | leds[i][3];
413 + }
414 +}
415 +
416 +void computeEthernetActivity() {
417 + bank1 = bank1 | activityLED;
418 +}
419 +
420 +void loop() {
421 + resetBanks();
422 + delay(10);
423 +
424 + displayUpToNumber(15);
425 + computeEthernetActivity();
426 +
427 + selectLeft();
428 + write();
429 + delay(2);
430 +
431 + selectRight();
432 + write();
433 + delay(1000);
434 +}
435 +{{/code}}
436 +
437 +
438 += Missing pieces, TODO =
439 +
440 +* how to control compute LED in top IO row
441 +* control warning button LED
442 +
443 +
199 199  )))
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