User's Manual
PMAC VME Hardware Reference Manual 
PMAC VME E-Point Descriptions  7 
E44 - E47: Communications Control 
Jumpers E44 - E47 control what baud rate to use for serial communications. Any character received over 
the bus causes PMAC to use the bus for its standard communications. The serial port is disabled if E44-
E47 are all on. 
Baud Rate Control E-Points  Baud Rate 
Default and 
Physical Layout 
E44  E45  E46  E47 
Option 4A  Standard, 
Option 5A 
Option 5, 
Option 5B 
ON  ON ON ON Disabled Disabled Disabled 
OFF ON ON ON  300  600  900 
ON OFF ON ON 400* 800* 1200 
OFF OFF ON ON  600  1200  1800 
ON  ON OFF ON 800* 1600* 2400 
OFF ON OFF ON 1200 2400 3600 
E44
E45
E46
E47
Location: All D3 Picture 
is for a PMAC with a 
Standard or Option 5A 
CPU
ON OFF OFF ON 1600* 3200* 4800 
OFF OFF OFF ON 2400 4800 7200   
ON ON ON OFF 3200* 6400* 9600 Options 5, 5B 
OFF ON ON OFF 4800  9600 14400  Std., Opt. 5A 
ON OFF ON OFF 6400* 12800* 19200   
OFF OFF ON OFF 9600  19200 28800  Option 4A 
ON ON OFF OFF 12800* 25600* 38400 
OFF  ON OFF OFF 19200 38400 57600 
ON  OFF OFF OFF 25600* 51200* 76800 
OFF  OFF OFF OFF 38400  76800 115200 
These jumpers are used only to set the baud rate at power-on/reset. 
* Non-standard baud rates
E48: RAM Wait State Control (Standard CPU Section) 
E48 controls the memory wait states only on PMACs with a standard CPU section using battery backup. 
This CPU section is used on PMACs ordered with no CPU or memory options and Option 5 (not Opt 4A, 
5A, or 5B). 
E Point and 
Physical Layout 
Location Description  Default 
E48 
C2  Jump pin 1 to 2 for zero wait state 
operation; remove jumper for one wait 
state operation. 
No jumper installed 
(standard configuration) 
Jumper installed (Option 5) 










