Requesting the E-BUS through InterruptsThe E-BUS provides two lines for managing interrupts: IRQT and IACK.
Devices request CPU attention by activating the IRQT line. The CPU grants the bus to the requester device by activating the IACK line. This last is connected in daisy-chain from device to device; devices that have not made the request pass the signal down to the chain; the device who made the request disconnects itself from the chain so the acknowledge signal can not propagate further.
Once the requester device is in control of the bus, it puts its interrupt vector on the Data lines and drops the IRQT signal. This vector had probably been set by DIP switches into the device at installation time.
When the CPU senses the IRQT dropped (with IACK still active), it reads the vector from the E-BUS, drops the IACK signal and calls the appropriate interrupt service routine (ISR).
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