The TDES960 can support up to four simultaneous inputs to Rx ports 0 - 4. The Receiver port control register RX_PORT_CTL 0x0C allows for disabling any Rx inputs when not in use. These bits can only be written by a local I2C controller at the deserializer side of the V³Link.

Each V³Link Receive port has a unique set of registers that provides control and status corresponding to Rx ports 0 - 4. Control of the V³Link port registers is assigned by the V3LINK_PORT_SEL register, which sets the page controls for reading or writing individual ports unique registers. For each of the V³Link Receive Ports, the V3LINK_PORT_SEL 0x4C register defaults to selecting that port’s registers as detailed in register description.

As an alternative to paging to access V³Link Receive unique port registers, separate I2C addresses may be enabled to allow direct access to the port-specific registers. The Port I2C address registers 0xF8 - 0xFB allow programming a separate 7-bit I2C address to allow access to unique, port-specific registers without paging. I2C commands to these assigned I2C addresses are also allowed access to all shared registers.