Acrosser AR-B1554 User Manual

AR-B1554 User’s Guide

AR-B1554

Fanless Internet Security Platform with Geode CPU , 3LAN,

Compact Flash, COM, 128MB SDRAM on-board, mini-PCI,

and 2.5” HDD(option), USB 1.1

Edition: 2.1

Book Number: AR-B1554-07.06.20

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@Copyright 2006
All Rights Reserved.
Manual first edition April 17, 2006
The information in this document is subject to change without prior
notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not
represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.
In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to
use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of
such damages.
This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright.
All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by
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written permission of the manufacturer.

Trademarks

AR-B1554 is registered trademarks X-Fire Acrosser, IBM PC is a
registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Technologies, Inc. Award is
registered trademarks of Award Software International, Inc. Other
product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes
only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.

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Contents

Contents................................................................ 3

Introduction............................................................. 5

1.1 Specifications:....................................................................... 5

1.2 What You Have..................................................................... 5

Installation .............................................................. 7

2.1 AR-B1554’s Layout............................................................... 7

2.2 CMOS Reset......................................................................... 9

2.3 System Reset........................................................................9

2.4 CF Jumper ............................................................................ 9

Connection............................................................ 10

3.1 IDE Disk Drive 44-Pin Connector........................................ 10

3.2 Compact Flash Storage Card Socket ................................. 11

3.3 Serial Ports.......................................................................... 12

3.4 Keyboard / Mouse Connector............................................. 12

3.5 USB Port Connector............................................................ 13

3.6 LAN RJ45 Connector.......................................................... 13

3.7 VGA Connector................................................................... 14

3.8 PCI Slot (3.3V).................................................................... 14

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3.9 Mini PCI Slot ....................................................................... 14

3.10 Internal Buzzer.................................................................... 15

3.11 Power Jack.......................................................................... 15

3.12 LED 15

Award BIOS Setup................................................ 16

4.1 Introduction ......................................................................... 16

4.2 Starting Setup ..................................................................... 16

4.3 Using Setup......................................................................... 17

4.4 Main Menu .......................................................................... 18

4.5 Advanced BIOS Features ................................................... 20

4.6 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup ............................................. 23

4.7 Peripheral............................................................................23

4.8 Boot………………………………………………………………24

4.9 Exit Selecting ...................................................................... 25

Appendix A watchdog sample code………………………………..26

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Introduction

1.1 Specifications:

CPU

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: On Board AMD Geode GX-2 333MHz

Chipset
RAM memory
IDE Interface
Compact Flash

socket for Compact Flash Disk or IBM Micro Drive.

Series ports
Watch Dog Timer
USB port :

: NS Geode CS5335

: On Board 128 SDRAM.

: One Enhance 44-Pin IDE channel.

: One high-speed 16C550 compatible UART ports

Support four USB 1.1 compatible ports.

TM

interface

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: Supports Compact Flash

TM

Type II

Realtek RT8100BL Embedded LAN

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Negotiation support for 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX.

Power Consumption

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Operating Temperature

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1.2 What You Have

In addition to this User's Manual, the AR-B1554 package
includes the following items:

AR-B1554 board

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• One IDE Cable

• VGA cable

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3 ports IEEE 802.3u Auto-

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• Keyboard / Mouse Adapter Y Cable

• One RS-232 serial ports Cable with bracket

• One 12V power Adapter

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Installation

This chapter describes how to install the AR-B1554. At first, the

layout of AR-B1554 is shown, and the unpacking information that you
should be careful is described. The jumpers and switches setting for
the AR-B1554’s configuration

2.1 AR-B1554’s Layout

Top Placement

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Bottom Placement

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2.2 CMOS Reset

2.3 System Reset

2.4 CF Jumper

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Connection

This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and
indicators to the AR-B1554 board.

3.1 IDE Disk Drive 44-Pin Connector

You can attach One IDE( Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives
to the AR-B1554 IDE 44-Pin connector.

IDE : Primary IDE Connector (44 Pins)

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 RESET# 2 GROUND
3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10

9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GROUND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GROUND
23 IOW# 24 GROUND
25 IOR# 26 GROUND
27 N/C 28 BALE - DEFAULT
29 N/C 30 GROUND - DEFAULT
31 INTERRUPT 32 IOCS16#-DEFAULT
33 SA1 34 N/C
35 SA0 36 SA2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND
41 +5V LOGIC 42 +5V MOTOR
43 GROUND 44 TYPE

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3.2 Compact Flash Storage Card Socket

The AR-B1554 configures Compact Flash Storage Card in IDE Mode.
This type II Socket is compatible with IBM Micro Drive.

CFD1 : Compact Flash Storage Card Socket pin assignment

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GROUND 26 CARD DETECT1
2 D3 27 D11
3 D4 28 D12
4 D5 29 D13
5 D6 30 D14
6 D7 31 D15
7 CS1# 32 CS3#
8 N/C 33 N/C

9 GROUND 34 IOR#
10 N/C 35 IOW#
11 N/C 36 PULL HIGH
12 N/C 37 IRQ15
13 VCC 38 VCC
14 N/C 39 MASTER/SLAVE
15 N/C 40 N/C
16 N/C 41 RESET#
17 N/C 42 IORDY
18 A2 43 N/C
19 A1 44 PULL HIGH
20 A0 45 ACTIVE#
21 D0 46 PDIAG#
22 D1 47 D8
23 D2 48 D9
24 N/C 49 D10
25 CARD DETECT2 50 GROUND

Note: If IDE2 & CFD1 both in used, one must be as “Master” & other is as “Slave”.

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3.3 Serial Ports (OPTION)

The AR-B1554 offers One high speeds NS16C550 compatible UART
with Read/Receive 16 byte FIFO serial ports.

COM1 : DB-9 Male

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD)

2 RECEIVE DATA (RXD)

3 TRANSMIT DATA (TXD)

4 DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR)

5 GROUND

6 DATA SET READY (DSR)

7 REQUEST TO SEND (RTS)

8 CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)

9 RING INDICATOR (RI)

NOTE: AR-B1554TL doesn’t have COM1

3.4 Keyboard / Mouse Connector

The AR-B1554 provides PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Connector.

PS1 : 6-pin Mini-DIN Keyboard/Mouse Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 MOUSE DATA
2 KEYBOARD DATA
3 GROUND
4 +5V
5 MOUSE CLOCK
6 KEYBOARD CLOCK

1

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3.5 USB Port Connector

The AR-B1554 provides four USB port, port 0, port 1, port 3 and port 4 .

2

1

2

1

USB 1

USB 2

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3.6 LAN RJ45 Connector

AR-B1554 is equipped with built-in 3 x 10/100Mbps Ethernet Controller.
You can connect it to your LAN through RJ45 LAN connector. The pin
assignments are as following:

L AN1, LAN2 : LAN RJ45 Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 TX+ 5. N/C
2 TX- 6. RX-

3. RX+ 7. N/C

4. N/C 8. N/C

: Link LED
: Act LED

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3.7 VGA Connector

VGA1 : 10-pin Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 RED ( R )

2 GROUND

3 GREEN (G)

4 GROUND

5 BLUE (B)

6 GROUND

7 VERTICAL SYNCHRON (VS)

8 CLOCK (CLK)

9 HORIZONTAL SYNCHRON (HS)
10 DATA (SDATA)

3.8 PCI Slot (3.3V)

PCI

A1

B1

Note : Please connect only with 3.3V or universal PCI Card

2

1

10

9

A6

B62

3.9 Mini PCI Slot

MPCI1

2 1

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3.10 Internal Buzzer

BZ1

3.11 Power Jack

12V Power Jack

3.12 LED

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Award BIOS Setup

4.1 Introduction

This chapter discusses the Setup program built into the BIOS. The
Setup program allows users to configure the system. This configuration
is then stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup
information while the power is off.

4.2 Starting Setup

The BIOS is immediately active when you turn on the computer. While
the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated in one of two
ways:

1. By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or

2. By pressing the <Del> key when the following message appears
briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self­Test).

Press DEL to enter SETUP.

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter
Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or
pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also restart
by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys. If you do
not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an
error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to...

PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP

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4.3 Using Setup

In general, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter>
to select, use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press
<F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides
more details about how to navigate in the Setup program using the
keyboard.

Key Function
Up Arrow Move to the previous item
Down
Arrow
Left Arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar)
Right Arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar)
Esc Main Menu: Quit without saving changes

Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Exit Menu -- Quit and not save changes into CMOS

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F6 key Load the fail-safe defaults from BIOS default table
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

Move to the next item

Submenus: Exit Current page to the next higher level
menu

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup
Menu -- Exit current page and return to Main Menu

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4.4 Main Menu

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories.
Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the
arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>
keys to select the value you want in each item.

Date (mm:dd:yy) Sun, Jan 5 2003
Time (hh:mm:ss) 2 : 53 : 40

> IDE Primary Master [None]
> IDE Primary Slave [None]

Halt On [ All , But Keyboard]

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 261120K
Total Memory 262144K

Figure 1: The Main Menu

Main Menu Selections

Item Options Description

Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date.
Time HH : MM : SS Set the system time
IDE
Primary Master

IDE
Primary Slave

Halt On All Errors

Options are in its sub
menu
(described in Table 3)
Options are in its sub
menu
(described in Table 3)

No Errors

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Press <Enter> to enter
the sub menu of detailed
options
Press <Enter> to enter
the sub menu of detailed
options
Select the situation in
which you want the BIOS

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All, but Keyboard
All, but Diskette
All, but Disk/Key

Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total

Table 1 Main Menu Selections

IDE Adapters

The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu
to configure each hard disk drive.
Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.

to stop the POST
process and notify you

conventional memory
detected during boot up

extended memory
detected during boot up

memory available in the
system

IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]

IDE Primary Master [Auto]
Access Mode [Auto]
C a p a c i t y 0 M B

Cylinder 0
H e a d 0
P r e c o m p 0
Landing Zone 0
S e c t o r 0

Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu

Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main
menu. Use Table 2 to configure the hard disk.

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Item Options Description

IDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect

the HDD on this channel. If
detection is successful, it fills
the remaining fields on this
menu.

IDE Primary Master None

Auto
Manual

Capacity Auto Display

your disk drive
size

Access Mode CHS

LBA
Large
Auto

Table 2 Hard disk selections

Selecting ‘manual’ lets you
set the remaining fields on
this screen. Selects the type
of fixed disk. "User Type"
will let you select the number
of cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535
means NONE !
Disk drive capacity
(Approximated). Note that
this size is usually slightly
greater than the size of a
formatted disk given by a
disk checking program.
Choose the access mode for
this hard disk

4.5 Advanced BIOS Features

This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation.

Full Screen LOGO Show [Disable]
PS/2 Mouse Control [Enable]
Console Redirection [Enabled]

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Baud Rate [19200]
Agent after boot [Disable]

Init Display First [PCI Slot]
Video Memory Size [8M]
CPU/MEM/PCI Frequency [Auto]

Figure 3 Advanced menu

Full Screen LOGO Show

This item allows you to enable or disable show full screen LOGO.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PS/2 Mouse Control

This item allows you to set PS/2 Mouse controller feature
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Console Redirection

The BIOS redirects console output to COM 1 by default (9600, 8N1, no
handshake) until a bootloader program is run from the hard disk drive.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Baud Rate

This item allows you to setup the data transfer rate for the
console port.

The choice: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200

Agent After Boot

This item allows you to enable or disable the agent after
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Init Display First

This item allows you to choose which Display to be first detected.
The Choice: PCI Slot, On Board.

Video Memory Size

This item allows you to Choose the Sharing Memory size for Display.
The Choice: None,1MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB.

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CPU / MEM / PCI Frequency

This item allows you to Choose the Frequency for CPU, Memory and PCI
Interface.
The Choice: Auto,200/133/66, 333/222/66,400/266/66,433/289/66.

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4.6 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

Reset Configuration Data [Disabled]

Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)]

x IRQ Resources

Figure 4 PnP/PCI menu

Resource controlled by

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically
configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However,
this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and
Play operating system such as Windows®95. If you set this field to
“manual” choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu
that follows this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “¾”).
The choice: Auto(ESCD), Manual.

IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a
type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.

4.7 Peripheral

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]

Watchdog Timer Select [Disable] -- Optional

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Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second
serial ports.
The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled,
Auto

4.8 Boot

First Boot Device [CDROM]
Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Third Boot Device [USB-FDD]
Boot Other Device [Enabled]

Figure 6 Boot menu

First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.

The Choice:

¾ Floppy ………… [ ]
¾ LS120 …………. [ ]
¾ Hard Disk ……. [ ]
¾ CDROM … ……. [ ]
¾ ZIP100 ……… [ ]
¾ USB-FDD .. … .. [ ]
¾ USB-ZIP .. …... [ ]
¾ USB-CDROM . [
¾ On Board LAN ..[ ]
¾ Disabled ….. … [ ]

▪]

Figure 7 Select device submenu

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4.9 Exit Selecting

¾ Save & Exit Setup
¾ Load Optimized Defaults
¾ Exit Without Saving

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Figure 8

Save & Exit Setup

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:
Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y
Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a

special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off.
The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system
according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the
values the system is restarted again.

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for
optimal performance system operations. While Award has designed the
custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change
these defaults to meet their needs.

When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box
with a message similar to:

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N
Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal

performance system operations.

Exit menu

Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y

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This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous
selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer.

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Appendix A. Watch-dog sample code

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
unsigned char IO_Port_Address=0x2E;
unsigned char Time;
int Temp;

if ( argc != 2 )
{ Show_Help(); return 1; }

clrscr();

Time=atoi(argv[1]);

// Set Watchdog
outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x87); // Enter configure
outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x01);
outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x55);
outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x55);

outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x07); // Point to Logical Device Number Reg.
outportb(IO_Port_Address+1,0x07); // Select logical device 7, (Watchdog Function)

outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x72); // Select Watchdog use keyboard reset
outportb(IO_Port_Address+1,0x40);

outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x72); // Select Watchdog count mode seconds or minutes
outportb(IO_Port_Address+1,inportb(IO_Port_Address+1)|0x80); // Set Second

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outportb(IO_Port_Address,0x73); // Set Watchdog Timer Value
outportb(IO_Port_Address+1,Time); // 0x00 to disable, max 0xFF

textcolor(YELLOW);
for(Temp=Time;Temp>0;Temp--)
{

gotoxy(20,10);
cprintf(">>> After %3d Second will reset the system. <<<",Temp);

delay(950);
}

textcolor(LIGHTRED);
gotoxy(18,10);
cprintf("If you can see this message, Reset system is Fail");

return 0;
}

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