Advantech PCA-6148, PCA-6148L User Manual

PCA-6148/6148L

Full-size 486 All-in-one

CPU Card with

Flash/RAM/ROM disk

This document is copyrighted, 1996, by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd., reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice.

No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Advantech Co., Ltd. assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use.

Acknowledgements

AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Award is a trademark of Award Software International, Inc. IBM, PC AT and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft Windows® and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UMC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation. Cyrix is a trademark of Cyrix Corporation. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation.

Part No. 2006148010 2nd Edition Printed in Taiwan March 1997

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5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package and ship it prepaid to your dealer.

Packing list

Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped:

• 1 PCA-6148/6148L CPU card

• 1 6-pin mini-DIN keyboard & PS/2 mouse adapter

• 1 Hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable (40 pin)

• 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable (34 pin)

• 1 Parallel port adapter (26 pin) and COM2 adapter (9 pin) kit

• 1 Utility disk with system BIOS,VGA BIOS and SSD Setup Utility

• 1 Utility disk with SVGA program and driver for Windows (PCA-6148 only)

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distributor or sales representative immediately.

Contents

Chapter 1: Hardware Configuration..................................................... 1

Introduction ......................................................................................... 2

Specifications ..................................................................................... 2

System............................................................................................ 2

Local bus VGA interface................................................................. 3

Mechanical and environmental....................................................... 4

Board layout ....................................................................................... 5

Jumpers and connectors .................................................................... 6

Safety precautions............................................................................. 8

Jumper settings .................................................................................. 9

How to set jumpers......................................................................... 9

CPU Jumper Settings ................................................................... 1 0

CPU type select............................................................................ 11

Watchdog timer (J5) ..................................................................... 16

COM2 settings for RS-232/422/485 (J15) .................................... 1 6

CMOS backup select.................................................................... 16

IRQ12 setting................................................................................ 16

SSD Device Select [ J14 (U12), J16 (U16), J19 (U28)] ............... 17

BATTERY Select (J7) ................................................................... 17

SSD I/O address select (J17, J18) ............................................... 17

Chapter 2: Connecting peripherals .................................................................. 19

PCA-6148 Jumpers and Connectors List ......................................... 20

Safety Precautions ........................................................................... 2 0

IDE connectors (CN3) ...................................................................... 21

Flat panel interface connection (CN1).............................................. 21

Flat panel display connector (CN1) .................................................. 2 1

Floppy drive connector (CN4) .......................................................... 22

Parallel port connector (CN5) ........................................................... 22

Keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors (CN14, CN16)........................ 23

Reset switch (J1) .............................................................................. 24

Hard disk drive LED (DLE1) ............................................................. 24

VGA display connector (CN9) .......................................................... 24

Serial Ports ....................................................................................... 24

RS-232 connection (CN15) .......................................................... 25

RS-232/422/485 connection......................................................... 25

Power connectors (CON1) ........................................................... 27

CPU cooling fan power connector (CN2) ..................................... 27

Infrared Tx/Rx Header (CN8) ....................................................... 28

External Speaker (CN7) ............................................................... 28

Power LED and Keylock (CN6) .................................................... 29

Chapter 3: AWARD BIOS SETUP .............................................. 31

Entering setup .............................................................................. 32

Standard CMOS setup ................................................................. 33

BIOS features setup ..................................................................... 34

CHIPSET features setup .............................................................. 38

Internal Flash/ROM Disk .............................................................. 38

Video BIOS Cacheable................................................................. 3 9

System BIOS Cacheable.............................................................. 39

Power management setup............................................................ 40

Doze Mode................................................................................ ... 41

Standby Mode............................................................................... 42

Suspend Mode.......................................................................... ... 42

Important Notice ........................................................................... 43

Load BIOS defaults ...................................................................... 44

Load setup defaults ...................................................................... 44

Password setting .......................................................................... 44

IDE HDD auto detection ............................................................... 44

Save & Exit setup ......................................................................... 44

Exit without saving........................................................................ 44

Chapter 4: VGA Display Software/Hardware Configuration........... 45

Introduction ....................................................................................... 46

PCA-6148 Utility Disk ....................................................................... 46

VGA Display Software Configuration ............................................... 47

Chapter 5: SVGA Setup........................................................................ 49

Simultaneous display mode ............................................................. 50

Sleep mode....................................................................................... 5 0

Software support .............................................................................. 51

Driver installation .............................................................................. 5 2

Windows setup ............................................................................. 53

AutoCAD R12 ............................................................................... 56

Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Symphony ................................................ 58

VESA ............................................................................................ 60

Word ............................................................................................. 61

WordPerfect.................................................................................. 62

Appendix A: Flash/RAM/ROM Solid State Disk................................ 65

Memory devices................................................................................ 6 6

Drive capacity ................................................................................... 67

Drive configuration ............................................................................ 67

Drive Selection ................................................................................. 69

Solid State Disk (SSD) Formatting: .................................................. 70

Formatting the Solid State disk .................................................... 70

Booting from the Flash/RAM/ROM disk............................................ 7 1

Inserting memory devices................................................................. 7 1

SSD Jumper Setting ......................................................................... 72

SSD Device Select [ J14 (U12), J16 (U16), J19 (U28)] ............... 72

SSD I/O address select (J17, J18) ............................................... 72

SRAM Battery Source (J7) ............................................................... 72

File copy utility .................................................................................. 7 3

Using a memory manager (EMM386.EXE) ...................................... 74

Appendix B: Programming the Watchdog Timer .............................. 75

Appendix C: Upgrading ........................................................................ 77

Installing PC/104 modules (CN12,CN13) ......................................... 78

Installing DRAM (SIMMs) ................................................................. 80

SIMM Configurations ........................................................................ 80

Supported 36 bit Memory Configurations (single bank) ............... 81

Appendix D: Detailed system information .......................................... 83

Parallel/printer connector (CN5)................................................... 84

HDD connector (CN3)................................................................ .. 84

VGA display connector (CN9) ...................................................... 86

Flat panel display connector (CN1) .............................................. 86

RS-232 connections ..................................................................... 87

Appendix E: POST LEDs ..................................................................... 93

CHAPTER

Hardware Configuration

This chapter gives background information on the PCA-6148/6148L. It then shows you how to configure the card to match your application and prepare it for installation into your PC.

Sections include:

• Card specifications

• Board layout

• Safety precautions

• Jumper settings

Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1

Introduction

The PCA-6148/6148L is a full-size CPU card which allows the use of VGA and other enhanced I/O interfaces. This card uses an 80486 series DX, DX2, DX4 or 5x86 CPU and accommodates up to 128 MB DRAM. It also provides a secondary level 256/512 KB cache RAM.

The PCA-6148/6148L offers power management features to minimize power consumption. It complies with the "Green Function" standard and supports three power saving features: doze, sleep, and suspended mode.

Its high performance VGA display supports an optional CRT and panel displays with a display memory of up to 1 MB and a resolution of up to 640x480 with 16.7 million colors. The VGA controller is a VL bus C&T 65545/48/50, which comes equipped with a windows accelerator.

The PCA-6148/6148L also offers several industrial features such as a 63-level watchdog timer with jumperless setup, a 1.44 MB Flash/ ROM disk, and a face-up PC/104 connection for additional functions with PC/104 modules.

The PCA-6148/6148L is a highly reliable CPU card perfect for IPC applications or machine control.

Specifications

System

• CPU:

Intel 80486DX/DX2/DX4 series AMD 80486DX2/DX4 series, 5x86 Cyrix 80486DX2/DX4 series, 5x86

• BIOS: AWARD Flash BIOS, supports plug & play

• Chipset: VIA VT82C496G

• Secondary level cache: 256 (standard)/ 512KB (optional)

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• Green function: Supports power management option via BIOS, activated by keyboard or mouse activity. Supports doze, sleep, and suspended mode. APM 1.1 compliant

• RAM: 1 MB to 128 MB, four 72-pin SIMM socket, accepts 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 MB SIMMs

• EIDE interface: Supports up to two IDE devices. BIOS supports larger than 528 MB HDD and up to 8.4 GB. 32-bit host data transfer, PIO Mode 3 transfer capabilities (>10 MB/sec)

• Floppy disk drive interface: Supports up to two floppy disk drives, 5¼" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3½" (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB)

• Parallel port: One enhanced parallel port, supports SPP/EPP/ECP parallel mode

• Serial ports: Two 16C550 UARTs, one RS-232, one RS-232/422/ 485 interface

• Watchdog timer: 63-level timer interval, jumperless setup, generates system reset or IRQ15

• Flash/RAM/ROM disk: 1.44 MB solid state disk, MS-DOS compatible, using Flash/ROM, SRAM and ROM device

• Keyboard/ PS/2 mouse connector: A 6-pin mini DIN connector is located on the mounting bracket for easy connection of a keyboard or a PS/2 mouse. An on-board keyboard 5-pin male keyboard header connector is also available.

• I/O bus expansion: PC/104 connector with face-up installation

Local bus VGA interface (PCA-6148 only)

• Controller: VL-bus C&T 65545/48/50 VGA controller with Windows accelerator

• Display memory: 1 MB on-board DRAM

• Display resolution (optional):

-Supports panel resolutions up to 1024x768 and 800x600

-Supports non-interlaced CRT monitors, 1024x768 with 256 colors

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-True-color and Hi-color display capability, resolutions up to 640x480 with 16.7 million colors

• Display output: DB-15 VGA connector, 22x2 pin header general

purpose flat panel display connector

• Display BIOS: default CRT/Toshiba TFT panel BIOS, Flash BIOS

can be easily updated

• DRAM Module: 50,60,70 ns

Mechanical and environmental

• Power supply: +5 V, @3.5 A

• Operating temperature: 32 to 140oF (0 to 60oC)

• Board size: 338mm x 122mm

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Board layout

CON1* CN9 CN15 CN16

JRN2

JRN1

CN7

CN6

*PCA-6148 only

CN5

CN4

CN8

CN3

CN2

CN1*

JRN3

DLE1

J15

J14

J10

J16

J11

J13

CN10 CN11

J19

J17

J18

J20

CN13

CN12

SIM0

SIM1

SIM2

SIM3

PCA-6148/6148L PCB Layout

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Jumpers and connectors

Connectors on the board link it to external devices such as hard disk drives, a keyboard, or floppy drives. In addition, the board has a number of jumpers which you use to configure it for your application.

The table below lists the function of each of the board jumpers and connectors. Later sections in this chapter give instructions on setting jumpers and detailed information on each jumper setting. Chapter 2 gives instructions for connecting external devices to your card.

PCA-6148/6148L Jumpers

Number Function

J1 Reset J2 Reserve J3 CPU select J4 CPU select J5 Watchdog select J6 Reserve J7 Battery select J8 CPU frequency select J9 CPU frequency select J10 CPU frequency select J11 CPU voltage select J12 CMOS erase J13 CPU voltage select J14 SSD memory select J15 COM2 RS-232/422/485 select J16 SSD memory select J17 SSD I/O address select J18 SSD I/O address select J19 SSD memory select J20 IRQ 12 setting DLE1 LED JRN1 CPU Select JRN2 CPU Select JRN3 CPU Select

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PCA-6148/6148L Connectors

Number Function

*CN1 Flat panel display connector CN2 fan power connector CN3 IDE connector CN4 floppy connector CN5 parallel port connector CN6 power LED and keylock connector CN7 external speaker CN8 infraredTx/Rx header *CN9 VGA display connector CN10 COM2 RS-232 connector CN11 COM2 422/485 connector CN12 PC-104 connector CN13 PC-104 connector CN14 external keyboard connector CN15 COM1 RS-232 connector CN16 keyboard/PS/2 connector CON1 power connector U1 CPU socket U12 SSD memory U16 SSD memory U28 SSD memory *:PCA-6148

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Safety precautions

Follow these simple precautions to protect yourself from hard and your PC from damage:

Warning! Always completely disconnect the power cord from

your chassis whenever you are working on it. Do not make connections while the power is on, sensitive electronic components can be damaged by the sudden rush of power. Only experienced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis.

Caution! Always ground yourself to remove any static charge

before touching the CPU card. Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges. Use a grounding wrist strap at all times. Place all electronic components on a static-dissipative surface or in a static-shielded bag when they are not in the chassis.

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Jumper settings

This section tells how to set the jumpers to configure your card. It gives the card default configuration and your options for each jumper. After you set the jumpers and install the card, you will also need to run the BIOS Setup program (discussed in Chapter 3) to configure the serial port addresses, floppy/hard disk drive types and system operating parameters. Connections, such as hard disk cables, appear in Chapter 2.

For the locations of each jumper, see the board layout diagram depicted earlier in this chapter.

How to set jumpers

You configure your card to match the needs of your application by setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them. To “close” a jumper you connect the pins with the clip. To “open” a jumper you remove the clip. Sometimes a jumper will have three pins, labeled 1, 2 and 3. In this case you connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3.

OpenOpen

Open

OpenOpen

ClosedClosed

Closed

ClosedClosed

Closed 2-3Closed 2-3

Closed 2-3

Closed 2-3Closed 2-3

You may find pair of needle-nose pliers useful for setting the jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your

application, contact your local distributor or sales representative before you make any changes.

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CPU Jumper Settings

Voltage

5V 3.3V 3.45V 3.6V

J11

J13 N/A

Frequency

J10

25M 33M 40M

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CPU type select

In order for the system to function properly, the jumpers must be set to accommodate the CPU installed on the CPU card.

CPU type select

CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2JRN3

Cyrix 3.45V* 33M* 5x86-100

Cyrix 3.45V* 40M* 5x86-120

AMD 3.3V* 33M* DX2-66

(NV8T)

*Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1

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CPU type select

CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3

AMD 3.3V* 33M* DX4-100 (NV8T)

AMD 3.3V* 33M* DX4-100 (SV8B)

AMD 3.3V* 40M* DX4-120

(SV8B)

AMD 3.3V* 33M* 5x86-133

*Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1

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CPU type select

CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3

SGS 5V* 33M* DX2-66

SGS 3.3V* 33M* DX4-100

Intel 5V* 33M* DX-33

Intel DX2-50 5V* 25M*

*Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1

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CPU type select

CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3

Intel 5V* 33M* DX2-66

Intel 3.3V* 33M* DX4-100

Cyrix 5V* 33M* DX2-66

Cyrix 3.6V* 40M* DX2-80

*Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1

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CPU type select

CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3

Cyrix 3.45V* 33M* DX4-100

*Please refer to jumper settings on page 10

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Watchdog timer (J5)

Watchdog timer system reset/IRQ15 select (J5)

Reset (default) IRQ15

JP5

COM2 settings for RS-232/422/485 (J15)

COM2 settings for RS-232/422/485

RS-232 (CN10) RS-422 (CN11) RS-485 (CN11)

J15

(default)

CMOS backup select

Battery Backup Clean CMOS (default)

JP12

3 2 1

IRQ12 setting

PS2 Mouse IRQ12 (default)

JP20

3 2 1

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SSD Device Select [ J14 (U12), J16 (U16), J19 (U28)]

J14 (U12) J16 (U16) J19 (U28)

Flash open open open ROM open open open SRAM closed closed closed

BA TTER Y Select (J7)

Battery Installation Setup (J7)

Pin None (default) Internal 4 pin external 2 pin external

1 SSD power 2 Internal battery 3 SSD Power 4 GND

- +

4 14 14 14 1

SSD I/O address select (J17, J18)

SSD J17 J18

disabled closed closed 210H open closed 220H closed open 230H open open

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CHAPTER

Connecting peripherals

This chapter tells how to connect peripherals, switches and indicators to the PCA6148/6148L board. You can access most of the connectors from the top of the board while it is installed in the chassis. If you have a number of cards installed, or your chassis is very tight, you may need to partially remove the card to make all the connections.

PCA-6148/6148L Jumper and Connector List

PCA-6148/6148L Connectors

Number Function

*:PCA-6148 only The following sections tell how to make each connection. In most

cases, you will simply need to connect a standard cable.

Safety Precautions

Warning!

Caution!

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Always completely disconnect the power cord from your chassis whenever you are working on it. Do not make connections while the power is on. Sensitive electronic components can be damaged by the sudden rush of power. Only experienced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis.

Always ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the CPU card. Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges. Use a grounding wrist strap at all times. Place all electronic components on a static-dissipative surface or in a static-shielded bag when they are not in the chassis.

IDE connectors (CN3)

You can attach two IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) drives to the PCA-6148/6148L's internal controller. The PCA-6148/6148L CPU card has an EIDE connector, CN3.

Wire number 1 on the cable is red or blue, the other wires are gray. Connect one end to connector CN3 on the CPU card. Make sure that the red (or blue) wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector (on the right side). See Chapter 1 for help finding the connector.

Unlike floppy drives, IDE hard drives can connect in either position on the cable. If you install two drives, you will need to set one as the master and one as the slave. You do this by setting the jumpers on the drives. If you use just one drive, you should set it as the master. See the documentation that came with your drive for more information.

Connect the first hard drive to the other end of the cable. Wire 1 on the cable should also connect to pin 1 on the hard drive connector, which is labeled on the drive circuit board. Check the documentation that came with the drive for more information.

Connect the second drive as described above on CN3.

Flat panel interface connection (CN1)

Flat panel display connector (PCA-6148 only)

CN1 consists of a 44-pin, dual-in-line header. The PCA-6148 provides a bias control signal on CN1 which can be used to control the LCD bias voltage. It is recommended that the LCD bias voltage (+5V) and panel video signals are stable. Under normal operation the control signal (ENAVEE) is active high. When the PCA-6148/6148L's power is applied, the control signal is low until just after the relevant flat panel signal is present.

Configuration of the VGA interface is done completely via the software utility. You don't have to set any jumpers. Refer to Chapter 4 for software setup details.

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Floppy drive connector (CN4)

You can attach up to two floppy disk drives to the PCA-6148/ 6148L's on-board controller. You can use any combination of

5.25" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3.5" (720 KB, 1.44 MB and 2.88 MB) drives.

The card comes with a 34-pin daisy-chain drive connector cable. On one end of the cable is a 34-pin flat-cable connector. On the other end are two sets of floppy disk drive connectors. Each set consists of a 34-pin flat-cable connector (usually used for 3.5" drives) and a printed-circuit-board connector (usually used for

5.25" drives). You can use only one connector in each set. The set on the end (after the twist in the cable) connects to the A: floppy. The set in the middle connects to the B: floppy.

Parallel port connector (CN5)

The parallel port is normally used to connect the CPU card to a printer. The PCA-6148/6148L includes an on-board parallel port, accessed through a 26-pin flat-cable connector, CN5. The card comes with an adapter cable which lets you use a traditional DB25 connector. The cable has a 26-pin connector on one end and a DB-25 connector on the other, mounted on a retaining bracket. The bracket installs at the end of an empty slot in your chassis, giving you access to the connector.

To install the bracket, find an empty slot in your chassis. Unscrew the plate that covers the end of the slot. Screw in the bracket in place of the plate. Next, attach the flat-cable connector to CN5 on the CPU card. Wire 1 of the cable is red or blue, and the other wires are gray. Make sure that wire 1 corresponds to pin 1 of CN5. Pin 1 is on the right side of CN5.

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Keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors (CN14, CN16)

CN16, the card's keyboard connector, is a 6-pin mini-DIN connector on the card mounting bracket. The PCA-6148/6148L also comes with an adapter to convert to a standard DIN connector and to a PS/2 mouse connector.

CN16

The PCA-6148/6148L provides a second connector designed for external keyboard input (CN14). To locate CN14 and CN16, please see the board layout on page 5 of chapter 1.

Chapter 2 Connecting peripherals 23

Reset switch (J1)

You can connect an external switch to easily reset your computer. This switch restarts your computer as if you had turned off the power, then turned it back on. Install the switch so that it closes the two pins of J1.

Hard disk drive LED (DLE1)

You can connect a LED to connector DLE1 to indicate when the HDD is active. Marks on the Board layout (chapter 1, p. 5) indicate LED polarity.

VGA display connector (CN9)

The PCA-6148 provides a VGA controller for high resolution VGA interface. CN9 is a DB-15 connector for VGA monitor input.

Serial Ports

The PCA-6148/6148L offers two serial ports: COM1 in RS-232, COM2 in RS-232/422/485. These ports let you connect to serial devices (a mouse, printers, etc.) or a communication network.

You can select the address for each port (3F8H [COM1], 2F8H [COM2] or 2E8H) or disable it, using the BIOS Advanced Setup program, covered in Chapter 3.

The card mounting bracket holds the serial port connector for the one port, and the parallel port and serial port adapter kit (supplied with the card) holds the connector for the other port. This lets you connect and disconnect cables after you install the card. The DB-9 connector on the bottom of the bracket is the first RS-232 port, COM1. The DB-9 connector on the adapter kit is the second serial port, COM2.

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Serial port connections (CN15, CN10, CN11)

Connector Address

CN15 (COM1)RS-232 CN10 (COM2)RS-232 CN11 (COM2)RS-422/485

RS-232 connection (CN15)

Different devices implement the RS-232 standard in different ways. If you are having problems with a serial device, be sure to check the pin assignments for the connector. The following table shows the pin assignments for the card's RS-232 port:

RS-232 connector pin assignments

Pin Signal

1 DCD 2RX 3TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9RI

CN15

RS-232/422/485 connection

COM2 is an RS-232/422/485 serial port. The following table shows the pin assignments for COM2.

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RS-232/422/485 connector pin assignments (CN10, CN11)

Pin RS-232 (CN10) RS-422/485 (CN11)

1 D CD TX - or send data - (DTE) 2 RX TX + or send data + (DTE) 3 TX RX + or receive data + (DTE) 4 DTR RX - or receive data - (DTE) 5 GND GND 6 DSR DSR 7 RTS RTS 8 CTS CTS 9RI RI

1 3 5 7 9

2 4 6 8 10

CN10 CN11

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1 3 5 7 9

2 4 6 8 10

Power connectors (CON1)

If you prefer not to acquire power through PCA-6148/6148L's backplane via the gold H-connectors, J1 also provides power input connectors for +5 V and ±12 V.

Warning! Before making the connection, make sure the

voltage is absolutely correct and matched with the right connector.

GND GND

-12V +12V +5V NC

CON1

CPU cooling fan power connector (CN2)

The CN2 is a connector for the CPU cooling fan. It provides both +5V and +12V when the power is on.

CPU cooling fan power connector (CN2)

Pin Function

1 +5V 2 GND 3 +12V

CN2:

+12 GND +5

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Infrared Tx/Rx Header (CN8)

This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. This module mounts onto a small opening on system cases that support this feature. You must also configure the setting through BIOS setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA.

IrDA Tx/Rx header (CN8)

Pin Function

1 Vcc 2 No Connection 3Rx 4 GND 5Tx

CN8:

Vcc

Rx GND Tx

External Speaker (CN7)

The CPU has its own buzzer. You can also connect to the external speaker on your computer chassis. Pin assignments for CN7 are the following:

External speaker (CN7)

Pin Function

1 Speaker out 2 No connection 3 GND 4 +5 VDC

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Power LED and Keylock (CN6)

You can use a LED to indicate when the CPU card is on. Pin 1 of CN6 supplies the LED's power, and Pin 3 is the ground.

You can use a switch (or a lock) to disable the keyboard so the PC will not respond to any input. This is useful if you do not want anyone to change or stop running a program. Connect the switch between Pins 4 and 5 of CN6.

Power LED and keylock (CN6)

Pin Function

1 LED power (+5V) 2NC 3 GND 4 Keyboard lock 5 GND

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CHAPTER

AWARD BIOS SETUP

This chapter describes how to set the card’s BIOS configuration data.

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AWARD BIOS Setup

ROM ISA BIOS (2C4L6AK1)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

ESC: QUIT ßàáâ: SELECT ITEM F10: Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2: Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type....

Setup program initial screen

Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

Entering setup

Turning on the computer and pressing <DEL> immediately will allow you to enter Setup.

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Standard CMOS setup

Choose the "ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP" option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN Menu, and the screen below is displayed. This standard Setup Menu allows users to configure system components such as date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display, and memory.

R O M I S A B I O S (2C4L6AK1)

S T A N D A R D C M O S S E T U P A W A R D S O F T W A R E , I N C .

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Thu, Sep 12 1996 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 15 : 24 : 55

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS. HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE

Primary Master: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------Secondary Slave: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in. Drive B : None

Video : EGA/VGA Halt On : All Errors

ESC : Quit ßàáâ : Select Item PU / PD / + / - : Modify F1 : Help (Shift)F2 : Change Color

Base Memory : 640K

Extended Memory : 31744K

Other Memory : 384K

Total Memory : 32768K

CMOS setup screen

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BIOS features setup

By choosing the "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" option from the CMOS SETUP screen menu, the following screen is displayed. This sample scree contains the manufacturer's default values for the PCA-6144V.

ROM ISA BIOS (2C4L6AK1)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled External Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Disabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow : Disabled Boot Sequence : C,A D4000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled D8000-DBFFF Shadow : Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled DC000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status : On Boot Up System Speed : High IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Gate A20 Option : Fast Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : 20 Typematic Delay (Msec) : 25 Security Option : Setup OS Select for DRAM > 64MB : Non-OS2

Virus Warning

During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system. In this case, if Virus Warning is enabled, the following error message will automatically appear:

Esc : Quit ßàáâ: Select Item F1 : Help PU / PD / + / - : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Disk boot sector is to be modified

!WARNING!

Type "Y" to accept write or "N" to abort write

Award Software, Inc.

You can run the anti-virus program to locate the problem. If Virus Warning is Disabled, no warning message will appear if

anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition.

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CPU Internal Cache/External Cache

Depending on the CPU/chipset design, these options can speed up memory access when enabled.

Quick Power On Self Test

This option speeds up the Power-On Self T est (POST) conducted as soon as the computer is turned on. When enabled, BIOS shortens or skips some of the items during the test. When disabled, normal POST procedures assumes.

Boot Sequence

This function determines the sequence in which the computer will search the drives for the disk operating system (i.e. DOS). The default value is "C, A".

C,A System will first search the hard drive, then the floppy drive.

A,C System will first search the floppy drive, then the hard drive.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST , BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 KB type is 40 tracks while 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB are all 80 tracks.

Enabled BIOS searches the floppy drive to determine if it is 40 or 80

tracks. Note that BIOS cannot differentiate 720 KB, 1.2 MB,

and 1.44 MB type drives as they are all 80 tracks.

Disabled BIOS will not search for the floppy drive type by track

number. Note that there will not be any warning message if

the drive installed is 360 KB.

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default is "On".

On Keypad boots up to number keys.

Off Keypad boots up to arrow keys.

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Boot Up System Speed

High Sets the speed to high

Low Sets the speed to low

IDE HDD Block Mode

Enabled Enable IDE HDD Block Mode. BIOS will detect the block size

of the HDD and send a block command automatically.

Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode

Gate A20 option

Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or

chipset hardware

Fast Default: Fast. The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or

chipset specific method.

Typematic Rate setting

The typematic rate determines the characters per second accepted by the computer. Typematic Rate setting enables or disables the typematic rate.

Typematic Rate (Char/Sec)

BIOS accepts the following input values (character/second) for Typematic Rate: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

Typematic Delay (msec)

When holding down a key, the Typematic Delay is the time interval between the appearance of the first and second characters. The input values (msec) for this category are: 250, 500, 750, 1000.

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Security Option

This setting determines whether the system will boot if the password is denied, while limiting access to Setup.

System The system will not boot, and access to Setup will be denied

if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if

the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Note: T o disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING in the main menu. At this point, you will be asked to enter a password. Simply hit the <ENTER> key to disable security. When security is disabled, the system will boot, and you can enter Setup freely.

OS select for DRAM>64 MB.

This setting is underOS/2 system.

Video BIOS Shadow

This determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM, which is optional according to the chipset design. When enabled, Video Shadow increases the video speed.

C8000 - CFFFF Shadow/DC000-DFFFF Shadow

These determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM in blocks of 16 KB.

Enabled Optional shadow is enabled

Disabled Optional shadow is disabled

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CHIPSET features setup

By choosing the "CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP" option from the CMOS SETUP screen menu, the following screen is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the PCA-6148/6148L board.

ROM ISA BIOS (2C4L6AK1)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

Auto Configuration : Enabled Decoupled Refresh : Enabled Relocate 256K/384K : Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled

External Cache Scheme : Write back Combine Alter & Tag Bits : Enabled CHRDY for ISA master : Enabled Memory Hole at 15MB Addr. : Disabled Cache Timing Control : Normal DRAM Timing Control : Normal FAST DRAM : Enabled CPU Write Back Cache : Disabled Set Turbo pin function : Suspend Set Mouse Lock : Disabled Internal Flash/ROM Disk : Disabled

Onboard local bus IDE : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard FDD Controller : Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 : COM1/3F8 On-board Serial Port 2 : COM2/2F8 Infra Red (IR) Function : Disabled Onboard Parallel Port : 3BCH/IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode : Normal

IR Tansfer Mode : Half-Dup IR I/O Group : B

Esc : Quit ßàáâ: Select Item F1 :Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F6 :Load BIOS Defaults F7 :Load Setup Defaults

* Internal Flash/ROM Disk

Disable cannot use Enable can use internal SSD

When internal RAM/ROM disk is disabled, the C8000h memory segment can be used.

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Video BIOS Cacheable

As with caching the System BIOS above, enabling the Video BIOS cache will cause access to video BIOS addressed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached, if the cache controller is also enabled.

Enabled Video BIOS access cached Disabled Video BIOS access not cached

Disabled is the default.

System BIOS Cacheable

When enabled, accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled.

Enabled BIOS access cached Disabled BIOS access not cached

Disabled is the default.

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Power management setup

The power management setup controls the CPU board's "green" features. The following screen shows the manufacturer's default.

ROM ISA BIOS (2C4L6AK1)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

Power Management : Enabled Doze Timer : 32 sec

Sleep Timer : 2 min Sleep Mode : Suspend HDD Power Management : Disabled VGA Activity Wakeup : Disabled

IO Activity : Disabled

IRQ3 Activity : Primary IRQ4 Activity : Primary IRQ5 Activity : Primary IRQ7 Activity : Primary IRQ8 Activity : Secondary IRQ10 Activity : Primary IRQ11 Activity : Primary IRQ12 Activity : Primary

Esc:Quit ßàáâ: Select Item F1 :Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify

F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2: Color F6 :Load BIOS Defaults F7 :Load Setup Defaults

Power Management

This option allows you to determine if the values in power management are disabled, user-defined, or predefined. This category determines the system's power consumption after selecting the following items. Default value is disable. The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the meanings of each option.

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Power Management

Item Options Descriptions

Power Management 1. Disable Global power management

will be disabled

2. User Define Users can configure their own power management

3. Min Saving Pre-defined timer values are used such that all timers are at their MAX value

4. Max Saving Pre-defined timer values are used such that all timers are at their MIN value

Doze Mode

Item Options Descriptions

Doze Mode Disable System will never enter DOZE

mode

8 sec 32 sec 2 min 8 min 16 min

Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode.*

Note: Normally, STANDBY mode puts the system into low speed or 8 MHz.

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Standby Mode

Item Options Descriptions

Standby M o de Disable System will never enter

STANDBY mode

8 sec 32 sec 2 min

Defines the cont inu ous idle time before the system ent ers STANDBY mode.**

8 min 16 min

Note: Normally, STANDBY mode puts the system into low speed or 8 MHz .

Suspend Mode

Item Options Descriptions

Suspend Mode Disable System will never enter

SUSPEND mode

8 sec 32 sec 2 min

Defines the continuous idle time before the system enters SUSPEND mode.***

8 min 16 min

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Note: Normally, STANDBY mode puts the system into low speed or 8 MHz.

Important Notice

The status of the following items will affect Doze Mode, Standby Mode and Suspend Mode: PCI Master Activity , COM Ports

Activity , LPT Ports Activity, HDD Ports Activity, DMA Ports Activity , VGA Activity, IRQ3 (COM2), IRQ4 (COM1), IRQ5 (LPT2), IRQ6 (Floppy Disk), IRQ7 (LPT1), IRQ8 (RTC Alarm), IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir), IRQ10 (Reserved), IRQ11 (Reserved), IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse), IRQ13 (Coprocessor), IRQ14 (Hard Disk), and IRQ15 (Reserved)

* If any of the above items are enabled and active, the

DOZE timer will be reloaded.

** If any of the above items are enabled or active, the

STANDBY timer will be reloaded.

*** If any of the above items are enabled or active, the

SUSPEND timer will be reloaded.

HDD Power Management

You can choose to turn the HDD off after a one of the time interval listed, or when the system is in Suspend mode. If in a power saving mode, any access to the HDD will wake it up.

Note: HDD will not power down if the Power Management

option is disabled.

IRQ Activity

IRQ can be set independently. Activity on any enabled IRQ will wake up the system.

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Load BIOS defaults

"LOAD BIOS DEF AULTS" indicates the most appropriate values for the system parameters for minimum performance. These default values are loaded automatically if the stored record created by the Setup program becomes corrupted (and therefore unusable).

Load setup defaults

"LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" loads the values required by the system for maximum performance.

Password setting

T o change, confirm, or disable the password, choose the "PASSWORD SETTING" option form the Setup main menu and press [Enter]. The password can be at most 8 characters long.

Remember, to enable this feature. You must first select the Security Option in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP to be either "Setup" or "System."

IDE HDD auto detection

"IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" automatically self-detect for the correct hard disk type.

Save & Exit setup

If you select this and press the [Enter] key , the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the chipset. The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system. This record is required for the system to operate.

Exit without saving

Selecting this option and pressing the [Enter] key lets you exit the Setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones.

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CHAPTER

VGA Display Software/ Hardware Configuration

This chapter details the software configuration information. It shows you how to configure the board to match your application requirements. A WARD System BIOS is covered in Chapter 4.

Sections include:

• LCD display configuration

• Connections for two standard LCDs

Introduction

The PCA-6148/6148L system BIOS and custom drivers are located in a 128 Kbyte, 32-pin (JEDEC spec.) Flash ROM device, designated U7. A single Flash chip holds the system BIOS, VGA BIOS, EEPROM Back-up and CMOS Data. The display can be configured via software. This method minimizes the number of chips and eases configuration. You can change the display BIOS simply by reprogramming the Flash chip.

PCA-6148 Utility Disk

The PCA-6148 is supplied with a software utility disk that holds the necessary file for setting up the VGA display controller. The disk’s directory and file structure is as follows:

ROOT

SSD MAKEROM.EXE

VGABIOS A WDFLASH.EXE 48-CRT.BIN 48-EL.BIN 48-TFT.BIN 48-STN.BIN 48-MONO.BIN

MAKEROM.EXE

This program supports the SSD, and can be programmed by the programmer.

48-CRT.BIN

Supports CRT only.

48-TFT.BIN (default)

Supports 640 x 480 color TFT (Sharp LQ9D011, Toshiba LTM09C015A/016)

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48-STN.BIN

Support 640 x 480 color STN DD 8/16-bit displays (Sharp LM64C142)

48-MONO.BIN

Supports 640 x 480 dual scan monochrome displays (Sharp LM64P8X/837)

48-EL.BIN

Supports 640 x 480 EL displays (PLANAR EL640480-A Series)

PCA-6148L Utility Disk

ROOT

SSD MAKEROM.EXE

BIOS A WDFLASH.EXE 6148L.BIN

VGA Display Software Configuration

The PCA-6148’s on-board VGA interface supports a wide range of popular LCD, EL, gas plasma flat panel displays and traditional analog CRT monitors. The interface can drive CRT displays with resolutions up to 640 x 480 with 1.6 million colors. It is also capable of driving color panel displays with resolutions of 800 x 600 in 64K colors. The VGA interface is configured completely via the software utility , so you don’t have to set any jumpers. Configure the VGA display as follows:

1. Apply power to the PCA-6148 with a color TFT display attached. This is the default setting for the PCA-6148. Ensure that the AWDFLASH.EXE and *.BIN files are located in the working drive.

NOTE: Ensure that you do not run AWDFLASH.EXE

while your system is operating in EMM386 mode.

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2. At the prompt, type AWDFLASH.EXE and press <Enter>. The VGA configuration program will then display the following:

FLASH MEMORY WRITER v. 5.3

○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

For VT496G-2C4L6AKIC Date: 09/05/96 Flash Type -

File Name in Program:

○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Error Message:

BIOS Update screen

3. At the prompt, type in the BIN file which supports your display. When you are sure that you have entered the file name correctly press <Enter>. The screen will ask “Do you want to save?” If you wish to continue press Y. If you change your mind or have made a mistake press N to abort and end the setup procedure.

4. If you decide to continue, the program will create a BIOS.OLD file which contains the existing BIOS configuration. The prompt will then ask “Are you sure you want to save new configuration?” Press Y if you want the new file to be written into the BIOS. Press N to exit the program.

The new VGA configuration will then write to the ROM BIOS chip. This configuration will remain the same until you run the AWDFLASH.EXE program and change the settings.

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CHAPTER

SVGA Setup (PCA-6148 only)

The PCA-6148 features an on-board flat panel/VGA interface. This chapter provides instructions for installing and operating the software drivers on the included display driver diskette.

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Simultaneous display mode

The 65545/48/50 VGA BIOS supports monochrome LCD, EL, color TFT and STN LCD flat panel displays. It also supports interlaced and non-interlaced analog monitors (VGA color and VGA monochrome) in high-resolution modes while maintaining complete IBM VGA compatibility. Digital monitors (i.e. MDA, CGA, and EGA) are NOT supported. Multiple frequency (multisync) monitors are supported as analog monitors.

Both CRT and panel displays can be used simultaneously. The PCA-6148 can be set in one of three configurations: on a CRT, on a flat panel display, or on both simultaneously. The system is initially set to simultaneous display mode. In the utility diskette, there are three .COM files which can be used to select the display. Simply type the filename at the DOS prompt:

CT.COM Enables CRT display only FP.COM Enables panel display only SM.COM Enables both displays at the same time.

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Software support

The drivers support the following applications using the filenames and resolutions listed:

Application Filename Resolution Colors Windows 3.1 LINEAR4.DRV 640x480 16

800x600 16 1024x768 16

LINEAR8.DRV 640x480 256

800x600 256

1024x768 256 LINEAR16.DRV 640x480 64K LINEAR24.DRV 640x480 16M

AutoCAD R12 RCTURBOC.EXP 640x480 16

800x600 16

1024x768 16

640x480 256

800x600 256

1024x768 256

640x480 32K

640x480 64K

640x480 16M

Lotus 1-2-3 2.0 and Lotus Symphony 1.0,1.1

V132X25.DRV 132x25 (Text) 16 V132X50.DRV 132x50 (Text) 16

VESA 1.2 VESA.COM 800x600 16

1024x768 16

640x400 256

640x480 256

800x600 256

1024x768 256

640x480 32K

640x480 64K

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Word 5.0 VGA600.VID 800x600 16

VGA768.VID 1024x768 16

Word 5.5 VGA55600.VID 800x600 16

VGA55768.VID 1024x768 16

WordPerfect 5.0 CHIPS600.WPD 800x600 16

CHIPS768.WPD 1024x768 16

WordPerfect 5.1 VGA600.VRS 800x600 16

VGA768.VRS 1024x768 16

Driver installation

Necessary prerequisites

The instructions in this manual assume that you understand elementary concepts of MS-DOS and the IBM Personal Computer. Before you attempt to install any driver or utility you should: know how to copy files from a floppy disk to a directory on the hard disk, understand the MS-DOS directory structure, and know how to format a floppy disk. If you are uncertain about any of these concepts, please refer to the DOS or Windows user reference guides for more information before you proceed with the installation.

Before you begin

Before you begin installing software drivers, you should make a backup copy of the display driver diskette and store the original in a safe place. The display driver diskette contains drivers for several versions of certain applications. You must install the correct version in order for the driver to work properly so make sure you know which version of the application you have.

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Windows setup

These drivers are designed to work with Microsoft Windows 3.1. You may install these drivers through Windows or in DOS.

Step 1: Install Windows as you normally would for a VGA display. Run Windows to make sure that it is working correctly.

Step 2: Place the display driver diskette in drive A. In Windows Program Manager, choose File from the Options Menu. Then

from the pull-down menu, choose Run . . . . At the command line

prompt, type A:\WINSETUP. Press the <ENTER> key or click OK to begin the installation. At this point the setup program locates the directory where Windows is installed. For proper operation, the drivers must be installed in the Windows subdirectory. Press <ENTER> to complete the installation. Once completed, the Display Driver Control Panel appears on the screen. This Control Panel allows you to select and load the installed drivers.

Another method of installing these drivers is through the File Manager. Click on Drive A:. Then double-click on WINSETUP.EXE to begin installation.

Changing Display Drivers in Windows

To change display drivers in Windows, select the Windows Setup icon from the Main window. You will be shown the current setup configuration. Select Change System Settings from the Option menu. Click on the arrow at the end of the Display line. You will be shown a list of display drivers. Click on the driver you want. Then click on the OK button. Follow the directions to complete the setup.

Changing Color Schemes

After you change display drivers, you may notice that the color scheme used by Windows looks strange. This is because different drivers have different default colors. To change the color scheme, select the Control Panel from the Main window. Select the Color icon. You will be shown the current color scheme. Choose a new color scheme and click the OK button.

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DOS Setup

Step 1: Install Windows as you normally would for a VGA display. Run Windows to make sure that it is working correctly. Then exit Windows.

Step 2: Place the display driver diskette in drive A. Type A: <ENTER> to make this the default drive. Type SETUP <ENTER> to run the driver SETUP program. Press any key to get to the applications list. Using the arrow keys, select Windows Version 3.1 and press the <ENTER> key. Press the <ENTER> key to select All Resolutions, and then press <END> to begin the installation. At this point you will be asked for the path to your Windows System directory (default C:\WINDOWS). When the installation is complete, press any key to continue. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS.

Step 3: Change to the directory where you installed Windows (usually C:\WINDOWS).

Step 4: Type SETUP <ENTER> to run the Windows Setup program. It will show the current Windows configuration. Use the up arrow key to move to the Display line and press <ENTER>. A list of display drivers will be shown. Use the arrow keys to select one of the drivers starting with an asterisk (*) and press <ENTER>.

Step 5: Follow the directions on the screen to complete the setup. In most cases, you may press <ENTER> to accept the suggested option. When Setup is done, it will return to DOS. Type WIN <ENTER> to start Windows with the new display driver.

Changing Display Drivers in DOS

To change display drivers from DOS, change to the Windows directory and run Setup, repeating steps 4 and 5 from the previous page. Besides the special display drivers marked by an asterisk (*), you should be able to use the following standard drivers:

VGA 640x480, 16 colors Super VGA 800x600, 16 colors

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Panning Drivers

Special panning drivers are provided to allow high-resolution modes to be displayed on a flat panel or CRT. These drivers will show a section of a larger screen and will automatically pan, or scroll, the screen horizontally and vertically when the mouse reaches the edge of the display.

Linear Acceleration Drivers

A special high-performance linear acceleration driver is provided for 256-color modes. This driver may require special hardware and may not be supported on all systems. It is only available for Windows3.1.

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AutoCAD R12

These drivers are designed to work with Autodesk AutoCAD R12. They conform to the Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) for Rendering drivers and Display drivers. These display list drivers accelerate redraw, pan, and zoom functions.

Driver installation

Step 1: Place the display driver diskette in drive A. Type A: <ENTER> to make this the default drive. Type SETUP <ENTER> to run the SETUP program. Press any key to get to the applications list. Using the arrow keys, select AutoCAD Release 12 and press <ENTER>. This will display a list of supported driver resolutions. Using the arrow keys and the <ENTER> key, select the resolutions that are appropriate for your monitor. When all of the desired resolutions have been selected, press <END> to begin the installation. At this point you will be asked for a drive and directory to copy the driver files. Enter the drive and directory that contains the installed AutoCAD R12. If the destination directory does not exist you will be asked for confirmation. When the installation is complete, press any key to continue. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS.

Step 2: Go to the AutoCAD directory where the new drivers were installed and run the driver installation program by typing ACAD12 -r <ENTER>. This program will configure your AutoCAD R12 to use the new display drivers. Select TurboDLD Classic.

Configuring TurboDLD

Select Configure Video Display. In Display Device Configura- tion choose Select Graphics Board/Resolution. Then choose Select Display Graphics Board. After choosing a graphics board, go to Select Display Resolution. After selecting the display resolution, save the new configuration, and return to the main menu.

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Basic Configuration Menu

This menu allows you to modify: Number of AutoCAD Command Lines Font Size 6x8/8x8/8x14/8x16/12x20/12x24 Dual Screen Enable/Disable User Interface Configuration Double Click Interval Time BP Button BP Highlight Patt Line/Xor Rect/Both BP Refresh Enable/Disable BP Cache Enable/Disable

Expert Configuration Menu

This menu allows you to modify: Display List Enable/Disable Drawing Cache Enable/Disable Use Acad 31 bit space? Yes/No Internal Command Echo Enable/Disable BP Zoom Mode Freeze/Float Regen Mode Incremental/Fast If your previously installed driver is not TurboDLD, you will

have to reconfigure the RENDER command the first time you use it.

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Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Symphony

These drivers are designed to work with Lotus 1-2-3 versions 2.0,

2.01 and 2.2, and with Lotus Symphony versions 1.0 and 1.1.

Driver installation

Step 1: Place the display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the default drive by typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by typing SETUP <ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of supported applications. Use the arrow keys to select Lotus/ Symphony, and press <ENTER>. A list of supported screen resolutions will be displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the desired screen resolution and press <ENTER>. (Make sure your monitor is able to display the resolution desired) Press <END> to begin the driver installation process. A default drive and directory path will be displayed. Use the backspace key to erase this default and type in the 123 directory. At this point you may be asked to create the target directory if it does not already exist. After the files have been installed, press any key to return to the list of supported applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS. Copy all the files that were just created in the temporary directory onto a formatted floppy diskette.

Step 2: Go to your 123 directory, and start the installation program. Type the following commands:

C: <ENTER> INSTALL <ENTER>

Step 3: The Lotus installation program will load and present the

installation menu. From this menu, select Advanced Options. From the Advanced Options menu, select Add New Drivers To

Library. From the Add New Drivers Menu, select Modify Current Driver Set. From the Modify Driver Set Menu, select Text Display. From the Text Display menu, select one of drivers.

Step 4: After the selection of the appropriate VGA display driver, you will need to exit this menu and return to the Main Lotus Installation Menu. Do this by selecting Return To Menu.

Step 5: At the Main Lotus Installation Menu, select Save Changes.

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Step 6: At this point the Installation Menu will prompt you for the name of your new Lotus configuration file. The Lotus system will prompt you with the default value — 123.SET, but you may want to use a filename that indicates the resolution of its driver. For example, if you installed the 132 column by 25 line driver, you could name this driver 132X25.SET, or if you installed the 80 by 50 driver, you may want to call the file 80X50.SET.

Step 7: The installation of your Lotus 1-2-3 driver is now complete. You will need to exit the Lotus installation program at this point. At the main Lotus Installation Menu, select Exit.

NOTE: If your driver set is not 123.SET, you have to type the filename of your driver set in the command line when you start Lotus 1-2-3. For example, if you named your driver set 132X25.SET, type the following to start Lotus 1-2-3:

123 132X25.SET <ENTER>

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VESA

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has created a standard for a Super VGA BIOS Extension (VBE). This defines a standard software interface to allow application programs to set and control extended video modes, such as 800x600 graphics, on video adapters from different manufacturers.

The VESA driver adds this Super VGA BIOS Extension to the VGA BIOS. Any application program which supports the VESA standard driver interface can be used with this driver. This VESA driver conforms to the VESA Super VGA Standard #VS891001.

Driver installation

Step 1: Place the display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the default drive by typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by typing SETUP <ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of supported applications. Use the arrow keys to select VESA Driver Version 1.2 and press <ENTER>. Press the <ENTER> key to select All Resolutions, and press <END> to begin the installation. A default drive and directory path will be displayed. Use the backspace key to erase this and type in a directory that is in the directory path (such as C:\BIN or C:\UTILS). After the files have been installed, press any key to return to the list of supported applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS.

Step 2: To install the VESA driver, type either VESA <ENTER> or VESA + <ENTER> at the DOS prompt. The optional + command line parameter enables all of the available modes. Make sure that your monitor is capable of displaying these high resolution modes before enabling them.

NOTE: If the video BIOS already supports VBE extended video modes, DO NOT use this driver. Run the VTEST.EXE program to see if the video BIOS supports the VBE modes.

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Word

These drivers are designed to work with Microsoft Word 5.0 and

5.5.

Driver installation

If you have already installed Word on your computer, go to Step 2 to install the new video driver.

Step 1: Install Word as normal. Step 2: After you complete the Word installation, place the

display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the default drive by typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by typing SETUP <ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of supported applications. Use the arrow keys to select Word and press <ENTER>. Use the arrow keys to select the desired screen resolution and press <ENTER> (make sure your monitor is able to display the resolution desired). Press <END> to begin the driver installation process. A default drive and directory path will be displayed. Use the backspace key to erase this and type in your Word directory. After the files have been installed, press any key to return to the list of supported applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS.

Step 3: Copy the driver file for the desired resolution that was just installed to SCREEN.VID.

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WordPerfect

These drivers are designed to work with WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1. They support 132-column display in editing mode, and highresolution graphics display in PreView mode.

Driver installation

Step 1: Place the display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the default drive by typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by typing SETUP <ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of supported applications. Use the arrow keys to select WordPerfect and press <ENTER>. A list of supported screen resolutions will be displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the desired screen resolution and press <ENTER> (make sure your monitor is able to display the resolution desired). Press <END> to begin the driver installation process. A default drive and directory path will be displayed. Use the backspace key to erase this default and type in the WordPerfect directory. At this point you may be asked to create the target directory if it does not already exist. After the files have been installed, press any key to return to the list of supported applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS.

Step 2: Start WordPerfect, and press <SHIFT>+<F1> to enter the setup menu. Select D for Display and G for Graphics Screen Type, and then choose the desired Chips VGA resolution.

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Configuring WordPerfect 5.0 for 132 columns

Follow these instructions to configure WordPerfect 5.0 for 132 column text mode:

Step 1: To use the SETCOL program to set 132 columns and 25 rows, type the following command:

SETCOL 132, 25 <ENTER>

Step 2: Start WordPerfect. The program will detect the number

of rows and columns automatically. If for some reason WordPerfect is unable to adapt to 132 columns by 25 rows, start WordPerfect with the following command:

WP /SS=25,132 <ENTER>

Configuring WordPerfect 5.1 for 132 columns

Start WordPerfect and press <SHIFT>+<F1> to enter the setup menu. Select D for Display and T for Text Screen Type and then select Chips 132 Column Text.

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APPENDIX

Flash/RAM/ROM Solid State Disk

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The PCA-6148/6148L features an internal Flash/RAM/ROM disk drive. This drive emulates a floppy disk drive by using solid-state memory chips (Flash, RAM or ROM) to store programs and data instead of the magnetic particles on the mechanical drive’s disk. The Flash/RAM/ROM disk offers much faster access times than a floppy or hard disk and greatly increases reliability in harsh environments.

The Flash/RAM/ROM disk works by modifying the BIOS INT-13 disk I/O routine on boot-up. The operating system must be DOS v.

5.0 or greater. The routine then translates read and write commands to the disk so that they will correctly access the memory chips. You don’t need any special drivers. You simply set the drive to act as a DOS drive (e. g. A:, B:, C: or D: - 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th floppy disks) and use standard DOS commands (COPY, DIR, etc.) to manipulate your data.

Before you use the Flash/RAM/ROM disk, you will need to enable it with the BIOS Advanced Setup Program, discussed in Chapter 3.

Memory devices

The Flash/RAM/ROM disk supports the following memory devices, or their equivalents:

• 28F010 128 KB x 8 (+12 V) Flash Memory (AMD/INTEL)

• CXK581000P 128K x 8 SRAM (Sony)

• CXK584000P 512K x 8 SRAM (Sony)

• 27C010 128 KB x 8 EPROM

• 27C040 512 KB x 8 EPROM

• AT29C010/A 128 KB x 8 (+ 5 V) Flash Memory (ATMEL only)

• AT29C040/A 512 KB x 8 (+ 5 V) Flash Memory (ATMEL only) If you use EPROM, files on the disk are read only . You will need

an "external programmer" to load your program and data files on the EPROMs.

If you use +5 V Flash memories (AT29C010/A or AT29C040/A) for the solid state disk, you can read or write data just like a floppy

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disk; you need not use an external programmer. If you use +12 V Flash memories (28F010) you will still need an "external programmer" to write data.

Drive capacity

The size of the emulated drive depends on the size and number of the chips you install. For example, if you install three 512 KB chips, you will have 3 x 512 KB = 1.536 MB, equivalent to a 1.44 MB floppy. If you install three 128 KB chips, you will have 3 x 128 KB = 384 KB, equivalent to a 360K floppy.

Drive configuration

Before you activate the Flash/RAM/ROM drive (using the BIOS Advanced Setup program), you will need to set the drive's I/O and memory addresses to avoid conflicts with other plug-in cards. You will also need to set the DOS drive designation to be used by the Flash/RAM/ROM drive. You can press <Alt> - <S> to enter SSD setup mode when you see the message.

Internal Solid-State Disk BIOS Rev X.XX "SSD assign to _: Hit <Alt-S>, if you want

to setup SSD..."

You will need to set jumpers J17 and J18 to match the I/O. All the devices must be the same type and size.

I/O address selection

J17 J18 I/O address (HEX)

Close Close Disabled (default) Open Close 210-217 Close Open 220-227 Open Open 230-237

*This sentence will be shown when the battery voltage is low.

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On Board SSD Configuration V X.XX SSD IC TYPE :

Memory segment windows (8K) : SSD driver emulated :

Write to SSD EEPROM and exit Do not write to SSD EEPROM and exit

↑↓↑↓

↑↓ : Select PgUp/PgDn: Modify ESC: Abort

↑↓↑↓

Please check battery, low voltage (less 2,5 V)

SSD Program allocate on C800 - CBFFH

I/O Address at 0210 - 0217 H

SSD IC Type

SRAM 128K CXK581000P EPROM 128K 27C010, 28F010 FLASH 128K AT29C010/A SRAM 512K CXK584000P EPROM 512K 27C040 FLASH 512K AT29C040/A

Memory segment windows (8K)

CE00-CFFF D000-D1FF D400-D5FF D800-D9FF DC00-DDFF E000-E1FF

Drive emulated

Control the DOS drive emulated by the Flash/RAM/ROM disk: 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th.

SSD Driver Emulated

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

The actual drive letter assigned by DOS to the Flash/RAM/ROM disk depends on the floppy or hard disks installed in the system.

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Drive Selection

Floppy disks

The Flash/RAM/ROM disk will "replace" the corresponding floppy disk. For example, if you have a single floppy disk (drive A:) and assign the Flash/RAM/ROM disk to be the 1st drive, any drive operations directed at drive A: will go to the Flash/RAM/ ROM disk.

Hard disks

The Flash/RAM/ROM disk will not replace corresponding hard disks. Instead, DOS will assign the Flash/RAM/ROM disk to the next free drive designation. For example, if you have a single hard disk (drive C:) and assign the Flash/RAM/ROM disk to be the 3rd drive, the Flash/RAM/ROM drive will become drive D:. If you have two hard disks, the Flash/RAM/ROM drive will become drive E:.

Example 1

You install the Flash/RAM/ROM disk as the first drive.

Before installing Flash/RAM/ROM disk

A B C

FDD FDD HDD

After installing Flash/RAM/ROM disk

A B C

Flash/RAM/ROM FDD HDD *A floppy will be replaced by SSD

Example 2

You (try to) install the Flash/RAM/ROM disk as the third drive:

Before installing Flash/RAM/ROM disk

A B C

FDD FDD HDD

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After installing Flash/RAM/ROM disk

A B C D

FDD FDD HDD Flash/RAM/ROM

Solid State Disk (SSD) Formatting:

Formatting the Solid State disk

If you use Flash memory or SRAM, it is advisable to format the Flash/SRAM disk before copying files to it. The DOS command is as follows:

FORMAT drv: /u ...

where drv = solid state disk drive A, B, C etc. Sometimes, it is better to assign the sectors and tracks when

formatting SSD. For the different disk size, please use different assignment, for example:

Format drv:/u/n:9/t:40 (for 360 K disk) Format drv:/u/n:18/t:80 (for 1.44 M disk)

where drv = solid state disk drive (A, B, or C, etc.) After formatting, please read the message on the screen carfefully .

DOS will inform you how much disk space is available, the total disk space, and the bad sectors, etc. If the disk size dow not match your assignment, please check the SSD setup again.

If you need a bootable disk, you should do the system transfter by typing:

SYS drv:

or use Format command and /S parameters.

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Booting from the Flash/RAM/ROM disk

If you wish to have the system boot from the Flash/RAM/ROM disk, simply set driver emulated number for the 1st FDD. Copy your application files to the disk along with the standard system files required to boot (command.com, io.sys, msdos.sys, etc). The next time you start the system, it will boot from the solid state disk.

Inserting memory devices

After you’ve set all the jumpers and switches on the PCA-6148, insert the appropriate memory devices into the card’s sockets. Remember that you will need to program EPROMs before you insert them.

1. Make sure that the pins of the memory chips are perpendicular to the case and both rows are parallel to each other. Many times the chips come with the pins spread out slightly. Place the chip on a table top and carefully bend each line of pins together until they point directly down.

2. Insert each chip. Align the chips so their pins are perpendicular to the connector and the semicircular notch on the end of the chip matches the notch on the end of the socket. There will probably be a gap between the chip body and the socket when it is fully seated – Do not push too hard!

3. When installing less than three memory devices, you must first fill ROM-1SSD.

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SSD Jumper Setting

SSD Device Select [ J14 (U12), J16 (U16), J19 (U28)]

J14 (U12) J16 (U16) J19 (U28)

Flash open open open ROM open open open SRAM closed closed closed

SSD I/O address select (J17, J18)

SSD J17 J18

disabled closed closed 210H open closed 220H closed open 230H open open

SRAM Battery Source (J7)

If you install three SRAM chips, you must close jumpers J14, J16, J19 and set J7. The will support SRAM power from the battery that is used to retain the SRAM data when the PC's power is turned off.

Set jumper J7 according to the battery type that will be used.

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Battery Installation Setup (J7)

None (default) Internal 4 pin external 2 pin

external

Pin 1 SSD power Pin 2 Internal battery Pin 3 SSD Power Pin 4 GND

- + - +

The battery should be disconnected when using non-volatile memory devices such as Flash memories or EPROMs. You can use 3 V or 3.6 V Lithium battery 2 pin or 4 pin connectors for SRAM data retention power.

Note: Factory setting is "none battery" to save energy of the on-board internal Lithium battery.

File copy utility

The utility program MAKEROM.EXE, included on the card's utility disk, splits the files on a diskette into a series of binary files. You can then use an external programmer to copy the files to EPROM or +12 V Flash memory chips.

4 14 14 14 1

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Using a memory manager (EMM386.EXE)

If you are using an extended or expanded memory manager (such as EMM386 or QEMM386), you will need to configure it to avoid the addresses used by the Flash/RAM/ROM disk (SSD Data memory segment). Otherwise, the memory manager will attempt to use these addresses, causing unreliable operation.

For example, the line in your CONFIG.SYS file that invokes EMM386, the DOS memory manager, might be the following:

DEVICE=EMM386.SYS X = D000 - D1FF

This excludes an 8 KB range for the card from D0000 to D1FFF (the default addresses).

You should also make sure that the disk's memory address is not shadowed in the BIOS. SSD program will occupy C8000 - CBFFF when BIOS SSD setting is enabled.

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Appendix

Programming the Watchdog Timer

The PCA-6148 is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason. This feature ensures system reliability in industrial stand-alone and unmanned environments.

Programming the watchdog timer

If you decide to program the watchdog timer, you must write data to I/O port 443 (hex). The output data is a value timer. You can write from 01 (hex) to 3E (hex), and the related timer is 1 sec. to 63 sec.

After data entry, your program must refresh the watchdog timer by rewriting the I/O port 443 (hex) while simultaneously setting it. When you want to disable the watchdog timer, your program should read I/O port 043 (hex).

The following procedure is a program for the watchdog timer:

Step 1 Out 443h data REM Start and reset the watchdog

Step 2 Your application program task #1

Step 3 Out 443h data REM Reset the timer

Step 4 Your application program task #2

Step 5 Out 443h data REM Reset the timer

Step 6 in 043h, REM Disable the watchdog timer

timer.

Data Values

01 1 sec. 02 2 sec. 03 3 sec. 04 4 sec.

. . .

3F 63 sec.

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APPENDIX

Upgrading

This appendix gives instructions for increasing the capabilities of your CPU card. It covers:

• Installing PC/104

• DRAM memory installation (SIMMs)

Installing PC/104 modules (CN12,CN13)

The PCA-6148 card's PC/104 connector lets you attach PC/104 modules. These modules perform the functions of traditional plugin expansion cards, but save space and valuable slots. Advantech modules include:

• PCM-3110 PCMCIA module

• PCM-3718 30 KHz A/D module

• PCM-3724 48-channel DIO module PC/104 modules are produced by over a dozen manufacturers, and

the PC/104 form factor is being advanced as an appendix to the ISA bus standard.

If you want to make your own PC/104 module, the figure on the following page shows module dimensions. A PC/104 breadboard module (PCM-3910) is also available. Pin assignments for the connector appear in Appendix D. For further information, contact your Advantech distributor or sales representative.

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PC/104 module dimensions (mm)

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Installing DRAM (SIMMs)

You can use anywhere from 1 MB to 128 MB of DRAM with your PCA-6148. The card provides four 72-pin SIMM (single in-line memory module) socket that accepts from 1 to 32 MB SIMMs. The following table shows the bank assignment for the SIMM socket:

Bank SIMM socket(s) Size

0 SIMM0 72-pin 1 SIMM1 72-pin 2 SIMM2 72-pin 3 SIMM3 72-pin

You can use 256 KBx32, 256 KBx64, 1 MBx32, 1 MBx64, 4 MBx32 or 4 MBx64 DRAM SIMMs.

SIMM Configurations

Bank0 Bank1 Bank2 Bank3

S32 S32 S32 S32 D32 N/A D32 N/A N/A D32 N/A D32

S32 = single side 32 bit D32 = double side 32 bit

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BANK0 BANK1 BANK2 BANK3 BANK4

1M -- -- -- 1MB 1M 1M -- -- 2MB 1M 1M 2M -- 4MB 1M 1M 4M -- 6MB 1M 1M 2M 4M 8MB 1M 1M 4M 4M 10MB 1M 1M 16M -- 18MB 2M -- -- -- 2MB 2M 2M -- -- 4MB 2M 4M -- -- 6MB 2M 2M 4M -- 8MB 2M 2M 4M 4M 12MB 2M 16M -- -- 18MB 2M 2M 16M -- 20MB 2M 2M 4M 16M 24MB 2M 2M 16M 16M 36MB 4M -- -- -- 4MB 4M 4M -- -- 8MB 4M 4M 4M -- 12MB 4M 4M 4M 4M 16MB 4M 16M -- -- 20MB 4M 4M 16M -- 24MB 4M 16M 16M -- 36MB 4M 4M 16M 16M 40MB 8M -- -- -- 8MB

8M -- 8M -- 16MB 16M -- -- -- 16MB 16M 16M -- -- 32MB 16M 16M 16M -- 48MB 16M 16M 16M 16M 64MB 32M -- -- -- 32MB 32M -- 32M -- 64MB 64M -- -- -- 64MB 64M -- 64M -- 128MB

TOTAL

Supported 36 bit Memory Configurations (single bank)

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APPENDIX

Detailed system information

This appendix contains information of a detailed or specialized nature. It includes:

• Parallel connector pin assignments

• HDD connector pin assignments

• FDD connector pin assignments

• Keyboard connector pin assignments

• CRT display connector

• Flat panel display connector

• RS-232 connections

• PC/104 connector pin assignments

• System I/O port address assignments

• DMA channel assignments

• Interrupt assignments

Parallel/printer connector (CN5)

Pin no. Signal

1 STROBE 2 DATA 0 3 DATA 1 4 DATA 2 5 DATA 3 6 DATA 4 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 6 9 DATA 7 10 - ACKNOWLEDGE 11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY 13 + SELECT 14 - AUTO FEED 15 - ERROR 16 - INIT PRINTER 17 - SELECT INPUT 18-25 GROUND

HDD connector (CN3)

Pin no. Signal Pin no. Signal

1 - RST 2 GND 3D74D8 5D66D9 7 D5 8 D10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 D0 18 D15 19 GND 20 N.C. 21 N.C. 2 2 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND

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Pin no. Signal Pin no. Signal

27 IORDY 28 BALE 29 N.C. 30 GND 31 IRQ 32 -IO CS16 33 A1 34 N.C. 35 A0 36 A2 CS0 37 CSO 38 CS1 39 -ACT 40 GND

FDD connector (CN4)

Pin no. Signal

1-33 (odd) GROUND 2 HIGH DENSITY 4, 6 UNUSED 8 INDEX 10 MOTOR ENABLE A 12 DRIVER SELECT B 14 DRIVER SELECT A 16 MOTOR ENABLE B 18 DIRECTION 20 STEP PULSE 22 WRITE DATA 24 WRITE ENABLE 26 TRACK 0 28 WRITE PROTECT 30 READ DATA 32 SELECT HEAD 34 DISK CHANGE

Keyboard connector pin assignment (CN14, CN16)

CN14 CN16 Signal

1 5 CLOCK 2 1 DATA 3 (NC) 2 PS/2 DATA 4 3 GND 5 4 +5 V

6 PS/2 CLOCK

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*VGA display connector (CN9)

PCA-6148 VGA display connector

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 RED 9 N/C 2 GREEN 10 GND 3 BLUE 11 N/C 4 N/C 12 N/C 5 GND 13 H-SYNC 6 GND 14 V-SYNC 7 GND 15 N/C 8 GND

*Flat panel display connector (CN1)

PCA-6148 Flat panel display connector

Pin Function Pin Function

1 +12 V 2 +12 V 3 GND 4 GND 5 Vcc 6 Vcc 7 ENAVEE 8 GND 9P0 10P1 11 P2 12 P3 13 P4 14 P5 15 P6 16 P7 17 P8 18 P9 19 P10 20 P11 21 P12 22 P13 23 P14 24 P15 25 P16 26 P17 27 P18 28 P19 29 P20 30 P21 31 P22 32 P23 33 GND 34 GND 35 SHFCLK 36 FLM 37 M 38 LP 39 GND 40 ENABKL 41 KB-DATA 42 KB-CLK 43 NC 44 NC

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RS-232 connections

RS-232 connector pin assignment (CN15, CN10)

Pin Signal

1 DCD 2RX 3TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7RTS 8 CTS 9RI 10 NC

CN15 CN10

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1 3 5 7 9

2 4 6 8 10

RS-422/485 connector pin assignments (C11)

Pin RS-422/485 (CN11)

1 TX - or send data - (DTE) 2 TX + or send data + (DTE) 3 RX + or receive data + (DTE) 4 RX - or receive data - (DTE) 5 GND 6 DSR 7RTS 8 CTS 9RI 10 NC

1 3 5 7 9

2 4 6 8 10

CN11

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PC/104 Connector Pin Assignments

CN12 CN13

0-- -- 0V 0V 1 IOCHCHK*0V SBHE* MEMCS16* 2 SD7 RESETDRV LA23 IOCS16* 3 SD6 +5V LA22 IRQ10 4 SD5 IRQ9 LA21 IRQ11 5 SD4 -5V LA20 IRQ12 6 SD3 DRQ2 LA19 IRQ15 7 SD2 -12V LA18 IRQ14 8 SD1 ENDXFR* LA17* DACK0* 9 SD0 +12 MEMR* DRQ0* 10 IOCHRDY (KEY)

MEMW* DACK5* 11 AEN SMEMW* SD8 DRQ5 12 SA19 SMEMR* SD9 DACK6* 13 SA18 IOW* SD10 DRQ6 14 SA17 IOR* SD11 DACK7* 15 SA16 DACK3* SD12 DRQ7 16 SA15 DRQ3 SD13 85V 17 SA14 DACK1* SD14 MASTER* 18 SA13 DRQ1 SD15 0V 19 SA12 REFRESH* (KEY)

0V 20 SA11 SYSCLK -- -21 SA10 IRQ7 -- -22 SA9 IRQ6 -- -23 SA8 IRQ5 -- -24 SA7 IRQ4 -- -25 SA6 IRQ3 -- -26 SA5 DACK2* -- -27 SA4 TC -- -28 SA3 BALE -- -29 SA2 +5V -- -30 SA1 OSC -- -31 SA0 0V -- -32 0V 0V -- --

* Low active single

-- none

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Memory Map (0-1 MB) System I/O port address assignments

Addr. range (Hex) Device

F0000h - FFFFFh System BIOS C8000h - EFFFFh Unused C0000h - C7FFFh VGA BIOS A0000h - BFFFFh VGA display memory 00000h - 9FFFFh Base Memory

DMA channel assignments

Channel Function

0 Available 1 Available 2 Floppy 3 Available 4 [Cascade] 5 Available 6 Available 7 Available

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IRQ/DMA detection interrupt assignments

Interrupt # Interrupt source

IRQ 00 Timer IRQ 01 Keyboard IRQ 02 [CASCADE] IRQ 03 COM2 (2F8h) IRQ 04 COM1 (3F8h) IRQ 05 Available IRQ 06 Floppy IRQ 07 LPT1 (378h) IRQ 08 Clock/Cal IRQ 09 Available IRQ 10 Available IRQ 11 Available IRQ 12 PS/2 mouse / available IRQ 13 NPU IRQ 14 OCCUPIED IRQ 15 Watchdog/Available

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