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FOREWORD
The information in this document is provided for reference purposes only. TEKNOR does
not assume any liability for application of the information or use of the products described
herein.
This document may contain or reference information and products protected by the
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Printed in Canada.
Copyright 1996 by TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC., Boisbriand, Qc, J7G
2A7.
Foreword III
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ForewordIII
List of DiagramsX
List of TablesXI
PART ONE
PRESENTATION OF THE TEK-AT4LVG
1 THE MANUAL1-1
1.01How the Manual is Organized1-1
2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS2-1
2.01Product Description2-2
2.01.1 General2-2
2.01.2 System Characteristics2-3
2.01.3 IDE/Floppy/SCSI Devices2-5
2.01.4 Serial and Parallel Ports2-5
2.01.5 Flash Disk and Utilities2-6
2.01.6 Video Components2-7
2.01.7 Power Management2-8
2.01.8 VT100 and Download Modes2-8
2.02Compatibility With Other TEKNOR Single Board Computers
2-9
2.03Board Specifications2-10
List of Tables V
PART TWO
QUICK INSTALLATION
3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY3-1
3.01Static Electricity Precautions
3-3
3.0272-Pin SIMM Configuration and Location3-4
3.0330-Pin SIMM Configuration and Location3-6
3.04SIMM Installation3-8
4 SETTING JUMPERS
4-1
4.01Connecting the Battery4-3
4.02Jumper Settings4-4
4.03Jumper Location With Default Settings
4-10
5 CONNECTING AND POWERING UP THE BOARD
5-1
5.01Installing TEK-AT4LVG in Passive Backplane
5-3
9-2aSerial Port 2 (J7) RS-232 - Pinout
9-2bIBM 9-Pin DSUB Standard - Pinout
9-3Serial Port 2 (J7) RS-485 - Pinout
9-4Parallel Port Connector (J15) - Standard Mode - Pinout
9-5Parallel Port Connector (J15) - EPP Mode - Pinout
9-6Parallel Port Connector (J15) - ECP Mode - Pinout
10-1VGA Connector (J14) - Pinout
10-2Video Feature Connector (J9) - Pinout
18-1Memory Map
18-2I/O Map
9-5
9-5
9-6
9-9
9-10
9-11
10-5
10-6
18-4
18-5
List of Tables XII
PART ONE
PRESENTATION OF THE TEK-AT4LVG
1THE MANUAL
2PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
1 THE MANUAL
1.01HOW THE MANUAL IS ORGANIZED
The TEK-AT4LVG TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL is divided as follows:
Part OnePRESENTATION OF THE TEK-AT4LVG
describes the different features and gives technical information about the
board.
Part TwoQUICK INSTALLATION
includes essential information to get your TEK-AT4LVG up and running
quickly.
Part ThreeADVANCED INSTALLATION AND SETUP
divides the TEK-AT4LVG PC/AT Single Board Computer according to
functional units; it includes detailed information on the board's hardware
and software features, and on installation and setup procedures.
Part FourSPECIAL SOFTWARE AND ONBOARD UTILITIES
describes, in detail, special software and utilities that come with the TEKAT4LVG board.
Part FiveADDITIONAL INFORMATION
contains several appendices which comprise information you can consult
when you need it.
The sections of this manual group the various aspects of the TEK-AT4LVG board, with
special emphasis put on installation and setup procedures.
The sections have been organized in a chronological order with respect to the steps that
would be taken to install and set up the board. Certain sections or sub-sections which deal
with devices or peripherals that one wants to install can be studied in greater detail, while
those describing devices that do not apply can be skimmed or skipped.
The TEK-AT4LVG (also called the TEK735) is a multi-purpose computer board:
• It can be used as a single board computer in conjunction with a passive backplane;
• Or as part of a stand-alone system with no backplane;
• It can also operate without any mechanical disks by performing disk operations on
solid state disks (Flash EPROM).
The board is ideal for industrial applications; it is designed to operate in environments
where a sturdy and compact system is essential with features like:
• Watchdog Timer;
• SMM (System Management Mode) support and full SMI (System Management
Interrupt) interface for power management;
• Power failure detector;
• Low battery detector;
• Shadow RAM BIOS support for fast execution;
• Flash EPROM boot;
• Real-Time Clock (RTC) with battery backup;
• Solid state disks (optional): 2 or 4 MB of user Flash EPROM.
Product Specifications 2-2
2.01.2 SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS
MICROPROCESSORS
SUPPORTED
SYSTEM MEMORY•Standard 5V, 70 ns single sided or double sided SIMMs.
CACHE MEMORY•Write -Through Internal Cache.
SUPERVISOR
UTILITIES
REAL TIME CLOCK•MC146818 compatible.
•Intel: 486 DX2-66MHz ; DX4-100MHz.
•AMD: DX2-66MHz ; DX4-100MHz ; DX5-133MHz.
-Two 72-pin SIMM sockets support memory configurations
from 1 to 64 MB using 1MB, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB
and 32MB SIMM modules.
OR
-Four 30-pin SIMM sockets support memory
configurations from 1 to 16 MB using 256KB, 1MB and
4MB SIMM modules.
•Write-Back/Write-Through System Cache available as 0KB,
128KB, 256KB or 512KB.
•Watchdog Timer.
•Power fail/low battery detector circuit.
•128 bytes battery backup CMOS RAM.
BUS STANDARD
SUPPORT
•High-drive buffers to support up to 20 slots.
•Standard 16-bit PC/AT ISA bus (P996 standard).
Product Specifications 2-3
BIOS•System
BIOS:
•Video BIOS: From Cirrus Logic for the video controller.
Includes the AWARD Setup program, a
utility in ROM which is used to set
configuration data in CMOS RAM.
MULTI-FUNCTION
CONNECTOR
ULTRA I/O
CONTROLLER
•TEKNOR
BIOS
•Provides all the necessary signals for connecting the
keyboard, speaker, reset button and hard disk LED.
•Supports the Plug and Play standard and has a Serial
EEPROM onboard for Plug and Play compatibility and
configuration storage.
-Includes VIP-UP, TEKNOR's own
Setup program for enabling /disabling /
relocating various hardware features on
the Single Board Computer.
- Also includes Flash disk and Flash
BIOS support.
Product Specifications 2-4
2.01.3 IDE/FLOPPY/SCSI DEVICES
FLOPPY DISKS•Software compatible with N82077.
•Enhanced super Floppy controller which supports two Floppy
disk drives of up to 2.88MB each, 16 bytes of FIFO buffering
and a 48 mA drive buffer.
IDE (HARD DISKS)•Includes a local bus IDE hard disk interface for a high
performance disk subsystem.
•Support for two IDE channels for up to four IDE drives.
SCSI•Adaptec AIC-6360 supports up to seven SCSI peripherals
and the Fast SCSI II standard.
•Passive Terminations.
•Fast SCSI II, 8-bit bus.
•10MB/s synchronous transfers.
•5MB/s asynchronous transfers.
•Can co-exist with other hard disk/controller combinations:
such as ST-506, RLL, ESDI and IDE.
2.01.4 SERIAL AND PARALLEL PORTS
SERIAL PORTS•Two 16550 compatible serial ports with internal 16-byte
FIFO buffers can be defined as two of the following: COM1,
COM2, COM3 or COM4.
•Serial Port 1 is configurable as RS-232.
•Serial Port 2 is configurable as RS-232 or RS-485.
•Support for VT100 mode through Serial Port 1 or 2.
PARALLEL PORTS•One bi-directional port (LPT1).
•Multi-mode parallel port supporting the following modes:
- Standard Parallel Port (SPP): This mode is IBM XT/AT
compatible and PS/2 compatible (bi-directional);
- Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP);
- Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).
Product Specifications 2-5
2.01.5 FLASH DISK AND UTILITIES
SOLID STATE DISKS
(optional)
FLASH FILE
SYSTEM II SUPPORT
VFLASH
SOFTWARE
UBIOS SOFTWARE•Utility that allows taking BIOS files from a disk and update
•2 or 4 MB of user Flash EPROM.
•Used to create a read/write MS-Flash partition in the 2MB or
4MB Flash EPROM device. Such a partition can be accessed
via the DOS commands.
•TEKNOR's Flash EPROM transfer utility program for single
board computers. Its main function is to download DOS files
to the 2 or 4 MB Flash EPROM disk, also referred to as data
Flash.
the Flash BIOS EPROM with them. It also allows the reverse
operation - to copy the contents of the Flash BIOS to files on
disk
Product Specifications 2-6
2.01.6 VIDEO COMPONENTS
• Cirrus Logic GD5430, GD5434 or 5440 video processor chip.
• The local bus SVGA video controller is from Cirrus Logic and provides high
resolution CRT display. The board also comes with 1MB or 2MB of video memory
(DRAM), and a feature connector for overlay and color keying.
• Enhanced GUI and Video accelerator with a 32/64-bit BitBLT engine (5430 and
5434).
•32-bit direct-connect VL-Bus interface:
-Zero-wait-state write buffer for CPUs up to 33 MHz.
•32/64-bit DRAM display memory interface:
-1MB/2MB display memory support (5430 and 5434).
• Integrated 24-bit DAC.
• Hardware and BIOS compatible with IBM VGA display standard.
• Multimedia ready:
-VESA Feature-Connector (VFC) support.
•Resolutions supported with 1MB of Video DRAM:
-640 x 480 (up to 16 Million colors).
-800 x 600 (up to 64000 colors).
-1024 x 768 (up to 256 colors).
-1280 x 1024 (up to 16 colors).
•Resolutions supported with 2MB of Video DRAM.
-640 x 480 (up to 16 Million colors).
-800 x 600 (up to 16 Million colors).
-1024 x 768 (up to 65536 colors).
-1280 x 1024 (up to 256 colors).
Product Specifications 2-7
2.01.7 POWER MANAGEMENT
• Supports Stand-by and Suspend modes for the System Power Management.
STAND-BY•System Controller’s first level of power management. In this
mode, the CPU clock frequency is reduced.
Also, if the VIDEO ON/OFF CONTROL is enabled, the
video monitor will be deactivated.
SUSPEND•System Controller’s second level of power management. In
this mode, the CPU clock frequency is stopped.
• Supports Stand-by mode for the Hard Disk Power Management.
STAND-BY•In this mode, the Hard Disk is powered off. It is reactivated by
the next disk access operation.
2.01.8 VT100 AND DOWNLOAD MODES
VT100 MODE•Enables your single board computer to run without a local
keyboard or screen. That is, operation can be controlled via a
remote terminal supporting VT100 Mode or a computer with a
terminal emulation program.
DOWNLOAD MODE•Information can be downloaded to the Flash EPROM disk on
the board by running VFLASH on a remote computer and using
a serial link.
Product Specifications 2-8
2.02COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER TEKNOR SINGLE BOARD
COMPUTERS
Compatibility with former TEKNOR board designs is maintained at the driver level. The
following features and devices have been taken from other TEKNOR products and
integrated into the TEK-AT4LVG:
• The Ultra I/O Controller is the same as the one used on the VIPer806.
• The Flash File and Emergency BIOS are mapped like the TEK930 (PCI-930).
Product Specifications 2-9
2.03BOARD SPECIFICATIONS
Electrical
ù Conforms to the electrical specifications in the IEEE P996 Bus Specification
Static electricity can damage a board ; the following precautions should be taken
whenever you handle the TEK-AT4LVG:
•Keep the board in its anti-static package, until you are ready to install it.
•Touch a grounded surface before removing the board from its package or wear a
grounding wrist strap; this will discharge any static electricity that may have built
upon your body.
•Handle the board by the edges.
•When handling the board, touch a grounded surface often or wear a grounding wrist
strap.
Installing System Memory 3-3
3.0272-PIN SIMM CONFIGURATION AND LOCATION
The location of the two 72-pin vertical SIMM sockets appears on Diagram 3-1 ; they are
labeled U22 and U23.
At least 1MB of system memory must be installed on the TEK-AT4LVG for proper
operation. Memory can be configured from 1 to 64 MB on the TEK-AT4LVG board using
36-bit SIMM devices.
Each of the 72-pin SIMM sockets on the board can accept the following 36-bit modules:
256K x 36-bit = 1MB module2M x 36-bit = 8MB module
512K x 36-bit = 2MB module4M x 36-bit = 16MB module
1M x 36-bit = 4MB module8M x 36-bit = 32MB module
SIMM modules can be installed in either one of two 72-pin sockets (U22 and U23). If you
install one SIMM, it must be located in socket U23.
FFIf you are installing 72-pin SIMMs, do not install any 30-pin SIMMs.
Consult Table 3-1 on the following page to see which SIMM configurations are supported
by the TEK-AT4LVG with 72-pin vertical SIMMs.
DRAM devices with parity bit and page mode at 70ns maximum access time are
recommended. Consult the following list for examples of recommended DRAM devices.
Users are encouraged to check with their local distributors for compatible substitutes.
The TEK-AT4LVG is equipped with an alternate means of implementing DRAM. 30-pin
SIMM socket are included on the board for customers who wish to use their 30-pin
devices.
Since this SBC is targeted for use in upgrade application, the overall cost of the upgrade is
reduced by allowing reuse of older DRAM technology.
The location of the four 30-pin SIMM sockets is illustrated in Diagram 3-2. They are
labeled U24, U25, U26 and U27.
At least 1MB of system memory must be installed on the TEK-AT4LVG for proper
operation. Memory can be configured from 1 to 16 MB on the TEK-AT4LVG board using
9-bit SIMM devices.
The four SIMM sockets accept either 256KB, 1MB or 4MB modules.
SIMM modules must be installed in all four 30-pin sockets: U24, U25, U26 and U27.
FFIf you are installing 30-pin SIMMs, do not install 72-pin SIMMs.
Note that all SIMMs installed must be of the same capacity.
Consult Table 3-2 on the following page to see which 30-pin SIMM configurations are
supported by the TEK-AT4LVG.
DRAM devices with parity bit and page mode at 70ns maximum access time are
recommended. Consult the following list to see examples of recommended DRAM
devices. Users are encouraged to check with their local distributors for compatible
substitutes.
When you are ready to install the SIMMs in the sockets, follow the steps outlined below.
•With the board flat on the table, turn it so that the sockets are at the end of the board
farthest from you.
•Hold the module with the notch on the bottom left facing you, and insert the SIMM
Module into the socket at a 70° angle from the board. Always start inserting the
module in the socket nearest the center of the board. Then work your way by inserting
the other modules, one by one, towards the exterior edge of the board.
•Snap the module to a vertical position in the socket. The module is fully inserted when
the retaining pegs snap into the holes at each end of the module.
To remove the SIMMs from the sockets, pull on the retaining clips, located on each side
of the SIMM socket. Once the module has snapped out of the socket, pull gently on it.
Installing System Memory 3-8
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