AR-B1898 INDUSTRIAL GRADE NETWORKING
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1. 7 ALNES ON 7 3 CONNECTION TE 8 3 1 ATX POWER CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY sccscssesssessvsssessecsuessscsucssesesesuessucssessessvessessusssecsessuessnesecsssessesanessessessees 8 3 2 AT POWER CONNECTOR FOR AT ADAPTER PWR1 isset tette ttes ssa 8 Teke SEN 8 3 4 SATA POWER CONNECTOR kkk k k nnna khkk hkkk k kannn AALL An LL k EE AAAA LL ccccn cnc 8 3 5 ULTRA ATA33 66 100 IDE DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR IDE1 IDE2 ccccsesseccsecseeseessuesscsssessessussnesecsssessessusssessssuessesssessesseeseesees 9 3 6 COMPACT FLASH CARD 9 1 9 3 7 SERIAL PORTS COM1 OD 9 3 8 KEYBOARD MOUSE 3 9 3 9 INTERNAL USB PIN HEADER 0 0 10 3 10 EXTERNAL USB 0 10 3 11 FAN CONNECTOR 0 42. 4 10 3 12 ETHERNET RJ45 CONNECTOR 1 9 1 1 1 10 3 13 ETHERNET LED ooo 0 0 10 3 14 LAN1 amp LAN2 BYPASS FUNCTION SLECTION JA 7 09 85 5 3 10 3 15 VGA ee NE GE OT 10 3 16 GENERAL PURPOSE I O c 10x NN 11 3 17 POWER BUTTON 17 1111113 1 00 0 0 11 3 18 POWER RESET PWR LED HDD LED PIN HEADER J2 2 022 11 3 19 POWER HDD BYPASS 0 11 4 WATCHDOG 3 1 11111111100 12 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER SETTING eee an KLAM ttt AE KKL ttt ttt ttt tetto sdb 12 4 2 GPIO SETTING 55 5 lt lt 12 Ss PIOS CONSOLE 1111 111 1 13 5 1 BIOS SETUP NOTICE 1 13 5 2 MAIN CMOS 0
3. PIN m BUE 6 GD 10 AR B1898 User s Guide 3 16 GENERAL PURPOSE I O GPIO1 GPIO2 7 GPIOS 8 GPIOG 9 GND 10 GPIO7 Pin INDICATION 68 POWERBIN 3 19 POWER HDD BYPASS LED LED5 ci i FUNCTION Power ON Y Hard Disk Active Watch Dog Bypass timeout AR B1898 User s Guide 4 WATCHDOG amp GPIO 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER SETTING The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug When the CPU stops working correctly hardware on the board will either perform a hardware reset cold boot or a Non Maskable Interrupt NMI to bring the system back to a known state 1 Watch Dog Timer is controlled by CRF3 CRF4 CRF6 CRF7 of Logical Device 8 of Super I O W83697HG 2 Timer range 1 255 second minute 3 To test the Watch Dog function we have developed a program and it run under DOS OS SIART Boot in DOS Operating System Execute VVatchdog Test program WDOG Example Type WDOG 25 System will reset in 25 sec r4 System Restart 4 2 GPIO SETTING The GPIO are controlled by Register of Super I O IC W83697HF For details please refer the datasheet of W83697HF GPIO can be only set as all inputs or all outputs To test GPIO of AR B1898 we have developed Test program GPIO E
4. IDE1 IDE2 e IDE1 Primary IDE Channel IDE1 A 40 pin header type connector IDE1 is provided to interface with up to two embedded hard disk drives IDE AT bus This interface through a 40 pin cable allows the user to connect up to two drives in a daisy chain fashion To enable or disable the hard disk controller please use the BIOS Setup program which is explained further in chapter 5 The following table illustrates the pin assignments of the hard disk drive s 40 pin connector e IDE 2 Second IDE Channel IDE2 CF1 AR B1898 provides IDE interface 44 pin connector to connect with the hard disk device 3 6 COMPACT FLASH CARD J1 om TE CF SLAVE ED Factory default 3 7 SERIAL PORTS COM1 COM2 COM1 D SUB 9 PIN COM2 2x5 pin header 1 5 6 10 6 9 1 5 3 8 KEYBOARD MOUSE CONNECTOR KBMS1 e PS2 JST6 pin Keyboard Mouse Connector MSCLK KBCLK AR B1898 User s Guide 3 9 INTERNAL USB PIN HEADER USB2 USB4 3 12 ETHERNET RJ45 CONNECTOR LAN1 LAN4 The Ethernet RJ 45 connectors are the standard network headers The following table is the pin assignment Pin Signal Pin Signal 2 TC 6 RX 4 NotUsed 8 NotUsed El Link LED El Act LED 3 13 ETHERNET LED LED1 LED4 1000Mbps 3 14 LAN1 amp LAN2 BYPASS FUNCTION SLECTION J4 1 2 LAN1 amp LAN2 Bypass State PIN FUNCTION LAN1 amp LAN2 Normal State BLUE VSYNC HSYNC GND SCLK SDATA
5. SETUP PCI Plug And Play Temperature Voltage These fields are parameters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the motherboard The values are read only values as monitored by the system and show the PC health status 20 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 8 BOOT CMOS SETUP First Boot Device Boot CMOS Setup Boot Sequence The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where AwardBIOS attempts to load the operating system The settings are Floppy Hard Disk CDROM USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN Disabled Boot Other Device Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device Lan Boot Select Select through which LAN Channel should the system boot The Choice Disable LAN 1 LAN 2 LAN 3 LAN 4 Hard Disk Boot Priority This item is to set up the hard disk boot device When your hard disk devices have been changed system bios will ask you to re setup Hard disk boot priority 21 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 9 EXIT CMOS SETUP Save amp Exit Setup Save amp Exit Setup This option allows you to determine whether to accept the modifications or not If you type Y you will quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory If you type N you will return to Setup utility Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration These default se
6. Time field and use the PageUp PageDown or keys to set the current time IDE Setup The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Master None Auto Manual Capacity Auto Display your disk drive size Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk Halt On This field determines whether the system will halt if an error is detected during power up No errors The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected Default All errors Whenever the BIOS detect a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not be halted for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not be halted for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not be halted for a key board or disk error it will stop for all others 14 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP Quick Power On Self Test Advanced CMOS Setup Quick Power On Self Test When enabled this field soeeds up the Power On Self Test POST after the system is turne
7. extension memory 24 AR B1898 User s Guide APPENDIX B INTERRUPT REQUEST IRQ SETTIN HARDWARE USING THE SETTING G 00 Sysem me O 04 06 Floppy Disk Controller 08 RTC clock S AM 25
8. 1 e FEIE m HH n USB2 isss M qiu lt i COM1 VGA mx e ace T 979 Ld A SO DIMM1 n DDR2 E e E i a hd TEELI MED o 7 HE tele SATA3 SATA4 o GP SATA1 TIR SATA2 sa eet imi H Zr n 1 0 88 HM mj i TR K m 35 mee 5 B D E A EIL TEE 4 e w E LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 LAN4 C miam LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 J MINI PCI DDR2 SO DIMM2 e _ gt x a CF Socket LIP gt AR B1898 User s Guide 3 CONNECTION This chapter describes how to connect peripherals switches and indicators to the AR B1898 board 3 1 ATX POWER CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY 3 1 1 CON6 PIN Signal ew 3 1 2 PWR2 PN Signal 3 2 AT POWER CONNECTOR FOR AT ADAPTER PWR1 12V 12V GND GND 3 3 CLEAR CMOS JBAT1 If want to clear the CMOS Setup for example when you forgot the password please clear the setup and then set the password again you should close the pin 2 3 about 3 seconds then open again set back to normal operation mode close the pin 1 2 FUNCTION Normal Operation FEN Factory Preset g 3 Clear CMOS 3 4 SATA POWER CONNECTOR EE 12V Eje e e AR B1898 User s Guide 3 5 ULTRA ATA33 66 100 IDE DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR
9. 11 1111 11 14 5 3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 1111 1 1111 11 15 LL O O 16 5 5 PNP PCI CMOS SETUP 1 311 1 1 17 1 1 1210 0 0 0 18 5 7 PC HEALTH CMOS 0 20 5 8 BOOT SS 0 1 7 dsDDD 21 5 9 105 11111111 11 0 013 22 5 10 BIOS UPDATE stel DID 23 APPENDIX A 6 6 11 11111100 24 APPENDIX B INTERRUPT REQUEST 02022222202200000966 25 AR B1898 User s Guide 0 PREFACE 0 1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER This document is copyrighted 2005 by Acrosser Technolo
10. AR B1898 User s Guide AR B1898 INDUSTRIAL GRADE NETWORKING COMPUTER User s Guide Edition 1 0 Book Number AR B1898 07 0307 AR B1898 User s Guide Table of Contents O PREFACE se accra se 1 3 0 1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE ALEEA A A n a aranan 3 0 2 WELCOME TO THE AR B1898 CPU BOARD ccscccsessesssessesssessessuessesesessessucesecssesuecsessnessessussuessuseuessssssessueseesssessessnssscsstessessessseeees 3 0 3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE cccceccssececcoescecsesececsscscecsecsasececssescucsutececsecsearsucsasececsesseassaessuessuesacssessecsotssatsaeesecsacssarsassatesecsees 3 0 4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE ettet ttt ttt ttt 0 9 3 0 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS 1 1 7 1 3 0 6 STATIC ELECTRICITY 1 tette ttt ttt ttt ttt ttt trt n nanne nanan 4 MINTO 7 0111111111111111111111531351311111 0 5 1 1 SPECIFICATIONS 1 5 1 2 AR B1898 S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 911111111 1 1 010 5 FENG 6 2 INSTALLATION oi
11. DE Please refer to the Chapter 1 Introduction in this guide if you have not already installed this AR B1898 Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included AR B1898 CD provides the newest information regarding the CPU card Please refer to the files of the enclosed utility CD It contains the modification and hardware amp software information and adding the description or modification of product function after manual printed 0 4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE If your board requires any services contact the distributor or sales representative from whom you purchased the product for service information If you need to ship your board to us for service be sure it is packed in a protective carton We recommend that you keep the original shipping container for this purpose You can help assure efficient servicing for your product by following these guidelines 1 Include your name address daytime telephone facsimile number and E mail 2 A description of the system configuration and or software at the time of malfunction 3 A brief description of the problem occurred 0 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS Users comments are always welcome as they assist us in improving the quality of our products and the readability of our publications They create a very important part of the input used for product enhancement and revision We may use and distribute any of the information you provide in a
12. DMAs lines are used on These options allow you to specify IRQs DMAs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards These options determine if the BIOS should remove an IRQ DMA from the pool of availability of IRQs DMAs passed to the BIOS configurable devices If more IRQs DMAs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these PCI PnP Setup options to remove the IRQ DMA by assigning the option to the ISA EISA setting The onboard I O is configurable with BIOS 17 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 6 PERIPHERALS CMOS SETUP This section is used to configure perioheral features Peripherals CMOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These fields allow you to select the onboard serial ports addresses and IRQ Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto USB 1 0 Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choice Enabled Disabled 18 AR B1898 User s Guide USB 2 0 Controller This Entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only The Bios itself may may not have high speed USB support If the Bios has high speed USB support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The Choice Enabled Disabled IDE Channel 0 amp 1 transmission rate PIO mode Auto PIO 0 4 UDMA mode Auto disable SATA Controller The default setting of SATA Controller is disabled 19 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 7 PC HEALTH CMOS
13. XE and run under DOS Operating system START Boot in DOS Operating System Execute GPIO Test program GPIO Choose command Test GPIO M Measure GPIO1 pin header E FINISH 12 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR B1898 BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get up and running and presents detailed explanations of the elements found in each of the BIOS menus The following topics are covered Main Advanced Power PnP PCI Peripherals PC Health Boot Exit 5 1 BIOS SETUP NOTICE The BIOS is a program used to initialize and set up the I O system of the computer which includes the ISA bus and connected devices such as the video display diskette drive and the keyboard The BIOS provides a menu based interface to the console subsystem The console subsystem contains special software called firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system The BIOS default values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability In the worst situation the user may have corrupted the original settings set by the manufacturer After the computer is turned on the BIOS will perform diagnostics on the system and display the size of the memory that is being tested Press the Del key to enter the BIOS Setup program and then the main menu will show on the screen The BIOS Setup mai
14. d on If it is set to Enabled BIOS will skip some items Full Screen LOGO Show This itemenables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Settings are Enabled Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot APIC Mode This item allows use Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller feature The Choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Function Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard VGA Share Memory Size The share size is the video memory that is used to hold the video image displayed on the screen The option allows the selection of the share size 16MB 32MB 64MB Console Redirection The BIOS redirects console output to COM 1 by default 9600 8N1 no handshake until a bootloader program is run from the hard disk drive The Choice Enabled Disabled Baud Rate This item allows you to setup the data transfer rate for the console port The choice 9600 19200 38400 57600 and 115200 Agent After Boot This item allows you to enable or disable the agent after boot The Choice Enabled Disabled 15 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 4 POWER SETUP ACPI function ACPI Function When using AT power please select Disable ACPI Suspend Type This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your operating system supports ACPI you can choose to enter the Suspend mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion th
15. gy Co Ltd All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced copied transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means such as electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or other means without the prior written permission or original manufacturer Acrosser Technology assumes no responsibility or warranty with respect to the content in this manual and specifically disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Furthermore Acrosser Technology reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any times without notice Such revisions will be posted on the Internet WWW ACROSSER COM as soon as possible Possession use or copy of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to valid written license from Acrosser or an authorized sub licensor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acrosser AMI IBM PC AT Windows MS DOS are registered trademarks All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners 0 2 WELCOME TO THE AR B1898 CPU BOARD This guide introduces the Acrosser AR B1898 CPU Board Use information provided in this manual describes this card s functions and features It also helps you start set up and operate your AR B1898 General system information can also be found in this publication 0 3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUI
16. mbedded LAN Broadcom 10 100M 4401 or Giga LAN 5788 2 ports IEEE 802 3u Auto Negotiation support for 10BASE T 100BASE TX 1000BASE T X Built In Watch Dog Timer for Bypass function between port 1 and port 2 Connected to your LAN through RJ45 connector Two PCI E interface Embedded LAN Broadcom 10 100M 5906 or Giga LAN 5787 2 ports IEEE 802 3u Auto Negotiation support for 10BASE T 100BASE TX 1000BASE T X Connected to your LAN through RJ45 connector Keyboard Connector amp PS 2 Mouse JST 6 Pin Header Operating Temperature 0 60 C 1 2 AR B1898 S SERIAL TABLE 0 AR B1898 Broadcom5788 Broadcom5787 AR B1898A Broadcom4401 Broadcom5787 AR B1898B Broadcom4401 Broadcom5906 1 3 PACKING LIST In addition to this User s Manual the AR B1898 package includes the following items The quick setup manual 1 AR B1898 CPU board 1 Hard disk drive adapter cable 40Pin optional 1 Hard disk drive adapter cable 44Pin optional 1 Software utility CD 1 PS 2 Mouse amp Keyboard interface Y cable 1 SATA signal cable 1 VGA cable AR B1898 User s Guide AR B1898 User s Guide 2 INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to install the AR B1898 At first the layout of AR B1898 is shown and the unpacking information that you should be careful is described The following lists the jumpers and switches setting for the AR B1898 s configuration 2 1 AR B1898 S LAYOUT LAN RESET1 2 KBMS1 LAN2 LAN3 USB
17. n menu includes some options Use the Up Down arrow key to highlight the option that you wish to modify and then press the Enter key to select the option and configure the functions CAUTION 1 AR B1898 BIOS the factory default setting is used to the Optimized Defaults gt Acrosser recommends using the BIOS default setting unless you are very familiar with the setting function or you can contact the technical support engineer 2 If the BIOS settings are lost the system will detect the lt COMS checksum error and boot the operation system that situation will reduce the performance of the system Acrosser recommends you to reset the Optimized Defaults gt This option gives best case values that should optimize system performance 3 The BIOS settings are described in detail in this section 13 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 2 MAIN CMOS SETUP The lt Main CMOS Setup gt option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the system clock and error handling f the CPU board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore Date mm dd yy Main CMOS Setup Date The date format is Day Sun to Sat Month JAN to DEC Date 1 to 31 Year 1999 to 2099 To set the date highlight the Date field and use the PageUp PageDown or keys to set the current time Time The time format is Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 To set the time highlight the
18. n the bottom of the board AR B1898 User s Guide 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the AR B1898 serial Networking Computer which comes equipped with high performance VIA NanoBGA2 Processor with the VIA advanced chipset CN700 and VT8251 This product is designed for the system manufacturers integrators or VARs that want to provide all the performance reliability and quality at a reasonable price In addition the AR B1898 provides on chip VGA The VGA which provides up to True Color 32 bit 1024x768 or High Color 16 bit 1280x1024 resolution The VGA memory shared with main memory 1 1 SPECIFICATIONS CPU VIA C7 1GHz NanoBGA2 Chipset VIA amp CN700 and VT8251 Memory 2 x DDR2 SO DIMM up to 2GB VGA Controller Embedded VGA controller Screen Resolution up to True Color 32 bit 1024x768 or High Color 16 bit 1280x1024 Display Interface CRT 2x5 pin header Ultra ATA 33 66 100 IDE Interface Two PCI Enhance IDE channel The south bridge VT8251 supports Ultra ATA 33 66 100 IDE interface To support Ultra ATA66 100 Hard disk a specified cable must be available Serial ATA Serial ATA Singal connector x4 Series ports Two high speed 16550 compatible UARTS ports COM On board D SUB 9 pin male external port and 2x5x2 54mm Pin Header connector COM2 On board one 2x5x2 54mm Pin Header connector USB port Support six USB 2 0 compatible ports Watchdog timer Software programmable 1 63sec Two PCI interface E
19. ny way appropriate without incurring any obligation You may of course continue to use the information you provide If you have any suggestions for improving particular sections or if you find any errors on it please send your comments to Acrosser Technology Co Ltd or your local sales representative and indicate the manual title and book number Internet electronic mailto Sales acrosser com acrosser tp globalnet com tw AR B1898 User s Guide 0 6 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS Before removing the board from its anti static bag read this section about static electricity precautions Static electricity is a constant danger to computer systems The charge that can build up in your body may be more than sufficient to damage integrated circuits on any PC board It is therefore important to observe basic precautions whenever you use or handle computer components Although areas with humid climates are much less prone to static build up it is always best to safeguard against accidents that may result in expensive repairs The following measures should be sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Touch a grounded metal object to discharge the static electricity in your body or ideally wear a grounded wrist Strap When unpacking and handling the board or other system components place all materials on an anti static surface Be careful not to touch the components on the board especially the golden finger connectors o
20. rough the setting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state nosystem context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of system configuration and open applications files saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a wake up event occurs S1 amp S3 System auto select suspend type Power Supply Type To select your power supply Type AT ATX PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows you to choose the Option of Power Status after Power Fail by Power Supply Used only in ATX mode The Choice Former STS Always On Off 16 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 5 PNP PCI CMOS SETUP This section is used to configure PCI Plug and Play features The PCI amp PNP Setup option configures the PCI bus slots Reset Configuration Data Power Management Reset Configuration Data This field allows you to determine whether or not to reset the configuration data The default value is Disabled Resources Controlled by This PnP BIOS can configure all of the boot and compatible devices automatically However this capability needs you to use a PnP operating system such as Windows 95 The default value is Auto ESCD IRQ DMA Resources These options specify the bus that the named IRQs
21. ttings are optimal and enable all high performance features To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM enter Y If not enter N Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session Typing Y will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications Typing N will return you to Setup utility 22 AR B1898 User s Guide 5 10 BIOS UPDATE The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your system board The chips can be electronically reprogrammed allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips The AR B1898 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily to update to a newer BIOS version Please follow these operating steps to update to new BIOS Step 1 You must boot up system into MS DOS mode first Please don t detect files CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT Step 2 In the MS DOS mode you should execute the AWDFALSH program to update BIOS Step 3 Follow all messages then you will update BIOS smoothly 23 AR B1898 User s Guide APPENDIX A ADDRESS MAPPING IO Address Map VO MAP 000 00F 020 021 022 03F 040 043 060 060 061 061 064 064 070 071 081 091 0A0 0A1 0C0 0DF OFO OFF 170 1F7 2F8 2FF 378 37F 3B0 3BB 3C0 3DF 3F7 3F7 3F8 3FF Memory Map MEMORY MAP 00E0000 00EFFFF Reserved for PCI device ROM 00F0000 00FFFFF System BIOS ROM System
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