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1. e PS2 JST6 pin Keyboard Mouse Connector 3 6 USB PORT CONNECTOR USB1 The AR B1673 provides Two USB port 3 7 IRDA INFRARED INTERFACE PORT IR1 USBD0 AR B1673 User s Guide KBDATA MSDATA GND MSDATA KBDATA VCC MSCLK KBCLK Signal 1673 built in IrDA port which support Serial Infrared SIR Amplitude Shift Keyed ASKIR interface When use the IrDA port have to set SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS s Peripheral Setup s COM 2 Then the normal RS 232 COM 2 will be disabled BH gH H NM U 13 AR B1673 User s Guide 3 8 FAN CONNECTOR FAN1 The AR B1673 provides CPU cooling Fan connector CPU connectors can supply 12V 500mA to the cooling fan SENSE 3 9 ETHERNET RJ45 CONNECTOR LAN1 The Ethernet RJ 45 connectors are the standard network headers The following table is the pin assignment Pin Signa Pin Signal 1 T 5 Rn 3 Re 7 NoUsd 4 NoetUsed 8 NotUsed ENABLED DISABLED LAN FUNCTION JP1 1 FUNCTION i 2 Enable On Board LAN Factory Preset Disabled On Board LAN 3 10 VGA CRT CONNECTOR VGA1 AR B1673 built in 15 pin VGA connector directly to your CRT monitor 14 3 11 FLOPPY DRIVE CONNECTOR FDD1 AR B1673 User s Guide The AR B1673 provides a 34 pin head2. Feng E gau ae dan eode sen k A ou 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER SETTINGS beet ite debile tuse noa nona etudes inan oa prs UE d AN ATCHBOG TIMER TRIGGER am Clos ua E sd RA medea du Cp dA nd 5 BIOS CONSOLE u enar ed en ern e dk no niu da wu afa nuu dr e n aga ESOS SETUP NOTICE De docto Co outcome RETRO CI LE Ree ern M I na 5 2 MAIN CMOS 5 3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 5 4 PERIPHERALS CMOS SETUP 5 5 PNP PCI CMOS SETUP 5 6 PC HEALTH CMOS SETUP 5 7 BOOT CMOS 5 8 EXIT CMOS SETUP 5 9 BIOS PDA aa cierne qay q ton HE BDs ooo 6 PROTECT U SOFTWARE 1 2 4 APPENDIX A ADDRESS APPENDIX B INTERRUPT REQUEST 2 2 APPENDIX PROTECT U LIBRARY USER 35 AR B1673 User s Guide 0 PREFACE 0 1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER This document is copyrighted 2005 by Acrosser Technology Co Ltd All rights are reserved part of this manual may be reproduced copied transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or
3. Preset JP3 OFF 77H Users could test GPIO function under Debug program as follow C gt debug e 215 01H Generally the GPIO2 Pin2 will be High Level others output pin are Low Level 215 FC Generally suppose that GPIO1 s Pin1 and Pin3 are High Level then will show FC 3 14 POWER CONNECTOR PWR1 PWR2 0000 T 4 PWR1 PWR2 16 AR B1673 User s Guide 3 15 LCD TTL INTERFACE 8 LVDS INTERFACE 3 15 1 TTL CONNECTOR LCD1 10 11 12 13 14 15 Signal Sigal TXOUTO GND TXOUTO GND TXOUT1 LVDSVCC TXOUT1 LVDSVCC TXOUT2 N C LVDSVCC TXOUT2 MC O GND LVDSVCC 13 TXCLK N N N N 17 AR B1673 User s Guide 3 15 3 LVDSVCC 8 LCDVCC VOLTAGE SELECT LVDSV1 1 3 2 4 3 3V Factory Preset i E 3 16 INTERNAL amp EXTERNAL BUZZER ESPK1 PIN Signal PIN 1 2 Connect to External BUZZER 3 4 ON Factory Preset Use Internal BUZZER 3 17 RESET SWITCH RST1 Shorting these two pins will reset the system Pin INDICATION 3 19 PC 104 CONNECTOR PC 104 2 8 2 1 2 8 1 8 AR B1673 User s Guide 4 WATCHDOG TIMER This section describes the use of Watchdog Timer including disable enable and trigger AR B1673 is equipped with a programmable time out period watchdog timer that occupies I O port 443H Users can use simple program to ena
4. 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 Time field and use the PageUp PageDown or keys to set the current time Floppy Setup These fields identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer The available specifications are 360KB 1 2MB 720KB 1 44MB 2 88MB 5 25 in 5 25 in 3 5 in 3 5 in 3 5 in Video This option selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup You have two ways to boot up the system 1 When VGA as primary and monochrome as secondary the selection of the video type is VGA Mode 2 When monochrome as primary and VGA as secondary the selection of the video type is Monochrome Mode Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA or PGA monitor Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters 21 AR B1673 User s Guide Halt On This field determines whether the system will halt if an error is detected duri
5. remove the IRQ DMA by assigning the option to the ISA EISA setting The onboard I O is configurable with BIOS 27 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 6 PC HEALTH CMOS SETUP Shutdown Temperature PCI Plug And Play Shutdown Temperature The system will automatically produce a warning when the detected CPU temperature exceeds the warning temperature setting and will shut down the system to protect the CPU when if exceeds the shut down temperature setting 28 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 7 BOOT CMOS SETUP First Boot Device Boot CMOS Setup Boot Seguence 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 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 Lan Boot Select This setting is used to enable disable the Lan Boot function 29 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 8 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 me
6. watchdog function would generate IRQ 9 after 8 seconds 443 Disable watchdog function 4 2 WATCHDOG TIMER TRIGGER After you enable the watchdog timer your program must write the same factor as triggering to the watchdog timer at least once during every time out period You can change the time out period by writing another timer factor to the watchdog register at any time and you must trigger the watchdog during every new time out period in next trigger 19 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR B1673 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 Peripherals PnP PCI 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 set
7. you ll know how to use it 32 AR B1673 User s Guide APPENDIX A ADDRESS MAPPING IO Address System speaker DMA register Math coprocessor Serial port 1 Memory Map QUE Ot Reserved for PCI device ROM 00F0000 00FFFFF System BIOS ROM 0100000 FFFFFFF 33 AR B1673 User s Guide APPENDIX B INTERRUPT REQUEST IRQ SETTIN HARDWARE USING THE SETTING Serial Port COM2 G oo Floppy Disk Controller Parallel Port LPT1 O Poo 10 Vinyl AC 97 Codec Combo Driver WDM Cid 11 Realtek RTL8139 810X Family Fast EthenetNIC 2 04 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port Numeric data processor Primary IDE controller 045 O Secondary IDE controller 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 34 AR B1673 User s Guide APPENDIX C PROTECT U LIBRARY USER MANUAL Protect U Library User Manual Version 1 0 11 11 2005 Taipei Taiwan ROC www acrosser com by Lianto Ruyang 35 AR B1673 User s Guide Contents 1 PROTECT U LIBRARY ck cose cei ne oes ua Kaa 37 Int PROTEINS Dads dab ak Bop CSA KORDA dE RAT Eire ade 37 12PROTEGT U LIBRARY FLING TIONS t ctore Ed tee ter eee aevo e Re oe ed ETE ve TUE 37 1 3 PROTECT U FUNG TION PARAMETER da m rec repa IE E DEVE eS CES Ete E ED e e Ee y
8. 0 IDE Interface Two PCI Enhance IDE channel The south bridge VT82C686B supports Ultra ATA 33 66 100 IDE interface To support Ultra ATA66 100 Hard disk a specified cable must be available Floppy disk drive interface 2 88 MB 1 44MB 1 2MB 720KB or 360KB floppy disk drive Series ports Two high speed 16550 compatible UARTs ports COM1 On board D SUB 9 pin male external port Shared with RS 485 COM2 On board one 2x5x2 54mm Box Header connector Only RS 232C Parallel Port one 1284 compatible Bi directional ports IrDA port Supports IrDA HPSIR and ASK Amplitude Shift Keyed IR port multiplexed on COM2 USB port Support two USB 1 1 compatible ports Audio Onboard AC 97 Codec Supports two channel Left Right Line IN OUT and Left Right speaker out MIC IN CD IN Watchdog timer Software programmable 1 63sec Realtek RTL8100B Fast Ethernet Multifunction PCI Controller IEEE 802 3u Auto Negotiation support for 10BASE T 100BASE TX standard Fast back to back transmission support with minimum interframe spacing Connected to your LAN through RJ45 connector Keyboard Connector amp PS 2 Mouse Port on board Protect U Software protection by hardware IC HCS300 on board Power Consumption 5V 4A Typical 12V 1A Typical Operating Temperature 0 60 C AR B1673 User s Guide 1 2 PACKING LIST In addition to this User s Manual the AR B1673 package includes the following items The quick setup manual 1 AR B1673 CPU
9. 7 DATA 6 DATA 5 DATA 4 DATA 3 DATA 2 DATA 1 DATA 0 GROUND PDDREQ PDIOW PDIOR PIORDY PDDACK A IRQ14 PDA1 wo PDAO x PDCS1 39 HLEDP Pin 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 10 AR B1673 User s Guide IDE 2 Second IDE Connector AR B1673 also provides IDE interface 44 pin connector to connect with the hard disk device GROUND SDDREQ SOIOW SOIOR SIORDY SDDACK IRA15 SDA1 SDAO SDCS1 HLEDS VCC 43 GROUND 3 3 PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR PRINT1 This port is usually connected to a printer The AR B1673 includes an on board parallel port and accessed through 26 pin flat cable connector Three modes SPP EPP and ECP are supported 11 AR B1673 User s Guide 3 4 SERIAL PORTS COM1 COM2 COM1 D SUB 9 PIN RS 232 FACTORY PRESET e RS 485 Terminator Select J2 When there is only one line the setting should be left off J2 ON please take off the jumper if multiple blocks are used on a FACTORY PRESET single line this should be set to ON place a jumper n order to properly terminate the connection for better transmission RS 485 Header J1 12 3 5 KEYBOARD MOUSE CONNECTOR PS1 PS2 The AR B1673 provides 6 PIN JST Header and 6 PIN MINI DIN keyboard mouse connector PS1 6 pin Mini DIN Keyboard Mouse Connector J 2
10. AR B1673 User s Guide AR B1673 INDUSTRIAL GRADE CPU BOARD User s Guide Edition 1 1 Book Number AR B1673 05 1201 AR B1673 User s Guide Table of Contents 0 PREFACE aaa l a A S ln K 0 1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND ee eee eee 0 2 WELCOME TO THE AR B1673 CPU BOARD 0 3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE 0 4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE 0 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER 3 0 6 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS 2 0c 12 cett e rera Dd ente ono osla Fa e eee et die aed dae dans 4 1 INTRODUCTION 22004 6 FASS EC IPI CATIONS rn 6 Heus e AIC LIST cece BG nie Soca eae elaine ei 7 2 INSTALLATION ins aso uaa RE AR Run QE EEUU EIU D Dp AAPG 7016 AVOUT bd te od LL aM Leer Doe D LR a iata 2 2 POWER ON CONNECTOR FOR POWER SUPPLY 1 2 3 CLEAR CMOS JP4 xus iut e ce eer M Ln Mu I E 3 CONNECTION c M 3 1 AUDIO PORT CONNECTOR AUDIOT eret tertie h et ee o Rd A ko dn e re epe eine dea e nee KV Paene ea 3 2 ULTRA ATA33 66 100 IDE DISK DRIVE CONNE
11. CTOR IDE1 IDE2 3 3 PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR s 3 4 SERIAE PORTS COM1 COMMO un u u s u ttd tn eee tr do a E de rt erae ee o den gar ede dele dnt certet ege ote a 3 5 G0M1 RS 232 RS 485 SELECT 1 XB2 desee eir i e EE e kaki Hd ein n ee atr EDS te rte eI ed 3 5 KEYBOARD MOUSE CONNECTOR PS1 PS2 3 6 USB PORT CONNECTOR USB1 3 7 IRDA INFRARED INTERFACE PORT IR1 3 8 FAN CONNECTOR FAN1 3 9 ETHERNET RJ45 CONNECTOR eee eee 3 10 VGA CRT CONNECTOR VGA eee een 3 11 FLOPPY DRIVE CONNECTOR FDD1 3 12 SRAM MEMORY BANK ADDRESS SELECT XP3 3 13 GENERAL PURPOSE I O GPIO1 3 13 1 GPIO Address Select JP3 3 14 POWER CONNECTOR PWR1 PWR2 3 15 LCD TTL INTERFACE 8 LVDS INTERFACE 3 15 1 TTL CONNECTOR LCD1 3 15 2 LVDS CONNECTOR 1 051 3 15 3 LVDSVCC amp LCDVCC VOLTAGE SELECT LVDSV1 3 16 INTERNAL 8 EXTERNAL BUZZER ESPK1 nesese 3 17 RESET SWITCH RST1 3 18 EXTERNAL LED HEADER 1 2 9 04 52262 EE M Ie et eR er nala usia su 4 WATCHDOG TIMER aen danesi
12. IRQ12 for PS 2 mouse Init Display First This setting specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Setting options are PCI Slot The system initializes the installed VGA card AGP The system initializes the installed AGP card Frame Buffer Size The frame buffer is the video memory that is used to hold the video image displayed on the screen The option allows the selection of frame size of 2MB 4MB 8MB Select Display Device This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system You can choose the following video display cards Both LCD amp CRT CRT CRT Only 23 AR B1673 User s Guide Panel Type 800 x 600 1024 x 768 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 through 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 SS 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 Power Suppl
13. ble the watchdog timer Once you enable the watchdog timer the program should trigger it every time before it times out Watchdog Timer will generate a response system or IRG9 due to system fails to trigger or disable watchdog timer before preset timer times out Enable D7 Time Base Time Factor 00 05 Watchdog Write and Register Counter and Trigger Compartor RESET Watchdog Block Diagram 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER SETTING The watchdog timer is a circuit that maybe be used from your program software to detect crash or hang up The Watchdog timer is automatically disabled after reset Once you enabled the watchdog timer your program should trigger the watchdog timer every time before it times out After you trigger the watchdog timer the timer will be set to zero and start to count again If your program fails to trigger the watchdog timer before times out it will generate a reset pulse to reset the system or trigger the IRQ 9 signal in order to tell your system that the watchdog time is out Please refer to the following table in order to properly program Watchdog function D7 D6 05 D4 D2 ODO 1 Enable Reset Time period 0 Disable IRQ 9 Users could test watchdog function under Debug program as follows C gt debug e O 443 C8H Generally watchdog function would reset system after 8 seconds e O 443 0 Disable watchdog function C gt debug O 443 88H Generally
14. board 1 Hard disk drive adapter cable 40Pin 1 Hard disk drive adapter cable 44Pin 1 Floppy disk drive adapter cable 1 Parallel port and serial port adapter cable mounted on one bracket 1 Software utility CD 1 PS 2 Mouse amp Keyboard interface Y cable 1 Audio interface cable mounted on one bracket AR B9425A optional 2 USB ports on one bracket Acrosser NO 190030136 optional AR B1673 User s Guide 2 INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to install the AR B1673 At first the layout of AR B1673 is shown and the unpacking information that you should be careful is described The following lists the jumpers and switches setting for the AR B1673 s configuration 2 1 AR B1673 S LAYOUT AR B1673 User s Guide 2 2 POWER ON CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY 1 When AT power supplier is applied jumper 283 should be tied together Factory preset When ATX power supplier is applied pini amp pin 3 should be connect to proper location of ATX power supplier ATX POWER BUTTON BTON1 1 2 2 3 CLEAR CMOS JP4 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 Normal Operation 1 FUNCTION Factory Preset 3 230N Clear CMOS 3 AR B1673 User s Guide T
15. brary commands from Visual Basic on top of the application source code see picture 2 1 After that the functions exported by Protect U library will be usable like normal Visual Basic functions Example Private Declare Sub InitSecuritySystem Lib ProtectU dll Optional ByVal iobase As Integer 8H200 Private Declare Sub CloseSecuritySystem Lib ProtectU dll 0 Private Declare Sub ReadStatus Lib ProtectU dll ByVal StatusString As String _ ByVal Status As Integer Private Declare Function Checkld Lib ProtectU dll ByVal ManufactureCode As String _ ByVal SerialNumber As String As Integer After the make process remember to copy ProtectU dll and DIO sys file to the directory where the executable files is run see picture 2 2 rl Ele Edit View Project Format Debug Run Query Diagram Tools Add Ins Window Help BAO gt MS aS waco E General v Declarations General Optlon Explicit h Private Declare Sub InitSecuritySystem Lib ProtectU dll Optional ByVal iobase As Integer amp H200 A fal Private Declare Sub CloseSecuritySystem Lib ProtectU dll f Private Declare Sub ReadStatus Lib ProtectU dll ByVal StatusString As String _ us 4 ByVal Status As Integer x m Private Declare Function CheckId Lib ProtectU dll ByVal ManufactureCode As String _ ByVal SerialNumber As String As Integer vc Z Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib kernel32 ByVal d
16. 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 B1673 CPU BOARD This guide introduces the Acrosser AR B1673 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 B1673 General system information can also be found in this publication 0 3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE Please refer to the Chapter 1 Introduction in this guide if you have not already installed this AR B1673 Check the packing list before you install and
17. ed from 75H to 200H 2 Release software protection Protect U AR B1673 User s Guide 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the AR B1673 ISA Single Board Computer The AR B1673 board is PIC form factor board which comes equipped with high performance Eden or C3 Processor with the advanced chipset Apollo PLE133T VT8601T and VT82C686B 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 B1673 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 AR B1673 have one network controller on board uses Realtek RTL8100B LAN controller a fully integrated 10 100BASE TX solution with high performance networking functions and Alert on LAN features 1 1 SPECIFICATIONS CPU VIA Eden 600MHz EBGA channels 7 Interrupt levels 15 Chipset VIA Apollo PLE133T VT8601T Integrated 2D 3D graphics accelerator and VT82C686B Memory SDRAM 128M on board VGA Controller Embedded VGA controller Screen Resolution up to True Color 32 bit 1024x768 or High Color 16 bit 1280x1024 Display Interface CRT D SUB 15 pin female connector LVDS for 18 bit TFT LCD Panel 2x13x2 00mm Box header connector TTL for 18 bit TFT LCD Panel 2x22x2 00mm Box header connector Ultra ATA 33 66 10
18. edef int MYPROC LPTSTR VOID main VOID HINSTANCE hinstLib MYPROC InitSecuritySystem MYPROC CheckId MYPROC ReadStatus MYPROC CloseSecuritySystem BOOL fFreeResult Get a handle to the DLL module hinstLib LoadLibrary TEXT ProtectU If the handle is valid try to get the function address if hinstLib NULL 43 AR B1673 User s Guide InitSecuritySystem MYPROC GetProcAddress hinstLib InitSecuritySystem CheckId MYPROC GetProcAddress hinstLib CheckId ReadStatus MYPROC GetProcAddress hinstLib TEXT ReadStatus CloseSecuritySystem MYPROC GetProcAddress hinstLib TEXT CloseSecuritySystem Free the DLL module FFreeResult FreeLibrary hinstLib After the run time initialization like shown in example above user can directly use the functions as normal C C functions see chapter 3 1 After compilation ProtectU dll and DIO sys files must be put in the same directory as the executable files For more information on run time library linking please see http msdn microsoft com 44
19. er type connector for supporting up to two floppy disk drives To enable or disable the floppy disk controller please use the BIOS Setup program 1 33 odd GROUND 2 2 DRVEN 0 NOT USED DRVEN 1 MOTOR ENABLE 0 DRIVE SELECT 1 DRIVE SELECT 0 MOTOR ENABLE 1 Signal 3 12 SRAM MEMORY BANK ADDRESS SELECT XP3 This section provides the information about how to use the SRAM It divided into two parts hardware setting and software configuration Step 1 Use XP3 to select the correct SRAM memory address 1 3 Step 2 Insert programmed SRAM into IC U18 setting as SRAM ADDRESS 0000 Factory Preset D800 The hardware divides every 8KB of memory into a memory bank User to assign a bank number Memory bank start from 00 last memory bank number depends on the size to the SRAM chip If on board the 512KB SRAM chip the memory bank in the range of 00 to 63 The SRAM I O Port 200H Example Select 10th bank of the U18 Using 512K 8 the 1 0 port 200H Answer 1 in assembly language MOV DX 200 AR B1673 s I O port 200h MOV AL 10 gt Selection the 10th bank OUT DX AL Answer 2 in Basic language OUT amp H200 amp 10 AR B1673 s I O port 200h Answer 3 in Turbo C language Outportb 0x200 10 15 AR B1673 User s Guide 3 13 GENERAL PURPOSE VO GPIO1 o B E u u 7 opa 8 3 13 1 GPIO Address Select JP3 ADDRESS 215H Factory
20. f the setting for the parallel Port Mode option is ECP Parallel Port EPP Type The item selects the EPP version used by the parallel port if the port is set to EPP mode Settings EPP1 9 EPP1 7 On board FDD Controller This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR B1673 On chip Sound This item allows you to decide to Enabled Disabled the AC 97 Audio On chip USB This setting is used to enable disable the onboard USB controller 26 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 5 PNP PCI CMOS SETUP This section is used to configure PCI Plug and Play features lt PCI 8 PNP Setup gt 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 IRG DMA Resources These options specify the bus that the named IRAs 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
21. his chapter describes how to connect peripherals switches and indicators to the AR B1673 board 3 1 AUDIO PORT CONNECTOR AUDIO1 a x Signal AUXAL AUXAR 12V AUDIOL AUDIOR GND Not Used GND Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used GND 29 5 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 LINEL LINER 5 MICPH PCSPKO lt 2 2 Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used z Note the connector does not contain the MIDI port signal When 9425 audio card is used with this CPU board the GAME port function is not supported If users want to use the amplified trumpet that is constructed inside please plug it into the line out If not please plug it into the speak out 3 2 ULTRA ATA33 66 100 IDE DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 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 MININ o Pin 9 23 25 n co Signal RESET DATA
22. make sure the accessories are completely included AR B1673 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 8 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 any way appropriate without incurring any obligation You may of course continue to use the information you provide If you have any suggestions for improving partic
23. mory 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 settings 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 30 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 9 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 B1673 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 31 AR B1673 User s Guide 6 PROTECT U SOFTWARE PROTECTION AR B1673 provides software protection by hardware IC HCS300 Please refer to the APPENDIX C PROTECT U LIBRARY USER MANUAL Then
24. ng 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 22 AR B1673 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 speeds up the Power On Self Test POST after the system is turned 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 Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether or not to enable Swap Floppy Drive When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A By default this field is set to Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard PS 2 Mouse Function This item enables or disables the
25. ns As can be seen in boxes below The first function to call is InitSecuritySystem than we can use CheckId function ReadStatus function is called after we have value return by CheckId The last call is to CloseSecuritySystem which will return the resources Note In example below InitSecuritySystem CheckId and CloseSecuritySystem all are executed in every button click ProcessGoButton to show a simple example of the Protect U process But in a real world application the InitSecuritySystem is to be called once when the application first start and the CloseSecuritySystem is to be called once when the application about to shutdown for more effective and correct approach 42 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 WinProg Microsoft Visual C WinProg cpp A Fie Edit View Insert Project Build Tools Window Help NEMA 2 r MAE array to dword n Globals global members gt ProcessGoButton H Workspace WinProg 1 projec WinProg files Source Files Process Got Button int ProcessGoButton HWND hWnd 4 int status if SendMessage edit Manufacture Code WM GETTEXT 17 LPRRRH szHanufactureCode t 16 DialogBox hInst LPCTSTR IDD USEHELP hWnd DLGPROC UseHelp return 1 Failed E if SendMessage edit Serial GETTEXT 8 LPARAH szSerialNumber t 7 lt DialogBox hIn
26. ory where Windows put dll files For example in Windows XP operating system the directory is C Windows system32 Visual Basic will look for Protect U library in this directory when the user run the application as a script 40 AR B1673 User s Guide 3 LIBRARY USER GUIDE FOR MICROSOFT VISUAL C Microsoft Visual C can use Dynamic Link Library DLL files in two ways that is Load time library linking and Run time library linking This chapter will explain how to use Protect U library in both way 3 1 LOAD TIME LIBRARY LINKING To use Protect U library by Load time library linking we need to use all files from Protect U library see chapter 1 1 The application source code will need to be linked with the ProtectU lib file see picture 3 1 and will need to include the boardsecu h to call Protect U functions see picture 3 2 After that the Protect U functions see chapter 1 2 can be used like normal Visual C functions WinProg Microsoft Visual C Ele Edit View Insert Project Build Tools Window Help Ja Eg amp BB gt m Gy byte _ array to dword 4 All global members MyRegisterClass x S Workspace WinProg 1 projec WinProg files Source Files StdAfx cpp WinProg cpp WinProg rc Header Files resource h StdAfx h 5 WinProg h lt Resource Files small ico WinProg ico ReadMe txt Ex
27. st LPCTSTR IDD_USEHELP hWnd DLGPROC UseHelp return 2 failed Resource Files small ico WinProg ico E ReadMe txt 9 External Dependencies InitSecuritySystem status CheckId szManufactureCode szSerialNumber ReadStatus statusStrBuffer status SendHessage edit Status WM SETTEXT 8 LPARAH statusStrBuffer CloseSecuritySysten s return 8 H void NormalModeSwitchToggle HWND hWnd 4 static HMENU mmenu GetMenu hWnd DWORD state 6 state GetMenuState mmenu UINT IDM_NORMAL_MODE MF_BYCOMMAND ee sa DEDE zl 2 Class j Reso FileVi heady 289 Col 1 REC COL OVR REA Picture 3 3 After compilation ProtectU dll and DIO sys files must be put in the same directory as the executable files For more information on Load time library linking please see http msdn microsoft com 3 2 RUN TIME LIBRARY LINKING To use Protect U library by Run time library linking we only need to use two files from Protect U library see chapter 1 1 ProtectU dll and DIO sys files First the user have to load the Protect U library using load library command from Microsoft Visual then load the address of the Protect U functions After that the Protect U functions see chapter 1 2 can be used like normal Visual functions Example include lt stdio h gt include lt windows h gt typ
28. ternal Dependencies gt a Class Reso 2 FileVi Ready Picture 3 1 41 AR B1673 User s Guide WinProg Microsoft Visual C Sd Afx h D File Edit View Insert Project Build Tools Window Help 8 GO array to dword ry Globals All global member MyRegisterClas v xv 4x E Workspace WinProg 1 projec WinProg files Source Files Hpragma once Hendif MSC VER gt 1666 define WIN32 LEAN AND HERN Exclude rarely used stui E StdAfx cpp WinProg cpp Windows Header Files WinProg rc Hinclude lt windows h gt 8 1672secu lib 4 Header Files 8 resource h RunTime Header Files Hinclude lt stdlib h gt Hinclude lt malloc h gt Z StdAfx h include lt memory h gt E WinProg h Hinclude lt tchar h gt Resource Files include lt stdio h gt 8 small ico include boardsecu h 8 WinProg ico E ReadMe txt Local Header Files j External Dependencies 1000 reference additional headers your program requires 2l 3 Reso FileVi X4RFX INSERT LOCATION Microsoft Visual C will insert additional declaration Redoes the previously undone action 26 Col 1 RE C ovn READ 2 Picture 3 2 Picture below show an example how to use Protect U library functio
29. tings 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 main 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 B1673 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 gt and boot the operation system that situation will reduce the performance of the system Acrosser recommends you to reset the lt 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 20 AR B1673 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 If the CPU board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore Date 49 CMOS Setup Date The
30. u 37 2 LIBRARY USAGE GUIDE FOR VISUAL BASIC 6 0 39 3 LIBRARY USER GUIDE FOR MICROSOFT VISUAL 41 tin R ro reet d P 41 43 3 1 LOAD TIME LIBRARY LINKING 3 2 RUN TIME LIBRARY EINKING aeo ed eoe eee aden e elt oak hs deky Ma Peas oh exu eth aa lates 36 AR B1673 User s Guide 1 Protect U library 1 1 PROTECT U LIBRARY FILE LIST Protect U dynamic library files consist of four files 1 ProtectU dll 2 ProtectU lib 3 boardsecu h 4 DlO sys Two most important files are ProtectU dll and DIO sys These two files must always be put in the same directory as the user application directory 1 2 PROTECT U LIBRARY FUNCTIONS Protect U library export 4 four functions for user application use Those functions are a InitSecuritySystem b Checkld c CloseSecuritySystem d ReadStatus Three most important functions are InitSecuritySystem Checkld and CloseSecuritySystem InitSecuritySystem is used to initialize and prepare the Protect U security system This function must be called in the beginning of the application before calling Checkld or the application will not work Checkld is the core command of Protect U security system User can call this function repeatedly any number of times any
31. ular 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 B1673 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 eguipment 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 on the bottom of the board AR B1673 User s Guide REVISION HISTORY Date Revision Description 2005 12 01 1 1 1 SRAM port chang
32. wMilliseconds As Long EB Y Dim EncodeMode As Integer 4 Dim Fails s Integer Dim Succeed As Integer G Dim StatusStr As String 100 Dim H32Bits 3 As Long c Dim L32Bits 3 As Long Dim L32Encrypted 3 As Long 6 Private Sub Form Load Ini tSecuri tySys tem EncodeMode 2 Fails 0 Succeed 0 24 End Sub m Private Sub Form Terminate CloseSecuritySys tem m m Picture 2 1 39 en A ES 00588 TF 1221 DALLO FF TT D4 pod FF 1223 FF 12 23 0058 6 TT 03 23 05 5 EF LET GERABRIE manna PE omiin x EMSCCHRISCC A PROJECT YEP RME BIROECTLYEW Protect dl T B E A SETUP EMP KB Picture 2 2 RAN 1EB C Header fik 3KB Xx ISEB Visual Fou Fe JOKE Visual Basie Form Bi LEB Visual Basic Module LEB HEB 2KB Baste Project LKB Vival Basie Project MEB LE R KARA AR B1673 User s Guide 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 For more information on linking library in Visual Basic please see http msdn microsoft com Note In Visual Basic there s an option to run the source file as a script without building the executable files exe files To do this the ProtectU dll file must be copy to the Windows system direct
33. where between calling InitSecuritySystem and calling CloseSecuritySystem Checkld need two values for its input one is Manufacture Code and the other is Serial Number will compute if these two values match the values embedded in the computer board and will return O zero when succeed or other value when failed Succeed means the board is the right board with the correct Manufacture Code and Serial Number The user application is free to decide what they will do after they receive the result from Checkld CloseSecuritySystem is used to close the Protect U security system and return the resources to the operating system This function must be called in the end of the application after calling Checkld ReadStatus is used to help the programmer using Protect U library to debug his her application The input for ReadStatus is the value returned by Checkld The output is a string which explain what is the result of calling Checkld 1 3 PROTECT U FUNCTION PARAMETERS Function void InitSecuritySystem const int iobase 0x200 One optional input parameter no return value Input value is the IO base address for Protect U system Must be called before using CheckId Function int CheckId const char manufacture const char serial number 1 Two input parameters one return value First input is a 16 byte length array of characters second input is a 7 b
34. y Type To select your power supply Type AT ATX 24 AR B1673 User s Guide 5 4 PERIPHERALS CMOS SETUP This section is used to configure peripheral features Onboard Serial Port 1 Peripherals CMOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These fields allow you to select the onboard serial ports addresses and IRO Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART 2 Mode This field determines the UART mode in your computer The settings are Standard HPSIR and ASKIR The default value is Standard IR Function Duplex Setting option Full Duplex Under Full Duplex mode synchronous bi directional transmission reception is allowed Half Duplex Under Half Duplex mode only a synchronous bi directional transmission reception is allowed Tx Rx inverting enable This item invert serial port 2 TX and RX output signal level No No TX RX have no signal inverting No Yes RX have signal inverting Yes TX have signal inverting Yes Yes RX have signal inverting Onboard Parallel Port These fields allow you to select the onboard parallel ports addresses and IRO Disabled 3BC IRQ7 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Mode This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function SPP Normal Printer Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port 25 AR B1673 User s Guide ECP EPP Both of Extended Capabilities Port and Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Mode Use DMA This option is only available i
35. yte length array of characters The input values have to match the value embedded in the board please consult Acrosser if there s any question Specifically for Microsoft Visual Basic just use String value type Example In C C language char ManufactureCode 16 char SerialNumber 7 In Visual Basic Dim ManufactureCode As String 16 Dim SerialNumber As String 7 Output is zero when is correct other values when error Function void CloseSecuritySystem No input parameter no return value Must be called after using CheckId Function void ReadStatus char buffer const int status Two input parameters First input is an empty array of characters with a minimal length of 50 byte characters second input is the value return by In language buffer 50 int status In Visual Basic Dim buffer As String 50 37 AR B1673 User s Guide Dim status As Integer ReadStatus will fill the array of characters with a string which describe the status condition of the Protect U process 38 AR B1673 User s Guide 2 Library usage guide for Visual Basic 6 0 Using Protect U library with Visual Basic 6 0 is very simple and convenient We will only need two files from Proctect U library see chapter 1 1 ProtectU dll and DIO sys These two files must be put in the same directory as the user application directory To use the Protect U library just put the load li
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