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1. AEC 7720U AEC7720UW User s Manual Ver 1 01 Copyright 2000ACARD Technology Corp INDEX Chapter 0 About the SCSIDE 0 0 0 0 ee ee ee ER Ee Re ee Ge ee ee 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 5 INEO us m 5 1 2 RE ia OE ER EE EE N 5 1 3 Specificalion is 25328288 RS Ge en eet E ei 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 9 2 1 Installing host adapter 9 2 2 IDE to SCSI Transfer Card Notice 10 2 3 AEC7720U UW installation 11 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 15 3 1 Basic troubleshooting 15 3 2 Advanced Troubleshooting 16 Technical Support Form 27 Chapter 0 About the SCSIDE Before you use the AEC7720U AEC7720UW SCSIDE is a revolutionary invention developed by ACARD Technology Ltd It not only offers the unprecedented functionality of converting IDE data flow into SCSI bus but also minimize the converting overhead This technology has opened up a numbers of possibilities of SCSI applications to use less expensive IDE device The following examples are just a short list of the SCSIDE application 1 Convert IDE hard drive into an external SCSI hard drive for data backup in notebook and desktop PCs 2 Convert IDE 50X CD ROM into a 50X Ultra SCSI CD ROM Which is brand new in the world
2. 1 3 2 Parts specification 1 AEC7720U UW Environment Temperature Operating 0 C to 70 C Storage 20 to 85 Humidity 15 to 9096 Dimensions 7720U 7720UW Length 8 8cm 12 cm Width 3 8cm 3 8 cm Height 2 5cm 2 5 cm AEC7720U Cable 50 pins female to 50 pins female round cable AEC7720UW Cable 68 pins male to 68 pins male round cable AEC7720U Bridge Adapter CN1 40 pins female IDC IDE port CN2 50 pins SCSI connector CN3 4 pins power connector JP1 SCSI ID Switch connector JP2 Terminator JP3 Activity LED JP4 Terminator power supply switch default is ON JP2 JE 1 Terminator Connector CN2 SCSI Connector SCSI ID Swith Connector CN3 Power connector T ee eee JP4 Terminator Power supply CNI IDE Port JP3 Active LED SCSI Adapter Option Please refer to SCSI adapter User s manual AEC7720UW Bridge Adapter CN1 SCSI ID Switch connector amp Activity LED CN2 68 pins SCSI connector CN3 Terminator power supply switch deault is ON CN4 Terminator CN5 4 pins power connector CN7 40 pins female IDC IDE port SCSI Adapter Option Please refer to SCSI adapter User s manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The hardware installation may include two parts the first part is a simple SCSI host adapter installation you use the AEC6712U TU UW card option that come with the system The second part is the AEC7720U UW installation whic
3. 3 Convert your favorite IDE DVD ROM into a Ultra SCSI DVD ROM 4 Create a DVD ROM Server by daisy chain Multiple SCSIDE DVD ROM 5 Convert 5400rpm or 7200rpm DMA33 66 HD into UW SCSI HD for PC Workstation PC Server even for Unix Workstation and Server The basic architecture of SCSIDE is a highly integrated multi CPUs System On a Chip design This SOC design utilizes ACARD Technology s many years expertise in IDE SCSI and RISC CPU chip design As illustrated in the following diagram this SOC has multiple CPUs its own ROM and RAM DMA controllers and external ROM interface for flash ROM firmware update ACARD Technology has also polished the firmware design to make the IDE to SCSI conversion a truly plug and play experience The firmware has been test with almost all brands of IDE DMA33 66 HD ATAPI CD ROM DVD ROM No matter what type of IDE device you have ATA hard drive CD ROM CD RW with limited support see2 2 or DVD ROM you can easily plug it on and ready to enjoy your SCSI adventure Because of this intelligent firmware design you don t have to install driver to on you OS to use SCSIDE series of products To the OS it acts like a SCSI device just plug and play 3 SCSIDE PLATFORM BLOCK DIAGRAM c c c E us Internal ROM External Flash ROM WF The Design Objectives of SCSIDEG xt primary goals for ACARD s SCSIDE technology has three folds Bring down the cost of using SCSI tec
4. disc for ease of installation or download from our WEB site http Avww acard com 2 2 AEC7720U UW Bridge Notice 2 2 1 Compatibility list of AEC7720U UW AEC7720U UW were designed specifically for DMA Harddisk and DMA CD ROM we have fully tested all kind of Harddisk available In our lab the compatibility with different SCSI card even Mac and Sun workstation is very high The support to most current model of CD ROM is also very good 1 The AEC7720U UW support all DMA33 66 Harddisk include IBM HDD MAXTOR HDD QUANTUM HDD SEAGATE HDD WESTERNDIGITAL HDD 2 Due to many generation and different speed of CD ROM available on the recent market We tested and support the following models CD ROM support been tested AFREEY 50X 56X ASUS 40X 50X AOPEN 48X TEAC 40X 2 2 2 Special recommendation of using ACARD AEC7720U UW bridge With CD RW We have expanded the support to limited model of CD RW Ricoh brand To use AEC7720U UW with CD RW there are special recommendation to get to best CD Recording result 1 CD RW model supported Due to different command set from different CD RW vendor especially the difference between IDE and SCSI model we have tested and picked the highest compatible CD RW between IDE and SCSI which is the following Ricoh 7060A 7080A 9060A 2 SCSI card supported EE EE EE EE EE EE EE 10 Unlike the IDE HD and IDE CD ROM which work with AEC7720U UW with high compability to all SCSI card I
5. of devices to see if the device name of SCSI adapter is exact the one you have installed with AEC7720U UW The method of entering Device Manger is shown below Step 1 Open My Computer window E My Computer Pm x Ele Edit View Go Favorites Help 6 5 a Xaa Do ll d amp 3 Floppy amp NT 2000 C D E Printers mj 8 Dial Up Scheduled Web Folders Networking Tasks 9 object s ef My Computer 4 20 Step 2 Double click on Control Panel f D Mes De Pacte tis Jodi ts VAR X Ze Cord wel ihm U Ly E ber d Im ea b i wem Forte Lk 6 9 4 vw bom Window Aar Bi Ls J COR Das enm umel Lil R3e Os Be Pawel VA Me ore Step 3 Double click on System Enter Device Manger Click once on SCSI controllers to check whether you installed your ACARD AEC6712U TUUW SCSI adapter properly System Properties Ben Device Manager Hyduars Pioties Perfomance View devices by yoa C View devioss by formection Compute H Sj COROM ir sd Disk chives iH Display adapters Sy Floppy dk contiokes Hgy Hard dik contidiers m eg Keyboard A Montois E Sy Mouse Ports COM 4 LPT E amp SCSI connicers System devices Hi Sound video and game contiobers A Universal Seval Bus controles 2 Verify your IDE device If you can find your IDE device name which you installed with AEC7720U UW on Device Manger then you have installe
6. DE CD RW with be recognized as IDE CD RW by most CD recording software even converted into SCSI function by AEC7720U UW As a result the CD recording software will send out 12 byte IDE command which need special SCSI cards that can handle this properly are ACARD AEC 6712U AEC6712TU AEC6712UW 3 CD Recording software supported For IDE CD RW converted to SCSI function to work properly not only the AEC series SCSI cards must be used but also the software combination At this stage only two software will work properly Adaptec EasyCD creator 2 ACARD DupeBoy 2 3 AEC7720U UW installation 2 3 1 3 5 drive or 5 25 drive Since most of hard drives have size of 3 5 and CD ROM CD R W have size of 5 25 AEC7720U UW was designed for both 3 5 and 5 25 size of device without any additional mounting kit If you have a 3 5 of device please mount it by following figure first Then install it as the figure shown below 2 3 2 Power Connection Internal Power Connection There are two different sizes of internal power connectors for device and AEC 7720U UW circuit board Most of IDE devices use the connector of bigger size and the AEC7720U UW board uses the connector smaller size of Please see the figures below for the way of connection EEEEEEEILIIIILILIIIIIUUULUIIUIIGIULIULLLLISILIIHIILL LtULULLnIVeAK ceD LULLLLOoUL VAOOCO LLL AAA L ULUOLSAAOL LLLeOLOOIOLJSSAA AC NO A A A N A NAALLLLLA LLAZV ll 2 3 3 Cabl
7. DE connector of AEC7720U UW It could be caused by unsuitable connection or malfunction IDE device SCSI m HE Dese Driverr Qe 50S edasters end cornected devicer ge kiedbelon intel Utis ATA Cortoder P ACARD 6714 PCI SCSI Controlla Appendix 1 Technical Support Form Email support mail acard com http Awww acard com ystem Configuration CSI adapter Chipset Memory OS version Main Board vender BIOS version Display card Other VO card Problem Description DT
8. ce Manger is shown below Step 1 Enter My Computer ei My Computer ni xi Fie Edt Yow Go Faroes Help wot MAAR Ke POER Computer 314 Floppy JAJ NT ODD IE IE Pieters mmus KConiolPanes Diap Schedded web Folder Networking Tasks S objects E My Compter 16 Step 2 Double click on Control Panel Be EG We Go Fgvartor Heo La re but KAY X3 EH Control Panel B ms35995 kersziub ly Add Mer Addf emces Daba Tree D epis Qoo Hover Progene irimrat N Maimais Hemat onac Dats Opera Seuss is sS B Sound Spera Teeohony Step 3 Double click on System Enter Device Manager Click once on SCSI controllers to check whether you installed your ACARD AEC6712U TU UWS adapter properly Syztem Properties Gereral Deuce Manage Harber Praise Perfarvence f Vies davings by ype F Vita dees by connection Computer amp uS CDFON Dick diver m Dipy adapters amp Floppy dik consoles S Herd det contes m Qf ketosd Nontors e Fors OM amp LFT 5051 comoles Sound vidan and pane coriokati stem devic er Ure id Serial Bus cartoten 2 Verify your IDE device If you can find your IDE device name which you install with AEC7720U UW on Device Manger then you have installed your AEC7720U UW successfully If you can t find your device name but find a yellow question mark on head of device named SCSHDE Bridge No Device c
9. d your AEC7720U UW successfully If you can t find your device name but find a yellow question mark on head of device named SCSHDE Bridge No Device check the internal IDE connector of AEC7720U UW It could be caused by unsuitable connection or malfunction IDE device Follow the instruction below to see how to check your IDE device Step 1 Click on Disk drives to show your hard disk drives and floppy disk drives System Properties 2 xl General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection m Computer ES CDROM HEY Disk drives 9 GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE4 9 GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK EIBM DTTA 351010 E m Display adapters H 6 Floppy disk controllers HE Hard disk controllers H Keyboard H Monitors 1 73 Mouse EF Network adapters AT Ports COM amp LPT H SCSI controllers re i Ami PNE zl PRE Properties Refresh Remove Print cos Step 2 Click on Properties Then choose General to check the Device Status to see if the device is working properly Berea sesse Ouer oe IBMOTTAISt T0 Denice Spec Dik dives Mitar IStenderd dik drvesi Hasesse verom Nor sable Device aus This devices is modino pioperdy 23 Step 3 Double click on System Enter Device Manager Click once on SCSI controllers to check whether you have intalled your ACARD AEC6712U TU UW adapter prop
10. e Connection Before you connect AEC7720U UW board to your device recognize the different interface connectors of SCSI and IDE on the board The longer connector AEC7200U CN see Page 8 AEC7720UW CN see Page 9 on circuit board which has 50 pins 68 pins is the SCSI connector The shorter one AEC7720U CN1 see Page 8 AEC7720UW ON7 see Page 9 on opposite side with 40 pins is the IDE connector Inside the cabinet there is only one SCSI ribbon cable connection unused Please note this connector will be connected to AEC7720U UW Step 1 Find out pin 1 of 40 pin IDE connector on AEC7720U UW board Step 2 Find out pin 1 of connector on your IDE device Step 3 Connect these two connectors aligning with pin 1 to pin 1 Step 4 Find out pin 1 of 50 pin SCSI connector on AEC7720U UW board Step 5 Find out a color line of the internal SCSI ribbon cable indicating pin 1 of connector Step 6 Connect the internal SCSI cable toAEC6712U TU UW aligning with pin 1 to pin 1 Step7 Connect 4 pin power cable to AEC7720U CN3 see Page 8 AEC7720UW CN5 see Page 9 12 2 3 4 Configuring your AEC7720U UW Jumper Setting Power Connection There are three configurations have to be set upon AEC7720U UW terminator enable disable terminator power on off and SCSI ID number setup Terminator power and SCSI ID number setup are combined together as a module which you can find behind the back of enclosure And you can see te
11. er fold You can try a new cable known to be good Make sure no connector pins are bent Verify pin 1 on the interface cable is aligned with pin 1 on the drive and host adapter 3 Verify the jumper setting Start over the section Configuring your AEC7720U UW Jumper Setting and power connection to check if the jumper setting is correct 4 SCSI ID conflict If you have multiple SCSI devices please make sure that ID of the SCSI device do not duplicate To reduce the chance the ID switch malfunction it is recommended to test it individually 5 Poor external cable problems This may happen if you daisy chained many SCSI device and some of the external cables are not the high density 50 pins or 68pins UW SCSI cables The 25pin to 50 pins SCSI cable has weak grounding so if you daisy chained more SCSI device to MAC through the 25 50 pins SCSI cable and having intermittent failure it is recommended that you change this cable with another better quality one 15 3 2 Advanced Troubleshooting Let s use an example of installing a IBM DTTA 351010 hard drive into AEC7720U UW to show a proper way of software troubleshooting configuration Assume that we set an SCSI ID number 0 to AEC7720U UW 3 2 1 For Windows 95 System 1 Verify the SCSI host adapter Check the device name shown on the list of devices to see if the device name of SCSI adapter is exact the one you have installed with AEC7720U UW The method of entering Devi
12. erly IBM DTTA 351010 Properties ME JEMOTTA 261010 Tags ID 0 Firwinereusen TEED Logcaluntrunbe O Options F Disconnect f Benovatls F Syne das erates F imtiua f TP mur ein Dari dive bier stream F 24 3 2 3 For Windows NT System 1 Verify the SCSI host adapter Check the device name shown on the list of devices to see if the device name of SCSI adapter is exact the one you have installed with AEC7720U UW The method is shown below Step 1 Double click on My computer Then enter the Control Panel My Computer ils x File Edit View Help System3 C Source D E Data F Control Panel Printers Dial Up Scheduled Networking Tasks Step 2 Double Click on SCSI Adapter 25 Step 3 Enter Devices to check if the SCSI Controller is correct Devices Drivers c SCSI adapters and connected devices are listed below 2 Intel Ultra ATA Controller ACARD 671x PCI SCSI Controller Properties Cancel 2 Verify your IDE device Click on ACARD 671x PCI SCSI Controller to check the device you connect to AEC7720U UW f you can find your IDE device model name which you install with AEC7720U UW on Device Manger then you have installed your AEC7720U UW successfully If you cannot find your device name but find a yellow question mark on head of device named SCSLIDE Bridge No Device check the internal I
13. h is also straight forward only take about five minutes to complete Please follow the following instruction Before you install an IDE device into the AEC7720U UW please adjust the jumper setting You are about to connect an IDE hard drive on AEC7720U UW please note that if you have a old disk which already have a version of OS installed we recommend that youl re partition and re install the OS after the hardware installation It might work even without re install the OS at the beginning for DOS and Windows but the way SCSI card commands are different than the ON Board IDE controller it will create reading writing error so we recommend that after hardware installation just treat the IDE hard disk as the new disk 2 1 Installing host adapter For installing the host SCSI adapter please refer to the AEC6712U TU UW adapter manual comes together with AEC7720U UW kit or your original adapter supplier Then configure your AEC6712U TU UW software driver using the supplied CD ROM disc Note If you only have one CD ROM or DVD ROM and want to install the CD ROM DVD ROM into the AEC7720U UW and you are installing AEC 6712U TU UW SCSI card first time your computer might not recognize any AEC7720U UW because the software driver is not installed Before the SCSI card can recognize the SCSI device the software drive need to be installed However if the software driver is in the CD disc you may have to download the driver s into floppy
14. heck the internal IDE connector of AEC7720U UW It could be caused by unsuitable connection or malfunction IDE device Follow the instruction below to see how to check your IDE device Step 1 Click on Disk drives to show your hard disk drives and floppy disk drives System Properties 2 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection H m 3 Ej H RE EH Il Computer dS CDROM amp Disk drives amp 9 GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47 amp GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK ES EIBM DTT 351010 a Display adapters Sy Floppy disk controllers Sy Hard disk controllers Keyboard amp Monitors gt Mouse 5 Network adapters AT Ports COM amp LPT 1 SCSI controllers P eem devices ana ad Fase Di kas M mn Properties Refresh a Remove Print E Cancel Step 2 Click on Properties Then choose Setting see if the Target ID is right number and the INT 13 UNIT is enable IBM DTTA 351010 Properties 2 x m General Settings Driver Ed IBM DTTA 351010 Target ID Firmware revision T560 Logical unit number 0 Options Iv Disconnect Removable v Sync data transfer Iv Int 13 unit Auto insert notitication Current drive letter assignment F 19 3 2 2 For Windows 98 System 1 Verify the SCSI host adapter Check the device name shown on the list
15. hnology by less expensive device 2 Create some application the people want but currently not available 50X SCSI CD ROM high speed SCSI DVD ROM 3 Transparent plug and play no software driver needed to installed when converting IDE device into SCSI device Welcome our new SCSIDE members and enjoy it Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The AEC7720U UW Ultra Wide SCSLIDE bridge is dedicate as general purpose bridge of SCSI Small Computer System Interface to IDE Integrated Device Electronics interface With ACARD micro controller core built in it provides more flexibility and stability for highly exploring application AEC7720U UW supports IDE devices such as hard disk drive CD ROM CD R CD RW with limited support see 2 2 DVD ROM etc which can be easily attached to SCSI bus 1 2 Feature On chip high speed ACARD RISC micro controller SCSI controller IDE controller and interfaces e SCSI host interface synchronous transfer rate up to 20 MB sec AEC7720U Ultra SCSI or 40MB sec AEC7720UW for Ultra wide SCSI transfer e Full SCSI target features support Programmable IDE access modes including PIO mode 0 1 2 3 4 Multiword DMA mode 0 1 2 Ultra DMA mode 0 1 2 with transfer rate up to 33 3 Mbytes s Onboard flash ROM for easy firmware upgrade 1 3 Specification 1 3 1 Packing List Please check the following packing list AEC7720U UW bridge adapter e 4 pin Y splitter power cable option
16. rminator by just enable disable jumper JP2 JP4 Please follow the instruction below and decide your suitable jumper setting 1 Terminator Enable Disable Generally when your device is at the end of the SCSI bus cable or there is only one device on this cable you should set the terminator as enable The default value is enable AEC7720U JP2 AEC7720UW JP4 2 SCSIID Number For every unique device on one SCSI adapter card there is a unique ID number indicating that device Follow the instruction attached on enclosure to set an ID number until your IDE device get a unique number AEC7720U 1 29ON SCSI ID 4 left 2 30ON SCSI ID 2 3 ON SCSI ID 1 U0 right Default All Off 13 AEC7720UW 1 ON SCSI ID 1 left 2 ON SCSI ID 2 l 3 ON SCSI ID 4 4 ON SCSI ID 8 DOOD 5 LED ight 123 45 Default All Off 3 Terminator Power Default setting is on However you can turn it on or off depends on different applications 14 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Basic troubleshooting If you install your AEC7720U UW and it doesn t function properly follow the basic troubleshooting below 1 Check host adapter Verify the adapter card is seated in its slot on the motherboard 2 Check all connectors and cables Check bridge power connector internal SCSI connector internal IDE connector device power connector and ribbon cable are connected well Ribbon cables are easily damaged because of un prop

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