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1. 200mm or more An CAUTION The wall temperature must be under the product assurance temperature Please adjust the air current to prevent the reject heat from the product staying around the product Do not install this product into the fully sealed space except the case in which the internal temperature is adjustable by equipment such as air conditioner Troubles such as operational malfunctions could be occurred by the temperature increase caused by long term usage S CONTEO nno lt joo BX900 User s Manual 27 3 Hardware Setup Ambient temperature In this product the ambient temperature is decided from the multiple measurement points as shown below When making use of the product the air current should be adjusted to prevent that all the temperatures measured at the measurement points exceed the specified temperature oe ete 00000000 00000000 0000004 50 A dimension IPC BX900 32 5mm IPC BX900P2 60mm IPC BX900P4 80mm mm Figure 3 25 Ambient temperature CONTEC 28 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup 4 BIOS Setup Introduction This chapter discusses Award s Setup program built into the FLASH ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The rest of this chapter
2. CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix 125 6 Appendix Baud Rate Settings A baud rate is set by software by dividing the clock input 1 8432MHz The baud rate in terms of hardware can be set to a maximum of 115 200 bps for SERIAL1 2 3 The baud rates available in practice depend on the operating environment cable software etc The table below lists typical baud rates and their respective values to be written to the divisor latch register LSB MSB Table 6 7 Baud Rate Settings Baud rate to be set SERIAL1 2 3 Clock input 1 8432MHz Value to be set Setting error in the divisor register Decimal 115200 153600 230400 Example To set 9 600 bps write 00 to the MSB divisor latch register and 12 decimal to the LSB divisor latch register CONTEC 126 BX900 User s Manual 7 List of Options 7 List of Options CF Card CF 1GB B 1GB CompactFlash for Fix Disk CF 2GB B 2GB CompactFlash for Fix Disk CF 4GB B 4GB CompactFlash for Fix Disk CF 8GB B 8GB CompactFlash for Fix Disk TFT color liquid crystal display lt Analog RGB types gt FPD H21XT AC 15 inch 1024 x 768 dots Panel mounted type FPD L21ST AC 12 1 inch 800 x 600 dots Panel mounted type FPD M21VT AC 10 4 inch 640 x 480 dots Panel mounted type lt LVDS types gt FPD H7IXT DCI 1 15 inch 1024 x 768 dots Panel mounted type FPD L71ST DC1 1 12 1 inch 800 x 600 dots Panel mounted type
3. OS might be displayed fewer than an actual value CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 7 2 System Reference Table 2 1 Functional Specification lt 2 2 gt LAN I F 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T RJ 45 connector x 2 Wake On LAN support only A side of the main body silk Intel 82573L Controller USB I F 6ch USB 2 0 compliant Keyboard mouse I F None 2 General purpose I O 3 opto isolated inputs and outputs However one output also serves as an external WDT output and one input also serves as remote reset They become available when switched RAS function Hardware monitoring Expansion board slot RTC CMOS Power Management Power supply Expansion board power supply capacity External device power supply capacity Physical dimensions 262 W x 262 D x 65 H 262 W x 262 D x 120 H 262 W x 262 D x 160 H mm No protrusion No protrusion No protrusion About 3 9kg At the time of the About 4 3kg At the time of the Input supply voltage Current 105VA Max 123VA Max 141VA Max consumption WDT 1sec 255sec RESET interrupt or external output is allowed at time expiration Remote reset External input signal PCI slot x 1 Usable board dimension 240mm Max Lithium backup battery life 10 years or more The real time clock is accurate within 3 minutes at 25 C per month ICH7 built in RTC Power management setup via BIOS Modem Ring On Wake One LAN Supports PC98 PC99 ACPI Po
4. fittings Three point sems screw cable clam Royalty Windows XP Setup Procedure EP consent contract Product guide IPC Embedded Document Precaution List Notes IPC SLIB 01 User s manual Royalty Product guide IPC Precaution List Windows XP Embedded POE Procedure Driver Utility Soft Set consent contract Notes ocument Copyright Copyright 2008 CONTEC CO LTD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO LTD CONTEC CO LTD makes no commitment to update or keep current the information contained in this document The information in this document is subject to change without notice AII relevant issues have been considered in the preparation of this document Should you notice an omission or any guestionable item in this document please feel free to notify CONTEC CO LTD Regardless of the foregoing statement CONTEC assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document or for results obtained by the user as a result of using this product Trademarks Intel Intel Core and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation MS Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holder CONTEC 1 BX900 User s Manual Table of Contents CHECK vour Pack ari A A Mai 1 COP E A O ea 11 A EN 11 Tableiot COn A diia 111 iP INT
5. Press a key to REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot Press F1 to disable NMI F1 to REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non mask able Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled CONTEC 88 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup RAM parity error CHECKING FOR SEGMENT Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory Detected unexpected EISA board PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID A CAUTION a When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Detected unexpected EISA board PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board installed is not responding to the ID request or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot A CAUTION When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Slot not empty Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually con tains a board An CAUTION When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility System halted CTRL ALT DEL to REBOOT Indicates the present boot atte
6. To connect with peripherals use a grounded shielded cable Component Life 1 Battery The internal calendar clock and CMOS RAM are backed by a Lithium primary battery The backup time at a temperature of 25 C with the power disconnected is 10 years or more 2 CF The OS installed model uses a CF card in the OS storage area Estimated failure rates 100 000 rewrite cycles 1 000 000 hours MTBF Replacement of expendables is handled as a repair there will be a charge CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 5 1 Introduction FCC PART 15 Class A Notice NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference at his own expense WARNING TO USER Change or modifications not expressly approved the manufacturer can void the user s authority to operate this equipment CONTEC 6 BX900 User s Manual 2 System Reference 2 System Reference Specification Table 2 1 Functional Specification lt J 2 gt 1GB
7. This item decides how the display is blanked Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Blank Screen This option writes blanks to the video buffer V H SYNC Blank This option disconnects the power for the vertical and horizontal synchronizing ports of the system and writes blanks to the video buffer SAS NON ti Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Signals for the initial power management of the display CONTEC 68 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Video Off In Suspend No Video Off In Suspend This option sets how to turn off the monitor display Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend Suspend Type Enables the selection of Suspend type Available options are Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend MODEM Use IRQ If you want to resume the system from power saving mode on the incoming call to modem specifies here the interruption request line IRQ used by the modem To use this function you need to connect the Fax Modem to Wake On Modem connector of keyboard computer Suspend Mode Dis abled See Suspend Mode 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour tJ Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort If no power management event happens within the specified time duration the CPU clock stops and the video signal is suspended When a power management event is detected the full powered functions are recovered Tf the item of USB Keyboard Support is set Enabled this function is not available had
8. 200pin SO DIMM socket PC2 4300 DDR2 533 DDR2 SDRAM support Video Built in Intel 95GME Main memory shared 64KB C0000H CFFFFH Display I F Analog RGB I F x 1 15pin HD SUB connector x 1 s Analog RGB 640 x 480 800 x 600 1 024 x 768 1 152 x 864 1 280 x 600 1 280 x 720 1 280 x 768 1 280 x 960 1 280 x 1 024 1 360 x 768 1 400 x 1 050 1 600 x 900 1 600 x 1 200 1 856 x 1 392 1 920 x 1 080 1 920 x 1 200 1 920 x 1 400 2 048 x 1 539 16 770 000 colors LVDS 800 x 600 1 024 x 768 260 000 colors Audio AC97 compliant LINE OUT 02 5 Stereo mini jack Full scale output level 1 5Vrms Typ Dual 50mW Amplifier MIKE IN 023 5 mono mini jack Full scale input level 1 6Vrms Typ Serial ATA I F Slot in 3 5 inches SATA hard disk x 1 Serial ATA 1 0 compliant support Windows XP Professional pre install model SATA HDD is finished mounting one partition The other model It is not mounted CF card slot CF CARD Type I x 2 bootable Windows XP Embedded pre install model CF 1 is finished mounting CF 2GB one partition T The other model It is not mounted Serial 1 F RS 232C general purpose 2ch SERIAL PORTI 2 9pin D SUB connector male Baud rate 50 115 200bps For touch panel communication 1ch SERIAL PORT3 in LVDS connector RS 422 485 general purpose 1ch SERIAL PORT5 in RAS connector 1 The capacity of CF is a value when 1GB is calculated by one billion bytes The capacity that can be recognized from
9. 5 Each Component Function How to Use the Watchdog Timer BIOS setting Set event output control e Instruct La WDT to stop Set timer value Start clear WDT i Application i Modify timer value YES Output data to ports 4001h and 4004h to set the counter clock Read port 4002h stop the WDT and turn off alarm output Output set data to port 4003h Output of A5h to port 4002h starts the WDT and output of A5h to the same port clears the timer To modify the timer value during operation the WDT needs to be stopped temporarily WDT Watch Dog Timer Figure 5 5 How to Use the Watchdog Timer Example usage To assign IROS to the event whose time up value is 15sec Out 4004h 01h Set the event at the time of WDT expiration to IRQS In 4002h Stop the WDT timer and cancel the alarm Out 4003h OFh Set the WDT expiration time to 15sec Out 4002h A5h Start and clear the WDT In 4002h Stop the WDT and cancel the alarm CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 105 5 Each Component Function 4001h bit4 6 Alarm out output control D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO Figure 5 6 Alarm Out Output Control Port 4001h PO2_M PO PO2 WDT pin output setting 0 Set the RAS Connectors PO2 WDT 12 signal to PO2 general purpose output 1 Set the RAS connector s PO2 WDT 12 signal to alarm out Table 5 13 WD_S1 WD_S0 Alarm out Output Status Settings External alarm output s
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11. 3 16 Replacing the Top Cover CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 22 3 Hardware Setup Fastening the Cable This product comes with clamps for fixing cables Using a cable clamp for a cable The system unit has a hole for attaching cable clamp to the I F side with lock less connector such as the LINEOUT MIC USB and power cable prevents the connector from being unplugged Use the cable ties and cable clamps appropriately according to the connecting states and wiring directions of cables Fastening the LINEOUT MIC and USB cable Figure 3 17 Attaching the USB sound cable clamp Fastening the power cable Please notice that once you attach the cable 1t is impossible to remove it 1 Attach the tip of the cable tie to the hole above the AC inlet Figure 3 18 Attaching the AC cable clamp CONTEC 23 BX900 User s Manual 2 Plug the AC power cable into the AC inlet 3 Hardware Setup Plugging the Power Cable Figure 3 19 a O av O 5 oF Z G S O O lt v L 5 Ma BLD E E Q peni S 3 Y S O p O A a A er SE Ka lt 5 JA opm a ea AC power cable 4 Move the clamp as close to the AC inlet as possible then tighten the clamp to fasten the the Clamp ixing F Figure 3 21 CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 24 3 Hardware Setup Using example of cable clamp The photo below shows an example of using a cable clamp Fix th
12. ESC Abort Serial Port 5 IRQ Select the IRQ to use in the fifth serial port t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 66 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBl05 CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function AGPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR ETTN PWRON After P WR F ail PCI Express WAKE PCI Express PME Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Resume by Alarm Datetof Month Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm Enabled S1 POS User Define D PAIS Yes Menu Level Stop Grant 3 Disabled Disabled Instant Off On Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM Port PEI PIRO A D ho Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values CONTEC BX900 User s Manual Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FB Fail Safe Defaults Figure 4 12 Power Management Setup F Optimized Defaults 67 4 BIOS Setup Table 4 13 Power Management setup Selections ACPI Funct
13. USB RESET LINE LED SW OUT Figure 5 3 Front View lt IPC BX900P4 A C5 gt CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 93 5 Each Component Function Table 5 1 Component Function Function General purpose SW PCI Express x 1 PCI x 1 lt P2 model gt PCI Express x 2 PCI x 2 lt P4 model gt 1 2 IC F1 F2 SB S CONTEC 94 BX900 User s Manual System Configuration IPC BX900 AC5 IPC BX900P2 AC5 IPC BX900P4 AC5 LAN port SERIAL port gt KM AN 1 2 USB2 0 FD drive Display Printer om USB device such as CD ROM drive Figure 5 4 System Configuration CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function 95 5 Each Component Function Component Function CMOS ROM Clear SW SW1 Clear switches for CMOS and ROM For more details on this please refer to chapter 4 Locations and Settings of CMOS ROM Clear SW General purpose SW SW2 General purpose switch You can read the value of switch settings from RAS port address 400Ah The value is 1 in OFF and 0 in ON respectively Table 5 2 General purpose SW register Tor n 5 5 2 o 150 Ea a EREE EH RR a Write STATU S LED LED POWER ACCESS STATUS There are three LED in the front of this board Table 5 3 Display Contents of LED POWER LED Indicates the power switch of the product is tu
14. and ss ad ss had ad nd ad ee CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 69 4 BIOS Setup HDD Power Down Disabled Min Min Min Min Min Min Min Min Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min HDD Power Down If set in Enabled the hard disk drive goes into the power saving mode when no system operation is done after the specified time duration Other devices continues to be active Soft Off by PWR BTTN In case of Soft Off S5 by the power button specifies the Instant Off delay time to wait till the power button takes effect In Delay 4 Sec Instant Off the power button takes effect immediately after pushed down In Delay 4 sec the power button need to be pushed and held for 4 seconds to take effect Note that the power button is controlled by the OS in case of Windows On Off PWRON after PWR Fail Only On is supported for PWRON After PWR Fail Always boots when the power is recovered after the power related malfunction such as a power failure PCI Express WAKE Enabled By default this field is Disabled Disabled Selecting Enable enables On board Lan WOL function Note that the Wake Up by PCI Card setting below should be Enable alike ti Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 70 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup PCI Express PME By default this field is Disabled For Add on PCI E Card PME Wake Up by PCI card Selecting Enable ena
15. at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it 1s strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix Award6l05 CMOS Setup Utility PnP PGI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Mp nu Level K x IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assignment Auto Assignment Auto Assignment Auto INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin INT Pin 1 2 3 4 Assignment Auto 5 Assignment Auto 6 Assignment Auto T Assignment Auto 8 Assignment Auto PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size 1 26 Mt Move EnterSelect 5 PU PD 4alue Fi0 Save ESG Exit Pi General Help F5 Previous Values F FailSafe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults Figure 4 13 PnP PCI Configuration Setup Table 4 14 PCI PnP PCI Configuration Setup Selections Init Display First PCI Slot Init Display First Onboard Initialize the onboard video display before initializing any other display device on the system Thus the onboard display becomes the primary display 71J Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 73 4 BIOS Setup Reset Configuration Data Disabled Enable d Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field D
16. backup read the licensing terms of your operating system carefully so that the backup is carried out within the scope of given license Please check the OS license that is included in this product Followings are the steps to use the CF Backup feature lt Using the CF Backup Feature gt 1 Connect display and keyboard to the box computer 2 Insert the CF and the CF for backup to the respective CF slot before turning the power on 3 Press the DEL key before the startup to invoke the BIOS setting screen and select CF Backup from menu 4 Follow the messages on the screen to proceed with the process For the copy process the Source Disk the CF to be backed up and the Destination Disk the CF for backup must be specified The contents of the Source Disk can be lost if the Disks are wrongly assigned ensure the correct operation by carefully reading the displayed message and performing the procedures accordingly 5 When the backup process is finished the message BACKUP finish Press any key reboot is displayed Enter any one of the alphabet keys from A to Z The system reboots upon the key input 6 Backup completes when the above steps are done CONTEC 44 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup If backup is performed to a same type CF as the current CF the contents of the backup CF becomes the same as the current CF Therefore the backup CF can be used as it is in place of the current CF If backup is performe
17. connector of the silk print 2 to look like LAN 1 This is because of depending in the order of recognizing the device in OS If you want to use WOL function please select Enable at the item Enable PME of OS driver setting CONTEC 98 BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function USB Ports USB The BOX PC is equipped with six channels for USB 2 0 interface Table 5 6 USB Connector Serial Port Interface SERIALI 2 SERIALI 2 3 RS 232C Ports The product has five channels of RS 232C compliant serial ports supporting up to a baud rate of 115 200bps with a 16 byte transmission dedicated data buffer and a 16 byte reception dedicated data buffer You can use Chapter 4 BIOS Setup to configure an I O address interrupt and unused state for each of the ports independently The same I O address and IRQ cannot be shared with any other device Please refer to Chapter 6 I O Port Addresses for more information on I O address and register function Table 5 7 SERIAL 1 2 3 4 5 VO Addresses and Interrupts PC ES omad n 7 3 For touch panel 2A0h 2A7h IRQ5 4 system reserved 2 EENI 2AFh mao O 5 RS422 485 3 3B0h 3B7h IRQ7 Set as Disable when shipped If you use the touch panel for the display device using LVDS connection set to Enable The I O address is fixed and can not be changed 2 Set as Disable when shipped Not available since it is for the rese
18. is used as default when the serial port 5 is set to Enable CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix 115 6 Appendix POST Codes Table 6 4 POST Codes lt 1 5 gt POST Z escription hex kd Test CMOS R W functionality Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below 2 Clear CMOS error flag Clear 8042 interface Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips Enable keyboard interface Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips Reserved Use walking 15 algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override Reserved Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel8 and CPU level 586 or 686 Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR Reserved Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD DMI suppor
19. it while Enable USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled when using the USB keyboard Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio Select Enabled when using the audio function Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN1 Select Enabled when using the Onboard LAN1 controller t Wove ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 62 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Onboard LAN Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN2 Select Enabled when using the Onboard LAN2 controller tieMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort Enabled RS485 T inator Control j erminator Contro Disabled Sets Enabled Disabled for the terminating resistance for RS422 485 If set in Disabled there is no terminating resistance If set in Enabled it is terminated with 1200 resistance Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Enabled Select Enabled when PXE network boot up is to be performed t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 63 4 BIOS Setup Super 10 Device Phoenix AwardBl0S CMOS Setup Utility Superl0 Device Onboard Serial Pont 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 1R03 Onboard Serial Pont 3 Disabled x Serial Port 3 IRQ 5 Onboard Serial Port 4 Disabled x Serial Port 4 IRQ Onboard Serial Port 5 X Serial Port 5 IRO 3F8 1R04 6 Disabled T t Move Enter Sele ct F5 Previous Values PU PD Value Figure 4 11 SuperIO Device Table 4 12 Super VO device Selections F10 Save F6 Fai
20. key input is enabled you can specify the interval of waiting time for the continuous key input t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 49 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the Security Option system boots or only when you enter setup If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt l t4 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely APIC Mode Disabled APIC Mode Enabled APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Note This item is show only MPS Version Control For OS 1 1 Use the Multiprocessor Specification MPS for OS option to specify the MPS version to be used MPS version 1 4 added extended configuration tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability OS Select For DRAM gt 64M Select the
21. lt F1 gt for help and press lt Esc gt to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program using the keyboard EG S A pd Y O Using Setup Key Function O Up Arrow Move to the previous item Down Arrow Move to the next item Left Arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right Arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Main Menu Guit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes key Increase the numeric value or make changes key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Main Menu Guit and not save changes into CMOS Esc key Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F6 key Load the fail safe defaults from BIOS default table F7 key Load the optimized defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit Getting Help In Case of Problems If after making and saving system changes with Setup you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot the AwardBIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defaults The best advice is to only alter settings which you thoroughly understand To this end we st
22. of Each Register lt 774 gt Description THR n aes ene aes D4 D83 RBR Reciever Buffer Register DLAB 0 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 Di mile 1 1 TES bito MSB H ip Register dedicated to read received data from DLL A e LSB ee D4 D3 D1 A AS PE Mee e E A E Baud rate setting register LSB DLH en opr MSB Aa D4 D3 D1 SI aa PAE Baud rate setting register MSB IER eee oe 2 ee D4 D1 Received data Interrupt enable Received data register empty Interrupt enable Receiver line status Interrupt enable Modem status interrupt enable Always used at 0 L 1 Enable interrupt 0 Disable interrupt CONTEC 129 BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix Table 6 6 Function of Each Register lt 2 4 gt Description IIR Interrupt Identification Register D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 DI 1 Do not generate interrupts 0 Generate interrupts 1 high Generated by overrun parity framing error or break interrupt Cleared when the line status register 1s read Generated when the transmitter holding register is empty Cleared when the IIR is read or when transmitted data is written to THR Modem status interrupt is generated CTS DSR RI CD Cleared when the modem status register is read LCR Line Contror Regester D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 DI DO ELITTITII 0 1 STOP bit 1 1 5 STOP bits at 5 bit length 2 STOP bits at 6 7 or 8 bit length 0 Disable parity 1 Enable parity 0 Odd parity 1 Even parity 0 Dis
23. of the board edge connector the shaded area in the figure may not be mounted The PCI bus slot is for 32 bit Operational tests are not performed for the dual purpose boards for 64bit 32bit such as ADAPTEC 39160SCSI board or Intel Pro1000 MT network board The PCI Express bus is for x1 Devices which require the faster communication speed than x1 e g x16 can not be used CONTEC 112 BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix Memory Map Table 6 1 Memory Map Memory Segments System BIOS Area 00100000 Top of Main Memory FEC0000h FECFFFFFh FEE00000h FEEFFFFFh FFE0000h FFFFFFFFh High BIOS Area APIC configuration space CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix 113 6 Appendix I O Port Addresses Table 6 2 I O Port Addresses 0064 Keyboard controller 0074 007F Primary IDE controller 0274 0277 Reserved ISA PnP CONTEC 114 BX900 User s Manual Interrupt Level List Table 6 3 Hardware Interrupt Levels Factory Settings a o oa mer a oon Page gt 1 ETS oan Pigs stave 1 Reattimeaoek on a HE5 a ait ot use Availabe T R eV ETA W A E H Primary eS ETA 1 G ma H ETTE osn 1 TTT H oon S Not in use Available for users 1 Not in use Available for users 2 Not in use Available for users 3 1 IRQ5 is used as default when the serial port 3 is set to Enable 2 IRQ6 is used as default when the serial port 4 is set to Enable 3 IRQ7
24. the MS DOS display CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 101 5 Each Component Function LVDS Interface LVDS The LVDS connector is a 26 pin half pitch connector A liquid crystal panel with the following resolution can be connected to this product System resolution 800 x 600 260 000 colors 1 024 x 768 260 000 colors When used together with a display interface it enables dual screen display Table 5 11 LVDS Connector Connector Half pitch 26 socket connector used on the DX10G1M 26SE or equivalence to it product 13 UE 26 14 o IVC o EA o a o Co IRC e TA o ae a o Please do not connect anything with the RESERVED pin Display driver Install the appropriate audio driver for your OS from the bundled CD ROM IPC SLIB 01 For information on the latest version of IPC SLIB 01 check the CONTEC s web site CONTEC 102 BX900 User s Manual RAS Functions 5 Each Component Function A RAS port is provided for this product This port offers watchdog timer remote reset and general purpose I O RAS functions Table 5 12 RAS Connector Connector type 15pin D SUB FEMALE No 4 40UNC Inch screw threads RS 485 transmitting line RS 485 receiving line Z NCOM Minus Minus common dedicated to POS Minus common dedicated to POS to PO2 General purpose output or watch dog timer alarm PO2 WDT output Poo Genera
25. to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system _ CONTEC 46 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Table 4 6 Advance Chipset Feature Selections DRAM Timing Selectable DRAM Timing Selectable Manual By SPD The value in this field depends on performance parameters of the installed memory chips DRAM Do not change the value from the factory setting unlees you install new memory that has a different performance rating than the original DRAMs t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this fild from the default value specified by the system designer You can select CAS latency time in HCLK of 3 4 5 6 or Auto The system board designer should set the values in this field depends on the DRAM installed specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU DRAM RAS to CASH delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance T
26. 0 Slave None Change the day month IDE Channel 1 Master None vear and century IDE Ghannel 1 Slave None video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 514048K Total Memory 5150724 M Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F FailSafe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults Figure 4 2 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 33 4 BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Table 4 2 Main Menu Selections Set the system date Note that the Day Date Month DD YYYY automatically changes when you set the date HH MM SS Set the system time AADA Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of IDE Channel 0 Master Options are in its sub menu detailed options l MA Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of IDE Channel 0 Slave Options are in its sub menu l detailed options l N Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of IDE Channel 1 Master Options are in its sub menu gt i detailed options A Ani Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of IDE Channel 1 Slave Options are in its sub
27. 0 User s Manual 117 6 Appendix Table 6 4 POST Codes lt 3 5 gt POST D au escription hes j Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU A EAA Program MTRR of M1 CPU Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU A Ko TTT are not identical Display PnP logo Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional Reserved Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch 2 J 5 CONTEC 118 BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix Table 6 4 POST Codes lt 4 5 gt POST hex Description Assign resources to all TSA PnP devices Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware O Reserved Reserved Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 5h a p Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or c
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31. 2 0 CF card slot RS 232C and the slot in 3 5 inches SATA hard disk bay unit being installed this product is widely usable as a platform based on the OS for the general purpose PC Embedded type CPU and chip set have been adopted The use of readily available parts ensures the ease of the use of the product In addition the use of CONTEC customized BIOS allows support to be provided at the BIOS level BOX PC R series 1s available in the following three models Base Model IPC BX900 AC5 Model with Expansion Slot IPC BX900P2 AC5 Expansion 2 Slot type PCI Express x1 x 1 and PCI slot x 1 IPC BX900P4 AC5 Expansion 4 Slot type PCI Express x1 x 2 and PCI slot x 2 Features Adoption of ultra low voltage Core TM Duo Processor L2400 1 66 GHz 945GME chip set and 1GB of memory These products has the Intel s R power saving high performance ultra low voltage Core Duo processor L2400 1 66GHz FSB667MHzZz Intel s R 945GME chip set and 1GB DDR2 SDRAM memory achieve a high level computing and drawing ability The adoption of an embedded type CPU and chipset enables a stable power supply Adoption of slot in 3 5 inches SATA hard disk bay unit Slot in method is adopted allowing easy install removal The operation in ambient temperature 40 C 19 realized by adopting aluminum made hard disk bay for the enhanced heat radiation Compared to former 2 5 inches IDE hard disk used for our IPC larger capacity and faster speed are
32. 8 Defaule xxxxxxxon Figure 5 10 RAS Status Port 4005h R RAS status port WDT WDT status This is the WDT status bit This bit is cleared when the WDT stops read port 4002h O The WDT is either stopped or counting 1 The time set on the WDT expired CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 107 5 Each Component Function General purpose I O and Remote Reset The BOX PC is equipped with three general purpose insulated signals each for input and output The input signals can also be used for interrupt input or remote reset input Specifications Input Input specifications Current driven input by photocoupler insulation Input resistance 4 7kQ Input signal count 3 One of them can be used for remote reset and interrupt input bit2 lt fixed gt Input protection circuit Equipped with a reverse connection protection diode Input response time Less than 100usec External circuit power supply 12 24VDC 10 Output Output specifications Open collector output by photocoupler insulation Output rating Max 30VDC 100mA Output signal count 3 One of them can be used for WDT alarm output bit2 lt fixed gt Output response time Less than 300usec Common VO addresses 4000h and 4001h How to Use General purpose I O and Remote Reset Output data to port 4001h to set PIO PI2 or PO2 mode Implement input and output with port 4000h Figure 5 11 How t
33. DO REGATE TE GATE TE SEL rsv R W Default XXXX0000b Figure 5 14 RS 485 Transmission and Reception Control Port 4007h TE SEL Select the RS 485 transmission enable signal O Sets the RTS signal to the RS 485 transmission enable signal factory setting 1 Sets the TE GATE value to the RS 485 transmission enable signal TE GATE RS 485 transmission enable signal Valid only when the TE SEL value is 1 O RS 485 transmission Enable factory setting 1 RS 485 transmission Disable RE GATE RS 485 transmission enable signal O RS 485 reception Enable factory setting 1 RS 485 reception Disable An CAUTION A bit indicated with rsv is used by the system Do not modify the bit TXD 0 Controlled by RTS 0 ci ds COR DE 1 Controlled by TE_GATE A RTS prohibited EN O 1 Transmission 0 O permitted 1 O Transmissio TE_GATE permitted 1 Transmission prohibited RX 11 RX 3 TX 10 TX 2 XX 0 Receiving RE GATE permitted 1 Receiving prohibited RXD RS485 Terminator f Enabled On Control Disabled Off Figure 5 15 Half Duplex Connection Method CONTEC 110 BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function TXD 0 Controlled by RTS 0 miss E 1 Controlled by TE GATE A RTS prohibited N IO 1 Transmission U permitted 1 0 Transmissio TE GATE permitted va Tran
34. Enter Se le ct F5 Previous Values Figure 4 9 On Chip IDE Device CONTEC BX900 User s Manual PU PD Value Fo Fail Safe Defaults Combined Mode Secondary Fi0 Save ESCG Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults 55 4 BIOS Setup Table 4 9 On Chip IDE Device Selections HDD Select Auto Select UDMA35 HDD Select You can choose your CF card type to Auto Select or UDMA 33 IDE HDD Block mode Disabled Enabled Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sectors read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support t WMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort Disabled Enabled IDE DMA transfer access This item allow you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort On Chip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 56 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Master Slave PIO The two IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for the one IDE device that the onboard IDE interface supports In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode fo
35. FPD S71VT DC1 1 6 4 inch 640 x 480 dots Panel mounted type FPD H75XT DC1 1 15 inch 1024 x 768 dots Embedded type FPD L75ST DC1 1 12 1 inch 800 x 600 dots Embedded type FPD M75VT DC1 1 10 4 inch 640 x 480 dots Embedded type 1 Please Purchase an optional cable for connection FPD 26M26M 005 FPD 26M26M 020 FPD 26M26M 050 Display cable only for LVDS FPD 26M26M 005 LVDS cable 0 5m FPD 26M26M 020 LVDS cable 2m FPD 26M26M 050 LVDS cable 5m Touch panel cable for an analog RGB display PC CBL3 2 AT host Touch panel COM cable 2m IPC CBL3 5 AT host Touch panel COM cable 5m Terminal block for connecting the RAS connector IPC PSD 20 Terminal block for connecting the RAS connector CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 127 IPC BX900 Series User s Manual IPC BX900 AC5 IPC BX900P2 AC5 IPC BX900P4 AC5 CONTEC CO LTD September 2011 Edition 3 9 31 Himesato Nishiyodogawa ku Osaka 555 0025 Japan Japanese http www contec co jp English http www contec com Chinese http www contec com cn No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO LTD 09262011 07022008 Management No A 51 594 09262011_rev4 Parts No LYJN104
36. IPC Series BOX PC for IPC BX900 Series User s Manual CONTEC CO LTD Check Your Package Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC product The product consists of the items listed below Check with the following list that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer Product Configuration List Screws for 3 5 drive 46 32UNC x 5 Screws for attachment fittings Three point sems screw M4 x 8 Screws for slot cover CF attachment fittings Three point sems screw M3 x 6 1 Notes on using Windows XP 1 23 1 2 3 1 2 3 Embedded IPC SLIB 01 1 User s manual Driver Utility Soft 1 1 1 Set 3 1 Please confirm latest information on the CONTEC homepage though the user s manual is stored in IPC SLIB 01 2 It is not packed to the Windows XP Professional pre install model 3 It is not packed to the OS uninstall model 4 It is attached in advance to the main body in Windows XP Embedded pre install model CONTEC BX900 User s Manual Product Configuration Image A 3 Screws for 3 5 drive SID ET H6 32UNC x 5 EZ LS LA gt S 22 gt Screws for attachment AC cable A Ee he attachment 2 fittings clamp L gt fittings Three point sems screw lt A E l A M4x8 A J C wU Screws for slot cover CF R E CF attachment Slot cover AC cable attachment fittings USB sound Media
37. ONTEC group office where you purchased before returning any product No product will be accepted by CONTEC group without the RMA number Liability The obligation of the warrantor is solely to repair or replace the product In no event will the warrantor be liable for any incidental or consequential damages due to such defect or consequences that arise from inexperienced usage misuse or malfunction of this device CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 3 1 Introduction Safety Precautions Understand the following definitions and precautions to use the product safely Safety Information This document provides safety information using the following symbols to prevent accidents resulting in injury or death and the destruction of equipment and resources Understand the meanings of these labels to operate the equipment safely N DANGER AN WARNING N CAUTION DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation which if not avoided will result in death or serious injury WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided may result in minor or moderate injury or in property damage Caution on the IPC BX900 Series Handling Precautions A WARNING Always check that the power supply is turned off before connecting or disconnecting power cables Do not modify the product Always tu
38. RODUCTION 1 Ao t TENG ng 1076 Ut cas Ss See E ca a ati Ba neta nd statherin E Berea bse 1 E a lcs ON ere oat 1 SU OL T 2 C stomer SUPPoft arrimer E arai ERE E E E EA EE EE aan Cintas E E 3 MW DAL T 3 Limited One Year Wa io 3 Howto ODIM SEVI ti ES E E tea olaieiawnesiss 3 E AN 3 Satety Precautions allas 4 Sadie os A A UA a 4 Caution on the IPC BX900 SMS A A A A AA AAA date 4 Ze SYSTEM REFERENCE 7 RTE LST 2 teed aa aaa aaa E ENT 7 Rower Management Fe UTE io aaasta aial ns alaalia peatata 9 Physical DIMENSIONS tii salastati A ANS 10 3 HARDWARE SETUP 13 Before Using the BOX PE for the First Time rv vakka A Malaka ale al ai 13 ahga teole AM A dd es anid ata drcanlda EE E EE E 14 Installing the Hard isk T 14 Attaching the CF Attachment Fittings asi eee 16 Attaching the Attachment Fittings sese sees Aid 16 Expansion Board Installation RO CCU aa 17 Fastening e Cable A T EE R a 23 Installation Requirements cn do 26 4 BIOS SETUP 29 A A SN 29 Io AAA EM m Maa E E A T 29 USES ETT 30 A A Aone E E E E EE tnt AMR SPER TED tn ren Te 30 CONTEC _ BX900 User s Manual 111 IES en Problems TTT 30 POP inalNote AbOULS SUD A iii 30 MEGA Ma 31 SAAD TT 31 Standard GC MOS SED idas 33 Main Menu Seleeliohs a aac eee a 34 IDE a T ST TTT 35 Advanced BIOS Features S Ci A AAA AAA ANA 36 EPULECAE ASAS eas 37 H rd Disk Boot PRO didas 38 Vir s Warnie eaa O dels Sl elas adh Zra aed Ee STEES 39 Advanced Chipset Features SEID sinnani
39. Using the CF 5 40 C Using the HDD Operating humidity 10 90 RH No condensation Floating dust particles Not to be excessive AC line 2kV Line noise Ambient memos Signal line 1kV 1EC61000 4 4Level 3 N61000 4 4Level 3 specifications p resistance i Contact discharge 4kV IEC61000 4 2Level 2 EN61000 4 2Level 2 resistance Atmospheric discharge 8kV IEC61000 4 2Level 3 EN61000 4 2 Level 3 Vibration 5 10 57Hz semi amplitude 0 15mm 57 150Hz 2 0G weep y A A i resistance resistance 40 min each in x y and z directions 4 JIS C60068 2 6 compliant 1IEC60068 2 6 compliant 10G half sine shock for 11 ms in x y and z directions JIS C60068 2 27 compliant IEC60068 2 27 compliant Class D grounding previous class 3 grounding 4 When the HDD is not in use Impact resistance 4 Power Management Features Support both ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface and legacy APM power management ACPI v2 0 compliant APM v1 2 compliant PCI bus clock run Power Management Enable PME control all with hardware automatic wake up Multiple suspends power plane controls and suspends status indicators Normal doze suspend and conserve modes Global and local device power control CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 9 2 System Reference Physical Dimensions IPC BX900 AC5 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OO00000000000000000000000000000U000
40. X900P2 AC5 IPC BX900P4 ACS ooccccccnocococcnocononoonnnoncnnnonnnnnccncnnnnnnnos 112 6 APPENDIX 113 MEMO MAD A t mle eadecciutes 113 VO Port Ad OATES SOS it E EA A EE 114 Interrupt Leve E T A a A AAN 115 POST Cd escrito ate Pee ab ae es 116 COM TO Address and Register Function 1 A A A a a 121 Ta LIST OF OPTIONS 127 CONTEC BX900 User s Manual Y vi CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 1 Introduction 1 Introduction About the Product This product is an IBM PC AT compatible box computer designed for industrial use based on a low power consumption CPU of the Ultra Low Voltage Intel R Core TM Duo Processor L2400 1 66GHz to operate as a completely nature cooled fanless system IPC BX900 ACS5 series which have a power saving high performance Core Duo processor 945GME chip set and 1GB DDR2 SDRAM memory achieve a high level computing and drawing ability IPC BX900P2 AC5 series which have a power saving high performance Core Duo processor 945GME chip set and 1GB DDR2 SDRAM memory achieve a high level computing and drawing ability Moreover IPC BX900P2 ACS5 series have one PCI Express bus slot and one PCI bus slot IPC BX900P4 AC5 series which have a power saving high performance Core Duo processor 945GME chip set and 1GB DDR2 SDRAM memory achieve a high level computing and drawing ability Moreover IPC BX900P4 AC5 series have two PCI Express bus slot and two PCI bus slot Various interfaces such as dual LAN USB
41. able stick parity 1 Enable stick parity 0 Break signal off 1 Send break signal DLAB Divisor Latch Access Bit In order to access the divisor latch register you need to set the bit to 1 To access another register set the bit to 0 CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 123 6 Appendix Table 6 6 Function of Each Register lt 3 4 gt Description 03FCH MCR Modem Control Register D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 DI DO DTR 0 Inactive HIGH 1 Active LOW RTS 0 Inactive HIGH 1 Active LOW Interrupt control bit 0 Disable 1 Enable Diagnostic local loop back test 0 Disable 1 Enable LSR Line Status Regester D7 D4 D3 D1 DO D6 D5 D2 o fefee Bi re pe on pR E Data ready 1 for existence of received data Overrun error 1 for occurrence of an error Parity error 1 for occurrence of an error Framing error 1 for occurrence of an error Break interrupt 1 for detection of break state Transmitter holding register empty 1 for transmission buffer being empty Transmitter empty Set to 1 when both transmitter holding register and transmitter shift register are empty CONTEC 124 BX900 User s Manual Table 6 6 03FEH Function of Each Register lt 474 gt Description MSR Modem Status Register D4 D D1 D D7 D6 D5 3 D2 U SCR Scratchpad Register This is an 8 bit readable writable register which is available to the user to allow data to be saved temporarily
42. ace Figure 3 8 Removing the PCB Brace 2 CONTEC 17 BX900 User s Manual 3 Hardware Setup 4 Insert the board into the slot and fasten 1t with screws Figure 3 9 Installation of an Expansion Board An CAUTION Make sure carefully that the board has been secured in the slot It can hold down a board if its height is at least 50mm 5 Install the PCB brace Figure 3 10 Attaching the PCB Brace CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 18 3 Hardware Setup 6 Replace the expansion slot cover Figure 3 11 Replacing the Top Cover CONTEC 19 BX900 User s Manual 3 Remove the brace that holds the printed circuit board PCB down 1 Be sure the power is turned off Figure 3 12 Removing the Top Cover 2 Remove the top cover 3 Hardware Setup IPC BX900P4 AC5 The brace will separate toward you Remove the screws on the brace Figure 3 13 Removing the PCB Brace 2 CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 20 3 Hardware Setup 4 Insert the board into the slot and fasten 1t with screws Figure 3 14 Installation of an Expansion Board An CAUTION Make sure carefully that the board has been secured in the slot It can hold down a board if its height is at least 50mm 5 Install the PCB brace Figure 3 15 Attaching the PCB Brace 21 BX900 User s Manual CONTEC 3 Hardware Setup 6 Replace the expansion slot cover Figure
43. ages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS battery has failed CMOS battery 1s no longer functional It should be replaced DISK BOOT failure INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files Insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure the disk is formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system Display switch is set incorrectly Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch 1s set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection Display type has changed since last BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type CONTEC 86 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup EISA configuration checksum error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memor
44. alues F FailSafe Defulats F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 4 3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup CONTEC 36 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup CPU Feature Phoenix 4wardBl0S CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min rnan C1 Function Auto Execute Disable Bit Enabled Menu Level K Me Move EnterSelect 7 PU PD Value FlO0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 4 4 CPU Feature Press lt Enter gt to configure the settings relevant to CPU Feature Table 4 4 CPU Features Selections Delay Prior to Thermal Delay Prior to Thermal Select the interval to setup the delay timer for CPU Thermal Throttling C1E Function CPU C1E Function Select Ho Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 37 4 BIOS Setup Execute Disable Bit Execute Disable Bit Enabled Disabled When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 Ho Move ENTER Acce pt ESC Abort Hard Disk Boot Priority Phoenix Award6l05 CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 Bootable Addin Cards Menu Level Use lt t gt or gt to select a device then press gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Hess Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESG Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F FailSafe Defaults Ff Opti
45. ant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt Such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI AISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The Choice Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 70 4 BIOS Setup Table 4 15 IRQ n Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled This item is designed to overcome some problems that can be Enabled caused by some non standard VGA cards This board includes a built in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled Leave this field at Disabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Devices s using this INT Display Controller Bus 0 Dev 2 Func 0 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 3 INT Pin 2 Assignment Devices s using this INT Multimedia Device Bus 0 Dev 30 Func 2 T Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 76 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup INT Pin 3 Assignment INT Pin 3 Assignment Devices s using this INT USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 2 INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Devices s using this INT IDE Controller Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 2 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 1 SMBus Controller Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 3 INT Pin 5 Assignment Devices s using this INT Network Controller Bus 1 Dev 8 Func 0 Simple Communication Controller Bus 0 Dev 30 Func 3 T Mov
46. bles On board Lan WOL function Note that the PCI Express Wake setting below should be Enable alike Power On by Ring When set to Enabled you can boot the system by incoming call Ring signal to the modem connected COM1 or COM2 Resume by Alarm When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system Date of Month Alarm Min 0 Max 31 Key in a DEC number Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort PCI Express PME Enabled Disabled Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Enabled t4 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abon Disabled Enable d tiMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort Resume by Alarm Dis abled Enabled tiMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort Time hh mm ss Alarm Min 0 Max 23 Key in a DEC number Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Reload Global Timer Events When Enabled an event occurring on each listed device restarts the global timer for Standby mode CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 71 4 BIOS Setup Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort mM Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 72 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect 1s a system which allows UO devices to operate
47. ce GEN II Disables speed setting for SATA port or forces to set in GEN I or GEN II t MWove ENTER Accept ESC Abort PATA IDE Mode Secondary a PATA IDE Mode RATA IDE mode is fixed in Secondary ti Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 59 4 BIOS Setup SATA Pont PO P2 is Primary SATA Port Sets serial ATA channel in Primary Notes Only this item is displayed ti Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 60 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Onboard Device Phoenix 4wardBl05 CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled USE 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled AC97 Audio Enabled le nu Level K Onboard LAN Enabled Onboard LAN Enabled R5485 Terminator Control Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled Move EnterSelect 3 PU PD Value Fli0 5Save ESG Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults Figure 4 10 Onboard Device Table 4 11 On board device Selections USB Controller Enabled USB Controller Disabled Selects enable disable for the USB Universal Serial Bus controller In normal cases use it while Enable m WMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 61 4 BIOS Setup USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Disabled Enable or disable the Onboard USB 2 0 function In normal cases use
48. d to a CF whose capacity is larger than the current CF the backup CF cannot be used as it is The backed up contents can be used after being transferred to a CF of the same type as the current CF For the transfer procedure refer to How to use CF Backup function described above CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 45 4 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features Setup Phoenix AwardBl0S CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable CAS Latency Time DRAM RAS to CAS Delay DRAM RAS Precharge Precharge delay RAS System Memory Frequency 5LP 54 Assertion Width System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15 76M PCI Express Root Port Func we wk VGA Setting PEG Onchip VGA Control On Chip Frame Buffer Size DYMT Mo de DYMT FIXED Memory Size Boot Display Panel Number Watch Dog Timer Setting WDT Output to PO WDT Power on State WDT Time up State Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Value Fo FailSafe Defaults Auto Menu Level p Auto Auto i to 2 Sec Enabled Enabled Disabled Press Enter Auto SMG DAT 128MB CRT LFP 1024 x 768 Disabled Off On Fi0 Save ESG Exit F1 General Help Fi Optimized Defaults Figure 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features Setup This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access
49. e ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual TT 4 BIOS Setup INT Pin 6 Assignment INT Pin 6 Assignment Devices s using this INT Reserved INT Pin 7 Assignment Auto INT Pin 7 Assignment Devices s using this INT Reserved INT Pin 8 Assignment Devices s using this INT USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 0 USB 2 0 EHCI Controller Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 7 T Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 78 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup PCI Express relative items Table 4 16 PCI Express Relative Items Selections Maximum Payload Size Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express Devices The unit is byte Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 79 4 BIOS Setup PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Temprature Function Disabled en ne Warning Beep Disabled CPU THRM Thrttling Disabled Current CPU Temp 46 C 114 F Menu Level gt Current System Temp 53 C 1 37 F Voore 1 054 1 5V 1 52V 1 8V 1 80V 1 05V 1 05V 5 V B U TV OVSE 1 B U TV M e Move EnterSelect 3 PU PD Value F10 5ave ESC Exit F1 General Help Fb Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 4 15 PC Health Status The BIOS shows the PC health status in this window CONTEC 80 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Table 4 17 PC Health Status Select
50. e cable with a clamp without applying stress to the connector Figure 3 22 Using example of cable clamp CONTEC 25 BX900 User s Manual 3 Hardware Setup Installation Requirements The BOX PC can be installed in any orientation 1 through 3 Avoid orientation 4 through 6 since it might not adequately dissipate heat In addition take appropriate measures so that the ambient temperature falls within the range of installation environment conditions such as keeping the system unit well ventilated and sufficiently spaced its surroundings Installation Orientation Figure 3 23 Installation Orientation An CAUTION Note that even though the ambient temperature is within the specified range an operational malfunction may occur if there is other device generating high heat the radiation will influence the product to increase its temperature _ CONTEC 26 BX900 User s Manual 3 Hardware Setup Distances between the BOX PC and Its Vicinity 150mm or more 150mm or more Figure 3 24 Distances between the BOX PC and Its Vicinity Minimum distance for installing removing drive
51. eee 46 PCI Express Root Port Function iia AAA dicta 50 VA A A A E R E a 51 Watch Dog Timer Selline si 53 Integrated Per pier TT 54 RLE YT R o c mene Ren Re Ter SEER DN lis taandada 55 On Cp Serial ATA Ta STT 59 Onboard Dedicada 61 CRT eia op 10 DEVICE MA AA AS A 64 Power T e tl SUD AS EE R ene R 67 PaP PCT Contre T 1 Ea A idos 13 IRO n eE ia a ai daik ala alus aa alal data a 75 PCB Xpress TELAS teins TTT 79 PP Te aN SCAU US sis itech sima alba 80 PRequenc yi Voltas CONGO sor ino ii 82 Detatlts e aran aid 83 Supervisor User Password Setting lia 84 AAA a A O N IN 85 POST MESSAGES ai adas 85 POSTE BES aer AO cas 85 O O 86 Locations and Settings of CMOS ROM Clear SW 91 5 EACH COMPONENT FUNCTION 93 Component IN T TTT 93 Front VIC a aa a ia 93 AIR A adios 95 CONTEC iv BX900 User s Manual Component Te pT 96 CMOS ROM Clears WS Wildside 96 General SITES RIT 96 CEDSPOWER ACCESS STATUS wnt reales 96 RESETS W nai ld 96 Line out Interface LINE OUT lt lt ia 96 MIC input Intertace MIE e ll id 96 pope GEA eva Wee Wars ATA E A E A A A ASD 97 CF Card Connector Primary IDE Connection CF1 2 sees sese 97 Pas E BR LANI 2 A a 98 SB Potts USD iaa Auer ats 99 Serial Port Interface SERIALI 2 eee 99 Display Interface VGA A A et Sethe E E a 101 ENDS Interrace LVDS eita m ul les a E a a E ETE ia tee ua ila a 102 A 103 ii AA a o E O T 104 Generalepurpose I O and Remote Resta As 108 Expansion slots IPC B
52. eyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot Memory address error at Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory parity error at Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory size has changed since last BOOT Memory has been added or removed since the last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields Memory verify error at Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip Offending address not found This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated Offending segment This message 19 used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated
53. his field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system DRAM RAS Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 47 4 BIOS Setup Precharge delay tRAS Precharge delay tRAS This item controls the number of DRAM clocks to activate the precharge delay The default setting for the DRAM Cycle time tRAS is Auto Auto System Memory Frequency 933 MHz 66 MHz This item sets the main memory frequency When you use an external graphics card you can adjust this to enable the best performance for your system SLP_S4 Assertion Width Allows you to set the SLP_S4 assertion width default setting is 1 to 2 Sec Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FO000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 48 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Video BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Enabled Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system erro
54. ices in the sequence selected in these items USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN Disabled Boot Other Device Enable d The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items T4 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual Al 4 BIOS Setup Gate A20 option Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB extended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When Enabled you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the speed setting for the
55. ing message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup CONTEC 84 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Exit Selecting Save amp Exit Setup Pressi
56. ion Enabled ACPI Function Disabled When set to Enabled turns on the ACPI Function By default this field is Enabled t4 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abont Note ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is a power management specification that makes hardware status information available to the operating system ACPI enables a computer to turn its peripherals on and off for improved power management It also allows the computer to be turned on and off by external devices so that mouse or ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS keyboard activity wakes up the computer ACPI Suspend Type Only S1 POS is supported for the ACPI suspense mode t WMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort Power management This setting controls each timer function for the doze mode tand by mode and ense mode Using this category stand by m nd suspense m sing this gory Power Management you can select the type degree of power saving function iP awahled User Define Min Saving Max Saving User Define Each mode can be set separately the time duration for this setting ranges from 1 minute to 1 hour Exception the time duration for HDD power down ranges from 1 to 15 minutes Min Saving Performs minimum power management Stand by mode 1hour suspense mode 1 hour HDD power down 15 minutes Max Saving Performs maximum power management Stand by mode 1minute suspense mode 1 minute HDD power down 1 minute Video Off Method
57. ions CPU Temprature Function Disabled CPU Temperature Function 75 C 167 F 0 When using Warning Beep and CPU THRM Throttling 80 C 176 F 85 C 185 F 90 C 194 F 95 C 205 F below specifies the threshold temperature to the CPU temperature Disabled Warning Beep Enabled Disabled Disables this function Enabled Beep will sound as a warning when the temperature exceeds the value set in CPU Temperature Function above Disabled CPU THRM Throttling 75 0 When the temperature exceeds the value set in CPU 50 0 Temperature Function above the slot ring is activated in 25 0 selected percentages to restrain the heat generation from CPU Note that the operation in Windows is not supported Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Current CPU Temp This field displays the current CPU temperature This field displays the current system temperature Vcore 1 5V 1 8V 1 05V 5V 5VSB This field displays the current voltage CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 81 4 BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Menu Level p H 6 Move Enter Select 2 PU PD Value FlO0 Save ESG Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults Figure 4 16 Frequency Voltage Control Table 4 18 Frequency Voltage Control Selections Spread Spectrum Disabled Enabled Spread Spectrum When the s
58. ions and Settings of CMOS ROM Clear SW If an unexpected activation failure occurs due to the BIOS setting the CMOS ROM clear SW can be set in order to disable the BIOS setting and start up the system In the normal operation leave the CMOS ROM clear SW to the factory setting both of them are OFF 1 Turn off the main power of the body then turn on the CMOS clear switch SW1 1 and wait for approx 10 seconds then turn 1t off again 2 Next turn on the ROM clear switch SW1 2 3 Turn on the system unit to start the system During system startup invoke BIOS Setup to set up the BIOS again 4 After completing the setting turn the ROM clear switch SW1 2 off again and save settings then reboot A CONTEO 22 _ _ ____ _ BX900 User s Manual 91 4 BIOS Setup CONTEC 99 BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function 5 Each Component Function Component Name Front View IPC BX900 AC5 CRI LVDS RAS CF2 A RGB S ATA O O IG dy O k 08 2 00 o 00 2 _SW2 R f ei NT i 7 U SEHALI LVDS A RGB gt DONDOM oe lt pp AC MLET LAN2 POWER ACCESS RESET LINE SW OUT Figure 5 1 Front View lt IPC BX900 ACS5 gt IPC BX900P2 AC5 CF1 LVDS RAS CF2 A RGB ES Am A JA J W LAN1 LAN2 SW1 LED LED STATUS USB RESET LINE LED SW OUT POWER ACCESS Figure 5 2 Front View lt IPC BX900P2 AC5 gt IPC BX900P4 AC5 CF1 RAS CF2 A RGB POWER ACCESS LED LED STATUS
59. is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Starting Setup The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the computer The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it When it finishes the BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Del gt immediately after switching the system on or 2 By pressing the lt Del gt key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 29 4 BIOS Setup Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press
60. isabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot Auto ESCD Manual Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them tMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort _ CONTEC 74 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup IRO n Resources Phoenix Award6l05 CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources assigned to Device assigned to Device assigned to Device assigned to Device Menu Level K assigned to Device assigned to Device Legacy ISA for devices assigned to Device compliant with the assigned to Device original PC AT bus assigned to Device specifications PCIISA assigned to Device Pnp for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Mt Move EnterSelect 7 PU PD value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F FailSafe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 4 14 IRQ n Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as on of the following type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compli
61. isk to the Bracket CONTEC 14 BX900 User s Manual 3 Hardware Setup 3 Insert the HDD mounted bracket into the system unit and fasten them with screws Figure 3 4 Installing the Hard Disk Bracket N CAUTION When tightening the screws to fasten the HDD to the bracket or the HDD mounted bracket to the system unit do not use any tool such as an electric screwdriver which vibrates the HDD Not doing so will damage the HDD CONTEC 15 BX900 User s Manual 3 Hardware Setup Attaching the CF Attachment Fittings 1 After inserting a CF Card fasten the bundled CF attachment fittings with a screw Attaching the CF Attachment Fittings N CAUTION Figure 3 5 Insert the CF Card face up Attaching the Attachment Fittings 1 Use screws to attach the bundled attachment fittings with a screw The tightening torque should be 4kg cm or less Do not tighten screws with excess force Figure 3 6 Attaching the Attachment Fittings Screw holes may be damaged if screws are tightened with a torque greater than the specified torque An CAUTION CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 16 3 Hardware Setup 3 Remove the brace that holds the printed circuit board PCB down Expansion Board Installation Procedure 1 Be sure the power 1s turned off Figure 3 7 Removing the Top Cover IPC BX900P2 AC5 2 Remove the top cover The brace will separate toward you Remove the screws on the br
62. item is set to Manual Min 0 Cylinder se Set the number of cylinders for this HDD CF card Max 65535 Min 0 Head as Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Min 0 Warning Precomp A Max 65535 Setting a value of 65535 means no HDD CF card Min 0 Landing zone ka bii Max 65535 Min 0 CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 35 4 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features Setup This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security Phoenix AwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features K Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled CPU Li 4 L2 Cache Enabled Me nu Level P Quiet Post Disabled Quick Power OnSelf Test Enabled USB Device Wait Disabled First Boot Device USB FDD Second Boot Device USB CDROM Third Boot Device Hard Disk Boot Other Device Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled N i E ki L E T x P E FA N P W FRE FFX ZT 10 pois Pade art Ie fy Y UG Ehe A AI E L Zd U Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MIPS Version Control For 05 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0 52 FDOT Protect Disabled POST Code Shor Disabled CF Backup Press Enter Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fi0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous V
63. l Safe Defaults Menu Level ESG Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the second serial port 64 Onboard Serial Port 1 Disabled 3F8 1R04 2F8 1R03 3E8 1R04 2E8 IR03 3F8 IRO4 2F8 IRO3 3E8 IRO4 2E8 IRO3 t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Pon 3 Onboard Serial Port 3 Disabled Sets enable disable for the third serial port Enabled This serial port is for the touch panel when it is used on the display device using LVDS connection The I O address is fixed in 2A0H Serial Port 3 IRQ Select the IRQ to use in the third serial port Onboard Serial Port 4 Sets enable disable for the fourth serial port This serial port should be set to Disable since it is for the device of future expansion The VO address is fixed in 2A8H tr Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Serial Port 4 IRQ Select the IRQ to use in the fourth serial port T Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 65 4 BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Pon 5 Onboard Serial Port 5 Disabled Sets enable disable for the fifth serial port Enabled This serial port is for the RS422 485 on the RAS connector The I O address is fixed in 240H The I O address is fixed in 2BOH tr Move ENTER Accept
64. l purpose output G E EC AE A E A An CAUTION Pin 4 NCOM minus common dedicated to PO2 and pin 6 NCOM minus common shared by POO and PO1 are electrically separated from each other CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 103 5 Each Component Function Watchdog Timer The watchdog timer is started by output of A5 to I O port address 4002h A second output of A5 to the same port within the specified expiration time once again triggers the watchdog timer If a time out occurs a reset or an interrupt is generated according to the 4004h port setting or an alarm is output according to the 4004h port setting The time out period can be set between 1 255 seconds depending on the timer value setting for the WDT counter port 4003h The watchdog timer stops by reading port 4002h The alarm out output is cancelled at the same time The alarm out is output from the RAS connector s PO2 WDT pin 12 and cancelled when reset The alarm out output can be set to BIOS startup by BIOS setup see Chapter 4 watchdog timer startup or watchdog timer time up Specifications Time to be set 1sec 255sec Interrupt or reset Resets or generates an interrupt at time up Port setting External alarm output Photocoupler insulated open collector output the output status is set by software For more information see the general purpose I O specifications I O addresses 4000h 4007h RAS port CONTEC 104 BX900 User s Manual
65. mation in this chapter install connect and set the BOX PC STEP2 Connect cables Connect the cable of necessary external devices such as keyboard and a display to this product using appropriate cables STEP3 Turn on the power After verifying that you have correctly followed steps 1 and 2 turn on the power If you find any abnormality after turning on the power turn it off and check to see if the setup has been performed properly STEP4 Set up BIOS By referring to Chapter 4 set up BIOS This setup requires a keyboard and a display Before using the BOX PC be sure to execute LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS to initialize the BIOS settings to their default values See Chapter 4 Main Menu An CAUTION Be sure to connect the keyboard and mouse to it before turning the power on for the first time CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 13 3 Hardware Setup Hardware Setup Before you start be sure that the power is turned off Remove only those screws that are explained Do not move any other screw Only 3 5 inches SATA hard disk can be installed to this drive bay Installing the Hard Disk 1 Remove the hard disk bracket from this product Figure 3 1 Removing the Hard Disk Bracket 2 Peel the protective film off the thermal conduction sheet and install the hard disk silicon disk to the hard disk bracket Then fasten 1t with four screws Figure 3 2 Peeling the protective film Figure 3 3 Installing the Hard D
66. menu l l detailed options Select the default video device All Errors Select the situation in which you want the Halt On No Errors BIOS to stop the POST process and notify All but Keyboard you Displays the amount of conventional Base Memory N A memory detected during boot up pi dia N A Displays cia of extended memory detected during boot up system CONTEC 34 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the CF card Use a separate sub menu to configure each CF card Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu Use Table 4 3 to configure the hard disk Table 4 3 IDE Adapters configurations Press Enter to auto detect the CF card on this channel If IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter detection is successful 1t fills the remaining fields on this menu None Selecting manual lets you set the re maining fields on this IDE Channel 0 2 ae screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let Master Slave you select the number of cylinders heads etc Manual ER Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is i Auto Display your i A Capacity h usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk HDD CF card size A i given by a disk checking program Access Mode Choose the access mode for this HDD CF card uto The following options are selectable only if the IDE Channel 0 2 Master Slave
67. mized Defaults Figure 4 5 Hard Disk Boot Priority With the field there is the option to choose aside from the hard disks connected Bootable add in Cards which refers to other external device CONTEC 38 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive An CAUTION Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk isable Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when nable T any thing attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table partition table Table 4 5 Advance BIOS Feature Selections CPU Li amp L2 Cache Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled These allow you to enable speed up memory access or disable the cache function Quiet Post Disabled Enabled Skip certain self diagnosis processes such as checking memory or other several devices for shorter bootup time Default setting Disabled does
68. mpt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL Board in slot is incorrect PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory A CAUTION gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt IRF When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 89 4 BIOS Setup Hard disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hark disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key Unlock the key BIOS detect the keyboard is locked P17 of keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the P15 of keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for M B burn in test BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOOOOH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail BIOS reports the memory tests fail if the onboard memory is tested error CONTEC 90 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Locat
69. nabled with WDT Output to PO2 set to Enabled Set the state of output from the watchdog timer when the watchdog timer causes a time out ti Move ENTER 4cce pt ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 53 4 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals This section sets configurations for your hard disk and other integrated peripherals The first screen shows three main items for user to select Once an item selected a submenu appears Details follow Phoenix Award6l05 CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals K OnChip IDE Device Press Enter amn K Onboard Device Press Enter K SuperlO Device Press Enter Mp nu Level p me Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 5Save ESC Exit FP1 General Help F5 Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults Figure 4 8 Integrated Peripherals _ CONTEC 54 BX900 User s Manual OnChip IDE Device 4 BIOS Setup Phoenk AwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility Onthip IDE Device HDD Select IDE HDD Block Mode IDE DMA transfer access On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA UD KASS Enabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Menu Level p SATA Mode On Chip Serial ATA PATA IDE Mode Move
70. ng lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST 1f the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix 1t will either sound a beep code or display a message If a message 1s displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP POST Beep Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS This code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps The other code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred This beep code consists of a single long beep repeatedly CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 85 4 BIOS Setup Error Messages One or more of the following mess
71. not simplify the self diagnosis process L Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 39 4 BIOS Setup Quick Power On Self Test Disabled Enable d Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally disable quick POST Better to find a problem during POST than lose data during your work USB Device Wait Disabled 5 Sec When USB devices which need longer time to be booted are 10 Sec connected the boot possibly can not be processed in normal 20 Sec condition To address such cases this setting specifies the 30 Sec waiting time for BIOS and delays the start of the access to 60 Sec the USB devices Therefore the boot will be delayed by the specified waiting time Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the USBFDD First Boot Device devices in the sequence selected in these items USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN Disabled t4 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 40 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Second Boot Device Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the USBFDD devices in the sequence selected in these items USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM ZIP100 The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the USBFDD dev
72. o Use General purpose I O and Remote Reset CONTEC 108 BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function I O Addresses and Instructions 4000h General purpose I O D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO AAA A Tre poi ios ew Figure 5 12 General purpose Input Port 4000h R Read data from PIO PII and PI W Set data to be output to POO POI and PO2 4001h bit0 3 P2 IRQ U4 event input control D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO wo_s1 wo so poz Reser pm2 pimi Po Figure 5 13 Event Input Control Port 4001h Table 5 16 PIM2 PIMO Interrupt output mode Input the RAS connector s PI2 TRQ 14 signal to IRQ5 Input the RAS connector s PI2 IRQ 14 signal to IRQ7 Reserved Do not set this value Input the RAS connector s PI2 IRQ 14 signal to IRQ10 Input the RAS connector s PI2 IRQ 14 signal to IRQ11 Input the RAS connector s PI2 IRG 14 signal to NMI Inhibit the RAS connector s PI2 TRQ 14 signal interrupt to be set Others Table 5 17 RESET RESET Reset Input Modes RESET PI2 IRQ 14 s RESET input E Inhibit the remote reset input function of the RAS connector s PI2 IRQ 14 signal Use as the remote reset input function of the RAS connector s PI2 IRG 14 signal N CAUTION A bit indicated with rsv is used by the system Do not modify the bit CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 109 5 Each Component Function 4007h Control of RS 485 transmission and reception D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1
73. operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system t4 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 43 4 BIOS Setup WDT Protect WDT Protect Disabled WDT protect can be enabled to monitor the situations that Enable d halt BIOS bootup such as malfunction of the connected device s accidental noise and some other unpredictable happenings When Enabled and if BIOS startup is halted during the startup the system is reset and rebooting is attempted t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Post Code Show Enabled Dis abled During BIOS startup the Post Code is displayed at the right upper corner of the screen The Post Code is shown however after the initialization of graphic device is finished and the system is ready for screen display L Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CF Backup Selecting this option allows you to launch a tool for creating the backup of CF and restoring it This can be used to backup your current environment as it is For details please refer to the explanation below 1 About the CF Backup Feature To use the CF Backup feature a separately available CF for backup is required The CF for backup must be the CF of the same model or larger capacity Using the CF that is not our optional parts can be the cause of unidentified problems and it must be ensured that the CF works with your system without problem before using this feature Also before performing
74. or basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 31 4 BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup CONTEC 32 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Wed Jul 18 2007 Time hh mm ss 14 27 10 IDE Channel 0 Master None Menu Level K IDE Channel
75. pecification Donot use this product in the vicinity of devices that generate strong magnetic force or noise Such products will cause this product to malfunction Do not use or store this product in the presence of chemicals To clean the BOX PC wipe it gently with a soft cloth dampened with either water or mild detergent Do not use chemicals or a volatile solvent such as benzene or thinner to prevent pealing or discoloration of the paint This product s case may become hot To avoid being burned do not touch that section while this product is in operation or immediately after turning off the power Avoid installation in a location where people may come into contact with that section CONTEC does not provide any guarantee for the integrity of data on CF 3 5 inches hard disk drive HDD of our company has not guaranteed use by continuation and continuation power for 24 hours When it is used by continuation operation and continuation power a life fails extremely Always disconnect the power cable from the receptacle before mounting or removing the expansion board or before connecting or disconnecting any connector To prevent corruption of files always shutdown the OS before turning off this product CONTEC reserves the right to refuse to service a product modified by the user In the event of failure or abnormality foul smells or excessive heat generation unplug the power cord immediately and contact your retailer
76. r may result Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA card This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB t4 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 49 4 BIOS Setup PCI Express Root Port Function Phoenix 4wardBl0s5S CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port Auto em PCI Express Port Auto PCI Express Port Auto PCI Express Port Auto Menu Level gt PCI Express Port Auto PCI Express Port Auto PCI E Compliancy v1 0a Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fi0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 FailSafe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 4 7 PCI Express Root Port Function Table 4 7 PCI Express Root Port Function Selections PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 Enabled Disabled This item allows you to enable or disable or Auto configure the PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 PCI E Compliancy Mode This item allows you to set PCI Express compliancy mode t Wove ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 50 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup VGA setting The field under the On Chip VGA Setting and their defaults settings are Table 4 8 VGA Setting Selections PEG Onchip VGA Control Onchip VGA PEG On Chip VGA Control PEG Port Select VGA Control by PCI Express Graphic On chip or Auto This setting is for the function of future e
77. r the device IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA ty Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB s When you select Auto in the two IDE UDMA fields the system automatically determines the optimal data Disabled transfer rate for each IDE device Auto tJ WMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 57 4 BIOS Setup On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Disabled Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE This should be set to Enabled IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO This should be set to Auto IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA This should be set to Auto t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 58 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup On Chip Serial ATA Setting Table 4 10 On Chip Serial ATA Setting Selections SATA Mo de IDE Yonen set SATA harddisk mode aether IDE moddar AHCI AHCI mode Do not select RAID mode since it is not supported On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Combined Mode Enhanced Mode SATA Only Disabled SATA controller is disabled Combined Mode Combination of PATA and SATA is available Up to 3 IDE devices can be used 1 for SATA and 2 for PATA Enhanced Mode Both SATA and PATA are enabled Up to 3 IDE drives are supported SATA Only SATA is operated in legacy mode Disabled Force GEN SATA PORT Speed Setti peed Settings For
78. realized Fan less operation achieved by natural air cooling The use of a power saving CPU and naturally cooled cabinet structure allows fanless operation CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 1 1 Introduction Dual LAN USB2 0 x 6 CF card slots x 2 etc located at the front for easier maintenance Extended interfaces such as 1000BASE T x 2 USB2 0 x 6 serial RS 232C x 2 are all placed at the front providing excellent maintenance advantages In addition to a general purpose analog RGB interface the product has an LVDS interface which enables dual screen display Moreover 1t has two CF card slots Type I bootable that can use for OS and data For Windows XP Embedded installed model they are very useful because you can use one slot for system start up and the other for maintenance system log or taking away the collected data Expansion slots to hold PCI Express PCI bus boards Model with Expansion Slot IPC BX900P2 AC5 has one PCI Express x1 slot and one PCI slot IPC BX900P4 AC5 has two PCI Express x1 slots and two PCI slots Board size that can be attached is 240 L x 107 H mm Safety design with an anti disconnection mechanism and BIOS setting retention function Unnecessary trouble can be avoided by the use of clamps for prevention of cable disconnection and the use of metal fittings for prevention of CF card disconnection Retention of CMOS data by EEPROM allows the system to start up even when the battery has run ou
79. rn off the power before inserting or removing circuit boards or cables This product 1s not intended for use in aerospace space nuclear power medical equipment or other applications that require a very high level of reliability Do not use the product in such applications If using this product in applications where safety 1s critical such as in railways automotive or disaster prevention or security systems please contact your retailer Do not attempt to replace the battery as inappropriate battery replacement poses a risk of explosion For battery replacement contact your retailer as 1t must be performed as a process of repair When disposing of a used battery follow the disposal procedures stipulated under the relevant laws and municipal ordinances CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 1 Introduction An CAUTION Do not use or store this product in a location exposed to high or low temperature that exceeds range of specification or susceptible to rapid temperature changes Example Exposure to direct sun In the vicinity of a heat source Do not use this product in extremely humid or dusty locations It is extremely dangerous to use this product with its interior penetrated by water or any other fluid or conductive dust If this product must be used in such an environment install it on a dust proof control panel for example Avoid using or storing this product in locations subject to shock or vibration that exceeds range of s
80. rned off ON Green Indicates the power switch of the product is turned on ACCESS LED ON Orange Indicates that the IDE device is being accessed STATUS LED ON Red General purpose LED The turn on off condition can be controlled by writing to the RAS port address 400Ah Bit0 1 ON 0 OFF A hardware reset switch is provided The switch is designed to be difficult to press in order to prevent it from being pressed by mistake Therefore use a pointy object Line out Interface LINE OUT A line output connector is provided You can plug a headphone or amplifier integrated speakers into this connector MIC input Interface MIC A MIC input connector is provided You can plug a microphone to this connector for sound input Audio driver The audio driver 1s required to use the microphone input and line output interfaces Install the appropriate audio driver for your OS from the bundled CD ROM IPC SLIB 01 For information on the latest version of IPC SLIB 01 check the CONTEC s web site CONTEC 96 BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function Serial ATA S ATA The product has serial ATA 1 0 compliant controller allowing a 3 5 inch SATA hard disk drive to the on board connector using the bundled hard disk bracket CF Card Connector Primary IDE Connection CF1 2 The CF Card Type I dedicated to the memory card can be connected Before you insert remove the CF card make sure that the power is
81. rongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your systems manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the chipset setup has the potential for causing you to use the override CONTEC 30 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utitily Standard CMOS Features K Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defualts Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set Use Password PnP PCI Configurations Save 8 Exit Setup Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Plot Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup FG SAVE CMOS TO BIOS F7 LOAD CMOS FROM BIOS Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 4 1 Main Manu Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu f
82. rved device for the functional expansion in future The I O address is fixed and can not be changed 3 Set as Disable when shipped Setin Enabled when using RS422 485 in RAS connector The I O address is fixed and can not be changed Table 5 8 Serial Port Connector Connector used on 9 socket D SUB MALE the product No 4 40UNC Inch screw threads CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 99 5 Each Component Function Signal Pin No Meaning Direction name EA EON ET ET KEE EE O pease TN E ES KERT ER Table 5 9 RS 422 485 Port Connector Inside the RAS Connector Reference For more information on the RAS connector see Table 5 12 RAS connector RS 422 RS 485 Specifications Transmission method RS 422 RS 485 compliant asynchronous serial transmission half duplex full duplex Baud rate 50 230 400bps programmable Signal extension distance 1 2km Max Terminal Resister when RS 485 is in Use It is set in BIOS setup menu At the time of shipment the setting is no terminating resistance For more details on this please refer to Chapter 4 Onboard Device Control of Transmitted Data in Half Duplex Mode In half duplex mode the transmission buffer needs to be controlled in order to prevent collision of transmitted data The BOX PC uses RTS and controls the buffer with modem control register s bit 1 Transmission and reception gate control by the register setting of port addre
83. smission prohibited RX 11 RX 3 TX 10 TX 2 0 Receiving RE GATE permitted 1 Receiving prohibited RXD 120kQ RS485 Terminator Enabled On 9 Control Disabled Off Figure 5 16 Full Duplex Connection Method External I O Circuit External circuit PCOM e i 4 TKQ 4 TKQ A IN 1 4W lt PC817 External power ASE 1 12V 24VDC Internal y i _ reset TIT Las belie eee a i O Input PI O 2 O F contact RAS connector Figure 5 17 Input Circuit External circuit Loading PO 0 2 5100 External power Max 30VDC gt jt 2N3904 4 7kO NCOM RAS connector Figure 5 18 Output Circuit CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 111 5 Each Component Function Expansion slots IPC BX900P2 ACS5 IPC BX900P4 A C5 IPC BX900P2 AC5 has one PCI Express x1 slot and one expansion slot for the implementation of PCI bus type borad IPC BX900P4 AC5 has two PCI Express x1 slots and two expansion slots for the implementation of PCI bus type borad Board Dimensions Allowed 240mm Maz 7 240 mma 7 107mm Mas J 107mmikax PCI Express bus board PCI bus board Figure 5 19 Expansion Board Dimensions An CAUTION A board that uses the back
84. ss 4007h 1s allowed only for the RS 422 485 Serial port D For more information see section General purpose I O and Remote Reset in Chapter 5 Modem control register Set I O address 4H bit 1 OQ RTS is High Disable transmission 1 RTS is Low Enable transmission CONTEC 100 BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function Display Interface VGA Connector for display connection is provided Connector name is VGA HD SUB 15P When used together with an LVDS interface 1t enables dual screen display Table 5 10 Display Connector HD SUB 15 pin FEMALE No 4 40UNC Inch screw threads 15 11 H ee o HH For the LCDs that can be connected please refer to Chapter 7 List of Options Display driver Install the appropriate audio driver for your OS from the bundled CD ROM IPC SLIB 01 For information on the latest version of IPC SLIB 01 check the CONTEC s web site An CAUTION When the analog display is used Windows MS DOS may not be properly displayed in full screen mode This is because the frequency and resolution of Windows and MS DOS full screen display are the same due to the screen settings while the display parameters are different For display as only one parameter can be stored for one frequency or resolution only either of Windows or MS DOS screen can be displayed properly In this case change the resolution or display frequency of Windows so that it is not the same as for
85. st product information CONTEC provides up to date information on products CONTEC also provides product manuals and various technical documents in the PDF Free download You can download updated driver software and differential files as well as sample programs available in several languages Note For product information Contact your retailer if you have any technical question about a CONTEC product or need its price delivery time or estimate information Limited One Year Warranty CONTEC products are warranted by CONTEC CO LTD to be free from defects in material and workmanship for up to one year from the date of purchase by the original purchaser Repair will be free of charge only when this device 1s returned freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoice and a Return Merchandise Authorization to the distributor or the CONTEC group office from which 1t was purchased This warranty 1s not applicable for scratches or normal wear but only for the electronic circuitry and original products The warranty is not applicable if the device has been tampered with or damaged through abuse mistreatment neglect or unreasonable use or if the original invoice 1s not included in which case repairs will be considered beyond the warranty policy How to Obtain Service For replacement or repair return the device freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoice Please obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization number RMA from the C
86. switched off and the access LED is turned off Table 5 4 CF Card Connector Connector used 50 socket header type 1 27mm pitch on the product 1 25 E DD D DD D 0 0 DD 0 D D 00 D 0 D D D D DD 0 0 B DD D DD D 0 0 DD 0 D D nO D 0 D 0 D D DD D 0 26 50 o awa s emo CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 97 5 Each Component Function Fast Ethernet LANI 2 The BOX PC is equipped with two channels for Fast Ethernet Network type LOOOBASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T Transmission speed 1000M 100M 10M bps Max network path length 100m segment Controller Intel 82573L Operation at 1000Mbps requires a category 5e cable Table 5 5 Fast Ethernet Connector Pin No ES ST mo a n moo Oo ET l o A e mo Os we wo Ce n 1 o Ce so 1 mee LEDs for display of network statuses Right LED Link LED Normal connection Green ON Operation Green Blinking Left LED Operation LED 10M Off 100M Green 1000M Orange LAN drivers Install the appropriate audio driver for your OS from the bundled CD ROM IPC SLIB 01 For information on the latest version of IPC SLIB 01 check the CONTEC s web site N CAUTION LAN connector of the silk print 1 is on OS and in LAN 2 there is a case for LAN
87. t CONTEC 116 BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix Table 6 4 POST Codes lt 2 5 gt POST hex Description Initial EARLY PM INIT switch Load keyboard matrix notebook platform Reserved HPM initialization notebook platform Reserved Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 20h 21h 22h Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 Reserved Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed Invoke video BIOS 24h 25h 26h 27h 8h 2 Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize multi language 2Ah 2Bh 2Ch bo y p Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed Reserved Reserved Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 33h 34h 35h 36h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 3Ch 3Dh 3 CONTEC BX90
88. t In addition the use of a CONTEC customized BIOS mfd by Award allows support to be provided at the BIOS level Structure free from mechanical moving parts Windows XP Embedded pre installed model The use of a CF card for the storage device has eliminated any moving parts improving the levels of the environment resistance ambient temperature impact vibration reliability and quietness Itis possible to use the EWF function of OS Itis designed for safety required for embedding purpose for example prohibiting unwanted writing to the CF card with EWF function will relieve the concern about the writing limits to the CF card and prevent an unintentional system alteration E EWF Enhanced Write Filter is a function specific to Windows XP Embedded that protects the disk from being actually written by redirecting the writing to RAM Installation compatible with conventional products in the IPC BX 701 700 630 620 600 series For the installation compatible with conventional products in the IPC BX 701 700 630 620 600 series 1t 1s easy to migrate from the existing system Supported OS Windows XP Professional Windows XP Embedded CONTEC 2 BX900 User s Manual 1 Introduction Customer Support CONTEC provides the following support services for you to use CONTEC products more efficiently and comfortably Web Site Japanese http www contec co jp English http www contec com Chinese http www contec com cn Late
89. tatus WD S1 WD 90 When power is When BIOS When When time turned off starts WDT starts expires on WDT 4002h WDT control D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO EEE S EES Figure 5 7 WDT Control Port 4002h R Cancels WDT stop alarm Read data is undefined W Start and clear the WDT Write A5h to start and clear the WDT 4003h WDT counter D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO v Figure 5 8 WDT Counter Port 4003h W Writes watchdog timer count data Write watchdog timer counter expiration time data 1sec gt Olh Ssec gt O8h 15sec gt OFh 30sec gt 1Eh 4004h Event output control D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO poss RESET WM2 WM1 WMO R W Default XXXX0000b Figure 5 9 Event Output Control Port 4004h CONTEC 106 BX900 User s Manual 5 Each Component Function Table 5 14 W M2 WM0 Interrupt Output Modes Interrupt output at occurrence of WDT errors Output to IRQ5 when time expires on the WDT a ee Output to IRQ7 when time expires on the WDT Reserved 1 1 Do not set this value Table 5 15 RESET Reset Output Modes RESET RESET output at occurrence of WDT errors ee Inhibits RESET output when time expires on the WDT Allows RESET output when time expires on the WDT Note When time expires on WDT the alarm out is output irrelevant to the settings of the port for controlling event output 4005h RAS status port D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO s WT
90. ustomization logo Reserved Reserved TCh Dh TEh Call chipset power management hook 82h Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full screen logo m If password is set ask for password Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices USB final Initialization NET PC Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory Invoke ISA adapter ROMs Assign IRQs to PCI devices Initialize APM Clear noise of IRQs A CONTEO ja a BX900 User s Manual 119 6 Appendix Table 6 4 POST Codes lt 5 5 gt POST D u hex escription Enable L2 cache Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization Power management final initialization Clear screen amp display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class write combining Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table Boot attempt INT 19h CONTEC 120 BX900 User s Manual 6 Appendix COM I O Address and Register Function The following table lists the I O addresses in case of COM 1 Table 6 5 1 0 Address IO address DLAB ACUM TS E S O HE A ala m e DLAB Divisor Latch Access Bit The value in bit 7 of the line control register CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 121 6 Appendix Table 6 6 Function
91. wer management Raiting 100 240VAC 50 60Hz input automatic operation switch Tolerance 85 264VAC 47 63 Hz CF card slot 5V 500mA 3 USB I F 5V 3A 500mA x 6 3 About 3 2kg At the time of the HDD SDD uninstalling HDD SDD uninstalling 2 Use USB I F for the keyboard mouse 3 The total capacity for power supply to external devices at 5 V must fall within 3 A 12V 0 54 5V 1A 3 3V 1A 12V 80mA 5V Not supplied CF card slot 5V 500mA 3 USB I F 5V 3A 500mA x 6 3 Expansion board slot 12V 0 54 5V 1A 3 3 3V 1A 12V 80mA 5V Not supplied Monitoring CPU temperature board temperature power voltage PCI Express x1 slot x 1 PCI Express x1 slot x 2 PCI slot x 2 Usable board dimension 240mm Max 12V 14A 5V 2A 3 3V 2A 12V 80mA 5V Not supplied CF card slot 5V 500mA 3 USB I F 5V 3A 500mA x 6 3 Expansion board slot 12V 1A 5V 2A 3 3 3V 2A 12V 80mA 5V Not supplied HDD SDD uninstalling The PCI bus slots are 32 bit type not verified for operation of boards for both 32 bit and 64 bit bus slots CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 2 System Reference Table 2 2 Installation Environment Requirements Allowable instantaneous Less than 20ms Power supply NE One minute each for 2 0kV AC input FG 20mA specifications Dielectric strength 50MQ 500VDC Operating temperature DPO
92. xpansion Set to Auto usually On Chip Frame Buffer Size When Enabled a fixed VGA frame buffer from A000h to BFFFh and a CPU to PCI write buffer are implemented DVMT Mode Allows you to set the Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT mode DVMT FIXED Memory Size Allows you to set the Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT memory size t Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 51 4 BIOS Setup Boot Display CRT CRT LFP Boot Display This item allows you to select the boot display device 640 x 480 Panel Number 800 x 600 1024x768 These fields allow you to select the LCD Panel type 1280 x1024 640 x 480 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768 can be selected Do not select 1280 x 1024 ti Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 52 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Watch Dog Timer Setting Output settings for PO2 of the watchdog timer in RAS port WDT Output to PO2 WDT Output to PO2 Disabled Set watchdog timer output to PO2 Enabled Selecting Enabled connects the output of the watchdog timer to the PIO2 pin in the RAS connector The output value changes depending on the WDT Power on State and WDT Time up State settings WDT Power on State This item is enabled with WDT Output to PO2 set to Enabled Set the state of output from the watchdog timer when the power is turned on 1 WMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort WDT Time up State WDT Time up State This item is e
93. y has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly Also be sure the card is in stalled firmly in the slot EISA configuration is incomplete PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILTTY The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non volatile memory is incomplete An CAUTION When either of these errors appear the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Error encountered initializing hard drive Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Error initializing hard disk controller Cannot initialize controller Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type 1s selected in Setup Also check to see 1f any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive EISA configuration invalid PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory An CAUTION When either of these errors appear the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 87 4 BIOS Setup Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the k
94. ystem clock generator pulses the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing critical devices such as a clock sensitive SCSI device t MWove ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 82 BX900 User s Manual 4 BIOS Setup Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations CONTEC BX900 User s Manual 83 4 BIOS Setup Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are SUPERVISOR PASSWORD can enter and change the options of the setup menus USER PASSWORD just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this unction the follow

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