Sony AR-B1570 User's Manual
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1. Date amp Time Setup Highlight the lt Date gt field and then press the Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Highlight the lt Time gt field and then press the Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the hour minute and second format The user can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Setup The BIOS supports various types for user settings The BIOS supports lt Pri Master gt lt Pri Slave gt lt Sec Master gt and lt Sec Slave gt so the user can install up to two hard disks For the master and slave jumpers please refer to the hard disk s installation descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings in section three of this manual You can select lt AUTO gt under the lt TYPE gt and lt MODE gt fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during boot up This will allow you to change your hard drives with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method by choosing the HDD type which should be noted directly on the HDD Floppy Setup The lt Standard CMOS Setup gt option records the types of floppy disk drives installed in the system To en2. CAUTION Do not touch any electronic components unless you are safely grounded Wear a grounded wrist strap or touch an exposed metal part of the system unit chassis The static discharges from your fingers can permanently damage electronic components 15 AR B1570 User s Guide 3 2 1 Hard Disk IDE Connector 1 40 Pin Hard Disk IDE Connector CN7 A 40 pin header type connector CN7 is provided to interface with up to two embedded hard disk drives IDE AT bus This interface through a 40 pin cable allows the user to connect up to two drives in a daisy chain fashion To enable or disable the hard disk controller please use the BIOS Setup program which is explained further in chapter 5 The following table illustrates the pin assignments of the hard disk drive s 40 pin connector 2 40 Pin Sigal Pin Signal E A DAME gt s E BATA9 3 po 7 DATAS 8 DAA1 9 DATA4 10 DATAN P HORA 26 GROUND 2 IDEIORDYA 28 GROUND _ DACKA 30 GROUND AINT 32 GROUND SA 1 SAO CS 0 HD LED A Hard Disk IDE Connector 2 44 Pin Hard Disk IDE Connector CN8 AR B1570 also provides IDE interface 44 pin connector to connect with the hard disk device 2 44 16 AR B1570 User RESET GROUND 6 Pp 7 Damas 8 DAT ato c 9 DAT4 10 DATAN 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 29 DACKA AINT SA 1 SA 0 CSO HD LED A VCC
3. GROUND Hard Disk IDE1 Connector 3 2 2 FDD Port Connector CN3 The AR B1570 provides a 34 pin header type connector for supporting up to two floppy disk drives To enable or disable the floppy disk controller please use the BIOS Setup program Figure 0 1 CN3 FDD Port connector 6 DRvena 24 WRITEGATE 8 mox Tmacko Table 0 1 FDD Pin Assignment s Guide 17 AR B1570 User s Guide 3 2 3 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector LAN1 The LAN1 RJ 45 amp LED header is the standard network header The following table is the pin assignment 8 1 AL PIN CN8 FUNCTION Not Used TPRX Not Used 8 Not Used J RJ 45 Pin Assignment 3 2 4 PS 2 KB Mouse Connector CN4 amp PS1 To use the PS 2 interface an adapter cable has to be connected to the CN4 6 pin header type connector This adapter cable is mounted on a bracket and is included in your AR B1570 package The connector for the PS 2 KB mouse is a Mini DIN 6 pin connector Pin assignments for the PS 2 port connector are as follows MSDAT 1 U 1 KBDAT KBDAT 2 AR 2 MSDAT E K x Ns VCC 4 Y 0 e 4 VCC MSCLK 5 5N 5 KBCLK O 6 MSCLK KBCLK 6 ae CN4 6 Pin Mini DIN Figure 0 2 CN4 amp PS1 PS 2 KB Mouse Connector 3 2 5 PS ON Header CN9 E PS ON 2 VCC 3 SVSB CN9 Factory Preset 3 2 6 Reset
4. The available choices are lt Auto gt amp lt Manual gt To choose lt Auto gt the resources will be under the control of system automatically If lt Manual gt is chosen the following items will be listed lt IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 gt Setting these items one by one will clear up the conflict between NON PNP ISA extension cards and PNP system lt DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 gt these items are used for the PNP ISA PCI cards or NON PNP old ISA cards which use DMA channel to enable them work normally Reset Configuration Data This item is used to lt enable gt the function of Reset Configuration Data or not PCI IRQ Actived By This item is to determine the active mode 5 6 LOAD DEFAULT SETTING This section permits the user to select a group of settings for all BIOS Setup options Not only can you use these items to quickly set system configuration parameters you can choose a group of settings that have a better chance of working when the system is having configuration related problems 5 6 1 Load BIOS Defaults User can load the optimal default settings for the BIOS The lt LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS gt uses best case values that should optimize system performance If CMOS RAM is corrupted the optimal settings are loaded automatically Load high performance settings Y N 5 6 2 Load Setup Defaults User can load the lt LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS gt Setup option settings by selecting the Fail Safe item from the Default section of the BI
5. choices are lt No Onboard gt and lt M B First gt 5 8 PASSWORD SETTING This BIOS Setup has an optional password feature The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when BIOS Setup is executed 5 8 1 Setting Password Select the appropriate password icon from the Security section of the BIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press Enter If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appears If the new password is entered without error press Esc to return to the BIOS Main Menu The password is stored in CMOS RAM after BIOS is completed The next time the system boots the prompt for the password function is present and is enabled Enter new supervisor password 5 8 2 Password Checking The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when BIOS is run The password is stored in CMOS RAM User can enter a password by typing with the keyboard Enter a 1 6 character password The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down 5 9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION This option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into
6. a new class of premium performance notebook desktop and IPC computer designs The MediaGX MMX enhanced processor companion chips provide advanced video and audio functions and permit direct interface to memory This high performance 64 bit processor is x86 instruction set compatible and supports MMX technology This processor is the latest member of the NS MediaGX family offering high performance fully accelerated 2D graphics synchronous memory interface and a PCI bus controller all on a single chip As described in separate manuals the CS5520 and the CS5530 I O Companion chips fully enable the features of the MediaGX processor with MMX support These features include full VGA and VESA video 16 bit stereo sound IDE interface ISA interface SMM power management and AT compatibility logic In addition the newer CS5530 provides an Ultra DMA 33 interface MPEG2 assist and is AC97 Version 2 0 audio compliant In addition to the advanced CPU features the MediaGX processor integrates a host of functions which are typically implemented with external components A full function graphics accelerator provides pixel processing and rendering functions The NS MediaGX MMX Enhanced Processor represents a new generation of x86 compatible 64 bit microprocessors with sixth generation features The decoupled load store unit within the memory management unit allows multiple instructions in a single clock cycle Other features include single cycle execution s
7. them to the controller Your system supports one IDE controller a primary and a secondary so you have the ability to install up to four separate hard disks PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands effect a transferring to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by them This is simpler and more efficient and faster Your system supports five modes numbered from 0 to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode KBC input clock This item it to chose the input clock of Keyboard Controller OnBoard Serial Port 1 amp 2 These options are used to select the port address of the on board serial port A The options are 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H Auto and Disable Port 1 is COM A Port 2 is Com D and so on Port four can be set to be IrDA Choose Auto if the IrDA device has been connected OnBoard Parallel Port This option is used to select the port address of the on board parallel port The options are 378H 278H 3BCH and Disabled Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port Mode The settings are Printer or Extended Bi direction 35 AR B1570 User s Guide Multiple Monitor Support This is to determine the highest priority that the monitor supports lt PCI First gt is the default setting The other two
8. to the system as a byte data in its output buffer The controller can interrupt the system when data is placed in its output buffer or wait for the system to poll its status register to determine when data is available Data can be written to the keyboard by writing data to the output buffer of the keyboard controller Each byte of data is sent to the keyboard controller in a series with an odd parity bit automatically inserted The keyboard controller is required to acknowledge all data transmissions Therefore another byte of data will not be sent to keyboard controller until acknowledgment is received for the previous byte sent The output buffer full interruption may be used for both send and receive routines 2 4 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers PIC are included on the AR B1570 board They accept requests from peripherals resolve priorities on pending interrupts in service issue interrupt requests to the CPU and provide vectors which are used as acceptance indices by the CPU to determine which interrupt service routine to execute These two controllers are cascaded with the second controller representing IRQ8 to IRQ15 which is rerouted through IRQ2 on the first controller The following is the system information of interrupts levels Interrupt Level Description NMI Parity check CTRL1 CTRL2 IRQO System timer interrupt from timer 8254 IRQ1 keyboard output buffer full IRQ2 R
9. 2 20 D O C Memory Address Select JP1 This section provides the information about how to use the D O C DiskOnChip There divided two parts hardware setting and software configuration Step 1 Use JP1 to select the correct D O C memory address Step 2 Insert programmed DiskOnChip into sockets U19 setting as DOC Step 3 Line up and insert the AR B1570 card into slot of your computer 1 2 OFF Factory Preset Figure 0 8 JP1 D O C Memory Address Select JP1 CE00 0000 Factory Preset D200 0000 Table 0 4 D O C Memory Address 3 2 21 ATX POWER External Bottom Connector J6 OFF ON Factory Preset Figure 0 9 J6 ATX POWER External Bottom Connector 24 AR B1570 User s Guide 4 INSTALLATION This chapter describes the installation procedure The following topics are covered eo Overview e Utility Diskettes e Watchdog Timer Setting 4 1 OVERVIEW This chapter provides information for you to set up a working system based on the AR B1570 CPU board Please carefully read the details of the CPU board s hardware descriptions before installation Pay special attention to the jumper settings switch settings and cable connections Follow steps listed below for proper installation Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Read the CPU board s hardware description in this manual Set jumpers Make sure that the power supply connecte
10. AR B1570 INDUSTRIAL GRADE CPU BOARD User s Guide Edition 1 71 Book Number AR B1570 02 0715 AR B1570 User s Guide Table of Contents AR B1570 User s Guide 5 9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 9 10 BIOS EXIT cocina tic iran Ls ans dados ee dira de diia 5 10 1 Save amp Exit Setup de dee Lodi eli ot Aa se eS O SAO 2 EXEWIAQUESAVIN DL AA Dah A A A ii AR B1570 User s Guide 0 PREFACE 0 1COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER April 2001 Acrosser Technology makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Furthermore Acrosser Technology reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation of Acrosser Technology to notify any person of such revisions or changes Changes will be posted on the Internet TEE as soon as possible but there is obligation on the part of Acrosser to this fact Possession use or copying of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Acrosser or an authorized sublicensor C Copyright Acrosser Technology Co Ltd 2001 All rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or any means elect
11. Ground 9 Dataz 22 Grond Parallel Port Pin Assignments 3 2 15 IR Header J1 The Infra red Header pins assignments are as follow 1 VCC 5 1 JI 2 NOT USED 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX 3 2 16 Ext Battery CN1 CNI 1 EXBAT 3 6V 1 2GND 3 2 17 Battery Jumper JP2 JP2 ooo EXBAT 1 2 VCC 3 INTVBAT 1 2 2 3 External Batter On Board Batter JP2 Battery Setting 22 AR B1570 User s Guide 3 2 18 COM1 COM2 CN5 CN6 CN5 COM1 CN6 COM2 1e fesh 220 OF 8 No DIO E 4 0 O 10 10 8 6 4 2 Table 0 3 RS 232 Connector Pin Assignment 1 RS 232 RS 485 Select for COM1 P2 amp P3 The P2 amp P3 jumper is used to choose between the use of the on board RS 232 or RS 485 for the CN5 COM1 RS 232 RS 4 Factory Preset TIR Figure 3 10 P2 amp P3 RS 232 RS 485 Select for COM1 2 RS 485 Terminator Select J2 When there is only one line the setting should be left off but if you are using multiple blocks on a single line this should be set to ON in order to properly terminate the connection for better transmission of data 1 1 2 2 J OFF ON Factory Preset Figure 0 6 J2 RS 485 Terminator Select 3 RS 485 Header J9 OOO 1 N485 2 N485 123 3 GND J9 23 AR B1570 User s Guide 3 2 19 Touch Screen Connector J3 8 J4 14 RXDF 212 TXDF 3 CGND Figure 0 7 J3 amp J4 Touch Screen Connector 3
12. Header J7 The J7 is a reset header Shorting these two pins will reset the system AR B1570 User s Guide 3 2 7 Power Connector PWR2 The PWR2 is a 4 pin power connector It s the standard connectors on all Acrosser boards 12 GND 13 GND Y 44 5 PWR2 PWR2 4 Pin Power Connector a X Z O N 3 2 8 CRT Connector P4 P4 CRT Connector 1 Red Vu 2 Green 3 Blue 13 Horizontial 14 Vertical Sync 4 9 8 11 Not used 5810 Ground 6 788 AGND 12 DDC DATA ea 15 45 DDC CLOCK 6 gt e e e e Q O N 40 P4 CRT Connector 3 2 9 LCD Supported Voltage Select JP 4 2456 1 3 5 3 3V 5V Factory Preset Figure 0 3 JP4 LCD Supported Voltage Select 3 2 10 LCD Panel Display Connector LCD1 Attach a display panel connector to this 44 pin connector with pin assignments as shown below 20 Figure 0 4 LCD1 LCD Display Connector 19 AR B1570 User s Guide SHFCLK a P10 G4 aa P11 G5 BONO 2 N _ O 2 P12 RO e pas Ra a Table 0 2 LCD Display Pin Assignment 3 2 11 LED Header J8 J 2 4 6 O O O 1 HLEDP 4 HLEDS O O 2HLEDP 5 P WLED 1 3 5 3 HLEDS 6 P WLED 3 2 12 USB Connector USB1 ee s Pin Description Pin Description po A O USB 1 a a 3 uso 4 ussDaF USBDIF 6 USBD2F GND 8 GN CASE CASE 20 AR B1570 U
13. OS Setup Main Menu CAUTION 1 AR B1570 BIOS the factory default setting is used to the lt LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS gt Acrosser recommends using the BIOS default setting unless you are very familiar with the setting function or you can contact the technical support engineer 2 If the BIOS settings are lost the CMOS will detect the lt LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS gt to boot the operation system this option will reduce the performance of the system Acrosser recommends choosing the lt LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS gt in the main menu This option gives best case values that should optimize system performance 3 The BIOS settings are described in detail in this section 28 AR B1570 User s Guide 5 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The lt Standard CMOS Setup gt option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the system clock and error handling If the CPU board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A434AVF STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yyyy Tue Mar 16 2000 Time hh mm ss 16 39 30 lt type gt CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Drive C 0 0 0 0 AUTO Drive D 0 0 0 0 AUTO Drive A None Drive B None Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 29184K Video EGA VGA Other Memory 384K Halt On All But Keyboard Total Memory 30208K o Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Change Color Standard CMOS Setup
14. OS Setup main menu The Fail Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance but are the most stable settings Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically Load failsafe settings Y N 34 AR B1570 User s Guide 5 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS This section is designed to configure the peripheral features ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A434AVF INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Primary IDE Channel Enabled Master Drive PIO Mode Auto Slave Drive PIO Mode Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Disabled IDE Primary Slave UDMA Disabled KBC input clock 8 MHz Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Multiple Monitor Support No Onboard Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard IR Controller Disabled Video Memory Size 2 5M Esc Quit o Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 F6 Load BIOS Defaults Parallel Port Mode SPP F7 Load Setup Defaults Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode This option allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive HDD Enabled IDE controller uses block mode Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode IDE PIO IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard drives These drives have a master slave relationship which is determined by the cabling configuration used to attach
15. d to your AR B1570 CPU board is turned off Connect all necessary cables Make sure that the HDC serial and parallel cables are connected to pin 1 of the related connector not upside down Connect the hard disk flat cables from the CPU board to the drives Connect a power source to drive Plug the keyboard into the keyboard connector Turn on the power Configure your system with the BIOS Setup program section 5 then re boot your system If the CPU board does not work turn off the power and read the hardware description carefully again If the CPU board still does not perform properly return the board to your dealer for immediate service 4 2 UTILITY DISKETTE The AR B1570 provides CD 4 2 1 Driver Installation The AR B1570 provides LAN function drivers for the WIN95 WIN98 WIN2000 WINCE LINUX and NT The driver can auto setup in the specified mode The user must first decompress the compressed file The 1 step Decompress the zip files included in the CD to your hard disk The 2 step Execute the corresponding files to setup the system 25 AR B1570 User s Guide The files list and descriptions are as follow README TXT 391 09 22 00 11 17 README TXT GEODEW 1 lt DIR gt 09 22 00 10 53 Geode win9x WINCED 1 lt DIR gt 09 22 00 10 53 WinCE driver 1 GEODE win9x Includes auto execution program that will setup install Geode Media drivers in Windows 9X Descriptions environment 2 WinCE driver Includes
16. e Chipset Cyrix CS5530A RAM Memory Support 1xDIMM 168 Pin socket 128M maximum e SSD Support one socket for DiskOnChip Support up to 1MB SRAM on board e Watchdog Software programmable 1 63sec e VGA Display CS5530A UMA Memory Size 1 4MB CRT with HDB 15 pin connector LCD with 2 0 mm 44 pin Header e Ethernet RTL8139C chipset supports 10 100M baseT with RJ 45 connector built in LED O Super I O Winbond 83977TF 2 EIDE Ultra DMA33 with one 2 54 mm 40 pin connector and one 2 00 mm 44 pin connector 1 FDC with 2 54 mm 34 pin connector 1 Parallel with 2 54 mm 26 pin connector supports SPP EPP ECP mode 1 RS 232C RS485 with DB 9 connector located at the bracket 1 RS 232C IrDA Touch Screen with 2 54 mm 10 pin connector RS 232C is selectable by jumper and use the same connector IrDA with 2 54mm 5 pin header Touch Screen with 2 0mm 3 pin JST connector e BIOS Flash BIOS AWARD O Keyboard Mouse PS 2 compatible 6 pin mini DIN connector and JST 6pin e USB Built in 2 ports USB interface with 2 54mm 10 pin headers e RTC Chipset including Support ACPI function with 10 years data retention O Speaker Supports on board buzzer e IED Indicators Power LED LAN LED at LAN Port e Expansion Bus PC 104 ISA Bus O Power Connector One 4 pin Wafer Connector O Power Req 5V 3 0A maximum and 12V 0 5A maximum e PC Board 6 layers EMI considered e Dimensions 185 mm x 122 mm 7 3 x4 8 1 2 PACKING LIST Some acces
17. e system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors Disk Key 30 AR B1570 User s Guide 5 3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP The lt BIOS FEATURES SETUP gt option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system features according to your preference Some entries here are required by the CPU board s design to remain in their default settings for optimal performance It is suggested that you leave the settings on the factory default unless you are well versed in BIOS features ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A434AVF BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Sequence C COROM A Cyrix 6x86 MIl CPUID Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Boot Up System Speed High Gate A20 Option Fast Memory Parity Check Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup Esc Quit fl gt Select Item PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Change Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Cache External Cache The two functions speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design If your CPU is without Internal cache then this item lt CPU Internal Cache g
18. e telephone and facsimile numbers and E mail 2 A description of the system configuration and or software at the time is malfunction 3 And a brief description of the symptoms 0 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS User s comments are always welcome as they assist us in improving the usefulness of our products and the understanding of our publications They form a very important part of the input used for product enhancement and revision We may use and distribute any of the information you supply in any way we believe appropriate without incurring any obligation You may of course continue to use the information you supply If you have suggestions for improving particular sections or if you find any errors please indicate the manual title and book number Please send your comments to Acrosser Technology Co Ltd or your local sales representative Internet electronic mail to webmaster acrosser com Check our FAQ sheet for quick fixes to known technical problems AR B1570 User s Guide 0 6 ORGANIZATION This manual covers the following topics see the Table of Contents for a detailed listing Chapter 1 Overview provides an overview of the system features and packing list Chapter 2 System Controller describes the major structure Chapter 3 Setting Up the System describes how to adjust the jumper and the connector s settings Chapter 4 Installation describes setup procedures including information
19. erouting to IRQ8 to IRQ15 IRQ8 Real time clock IRQ9 Reserved IRQ10 LAN adapters based on PCI INT routing IRQ12 Reserved for PS 2 mouse IRQ13 Math Co processor IRQ14 Hard disk adapter IRQ15 Hard disk adapter IRQ3 Serial port depends on setup assignment IRQ4 Serial port depends on setup assignment IRQ5 Reserved IRQ6 Reserved for floppy disk adapter IRQ7 Parallel port 1 Interrupt Controller 2 4 1 I O Port Address Map 000 01F 020 021 022 023 040 04F 050 05F 060 06F 070 071 080 09F OA0 0A1 0C0 0DF OFO OF1 OF8 OFF 170 178 1F0 1F8 201 208 20A EMS register 0 210 213 214 Watchdog 218 21A 278 27F Parallel printer port depends on setup assignment AR B1570 User DMA controller 1 Interrupt controller 1 Cyrix CS5530 imer 1 Timer 2 8042 keyboard controller Real time clock RTC non maskable interrupt NMI DMA page registers Interrupt controller 2 DMA controller 2 Clear Math Co processor Reset Math Co processor Math Co processor Reserved for Fixed disk 1 Fixed disk 0 Reserved for Game port EMS register 1 290 293 SSD 1 O Port Address Map s Guide AR B1570 User s Guide 2 4 2 Real Time Clock and Non Volatile RAM 2 4 3 Timer The AR B1570 provides three programmable timers each with a timing frequency of 1 19 MHz 10 The AR B1570 contains a real time clock compartment that maintains the date and time in addition to storing configuration information about the computer sy
20. esents the current state of the printers ACK signal AO means the printer has received the character and is ready to accept another Normally this signal will be active for approximately 5 microseconds before receiving a BUSY message stops A1 means the printer has detected the end of the paper A1 means the printer is selected AO means the printer has encountered an error condition 5 Printer Control Latch amp Printer Control Swapper The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printer control latch by reading the address of printer control swapper Bit definitions are as follows 14 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 X X L STROBE AUTO FD XT as INIT SLDC IN IRQ ENABLE DIR write only Bit s Definition NOTE X presents not used Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Direction control bit When logic 1 the output buffers in the parallel port are disabled allowing data driven from external sources to be read when logic 0 they work as a printer port This bit is write only A1 in this position allows an interrupt to occur when ACK changes from low state to high state A1 in this bit position selects the printer AO starts the printer 50 microseconds pulse minimum A1 causes the printer to line feed after a line is printed A0 5 microsecond minimum highly active pulse clocks data into the printer Valid data must be present for a minimum o
21. f 0 5 microseconds before and after the strobe pulse AR B1570 User s Guide 3 SETTING UP THE SYSTEM This section describes pin assignments for the system s external connectors and the jumper settings eo Overview e System Setting 3 1 OVERVIEW AR B1570 is a Pentium Grade CPU Board that comes Ethernet DOC SSD and Compact Flash optional functions This section provides the hardware s jumper settings the connectors locations and the pin assignments The 1 pin assignments have all been designed on the right side of the board with a block indication on the diagram Tt e a niin UL6E AAN LEET External System Location 3 2 SYSTEM SETTING Jumper pins allow you to set specific system parameters Set them by changing the pin location of jumper blocks A jumper block is a small plastic encased conductor that slips over the pins To change a jumper setting remove the jumper from its current location with your fingers or small needle nosed pliers Place the jumper over the two pins designated for the desired setting Press the jumper evenly onto the pins Be careful not to bend the pins
22. g Bit 1 Interrupt ID Bit 0 Bit 2 Interrupt ID Bit 1 Bit 3 Must be 0 Bit 4 Must be 0 Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 5 Line Control Register LCR Bit 0 Word Length Select Bit 0 WLS0 Bit 1 Word Length Select Bit 1 WLS1 11 AR B1570 User s Guide Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 WLS1 WLSO Word Length 0 0 5 Bits 0 1 6 Bits 1 0 7 Bits 1 1 8 Bits Number of Stop Bit STB Parity Enable PEN Even Parity Select EPS Stick Parity Set Break Divisor Latch Access Bit DLAB 6 MODEM Control Register MCR Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Data Terminal Ready DTR Request to Send RTS Out 1 OUT 1 Out 2 OUT 2 Loop Must be 0 Must be 0 Must be 0 7 Line Status Register LSR Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Data Ready DR Overrun Error OR Parity Error PE Framing Error FE Break Interrupt Bl Transmitter Holding Register Empty THRE Transmitter Shift Register Empty TSRE Must be 0 8 MODEM Status Register MSR Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Delta Clear to Send DCTS Delta Data Set Ready DDSR Training Edge Ring Indicator TERI Delta Receive Line Signal Detect DSLSD Clear to Send CTS Data Set Ready DSR Ring Indicator RI Received Line Signal Detect RSLD 9 Divisor Latch LS MS 12 Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bi
23. g divisors of 1 to 65535 and produce a 16x clock for driving the internal transmitter logic Provisions are also included to use this 16x clock to drive the receiver logic Also included in the ACE a completed MODEM control capability and a processor interrupt system that may be software tailored to the computing time required to handle the communications link The following table is a summary of each ACE accessible register eso Receiver butler feed _ _ Transmitter holding register write o base 1 Interrupt enable x base 2 nterrupt identification read only x bae 3 imecontrol gt x X lt x base 4 MODEM control x base 5 linestatuws x base 6 MODEMstats x base 7 Scratchedregite 1 base o Divisorlatch least significant byte ACE Accessible Registers gt x x x Xx 1 Receiver Buffer Register RBR Bit 0 7 Received data byte Read Only 2 Transmitter Holding Register THR Bit 0 7 Transmitter holding data byte Write Only 3 Interrupt Enable Register IER Bit 0 Enable Received Data Available Interrupt ERBFI Bit 1 Enable Transmitter Holding Empty Interrupt ETBE Bit 2 Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt ELSI Bit 3 Enable MODEM Status Interrupt EDSSI Bit 4 Must be 0 Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 4 Interrupt Identification Register IIR Bit 0 0 if Interrupt Pendin
24. in next trigger C gt debug e 0214 CFH Generally watchdog function would reset system after 15 seconds e 0214 40H Disable watchdog function Trigger success 27 AR B1570 User s Guide 5 BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR B1570 BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get up and running and presents detailed explanations of the elements found in each of the BIOS menus The following topics are covered BIOS Setup Overview Standard CMOS Setup BIOS Features Setup Chipset Features Set PNP PCI Configuration Load Default Setting Integrated Peripherals Password Setting IDE HDD Auto Detection BIOS Exit 5 1 BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility by holding the Delete button during boot up the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept or enter the sub menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A434AVF CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE 8 EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit No Select Item F10 Save 8 Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type BI
25. ingle cycle instruction decode 16KB write back cache and clock rates up to 266MHz These features are possible by the use of advanced process technologies and super pipelining 2 2 DMA CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8237A DMA controllers are implemented on the AR B1570 board Each controller is a four channel DMA device that will generate the memory addresses and control signals necessary to transfer information directly between a peripheral device and memory This allows high speed information transfer with less CPU intervention The two DMA controllers are internally cascaded to provide four DMA channels for transfers to 8 bit peripherals DMA1 and three channels for transfers to 16 bit peripherals DMA2 DMA2 channel 0 provides the cascade interconnection between the two DMA devices thereby maintaining IBM PC AT compatibility The Following is the system information for the DMA channels Slave with four 8 bit chnis Master with three 16 bit chnis DMA Controller 1 DMA Controller 2 Channel 0 Spare Channel 4 0 Cascade for controller 1 Channel 1 IBM SDLC Channel 5 1 Spare Channel 2 Diskette adapter Channel 6 2 Spare Channel 3 Spare Channel 7 3 Spare DMA Channel Controller AR B1570 User s Guide 2 3 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER The 8042 processor is programmed to support the keyboard serial interface The keyboard controller receives serial data from the keyboard checks its parity translates scan codes and presents it
26. n of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen This selection is automatic ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A434AVF CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC SDRAM CAS latency Time 3T SDRAM Clock Ratio Div By 14 16 bit I O Recovery CLK 5 8 bit I O Recovery CLK 15 Esc Quit o Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Chipset Features Setup SDRAM CAS latency Time This item is to setup the SDRAM CAS signal latency time the smaller value you set it the higher efficiency you will get SDRAM Clock Ratio Div By This item is to determine the SDRAM Clock Ratio 16 Bit I O Cycle Recovery Time 8 Bit I O Cycle Recovery Time These options specify the length of the delay in BUSCLK inserted between consecutive 8 bit 16 bit I O operations 33 AR B1570 User s Guide 5 5 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A434AVF PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed NO PCI IRQ Actived By Level Resources Controlled By Auto Reset Configuration Rate Disabled Esc Quit o Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults PNP PCI CONFIGURATION PNP OS Installed This item is to choose whether or not installing the PNP Plug amp Play operation system Resources Controlled By
27. og timer is a circuit that maybe be used from your program software to detect crash or hang up The Watchdog timer is automatically disabled after reset Once you enabled the watchdog timer your program should trigger the watchdog timer every time before it times out After you trigger the watchdog timer the timer will be set to zero and start to count again If your program fails to trigger the watchdog timer before times out it will generate a reset pulse to reset the system or trigger the IRQ 9 signal in order to tell your system that the watchdog time is out Please refer to the following table in order to properly program Watchdog function D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 DO 1 Enable Reset Time period 0 Disable IRQ 9 Users could test watchdog function under Debug program as follows C gt debug e O 214 C8H Generally watchdog function would reset system after 8 seconds e O 214 OH Disable watchdog function C gt debug e O 214 88H Generally watchdog function would generate IRQ 9 after 8 seconds e O 214 OH Disable watchdog function 4 3 2 Watchdog Timer Trigger After you enable the watchdog timer your program must write the same factor as triggering to the watchdog timer at least once during every time out period You can change the time out period by writing another timer factor to the watchdog register at any time and you must trigger the watchdog during every new time out period
28. on the utility diskette Chapter 5 BIOS Console provides the BIOS options settings 0 7 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS Before removing the board from its anti static bag read this section about static electricity precautions Static electricity is a constant danger to computer systems The charge that can build up in your body may be more than sufficient to damage integrated circuits on any PC board It is therefore important to observe basic precautions whenever you use or handle computer components Although areas with humid climates are much less prone to static build up it is always best to safeguard against accidents that may result in expensive repairs The following measures should be sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object to discharge the static electricity in your body or ideally wear a grounded wrist strap e When unpacking and handling the board or other system components place all materials on an anti static surface e Be careful not to touch the components on the board especially the golden finger connectors on the bottom of the board AR B1570 User s Guide 1 OVERVIEW This is a AR B1570 Pentium Grade CPU Board with Ethernet DOC SSD and Compact Flash This chapter provides an overview of your system features and capabilities The following topics are covered Oo Specification O Packing List O Features 1 1SPECIFICATION e CPU NS GEODE GX1 BGA
29. ronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written consent of Acrosser Technology Acrosser AMI IBM PC AT ALI Windows 3 1 MS DOS are registered trademarks All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders 0 2 WELCOME TO THE AR B1570 CPU BOARD This guide introduces the Acrosser AR B1570 CPU board The following information describes this cards functions features and how to start set up and operate your AR B1570 General system information can also be found here 0 3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE If you have not already installed this AR B1570 refer to the Chapter 3 Setting Up The System in this guide Check the packing list make sure the accessories are complete The AR B1570 CD provides the newest information about the card Please refer to the files of the enclosed utility CD It contains the modification hardware 8 software information and it has updates to product functions that may not be mentioned here 0 4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE If your board requires servicing contact the dealer from whom you purchased the product for service information If you need to ship your board to us for service be sure it is packed in a protective carton We recommend that you keep the original packaging for this purpose You can assure efficient servicing of your product by following these guidelines 1 Include your name address daytim
30. ser s Guide 3 2 13 PC104 Connector 1 64 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus A B PC104 2 64 64 Pin PC 104 Connector 63 PC104 1 IOCHCK A1 6 B1 GND SD7 A2 9 B2 RSTDRV D6 A3 B3 5 VD SD5 A4 B4 IRQ9 SD4 A5 B5 5 VDC SD3 A6 B6 DRQ2 SD2 A7 B7 12 VDC SD1 A8 ZWS SDO 12 SA19 A129 NNNNMMOM PZERRAR O O L NGO OOO iw lt gt gt o O 000000000000000000000 MU 0D UY UU UY UY UU UD UY UD UY NN aaa aaa aaa 200 0 OONMUBRWY DOONDOA 1 1 i i Li U gt O A w NNNNM DEDO Noon i gt gt NINNN HON 00 0 o WU NN WN DD OO O10 SAG A25 B25 IRQ3 Figure PC104 64 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus A amp B 2 40 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus C 8 D PC104 leeeeoeooooooooooooooo 39 7 eeeoooooooooooo0o000o A iN o U in PC 104 Connector PC104 z m z A OOOOOOOOCOOOOOOCOOCOOO AAA A OOO NNOO RON S OONONAWON O 000000000000 00000000 000000000000 000000001y Figure PC104 40 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus C 8 D 21 AR B1570 User s Guide 3 2 14 Parallel Port Connector CN2 The connector for the parallel port is a 26 pins female connector Li 2 1 000000000000 9 0000000000000 o Parallel Port Connector Signal PN Auto Form Feed Datao 15 Error Initialize Printer Select In Ground Ground Ground
31. sories are included with the system Before you begin installing your AR B1570 board take a moment to make sure that the following items have been included inside the AR B1570 package The quick setup manual 1 AR B1570 all in one single CPU board Software utility CD 2HD cable one 2 54mm one 2 0mm FD cable USB AR B9462A optional KB Mouse one mini din COM 2 cable 2 5pin Parallel cable 2 13pin AR B1570 User s Guide 1 3 FEATURES The system provides a number of special features that enhance its reliability ensure its long term availability and improve its expansion capabilities as well as its hardware structure CPU NS GEODE GX1 Cyrix CS5530A Chipset 1xDIMM SDRAM Supports DOC Flash Disk 1Mbyte SRAM 10 100M Base Ethernet Compact Flash optional AWARD BIOS Power Req 5V 3 0A maximum and 12V 0 5A maximum Dimensions 185 mm x 122 mm 7 3 x4 8 AR B1570 User s Guide 2 SYSTEM CONTROLLER This chapter describes the main structure of the AR B1570 CPU board The following topics are covered Microprocessors DMA Controller Keyboard Controller Interrupt Controller Serial Port Parallel Port 2 1 MCROPROCESSOR The AR B1570 uses the NS GEODE GX1 CPU it is an advanced 32 bit x86 compatible processor offering high performance fully accelerated 2D graphics a 64 synchronous DRAM controller and a PCI bus controller all on a single chip This latest generation of the MediaGX processor enables
32. stem It contains 14 bytes of clock and control registers and 114 bytes of general purpose RAM Because of the use of CMOS technology it consumes very little power and can be maintained for long periods of time using an internal Lithium battery The contents of each byte in the CMOS RAM are listed as follows Timer 0 Timer 1 Timer 2 oo seconds _____ os Dayofweek__ S O Date of month 07 O Month 09 jer j OB sStatusregsterB OD statusregsterp 13 Reserved 17 Low expansion memory byte 19 2D Date century byte Information flags set during power on 34 7F Reserved for system BIOS Real Time Clock amp Non Volatile RAM The output of this timer is tied to interrupt request 0 IRQ 0 This timer is used to trigger memory refresh cycles This timer provides the speaker tone Application programs can load different counts into this timer to generate various sound frequencies AR B1570 User s Guide 2 5 SERIAL PORT The ACEs Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE4 are used to convert parallel data to a serial format on the transmit side and convert serial data to parallel on the receiver side The serial format in order of transmission and reception is a start bit followed by five to eight data bits a parity bit if programmed and one 1 5 in a five bit format only or two stop bits in a 6 7 or 8 bit format The ACEs are capable of handlin
33. t will not be show The AR B1570 s GX1 Cyrix CPU has an internal cache and will automatically be set to lt enabled gt Quick Power On Self Test This option speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If it is set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some items checks during POST Boot Sequence The option determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system Boot Up NumLock Status This item is used to activate the NumLock function upon system boot If the setting is on after a boot the NumLock light is lit and the user can use the number keys Boot Up System Speed This item is used to choose the boot up speed of system The choices provided are lt LOW gt and lt HIGH gt Gate A20 Option This item is chosen as lt Normal gt the A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller or chipset hardware The selection is Fast means the A20 signal is Port 92 or a chipset specific method controls 31 AR B1570 User s Guide Memory Parity Check An approach that generates and checks parity on each memory transfer and provides an interrupt if an error is found This item is to lt Disabled gt or lt Enabled gt this function Typematic Rate Setting To enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming If you disable the typematic rate and typematic delay programming the system BIOS will use the default value of the keyboard to control these 2 items and the default Typema
34. t 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 LS Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 MS Bit 8 Bit 9 Bit 10 Bit 11 Bit 12 Bit 13 Bit 14 Bit 15 AR B1570 User s Guide Desired Baud Rate Divisor Used to Generate 16x Clock e w e o 115200 Serial Port Divisor Latch 2 6 PARALLEL PORT 1 Register Address Port Address Read Write Output data Input data Printer status buffer Printer control latch Registers Address 2 Printer Interface Logic The parallel port of the W83977F A is for attaching various devices that accept eight bits of parallel data at standard TTL level 3 Data Swapper The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printers Data Latch through the Data Swapper by reading the Data Swapper address 4 Printer Status Buffer The system microprocessor can read the printer status by reading the address of the Printer Status Buffer The bit definitions are described as follows 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ERROR SLCT PE ACK BUSY Printer Status Buffer NOTE X presents not used 13 AR B1570 User s Guide Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 This signal may become active during data entry when the printer is off line during printing or when the print head is changing position or in an error state When Bit 7 is active the printer is busy and cannot accept data This bit repr
35. ter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow key Video This option selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup 29 AR B1570 User s Guide You have two ways to boot up the system 1 When VGA as primary and monochrome as secondary the selection of the video type is VGA Mode 2 When monochrome as primary and VGA as secondary the selection of the video type is Monochrome Mode Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA or PGA monito adapters Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On This option determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped and you will be prompted All But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Keyboard All But The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors Diskette All But Th
36. the GxM drivers needed in Win CE environment NT4 1 ODR lt DIR gt 09 22 00 10 53 NT4 0 driver LINUXD 1 lt DIR gt 09 22 00 10 53 Linux driver WIN200 1 lt DIR gt 09 22 00 10 53 Win2000 driver README TXT 1 611 04 23 99 11 48 README TXT 1 NT4 0 driver Includes the GxM drivers needed in NT4 0 environment 2 Linux driver Includes the GxM drivers needed in Linux environment 3 Win2000 driver Includes the GxM drivers needed in Win2000 environment Descriptions Files 8139SW EXE An auto extract file that includes Description 1 Device drivers of RTL8139A for various operating systems 2 LAN Configuration EEPROM programmer 3 Diagnostic and modification program for RTL8139 4 3 WATCHDOG TIMER This section describes the use of Watchdog Timer including disable enable and trigger AR B1570 is equipped with a programmable time out period watchdog timer that occupies I O port 214H Users can use simple program to enable the watchdog timer Once you enable the watchdog timer the program should trigger it every time before it times out Watchdog Timer will generate a response system or IRQ due to system fails to trigger or disable Time Factor watchdog timer before preset timer times out Time Base DO D5 Watchdog Write and Register Counter and Compartor Enable D7 Trigger RESET Watchdog Block Diagram 26 4 3 1 Watchdog Timer Setting AR B1570 User s Guide The watchd
37. the Standard CMOS Setup screen 5 10 BIOS EXIT This section is used to exit the BIOS main menu in two types of situation After making your changes you can either save them or exit the BIOS menu and without saving the new values 5 10 1 Save amp Exit Setup This item set in the lt Standard CMOS Setup gt lt BIOS Features Setup gt lt Chipset Features Setup gt lt Power Management Setup gt lt Integrated Peripherals gt and the new password if it has been changed will be stored in the CMOS The CMOS checksum is calculated and written into the CMOS As you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in saving data to CMOS and Exit the Setup Save current settings and exit Y N 5 10 2 Exit Without Saving When you select this option the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help to abandon all Data and Exit Setup Quit without saving Y N Notice If you find any difficulty in the operating systems installation please contact our technical support for further assistance If the content in Setting is inconsistent with the CD ROM Please refer to the setting as the priority 36
38. tic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down The settings are 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec The number selected indicates the time period between two identical characters appearing on screen Security Option The option allows the user to limit access to the System and Setup or just to Setup The system will not boot and accesses to Setup will de denied if the correct password is not lentered at the prompt 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 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the computer requires VGA palette snooping Video BIOS Shadow ROM Shadow copies Video BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM Video BIOS can then execute from RAM This makes your system faster Cyrix 6x86 MIl CPUID The option is to determine whether or not to use the function of controlling or accessing the Cyrix 6x86 MII CPUID 32 AR B1570 User s Guide 5 4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP This option controls the configuratio
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