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Toshiba 386SX Computer Hardware User Manual

1. Mis MEA JE rs elie 1 Figure 3 1 AR B1376 Jumpers amp Connectors Placement 3 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 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 shorting plug 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 We will show the locations of the AR B1375 and AR B1376 jumper pins and the factory default setting CAUTION Do not touch any electronic component 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 3 2 1 Keyboard Connector 1 6 Pin Mini DIN Keyboard Connector CN3 CN3 is a Mini DIN 6 pin connector This keyboard connector is PS 2 type keyboard connector This connector is also for a standard IBM compatible keyboard with the keyboard adapter cable CN3 1 DATA 2 N C NN 3GND 44 of 4 VCC 5 CLOC
2. SLogical hara A B o 6 4 Logicalharddisk__ A n E F c H HEU tLogicalharddisk__ A D Table 6 5 SSD Drive Number for DOS Version before 5 0 0 1 2 1 2 4 No Logical p 1Logical hard D 2Logical hard A B F o SLogicalharddisk__ A 6 0 4Logcalharddisk 6 C D E Table 6 6 SSD Drive Number for DOS Version 5 0 and Newer 6 2 5 ROM Type Select SW1 5 amp SW1 6 SW1 5 amp SW1 6 are used to select the memory type of ROM disk section SWi 5 SWi6 EPROM Type OFF OFF UV EPROM 27Cxxx OFF 5VFLASH 29Fxxx Note ON 5V FLASH 29Cxxx amp 28Eexxx N 12V FLASH 28Fxxx Table 6 7 ROM Type Select NOTE It is also used to perform the hardware write protection of small page 5V FLASH 29Cxxx or 28EExxx disk AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 6 3 JUMPER SETTING Before installing the memory into memory sockets MEM1 through MEM3 U31 U32 and U33 respectively you have to configure the memory type which will be used ROM RAM on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 Each socket is equipped with an jumper to select the memory type You can configure the AR B1375 and AR B1
3. AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 6 2 SWITEH SETTING sasa pae Ta aa AGA ecd tec tee ete ma a ttr a Ga MEN a a aa aie 6 1 6 2 1 Overview eese 6 2 6 2 2 Port Address Select 1 1 6 2 6 2 3 SSD Firmware Address Select SW1 2 6 2 6 2 4 SSD Drive Number SW1 3 amp 1 4 6 3 6 2 5 ROM Type Select SW1 5 8 5 1 6 4 6 3 JUMPER SETTING 6 4 ROM DISK INSTALLATION oce tree it e DA ai hee ala ee 6 4 1 27 CXXX tti eet bo top tu ca dn d RU naba abe P M e bb age aa aha dto alae 6 4 2 Large Page 5V FLASH Disk 6 4 3 Small Page 5 V FLASH ROM DISK iei pe EH UGA WEDA NENG a 6 9 6 4 4 PAM EE 6 10 6 4 5 Combination of and RAM 2 222 0 00000 6 11 y NE leer AE 7 1 7 1 BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW 2 7 1 7 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 7 2 7 3 ADVANCED CMOS 7 3 74 ADVANCED CHIPSET 7 5 7 5 PASSWORD SETTING 7 6 7 5 1 Setting Password 7 6 7 5 2 Password Checking 7 6 7 6 LOAD DEFAULT 7 6 7 6 1 Auto Configuration with
4. e 0000000000000000005 9 o 1000 SS o 2 3 95 95 1210 m 210 210 905 1700 400 3000 95 940 7280 Unit mil 1 inch 25 4 mm 1000 mil 10 2 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 11 PROGRAMMING RS 485 amp INDEX 11 1 PROGRAMMING RS 485 The majority communicative operation of the RS 485 is in the same of the RS 232 When the RS 485 proceeds the transmission which needs control the TXC signal and the installing steps are as follows Step 1 Enable TXC Step 2 Send out data Step 3 Waiting for data empty Step 4 Disable TXC NOTE Please refer to the section of the Serial Port in the chapter System Control for the detail description of the COM register 1 Initialize COM port Step 1 Initialize COM port in the receiver interrupt mode and or transmitter interrupt mode All of the communication protocol buses of the RS 485 are in the same Step 2 Disable TXC transmitter control the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 just sets 0 NOTE Control the AR B1375 AR B1376 CPU card s signal to the RS 485 s TXC communication 2 Send out one character Transmit Step 1 Enable TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 just sets 1 Step 2 Send out the data Write this character to the offset 0 of the current COM port address Step 3 for the buffer s data empty Check transmitter holding register THRE bit 5 of the add
5. 4 1 2 CRT Connector CN13 4 2 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY 4 2 1 Inverter Board Description 4 2 2 LCD Lu 4 3 SUPPORTED ECD PANEL ee rl Pere 5 1 OVERVIEW 7 T3520 akan Slee ob ce stinks iei e UE aa tae Bici dis e o Me a HA Nhe las 5 2 DISKETTE PS 5 2 1 VGA Driver 255 5 2 2 SSD eai 5 3 WRITE PROTECT EUNGT ION ties agan aga vo heit tea co iia heehee aaa 5 8 1 Hardware Write Protect 5 3 2 Software Write Protetti e at eaaa eee v 5 3 8 Enable the Software Write Protect ccccccccessccccssccccesscceesssccsessccessseceesssscessseccesssesessseeessseesesseesessscesesaseceesseceesasecerseseeess 5 3 4 Disable the Software Write Protect vant 5 4 WAT CHDOGATIMER in hee eoe tree hende AE pe es 5 7 5 4 1 Watchdog Timer 5 7 5 4 2 Watchdog Timer Enabled 5 4 3 Watchdog Timer Trigger 5 4 4 Watchdog Timer Disabled SOLID STATE 5 6 1 6 1 OVERVIEW 6 1
6. Introduction Packing List e Features 1 1 INTRODUCTION The AR B1375 and AR B1376 are new generation half size 386 ISA card This card offers much greater performance than the older cards such as support for 32MB s of DRAM using two 72 pin SIMMs one RS 232C 485 and one RS 232C port and 3 1 5MB solid state disk capacity for ROM FLASH and SRAM The unit also comes with a programmable watchdog timer and other typical interfaces These 386 CPU cards are excellent for embedded systems workstations medical applications or POS POI systems As well an RS 232C 485 port provided remote control RS 485 has not been offered until recently on 386 cards Especially the AR B1376 with on board VGA offers the most exciting possibilities yet to the industry The on board VGA LCD controller brings about a whole new dimension of industrial computing No longer do you have to worry about adding an extra card to your system Negating the need of a separate VGA card saves space The VGA LCD unit comes with 1MB of V RAM on board and uses the C amp T 65545 Chipset to support a wide range of LCD Panels 1 2 PACKING LIST The accessories are included with the system Before you begin installing your AR B1375 or AR B1376 board take a moment to make sure that the following items have been included inside the AR B1375 or AR B1376 package The quick setup manual 1 AR B1375 or AR B1376 all in one single CPU board 1 Hard disk drive interface ca
7. JA CDROM Available Options On Disabled Disabled Disabled Fast Preseni VGA EGA Setup Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled 3 Sec SSD Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled 3F8 IRQ 4 2F8 ESC Exit 1 Sel IRQ 3 PgUp PgDn Modify 378 F2 F3 Color SPP DMA 3 IRQ 7 Figure 7 3 BIOS Advanced CMOS Setup BootUp Sequence The option determines where the system looks first for an operating system BootUp Num Lock This item is used to activate the Num Lock function upon system boot If the setting is on after a boot the Num Lock light is lit and user can use the number key Floppy Drive Swap The option reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap A B setting otherwise leave on the default setting of Disabled No Swap This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives When the setting is Enabled the BIOS will be swapped floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS Floppy Drive Seek If the Floppy Drive Seek item is setting Enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy lt A gt drive one time upon bootup Typematic Rate This item specifies the speed at which a keyboard keystroke is repeated AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide System Keyboard This
8. AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 2 4 FDD Port Connector CN5 The AR B1375 and AR B1376 provide a 34 pin header type connector for supporting up to two floppy disk drives 5 Figure 3 9 CN5 FDD Port Connector Pin Signal Pin 2 REDUCED WRITE 20 OUTPUT PULSE CURRENT NOT USED WRITE DATA 6 NOTUSED 24 WRITEENABLE nox 26 __ 16 MOTOR ENABLE B 34 DISK CHANGE Table 3 1 FDD Pin Assignment 3 2 5 Parallel Port Connector CN6 To use the parallel port an adapter cable has connected to the CN6 26 pin header type connector This adapter cable is mounted on a bracket and is included in your AR B1375 or AR B1376 package The connector for the parallel port is a 25 pin D type female connector _ Parallel Port Connector 13 1 25 DB 25 14 D Type Connector Figure 3 10 CN6 Parallel Port Connector 08 25 CNe DB25 Signal 5 3 6 16 7 4 Daa2 8 17 PrinterSelectin 9 5 Daas 10 18 6 12 19 Ground 15 8 datas 16 21 Ground 7 9 18 22 25 13 PrinterSelect 26 NoConned Table 3 1 Parallel Port Pin Assignment 3 6 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 2 6 Serial Port 1 RS 232 RS 485 Select for COM B JP2 JP2 select the on board RS 232 RS 485 for COM if choose R
9. RETURN c Receive one character from COM1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 REM Check COM1 receiver buffer IF LOF 1 lt 256 THEN 70 REM Receiver buffer is empty INPSTR RETURN REM Read one character from COM1 buffer INPSTR INPUT 1 1 RETURN AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 11 2 INDEX Name Function Page panel display cna 160 control connector DB Analog monitor CRT connector 42 LH JAM keyboard header 32 Extemal speaker header 3 9 je B Raes adapers 3 7 J37 COMARS 485 adapterselect 37 SIMM1 DRAM SIMM socket 3 10 Zero wait state ZWS NOTE presents AR B1375 does not provide these functions Note If the content in Setting is inconsistent with the CD ROM Please refer to the Setting as priority
10. 216809 26 PIRI 28 P21 R5 P22 R6 s VCC L8 GND GND KEN ENABLK Table 4 4 Display Assignment 4 3 SUPPORTED LCD PANEL At present this VGA card can provide a solution with an inverter board for the following list of standard LCD panels Consult your Acrosser representative for new developments When using other models of standard LCD panels in the market NO Manufacture Description 6 Hitachi LMG9400 DSTN104 8 SHARP 10001 Table 4 5 LCD Panel Type List CAUTION 1 If you want to connect the LCD panel you must update the AR B1376 s BIOS then you can setup the corrected BIOS Please contact Acrosser for the latest BIOS update 2 If user needs to update the BIOS version or connect other LCD please contact the sales department The detail supported LCDs are listed in the Acrosser Web site user can download the suitable BIOS The address is as follows http www acrosser com 4 4 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 5 INSTALLATION This chapter describes the procedure of the utility diskette installation The following topics are covered Overview Utility Diskette Write Protect Function Watchdog Timer 5 1 OVERVIEW This chapter provides information for you to set up a working system based on the AR B1375 AR B1376 CPU card Please read the details of the CPU card s har
11. 7 7 1 Save Settings and Exit This item set in the lt Standard CMOS Setup gt lt Advanced CMOS Setup gt lt Advanced Chipset Setup 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 to save data to CMOS and Exit the Setup Save current settings and exit Y N 7 7 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 7 8 BIOS UPDATE The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your system board The chips can be electronically reprogrammed allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips The AR B1375 AR B1376 provides FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily upgrade newer BIOS version Please follow the operating steps for updating new BIOS Step 1 on your system and don t detect the CONFIG SYS AUTOEXEC BAT files Keep your System in the real mode Step 2 Insert the FLASH BIOS diskette into the floppy disk drive Step 3 the MS DOS mode you can type the AMIFLASH program A gt AMIFLASH Step 4 screen will show the message as follow Enter the BIOS File name from which Flash EPROM
12. BASE_PORT 3020 REM Timer factor 0 3030 TIMER_FACTOR 0 3040 REM Output factor to watchdog register 3050 OUT WD_REG TIMER_FACTOR etc AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 6 SOLID STATE DISK The section describes the various type SSDs installation steps as follows This chapter describes the procedure of the installation The following topics are covered Overview Switch Setting Jumper Setting ROM Disk Installation 6 1 OVERVIEW The AR B1375 and AR B1376 provides three 32 pin JEDEC DIP sockets which may be populated with up to 3MB of EPROM or 1 5MB of FLASH or 1 5MB of SRAM disk It is ideal for diskless systems high reliability and or high speed access applications controller for industrial or line test instruments and etc If small page less or equal 512 bytes per page 5V FLASHs were used you could format FLASH disk and copy files onto FLASH disk just like using a normal floppy disk You can use all of the related DOS command such as COPY DEL etc to update files on the 5V FLASH disk The write protect function allows you to prevent your data on small page 5V FLASH or SRAM disk from accidental deletion or overwrite An on board Lithium battery or an external battery pack that could be connected ensures data retention of SRAM to the AR B1375 and AR B1376 6 2 SWITCH SETTING We will show the locations of the AR B1375 and AR B1376 switch and the factory default setting CAUTION The switch setting n
13. Place the appropriate number of FLASH EPROM chips the numbers depends on the ROM pattern files generated by RFG EXE into the socket starting from and ensure that the chips are installed in the sockets in the proper orientation Line up and insert the AR B1375 AR B1376 board into any free slot of your computer Turn on your system and Program FLASH EPROMs NOTE The FLASH EPROM program is built in the AR B1375 AR B1376 board The FLASH EPROMs can be programmed on the AR B1375 AR B1376 Before programming the FLASH EPROMs please insert at least the same number of FLASH EPROMs please insert at least the same number of FLASH EPROMs please insert at least the same number of FLASH chips as the ROM pattern files generated The PGM137X EXE file is a program that loads and writes the ROM pattern files onto the FLASH memory chips To program the FLASH EPROM In the DOS prompt type the command as follows gt PGM137X ROM pattern file name In the main menu choose the Load ROM File item that is the ROM_NAME f file name in the PGF file Choose the Program Memory item this item program will program the EPROMs NOTE Move the reverse video bar to the Program memory option then press ENTER PGM137X will write the ROM pattern files onto the FLASH memories Ensure that data is verified by the PGM137X correctly Reboot the system NOTE Reboot your computer by making a software or hardware reset A
14. veies a deett e d Da ga aa a aga a aa a a a ea ga As 2 5 REAL TIME CLOCK AND NON VOLATILE RAM m 2 6 usd AE 2 7 SERIAL PORT 2 8 PARALLEL PORT E AGA ANA GA AN E EA DEN aaa ak a E ne alas THE SYSTEM DE 3 1 3 2 SYSTEM SETTING 3 2 1 Keyboard Connector des 3 2 2 PG 104 Gonnector 3 2 3 Hard Disk IDE Connector CNA reete e T Hee pa ra ee 3 2 4 FDD Port Connector CN5 SN 3 2 5 Parallel Port Connector CN iter rere e eee de dang ag e e Ye Y Ye EY Ye e eA e o Ye 3 2 6 Seal Port 28v nta vot OE v ce 3 2 7 Reset Header J1 XE 3 2 8 LED 2 2 ceci ini eer ret o 3 8 3 2 9 Power Connector 23 sisa o tette t tei et e er ede 3 2 10 External Speaker Header J5 A 3 2 11 eai I Ove rae pti eder ture Ro ae ey Ua Senet 3212 GPU Base Clock Select OPT RE EE Ee ERE ER S E M pen A Ede UL 3 2 13 NER aaa aaa ag a a a aa A Nan EE Sa ani CRT ECD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY reni ri unn Na naa va Turku cr aAa wa 4 1 CONNECTING THE CRT MONITOR 4 1 1 VGA Setting 5
15. 2 6 ACE Accessible Registers 2 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 Enable Received Data Available Interrupt ERBFI Enable Transmitter Holding Empty Interrupt ETBEI Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt ELSI Enable MODEM Status Interrupt EDSSI Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Must be 0 Must be 0 Must be 0 Must be 0 4 Interrupt Identification Register IIR Bit 0 0 if Interrupt Pending Interrupt ID Bit 0 Interrupt ID Bit 1 2 6 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Must be 0 Must be 0 Must be 0 Must be 0 Must be 0 5 Line Control Register LCR Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Word Length Select Bit 0 WLSO Word Length Select Bit 1 WLS1 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 B
16. Optimal Setting 7 6 7 6 2 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe 7 7 7 7 BIOS P 7 7 7 7 1 Save Settings and Exit n 7 7 2 Exit Without SAVING 7 7 7 8 BIOS UPDATE nn Tan Rota m te ven eem eae A b m ie oe Et e Aa aga aa 7 7 8 SPECIFICATIONS SSD TYPES 5 8 1 8 1 SPECIFICATIONS IE EUER ea SER Re REDE LER GNEP a AG AN A ae a Ma 8 1 8 2 SSD TYPES SUPPORTED tene Sa EN GEN 8 1 9 USING MEMORY BANKS aga Lena 9 1 10 PLACEMENT amp DIMENS O NG eo cendo eren eene unio oan aana gan tron naa cra aka nean ac anaa gus abangsa dhangan ane 10 1 10 1 PEAGCEMENT 53 5 3 an baa a she aa aga ag a aaa S E 10 1 10 2 DIMENSIONS O 10 2 11 PROGRAMMING RS 485 amp 11 1 11 1 PROGRAMMING RS 485 11 2 INDEX os EU EI eens one AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 0 PREFACE 0 1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER September 1997 This document is copyrighted 1997 by Acrosser Technology Co Ltd All rights ar
17. TD 3 7 RTS RXD2 6 6 DSR DCD1 Figure 3 15 CN7 amp DB2 RS 232 Connector CN7 DB2 Signal __ 7 082 _ Signal OO R PS Table 3 2 Serial Port Pin Assignment 3 2 7 Reset Header J1 J1 is used to connect to an external reset switch Shorting these two pins will reset the system 1 Reset 2 Reset Figure 3 16 J1 Reset Header 3 2 8 LED Header 1 External Power LED Header J2 1 Power LED OO 2 No Connect 12 3 3 Power LED Figure 3 17 J2 External Power LED Header 2 HDD LED Header J8 D 1 LED 2 2 LED Figure 3 18 J8 HDD LED Header 3 8 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 Watchdog LED Header J10 2 1 LED 2 LED Figure 3 19 J10 Watchdog LED Header 3 2 9 Power Connector J3 J3 is 8 pin power connector you can directly connect the power supply to the on board power connector for stand alone applications O gt GND o gt 5 VDC O gt 5 VDC _ gt GND O GND _ gt 12 VDC o 12 VDC 8 O 5 VDC Figure 3 20 J3 8 Pin Power Connector NOOO FR WD 3 2 10 External Speaker Header J5 Besides the on board buzzer you can use an external speaker by connecting J5 header directly 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker Figure 3 21 J5 External Speaker Header 3 2 11 External Battery 1 Battery Charger Select JP3 JP3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Rechargerable Non Rechargerab
18. base port addresses for the watchdog timer and the solid state disk The AR B1375 AR B1376 occupy 6 I O port addresses Followings state selections of base port address 1 1 BasePort SolidState Disk Watchdog OFF 210h 210h 213h 214h 215h 290h 290h 293h 294h 295h Table 6 1 I O Port Address Select 6 2 3 SSD Firmware Address Select SW1 2 The AR B1375 s and AR B1376 s SSD firmware occupies 8KB of memory SW1 2 is used to select the memory base address You must select an appropriate address so that the AR B1375 or AR B1376 will not conflict with memory installed on other add on memory cards Additionally be sure not to use shadow RAM area or EMM driver s page frame in this area 52 Bank Memory Address OFF C800 0 8KB ON D800 0 8KB Table 6 2 SSD Firmware Address Select If you are not going to use the solid state disk SSD you can use BIOS setup program to disable the SSD BIOS The AR B1375 or AR B1376 will not occupy any memory address if the SSD BIOS is disabled If you are going to install the EMM386 EXE driver please use the X option to prevent EMM386 EXE from using the particular range of segment address as an EMS page which is used by AR B1375 AR B1376 For example write a statement in the CONFIG SYS file as follow If the memory configuration of AR B1375 AR B1376 is C800 0 DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE X C800 C9FF 6 2 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 6 2 4 SSD Drive Number SW1 3
19. 01 D27C040 M5M27C401 D27C4001 NM27C040 M27C4001 TMS27C040 TCS714000 AT27C080 The following list contains small page 5V FLASHs supported by the AR B1375 AR B1376 64Kx8 512K bits 64Kx8 512K bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits The following list contains EPROMs supported by the AR B1375 AR B1376 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 128Kx8 1M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 256Kx8 2M bits 512 8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512 8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512 8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 512Kx8 4M bits 1 8 8M bits 8 2 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 9 USING MEMORY BANKS This appendix provides the information about how to access the memory on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 without using the AR B1375 and AR B1376 SSD BIOS The AR B1375 and AR B1376 hardware divides every 8K bytes of memory into a memory bank To access the data in the memory you have to assign the chip nu
20. 376 as a FLASH EPROM disk ROM only a SRAM disk SRAM only or a combination of FLASH EPROM and SRAM disk It is not necessary to insert memory chips into all of the sockets The number of SRAM chips required depends on your RAM disk capacity The number of EPROM chips required depends on the total size of files that you plan to copy onto the ROM disk and whether or not it will be bootable Insert the first memory chip into MEM1 if you are going to configure it as ROM or SRAM disk If you use combination of ROM and RAM then insert the FLASH EPROM chip starting with the and insert the SRAM chips starting from the first socket which is configured as SRAM 1 used to configure the memory type of MEM1 M2 is used to configure the memory type of MEM2 M3 is used to configure the memory type of MEM3 CAUTION When the power is turned off please note the following precautions 1 your data has been stored in the SRAM disk do not change the jumper position or data will be lost 2 Make sure jumpers are set properly If you mistakenly set the jumpers for SRAM and you have EPROM or FLASH installed the EPROM or FLASH will drain the battery s power 1 2 3 1MX8 EPROM Only A B C 123 128 8 256 8 512 8 5V 12V FLASH 64KX8M 128 8 256KX8 Factory Preset M1 M3 Figure 6 3 M1 M3 amp JP4 Memory Type Setting 6 5 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guid
21. 80 Weight AR B1375 260g w o memory chips amp DRAM SIMMs AR B1376 285g w o memory chips amp DRAM SIMMs 8 2 SSD TYPES SUPPORTED The following list contains SRAMs supported by the AR B1375 AR B1376 AKM AKM628128 128Kx8 1M bits HITACHI HM628128 128Kx8 1M bits NEC UPD431000A 128Kx8 1M bits SONY CXK581000P M 128Kx8 1M bits HITACHI HM628512 512Kx8 4M bits NEC UPD434000 512Kx8 4M bits SONY CXK584000P M 512Kx8 4M bits The following list contains large page 5V FLASHs supported by the AR B1375 AR B1376 AMD Am29F512 64Kx8 512K bits AMD Am29F010 128Kx8 1M bits AMD Am29F020 256Kx8 2M bits AMD Am29F040 512Kx8 4M bits AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide ATMEL SST ATMEL SST SST SST WINBOND ATMEL ATMEL ATMEL SST AMD ATMEL FUJITSHU HITACHI INTEL MITSHUBISHI NEC NS SGS THOMSON TI TOSHIBA AMD ATMEL FUJITSU HITACHI INTEL MITSHUBISHI 5 SGS THOMSON TI TOSHIBA AMD ATMEL FUJITSU HITACHI INTEL MITSUBISHI 5 SGS THOMSON TI TOSHIBA ATMEL 29 512 29 512 29 010 28EE010 28EE011 PH29EE010 W29EE011 AT29C020 AT29C040 AT29C040A PH28SF040 Am27C010 AT27C010 MBM27C1001 HN27C101 D27C010 M5M27C101 D27C1001 27 010 27 1001 TMS27C010 TCS711000 Am27C020 AT27C020 27 2001 HN27C201 D27C020 M5M27C201 D27C2001 27 020 27 2001 527 020 TCS712000 Am27C040 AT27C040 MBM27C4001 HN27C4
22. AR B1375 AR B1376 Half Size All In One 386SX CPU CARD User s Guide Edition 1 51 Book Number AR B1375 AR B1376 05 051 7 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide Table of Contents 0 1 2 3 4 5 nente 0 1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER 0 2 WELCOME TO THE AR B1375 AR B1376 CPU 0 3 0 3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE ertet te ri e ees a eere n ad a NG a a aaa en aen jaka aaa 0 4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE DES 0 5 TECHNICAL 5 5 amp a Pin a aaa Ka 0 3 0 6 ORGANIZATION i at t d eem ete f red hls ahh aches ile e Has a Asie 0 4 0 7 SIATIGELEGCTRIGITY PREGAUTJONS isra an Aga etna metet cedes a ea a a a d 0 4 OVERVIEW p M 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 PACKING LIST 1 3 FEATURES SYSTEM CONTROLLER 2 1 MICROPROCESSOR 3 2 2 DMA CONTROLLER 2 3 KEYBOARD CONTROEEER dan inerenti epe Na deed KR ka eer Ere pte Eee eer he eee alaga dnt ga a a naa aa 2 4 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER 2 4 1 VO Pot Address Map sas inaa a aE a E a sag Na ad Ka 2 4 2 VO Channel Pin Assignment BUST
23. COMMENTS Users comments are always welcome as they assist us in improving the quality of our products and the readability of our publications They create a very important part of the input used for product enhancement and revision We may use and distribute any of the information you provide in any way appropriate without incurring any obligation You may of course continue to use the information you provide If you have any suggestions for improving particular sections or if you find any errors please send your comments to Acrosser Technology Co Ltd or your local sales representative and indicate the manual title and book number Internet electronic mail to webmaster acrosser com 0 3 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 0 6 ORGANIZATION This information for users 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 connectors setting Chapter 4 CRT LCD Flat Panel Display describes the configuration and installation procedure using LCD and CRT display Chapter 5 Installation describes the utility diskette using solid state disk s writing protect function and the watchdog timer Chapter 6 Solid State Disk describes the various type SSD s ins
24. GA resolution There are two diskettes disk 1 is for WIN31 amp MS DOS VGA resolution disk 2 is for WIN95 and SSD utility Every diskette attach the README file The AR B1375 attached the SSD utility only if you use the AR B1375 skip the section of VGA driver Please refer to the file of README for any troubleshooting before install the driver 5 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 5 2 1 VGA Driver 1 WIN 3 1 Driver For the WIN31 operation system user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file And then as to the steps Step 1 In the DOS mode execute the SETUP EXE file gt SETUP Step 2 The screen shows the chip type and press any key enter the main menu Step 3 There is 9 items for choice to setup Please choose the lt Windows Version 3 1 gt item notice the function key defined Press ENTER selected the lt All Resolutions gt when this line appears symbol that means this item is selected Press End starts to install Step 4 The screen will show the dialog box to demand user typing the WIN31 s path The default is C AWINDOWS Step 5 Follow the setup steps messages execute As completed the setup procedure will generate the message as follow Installation is done Change to your Windows directory and type SETUP to run the Windows Setup program Choose one of the new drivers marked by Please refer to the User s Guide to complete the installation Step 6 Press Esc key to r
25. HIPSET SETUP C 1995 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved 14 318 2 Available Options 60 us 14 318 2 Memory Hole At 15 16M Disable PLCK2 3 RAS Precharge time 1 5T PLCK2 4 RAS Active Time Insert Wait Disable PLCK2 5 CAS Precharge Time Insert Wait Disable PLCK2 6 Memory Write Insert Wait Disable PLCK2 8 ISA High Speed Disable PLCK2 10 ISA Memory High Speed Disable PLCK2 12 Recovery Disable Recovery Period 0 us 16Bit ISA Insert Wait Disable ESC Exit t Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color Figure 7 4 BIOS Advanced Chipset Setup AT Bus Clock This option sets the polling clock speed of ISA Bus PC 104 NOTE 1 means the CPU inputs clock 2 Acrosser recommends user setting at the range of 8MHz to 10MHz Slow Refresh This option sets the DRAM refresh cycle time RAS Precharge time The DRAM RAS precharge time 7 5 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide Time Insert Wait The DRAM time insert wait RAS Active and CAS Precharge function setting Memory Write Insert Wait ISA bus memory write insert wait ISA High Speed The Speed field shows the speed at which the processor runs internally Recovery If O Recovery Feature options is enabled the BIOS inserts a delay time between two I O commands The delay time is defined in Recovery Period option Memory Hole at 15 16 M This option specifies the range 15MB to 16MB in memory that cannot be addressed on the ISA bus ISA I O Re
26. K 12 6 Front View Figure 3 2 CN3 6 Pin Mini Din Keyboard Connector 2 AUX Keyboard Connector J4 We can use a PC AT compatible keyboard to connecting the provided adapter cable between J4 and the keyboard The pin assignments of J4 connector are as follows 1 CLOCK 2 DATA 3 4 GND O 5 VCC J4 Figure 3 3 J4 AUX Keyboard Connector 3 2 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 2 2 PC 104 Connector 1 40 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus C amp D 1 39 2 4 40 Pin 104 Connector Figure 3 4 40 PC 104 Connector Bus C amp D CN1 1 2 GND C1 e 01 SBHE C2 D2 MEM16 LA23 C3 e 03 1016 LA22 C4 D4 IRQ10 LA21 C5 e D5 IRQ11 LA20 C6 D6 IRQ12 LA19 C7 D7 IRQ15 LA18 C8 D8 IRQ14 17 e D9 DACKO MEMR C10 D10 DRQO MEMW C11 D11 DACK5 SD8 C12 5012 DRQ5 09 C13 013 DACK6 010 C14 e D14 DRQ6 SD11 C15 015 DACK7 SD12 C16 e e D16 DRQ7 5013 C17 D17 5 VDC SD14 C18 e 018 MASTER SD15 C19 e 019 GND Not Used C20 e D20 GND Figure 3 5 CN1 40 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus C amp D 2 64 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus A amp B CN2 2 64 1 64 104 Connec
27. R B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 6 4 3 Small Page 5V FLASH ROM Disk 1 Switch and Jumper Setting Step 1 Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM FLASH Step 2 Select the proper I O base port firmware address disk drive number and EPROM type SWI Step 3 Insert programmed EPROM s or FLASH s chips into sockets starting at MEM1 ON ot TIT 12 3 4 Figure 6 8 5V FLASH 29CXXX amp 28EEXXX Switch Setting 5V 12V FLASH 64KX8M 128KX8 256KXt Factory Preset Figure 6 9 5V FLASH 29CXXX amp 28EEXXX Jumper Setting 2 Using Tool Program If small page 5V FLASH EPROMs are used it is the same procedure as step 1 to step 4 of using the UV EPROM Step 1 Making a Program Group File PGF file Step 2 Generating ROM pattern files Step 3 Installing FLASH EPROMs Step 4 Programming FLASH EPROMs Step 5 Reboot system AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 Typing DOS Command You can use another way to format and copy files to the 5V FLASH EPROM This method provides the convenience of using a RAM disk You can use the DOS FORMAT and COPY command to format and copy files Follow the following steps to format and copy files to the FLASH disk it is the same procedure as step 1 to step 4 of using the UV EPROM Step 1 Turn on your computer when the screen shows the SSD BIOS menu please hit the F1 key during the system boot up this enables you to e
28. R write only Figure 2 3 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 starts the printer 50 microseconds pulse minimum A1 causes the printer to line feed after a line is printed 0 5 microsecond minimum highly active pulse clocks data into the printer Valid data must be present for a minimum of 0 5 microseconds before and after the strobe pulse 2 9 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 SETTING UP THE SYSTEM This section describes pin assignments for system s external connectors and the jumpers setting Overview System Setting 3 1 OVERVIEW The AR B1375 and AR B1376 are all in one half size Pentium single CPU board This section provides hardware s jumpers setting the connectors locations and the pin assignment CAUTION The CPU board doesn t support the type DRAM SIMM of two sided it only supports single side DRAM SIMM
29. S 232 connecting with if choose RS 485 connecting with J9 JP2 123 12 3 RS 232C RS 485 Factory Preset Figure 3 11 JP2 RS 232 RS 485 Select for COM B 2 RS 485 Terminator JP7 JP7 1 2 12 OFF ON Factory Preset Figure 3 12 JP7 RS 485 Terminator 3 External RS 485 Adapter Select J6 amp J7 J6 and J7 can be set independently J7 selects COM A port and J6 selects COM A port J6 selects the external RS 485 for COM B connecting with CN7 J7 selects the external RS 485 for COM A connecting with DB2 J6 amp J7 123 123 External RS 485 Adapter RS 232C Factory Preset Figure 3 13 J6 amp J7 External RS 485 Adapter Select 4 RS 485 Header J9 49 is on board RS 485 header J9 pin assignments are as follows 1 485 O O 2 N485 12 3 3 GND J9 COM B Figure 3 14 J9 RS 485 Header AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 5 RS 232 Connector CN7 amp DB2 There are two serial ports with EIA RS 232 interface on the AR B1375 or AR B1376 COM A uses one on board D type 9 pin male connector DB2 which is located at the right side of the card and COM B uses one 10 pin header CN7 which is located at the upper of the card To configure these two serial ports use the BIOS Setup program to do well and adjust the jumpers on J6 and J7 The pin assignments of the DB2 and CN7 for serial port A amp are as follows DB2 COM A CN7 COM B GND5 6 Prol 9 oo Ge e DTR4 2 e 8 CTS
30. S2 51 50 512KB EPROM FLASH 0 54 55 BS3 Bg2 BS1 BSO 128KBSRAM 0 1 0 BS3 BS2 1 BSO __512 8 SRAM 0 855 NOTE 0 to BS5 are the memory bank select bits For example 128KB memory has sixteen 8K byte banks so 4 bits BSO to BS3 are needed Example 1 Select the 10th bank of the MEM1 on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 The AR B1375 and AR B1376 is using 27C020 256K 8 and the base port is amp H210 100 base port amp H210 110 OUT base port 0 amp H59 Example 2 Select the 40th bank of MEM3 on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 The AR B1375 and AR B1376 is using 27C040 512K 8 and the base port is amp H390 200 base port amp H290 210 OUT base port 0 amp HD7 9 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 10 PLACEMENT amp DIMENSIONS 10 1 PLACEMENT 10 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 10 2 DIMENSIONS 3950 4000 455 1100 e 8 N N 7 058 lt 4150 4100 930 a
31. TION 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 BIOS the factory default setting is used to the Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings 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 loss setting the CMOS will detect the Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings to boot the operation system this option will reduce the performance of the system Acrosser recommends choosing the Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting in the main menu The option is best case values that should optimize system performance 3 The BIOS settings are described in detail in this section 7 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 7 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 AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 1995 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Tue May 06 1997 Time hh mm ss 13 39 30 Floppy Drive A Not Installed Floppy Drive B Not Installed LBA BIk PIO 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Auto Off Off Auto Off Pri Slave Not Installed Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Month Jan Dec ESC Exit 1 Sel Day 01 31 PgUp PgDn Modi
32. Type Current PGF File This option instructs the RFG to use the DOS type command to display the contents of the current PGF file Generate ROM File s If there is no mistake in your PGF file then this menu option will generate ROM pattern files The number of ROM pattern file generated by the RFG will depend on the total capacity needed by your files For instance if 3 files are generated then you will need to use 3 EPROMs The size depends upon the number stated in your PGF The ROM pattern files will have the same file names but will have different extension names For example TEST RO1 TEST RO2 TEST RO3 etc Display Error in PGF File This option displays errors that were detected in your PGF Help to PGF File This option gives information on how to write a PGF file and how to generate ROM pattern files An example PGF is also included Move the reverse video bar to lt Generate ROM File s gt then press ENTER The ROM pattern file is a binary file The file size will be the same size as the EPROM that you assigned in the PGF For example if you are using 128KX8 EPROM memory chips then the size of ROM patterns file will be 131072 bytes For other chips the file size will be 64KX8 EPROM 65536 bytes 256KX8 EPROM 262144 bytes 512KX8 EPROM 524288 bytes 1 8 EPROM 1048576 bytes AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide E RFGDEMO PGF RFGDEMO PGF This file provides a sample PROGRAM GROUP FILE which illustrates how to c
33. amp SW1 4 The AR B1375 AR B1376 s SSD can simulate one or two disk drives You can assign the drive letter of the AR B1375 AR B1376 by configuring SW1 3 amp SW1 4 You can make the computer to boot from SSD by copying DOS into the SSD If your SSD does not have DOS the computer will boot from your hard disk or floppy disk In this condition the SSD BIOS of AR B1375 AR B1376 will set the drive letter of the SSD to the desired drive letter automatically The SSD BIOS will simulate one disk drive when only FLASH EPROM or SRAM starting from MEM1 socket is installed The drive numbers with respect to the switch setting when the AR B1375 AR B1376 simulates single disk drives ews floppy disk number SSD OFF 0 or 1 Note 1 Table 6 3 SSD Drive Number NOTE 1 If there is no DOS on this SSD the disk number will 1 B If any DOS is found by the AR B1375 AR B1376 SSD BIOS the disk number will be 0 A But you can change the disk number from 0 to 1 by pressing the lt ESC gt key during system bootup 2 If there is no DOS on this SSD the disk number will be 2 C D or If any DOS is found by AR B1375 AR B1376 SSD BIOS the disk number will be 0 A But you can change the disk number from 0 to 2 by pressing the lt ESC gt key during system bootup 1 Simulate 2 Disk Drive When FLASH EPROM and SRAM are both used on the AR B1375 AR B1376 or you only have installed SRAM that does n
34. are going to use Insert the first programmed EPROM into the socket mem1 the second into the socket MEM2 etc Insert the SRAM chips starting from the first socket assigned as SRAM Select the proper I O base port firmware address and disk drive number on SWI Turn on power and boot DOS from hard disk drive or floppy disk drive Use the DOS command FORMAT to format the RAM disk gt RAM disk letter U If 5V FLASH small page is being used for the first time And then use the DOS command FORMAT to format the FLASH disk If large page 5V FLASH is being installed for the first time please use the FLASH programming utility RFG EXE to program ROM pattern files NOTE Users can only boot DOS from the ROM disk drive if the AR B1375 AR B1376 is configured as a ROM and a RAM disk You don t need to copy DOS onto the RAM disk 6 11 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 7 BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR B1375 AR B1376 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 Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Password Setting Load Default Setting BIOS Exit BIOS Update 7 1 BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW BIOS is a program used to initialize and set up the I O system of the computer which includes the ISA bus an
35. ata Latch through the Data Swapper by reading the Data Swapper address 2 8 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 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 Figure 2 2 Printer Status Buffer NOTE X presents not used 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 represents 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 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 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 EN STROBE AUTO FD XT INIT SLDC IN IRQ ENABLE DI
36. ble 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable 1 Parallel port interface cable 1 RS 232C interface cable 2 Software utility CD AR B1375 has not the VGA function and only encloses one SSD utility diskette 1 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 1 3 FEATURES The system provides a number of special features that enhance its reliability ensure its availability and improve its expansion capabilities as well as its hardware structure 80386SX 33 40 MHz CPU ISA and PC 104 extension bus Up to 32MB DRAM system On board CRT and LCD panel display AR B1375 doesn t provide this function Supports IDE hard disk drives Supports floppy disk drives Supports 1 bi directional parallel port Supports 2 serial ports RS 232C and RS 485 PC AT compatible keyboard Up to 3MB solid state disk Programmable watchdog timer Flash BIOS Built in status LEDs indicator Signal 5V power requirement Multi layer PCB for noise reduction Dimensions 185mmX122mm 1 2 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 SYSTEM CONTROLLER This chapter describes the major structure of the AR B1375 and AR B1376 CPU board The following topics are covered Microprocessor DMA Controller Keyboard Controller Interrupt Controller Real Time Clock and Non Volatile RAM Timer Serial Port Parallel Port 2 1 MICROPROCESSOR The AR B1375 and AR B1376 use the M6117 CPU it is designed to perform like Intel s 386SX system with deep green features The 3865
37. core is the same as 13865 of Acer Labs Inc and 100 object code compatible with the Intel 386SX microprocessor System manufacturers can provide 386 CPU based systems optimized for both cost and size Instruction pipelining and high bus bandwidth ensure short average instruction execution times and high system throughput Furthermore it can keep the state internally from charge leakage while external clock to the core is stopped without storing the data in registers The power consumption here is almost zero when clock stops The internal structure of this core is 32 bit data and address bus with very low supply current Real mode as well as Protected mode are available and can run MS DOS MS Windows OS 2 and UNIX 2 2 DMA CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8237A DMA controllers are implemented in the AR B1375 AR B1376 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 speeding 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 Following is the system information of DMA channels DMA Contr
38. covery ISA I O Recovery Time These options specify the length of the delay in BUSCLK inserted between consecutive 8 bit 16 bit I O operations 7 5 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 User can set either a Supervisor password or a User password 7 5 1 Setting Password Select the appropriate password icon Supervisor or User 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 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 completes The next time the system boots you are prompted for the password function is present and is enabled Enter new supervisor password 7 5 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 on the keyboard As user select Supervisor or User The BIOS prompts for a password u
39. d connected devices such as the video display diskette drive and the keyboard The BIOS provides a menu based interface to the console subsystem The console subsystem contains special software called firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system The BIOS Default Values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability In the worst situation the user may have corrupted the original settings set by the manufacturer After the computer turned on the BIOS will perform a diagnostics of the system and display the size of the memory that is being tested Press the Del key to enter the BIOS Setup program and then the main menu will show on the screen The BIOS Setup main menu includes some options Use the Up Down arrow key to highlight the option that you wish to modify and then press the Enter key to assure the option and configure the functions AMIBIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP UTILITIES C 1995 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit Without Saving Standard CMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc ESC Exit Sel F2 F3 Color F10 Save amp Exit Figure 7 1 BIOS Setup Main Menu CAU
40. dware descriptions before installation carefully especially jumpers 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 Step 11 Step 12 Read the CPU card s hardware description in this manual Install any DRAM SIMM onto the CPU card Set jumpers Make sure that the power supply connected to your passive CPU board back plane is turned off Plug the CPU card into a free AT bus slot or PICMG slot on the back plane and secure it in place with a screw to the system chassis Connect all necessary cables Make sure that the FDC serial and parallel cables are connected to pin 1 of the related connector Connect the hard disk floppy disk flat cables from the CPU card to the drives Connect a power source to each drive Plug the keyboard into the keyboard connector Turn on the power Configure your system with the BIOS Setup program then re boot your system If the CPU card does not work turn off the power and read the hardware description carefully again If the CPU card still does not perform properly return the card to your dealer for immediate service 5 2 UTILITY DISKETTE AR B1376 provides two VGA driver diskettes supports WIN31 amp WIN95 If your operation system is the other operation system please attach Acrosser that will provide the technical supporting for the V
41. e 6 4 ROM DISK INSTALLATION The section describes the various type SSDs installation steps as follows The jumper and switch adjust as SSD s different type to set 6 4 1 UV EPROM 27Cxxx 1 Switch and Jumper Setting Step 1 Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM FLASH Step 2 Select the proper I O base port firmware address disk drive number and EPROM type SWI Step 3 Insert programmed EPROM s or FLASH s chips into sockets starting at MEM1 ON or TIT 12 3 4 Figure 6 4 UV EPROM 27 Switch Setting A C Figure 6 5 UV EPROM Jumper Setting AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 Software Programming Use the UV EPROM please refer to the follow steps Step 1 Turn on the power and boot DOS from hard disk drive or floppy disk drive Step 2 Making a Program Group File PGF file Step 3 Using the RFG EXE to generate ROM pattern files and counting the ROM numbers as the pattern files Step 4 In the DOS prompt type the command as follows C gt RFG file of PGF Step 5 In the RFG EXE main menu choose the lt Load PGF File gt item that is user editing PGF file Step 6 Choose the lt Generate ROM File s gt the tools program will generate the ROM files for programming the EPROMs Step 7 Program the EPROMs Using the instruments of the EPROM writer to load and write the ROM pattern files into the EPROM chips Mak
42. e 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 Following is the system information of interrupt levels Interrupt Level Description NMI Parity check CTRL1 CTRL2 IRQ 0 System timer interrupt from timer 8254 IRQ 1 Keyboard output buffer full IRQ 2 IRQ8 Real time clock IRQ9 Rerouting to INT OAh from hardware IRQ IRQ10 Spare IRQ11 Spare IRQ12 Spare IRQ13 Math coprocessor IRQ14 Hard disk adapter IRQ15 Reserved for watchdog IRQ 3 Serial port 2 IRQ 4 Serial port 1 IRQ 5 Parallel port 2 IRQ 6 Floppy disk adapter IRQ 7 Parallel port 1 Figure 2 1 Interrupt Controller AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 4 1 I O Port Address Map HexRange 080 09F DMA page registers 2E8 2EF port 4 COM 4 Table 2 2 I O Port Address Map 2 4 2 I O Channel Pin Assignment Bus 1 A4 505 RO9 input AS A6 SD3 inpu Ouput B6 DRO2 AT 9 500 Power 14 saz inpu Outut B14 OR Input Output 2 3 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide A20 SAt f mpuvOutput B20 ouput Input Output zr mos We A29 sas Input Output B23 228 S49 B28 ouput A29 Input Out
43. e reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced copied transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means such as electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or other means without prior written permission of original manufacturer Acrosser Technology assumes no responsibility or warranty with respect to the contents in this manual and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Furthermore Acrosser Technology reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any times without notice Such revisions will be posted on the Internet WWW ACROSSER COM as soon as possible Possession use or copying of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Acrosser or an authorized sub licensor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS C Copyright Acrosser Technology Co Ltd 1997 All rights Reserved Acrosser ALI AMI PC AT WIN31 WIN 95 Windows NT NEC HITACHI ORION SHARP FUJITSU SONY AKM INTEL MITSUBISHI NS SGS THOMSON TI TOSHIBA AMD are registered trademarks All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders This document was produced with Adobe Acrobat 3 01 0 2 WELCOME TO THE AR B1375 AR B1376 CPU BOARD This guide introduces the Acrosser AR B1375 AR B1376 CPU board The information p
44. e sure that the EPROMs are verified by the program without any error Step 8 Install EPROM chips Be sure to place the programmed EPROMs R01 R02 into socket starting from MEM1 and ensure that the chips are installed in the sockets in the proper orientation 6 4 2 Large Page 5V FLASH Disk If you are using large page 5V FLASH as ROM disk it is the same procedure as step 1 to step 4 of using the UV EPROM 1 Switch and Jumper Setting Step 1 Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM FLASH Step 2 Select the proper I O base port firmware address disk drive number and large page 5V FLASH type on SWI Step 3 Insert programmed EPROM s or FLASH s chips into sockets starting at MEM1 ON OFF 12 3 4 Figure 6 6 5V Large FLASH 29FXXX Switch Setting _ e ae 2 123 3 5V 12V FLASH 64KX8M 128KX8 256KX8 Factory Preset M1 M3 2 E 1 2 3 3 5V FLASH 512KX8 Only M1 M3 Figure 6 7 Large Page 5V FLASH Jumper Setting JP4 6 7 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 Software Programming And then you should create a PGF and generate ROM pattern files by using the RFG EXE 6 8 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Making a Program Group File PGF file Generate ROM pattern files Turn off your system and then install FLASH EPROMs into the sockets NOTE
45. eeds to adjust with the jumpers setting make sure the jumper settings and the Switch setting are correct ju 1 8 1 2 eje Ur Sees m oam p Exil ges 5 gt e ERE ea E Sues 333 f 47 4 jele 1 lee E c g 18 5 y ut 6 5 P 4 1 dis 00000 Se a e s 2 29 ee Figure 6 1 Switch amp SSD Type Jumper Location 6 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 6 2 1 Overview There is 1 DIP Switch located on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 It performs the following functions ON 12 3 4 5 6 Figure 6 2 SW1 Switch Select SW1 1 Set the base I O port address SW1 2 Set the starting memory address SW1 3 amp SW1 4 Set the drive number of solid state disk SW1 5 amp SW1 6 Set the used ROM memory chips 6 2 2 VO Port Address Select SW1 1 SW1 1 is provided to select one of the four
46. es onto 5V FLASH EPROM start from MEM1 or SRAM for testing the ROM pattern files To execute PGM137x EXE the main menu will be displayed on your screen There are 8 options on the main menu Quit to DOS Quits and exits to the DOS OS Shell Exits from PGM137x temporarily to the DOS prompt Type EXIT to return to PGM137x main menu Load ROM File If this option is used the PGM137x will prompt you for the ROM pattern file name This option is useful if you have not previously entered a ROM pattern file name or if you wish to use a different ROM pattern file The PGM137x will check and display the ROM file name ROM file size FLASH memory capacity and the number of ROM pattern files that will be loaded and copied onto the FLASH memory chips Verify Memory If ROM pattern files were loaded without error this option instructs PGM137x to verify the contents of FLASH memory chips with the current ROM pattern files Program Memory If there are no mistakes in your ROM pattern file then this menu option will erase FLASH memory write the current ROM pattern files onto FLASH memory and verify data that was just written to FLASH memory using the ROM pattern files Memory Type Mfr Before you program the FLASH memory chips make sure that the FLASH s type and manufactory match the one shown on the main menu Otherwise you can use this option to select the proper type and manufacture and instruct the program to use a right program
47. eturn the main menu and re press Esc return to the DOS mode Step 7 User can enter the WIN31 so you can find the lt Chips CPL gt icon located in the CONTROL PANEL group Step 8 Adjust the lt Refresh Rate gt lt Cursor Animation gt lt Font size gt lt Resolution gt and lt Big Cursor gt 2 WIN 95 Driver For the WIN95 operating system user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file And then as to the steps Step 1 Enter the WIN95 operation system please choose the SETTING item of the DISPLAY icon in the CONTROL PANEL Please select the lt From Disk Install gt item and type the factory source files path 95 Step 2 And then you can find the Chips and Tech 65550 PCI new gt item select it and click the OK button Step 3 Finally user can find the DISPLAY icon adds the Chips item You can select this item and adjust the Screen Resolution Refresh Rate Font Size gt and other functions Please refer to the messages during installation 5 2 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 5 2 2 SSD Utility To support the AR B1375 AR B1376 solid state disk s operations the following files have been provided on the enclosed diskette s directory lt SSD gt A PGM137x EXE PGM137x EXE PGM137x EXE is used to program the 12V FLASH EPROM after the ROM pattern files are generated by RFG EXE The PGM137x EXE can also program the correctness of the ROM pattern fil
48. ferent counts into this timer to generate various sound frequencies 2 5 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 7 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 one and half five bit format only or two stop bits The ACEs are capable of handling 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 handle the communications link The following table is summary of each ACE accessible register 9 Pato Receiver butler read Transmitter holding register write X base 2 interruptidentification read only Line control X 1 base 3 Line control X base 4 __ X base 5 linestatus X base 6 MODEMstatus X base 7 Scatchedregster 1 base 0 Divisor latch least significant byte base 1 Divisor latch most significant byte Table
49. function specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer Primary Display The option is used to set the type of video display card installed in the system Password Check This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is executed If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if the BIOS executed Parity Check Set this option to Enabled to check the parity of all system memory Wait for F1 If Error AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by Press lt Fl gt to continue If this option is set to Disabled the AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the F1 key after an error message Hit DEL Message Display Set this option to Disabled to prevent the message as follows Hit DEL if you want to run setup It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots Hard Disk Delay If this option is set to Disabled and the system BIOS executes too fast the result may be that the BIOS can t find the hard disk drive Use caution when setting this option On Board Flash Disk This item is used to activate the FLASH on this CPU board Shadow These options control the location of the contents of the 32KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area this area is made available to t
50. fy Year 1901 2099 F2 F3 Color Figure 7 2 BIOS Standard CMOS Setup Date amp Time Setup Highlight the Date field and then press the Page Up Down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Highlight the Time 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 Floppy Setup The Standard CMOS Setup option records the types of floppy disk drives installed the system To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow key Hard Disk Setup The BIOS supports various types for user settings The BIOS supports Pri Master and Pri Slave 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 You can select AUTO under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during bootup 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
51. ge Outportb 0x210 0x00 If the base I O address is 210h 5 6 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 5 4 WATCHDOG TIMER This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer disabled enabled and trigger The AR B1375 AR B1376 is equipped with a programmable time out period watchdog timer User can use the program to enable the watchdog timer Once you have enabled the watchdog timer the program should trigger it every time before it times out If your program fails to trigger or disable this timer before it times out because of system hang up it will generate a reset signal to reset the system The time out period can be programmed to be 3 to 42 seconds Enable D7 Time Base Time Factor 00 02 Watchdog Register Counter Write and Trigger 1 Compartor Watchdo LED 9 RESET Figure 5 1 Watchdog Block Diagram 5 4 1 Watchdog Timer Setting The watchdog timer is a circuit that may be used from your program software to detect crashes or hang ups Whenever the watchdog timer is enabled the LED will blink to indicate that the timer is counting The watchdog timer is automatically disabled after reset Once you have enabled the watchdog timer your program must trigger the watchdog timer every time before it times out After you trigger the watchdog timer it will be set to zero and start to count again If your program fails to trigger the watchdog timer before time out it will generate a reset pulse to reset the system or
52. h any EPROM programmer If you have specified a DOS drive in the PGF file RFG will generate bootable ROM pattern files for the EPROM or FLASH disk The RFG supports the following DOS MS DOS PC DOS DR DOS and X DOS NOTE If you want to use AR B137x with any DOS which is not supported by RFG please send your requirement to Acrosser Technology Co Ltd or contract with your local sales representative The RFG EXE provided in the utility diskette is a program that converts the files you list in the PGF and convert them into ROM pattern file The RFG will determine how many EPROMs are needed and generate the same number of ROM pattern files These ROM pattern files are named with the name assigned by the ROM NAME in the PGF and the extension names are 01 R02 etc To generate ROM pattern files The ROM File Generator main menu will be displayed on the screen There are 7 options on the main menu They serve the following functions Quit to DOS Quits and exits to the DOS OS Shell Exits from the RFG temporarily to the DOS prompt Type EXIT to return to the main menu Load PFG File If this option is used the RFG will prompt you for the PGF file name This option is useful if you have not previously entered a PGF name or you wish to use a different PGF file The RFG will check and display the PGF filename ROM pattern file name EPROM capacity DOS version and the number of ROM pattern files that will be generated
53. he local bus The settings are SETTING DESCRIPTION Disabled The video ROM is not copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory Enabled The contents of C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution Cached The contents of the named ROM area are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution if an adapter ROM will be using the named ROM area Also the contents of the RAM area can be read from and written to cache memory Table 7 8 Shadow Setting OnBoard IDE This option specifies the onboard IDE controller channels that will be used AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide OnBoard FDC This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 OnBoard Serial Port This option enables the serial port on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 OnBoard Parallel Port This option enables the parallel port on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bidirectional data transfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if the setting for the parallel Port Mode option is ECP 7 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED C
54. he watchdog timer will generate an interrupt at the time watchdog timer is enabled 5 4 2 Watchdog Timer Enabled To enable the watchdog timer you have to output a byte of timer factor to the watchdog register whose address is 214H or Base Port The following is a BASICA program which demonstrates how to enable the watchdog timer and set the time out period at 24 seconds 1000 REM Points to command register 1010 WD_REG 214H 1020 REM Timer factor 84H or 1030 TIMER_FACTOR 96H84 1040 REM Output factor to watchdog register 1050 OUT WD_REG TIMER 5 4 3 Watchdog Timer Trigger After you enable the watchdog timer your program must write the same factor as enabling to the watchdog register at least once every time out period to its previous setting 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 before the new time out period in next trigger Below is a BASICA program which demonstrates how to trigger the watchdog timer 2000 REM Points to command register 2010 WD_REG 214H 2020 REM Timer factor 84H or OCAH 2030 TIMER_FACTOR amp H84 2040 REM Output factor to watchdog register 2050 OUT WD_REG TIMER 5 4 4 Watchdog Timer Disabled 5 8 To disable the watchdog timer simply write a OOH to the watchdog register 3000 REM Points to command register 3010 WD_REG
55. it 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Data Ready DR Overrun Error OR Parity Error PE Framing Error FE Break Interrupt 81 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 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 7 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 9 Divisor Latch LS MS LS MS Bit 0 Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1 Bit 1 Bit 9 Bit 2 Bit 2 Bit 10 Bit 3 Bit 3 Bit 11 Bit 4 Bit 4 Bit 12 Bit 5 Bit 5 Bit 13 Bit 6 Bit 6 Bit 14 Bit 7 Bit 7 Bit 15 Desired Divisor Used to Present Error Difference Baud Rate Generate 16x Clock Between Desired and Actual 50 ______ _______ 0 026 0 058 Table 2 7 Serial Port Divisor Latch 2 8 PARALLEL PORT 1 Register Address Port Address Read Write Register Output data Input data rinter status buffer rinter control latch Table 2 8 Registers Address 2 Printer Interface Logic The parallel portion of the SMC37C669 makes the attachment of 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 D
56. k from accidental deletion or overwrite If your FLASH SRAM disk is write protected any write operation to the protected FLASH SRAM disk will get a write protect error Write protect error writing drive A About Retry Fail 5 5 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 5 3 1 Hardware Write Protect To enable the hardware protect function for small page 5V FLASH disk please refer to the Switch Setting 5 3 2 Software Write Protect If you need the write protect function and sometimes you have to write or update data on your FLASH SRAM disk you can use the software write protect instead of hardware write protect The software writes protect function is enabled or disabled by writing a data to an I O port 5 3 3 Enable the Software Write Protect Writes data 08h to the base port 0 address Example 1 in assembly language MOV 210H If the base I O address is 210H MOV AL 80H Enable byte 80h OUT DX AL Example 2 in BASICA language OUT amp H210 amp H80 REM If the base I O address is 210h Example 3 in Turbo C language Outportb 0x210 0x80 If the base I O address is 210h 5 3 4 Disable the Software Write Protect Writes data 0 to the base port 0 address Example 1 in assembly language MOV DX 210H If the base I O address is 210h MOV AL 00H Disable byte 00h OUT DX AL Example 2 in BASICA language OUT amp H210 amp H00 REM If the base I O address is 210h Example 3 in Turbo C langua
57. le Factory Preset Figure 3 22 JP3 Battery Charger Select 3 9 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 External Battery Connector J11 J11 allows users to connector an external 4 5 to 6 VDC battery to the AR B1375 and AR B1376 if the on board battery is fully discharged The SRAM disk will draw the battery current The battery charger on AR B1375 and AR B1376 doesn t source charge current to the external battery which connects to J11 1 Battery 2 Battery 1 2 Figure 3 23 J11 External Battery Connector 3 2 12 CPU Base Clock Select JP1 The CPU base clock Input clock is twice of its operation clock 2 66 67 MHz Preset Figure 3 24 JP1 CPU Base Clock Select 3 2 13 DRAM Configuration There is two 32 bit memory banks the AR B1375 AR B1376 board It can only put one side DRAM SIMM to SIMM Socket Single Line Memory Modules which is designed to accommodate 256KX36 bit to 4MX36 SIMMs This provides the user with up to 32MB of main memory The 32 bit SIMM without parity bit also can be used on AR B1375 AR B1376 board There are six on board memory configurations available Please refer to the following table for details smm TotalMemory Table 3 3 DRAM Configuration 3 10 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 4 CRT LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY This section describes the configuration and installation procedure using LCD and CRT display Connecting
58. mber and the bank number On every chip the memory bank number starts from zero The last memory bank number depends on the size of the memory chip used on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 For example if you use the 256K bytes memory chip the bank number on every chip would be in the range of 0 to 31 The chip numbers and the bank numbers are determined by the bank select register on the AR B1375 and AR B1376 The I O address of these registers are determined by SW1 1 The memory address of the memory bank is located on the range selected by SW1 2 The I O port address of the bank select register is base port 0 and the I O port address of the chip select register is base port 2 The following is the format of the bank select register and bank enable register Register Port 07 06 05 D4 D3 02 po Chip Select Register Base 2 o 0 1 cst cso x x Where WPE Write protect enable bit A6 A0 Bank select bits is the LSB 51 50 Chip select bits of MEM1 to MEM3 Where 51 50 Chip select CS1 CS0 Socket 0 10 0 MEM For different types of memory 0 to 6 have different explanations These bits used to select the bank number of specific memory located in CSO and CS1 _____ 6 5 4 A2 A1 A0 64KB EPROM FLASH 0 0 1 0 8521851 850 128KB EPROM FLASH 0 o 0 BS3 BS2 1 BSO 256KB EPROM FLASH 0 BS4 1 BS3 B
59. me Deseription The MASTER is the signal from the I O processor which gains control as the master and should be held low for a maximum of 15 microseconds or system memory may be lost due to the lack of refresh MEMCS16 The Memory Chip Select 16 indicates that the present data Input Open collector transfer is a 1 wait state 16 bit data memory operation Input Open collector transfer is 1 state 16 bit data I O operation OSC Output The Oscillator is a 14 31818 MHz signal used for the color graphic card The Zero Wait State indicates to the microprocessor that Input Open collector present bus cycle can be completed without inserting additional wait cycle Table 3 9 I O Channel Signal s Description 3 2 3 Hard Disk IDE Connector CN4 A 40 pin header type connector 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 BIOS Setup program to select The following table illustrates the pin assignments of the hard disk drive s 40 pin connector N gt Figure 3 8 CN4 Hard Disk IDE Connector Pin Signal DATAS c5 DATAS 6 DATAS 7 DATAS DATA TO 9 __ 10 DATA ___25 48 260 GROUND Table 3 1 HDD Pin Assignment 3 5
60. ming algorithm Select PGM Chips Normally the PGM137x will program all ROM pattern files onto the FLASH memories with the ROM pattern files just loaded But you can use this option to select which memory chips that you want to program and which memory chips need to be skipped The PGM137x will only program the selected chips when writing data to the FLASH memory This is very useful when some of the memory chip were verified and programmed previously Select FLASH PLSCNTs If the 12V FLASHs have been programmed several times please select the lt Slowest gt FLASH PLSCNT mode instead of Standard mode In the lt Slower gt or lt Slowest gt mode PGM137x EXE will retry more times to program data onto the 12V FLASHs correctly The default setting is lt Slowest gt mode B WD137x EXE WD137x EXE This program demonstrates how to enable and trigger the watchdog timer It allows you to test the lt TIMES OUT amp RESET gt function when the watchdog timer is enabled 5 3 5 4 B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide C WP137x EXE WP137x EXE This program demonstrates how to enable and disable software write protected function It also shows the current protect mode of write or read only memory D RFG EXE RFG EXE This program is used to generate ROM pattern files in a binary format Each ROM pattern file has the same size as the FLASH or EPROM and can be easily programmed on to the FLASH with on board programmer or on to EPROM wit
61. ng It is very easy to use the RAM disk The RAM disk operates just like a normal floppy disk A newly installed RAM disk needs to be formatted before files can be copied to it Use the DOS command FORMAT to format the RAM disk Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Use jumper block to select the memory type as SRAM refer Select the proper I O base port firmware address and disk drive number on SW1 Insert SRAM chips into sockets starting from MEM1 Turn on power and boot DOS from hard disk drive or floppy disk drive Use the DOS command FORMAT to format the RAM disk If you are installing SRAM for the first disk DOS system files onto the RAM disk gt RAM disk letter 5 U To format the RAM disk without copying DOS system files into the RAM disk C gt FORMAT RAM disk letter U Use the DOS command COPY to copy files onto the RAM disk For example if you want to copy file lt EDIT EXE gt to the RAM disk from drive C and the RAM disk is assigned as drive A COPY EDIT EXE NOTE In addition you can use any other DOS command to operate the RAM disk 6 4 5 Combination of ROM and RAM Disk The AR B1375 AR B1376 can be configured as a combination of one ROM disk and one RAM disk Each disk occupies a drive unit Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Use jumper block to select the proper ROM RAM configuration you
62. nter the FLASH setup program If the program does not show up check the switch setting of SW1 Step 2 Use lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt Right and Left arrow keys to select the correct FLASH memory type and how many memory chips are going to be used Step 3 Press the F4 key to save the current settings Step 4 After the DOS is loaded use the DOS FORMAT command to format the FLASH disk To format the disk and copy DOS system files to the disk C gt FORMAT ROM disk letter S U To format the disk without copying DOS system files gt ROM disk letter U Step 5 Copy your program or files to the FLASH disk by using DOS COPY command CAUTION It is not recommended that the user formatted the disk and copy files to the FLASH disk very often Since the FLASH EPROM s write cycle life time is about 10 000 or 100 000 times writing data to the FLASH too often will reduce the life time of the FLASH EPROM chips especially the FLASH EPROM chip in the MEM1 socket 6 4 4 RAM Disk 1 Switch and Jumper Setting Step 1 Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM FLASH Step 2 Select the proper I O base port firmware address disk drive number on SW1 Step 3 Insert programmed SRAM chips into sockets starting at NOTE If you use the SRAM please skip the SW1 5 amp SW1 6 setting M1 M3 Figure 6 10 SRAM Jumper Setting 6 10 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 Software Programmi
63. oller 1 DMA Controller 2 Channel 0 Spare Channel 4 Cascade for controller 1 Channel 1 IBM SDLC Channel 5 Spare Channel 2 Diskette adapter Channel 6 Spare Channel 3 Spare Channel 7 Spare Table 2 1 DMA Channel Controller 2 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 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 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 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 2 2 The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers PIC are included on the AR B1375 AR B1376 board They accept requests from peripherals resolve priorities on pending interrupts in service issu
64. ot start from MEM1 socket the AR B1375 AR B1376 will simulate two disk drives The drive numbers respect to those switch settings when AR B1375 AR B1376 simulates two disk drives Occupies floppy disk number FLASH EPROM SRAM OFF OFF Dori Note 1 OFF 092 Note 2 o Table 6 4 SSD Drive Number for Simulate 2 Disk Drive NOTE 1 If there is no DOS on this SSD the disk number will be 1 B If any DOS is found by the AR B1375 AR B1376 SSD BIOS the disk letter will be 0 A But you can change the disk number from O to 1 by pressing the lt ESC gt key during system bootup 2 If there is no DOS on this SSD the disk number will be 2 C or D or If any DOS is found by the AR B1375 AR B1376 SSD BIOS the disk number will be O A But you can change the disk number from 0 to 2 by pressing the lt ESC gt key during system bootup 6 3 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 Disk Drive Name Arrangement If any logical hard disk drives exist in your system there will also be a different disk number depending on which version DOS you are using The solid state disk drive number with there respective DOS drive designation are listed in table as follows The solid state disk drive number is changeable as the DOS version The following table expresses the variety Condition Floppy disk No Logical hard disk 011121311 2 3 4
65. put BALE Output The Buffered Address Latch Enable is used to latch SAO SA19 onto the falling edge This signal is forced high during DMA cycles indicates that a parity error exist on the I O board Input Open collector and should be held low with a valid address IRQ 3 7 9 12 14 15 The Interrupt Request signal indicates I O service request Input attention They are prioritized in the following sequence Highest IRQ 9 10 11 12 13 15 3 4 5 6 7 Lowest Input Output the I O device to drive its data onto the data bus the I O device to read data from the data bus SMEMR Output The System Memory Read is low while any of the low 1 mega bytes of memory are being used Input Output is being read mega bytes of memory is being written Input Output is being written DRQ 0 3 5 7 Input DMA Request channels 0 to 3 are for 8 bit data transfers DMA Request channels 5 to 7 are for 16 bit data transfers DMA request should be held high until the corresponding DMA has been completed DMA request priority is in the following sequence Highest DRQ 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 The DMA Address Enable is high when the DMA controller is driving the address bus It is low when the CPU is driving the address bus Input Output can be driven by the microprocessor on the I O channel for any DMA channel is reached System Bus High Enable indicates the high byte 508 015 on the data bus AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide Na
66. put B29 Power ose A31 sao inputvoutput _B31 cno Ground Table 2 3 I O Channel Pin Assignments oe iao Pes awona Input Output 508 inpuvoutput D11 pras Output Table 2 4 I O Channel Pin Assignments AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 2 5 REAL TIME CLOCK AND NON VOLATILE RAM The AR B1375 AR B1376 contains a real time clock compartment that maintains the date and time in addition to storing configuration information about the computer system 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 period of time using an internal Lithium battery The contents of each byte in the CMOS are listed as follows 00 jSeons O 02 6 sd 08 isd 09 0B gSteusregistrB Cd 00 SteusregsterD Cd 12 Fixed disk type byte drive D 13 Table 2 5 Real Time Clock amp Non Volatile RAM 2 6 TIMER The AR B1375 AR B1376 provides three programmable timers each with a timing frequency of 1 19 MHz TimerO output of this timer is tied to interrupt request 0 IRQ 0 Timer 1 This timer is used to trigger memory refresh cycles Timer2 This timer provides the speaker tone Application programs can load dif
67. reate ROM pattern files correctly The PGF is an ASCII text file that can be created by using any text editor word processor or DOS COPY CON command The PGF lists what files will be copied and if DOS is going to be copied This file can have any DOS filename but the extension name must be PGF For example followings are valid filenames RFGDEMO PGF MYRFG PGF MSDOS PGF An examples of the PGF file is as follow ROM NAME TEST 1 ROM pattern file name is TEST1 output file names will be TEST1 RO1 TEST 1 RO02 etc DOS DRIVE C DOS system drive unit is drive C user does not want to copy DOS system files onto the ROM disk write as DOS ROM SIZE 128 128 means 128 8 27C 29F010 EPROM size used 256 means 512 8 27C 29F020 EPROM size used 512 means 512KX8 27C 29F040 EPROM size used 1024 means 1MX8 27C080 EPROM size used The following two files are options which depend on whether the ROM disk is to be bootable or not CONFIG SYS AUTOEXEC BAT Below are user s files A USER1 COM File USER1 COM on root of drive A USER2 EXE File USER2 EXE on current directory amp drive CATTT USER3 TXT File USER3 TXT on sub directory TTT of drive C 5 3 WRITE PROTECT FUNCTION The AR B1375 and AR B1376 provide hardware and software write protect functions for small page 5V FLASH disk and only software write protected function for SRAM disk This is to prevent your data on 5V FLASH or SRAM dis
68. ress of offset 5 and transmitter shift register TSRE bit 6 of the address of offset 5 are all sets must be 0 Step 4 Disabled TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 sets 0 3 Send out one block data Transmit the data more than two characters Step 1 Enable TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 just sets 1 Step 2 Send out the data Write all data to the offset 0 of the current COM port address Step 3 for the buffer s data empty Check transmitter holding register THRE bit 5 of the address of offset 5 and transmitter shift register TSRE bit 6 of the address of offset 5 are all sets must be 0 Step 4 Disabled TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 sets 0 4 Receive data The RS 485 s operation of receiving data is in the same of the RS 232 s AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 5 Basic Language Example a Initial 86C450 UART 10 OPEN COM1 9600 m 8 1 AS 1 LEN 1 20 REM Reset DTR 30 OUT amp H3FC INP H3FC AND amp HFA 40 RETURN b Send out one character to COM1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 REM Enable transmitter by setting DTR ON OUT amp H3FC INP amp H3FC OR amp 1 REM Send out one character PRINT 1 OUTCHR REM Check transmitter holding register and shift register IF INP amp H3FD AND amp H60 gt 0 THEN 60 REM Disable transmitter by resetting DTR OUT amp H3FC INP amp H3FC AND amp HEF
69. rovided in this manual describes this card s functions and features It also helps you start set up and operate your AR B1375 AR B1376 General system information can also be found in this publication 0 3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE Please refer to the Chapter 3 Setting Up the System in this guide if you have not already installed AR B1375 AR B1376 Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories in the package The AR B1375 amp AR B1376 diskette provides the newest information regarding the CPU card Please refer to the README DOC file of the enclosed utility diskette It contains the modification and hardware amp software information and it has updated to product functions that may not be mentioned here 0 4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE If your board requires any services contact the distributor or sales representative from whom you purchased the product for service information If you need to ship your board to us for service be sure it is packed in a protective carton We recommend that you keep the original shipping container for this purpose You can help assure efficient servicing for your product by following these guidelines 1 Include your name address telephone and facsimile number where you may be reached during the day 2 A description of the system configuration and or software at the time is malfunction 3 A brief description of problem occurred 0 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER
70. rovided over the VR board If the VR board is installed on the bracket you have to provide a place to install the inverter board into your system 4 2 2 LCD Connector The AR B1376 supports CRT colored monitor STN Dual Scan TFT monochrome and color panels It can be connected to create a compact video solution for the industrial environment 1MB of RAM on boarded allows a maximum CRT resolution of 1024X768 and a LCD resolution of 640X480 with 64K colors For different VGA display modes your monitor must possess certain characteristics to display the mode you want 1 DE E Signal from M or LP Select JP6 JP6 12 3 12 3 DE M E LP Factory Preset Figure 4 4 JP6 DE E Signal from M or LP Select 2 LCD Control Connector CN9 9 is a 5 pin connector that attaches to the Contrast and Backlight board its pin assignment is shown below NOTE AR B1375 doesn t provide this function 1 ENABLK 2 ENVEE 3 12V 4 GND 5 VEE Figure 4 5 CN9 LCD Control Connector 4 3 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 LCD Panel Display Connector CN8 Attach a display panel connector to this 44 pin connector with pin assignments as shown below NOTE AR B1375 doesn t provide this function Figure 4 6 CN8 LCD Display Connector Signal Pin SHFCLK P 6 GND Pop 8 P3 B3 11 5 5 _ 0 1 21 21264 22 P13 G5 __ 23 2 Rta 04 7 25
71. ser must set the Supervisor password before user can set the User password Enter 1 6 character as password The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down 7 6 LOAD DEFAULT SETTING In this section permit user to select a group of setting 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 7 6 1 Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting User can load the optimal default settings for the BIOS The Optimal default settings are 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 7 6 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 7 6 2 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Setting User can load the Fail Safe BIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail Safe item from the Default section of the BIOS 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 7 7 BIOS EXIT This section is used to exit the BIOS main menu in two types situation After making your changes you can either save them or exit the BIOS menu and without saving the new values
72. sted choose from the panel description column which type of LCD panel you are using The following shows the block diagram of using AR B1376 for LCD display LCD AR B1376 4 CPU Boad Panel VBL Control VEE 12V 5V Inverter FL HIGH Board Voltage Figure 4 2 LCD Panel Block Diagram The block diagram shows that the AR B1376 still needs components to be used for LCD panel The inverter board provides the control for the brightness and the contrast of the LCD panel while the inverter is the one that supplies the high voltage to drive the LCD panel Each item will be explained further in the section 4 2 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide Inverter amp Contrast CN8 CN9 AR B1376 LCD CPU Board Panel Pin 1 Figure 4 3 LCD Panel Cable Installation Diagram NOTE Be careful with the pin orientation when installing connectors and the cables A wrong connection can easily destroy your LCD panel Pin 1 of the cable connector is indicated with a sticker and pin1 of the ribbon cable is usually has a different color 4 2 1 Inverter Board Description The inverter board is the one that supplies the high voltage signals to drive the LCD panel by converting the 12 volt signal from the AR B1376 into high voltage AC signal for LCD panel It can be installed freely on the space p
73. tallation steps Chapter 7 BIOS Console providing the BIOS options setting Chapter 8 Specifications amp SSD Types Supported Chapter 9 Using Memory Banks Chapter 10 Placement amp Dimensions Chapter 11 Programming RS 485 amp Index 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 may result in expensive repairs The following measures should generally 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 component place all materials on an antic static surface e careful not to touch the components on the board especially the golden finger connectors on the bottom of every board AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 1 OVERVIEW This chapter provides an overview of your system features and capabilities The following topics are covered
74. the CRT Monitor LCD Flat Panel Display Supported LCD Panel 4 1 CONNECTING THE CRT MONITOR 4 1 1 VGA Setting JP5 1 IRQ 9 Used Select JP5 Pin 1 2 Selecting IRQ 9 Disabled Enabled Factory preset Figure 4 1 JP5 IRQ 9 Used Select 2 Zero Wait State JP5 Pin 3 4 Selecting ZWS Disabled Enabled Factory preset Figure 4 2 JP5 Zero Wait State ZWS 4 1 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 4 1 2 CRT Connector DB1 DB1 is used to connect with a VGA monitor when you are using the on board VGA controller as display adapter Pin assignments for the DB1 connector is as follows NOTE 1 on the AR B1375 is not functional Its function is always used on the AR B1376 CPU board DB1 CRT Connector 10 6 1 7 11 1 Red 2 e 30 4609 5 e 15 13 Horizontial 14 Vertical Sync 4 9 11 12 amp 15 Not Used 5810 Ground 6 7 amp 8 AGND Figure 4 1 1 CRT Connector 4 2 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY This section describes the configuration and installation procedure for a LCD display Skip this section if you are using a CRT monitor only Using the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip to configure the BIOS default setting for different types of LCD panel And then set your system properly and configure the AR B1376 VGA module for the right type of LCD panel you are using If you are using a different LCD panel other than those li
75. then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the USER option Boot Sector Virus Protection This option protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system The default setting is Disabled This setting is recommended because it conflicts with new operating systems Installation of new operating system requires that you disable this to prevent write errors 7 2 7 3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide The Advanced CMOS SETUP 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 remained in their default settings AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP C 1995 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Pause on Config Screen Sec BootUp Sequence OS 2 Compatible Mode Wait For F1 If Error Hit DEL Message Display Hard disk Delay On Board Flash Disk Onboard Serial Port 1 Serial Port1 IRQ Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Serial Port 2 IRQ Onboard Parallel port Parallel port Mode ECP DMA Parallel Port IRQ
76. tor 63 Figure 3 6 CN2 64 Pin PC 104 Connector Bus A amp B 2 1 2 A1 B1 GND 07 A2 B2 RSTDRV 06 A3 B3 5 VDC 05 4 B4 9 04 B5 5 VDC 03 BG6 DRQ2 02 7 B7 12VDC 501 A8 e B8 ZWS 00 A9 e B9 12 VDC IOCHRDY 4A10e eB10 Not Used AEN A11e B11 SMEMW SA19 A12 812 SMEMR SA18 A13e eB13 IOW SA17 A14 B14 IOR SA16 A15 B15 DACK3 SA15 A16 B16 DRQ3 SA14 A17 eB17 DACK1 SA13 A18 eB18 DRQ1 SA12 A19 eB19 REFRSH 5 11 A20 20 BUSCLK SA10 A21 B21 IRQ7 SA9 A22 B22 IRQ6 SA8 A23 eB23 IRQ5 SA7 A24 eB24 IRQ4 SA6 A25 825 5 A26 B26 DACK2 SA4 A27 8 27 A28 8 28 BALE SA2 A29 B29 5 VDC SA1 30 0 OSC SAO 31 1 GND GND A32e eB32 GND Figure 3 7 CN2 64 PC 104 Connector Bus A amp AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide 3 Channel Signal Description Name Description the CPU clock pacem signal goes high during power up low line voltage hardware reset Input Output latched onto the falling edge of BALE Input Output Input Out
77. trigger the IRQ15 signal to tell your program that the watchdog is times out The factor of the watchdog timer time out constant is approximately 6 seconds The period for the watchdog timer time out period is between 1 to 7 timer factors If you want to reset your system when watchdog times out the following table listed the relation of timer factors between time out periods Time Out Period Seconds 3 H 0 6 ______ Table 5 1 Time Out Setting If you want to generate IRQ15 signal to warn your program when watchdog times out the following table listed the relation of timer factors between time out period And if you use the IRQ15 signal to warn your program when watchdog timer out please enter the BIOS Setup the Peripheral Setup menu the OnBoard PCI IDE and IDE Prefetch gt these two items must set to Primary Time Out Period Seconds WORMS tj Table 5 2 Time Out Setting ee _____ ____ 0C3H Po 30 e 3 12 18 24 30 36 42 5 7 B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide NOTE 1 If you program the watchdog to generate IRQ15 signal when it times out you should initial IRQ15 interrupt vector and enable the second interrupt controller 8259 PIC in order to enable CPU to process this interrupt An interrupt service routine is required too 2 Before you initial the interrupt vector of IRQ15 and enable the PIC please enable the watchdog timer previously otherwise t
78. update in the future User can download the suitable BIOS The address is as follows http www acrosser com 7 8 AR B1375 AR B1376 User 8 SPECIFICATIONS amp SSD TYPES SUPPORTED 8 1 SPECIFICATIONS CPU amp Chipset ALI M6117 33 40 MHz Bus Interface ISA and PC 104 bus DRAM Supports up to 32MB two 72 pin SIMMs CRT LCD Display 1 RAM 1024X768 256 colors with 10 and 44 pin header HDC Supports two IDE type hard disk drives FDC Supports two 5 25 or 3 5 floppy disk drives Serial Port 1 RS 232C port with DB 9 male connector 1 RS 232C RS 485 with DB 9 male connector and 3 pin header Parallel Port 1 bi directional centronics type parallel port Keyboard PC AT compatible keyboard with 6 pin mini din connector Speaker On board Buzzer and extemal speaker with 4 pin header Real Time Clock BQ3287MT or compatible chips BIOS Legal flashed system and video BIOS Watchdog Programmable watchdog timer Solid State Disk 1 5 Flash SRAM EPROM disk 3 sockets DMA Channels 7 channels Interrupt Levels 15 vectored interrupt levels Bus Speed 7 159MHz LED Indicator Power LED hard disk LED and watchdog LED Power Connector One 8 pin 2 5mm power connector Power Req 5V 1 2A maximum 1 A maximum on AR B1375 Operating Temp 0 to 60 degree C 140 degree F Storage 25 to 85 degree C Humidity 0 to 95 non condensing PC Board 6 layers Dimensions 185 mmX122mm 7 29 X4
79. will be programmed The File name must and with a ENTER or press lt ESC gt to exit Step 5 then please enter the file name to the box of Enter File Name And the box of Message will show the notice as follow In the bottom of this window always show the gray statement 7 7 AR B1375 AR B1376 User s Guide Step 6 Step 7 NOTE 1 Flash EPROM Programming is going to start System will not be usable until Programming of Flash EPROM is successfully complete In case of any error existing Flash EPROM must be replaced by new program Flash EPROM As the gray statement press the lt Y gt key to updating the new BIOS And then the Message box will show the Programming Flash gt and the gray statement shows lt Please Wait gt The BIOS update is successful the message will show lt Flash Update Completed Pass gt After turn on the computer and the system didn t detect the boot procedure please press the F5 key immediately The system will pass the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files The BIOS Flash disk is not the standard accessory Now the onboard BIOS is the newest BIOS if user needs adding some functions in the future please contact technical supporting engineers they will provide the newest BIOS for updating The file of AMIFLASH EXE had to Version 6 31 The BIOS Flash disk is not the standard accessory It supports to add some functions if it is necessary to

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