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  • Page 1 Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality new and certified-used/pre-owned equipment SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT • FAST SHIPPING AND DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess, underutilized, and idle used equipment at our full-service, in-house repair center We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins •...
  • Page 2 LCD-V8 ORTABLE ORKSTATION ’ UIDE Version 1.0 Copyright © 2000, Broadax Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 3 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation User’s Guide No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permis- sion of Broadax Systems, Inc.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 3 Starting Your System ........15 The Video Subsystem ................. 15 LCD-V8 With Digital Flat Panel Controller ........16 LCD-V8 With Analog Video Card And Conversion Board ...17 Proper Care For Your Flat Panel LCD ..........21 Audio Controls ...................22 Using Your GlidePoint Touchpad .............22...
  • Page 5 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation User’s Guide Appendix A Service And Warranty ........37 Appendix B Technical Specifications ......... 40 Mechanical Drawings ................40 External Ports Description ..............42 PCI Flat Panel Controller Features ..........46 AGP Flat Panel Controller Features ..........48 A/D Conversion Board Features ............50...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    LCD. It represented BSI's successful effort in reducing the overall size and weight of a portable PC, while retaining all the expansion capaci- ties of a desktop computer. Since then, BSI has continued to expand to the current lines we now have.

  • Page 7: About This User's Guide

    Refer to the setup information for those devices to complete your installation. Your LCD-V8 workstation can be configured with a dual processor capable single board computer (SBC). If you initially purchased a single processor...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Getting Started Before You Start Before you unpack and start using your LCD-V8 workstation, please take a few minutes to read these first few pages to prevent problems from arising due to shipping damages, missing items, or possible misuse of the worksta- tion.
  • Page 9 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Š Always disconnect the power cord from the workstation before making any hardware installation. Be sure both the system and the external devices are turned OFF. Sudden surges of power could damage sensitive components. Š Before installing internal add-on cards or components, always ground yourself first to prevent static electricity from damaging the components.

  • Page 10: Where To Get Help

    Tech support e-mail: support@bsicomputer.com Before calling: Š Make a note of the BSI serial number(s) found on your worksta- tion. They help our support staff quickly identify the exact item you have. If you have your invoice with you, write down the invoice number too.

  • Page 11: Unpacking Your Lcd-V8 Workstation

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Unpacking Your LCD-V8 Workstation Your LCD-V8 workstation is shipped in a corrugated paper carton with the workstation in its soft carrying case. Š Remove all packing materials from the workstation. Š Check for damage during shipping while unpacking the worksta- tion.

  • Page 12: Setup At A Glance

    Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the various components and external controls/connectors of your workstation with the help of the following illustrations. Your LCD-V8 workstation is an all-in-one portable computer with a flat panel LCD and detachable keyboard. The keyboard is securely attached to the chassis by two latches.
  • Page 13 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Š Tilt the keyboard away from the chassis and set it down on your work surface. Š Open the keyboard/touchpad cable storage compartment and pull out the cable. Fig.[2] Keyboard/touchpad cable storage compartment. Fig.[2] Keyboard/touchpad cable storage compartment.

  • Page 14: System Components

    System Components The following illustrations will help you identify the main parts of your LCD-V8 portable workstation chassis. Depending on the specific type of LCD and LCD controller installed in your system, adjustment controls such as CONTRAST and BRIGHTNESS may differ from system to system.
  • Page 15 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation GlidePoint touchpad. Cooling fan. System status LEDs, LCD on/off switch, system reset switch. LCD brightness and contrast controls. The illustration shows both push-button type, located on the front panel, and thumb-wheel type controls, located along the side of the panel.
  • Page 16 Power on/off switch. Tip-up legs. Left and right speakers. Fig.[5] Chassis components and control locations for LCD-V8 Fig.[5] Chassis components and control locations for LCD-V8 Fig.[5] Chassis components and control locations for LCD-V8 Fig.[5] Chassis components and control locations for LCD-V8 Fig.[5] Chassis components and control locations for LCD-V8...
  • Page 17 Cooling fan. 3.5” half-height drive bays. 5.25” half-height drive bay. Fig.[6] Left-side view of your LCD-V8 portable workstation. Fig.[6] Left-side view of your LCD-V8 portable workstation. Fig.[6] Left-side view of your LCD-V8 portable workstation. Fig.[6] Left-side view of your LCD-V8 portable workstation.
  • Page 18 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation On the back cover of your chassis, there are knockouts to mount D-sub connectors. In LCD-V8 systems based on AT form factor motherboards or single board computers, input/output ports such as serial and parallel ports use header pin connectors. These ports are externally accessible through D- shaped connectors mounted on slot cover brackets that occupy a slot opening.
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  • Page 20: Chapter 3 Starting Your System

    GlidePoint touchpad. The Video Subsystem The LCD-V8 series of portable workstations are available with different combinations of video controllers and LCD screens. The LCD may be an Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 21: Lcd-V8 With Digital Flat Panel Controller

    LCD . The next two sections cover how to use these controls. LCD-V8 with Digital Flat Panel Controller If your workstation is configured with a digital flat panel controller, the image is already optimized for many display modes. You can adjust the...

  • Page 22: Lcd-V8 With Analog Video Card And Conversion Board

    LCD screens. Push button type (1) or thumb wheel type (2). smaller LCD screens. Push button type (1) or thumb wheel type (2). LCD-V8 with Analog Video Card and Conversion Board If your workstation is configured with an A/D conversion board, you adjust the display characteristics of your LCD through an OSD (on screen display) menu.
  • Page 23 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Fig.[9] OSD menu controls on the conversion board mounting Fig.[9] OSD menu controls on the conversion board mounting Fig.[9] OSD menu controls on the conversion board mounting Fig.[9] OSD menu controls on the conversion board mounting Fig.[9] OSD menu controls on the conversion board mounting bracket.
  • Page 24 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Press button C or D to adjust the parameters corresponding to the highlighted item. If any adjustments are accomplished by moving a slider, button C moves the slider left and button D moves it right. If adjustments are made through options, button C selects options on the left side while button D selects options on the right side.
  • Page 25 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Page 2: Š H Position - Adjusts the horizontal image position within the display area of the LCD. Š V Position - Adjusts the vertical image position within the display area of the LCD. Š Frequency, Phase, Track - LCD controller generates the pixel clock to ensure that the red, green, and blue components of each pixel precisely align with each other as each line is scanned.

  • Page 26: Proper Care For Your Flat Panel Lcd

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation addressable pixels. Note that when the controller expands an image, it uses interpolation to fill all addressible pixels. This may result in “jaggie” images. Page 3: Š Display Mode / Frequency - Display on-time VGA input display resolution and Hsync/Vsync frequency Š...

  • Page 27: Audio Controls

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Long contact with water may cause discoloration or spots on the LCD surface. Wipe off water drops immediately. Audio Controls There are two thumb-wheel volume controls located on the right side panel of your workstation. You adjust the volume of the left and right speakers individually using one of these controls.

  • Page 28: Customizing Your Glidepoint Touchpad

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation dependent on how the GlidePoint touchpad is configured. The default setting configures the left button as the primary button-- similar to how your left mouse button works. To drag or highlight, double tap the surface, hold on the second tap and drag to the desired position.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting Your Glidepoint Touchpad

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Troubleshooting Your GlidePoint Touchpad Q: How do I uninstall the GlidePoint drivers and utilities from the hard disk? A: Follow these steps to uninstall the drivers and utilities. Use a text editor such as NOTEPAD to access your AUTOEXEC.BAT in your root directory.
  • Page 30 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation A: This is most likely due to an IRQ conflict. It is critical that the devices on your computer accessing IRQ addresses do not conflict with each other.The basic rule of thumb (if the original IRQ assignments have not been changed) COM I will conflict with COM3 and COM2 will conflict with COM4.
  • Page 31 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation properties box. Under the “General’ tab, select “Change”. Select a MS mouse. This will rewrite your files and put your system back to an original configuration. Q: My GlidePoint causes my system to lock up as I move the pointer around.
  • Page 32 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Q: I have installed the GlidePoint software, and after rebooting my PC locked up. Whats wrong? A: Once the programmable software is loaded, the GlidePoint takes an IRQ (interrupt) assignment. If the available IRQ is then selected by another device there will be a conflict. You can change IRQ settings for the GlidePoint in the mouse.ini file manually...
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  • Page 34: Chapter 4 Adding Components

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Chapter 4 Adding Components Your LCD-V8 portable workstation has the unique capability to accept a wide range of industry standard add-on cards through available expansion slots on the system board. The number of available slots and slot types depends on how your system was initially configured.
  • Page 35 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation slots are about 3.5” long and are usually white in color. AGP slot is brown in color and approximately 3” long. Fig.[10] LCD-V8 internal components and layout. Fig.[10] LCD-V8 internal components and layout. Fig.[10] LCD-V8 internal components and layout.

  • Page 36: Installing Add-On Cards

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Installing Add-on Cards Follow these steps to install add-on cards to your workstation: Remove both card stabilizers. They are metal bars with adjustable plastic hold-down clamps designed to hold add-on cards securely in their slots. The card stabilizers are attached to the chassis by screws located at both ends of the metal bars.
  • Page 37 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Next you need to reinstall the card stabilizers. The plastic hold-down clamps are designed to securely hold down your add-on card in its slot. The plastic clamps can be adjusted to accommodate add-on cards of different height. Follow these steps to finish installing your add-on card: Locate the clamp that will be positioned directly above the add-on card.

  • Page 38: Installing Internal Drives

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Fig.[13] Adjusting hold-down clamp. Fig.[13] Adjusting hold-down clamp. Fig.[13] Adjusting hold-down clamp. Fig.[13] Adjusting hold-down clamp. Fig.[13] Adjusting hold-down clamp. Installing Internal Drives Your workstation has space for a 5.25” and two 3.5” half-height drives. You may also have an optional fourth 3.5” hidden drive bay near the power supply.
  • Page 39 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation as shown in Figure [14]. Refer to Figure [7] to take off the back cover. Once the back cover is removed, you can remove two mounting screws on the side panel. Next, follow the steps in “Installing Add-on Card” to remove the add-on card stabilizers.
  • Page 40 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Fig.[15] Mounting screws for attaching drives to the drive housing. Fig.[15] Mounting screws for attaching drives to the drive housing. Fig.[15] Mounting screws for attaching drives to the drive housing. Fig.[15] Mounting screws for attaching drives to the drive housing.
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  • Page 42: Appendix A Service And Warranty

    BSI's sole obligation (and Purchaser's remedy) in the event of breach of warranty shall be the repair or replacement of defective goods. In no event shall BSI be liable to purchaser or any other party for loss, damage, or injury of any kind arising out of or...
  • Page 43 All such items are sold or licensed to Purchaser by BSI on an "AS IS" basis. The entire risk as to their quality and performance is with the Purchaser. Should such software prove defective...
  • Page 44 Out Of Warranty Service BSI warrants that the parts installed will perform satisfactorily under normal conditions for a period of ninety (90) days. Parts replaced by BSI that become defective during this period shall be repaired, or at BSI's option, replaced free of charge, at BSI's service center. This warranty applies only to parts replaced and does not cover any other part already in the equipment.

  • Page 45: Appendix B Technical Specifications

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Appendix B Technical Specifications Mechanical Drawings (all dimension in inches) Fig.[16] LCD-V8 front view. Fig.[16] LCD-V8 front view. Fig.[16] LCD-V8 front view. Fig.[16] LCD-V8 front view. Fig.[16] LCD-V8 front view. Fig.[17] LCD-V8 top view. Fig.[17] LCD-V8 top view.
  • Page 46 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Fig.[18] LCD-V8 side views. Fig.[18] LCD-V8 side views. Fig.[18] LCD-V8 side views. Fig.[18] LCD-V8 side views. Fig.[18] LCD-V8 side views. Fig.[19] LCD-V8 keyboard dimensions. Fig.[19] LCD-V8 keyboard dimensions. Fig.[19] LCD-V8 keyboard dimensions. Fig.[19] LCD-V8 keyboard dimensions. Fig.[19] LCD-V8 keyboard dimensions.

  • Page 47: External Ports Description

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation External Ports Description This section contains a description of the I/O ports on the LCD-V8 workstation. Table B-1 Standard ports and connector type. Port Connector Type Serial DB-9 (male) RS-232 Parallel DB-25 (female) Video Mini DB-15 VGA...
  • Page 48 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Table B-3 Serial port pinouts. Assignment DCD Data Carrier Detect RD Receive Data TD Transmit Data DTR Data Terminal Ready SG Signal Ground DSR Data Set Ready RTS Request to Send CTS Clear to Send RI Ring Indicator Table B-4 Parallel port pinouts.
  • Page 49 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Data 4 Ground Data 5 Ground Data 6 Ground Data 7 Ground Ground Busy Ground Error Ground Select Table B-5 Video port pinouts. Assignment Green Blue ID Bit Unused Red Return Green Return Blue Return No Connect...
  • Page 50 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Vertical Sync Unused Table B-6 GlidePoint (PS/2 mouse) connector pinouts. Assignment Data Reserved Signal ground Power (+5V) Clock Reserved Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 51: Pci Flat Panel Controller Features

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation PCI Flat Panel Controller Features Š Display adapter integrated with Chip & Technologies' 65554/5 Chipset. Š 2 MB upgradable to 4MB without CCD feature or 4MB w/ CCD feature available. Š Highly integrated design Flat Panel and CRT GUI Accelerator &...
  • Page 52 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Š 36-bit direct interface to color and monochrome, single drive(SS), and dual drive(DD), STN &TFT panels VESA Standards supported DPMS for CRT power-down (required for support of EPA Energy-Star Program). DDC for CRT Plug-Play & Display Control...

  • Page 53: Agp Flat Panel Controller Features

    LCD-V8 Portable Workstation · Double Buffering · Internationalization · ChipsCRL (Control Panel Applet) · Direct Draw Support · Game SDK support · Dynamic Resolution Switching · VGA Graphics applications in Windows · VESA DDC Extension · VESA DPMS Extension ·...
  • Page 54 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Cyber9397DVD’s highly innovative design, a full 64-bit memory interface with the high performance graphics engine which can support the RAMDAC running up to 170MHz. The Cyber9397DVD supports the AGP implementation, including 133 MHz operation with side-band addressing, in addition to the PCI 2.1 specification of 66MHz operation.

  • Page 55: A/D Conversion Board Features

    A/D Conversion Board Features The optional Analog-Digital Converter (A/D Converter) incorporated in your LCD-V8 workstation is an interface circuit designed to allow typical color TFT (Thin Film Transistor ) or DSTN (Double-layer Supertwist Nematic) LCD panel to work with the analog signal from graphic cards that are normally connected to CRT type monitors.
  • Page 56 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation with users through VGA card and PC system. In addition, the TP6720 provides an 8-bit low byte address latch output for the external expansion ROM of 8x51 MPU and supports MPU with direct read/write frame buffer. The memory controller server as a DRAM controller for the frame buffer, which handles DRAM refresh, display panel refresh, frame buffer access by MPU and supply the control signal of SGRAM or SDRAM.
  • Page 57 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Š Color Dual-Scan STN LCD Panel support: Support 24-bit 4-pixels/clock data interface Support 16-bit 8-pixels/3-clocks data interface Š Flat panel function support: Amplitude modulation for color TFT LCD Panel Color dithering for Dual-Scan STN LCD Panel Shadow frame buffer interface for Dual-Scan STN LCD...
  • Page 58 LCD-V8 Portable Workstation Energy-Star support. Support multiple level power down : On/Standby/Suspend/ Off mode. Delay power on control to protect flat panel. Š Automatic VGA display mode detection and switching control. Š 208 PQFP Package. Š 3/5 volt operation. Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 59 Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality new and certified-used/pre-owned equipment SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT • FAST SHIPPING AND DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess, underutilized, and idle used equipment at our full-service, in-house repair center We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins •...

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