Peak 602vl single board computer user's guide (72 pages)
Summary of Contents for Vox Technologies EM586
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EM586 Embedded Single Board Computer with full functionality, LCD/SVGA, LAN, Sound output & PCI slot This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference , and 2.
ABLE OF ONTENTS CHAPTER 1 NTRODUCTION 1.1 S PECIFICATION 1.2 P ACKING HECK CHAPTER 2 UMPER ETTINGS AND ONNECTORS 2.1 B EM586 OARD UTLINE OF 2.2 J UMPER ETTING VERVIEW 2.3 I SIM M NSTALLING THE ODULE 2.4 J EM586 UMPER OCATION FOR 2.5 J...
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ABLE OF ONTENTS CHAPTER 4 RIVERS UPPORT 4.1 D RIVERS ISKETTE 4.2 TX D WIN95 RIVER FOR 4.3 VGA D RIVER 4.4 T EMPERATURE LARM RIVER 4.5 LAN D RIVER 4.6 S OUND RIVER APPENDIX A H ATCH IMER APPENDIX B T ECHNICAL EFERENCE APPENDIX C PC/104 M...
I/O can be packed tighter. The form factor dispenses with the complexity, cost, and bulk of conventional motherboards, backplanes, and card cages. The embedded single board computer in EM586 also comes with the most popular PC/104 self – stacking bus connector that suits the small form-factor board standards (compact PC/104 3.6 x 3.8-inch self-stacking, modular format.).
Operating Temperature : 0°C~55°C (32°F~132°F) o Humidity : 10 ¢ H ~ 90 ¢ H RH o Dimensions : 203 mm X 146 mm (8” X 5 ” inches) o Net weight : 350 g (0.770 pounds) EM586 / 2...
Before you begin to install your card, please make sure that you received the following materials as listed below: l Standard Packing ¡ G Item Remark ŒEM586 Embedded Single Board Computer 1 pc. EM586 SBC •Flat-Panel/SVGA/Utility/LAN Drivers 5 pcs. Drivers diskette ŽUser‘ s manual 1 pc. EM586 manual Note ¡...
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(COM cabled kit ) (with 3 ¡ Ñ 9 -pin COM port female D-sub connector, and 1X10-pin COM port standard header) EMCOM-01 Kit Top View ¡ G EMCOM-02 Kit Top View ¡ G COM1 EMCOM-02 JP1 ~~ JP8 EM586 / 4...
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•LCD adapter list user’ s manual 1 pc. LCD adapter list manual ŽLCD/Flat-Panel adapter cable 1 set Please check LCD adapter list user’ s manual (An Option Kit, please check your requirement with the LCD Adapter List) EM586 / 5...
CHAPTER 2. JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS The Figure below shows the jumpers and connectors location on the EM586: 2.1 B EM586 OARD UTLINE OF LAN1 2 3 4 EM586 SLOT1 JP34 JP35 GAM1 JP31 JP30 FAN1 CHIPS LPT1 B65555 JP18...
1. Position the SIMM above the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the “key” on the socket. 2. Seat the module at a 45 angle into the bank. Make sure it is completely seated. Tilt the module upright until it locks in place in the socket. EM586 / 7...
JP21 Select Disk On Chip (Flash Disk) Address JP22 Select Internal CPU Clock Ratio JP30 ~ JP35 Select PCI Slot1 Type Select Panel Type Select Watch-Dog Active Type Clear CMOS Jumper Select onboard VGA or VGA Card EM586 / 9...
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2.8 V 2.2 V 1-2,5-6,7-8 2.7 V 2.1 V 3-4,5-6,7-8 2.0 V 1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8 2.6 V Default : 2.5 V 7 5 3 1 2.4 V 8 6 4 2 2.3 V 2.2 V 2.1 V 2.0 V EM586 / 11...
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2. JP5~JP8 ¡ G S elect COM4 Type COM4 Type RS-232 (Default) RS-422 RS-485 l EMCOM-02 Jumper Setting ¡ G 1. JP1~JP8 ¡ G M anufacturer Setting EMCOM-01 Kit Top View ¡ G EMCOM-02 Kit Top View ¡ G COM1 EMCOM-02 JP1 ~~ JP8 EM586 / 12...
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2.5 X (Default ) 1-2,3-4 2.5 X 3.0 X 3.5 X 3.0 X 4.0 X 1-2,5-6 JP22 4.5 X 1-2,3-4,5-6 3.5 X 5.0 X 3-4,5-6 4.0 X 5.5 X 4.5 X Default : 5.0 X JP22 5.5 X EM586 / 14...
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Note: Different type of LCD panel with the same resolution will have different jumper 800X600 DSTN setting for selection. 800X600DSTN Default : 7 5 3 1 1024X768TFT 8 6 4 2 1280X1024 DSTN 1024X600 DSTN 1024X600 TFT EM586 / 16...
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JP17 : Default Setting ( 1-2 ) l JP19 : Default Setting ( 1-2 ) Note : Do not attempt to change the default setting of JP17 and JP19 unless the manufacturer would like to change the specification. EM586 / 17...
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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2.6 I/O C EM586 ONNECTOR OCATION FOR LAN1 EM586 GAM1 FAN1 LPT1 EIDE1 CON1 CON2 DIO1 FDC1 EM586 / 18...
External VGA Connector ( Header ) LAN1 LAN Connector ( Header ) DIO1 Digital Input / Digital Output Ports ( Header ) GAM1 GAME Port Connector ( Header ) CON 1 ¡ B C ON2 PC104 Connector EM586 / 19...
Pin 4 & Pin 10 of J1 MUTE SW Pin 5 & Pin 11 of J1 VOL+ SW Pin 6 & Pin 12 of J1 VOL- SW J1 Pin No. Signal J1 Pin No. Signal RX-TX 100M Ground MUTE Ground VOL+ Ground VOL- EM586 / 20...
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J4 Pin No. Switch and LED J4 Pin No. Switch and LED Power LED+ Reset SW1 Power LED- Reset SW2 Power LED- Keylock 1 Keylock 2 Green SW1 Green SW1 Speaker+ Ground HDD LED+ Speaker Signal HDD LED- EM586 / 21...
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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS l IR1 : Alternate IrDa Pin No. Description FIRRX IRRX IRTX l FAN1 : FAN Connector Pin No. Description Ground +12V FAN Status FAN1 FAN1 EM586 / 22...
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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS l PS1 : 5-Pin Power Connector Pin No. Description -12V +12V Ground l PS2 : 4-Pin Power Connector Pin No. Description Ground Ground EM586 / 23...
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<Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys, or by pushing the ‘ Reset ’ button on the system cabinet. You can also restart by turning the system OFF then ON. EM586 / 33...
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<á â à ß> : Use arrow keys á â à ß to move cursor to your desired selection. <F10> : Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program. <Shift> <F2> : Changes background and foreground colors. EM586 / 34...
“STANDARD CMOS SETUP” on the main program, the screen display will appears as: Hard Disks : There are four hard disks listed: “ Primary Master”, “Primary Slave”, “Secondary Master” and “Secondary Slave”. For each IDE channel, the first device is EM586 / 35...
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For drives with greater 1024 cylinders. The AWARD BIOS supports three HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE. EM586 / 36...
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2.88M, 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 megabyte capacity Note : 1. Not Installed could be used as an option for diskless workstations.. 2. Highlight the listing after each drive name and select the appropriate entry. EM586 / 37...
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The system boot will not stop for a disk error ; it will stop for all other Errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error ; it will stop for all other errors. EM586 / 38...
If this happens, you can use an anti-virus utility on a virus free, bootable floppy diskette to reboot, to clean and to investigate your system. EM586 / 39...
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Gate A20 Option : The default setting is “Fast”. This is the optimal setting for the CPU card. The other option is “Normal”. Typematic Rate Setting : The default setting is “Disabled”. If enabled, you can set the typematic rate and typematic delay. EM586 / 40...
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DRAM. It will also reduce the size of memory available to the system. After you have made your selection in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen. EM586 / 41...
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Auto Configuration : The default setting is “Enabled” which will optimize DRAM timing automatically depending on whether the DRAM used is either 70ns or 60ns. The other option is “Disabled” which allows you to change DRAM timing manually. EM586 / 42...
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DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. EM586 / 43...
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PCI master access to local DRAM. Delayed Transaction : The default setting is “Disabled”. The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. EM586 / 44...
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After you have made your selections in the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen. EM586 / 45...
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Suspend Mode Timer features. There are four options namely -- User Define : Allows you to customize all power saving timer features. Optimize : This is the recommended setting for general use. Test/Demo : This is for test/demonstration purpose. Disable : Disable the power management features. EM586 / 46...
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Full power function will return when a Wake-Up event is detected. HDD Power Down : Options are from “1 Min.” to “15 Min.” and “Disable”. The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time. EM586 / 47...
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Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port After you have made your selection in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen. EM586 / 48...
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DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP : Load BIOS Defaults DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP : Load Setup Defaults PNP OS Installed : Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play aware (e.g., Windows 95). EM586 / 49...
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D0000H-D3FFFH is occupied by ISA legacy cards, and BIOS will not assign this region for PnP/ISA and PCI cards. Assign IRQ For USB : To use USB feature, set the IRQ to “Enabled”. The default setting is “Disabled”. EM586 / 50...
<Enter>. A line will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the Setup default values. Press the <Y> key and then press the <Enter> key if you want to load the Setup defaults. Press <N> if you do not want to proceed. EM586 / 51...
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IDE HDD Block Mode : The Default setting is “Enabled”. This feature enhances the hard disk performance by making multi-sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives, except the very early design, have Block Mode transfer feature. EM586 / 52...
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Onboard Serial Port 1 / 2: These options are used to assign the I/O addresses for the two on-board serial ports. They can be assigned as follows: Auto [Default] 3F8 / IRQ4 2F8 / IRQ3 3E8 / IRQ4 2E8 / IRQ3 Disabled (Disable the onboard serial port) EM586 / 53...
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Note : If you forget your password, the only way to solve this problem is to discharge the CMOS memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on the S1 (open pad) for 5 seconds, then removing the shunt. EM586 / 54...
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Select this option and press the <Enter> key to save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. 3.15 E ITHOUT AVING Select this option and press the <Enter > key to exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones. EM586 / 55...
CHAPTER 4. DRIVERS SUPPORT 4.1 D RIVERS ISKETTE The Table list below shows the drivers supported for EM586. Diskette No. Diskette Name Driver Directory Name Disk No. 1 WIN 95 EM586 v1.0 WIN NT Disk No. 2 WIN 3.1 C&T-65555 VGA Drivers WIN 95 Disk No.
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 2. Under My Computer window, select 3 Floppy A:\ Drive and double click. Step 3. Select and click tx.drv folder under 3 Floppy A:\ window. EM586-57...
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Step 4. Select Winp2x4 filename under the tx.drv folder and double click to proceed. Step 5. The Winp2x4 program installation begins as shown in the display below. Step 6. When the Winp2x4 program installation is completed, a message indicating “ success” is shown on display below. Please reset your computer. EM586-58...
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Step 1. Point your mouse to the Start button on the lower left of your screen display and double click. Point to the Settings icon to pull down the preceding menu, choose the Control Panel icon and double click. Step 2. Select and double click the Display icon under the Control Panel window,. EM586-59...
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 3. In the Display Properties window, select the Settings folder and click on the Advanced Properties tab to continue. Step 4. In the Advanced Display Properties window, click Change in the Adapter folder. EM586-60...
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Step 5. When the Select Device window appears, select (Standard display types) and Standard PCI Graphics Adapter in the Manufacturers: and Models: dialog boxes respectively. Then click Have Disk … tab. Step 6. Select and click Browse … tab in the Install From Disk window. EM586-61...
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 7. The Open window appears as shown below. Step 8. Select chips95.inf filename and click OK tab. Step 9. When the Install From Disk window appears, select and click Browse … tab. EM586-62...
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65555 PCI is selected and shown in the Models: dialog box. Click OK tab to start installation. Step 11. When the installation is complete, it will return to the Display Properties window. A folder showing Chips is added to the files. Click OK tab to go back to the main menu. EM586-63...
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This section describes the installation and operation of the Temperature Alarm Driver. Below is the Installation Procedure using WIN95. Step 1. Under My Computer window, select 3 Floppy A:\ Drive and double click. Step 2. Select and click genisys folder under 3 Floppy A:\ window. EM586-64...
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 3. Select G1518sm File folder and double click to continue. Step 4. Select Setup icon and double click. EM586-65...
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 5. The setup process begins as indicated on the percentage dialog box. Step 6. A display showing the System Monitor Setup program is ready for installation, click Next tab to continue. EM586-66...
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Click Next tab to proceed to the next step. Step 8. Click on Browse to select the desired Destination Folder to install the System Monitor program. Otherwise, click Next tab to go to the next step. EM586-67...
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Step 9. A Setup window is pull down, the installation of the System Monitor program begins by showing the percentage dialog box indicating. Step 10. When the installation of the setup program is completed, click Finish tab to restart computer. EM586-68...
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Step 11. To start your system monitor, go to C:\GLSysmon to pull up the file, check or change the values of designated function in their corresponding dialog box. Click Update and Save tab after change, otherwise select Default Setting or Quit tab to exist. EM586-69...
Step 1. Point your mouse to the Start button on the lower left of your screen display and double click. Point to the Settings icon to pull down the preceding menu, choose the Control Panel icon and double click. Step 2. Under My Computer window, select 3 Floppy A:\ Drive and double click. EM586-70...
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Step 4. A WinRAR self-extracting archive window pops up (see the figure at shown on the left side), create and type C:\LANDriver in the empty field and click on Extract tab to start the extraction of All8139 file. Step 5. The extraction task begins as shown below with the message Extracting … EM586-71...
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Step 6. After completion of file extraction, it will go back to the main menu. Run Start tab and point to Settings icon. Click Settings to pull down the menu, select Control Panel and double click. Step 7. In the Control Panel window, select Network icon and double click. EM586-72...
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 8. Under Network window, select and click Add tab. Step 9. In the Select Network Component Type window, select Adapter in the dialog box and click on Add tab. EM586-73...
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Network Adapters: and click on Have Disk … tab. Step 11. In the Install From Disk window, click Browse … and select C:\. Click OK tab to proceed to the next step. Step 12. The Open window appears, click OK tab to proceed to the next step. EM586-74...
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Step 14. After the NIC driver is installed, it will return to the Configuration file of the Network window. Select Realtek RTL8139 PCI … in the dialog box of The following network components are installed:.and click Add … tab. Then click OK tab to confirm the right configuration before exit. EM586-75...
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 15. The copying files begins by showing the percentage dialog box indicating. Step 16. Click OK tab again to confirm and exit back to the main menu. EM586-76...
Step 1. Run the Windows95 with your system. Point to Start tab to pull down the main menu. Select Settings icon and click to pull down the corresponding menu. Select and click Control Panel icon. Step 2. In the Control Panel window, select Add New Hardware icon and click. EM586-77...
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Step 3. Go to Add New Hardware Wizard window, click Next to proceed to the next step. Step 4. In the next page of Add New Hardware Wizard window, point to No and click for manual selection of hardware. Click Next tab to proceed. EM586-78...
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Hardware types:. Click Next tab to proceed to the next step. Step 6. Proceed to the next Add New Hardware Wizard window, select Ad lib in the Manufacturers: dialog box. Also select Ad Lib compatible (OPL2) in the Models: dialog box. Click Have Disk … tab. EM586-79...
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Step 7. Under the Install From Disk window, select Browse... tab and click to continue. Step 8. In the Open window, select a:\win95drv in the Folders: field and click on OK tab. Step 9. Under the Install From Disk window, insert the desired disk. Select Browse … tab and click to continue. EM586-80...
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Step 10. Choose ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive under Select Device window, click OK tab to proceed to the next step. Step 11. In the Add New Hardware Wizard window, click Finish tab to continue the installation of the driver. EM586-81...
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DRIVERS SUPPORT Step 12. The System Settings Change window appears to show the completion of the copying process, click Yes tab to restart your system. You have now completed the installation of the sound function. EM586-82...
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For example, if you want to Set 4 seconds for the time-out, you should set JP4: 4-8 ON and J3: 1-2 ON to enable watch-dog timer. C:\DOS> DEBUG -i443 EX.2: For assemble Language Enable : MOV DX, 443H IN AL, DX Disable : IN AL, 43H EM586-83...
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MDA Video Card (Including LPTO) 3C0 - 3CF EGA Card 3D0 - 3DF CGA Card 3E8 - 3EF Serial Port #3 (COM 3) 3F0 - 3F7 Floppy Disk Controller 3F8 - 3FF Serial Port #1 (COM 1) Enable Watch-dog Timer Operation (read) EM586-84...
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Real time clock IRQ 9 Software redirected to INT 0AH (IRQ 2) IRQ 10 Reserved IRQ 11 Reserved IRQ 12 PS/2 Mouse IRQ 13 Math Coprocessor (CPU Internal) IRQ 14 Primary Hard disk IRQ 15 Secondary Hard Disk Parity Check Error EM586-85...
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APPENDIX C PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION There are two steps to install the PC/104 module on EM586 Embedded Single Board Computer. Step 1. Plug the Dual Side Male Connector into the PC/104 female connector. Step 2. Plug the PC/104 module‘ s female connector into the EM586 male connector.
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Although three main buses (data bus, address bus, and control bus) manage the computer’ s operation, often these are collectively called the bus. The bus carries instructions back and forth between the CPU and other devices in the system. ISA, EISA, VL-Bus, PCI and SCSI are examples of PC buses. EM586-87...
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EISA or MCA Bus – Data is transmitted along 32 data lines to adapter cards designed specifically to work with the 32-bit buses. MCA expansion slots cannot accept 8-bit or 16-bit adapter cards. EISA stands for Extended Industry Standard Architecture, while MCA stands for MicroChannel Architecture. MCA is architecture used in IBM Microcomputer. EM586-88...
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IEEE802.12 – is a physical layer standard for 100VG AnyLAN. LAN (Local Area Network) – A data communications network spanning a limited area. It provides communications between three or more computers and peripherals, in most cases using a high-speed media as it’ s backbone. EM586-89...
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GLOSSARY Keyboard – This is a component that comes in direct contact for you with your PC. The mechanism of keyboard converts a key cap’ s movement into a signal sent to the computer. The most common key mechanism are “ capacitate ” and “ hard contact ”. Capacitate keyboard has a spring that causes the plastic and the metal plunger to move nearer to two pads that have large plates (plated in tin, nickel, and copper).
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– from commonplace modems and printers to plotters and burglar alarms. The most common use for serial port is with a mouse or modem. The reason for this is that a serial port is not a very efficient way to transfer data, so little data EM586-91...
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The Windows OS provides medium text & graphics standard. VL-Bus – It is also known as Local Bus; this is an I/O interface that is directly connected and depended of the system CPU. The VL-Bus is an abbreviation of VESA Local Bus. EM586-92...
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Terms and Conditions Date:1997.10.20 Warranty Policy 1. All products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship on a period of two years from the date of purchase by the customer. 2. The buyer will bear the return freight charges for goods that are returned for repair within the warranty period whereas manufacturer will bear the other way after repair.
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RMA Service Request Form Date:1997.10.20 When requesting RMA service, please fill out this “RMA Service Request Form”. This form needs to be shipped with your returns. Service cannot begin until we have this information. Company: Person to contact: Phone No. Purchased Date: Fax No.: Applied Date:...
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