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Non-compliance may have an impact on the environment. Intended use The products of the "IPC & PC-based Control" series of MSC Tuttlingen GmbH may only be used for the applications described in the technical documents, and only in connection with devices or components from other manufacturers which have been approved or recommended by us.
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Suggestions for improvement are welcomed. EEC directive EMC 89/336/EEC The following applies to devices of the "IPC & PC-based Control" series of MSC Tuttlingen GmbH: Products which carry the CE symbol meet the requirements of the EEC directive 89/336/EEC on electromagnetic compatibility.
OI: IPC370T Contents Contents General ............................3 Characteristics ..........................3 Specifications..........................3 Block diagram ..........................6 Interfaces summary ........................7 Layout of components ........................8 Installation and Configuration....................9 Switches and jumpers........................9 2.1.1 BIOS Recovery ..........................9 2.1.2 Speaker ............................10 2.1.3...
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They are written for customers with prior knowledge in PC technology and automation. Purpose These operating instructions are part of the documentation of the IPC370T module. They provide service personnel and system advisors with the information required to install, commission, operate and maintain the IPC370T Single-Board-Computer inside the industrial PC.
General General Characteristics The IPC370T Single-Board-Computer is an especially developed CPU unit with socket 370 for the IPC product line of MSC Tuttlingen GmbH. The All-In-One board still contains additionally in the PC usual extensions besides the standard functions of a PC motherboard. These are basically two Ethernet interfaces as well as the support of flat displays.
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Super I/O Winbond W83977 EF 2 x RS-232 (TTL) / internal VIA VT82C686B Southbridge Parallel ECP/EPP via SETUP selectable Interface for MSC fieldbus modules or Hilscher fieldbus connection Fieldbus VIA VT82C686B Southbridge Keyboard / Mouse PS/2 keyboard interface PS/2 mouse interface...
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8 voltages (CPU core, CPU I/O, 3.3 V, ±5 V, ±12 V, Battery) Watchdog PIC 12C509A adjustable in BIOS Temperature see chapter "Technical data" in the operating instructions of the device in which IPC370T is installed Dimensions 265 mm x 214 mm Supply voltage selectable from different sources: Supply voltage 24 V...
OI: IPC370T General Interfaces summary Function Type PISA 188 pin EISA slot, 180° PC/104 64 pin and 40 pin socket strip, 180°, 2.54 mm EIDE (primary) 50 pin socket strip, 90°, 2 mm (hard disk can be directly mounted) (primary) 44 pin male connection strip, 180°, without shroud, 2 mm...
OI: IPC370T Installation and Configuration Installation and Configuration Switches and jumpers 2.1.1 BIOS Recovery 82443BX Fig. 2-1: BIOS Recovery In order to force an automatic BIOS update during switch-on of the system, following steps are necessary: 1. Switch off system 2.
Installation and Configuration OI: IPC370T 2.1.2 Speaker 82443BX Fig. 2-2: Speaker The speaker contained on the board can be switched on or switched off by this jumper. Speaker off Speaker on Page 10 of 38 Rev. 1.00 dated 1.7.2004...
OI: IPC370T Installation and Configuration 2.1.3 Onboard IDE disk configuration 82443BX Fig. 2-3: Onboard IDE disk configuration With the aid of the isolated jumper (2 pin) an ATA100 cable can be simulated to the Primary IDE Interface. No ATA100 cable...
Installation and Configuration OI: IPC370T 2.1.4 Test pins / Test pads -12V +12V -5V +5V +3,3V 82443BX Fig. 2-4: Test pins / Test pads For test purposes of the usual PC supply voltages (±12V, ±5V and +3.3V) there are corresponding test points at the upper edge of the board.
OI: IPC370T Installation and Configuration Memory extension and FSB switching 82443BX DIMM 2 DIMM 1 Fig. 2-5: Memory extension and FSB switching The main memory consists of two lockable DIMM sockets. It can be used standard 3.3V SDRAM modules, which correspond to the Intel specification PC100 or PC133.
Installation and Configuration OI: IPC370T Battery – 82443BX Fig. 2-6: Battery The installed lithium battery provides Real Time Clock and CMOS memory with a current, in order to permanently save system information, even if the board is separated from the supply.
OI: IPC370T Installation and Configuration Replacing the battery When the charge is too low or the battery is empty, the data stored in the CMOS RAM (e.g. date and time) might not be accurate. Then the lithium battery must be replaced.
Installation and Configuration OI: IPC370T Watchdog In the BIOS set-up the following setting options are intended for the watchdog. Address: Three I/O addresses are offered for selection over which the application software can access to the watchdog. Timeout: Can be set from 400 milliseconds until 600 seconds.
Installation and Configuration OI: IPC370T 2.5.3 Memory Upper Memory Used for Available Function C0000h .. CFFFFh 64 KB VGA BIOS D0000h .. DBFFFh ISA Bus or Shadow RAM DC000h .. DFFFFh USB Buffer E0000h .. FFFFFh System BIOS Page 18 of 38...
OI: IPC370T Installation and Configuration FPGA registers The Actel FPGA contains a sentence of 10 registers about which the MSC Tuttlingen specific I/O devices can be configured. The registers are located on the addresses: FEh : Index FFh : Data...
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Installation and Configuration OI: IPC370T Index 2: Fieldbus Interrupt Select Function reserved (0) reserved (0) reserved (0) reserved (0) Fieldbus Interrupt Select Bit 3 Fieldbus Interrupt Select Bit 2 Fieldbus Interrupt Select Bit 1 Fieldbus Interrupt Select Bit 0 Index 3:...
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OI: IPC370T Installation and Configuration Index 6: System Monitoring Select Control Function System Monitoring Chip Base Address A7 System Monitoring Chip Base Address A6 System Monitoring Chip Base Address A5 System Monitoring Chip Base Address A4 System Monitoring Chip Base Address A3...
Installation and Configuration OI: IPC370T Driver installation All drivers, that you need for installation, you will find in the directory "drivers" on the hard disk of your industrial computer. Example: "c:\drivers\Ethernet\……." You will also find a copy of the system directory of the operating system CD on the hard disk.
OI: IPC370T Hardware Interfaces 3.17 Temperature alarm Male connection strip, 4 pin, coded, 2.54 mm Signal VCC5V Alarm 82443BX VCC12V Fig. 3-17: Temperature alarm 3.18 Power out Male connection strip, 4 pin, coded, 2.54 mm – 4x Signal VCC5V 82443BX VCC12V Fig.
Hardware Interfaces OI: IPC370T 3.19 Power in Terminal strip, 3 pin Signal VCC12V 82443BX VCC5V Fig. 3-19: Power in 3.20 External battery Male connection strip, 4 pin, 2.54 mm Signal n.c. n.c. 82443BX VBAT Fig. 3-20: External battery Page 38 of 38...
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