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Onboard VIA Eden 667/Ezra 800
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  • Page 1 SBC-657 User's Manual Onboard VIA Eden 667/Ezra 800 MHz Half-Size PCISA CPU Card Manual SBC-657 1st Edition CD-ROM 2087657010...
  • Page 2 Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, the original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use. SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 3 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. is a trademark of Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. is a trademark of VIA Technology, Inc. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Printed in Taiwan Nov 2002 Manual SBC-657 2nd Edition CD-ROM 2087657011...
  • Page 4 AAEON has come to be known. Your satisfaction is our primary concern. Here is a guide to AAEON customer services. To ensure you get the full benefit of our services, please follow the instructions below carefully.
  • Page 5 Because of AAEON high quality-control standards and rigorous testing, most of our customers never need to use our repair service. If an AAEON product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out-of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, service time, and freight.
  • Page 6 Packing List Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: SBC-657 Half-Size Single Board Computer Card Quick Installation Guide One Support CD Contains the followings: User manual Related Drivers Latest BIOS Cables...
  • Page 7 Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the SBC-657. This user manual is designed to help you to get the most out of the SBC-657, please read it thoroughly before you install and use the board. The product that you have purchased comes with an two-year limited warranty, but AAEON will not be responsible for misuse of the product.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    EXT (CN7) ................22 IDE Connector (CN8) ............23 First USB Connector (CN9) ..........24 Compact Flash Connector (CN10) ........25 Second USB Connector (CN11) ........26 LAN Connector (CN12) ...........26 COM1 Connector (CN13) ..........27 COM2 Connector (CN14) ..........27 VGA Connector (CN15) ...........28 SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 9 3.16 Set User Password ..........66 3.17 Save to CMOS and EXIT ........67 Chapter 4:Drivers Installation .........68 Drivers Installation 1 ........... 69 Drivers Installation 2 ..........70 Drivers Installation 3 ..........71 Appendix A: WatchDog Timer ..........72 Manual SBC-657 1st Edition CD-ROM 2087657010...

  • Page 10: Chapter 1: General Information

    General Information This chapter gives background informa- tion on the SBC-657 Sections include: • Board Introduction • Board Features • Board Specifications Chapter 1 General Information...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Introduction This new Half-size CPU Card SBC-657 with onboard VIA Eden 667 or Ezra 800MHz (fan required), offers great value in an embedded computing platform for low power, low profile, fanless, mobile industrial applied computing applications based using the PCISA CPU card / Slot PC standard.

  • Page 12: Features

    Features Onboard VIA Ezra(800MHz)/Eden(667MHz) EBGA mobile CPU Integrated AGP 4X 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator Supports CRT and 18/36-bit TFT Panels 36 bit Dual channel LVDS interface onboard Type II Compact Flash storage devices supported Single 10/100Base-T Fast Ethernet Supports UDMA100 AT/ATX Power management Chapter 1 General Information...

  • Page 13: Specifications

    Can be configured to LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 or disabled. Supports SPP, ECP, EPP. Serial Port Winbond 83977EF, three RS-232 serial ports and one RS-232/422/485 serial ports. Ports can be configured as COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, or disabled indi vidually. (16C550 equivalent) SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 14 IrDA port Supports one IrDA Tx/Rx header KB/Mouse connectorOne 6-pin mini DIN connector supports PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse. USB connectors Two 5 x 2 header onboard support four USB ports Battery Lithium battery for data retention Watchdog Timer Can generate a system reset. Software selectable time-out interval (1 sec.~255 sec, 1 sec/step, 1 min~255 min, 1min/step.) 7 DMA channels (8237 equivalent)
  • Page 15 PCISA Mechanical and Environmental Power Supply voltage AT or ATX type Operating temperature 32 to 140 degrees F (0 to 60 degrees C) Board Size 7.3 (L) x 4.8 (W) (185mm x 122mm) Weight 0.66 lb. (0.3Kg) SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 16: Chapter 2: Installation

    This chapter describes how to set up the main board hardware, including instruc- tions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals, switches, and indicators. Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you begin the installation proce- dure. 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 17: Locating Jumpers & Connectors

    SBC-657 Locating Jumpers & Connectors BC-599/596 SBC-657 Quick Installation Guide...
  • Page 18 Locating Jumpers & Connectors (Soldering Side) 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 19: Mechanical Drawing

    SBC-657 Mechanical Drawing 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...
  • Page 20 Mechanical Drawing (Soldering Side) 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 21: Jumpers And Connectors

    The function of each jumper and connector are listed below: J u m p e r s Label Function COM2 Ring signal select Clear CMOS RS-232/422/485 setting RS-232/422/485 select LCD shift clock setting LCD voltage setting 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...
  • Page 22 Channel 1 LVDS LCD connector CN19 Channel 2 LVDS LCD connector CN21 COM3 connector CN22 COM4 connector CN23 PISA Connector CN24 Backplane ATX Power Connector CN25 Internal Mouse Connector CN26 Internal Keyboard Connector CON1 PC104 Connector 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 23: Setting Jumpers

    A pair of needle-nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your applications, contact your local distributor or sales represen- tative before you make any changes. Pin position 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 24: Com2 Ring Signal Select (Jp1)

    JP2 is used when CMOS data needs to be reset. To reset , cap 2-3 closed for few seconds, then move the jumper back to 1-2 closed. Normal* Clear *default RS-232/422/485 Setting (JP4) RS-232* RS-422/RS485 *default 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 25: Lcd Voltage Setting (Jp7)

    SBC-657 RS-232/422/485 Setting (JP5) RS-232 * RS-422 RS-485 *default LCD Shift Clock Select (JP6) SHFCLK* ASHFCLK *default LCD Voltage Setting (JP7) 3.3V* *default 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 26: Power Connector (At&Atx Power)

    ATX Power Connector Pin Assignments (PW1) Signal Signal +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V PWRONX PWROK +5VSB +12V AT Power Connector Pin Assignments (PWR1) Signal Signal +12V -12V 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 27: Fan Connector (Cn1)

    The mainboard BIOS Advanced setup menu allows you to select "Present" or "Absent" under the "System Keyboard" section, allows no-keyboard operation in embedded system applications without the system halting under POST (power-on-self-test). Keyboard and Mouse Connector (CN2) Signal KBVCC 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 28: Printer Port Connector (Cn3)

    Parallel Port Connector (CN3) Printer port connector Signal Signal STB# AUTOFD# PTD0 ERROR# PTD1 PINIT# PTD2 SLCTIN# PTD3 PTD4 PTD5 PTD6 PTD7 ACK# BUSY SLCT 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 29: Floppy Connector (Cn4)

    When the slot is up, pin number 1 should be on the right. Check the documentation that came with the drive for more information. If you desire, connect the B: drive to the connectors in the middle of the cable as described above. 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...
  • Page 30 Floppy Drive Connector (CN4) Floppy Drive Connector (CN4) Signal Signal DRVDEN 0 DRVDEN 1 INDEX# MTR#0 DS#1 DS#0 MTR#1 DIR# STEP# WDATA# WGATE# TRAK#0 WRTPRT# RDATA# HDSEL# DSKCHG# 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 31: Ir Connector (Cn5)

    IR connector (CN5). IR Connector (CN5) Signal IRRX IRTX Front Panel Connector (CN6) Front Panel Connecotr (CN6) Signal Signal PWRBTN# HDDLED# BEEPR RSTIN# Option EXT PME (CN7) EXT (CN7) Signal PME# SMBDATA SMBCLK 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...
  • Page 32 IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN8) You can attach up to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives to CN8. The IDE controller of SBC-657 uses a PCI local bus interface. This advanced interface supports faster data transfer. Connecting the hard drive Connecting to ATA66/100 drives requires a 80 pins wire conductor IDE cable and an adaptor to connect to the slim hard drive.

  • Page 33: First Usb Connector (Cn9)

    PDD12 PDD2 PDD13 PDD1 PDD14 PDD0 PDD15 PDREQ PDDIOW# PDDIOR# PDDRDY PDCSEL PD_DACK# IRQ14 PDDA1 PD_80P PDDA0 PDDA2 PDDCS#1 PDDCS#3 HDDLED# First USB Connector (CN9) First USB Connector Signal Signal UVCC0 USBD#0 USBD0 USBD1 USBD#1 UVCC1 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 34: Compact Flash Connector (Cn10)

    Compact Flash Connector (CN10) Compact Flash Connector (CN10) Signal Signal SDD3 SDD11 SDD4 SDD12 SDD5 SDD13 SDD6 SDD14 SDD7 SDD15 SDCS#1 SDCS#3 SDIOR# SDIOW# IRQ15 CSEL# IDERST# SDRDY SDA2 SDA1 SDA0 DASP# SDD0 PDIAG# SDD1 SDD8 SDD2 SDD9 SDD10 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 35: Second Usb Connector (Cn11)

    SBC-657 Second USB Connector (CN11) SBC-657 provides four USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, which give complete plug and play, hot attach/detach for up to 127 external devices. The USB interfaces comply with USB specifica- tion Rev. 1.1, and can be disabled in the system BIOS setup.
  • Page 36 Serial port / COM 1 (CN13) SBC-657 offers four serial ports, three RS-232 and one RS-232/422/ 485, which allow you to connect them to serial devices (mouse, printers, etc.). Com 1 (CN13) Signal NDCD1 NDSR1 NRXD1 NRTS1 NTXD1 NCTS1 NDTR1...

  • Page 37: Vga Connector (Cn15)

    SBC-657 VGA Connector (CN15) VGA Connector (CN15) Signal Signal VGAVCC GREEN BLUE HSYNC VSYNC LCD Connector (CN16) LCD Connector (CN16) Signal Signal VDDS5 VDDS5 VDDS3 VDDS3 ENABKL VSHCLK ENAVEE 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 38: Channel 1 Lvds Lcd Connector (Cn18)

    LCD Connector (CN17) LCD Connector (CN17) Signal Signal Channel 1 LVDS LCD Connector (CN18) Channel 1 LVDS LCD Connector (CN18) Signal Signal TX1OUT1 TX1OUT#1 TX1CLK TX1CLK# PPVCC PPVCC PPVCC TX1OUT2 TX1OUT#2 TX1OUT0 TX1OUT#0 ENVDD 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 39: Channel 2 Lvds Lcd Connector (Cn19)

    COM 3 Connector (CN21) COM 3 Connector (CN21) Signal Signal NDCD3 NRXD3 NTXD3 NDTR3 NDSR3 NRTS3 NCTS3 NRI3 COM 4 Connector (CN22) COM 4 Connector (CN22) Signal Signal NDCD4 NRXD4 NTXD4 NDTR4 NDSR4 NRTS4 NCTS4 NRI4 PISA Connector (CN23) 9/596 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 40: Backplane Atx Power Connector (Cn24)

    Backplane ATX Power Connector (CN24) Backplane ATX Power connector (CN24) Signal PS ON VCCSB Internal Mouse Connector (CN25) nternal Mouse Connector (CN25) Signal Internal Keyboard Connector (CN26) nternal Keyboard Connector (CN26) Signal KBVCC CON1 PC/104 Connector 9/59 SBC-657 User's Manual...

  • Page 42: Chapter 3: Award Bios Setup

    Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system. SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 43: Entering Setup

    BIOS CONFIGURATION Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS SRAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Entering Setup To Enter Setup Before Boot Press <Del>...

  • Page 44: Control Keys

    Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default CMOS RAM value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default Reserved Reserved Save all the CMOS changes SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 45: Getting Help

    Software or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable. The displayed configuration charts in this chapter show you all the default settings of SBC-657. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...

  • Page 46: The Main Setup Menu

    Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system's performance. Integrated Peripherals The menu enables you to specify all onboard peripherals settings. (Primary slave, secondary slave, keyboard, mouse etc.) SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 47 Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. PnP/PCI Configuration This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PNP ISA resources. PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/ voltage control.

  • Page 48: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00 hours. Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field. Press the PgUp/- or PgDn/+ key to increment the setting, or type the desired value into the field. SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 49 3.5.2 HARD DISKS The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives. This section does not show information about other IDE devices, such as a CD-ROM drive, or about other hard drive types, such as SCSI drives. User Arrow key to select the menu of the page meanwhile you can also get Item Help at right hand side of the screen.
  • Page 50 Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program. Cyls: Number of cylinders Head: Number of heads Precomp: Write precompensation cylinder Landz: Landing zone Sector: Number of sectors SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 51 Disk/Key; All Errors; No Errors. 3.5.5 Select Display Device SBC-657 can be used with various visual display peripherals. It can also display the both CRT and Flat Panel(TFT or DSTN) simultaneously. This function allows the end user to select the type of visual display peripheral they are incorporating with the SBC-657 single board computer.

  • Page 52: Advanced Bios Features

    Disable: Default. No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 53 3.6.2 CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU.The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory.
  • Page 54 MB (extended memory). When set to Fast, the system chipset controls Gate A20. When set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed, particularly with OS/2 and Windows. The choices: Fast(Default), Normal. SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 55 3.6.11 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard control- ler. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The choices: Enabled, Disabled(Default) n Typematic Rate When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate ( the rate at which character repeats when yu hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.
  • Page 56 These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte. C8000-CBFFF Shadow: Disabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow: Disabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow: Disabled D8000-DBFFF Shadow: Disabled DC000-DFFFF Shadow: Disabled 3.6.16 Small Logo (EPA) Show The choices: Enabled, Disabled SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 57: Advanced Chipset Features

    Advanced Chipset Features Figure 3.4 Advanced Chipset Features 3.7.1 DRAM Timing By SPD This item allows you to select the value in this field, depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs. The choices: Enabled(Default), Disabled. 3.7.2 DRAM Clock This item allows you to control the DRAM speed.
  • Page 58 The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The choices: 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M(Default), 128M. SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 59 3.7.11 AGP-4X Mode Enable 4X mode will enhance your system performance. The choices: Enabled(Default), Disabled. 3.7.12 OnBoard LAN Control The choices: Enabled(Default), Disabled. 3.7.13 OnChip USB Select enabled if you wish to use onboard USB feature. The choices: Enabled(Default), Disabled. 3.7.14 USB Keyboard Support Select enabled if you wish to connect a USB keyboard.
  • Page 60 3.7.21 AGP Master 1 WS Read System will run single wait state delay before read data from buffer, if user set to disable system will run twice wait states so system can stable. The choices: Enabled, Disabled(Default) SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 61: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals Figure: 3.5 Integrated Peripherals 3.8.1 On-Chip IDE Channel 0 The system chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary and/or secondary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.
  • Page 62 3.8.6 Init Display First This item allows you to activate PCI or onboard VGA device first. The choices: PCI Slot, AGP(Default) 3.8.7 IDE HDD Block Mode Select Enabled only if your hard drives support block mode. The choices: Enabled(Default), Disabled SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 63 3.8.8 Onboard FDD Controller This item allows you to enable/disable onboard floppy disk controller. The choices: Enabled(Default), Disabled 3.8.9 Onboard Serial Port 1 Normally, the main board I/O chips will occupy a certain portion of memory space. For each I/O device the computer provides an I/O address.
  • Page 64 The choices: Disabled(Default), 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8 3.8.19 Serial Port 3 Use IRQ The choices: IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ4, IRQ3 3.8.20 Onboard Serial Port 4 The choices: Disabled(Default), 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8 3.8.21 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ The choices: IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ4, IRQ3 SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 65: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup Figure 3.6 Power Management Setup 3.9.1 Power-Supply Type There are two power supply type to choose from AT to ATX. The choices: AT(Defult), ATX 3.9.2 ACPI function The choices: Disabled, Enabled Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 66 2. Doze Mode - 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 6 min, 8 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 40 min, 1 hour. 3. Suspend Mode - 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 6 min, 8 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 40 min, 1 hour. SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 67 3.9.4 PM Control by APM If advanced power management is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. The choices: Yes(Default), No 3.9.5 Video Off Option Select the power saving modes during which the monitor goes blank. The Choices: Always on Monitor remains on during power saving modes.
  • Page 68 * Date (of Month): Specify date when the system should wake up from Suspend mode. The Choices: 0-31 * Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) Press <TAB> to enter the next field. The Choices: 24hr:60mins:60secs * Primary INTR: The Choices: ON(Default), OFF SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 69 3.9.10 IRQS Activity Monitoring Sub-Menu: IRQ3 (COM2)/IRQ4(COM1)/IRQ5(LPT2)/ IRQ6(Floppy Disk)/IRQ7(LPT1): Enabled IRQ8(RTC Alarm)/IRQ9(IRQ2 Redir)/ IRQ10(Reserved)/IRQ11(Reserved): Disabled IRQ12(PS/2 Mouse)/IRQ13(Coprocessor)/ IRQ14(Hard Disk): Enabled IRQ15(Reserved): Disabled Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...

  • Page 70: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. If you choose Auto, you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields, since BIOS automatically assigns them. The choices: Auto (ESCD) (Default), Manual. SBC-657 User Manual...
  • Page 71 3.10.4 IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. Sub-Menu: Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architec- ture.

  • Page 72: Pc Health Status

    3.11.1 PC Health Status Your system does not allow you to alter any of the setting in this menu. The system engineer has already designated the correct setting for SBC-657. 3.12 Frequency/Voltage Control Figure 3.12 Frequency/Voltage Control 3.12.1 Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI clock.

  • Page 73: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    3.13 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 3.13 Load Fail-Safe Defaults 3.13.1 Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Default (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations.

  • Page 74: Load Optimized Default

    When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 75: Set Supervisor Password

    3.15 Set Supervisor Password Figure 3.15 Set Supervisor Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: ENTER PASSWORD: Type the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter. Now the message changes: CONFIRM PASSWORD: Again, type the password and press Enter.

  • Page 76: Set User Password

    System Enter a password each time the system boots and whenever you enter Setup. Setup Enter a password whenever you enter Setup. NOTE: To clear the password, simply press Enter when asked to enter a password. Then the password function is disabled. SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 77: Save To Cmos And Exit

    3.17 Save to CMOS and EXIT 3.17.1 Save to CMOS and EXIT Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS, a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off.

  • Page 78: Chapter 4:Drivers Installation

    Driver Installation This SBC-657 is equipped with an Audio,VGA and Dual LAN interfaces. This chapter provides instructions for install- ing the software drivers on these periph- erals. SBC-657 User Manual...

  • Page 79: Chapter 4:Drivers Installation

    Drivers Installation 1 The SBC-657 comes with a CD which contains most of the drivers and utilities for your needs.There are several installation ways depending on the driver package under different Operating System application. We recommend that the system driver installation procedure be performed first.

  • Page 80: Drivers Installation 2

    Drivers Installation 2 Installation Applicable for Windows 9x/ME/2000 1. Insert the SBC-657 CD into the CD ROM Drive. 2. Click on Start button, select the Settings, then click on the Control Panel icon. 3. Double click on the Add/Remove Hardware icon and Add New Hardware Wizard will appear.
  • Page 81 Drivers Installation 3 Installation : Applicable for Windows NT 4.0 1. Insert the SBC-657 CD into the CD ROM Drive. 2. Start system with Windows NT 4.0 installed. IMPORTANT: When the "Please select the operating system to start..." message is displayed, select "Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode]".
  • Page 82 Programming theWatch- dog Timer SBC-657 is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a stand- still for whatever reason. This feature ensures system reliability in industrial stand-alone and unmanned environments.

  • Page 83: Appendix A: Watchdog Timer

    Programming the watchdog timer An on-board watchdog timer reduces the chance of disruptions which CPLD (compact programmable logical device) interference can cause. This is a valuable protective device for standalone or unmanned applications. When the watchdog timer activates(CPU processing has come to a halt), it can reset the system, or generate an interrupt on IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ15, and NMI.
  • Page 84 443 05 <Enter>; out 443h data 05 • To disable the watchdog timer type; i 80 <Enter> The time interval data of the watchdog timer is shown in binary code (8 bits). Sample 2 : 5 seconds SBC-657 User's Manual...

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