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- Page 1 AR-B1462 INDUSTRIAL GRADE 486DX/DX2/DX4 CPU CARD User’ s Guide Edition: 2.0 Book Number: AR-B1462-99.A02...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents PREFACE... 0-3 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER ...0-3 WELCOME TO THE AR-B1462 CPU BOARD...0-3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE...0-3 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE...0-3 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS ...0-3 ORGANIZATION...0-4 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS...0-4 OVERVIEW... 1-1 INTRODUCTION ...1-1 PACKING LIST ...1-2 FEATURES ...1-2 SYSTEM CONTROLLER ... - Page 4 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide SWITCH SETTING...6-1 6.2.1 Overview ...6-2 6.2.2 I/O Port Address Select (SW1-1)...6-2 6.2.3 SSD Firmware Address Select (SW1-2)...6-2 6.2.4 SSD Drive Number (SW1-4 & SW1-5) ...6-3 6.2.5 ROM Type Select (SW1-6 & SW1-7)...6-4 6.2.6 Serial Port 1 Mode Select (SW1-8)...6-4 6.2.7 Serial Port 2 Mode Select (SW1-9 &...
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Page 5: Preface
0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER April 1999 Acrosser Technology makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Furthermore, Acrosser Technology reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation of Acrosser Technology to notify any person of such revisions or changes. -
Page 6: Organization
AR-B1462 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. -
Page 7: Overview
1. OVERVIEW This chapter provides an overview of your system features and capabilities. The following topics are covered: Introduction Packing List Features 1.1 INTRODUCTION The AR-B1462 is a disk size industrial grade CPU card that has been designed to withstand continuous operation in harsh environments. -
Page 8: Packing List
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 1.2 PACKING LIST The accessories are included with the system. Before you begin installing your AR-B1462 board, take a moment to make sure that the following items have been included inside the AR-B1462 package. The quick setup manual 1 AR-B1462 CPU card 1 Hard disk drive interface cable 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable... -
Page 9: System Controller
2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER This chapter describes the major structure of the AR-B1462 CPU board. The following topics are covered: DMA Controller Keyboard Controller Interrupt Controller Real-Time Clock and Non-Volatile RAM Timer Serial Port Parallel Port 2.1 DMA CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8237A DMA controllers are implemented in the AR-B1462 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. -
Page 10: Interrupt Controller
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 2.3 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers (PIC) are included on the AR-B1462 board. They accept requests from peripherals, resolve priorities on pending interrupts in service, issue 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. -
Page 11: I/O Port Address Map
2.3.1 I/O Port Address Map Hex Range 000-01F 020-021 022-023 040-04F 050-05F 060-06F 070-071 080-09F 0A0-0A1 0C0-0DF 0F8-0FF 170-178 1F0-1F8 208-20A 218-21A 278-27F 2E8-2EF 2F8-2FF 300-31F 320-33F 378-37F 380-38F 3A0-3AF 3B0-3BF 3C0-3CF 3D0-3DF 3E8-3EF 3F0-3F7 3F8-3FF Table 2-2 I/O Port Address Map 2.3.2 I/O Channel Pin Assignment (Bus1) I/O Pin Device... - Page 12 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide I/O Pin Table 2-3 I/O Channel Pin Assignments I/O Pin Signal Name Table 2-4 I/O Channel Pin Assignments Signal Name Input/Output I/O Pin Signal Name SA17 Input/Output SA16 Input/Output SA15 Input/Output SA14 Input/Output SA13 Input/Output SA12 Input/Output SA11...
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Page 13: Real-Time Clock And Non-Volatile Ram
2.4 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE RAM The AR-B1462 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. -
Page 14: Serial Port
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 2.6 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. - Page 15 (5) Line Control Register (LCR) Bit 0: Word Length Select Bit 0 (WLS0) Bit 1: Word Length Select Bit 1 (WLS1) WLS1 WLS0 Bit 2: Number of Stop Bit (STB) Bit 3: Parity Enable (PEN) Bit 4: Even Parity Select (EPS) Bit 5: Stick Parity Bit 6: Set Break Bit 7: Divisor Latch Access Bit (DLAB)
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Page 16: Parallel Port
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (9) Divisor Latch (LS, MS) Bit 0: Bit 0 Bit 1: Bit 1 Bit 2: Bit 2 Bit 3: Bit 3 Bit 4: Bit 4 Bit 5: Bit 5 Bit 6: Bit 6 Bit 7: Bit 7 Desired Baud Rate Table 2-7 Serial Port Divisor Latch... - Page 17 (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: NOTE: X presents not used. Bit 7: 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.
- Page 18 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (5) Printer Control Latch & 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: NOTE: X presents not used. Bit 5: Direction control bit.
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Page 19: Setting Up The System
3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM This section describes pin assignments for system’ s external connectors and the jumpers setting. Overview System Setting Ethernet Controller 3.1 OVERVIEW The AR-B1462 is a half size industrial grade CPU card that has been designed to withstand continuous operation in harsh environments. -
Page 20: System Setting
AR-B1462 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. -
Page 21: Hard Disk (Ide) Connector
3.2.2 Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (1) 40-Pin Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (CN5) A 40-pin header type connector (CN5) 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 the BIOS Setup program. -
Page 22: Parallel Port Connector (Cn9)
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 3.2.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN9) To use the parallel port, an adapter cable has to be connected to the CN9 (26-pin header type) connector. This adapter cable is mounted on a bracket and is included in your AR-B1462 package. The connector for the parallel port is a 25 pin D-type female connector. -
Page 23: Pc/104 Connector
3.2.4 PC/104 Connector (1) 64 Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B (CN11) Figure 3-6 CN11: 64 Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B Figure 3-7 CN11: 64-Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B (2) 40 Pin PC/104 Connector Bus C & D (CN12) Figure 3-8 CN12: 40 Pin PC/104 Connector Bus C &... - Page 24 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (3) I/O Channel Signal Description Name BUSCLK [Output] RSTDRV [Output] SA0 - SA19 [Input / Output] LA17 - LA23 [Input/Output] SD0 - SD15 [Input/Output] BALE [Output] -IOCHCK [Input] IOCHRDY [Input, Open collector] IRQ 3-7, 9-12, 14, 15 -IOR [Input/Output] -IOW [Input/Output]...
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Page 25: Led Header (Lm1)
Name -MASTER [Input] -MEMCS16 [Input, Open collector] -IOCS16 [Input, Open collector] OSC [Output] -ZWS [Input, Open collector] Table 3-2 I/O Channel Signal’ s Description 3.2.5 LED Header (LM1) The AR-B1462 provides one module for various LEDs’ headers. 3.2.6 Serial Port (1) RS-422/RS-485 Select SW1-9 &... - Page 26 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (C) COM-A RS-232/TTL Select (SW1-8) (D) COM-B RS-232C/RS-422 Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) SW1-9 & SW1-10 -- RS-232 (Factory Presetting) Figure 3-14 SW1-9 & SW1-10: COM-B RS-232/RS-422 Select SW1-8 -- RS-232 (Factory Default Setting) SW1-8 -- TTL Figure 3-13 SW1-8: COM-A RS-232/TTL Select SW1-9 &...
- Page 27 (E) RS-485 Mode Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) Figure 3-15 SW1-9 & SW1-10: RS-485 Mode Select When RS-422 or RS-485 mode is selected, you also need to change M5 to select between RS-422 or RS-485 mode. NOTE: 1. The recommended configuration for RS-485 interface is to set the transmitter to the controlled by DTR and set the transmitter.
- Page 28 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (3) TTL Connector (CN16) CN16 Table 3-4 TTL Pin Assignment (4) RS-232 Connector (CN4) There are four serial ports with EIA RS-232C interface on the AR-B1462. To configure these serial ports, use the BIOS Setup program, and adjust the jumpers on M5 and SW1. 1 3 5 6 7 8 9 COM-A...
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Page 29: Keyboard Connector
3.2.7 Keyboard Connector (1) Keyboard Lock Header (J7) (2) Keyboard Connector (J4) This keyboard connector is a PS/2 type keyboard connector. This connector is also for a standard IBM-compatible keyboard with the keyboard adapter cable. J4 provides the way of connecting a keyboard to the AR-B1462. 3.2.8 External Speaker Header (J9) Besides the onboard buzzer, you can use an external speaker by connecting to the J9 header. -
Page 30: Reset Header (J6)
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (2) 4-Pin Power Connector (CN6) 3.2.10 Reset Header (J6) J6 is used to connect to an external reset switch. Shorting these two pins will reset the system. 3.2.11 PS/2 Mouse Connector (1) PS/2 Mouse IRQ12 Setting (JP2) The default of <Enabled>... -
Page 31: Battery Setting
3.2.12 Battery Setting (1) Battery Charger Select (JP9) (2) External Battery Connector (J8) J8 allows users to connector an external 4.5 to 6 VDC battery to the AR-B1462, if the on-board battery is fully discharged. Only the SRAM disk will draw the battery current. If no SRAM chips will be used, no battery is needed. -
Page 32: Cpu Setting
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 3.2.14 CPU Setting The AR-B1462 accepts many types of microprocessors such as Intel/AMD/Cyrix 486DX/DX2/DX4. All of these CPUs include an integer processing unit, floating-point processing unit, memory-management unit, and cache. They can give a two to ten-fold performance improvement in speed over the 386 processor, depending on the clock speeds used and specific application. -
Page 33: Pci Connector
(5) CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector (CN3) Figure 3-33 CN3: CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector 3.2.15 PCI Connector (1) PCI Connector Power Select (JP1) (2) 120-Pin PCI Connector (CN1) 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 103 105 107 109 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 108... -
Page 34: Memory Setting
Microsoft’ s Plug and Play and the jumperless software configuration function are both supported. The capability of the PnP and Non-PnP mode autoswitch function allows users to configure network card. No jumpers or switches are needed to set when using either the PC or PnP function. The integrated 8KX16 SRAM and 10BASE-T transceiver make Ethernet controller more cost-effective. -
Page 35: Network 4-Pin Connector (J3)
3.3.1 Network 4-Pin Connector (J3) 3.3.2 AUI Connector (CN2) Table 3-10 AUI Connector Pin Assignment 1 TPTX+ 2 TPTX- 3 TPRX+ 4 TPRX- Figure 3-37 J3: Network Connector 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 DB-15 1 2 3 Figure 3-38 CN2: AUI Connector... -
Page 37: Crt/Lcd Flat Panel Display
4. CRT/LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY This section describes the configuration and installation procedure using LCD and CRT display. Connecting the CRT Monitor LCD Flat Panel Display Supported LCD Panel 4.1 CONNECTING THE CRT MONITOR To connect a CRT monitor, an adapter cable has to be connected to the CN13 (10-pin header type) connector. This adapter cable is included in your AR-B1462 package. -
Page 38: Lcd Flat Panel Display
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 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. Use the Flash memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip to configure the BIOS default settings for different types of LCD panels. -
Page 39: Inverter Board Description
4.2.1 Inverter Board Description The inverter board supplies high voltage signals to drive the LCD panel by converting the 12 volt signal from the AR-B1462 into a high voltage AC signal for LCD panel. It can be installed freely on the space provided over the VR board. -
Page 40: Supported Lcd Panel
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (6) LCD Panel Display Connector (CN14) Attach a display panel connector to this 44-pin connector with pin assignments as shown below: Table 4-2 LCD 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. -
Page 41: Installation
5. INSTALLATION This chapter describes the procedure of the utility diskette installation. The following topics are covered: Overview Utility Diskette Watchdog Timer 5.1 OVERVIEW This chapter provides information for you to set up a working system based on the AR-B1462 CPU board. Please read the details of the CPU board’... -
Page 42: Vga Driver
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 5.2.1 VGA Driver (1) WIN 3.1 Driver For the WIN31 operating system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file. And then as to the steps: Make the new created directory to put the VGA drivers. Step 1: C:\>MD VGAW31 Insert the Utility Disk #2 in the floppy disk drive, and then copy the compress file —... - Page 43 (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: Make the new created directory to put the VGA drivers. Step 1: C:\>MD VGAW95 Insert the Utility Disk #2 in the floppy disk drive, and then copy the compress file — VGAWIN95.ZIP, Step 2: and the extract program —...
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Page 44: Audio Driver
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (4) OS/2 Warp Driver The following steps must be performed before you install the 65550 display’ s driver: CAUTION: 1. OS/2 DOS Support must be installed. 2. If you previously installed SVGA support, you must do the following: a) Close all DOS Full Screen and WIN-OS2 sessions. - Page 45 Step 6: There are some items for choice to setup. Please choose the <Driver Installation> item, notice the function key defined. And then the screen shows the hardware setting, press [OK] starts to install. Step 7: Completed the installation, user will find two drivers: <ESS AudioDrive ES1869 4.17.08> and <ESS AudioDrive MPU-401 4.17.08>.
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Page 46: Network & Ssd Utility
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (4) DOS Driver Make the new created directory to put the audio drivers. Step 1: C:\>MD AUDOS Insert the Utility Disk #1 in the floppy disk drive, and then copy the compress file — DOSDRV.ZIP, Step 2: and the extract program —... - Page 47 (2) SSD Utility To support the AR-B1462 solid state disk’ s operations, the following files have been provided on the enclosed diskette #3’ s directory <SSD>. (A) WD1462.EXE WD1462.EXE This program demonstrates how to enable and trigger the watchdog timer. It allows you to test the <TIMES-OUT &...
- Page 48 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 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 <Generate ROM File(s)> then press [ENTER]. The ROM pattern file is a binary file.
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Page 49: Watchdog Timer
5.3 WATCHDOG TIMER This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, disabled, enabled, and trigger. The AR-B1462 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. -
Page 50: Watchdog Timer Enabled
AR-B1462 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. -
Page 51: Solid State Disk
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 DiskOnChip Installation 6.1 OVERVIEW The AR-B1462 provides three 32-pin JEDEC DIP sockets which may be populated with up to 4MB of EPROM or 2MB of FLASH or 2MB of SRAM disk. -
Page 52: Overview
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 6.2.1 Overview There is 1 DIP Switch located on the AR-B1462. It performs the following functions: SW1-1 SW1-2 SW1-3 SW1-4 & SW1-5 Set the drive number of solid state SW1-6 & SW1-7 Set the used ROM memory chips SW1-8, SW1-9 &... -
Page 53: Ssd Drive Number (Sw1-4 & Sw1-5)
6.2.4 SSD Drive Number (SW1-4 & SW1-5) The AR-B1462 SSD can simulate one or two disk drives. You can assign the drive letter of the AR-B1462 by configuring SW1-4 & SW1-5. 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. -
Page 54: Rom Type Select (Sw1-6 & Sw1-7)
AR-B1462 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. -
Page 55: Serial Port 2 Mode Select (Sw1-9 & Sw1-10)
6.2.7 Serial Port 2 Mode Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) SW1-9 & SW1-10 are used to select the interface mode of serial port2. SW1-9 Table 6-9 Serial Port 2 Mode Select When RS-422 or RS-485 mode is selected, you also need to change M5 to select between RS-422 or RS-485 mode. -
Page 56: Rom Disk Installation
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide M1, M2, M3, & M4 M1, M2, M3, & M4 EPROM (128KX8, 256KX8 and 512KX8) M1, M2, M3, & M4 M1, M2, M3, & M4 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. -
Page 57: Large Page 5V Flash Disk
(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. - Page 58 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide Figure 6-6 5V Large FLASH (29FXXX) Switch Setting M1, M2, M3, & M4 M1, M2, M3, & M4 Figure 6-7 Large Page 5V FLASH Jumper Setting (2) Software Programming And then, you should create a PGF and generate ROM pattern files by using the RFG.EXE. Step 1: Making a Program Group File (*.PGF file) Step 2: Generate ROM pattern files Step 3:...
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Page 59: Small Page 5V Flash Rom Disk
Step 7: In the main menu, choose the <Load ROM File> item, that is the ROM_NAME=[file name] in the *.PGF file. Step 8: 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>. Step 9: Reboot the system NOTE: Reboot your computer by making a software or hardware reset. - Page 60 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (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...
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Page 61: Ram Disk
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 MEM1. NOTE: If you use the SRAM, please skip the SW1-6 &... -
Page 62: Combination Of Rom And Ram Disk
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 6.4.5 Combination of ROM and RAM Disk The AR-B1462 can be configured as a combination of one ROM disk and one RAM disk. Each disk occupies a drive unit. Step 1: Use jumper block to select the proper ROM/RAM configuration you are going to use. Step 2: Insert the first programmed EPROM into the socket mem1, the second into the socket MEM2, etc. - Page 63 (2) DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting (JP7) Figure 6-11 JP7: DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting (3) Configuring the DiskOnChip as a Bootable Disk The DiskOnChip fully supports the BOOT capability. In order for the DiskOnChip to be bootable, it should be DOS formatted as bootable, like any floppy or hard disk that required to be booted.
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Page 65: Bios Console
7. BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR-B1462 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... -
Page 66: Standard Cmos Setup
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 7.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The <Standard CMOS Setup> 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. -
Page 67: Advanced Cmos Setup
7.3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 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. - Page 68 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide System Keyboard This 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.
- Page 69 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 the local bus. The settings are: SETTING Disabled Enabled...
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Page 70: Advanced Chipset Setup
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 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. Auto Config Function AT Bus Clock DRAM Read Timing DRAM Write Timing Memory Parity Check DRAM Hidden Refresh... -
Page 71: Peripheral Setup
7.5 PERIPHERAL SETUP This section is used to configure peripheral features. OnBoard FDC OnBoard Serial Port1 OnBoard Serial Port1 IRQ OnBoard Serial Port2 OnBoard Serial Port2 IRQ OnBoard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Version Parallel Port IRQ Parallel Port DMA Channel OnBoard PCI IDE OnBoard FDC This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR-B1462. -
Page 72: Setting Password
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 7.7.1 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]. -
Page 73: Exit Without Saving
7.9.2 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) ? 7.10 BIOS UPDATE The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your system board. -
Page 75: Specifications & Ssd Types Supported
8. SPECIFICATIONS & SSD TYPES SUPPORTED 8.1 SPECIFICATIONS CPU: Supports25 to 133 Mhz Intel / AMD / Cyrix / ST / IBM 486 CPU . Chipset: ALI M1489/M1487 and C & T 65545 Bus Interface: ISA (PC/AT) and non-stack through PC/104 bus RAM Memory: Supports FPM/EDO RAM, 72 MB maximum (8MB on-board and one 72-pin SIMMs w/o DRAM) Cache Size:... - Page 76 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide WINBOND ATMEL ATMEL ATMEL The following list contains EPROMs supported by the AR-B1462: ATMEL FUJITSHU HITACHI INTEL MITSHUBISHI SGS-THOMSON TOSHIBA ATMEL FUJITSU HITACHI INTEL MITSHUBISHI SGS-THOMSON TOSHIBA ATMEL FUJITSU HITACHI INTEL MITSUBISHI SGS-THOMSON TOSHIBA ATMEL 28EE010 (128Kx8, 1M bits) 28EE011...
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Page 77: Placement & Dimensions
9. PLACEMENT & DIMENSIONS 9.1 PLACEMENT LED1 JP10 JP11 CN13 LED2 A B C CN11 CN10 CN14 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide LED3 A B C A B C A B C A B C CN12 A B C CN15 CN16... -
Page 78: Dimensions
AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide 9.2 DIMENSIONS 4700 1600 3975 3875 3825 2900 3150 7600 8000 Unit: mil (1 inch = 25.4 mm = 1000 mil) -
Page 79: Programming Rs-485 & Index
10. PROGRAMMING RS-485 & INDEX 10.1 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:... - Page 80 AR-B1462 User¡ ¦ s Guide (5) Basic Language Example a.) Initial 86C450 UART OPEN “COM1:9600,m,8,1”AS #1 LEN=1 REM Reset DTR OUT &H3FC, (INP(%H3FC) AND &HFA) RETURN b.) Send out one character to COM1 REM Enable transmitter by setting DTR ON OUT &H3FC, (INP(&H3FC) OR &H01) REM Send out one character PRINT #1, OUTCHR$...
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Page 81: Index
10.2 INDEX Name CN10 CN11 CN12 CN13 CN14 CN15 CN16 SIMM1~ SIMM2 Socket for DRAM SIMMs LED1 LED2 LED3 JP10 JP11 JP12 M1~ M4 Function 120-pin PCI connector AUI connector CPU cooling fan power connector RS-232 connector 40-pin hard disk (IDE) connector 4-pin power connector 44-pin hard disk (IDE) connector FDD port connector...