2Firmware Description; General Firmware Structure; Bios - syslogic IPC/NETIPCFW-1A User Documentation

IPC/NETIPCFW-1A: User Documentation
DOC/NETIPCFW-E; V3.0
2 Firmware Description
2.1.

General Firmware Structure

The structure of the firmware is shown in the fig. 1.1. As can be seen, some operating system
rely on the BIOS (some may, however, access the hardware directly).
The standard Embedded BIOS configuration may require some changes, if additional boards
are used.
Remote Console,
Remote Disk
Error
Diagnostics
Fig. 1 Firmware Structure
2.2.

BIOS

The BIOS (= Basic Input/Output System) is the firmware layer, which handles the hardware
and offers their functions to the applications software in a standardized mode. On the NETIPC
the powerful Embedded BIOS (General Software, USA) is implemented. Embedded BIOS not
only offers PC-compatibility, but in addition ROM-drive management as well as WindowsCE
direct booting.
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Application-Programs
Embedded
COM1
Remote
Driver
DOS-ROM
POST Embedded-BIOS
NETIPC Processor Board
Third Party
Operating Systems
TM
Boot Loader
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