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Aaeon SBC-356 User Manual

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  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    FCC STATEMENT THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARM- FUL INTERFERENCE. (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFER- ENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION. THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS "A"...
  • Page 3 AAEON Technology Inc. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, AAEON Technology Inc. assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use.
  • Page 4 Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: • 1 SBC-356 CPU card • 1 6-pin mini-DIN dual outlet adapter for keyboard and PS/2 mouse • 1 Hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable (40 pin) •...
  • Page 5 Introduction ................2 Specifications ................3 Board layout ................5 Card dimensions ..............6 Jumpers and connectors ............8 Locating jumpers and connectors ........10 Setting jumpers ..............11 Safety precautions ..............12 Installing DRAM (SIMMs) ..........13 Watchdog timer setup(JP9, JP14) ........14 PS/2 Mouse Setup (JP8) ............
  • Page 6 General information ............. 30 Standard CMOS Setup ............31 Advanced CMOS Setup ............33 Advanced Chipset Setup ............40 Change Suppervisor Password ..........41 Auto Configuration with Optimal settings ......41 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe settings ......41 Save Settings and Exit ............41 Exit Without saving ..............
  • Page 7 This chapter provides background information for the SBC-356. Sections include: · Card specifications · Board layout...
  • Page 8 For applications that require Solid State Disk (SSD) memory, the SBC-356 is equipped with one 32-pin DIP IC socket which can accommodate DiskOnChip Solid State Disk memory. The SBC- 356 supports from 2MB up to 24MB of SSD memory.
  • Page 9 · CPU: 386SX 40 MHz · Bus interface: ISA (PC/AT) bus · Data Bus: 16 bit · Chipset: ALI M6117B (Embedded CPU-386SX) · RAM memory: Fast Page DRAM 512KB to 16 MB with access time 70 ns or faster. Uses two 72 pin SIMM sockets ·...
  • Page 10 · Interrupt channels: 15 · Keyboard interface: Yes · PS/2 mouse support: Yes · Voltage requirements: +5V, +12V and -12V · Operating temperature: +0°C to 60°C · Storage temperature: -25°C to +85°C · Operating humidity range: 0 to 90% non-condensing ·...
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  • Page 13 This chapter describes how to set up the SBC-356 hardware, including instruc- tions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals, switches and indicators. Be sure to read all safety precautions before you begin the installation procedure.
  • Page 14 Connectors on the board link it to external devices such as hard disk drives, a keyboard or floppy drives. In addition, the board has a number of jumpers that allows you to configure your system to suit your application. The table below lists the function of each of the board jumpers and connectors.
  • Page 15 JP12 RS-422/485 RX control JP13 RS-422/485 TX control JP14 Watch-Dog Timer Timeout JP15 Flash EPROM Select...
  • Page 16 CN18 CN21 CN17 CN12 CN14 CN15 CN16 CN11 CN10 JP11 CN19 SM1, SM2...
  • Page 17 You configure your card to match the needs of your application by setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them.
  • Page 18 Warning! Always completely disconnect the power cord from your chassis whenever you are working on it. Do not make connections while the power is on because sensitive electronic components can be damaged by the sudden rush of power. Only experienced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis.
  • Page 19 The SBC-356 are sold without system memory and disk on chip memory. Memory must be installed prior to using the SBC-356. The SBC-356 has 2 SIMM (Single In-line Memory Module) DRAM module sockets. Each socket will accommodate a 72 pin DRAM module - 1MB, 4MB or 16MB.
  • Page 20 The watch-dog timer is a circuit that should be refreshed periodi- cally. If it is not refreshed within a certain time, the watch-dog timer will automatically reset the system. This prevents a system from hanging indefinitely. When the Watch-dog tmer is enabled, the user must constantly refresh the Watch-dog timer within a certain time (Eg.
  • Page 21 JP14 determines the time period of the watch-dog timer. It can be disabled or set as 1 second, 2 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 110 seconds or 120 seconds. 1 second 2 seconds 10 seconds(Default) 20 seconds 110 seconds 120 seconds...
  • Page 22 When the power of SBC-356 is turned on, the Watch-dog timer is disabled. The watch-dog timer can be enabled by reading the Watch-dog timer enable/refresh control port (443H), and disabled by reading the Watch-dog timer disable control port (43H). After the Watch-dog timer is enabled, the user must...
  • Page 23 IRQ12 (Default) JP15 determines the programming voltage of Flash EPROM BIOS. The SBC-356 BIOS provides plug and play function, it can automatically reload system configuration to the system BIOS. The SBC-356 BIOS can use variety Flash EPROM, JP15 must set according to the Flash EPROM used.
  • Page 24 COM4 can also be assigned as RS-422 or RS-485 I/F. Short JP1 to assign COM4 as RS-422/RS-485 I/F, or otherwise assign COM4 as RS-232 I/F. RS-422/RS-485 I/F (Default) RS-232 I/F When COM4 is assigned as RS-422/RS-485 I/F, JP12 and JP13 determine the RS-485 transmit and receive enable signals.
  • Page 25 The SBC-356 provides a 40-pin DIL box header connector (CN10) for the IDE hard disk interface. The IDE hard disk interface supports two IDE hard disk drives. This I/F can be enabled or disabled by BIOS CMOS Setup settings. If you want to use a ESDI or SCSI interface or you want to use another IDE interface card, you must disable the BIOS option "...
  • Page 26 The SBC-356 provides a 34-pin DIL box header connector (CN7) for the floppy disk interface. This floppy disk interface supports two 360KB (5.25"), 720KB (3.5"), 1.2MB (5.25"), 1.44MB (3.5") and 2.88MB (3.5") floppy disk drive. This floppy disk interface can be enabled or disabled by BIOS CMOS Setup setting.
  • Page 27 The SBC-356 provides four serial communication I/F. These interfaces can be enabled, disabled and COM port assignable individually. COM1, COM2 and COM3 are RS-232 I/F, COM4 can be assigned as RS-232 I/F or RS-422/RS-485 I/F. The following are the pin assignments:...
  • Page 28 If COM4 is assigned as RS-422/Rs-485 I/F, CN12 is the COM4 connector, it is a dual-in-line box header connector. COM4 Signal CN12 (RS-422/RS-485) Transmit data Transmit data Receive data Receive data Ground RTS- Request to send RTS+ Request to send CTS+ Clear to send CTS-...
  • Page 29 The SBC-356's parallel port can be enabled or disabled or configured as a different I/O address, mode (Standard, EPP or ECP), IRQ channel and DMA channel. All parallel port configu- rations can be set at BIOS CMOS Setup. Signal Signal...
  • Page 30 The SBC-356 is equipped with an VGA I/F(CN18). CN18 is a 15 pin D-sub type connector. Pin number CN18 GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND Hsync Vsync...
  • Page 31 The SBC-356 provides a 44-pin box header connector (CN11) for Flat panel. SBC-356 Flat panel display connector Function Function +12 V +12 V ENAVEE SHFCLK ENABKL ASHFCLK...
  • Page 32 Power Reset Switch Keylock (CN1) (CN3) (CN4) Reset Power ***** +12v ***** Lock ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Speaker Internal keyboard External Keyboard HDD LED (CN5) (CN19) (CN21) (CN6) Speaker Clock Clock -R/W IDE Data Data Pull high...
  • Page 33 Please refer to the DiskOnChip manual for detailed information on how to prepare the Disk On Chip function on the SBC-356. To install DiskOnChip on the SBC-356, follow the instructions below. Step 1: Install the DiskOnChip Memory (DiskOnChip) in U9 sockets.
  • Page 35 This chapter describes how to set BIOS configuration data.
  • Page 36 AMIBIOS Setup configures system information that is stored in CMOS RAM. As POST executes, the following appears; Hit <DEL> if you want to run SETUP Press <DEL> to run AMIBIOS setup. The AMIBIOS setup screen appears as follows: AMIBIOS SETUP — BIOS SETUP UTILITIES (C) 1995 American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 37 The AMIBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Standard CMOS Setup from the AMI- BIOS Setup main menu selection screen, as shown below. The Standard CMOS Setup screen appears: AMIBIOS SETUP — STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C) 1995 American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Page 38 Select the appropriate values to configure the hard disk type you are using for the master and the slave. Available types are 1~46, USER, AUTO, Not Installed, and CDROM. The settings have not been preinstalled. Enabling this option allows the system to issue a warning when any program (or virus) issues a disk format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive.
  • Page 39 Select the Advanced CMOS Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu to enter Advanced setup. The Advanced Setup options described in this section are the standard options as shown on the following screen. The following configurations are based on manufacture's default settings. AMIBIOS SETUP —...
  • Page 40 Set this option to Enabled to instruct AMIBIOS to boot quickly when the computer is powered on. This option replaces the old Above 1 MB Memory Test Advanced Setup option. Setting Description Disabled AMIBIOS test all system memory. AMIBIOS waits up to 40 seconds for a READY signal from the IDE hard disk drive.
  • Page 41 Set this option to Enabled to permit drives A: or B: to be swapped. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive will perform a Seek operation at system boot. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.
  • Page 42 Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to run with IBM OS/2. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by: Press <F1> to continue If this option is set to Disabled, AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the <F1>...
  • Page 43 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 Description Enabled...
  • Page 44 This option enables or disables the floppy drive controller on the CPU board. This option enables a serial port on the CPU board and specifies the base I/O port address for that serial port. This option specify an IRQ to a serial port. This option enables the parallel port on the CPU board and specifies the parallel port base I/O port address.
  • Page 45 IRQ7 is used for the Parallel Port(LPT 1). The IRQ can be changed to IRQ5, or auto-selected(Auto) . This option specifies the type of flat panel display the BIOS will support. Please refer to Appendix C for more information. This option specifies the mode of display the BIOS will support.
  • Page 46 Select the Advanced Chipset Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu to enter the Chipset Setup. The following configura- tions are based on manufacture's default settings. This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache.
  • Page 47 1) Select this option from the main menu 2) Enter the Password and Press <Enter> 3) Retype the Password and Press <Enter> If you forget the password, please contact your distributor for another password which you can use to enter the BIOS setup and change your own password.
  • Page 48 Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> lets you exit the Setup program, without recording any new values or changing old ones.
  • Page 49 The SBC-356 features an on-board flat panel/VGA interface. This chapter provides instructions for installing and operating the software drivers on the included display driver diskette.
  • Page 50 These drivers are designed to work with Microsoft Windows Version 3.1. You may install these drivers either through Windows or in DOS. 1. Install Windows as you normally would for a VGA display. Run Windows to make sure that it is working correctly. 2.

  • Page 51: Chapter 4 Svga Setup

    After you change display drivers, you may notice that the color scheme used by Windows looks strange. This is because different drivers have different default colors. You can correct this by choosing the same color scheme or a new color scheme.
  • Page 52 9. Follow the directions on the screen to complete the setup. In most cases, you may press <ENTER> to accept the suggested option. start Windows with the new display driver. To change display drivers from DOS, change to the Windows directory and run Setup, repeating steps 4 and 5 from the previous page.
  • Page 53 This chapter describes the operation and installation of the software utility supplied on the Display Driver Diskettes: • CHIPSCPL Ò This utility program is designed to work with Microsoft Win- dowsÔ Version 3.1. CHIPSCPL.CPL is a WindowsÔ based utility to select resolutions and color depth.
  • Page 54 By selecting the resoution first, it will determine the allowable selections for color depth. COLOR <ALT O> allows you to select the number of colors from the following: • 16(4bits per pixel) • 256 (8 bpp) • 32K (15bpp) • 64K (16bpp) •...
  • Page 55 The following demo program illustrates the programming steps required to enable, set, and disable the watchdog timer.
  • Page 56 AL, DX ;reco AX, DX WT_Rresh: PUSH ;save AX DX PUSH DX,WDT_EN_RF ;refresh the watch-dog timer AL, DX ;reco AX, DX WT_Disable: PUSH ;save AX DX PUSH DX,WDT_DIS ;disable the watch-dog timer AL, DX ;reco AX, DX 50 SBC-356 User's Manual...
  • Page 57 This appendix gives instructions for installing PC/104 Modules. Appendix B Installing PC/104 Modules...
  • Page 58 4. Mount the PC/104 module onto the CPU card by pressing the module firmly but carefully onto the mounting connectors. 5. Secure the PC/104 module onto the CPU card using the four mounting spacers and srews. SBC-356 User's Manual...
  • Page 59 P C / 1 0 4 M o u n t i n g S u p p o r t F e m a l e M a l e M a l e F e m a l e M a l e P C / 1 0 4 M o d u l e S B C - 4 9 0...
  • Page 60 SBC-356 User's Manual...
  • Page 61 This appendix gives instructions for configuring various LCD displays.
  • Page 62 NL6448AC33-18(NEC) 640x480 18bit Color TFT LQ10D41(SHARP) 800x600 18bit Color TFT NL8060AC26-11(NEC) 640x480 16bit D-S Color STN LM64C08P(SHARP) 640x480 8 bit Dual-Scan LM64P11 (SHARP) Mono STN 640x480 4 bit Plasma PG6404SORM16-3(OKI) 640x480 8 bit Dual-Scan EL LJ64H052(SHARP) 56 SBC-356 User's Manual...