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ISA CPU Card
Low Power Series
FB2402
User's Manual
MAR 2021
Version: 1.1
Part Number: FB2402
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  • Page 1 FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website: http://www.fabiatech.com Email: support@fabiatech.com ISA CPU Card Low Power Series FB2402 User’s Manual MAR 2021 Version: 1.1 Part Number: FB2402...
  • Page 2 FabiaTech shall not be reliable for technical or editorial errors or omissions, which may occur in this document. FabiaTech shall not be reliable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents FB2402 User’s Manual ......................i Chapter 1 Introducing the FB2402 CPU Card ................1 Overview..........................1 Series Comparison Table .......................2 Layout............................3 Specifications..........................4 Packing List ..........................5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ....................7 Before Installation ........................7 Hardware Features.........................8 CN9: RJ45 LAN Connector ................9  ...
  • Page 4 Advanced Setup........................25 Chipset .......................26   IDE Configuration....................32   Serial Port Configuration ..................35   USB Configuration .....................37   Power Manager Configuration ..............39   PCIPnP Setup.........................40 Boot Setup ..........................42 Boot Setting Configuration ................43   Boot Device .......................46   Boot USB Device....................47   Boot Network Drivers ..................47  ...
  • Page 5 Dimension ..........................71...
  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introducing The Fb2402 Cpu Card

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 1 Introducing the FB2402 CPU Card Overview The FB2402 is a Vortex86DX3 Low power processor, all in one CPU board. This user’s manual provides information on the physical features, installation, and BIOS setup. Built to unleash the total potential of the Vortex86DX3 Processor, the FB2402 is a single board computer capable of handling today’s demanding requirements.
  • Page 8: Series Comparison Table

    FabiaTech Corporation Series Comparison Table Model FB2402 FB2402A Processor Vortex86DX3 1GHz Memory DDR3 512GB On-Board 1GB (Max.) Display Multi I/O Port Three RS232 & One RS232/RS422/RS485 USB 2.0 Port Four SATA Port Storage Compact FAST Socket RJ45 LAN port Realtek RTL8111H...
  • Page 9: Layout

    FabiaTech Corporation Layout BUS1 CN10 CN11 CN14 CN13 CN12...
  • Page 10: Specifications

    FabiaTech Corporation Specifications Vortex86DX3 (1GHz/L1:64K,L2:512K cache) Low Power CPU. Onboard 512MB DDR3 RAM. (1GB maximum) One Realtek 8111H 10M/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet port or On board 10M/100M Ethernet port (FB2402A Only). Build-in VGA Controller support VGA port. Three RS-232 ports and one RS232/RS422/RS485 port.
  • Page 11: Packing List

    FabiaTech Corporation Packing List Upon receiving the package, verify the following things. If any of the mentioned happens, contact us for immediate service. • Unpack and inspect the FB2402 package for possible damage that may occur during the delivery process.
  • Page 12 FabiaTech Corporation...
  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter introduces the system connectors & jumper settings, and guides you to apply them for field application. Before Installation Before you install the system, make sure you follow the below descriptions. 1. Before removing the board from its anti-static bag, wear an anti-static strap to prevent the generation of Electricity Static Discharge (ESD).
  • Page 14: Hardware Features

    FabiaTech Corporation Hardware Features The following list is for the setup of the connectors and jumpers of the FB2402. Item Description RS-232/RS422/RS485 COM2 connector (IDC 10-pin 2.54mm) CN3, CN4 RS-232 COM3,COM4 connectors (IDC 10-pin 2.54mm) (Optional) SATA connector Parallel port connector (IDC 26-pin 2.0mm)
  • Page 15: Cn9: Rj45 Lan Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation CN9: RJ45 LAN Connector The RJ45 connector with 2 LED’s for LAN. The up side LED (orange) indicates data is being accessed and the down side LED (green) indicates on-line status. (On indicates on-line and off indicates off-line)
  • Page 16: J2 & J3: Usb Port & Connector Header

    FabiaTech Corporation J2 & J3: USB Port & Connector Header The CPU card supports four USB port. Any USB device can be attached to USB ports with plug-and-play supported, J2 and J3 are 10-pin connectors. Use the inclued USB adapter cable and (or) FB4706 Audio board (Option) can attach up to 4 USB devices.
  • Page 17 FabiaTech Corporation Serial Port 2 (CN4, JP6 & JP1) The Serial port 2 (CN4) is designed for multiple proposes. It could be RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 by BIOS CMOS setting or JP6, and use JP1 (1-2 pin close) to enable or disable (2-3 pin close) terminator if RS-485 mode is selected.
  • Page 18: Cn5: Serial Ata Hard Disk Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation CN5: Serial ATA hard Disk Connector This CN5 connector is for SATA hard disk Use the SATA cables to SATA hard disk drives. SATA – Serial ATA connector Description Ground TX-DP TX-DN BUS1 CN10 Ground CN11 CN14 CN13...
  • Page 19: Cf1 & Jp5: Compact Flash Socket And Master/Slave Select

    FabiaTech Corporation CF1 & JP5: Compact Flash Socket and Master/Slave Select The Compact Flash socket CF1 (on the solder side) is optional and supports Compact Flash module and Micro Drives. JP5 (on the top side) is used to select master/slave device of this socket. When set the Master of CF1 and the onboard NAND flash is slave of IDE.
  • Page 20: J4: Power/Lan Led's Indicators & Reset/Speaker Header

    FabiaTech Corporation J4: Power/LAN LED’s Indicators & Reset/Speaker Header The Power LED and HDD LED, these have two distinctive statuses: Off for inactive operation and blinking light for activity. The Reset/GND 2-pin header for connecting to system reset button. Shorting the circuit of the 2 pins makes the hardware reset and FB2402 restart system.
  • Page 21: Cn6: Parallel Port Connector (Optional)

    FabiaTech Corporation CN6: Parallel Port Connector (Optional) The included printer interface cable is used to transfer 26-pin connector into standard DB25 connector. BUS1 CN10 CN11 CN14 CN13 CN12 CN6 DB-25 Signal CN6 DB-25 Signal -STROBE -AUTO FORM FEED DATA 0...
  • Page 22: Bus1: Pc/104 Bus Connectors

    FabiaTech Corporation BUS1: PC/104 Bus Connectors BUS1 – BUS A & B BUS1 – BUS C & D BUS1 CN10 CN11 CN14 CN13 CN12 PC/104 A & B Pin Signal Signal Signal Signal -IOCHK SA14 Ground -DACK1 SA13 RSTDRV DRQ1...
  • Page 23: Chapter 3 Installing Vga & Lcd Display

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 3 Installing VGA & LCD Display This chapter describes the configuration and installation procedure of LCD Modules and CRT (LCD) monitor. However, each type of LCD module requires different BIOS setting. This section describes the configuration and installation procedure using LCD module.
  • Page 24: Crt (Lcd) Monitor & Lcd Module Display

    FabiaTech Corporation CRT (LCD) Monitor & LCD Module Display The FB2402 supports a VGA colored monitor and a LVDS LCD. It can be connected to create a compact video solution for the industrial environment. BUS1 CN10 CN11 CN14 CN13 CN12...
  • Page 25: Cn8 & Cn10: Lcd Connector And Power Connector (Optional)

    Ground LVDS_FP2+ LVDS_FP2 - Ground LVDS_CK+ LVDS_CK- Ground LDP0_AUX+ LTDP0_AUX- Ground LTDP0_HP0 Ground Ground Ground Ground LVDS_+3.3V LVDS_+3.3V LVDS_+3.3V LVDS_+3.3V NOTE: If any trouble occurs when connecting FB2402 with LCD panels, you could contact technical support division of FabiaTech Corporation.
  • Page 26 FabiaTech Corporation...
  • Page 27: Chapter 4 Bios Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 4 BIOS Setup This chapter describes the BIOS setup. Overview BIOS are a program located on a Flash memory chip on a circuit board. It is used to initialize and set up the I/O peripherals and interface cards of the system, which includes time, date, hard disk drive, the ISA bus and connected devices such as the video display, diskette drive, and the keyboard.
  • Page 28: Bios Functions

    FabiaTech Corporation BIOS Functions On the menu, you can perform the following functions 1. Main 2. Advanced CHIPSET IDE Configuration Serial Port Configuration USB Configuration Power Management Configuration 3. PCIPnP 4. Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives CD/DVD Drivers 5.
  • Page 29: Keyboard Convention

    FabiaTech Corporation Discard Changes: Discard changes down so far any of the set questions. F7 key can be used this operation. Load Optimized Default: to auto configure the system according to optimal setting with pre-defined values. This is also the factory default setting of the system when you receive the board.
  • Page 30: Main Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Main Setup This section describes basic system hardware configuration, system clock setup and BIOS version information. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore. System Memory...
  • Page 31: Advanced Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Advanced Setup Select the Advanced tab from the setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as IDE Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
  • Page 32: Chipset

    FabiaTech Corporation Chipset This section describes the configuration of the board’s chipset features. Pressing function key ALT+F4 when in the Security menu reveals RDC Engineering Mode, which must be enabled before the Chipset submenu on the Advanced menu tab becomes visible and accessible.
  • Page 33 FabiaTech Corporation Northbridge Configuration CPU Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the CPU information. Use the up and down <Arrow> keys to select an item. Use the <Plus> and <Minus> keys to change the value of the selected option.
  • Page 34 FabiaTech Corporation VGA Configuration (LCD Panel Function is Optional) This field item is for FB2402x, when using the LCD the field specifies the selections of display for different TFT LCD display type. LCD Panel Index When use the LCD the field specifies which select display resolution for different TFT LCD display type.
  • Page 35 FabiaTech Corporation Southbridge Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the South Bridge Configuration. South Bridge is a chipset on the motherboard that controls the ISA functions, and Watch Dog function. ISA Configuration...
  • Page 36 FabiaTech Corporation ISA Clock This field sets the polling clock speed of ISA Bus (PC/104). Available Options: 8.3MHz and 16.6 MHz Default setting: 8.3MHz NOTE:1. PCICLK means the PCI BUS inputs clock (33Mhz). 2. User is recommended to use setting at 8.3MHz.
  • Page 37 FabiaTech Corporation Watchdog Configuration Watchdog 1 Function This field specifies the Enabled or Disabled of the Watchdog Function. Available Options: Disabled and Enabled Default setting: Disabled Watchdog 1 Signal Select This field is the Select IRQ, NMI or Reset signal trigger of onboard watchdog.
  • Page 38: Ide Configuration

    FabiaTech Corporation IDE Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the IDE Configuration Settings. Use the up and down <Arrow> keys to select an item. Use the <Plus> and <Minus> keys to change the value of the selected option. A description of the selected item appears on the right side of the screen.
  • Page 39 FabiaTech Corporation reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard disk drives, which do not support this feature, then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the <USER> option. PIO MODE PIO means Programmed Input/Output.
  • Page 40 FabiaTech Corporation OnBoard IDE Operate Mode This item specifies the Native Mode ONLY for Windows(R) XP and 2000. Available Options: Legacy, and Native mode Default setting: Native mode Not Program PIO Mode If the bios cannot detect the CF or IDE, this will allow you to indicate the CF or IDE card to Primary Channel or Secondary Channel.
  • Page 41: Serial Port Configuration

    FabiaTech Corporation Serial Port Configuration This section describes the function of Super I/O settings. Serial Port 1 Address These fields select the I/O port address for each Serial port. Available Options: Disabled, 3F8H, 2F8H, 3E8H, 2E8H, 360, 260, 368, 268, 3E0, and 2E0H.
  • Page 42 FabiaTech Corporation Serial Port 2 Address These fields select the I/O port address for each Serial port. Available Options: Disabled, 3F8H, 2F8H, 3E8H, 2E8H, 360, 260, 368, 268, 3E0, and 2E0H. Serial Port Type This field item can select RS232, RS422, and RS485 of select Serial port 2...
  • Page 43: Usb Configuration

    FabiaTech Corporation USB Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the USB Configuration. USB Support Select Enable, if a USB device is installed to the system. If Disabled are selected, the system will not be able to use a USB device.
  • Page 44 FabiaTech Corporation USB 2.0 Controller Mode This field is configures the USB 2.0 controllers in High speed (480Mbps) or Full speed (12Mbps). Available Options: HiSpeed and FullSpeed Default setting: Hispeed BIOS ECHI Hand-Off This is a workaround for OS without ECHI Hand-Off support. The ECHI ownership change should claim by ECHI driver.
  • Page 45: Power Manager Configuration

    FabiaTech Corporation Power Manager Configuration APM Configuration APM Support Select Enabled to activate the chipset Power Management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features. Available Options: Disable, and Enable Default setting: Disable ACPI Configuration ACPI Aware OS Enable or Disabled ACPI support OS...
  • Page 46: Pcipnp Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation PCIPnP Setup Select the PCI/PnP tab from the setup screen to enter the Plug and Play BIOS Setup screen. You can display a Plug and Play BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in this section. The Plug and Play BIOS Setup screen is shown below.
  • Page 47 FabiaTech Corporation PCI Latency Timer This field specifies the latency timings (in PCI clock) PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion bus. Available Options: 32, 64, 96, 128, 160,192, 224, and 248 Default setting: 64 PCI IDE BusMaster This option is to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus have bus- mastering capability.
  • Page 48: Boot Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Boot Setup Select the Boot tab from the setup screen to enter the Boot BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as Boot Device Priority, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display a Boot BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
  • Page 49: Boot Setting Configuration

    FabiaTech Corporation Boot Setting Configuration Quick Boot This field is used to activate the quick boot function of the system. When set to Enabled, 1. BIOS will not wait for up to 40 seconds if a Ready signal is not received from the IDE drive, and will not configure its drive.
  • Page 50 FabiaTech Corporation AddOn ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add-on ROM (read-only memory) messages. An example of this is a SCSI BIOS or VGA BIOS. 1. Force BIOS Set this value to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot.
  • Page 51 FabiaTech Corporation It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots. Available options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture Set this value to allow option ROMs such as network controllers to trap BIOS interrupt 19.
  • Page 52: Boot Device

    FabiaTech Corporation Boot From LAN This field specifies the PXE boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. Available Options: Disabled, Enable Default setting: Disable Boot Device Use this screen to specify the order in which the system checks for the device to boot from.
  • Page 53: Boot Usb Device

    FabiaTech Corporation Boot USB Device Use this screen to view the USB Device drives in the system. To access this screen, select USB Device drives on the Boot Setup screen and press <Enter>. Boot Network Drivers Use this screen to view the Network drives in the system. To access this screen,...
  • Page 54: Security Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Security setup There are two security passwords: Supervisor and User. Supervisor is a privileged person that can change the User password from the BIOS. According to the default setting, both access passwords are not set up and are only valid after you set the password from the BIOS.
  • Page 55 FabiaTech Corporation Always: a visitor who attempts to enter BIOS or operating system will be prompted for password. Setup: a visitor who attempts to the operating system will be prompted for user password. You can enter either User password or Supervisor password.
  • Page 56 FabiaTech Corporation RDC Engineer Mode Pressing function key ALT+F4 when in the Security menu reveals RDC Engineering Mode, which must be enabled before the Chipset submenu on the Advanced menu tab becomes visible and accessible. Available Options: Disabled, Enable Default setting: Disable...
  • Page 57: Chapter 5 Driver And Utility

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 5 Driver and Utility The enclosed diskette includes FB2402 VGA and LAN driver. To install and configure you FB2402 system, you need to perform the following steps. VGA Drivers WINDOWS Driver To install the VGA driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>VGA>Vortex86DX3.
  • Page 58: Lan Driver

    FabiaTech Corporation LAN Driver To install the LAN utility OR driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>LAN>RTL8111H>WINXP. If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device, copy the LAN driver from the CD ROM to a CF.
  • Page 59: Watchdog Timer

    FabiaTech Corporation Watchdog Timer This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer 0 and Watchdog Timer 1, including disabled, enabled, and triggers functions. The FB2402 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 60 FabiaTech Corporation Watchdog timer – WDT0 and WDT1 WDT 0 WDT 1 D7…D0 D7…D0 D7…D0 Counter [MSB …LSB] For example: WDT 0 WDT 1 30.5 μsec 61.0μsec 7.8 m sec 15.6 m sec 2 sec 4 sec 512 sec Select Watchdog Report Signal - WDT0 and WDT1...
  • Page 61: Setup Watchdog Timer Step - Wdt0 And Wdt1

    FabiaTech Corporation NOTE: 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. An interrupt service routine is required too.
  • Page 62 FabiaTech Corporation Watchdog Timer Enabled To enable the watchdog timer 0 (WDT 0), you have to output a byte of timer factor to the watchdog register whose index address is 22h and data port is 23H. The following is an Assemble program, which demonstrates how to enable the watchdog timer and set the time-out period at 4 seconds.
  • Page 63 FabiaTech Corporation Watchdog Timer Trigger After you enable the watchdog timer, your program must write the same factor as enabling to the watchdog register at least once every time-out period to its previous setting. You can change the time-out period by writing another timer factor to the watchdog register at any time, and you must trigger the watchdog before the new time-out period in next trigger.
  • Page 64 FabiaTech Corporation WDT1 setup Step: 1. Write time into register AAh-ACh. 2. Select signal from register A9h. 3. Set register A8h bit 8 to enable WDT1. To clear the watchdog timer counter: 1. Write any value to register A7H Watchdog Timer Enabled To enable the watchdog timer 1 (WDT 1), you have to output a byte of timer factor to the watchdog ports address is A8h.
  • Page 65: Chapter 6 Technical Reference

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 6 Technical Reference This section outlines the errors that may occur when you operate the system, and also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems. Topic include: Trouble Shooting for Post Beep & Error Messages Technical Reference Trouble Shooting for Post Beep and Error Messages The following information informs the Post Beep &...
  • Page 66 FabiaTech Corporation CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR This error informs that the CMOS has corrupted. When the battery runs weak, this situation might happen. Please check the battery and change a new one when necessary. DISK BOOT FAILURE When you can‘t find the boot device, insert a system disk into Drive A and press <...
  • Page 67 FabiaTech Corporation MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED Memory has been added or removed since last boot. In EISA mode, use Configuration Utility to re-configure the memory configuration. In ISA mode enter BIOS Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields.
  • Page 68: Technical Reference

    FabiaTech Corporation Technical Reference Physical and Environmental Temperature: Operating 0°C ~ 60°C Relative humidity 5 % to 95 % non-condensing Real-Time Clock and Non-Volatile RAM The FB2402 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 69 FabiaTech Corporation Address Description Fixed disk type byte, drive D Reserved Equipment byte Low base memory byte High base memory byte Low expansion memory byte High expansion memory byte 19-2D Reserved 2E-2F 2-byte CMOS checksum Low actual expansion memory byte...
  • Page 70: Cmos Ram Map

    FabiaTech Corporation CMOS RAM Map Register Description 00h -10h Standard AT-compatible RTC and Status and Status Register data definitions 11h – 13h Varies Equipment Bits Number of Floppy Drives 1 Drive 2 Drives Bits Monitor Type Not CGA or MDA 01 40x25 CGA...
  • Page 71: I/O Port Address Map

    FabiaTech Corporation I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses, which also becomes the identity of the device. There is a total of 1K-port address space available. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used on the Industrial CPU Card.
  • Page 72: Interrupt Request Lines (Irq)

    FabiaTech Corporation Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) There are a total of 15 IRQ lines available on the Industrial CPU Card. Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on the Industrial CPU Card.
  • Page 73: Serial Ports

    FabiaTech Corporation Serial Ports The ACEs (Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE2) 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 74 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 1: Enable Transmitter Holding Empty Interrupt (ETBEI) Bit 2: Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt (ELSI) Bit 3: Enable MODEM Status Interrupt (EDSSI) Bit 4: Must be 0 Bit 5: Must be 0 Bit 6: Must be 0...
  • Page 75 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 5: Stick Parity Bit 6: Set Break Bit 7: Divisor Latch Access Bit (DLAB) MODEM Control Register (MCR) Bit 0: Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Bit 1: Request to Send (RTS) Bit 2: Out 1 (OUT 1) Bit 3: Out 2 (OUT 2)
  • Page 76 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 4: Clear to Send (CTS) Bit 5: Data Set Ready (DSR) Bit 6: Ring Indicator (RI) Bit 7: Received Line Signal Detect (RSLD) Divisor Latch (LS, MS) Bit 0: Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1: Bit 1...
  • Page 77: Appendix

    FabiaTech Corporation Appendix Dimension Top Side 184.9 36.1 43.3 73.7 23.1 74.2 81.3 25.4...

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