Watchdog Timer Overview; Programming The Watchdog Timer - Advantech ITA-3650E Series User Manual

The ITA-3650's watchdog timer can be used to monitor system software operation
and take corrective action if the software fails to function within the programmed
period. This section describes the operation of the watchdog timer and how to pro-
gram it.
A.1

Watchdog Timer Overview

The watchdog timer is built into the super I/O controller NCT6116D. It provides the
following user-programmable functions:
Can be enabled or disabled via user program
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Timer can be set from 1 to 255 seconds or 1 to 255 minutes
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Generates an interrupt or resets signal if the software fails to reset the timer
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before time-out
A.2

Programming the Watchdog Timer

The I/O port address of the watchdog timer is A00h (hex).
Table A.1: Watchdog Timer Registers
Address: A00h (hex)
Register Shift
65 (hex)
66 (hex)
67 (hex)
68 (hex)
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Read/Write Description
write Set seconds or minutes as units for the timer.
Write 0 to bit 7: set second as counting unit.
[default]
Write 1 to bit 7: set minutes as counting unit.
write 0: Stop timer [default]
01~FF (hex): The amount of the count, in seconds
or minutes, depends on the value set in register 65
(hex). This number decides how long the watchdog
timer waits for strobe before generating an inter-
rupt or reset signal. Writing a new value to this reg-
ister can reset the timer to count with the new
value.
read/write Configure watchdog timer
Bit 1:Write 1 to enable keyboard to reset the timer,
0 to disable. [default]
Bit 2: Write 1 to enable mouse to reset the timer, 0
to disable.[default]
Bit 7~4: Set the interrupt mapping of watchdog
timer:
1111=IRQ15
......
0011=IRQ3
0010=IRQ2
0001=IRQ1
0000=Disable [default]
read/write Control watchdog timer
Bit0: Read watchdog state; 1=Timer timeout
Bit2: Write 1 to immediately generate timeout sig-
nal, and automatically return to 0 (Write only).
Bit3: Writer 1 to allow triggering of timer timeout
when P20 is effective, 0 to disable. [default]
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