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USER’S MANUAL ProX-1230 VIA C3 Mini Board With VGA/Sound/LAN Prox-1230 M2...
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Copyright Notice ProX-1230 3.5” Embedded Board With VGA / Sound / LAN OPERATION MANUAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and end-users in installing and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without any prior notice.
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for Prox-1230. It also outlines the System specifications. Section includes: About This Manual System Specifications Safety precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for a Quick Start. Page:1-1...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our Prox-1230, 3.5” Embedded Board enhanced with VGA/Sound/LAN, is fully PC / AT compatible. The Prox-1230 provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more tasks than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system.
PS/2 keyboard with mini DIN connector or one external 5-pin boxheader connector with mini DIN cable Supports Y-Cable. MOUSE CONNECTOR : PS/2 mouse connector with min DIN cable Selectable with keyboard DIN connector BUS SUPPORT : PC/104 Plus Bus ′ Page: 1-3 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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USB CONNECTOR : Universal Serial Bus Connector, supports up to two USB ports. LAN ADAPTER : Realtek 8100BL PCI Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX PCI-BUS INFRARED FUNCTION : One Infrared port. Supports IrDA v1.0 SIR protocol. ′ Page: 1-4 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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Monitor CPU Voltage, CPU temperature, and Cooling Fan. LED INDICATOR : HDD LED: one 2-pin headpin on board power LED: one 2-pin headpin on board DMA CONTROLLER : 82C37 x 2 DMA CHANNELS : INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS : 82C59 x 2 ′ Page: 1-5 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system. ′ Page: 1-6 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting. You can either connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual. The figure below shows what the manual diagram looks like and what they represent. ′ Page: 2-4 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER DIAGRAMS JUMPER SETTINGS ′ Page: 2-5 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
The COM1 Connector assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT COM1 RI / +5V / +12V selectable COM2 : COM2 Connector The COM2 Connector assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 COM2 RTS- RTS+ CTS+ RI/+5V/+12 CTS- ′ Page: 2-6 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
SETTINGS ILLUSTRATION COM1 Voltage Open 8-10 COM2 Voltage Open ***Manufacturing Default – RI. (All jumpers are closed). For Voltage Selection, user may select +5V / +12V, please refer to our “RI Voltage Selection”. ′ Page: 2-8 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
2-7. RI VOLTAGE SELECTION JP6 (1,3,5) : COM1 Voltage Selection JP6 (2,4,6) : COM2 Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: COM PORT VOLTAGE JUMPER JUMPER SELECTION SETTINGS ILLUSTRATION COM1 +12V COM2 +12V ′ Page: 2-9 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
KB1 : PC/AT Keyboard Connector, support Y-cable The jumper settings are as follows: ASSIGNMENT KBDATA KBVCC KBCLK 2-9. PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR MS1 : PS/2 Mouse Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT MSCLK MSDATA MSVCC ′ Page: 2-10 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
JP3 (1-3) : Power LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT PWR_LED PW_LED 2-12. RESET CONNECTOR JP3 (9-10) : Reset Connector. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT GROUND RESET ′ Page: 2-11 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
JP3 (7-8) : External Speaker Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT Speaker Signal (Buz) 2-15. POWER BUTTON JP3 (5-6) : Power Botton The pin assignments are as follows: PW_BN ASSIGNMENT GROUND PW_BN ′ Page: 2-12 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-19. VGA CONNECTOR VGA1 : VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GREEN BLUE I2CCK HSYNC VSYNC I2CDA ′ Page: 2-14 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMEN ASSIGNMENT LVDS2 TXU1+ TXU1- TXU3+ TXU3- TXU0+ TXU0- TXCLKU+ TXCLKU- TXU2+ TXU2- PANELDET 24bit and below panel used LVDS1, 36/48bit panel used LVDS1 and LVDS2. ′ Page: 2-15 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
3.3V VCC 2-22. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR USB : Universal Serial Bus Connector USB connector of this board can support two USB ports. The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT USBP∅− USBP∅+ USBP1− USBP1+ ′ Page: 2-16 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
34-pin flat cable to attach the FDD on the board, the other side attaches to two FDDs. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT FDD1 DRVDEN0 DRVDEN1 INDEX MTR0 DRV1 DRV0 MTR1 STEP WDATA WGATE TRK0 WRPRT RDATA DSKCHG ′ Page: 2-17 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follows : LPT1 ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT AUTFE ERROR INIT SLCTIN BUSY SLCT ′ Page: 2-19 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
RESET CLEAR WATCHDOG ***Manufacturing Default is set as Reset. 2-27. LAN CONNECTOR UTP1 : LAN Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ISOLATED GND ISOLATED GND PULL HI LED-Green PULL HI LED-Yellow ′ Page: 2-20 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-28. ATX POWER CONNECTOR CN4 : Power Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT +12V +5V SBY PS_ON -12V ′ Page: 2-21 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
BIOS setup such 1. Inside the “CHIPSET FEATURES” setting, set the power supply type to ATX. 2. Inside the “POWER MANAGEMENT” setting, set the ACPI function to enable. ′ Page: 2-22 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
SPK-R Please refer our Appendix A for more information about installation. 2-31. SOUND SELECTION J1 : Sound Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER JUMPER SETTING FUNCTION ILLUSTRATION (pin closed) Enabled open Disabled ′ Page: 2-23 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-34. MEMORY INSTALLATION The Prox-1230 Embedded Computer supports one SODIMM bank. DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION DIMM 1 TOTAL MEMORY 32MB 32MB 64MB 64MB 128MB 128MB 256MB 256MB 512MB 512MB 2-35. CPU RATIO FREQUENCY CONNECTOR JP1 : CPU Ratio Frequency Connector...
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The following table indicates how to set CPU Ratio Frequency. RATIO 9.0X 3.0X 4.0X 10.0X 5.5X 3.5X 4.5X 9.5X 5.0X 7.0X 8.0X 6.0X 12.0X 7.5X 8.5X 6.5X 11.0X 12.0X 13.5X 11.5X 12.5X 10.5X 13.0X 15.0X 16.0X 14.0X 15.5X 14.5X ′ Page: 2-26 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
CHAPTER SOFTWARE UTILITIES This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA driver, LAN driver, sound driver, and Flash BIOS update. It also describes how to install the watchdog timer configuration. Section includes: VGA Driver Utility Flash BIOS Update LAN Driver Utility Sound Driver Utility Watchdog Timer Configuration Page: 3-1...
Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-1. INTRODUCTION Enclosed with our Prox-1230 package is our driver utility, which may comes in a form of a CD ROM disc or floppy diskettes. For CD ROM disc user, you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc, please...
Utility Disk for system BIOS and VGA BIOS update. 3-3-2. To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display: As Prox-1230 user, you have to update the VGA BIOS for your specific LCD flat panel you are going to use. For doing this, you need two files.
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File Name to Program: C30bxxxx.bin Checksum: XXXXX Reset System or Power off to accomplish update process! F1: Reset F10: Exit Please reset or power off the system, and then the Flash BIOS is fully implemented. ′ Page:3-4 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-4. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-4-1. Introduction Prox-1230 Embedded Board is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters. Installation programs for LAN drivers are listed as follows: 1. Win 98/2000 program 2. Win NT program 3.
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Ethernet ID. Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP. Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer. For more information on installation procedure, please refer to TXT directory found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY. ′ Page:3-6 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
(5) Change the “Install Driver” directory to the “VIA Audio Driver directory”. Then press “OK” button. (6) If it correct, you will see a pop window, which shows “VIA PCI Audio Controller”. Press “OK” button to process installing. (7) Restart the computer. ′ Page:3-7 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
I/O port 441H, the system will run the command to stop the Watchdog function. In Prox-1230 watchdog function, you must write your program so when it writes I/O port address 443 for enable watchdog and write I/O port address 441 for disable watchdog.
CHAPTER AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter shows how to set up the Award BIOS. Section includes: Introduction Entering Setup The Standard CMOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PNP/PCI Configuration PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
4-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system. The Prox-1230 3.5” Embedded Board is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc. This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special features of your system.
You may use the cursor the up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the bottom of the screen. ′ Page: 4-3 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
< Hour >, < Minute >, and < Second >. Use 24 hour clock format, i.e., for PM numbers, add 12 to the hour. For example: 4: 30 P.M. You should enter the time as 16:30:00. ′ Page: 4-4 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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Head – Set the number of read/write heads. c. Precomp - ***Warning! Setting a value of 65535 means no HDD. d. Landing Zone e. Sector – Set the number of sector per track ′ Page: 4-5 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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BASE MEMORY: Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up. EXTENDED MEMORY: Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up. TOTAL MEMORY: Displays the total memory available in the system. ′ Page: 4-6 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 65535 1023 65535 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 65535 65535 65335 AUTO Award Hard Disk Type Table ′ Page: 4-7 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
F7:Optimized Defaults BIOS Features Setup Menu The “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” allow you to configure your system for basic operation. The user can select the system’s default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security. ′ Page: 4-8 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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You may enable / disable this item to define whether the system will look for a floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or proceed directly to the hard disk drive. BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS: Select power on state for NumLock. ′ Page: 4-9 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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Setup freely. OS SELECT FOR DRAM >64MB : Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB or RAM on the system. You may choose OS2 or Non-OS2. ′ Page: 4-10 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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Video Shadow will increase the video speed. C8000-CBFFF SHADOW ~ DC000-DFFFF SHADOW: These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM. An example of such option ROM would be support of on-board SCSI. ′ Page: 4-11 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
The parameter allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. The chipset manages bus speed and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. ′ Page: 4-12 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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This allows you to adjust the graphics aperture size. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. ′ Page: 4-13 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states. PCI DELAY TRANSACTION: The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. ′ Page: 4-14 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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IO CHANNEL CHECK NMI: This field enables or disables IO channel check NMI. Before selecting this function, the user should check first that NMI function is enabled as described in chapter 2 (Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection). ′ Page: 4-15 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Onboard Parallel Mode [Normal] x ECP Mode Use DMA x Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1.9 ↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen ′ Page: 4-16 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support. INIT DISPLAY FIRST: This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. The choices are PCI Slot and Onboard. ′ Page: 4-17 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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ECP MODE USE DMA: Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. ′ Page: 4-18 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
ACPI FUNCTION: Users are allowed to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). ′ Page: 4-19 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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SOFT-OFF BY PWRBTN: Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung”. The choices are Delay 4 Sec and Instant-Off. ′ Page: 4-20 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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When Enabled, you can set the date and the time at which the RTC alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. PRIMARY INTR: When set to Off, IRQ Activity Monitoring is set to BIOS default. When set to On, user may select the desired setting. ′ Page: 4-21 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system configuration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot. ′ Page: 4-22 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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DMA channel. PCI/VGA PALETTE SNOOP: Leave this field at disabled. ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB: Enable or Disable to assign IRQ for USB. ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA: Enable or Disable to assign IRQ for VGA. ′ Page: 4-23 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
CURRENT CPU TEMPERATURE: This item shows you the current CPU temperature. CURRENT CPUFAN SPEED: This item shows you the current CPUFAN speed. VCORE: This item shows you the current system voltage. ′ Page: 4-24 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
This setup menu allows you to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. AUTO DETECT DIMM/PCI CLK: This item allows you to enable or disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock. SPREAD SPECTRUM: This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulate. ′ Page: 4-25 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
When you press <Enter> on this category, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to the following: Load Optimized Defaults ( Y/N ) ? N Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal performance system operations. ′ Page: 4-26 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
PASSWORD DISABLED!!! Press any key to continue... Press the < Enter > key again and the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, you can enter Setup freely. ′ Page: 4-27 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
You may always call up the setup program at any time to adjust any of the individual items by pressing the <Del> key during boot up. ′ Page: 4-28 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
►Integrated Peripherals Set Password ►Power Management Setup Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N ►PnP/PCI Configura Saving ►PC Health Status Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Data ′ Page: 4-29 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup ′ Page: 4-30 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
AND PCI/AGP CNTL MODULES CONTROLLER PC/104 PLUS LAN1 Floppy 82C686B K.B./Mouse ISA BUS IDE1 CONTROLLER COM1~2 Parallel Port UTP1 Volt. Temp. Sensor Sensor FLASH IrDA Port Sensor BIOS MIC/LINE-IN Watchdog VT1612A SPK/CD-IN ISA BUS ′ Page: B-2 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Cascade for IRQ 8-15 Serial port 2 / Modem Serial port 1 Parallel port 2 / Sound Blaster Floppy Parallel port 1 RTC clock Available COM4 COM3 PS/2 Mouse Math coprocessor IDE1 IDE2 ′ Page: B-3 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
Extension memory low byte Extension memory high byte Reserved for extension memory low byte Reserved for extension memory high byte Date Century byte Information Flag 34-3F Reserve 40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data ′ Page: B-4 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
System timer interrupt DRAM Refresh request Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel Assignment Available Available / Sound Blaster Floppy Available / ECP Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available ′ Page: B-5 Prox-1230 USER S MANUAL...
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