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FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website: http://www.fabiatech.com Email: support@fabiatech.com Small Cube System Fanless Series FX5633 User’ Manual AUG 2011 Version: 1.1 Part Number: FX5633...
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Table of Contents FX5633 User’ Manual ......................i Chapter 1 Introducing the FX5633 System ................1 Overview..........................1 Series Comparison Table .......................2 Layout............................3 Specifications..........................4 Packing List ..........................5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ....................7 Before Installation ........................7 Removing Covers –Installing Hardware............8 LED Indicators (On the Front Panel)...............13 ...
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 1 Introducing the FX5633 System Overview The FX5633 is a compact size embedded system with low-power CPU module inside. This user’s manual provides information on the physical features, installation, and BIOS setup of the FX5633. Built to unleash the total potential of the Celeron-M or Core 2 Duo Processor, Able to support 1.66GHz or 1.86GHz CPU, this system supports two 10/100/1000M Base –...
FabIATech Corporation Series Comparison Table Model FX5633 FX5633A Processor Celeron M 440 Core 2 Duo T5500 1.86GHz 1.66GHz N+S-Chipset QG82945GME+NH82801GBM Memory DDR2 400/533/667 200 Pin-DIMM*2(Max.) 2GB/4GB Storage HDD One CF and One ATA or SATA Watchdog Timer Multi I/O Two RS-232 USB 2.0...
Compact Flash socket for Compact Flash modules or MicroDrives. One 2.5" PATA or SATA hard disk space Power requirement – FX5633: +12 ~ +24V DC, 4.37A maximum (2.63A typical) with 19V input voltage. FX5633A: +12 ~ +24V DC, 4.56A maximum (2.75A typical) with 19V input voltage.
Verify the accessories in the package according to the packing list and see if there is anything missing or incorrect package is included. • If the cable(s) you use to install the FX5633 is not supplied from us, please make sure the specification of the cable(s) is compatible with the FX5633 system.
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 following descriptions. 1. Before removing the cover, shut down the operation System and disconnect power switch to off and unplug AC-to DC Adapter cable.
If you are installing hardware option, you can remove the bottom cover. The following figure will guide you how to install SATA or PATA 2.5" HDD inside, Compact Flash modules, mini PCI WLAN module, PCI card and DDR2-RAM module to the FX5633. (Please see the spots circled.) a. Unscrew Bottom cover M3*P0.5*4mm...
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FabIATech Corporation b. Installing Compact Flash Note: The Compact Flash socket (on the FX5633) supports 3.3V Compact Flash and Micro Drives. c. Installation Hard Disk...
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CN2 is for SATA power connector. (The CN2 support +5V Voltage only) d. Installing Memory: DIMM Socket For DDR2 RAM Modules You may extend additional memory to FX5633, See as following figure and rear pictures. The DIMM socket supports 512MB to 2GB of DDR2 RAM modules.
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FabIATech Corporation e. Installing Mini PCI Card: Mini PCI Socket for WLAN Modules You may extend additional mini PCI WLAN module to FX5633 by removing the bottom cover. Connect the antenna cable from backside antenna hole to Mini PCI WLAN (the auxiliary board). (Please see the spots circled.) e1.
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If you are installing Expansion PCI hardware, you can remove the top side cover. The following figure will guide you how to install PCI interface card inside the FX5633 (The PCI Slot supports +3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V(500mA), PCI 2.1 Spec.). f1. Add the L-Type Metal: Screw the L-Type Metal on the PCI card Bracket f2.
FabIATech Corporation f4. PCI card Limit Dimension LED Indicators (On the Front Panel) The Power and HDD LED’s has two distinctive statuses: Off for inactive operation and blinking light for activity. And the 2 LED’s for LAN ports. The LAN1 and LAN2 LED’s (Green) indicate on-line/access status of LAN1 and LAN2 respectively.
FabIATech Corporation I/O Peripheral Connectors View from the back side, If you are connecting the monitor, TV-out, keyboard, mouse, LAN, audio, COM and USB to the FX5650. See following figure and a side pictures. DC IN DC IN KB/M OUSE...
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(Front View) USB Ports The FX5633 supports a six port USB connector. Any USB device can be attached to USB ports with plug-and-play supported. The front side port is USB #1/2, and backside is USB # 3/4 and USB # 5/6.
FabIATech Corporation Connecting the Audio Line In/ Speak Out/ Microphone In Mic-In SPK-Out Line-In A VGA connector is provided for CRT display DB15 Signal Green Blue Hsync Vsync DDC Data DDC Clock 5 & 10 Digital Ground 6,7,8 Analog Ground...
Terminal Block 3. Power Button & Reset Push Button: Pushing the Power button once will switch the FX5633 on and off, depending on system BIOS (Advanced Chipset Setting>Southbridge Configuration>Restore AC power). And Reset push button is switcher for system reset; Push and release the button will cause hard ware reset of FX5633 and restart system booting.
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FabIATech Corporation a1. JP2: RS-485 Terminator Setting RS-485 RS-485 Terminator Terminator Disabled Enabled Factory Preset b. JP3: Compact Flash Master/Slave Selection CF-Slave CF-Master Factory Preset Note: The Compact Flash socket supports 3.3V Compact Flash and Micro Drives. The JP3 is used to select master/slave device of this socket and the default is slave (close).
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 3 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.
FabIATech Corporation BIOS Functions On the menu, you can perform the following functions 1. Main 2. Advanced CPU Configuration IDE Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Function APM Configuration PCI Express Configuration USB Configuration 3. PCIPnP 4. Boot Boot Settings Configuration...
FabIATech Corporation Boot Sector Virus Protection 6. Chipset NorthBridge Configuration SouthBridge Configuration 7. Exit Save Changes and Exit: Exit system setup after saving the changes.F10 key can be used for this operation. Discard Changes and Exit: Exit system setup without saving any changes.
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 This option is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.
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 SuperIO Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
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.
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FabIATech Corporation SATA-0<1>/IDE Secondary Master/Slave IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard drives. These drives have a master/slave relationship, which is determined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the controller. Your system supports one IDE controller – a primary –...
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FabIATech Corporation Hard Disk Write Protect Set this option to protect the hard disk drive from being overwritten. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled. Available Options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Disabled IDE Detect Time Out (Sec.) Set this option to stop the AMIBIOS from searching for IDE devices within the specified number of seconds.
FabIATech Corporation SuperIO Chipset - Configuration WIN627 Super IO Chipset This section describes the function of Super I/O settings. KBC Clock Rate Selection This field is select Keyboard clock rate selecting 6MHz/8MHz/12MHz/16MHz Controller. Available Options: 6MHz, 8MHz , 12MHz and 16MHz...
FabIATech Corporation Serial Port 2 Address These fields select the I/O port address for each Serial port. Available Options: Disabled, 3F8H/IRQ4, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ4 and 2E8H/IRQ3. Default setting: 2F8H/IRQ3 COMB Port Mode Selection These fields item can select RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 of select COM 2.
FabIATech Corporation Advanced ACPI Settings ACPI Aware O/S This filed specifies allow you set this value to utilize the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. Available Options: Yes, and No Default setting: Yes General ACPI Configuration Suspend Mode This filed specifies allow you select the ACPI states used for system suspend.
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FabIATech Corporation Available Options: ACPIv1.0, ACPIv2.0, and ACPIv3.0 Default setting: ACPIv1.0 AMI OEMB Table Set this value to allow the ACPI BIOS to add a pointer to an OEMB table in the Root System Description Table (RSDT) table. Available Options: Enabled, and Disabled...
FabIATech Corporation APM Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the USB Configuration. Power Management/APM Select Enabled to activate the chipset Power Management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features. Available Options: Disabled and Enabled Default setting: Enabled...
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FabIATech Corporation Hard Disk Power Down Mode This field specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired. Available Options: Disabled, Standby, Suspend Default setting: Disabled Suspend Time Out (Minute) This field specifies the length of a period of system inactivity (like hard disk or video) while in full power on state.
FabIATech Corporation System Time (hh:mm:ss) This field specifies the hour/ minute/second of the RTC alarm. Available Options: 1-24/0-60/0-60 Default setting: 12:30:30 USB Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the USB Configuration. Legacy USB Support Legacy USB Support refers to the USB mouse and USB keyboard support. Normally if...
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FabIATech Corporation USB 2.0 Controller This field is Enables USB controllers. 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. Available Options: Enabled, and Disabled Default setting: Enabled USB 2.0 Controller Mode...
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.
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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 Palette Snoop When Enabled is selected, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device.
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FabIATech Corporation DMA Channel 0 – 7 When I/O resources are controlled manually, you can assign each system DMA as one of the following types, based on the type of device using the interrupt: Available: Specified IRQ is available to the used by PCI/PnP devices.
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>...
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.
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FabIATech Corporation Available options: On, Off Default setting: On PS/2 Mouse Support The PS/2 mouse function is optional. Before you configure this field, make sure your system board supports this feature. The setting of Enabled allows the system to detect a PS/2 mouse on boot up. If detected, IRQ12 will be used for the PS/2 mouse.
FabIATech Corporation Boot Device Use this screen to specify the order in which the system checks for the device to boot from. To access this screen, select Boot Device Priority on the Boot Setup screen and press <Enter>. First /Second /Third Hard Disk Boot Device Set the boot device options to determine the sequence in which the computer checks which device to boot from.
FabIATech Corporation Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the hard disk drives in the system. To access this screen, select Hard disk drives on the Boot Setup screen and press <Enter>. Removable Drives Use this screen to view the removable drives attached to the system. To access this...
FabIATech Corporation CD/DVD Disk Drives Use this screen to view the CD/DVD drives in the system. To access this screen, select CD/DVD drives on the Boot Setup screen and press <Enter>.
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.
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FabIATech Corporation 5. Select System or Setup. 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.
FabIATech Corporation Chipset Setup This section describes the configuration of the board’s chipset features. • North Bridge Configuration • South Bridge Configuration...
FabIATech Corporation Northbridge Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the North Bridge Configuration. 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.
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FabIATech Corporation Internal Graphics Mode Select This field is share memory architecture (SMA) for frame buffer memory. SMA allows system memory to be efficiently share by the host CPU and allocated depending on user preference, application requirements, and total size of system memory.
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 basic I/O functions, LAN port, and audio function. USB Function Select Enabled, if a USB device is installed to the system. If Disabled are selected, the system will not be able to use a USB device.
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FabIATech Corporation Audio Controller This field specifies the internal Audio Control. Available Options: Disabled and Azalia Default setting: Azalia Restore on AC Power Loss This field specifies the option controls how the PC will behave once power is restored following a power outage (or other unexpected or ungraceful shutdown).
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 4 Software Installation The enclosed CD diskette includes FX5633 VGA, Audio, System, and LAN driver. To install and configure you FX5633 system, you need to perform the following steps. System Driver WIN 2000/2003/XP/Vista-x64 Driver Installs 945GME Chipset, IRQ Routing, USB, AGP Driver and ISA IDE Bus Master Drive.
FabIATech Corporation VGA Driver WIN 2000/2003/XP/Vista-x64 Driver Step 1: To install the VGA driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>VGA>945GME>WIN2K_XP_VISTA. Step 2: Execute SETUP.EXE file. Step 3: The screen shows the SETUP type. Press any key to enter the main menu.
FabIATech Corporation LAN Driver (Intel 82573L) WIN 2000/2003/XP/Vista-x64 Driver Step 1: To install the LAN driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>LAN>82573L. If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device, copy the LAN driver from the CD ROM to CF.
FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, including disabled, enabled, and trigger functions. The system is equipped with a programmable time-out period watchdog timer. You can use your own program to enable the watchdog timer. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, the program should trigger the I/O every time before the timer times out.
FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer Setting The watchdog timer is a circuit that may be used from your program software to detect system crashes or hang-ups. The watchdog timer is automatically disabled after reset. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, your program must trigger the watchdog timer every time before it times out.
FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer Enabled To enable the watchdog timer, you have to output a byte of timer factor to the watchdog register whose address is 2Eh and data port is 2fH. The following is an Assemble program, which demonstrates how to enable the watchdog timer and set the time-out period at 28 seconds.
FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer Disabled To disable the watchdog timer, simply write a 00H to the watchdog register. ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ; Enter the extended function mode, interruptible double-write ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ dx,2eh ; Enter to extended function mode al,87h dx,al dx,al ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ; Logical device 8, configuration register CRF5 Bit 3(Sec./Min.), CRF6 Bit 0~7 (Count.) ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
(All of the communication protocol buses of the RS-485 are in the same.) Step 2: Disable TXC (transmitter control), the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 just sets “0”. NOTE: Control the FX5633 system “DTR” signal to the RS-485 TXC communication.
FabIATech Corporation Send out one character (Transmit) Step 1: Enabled TXC signal, and the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 just sets “1”. Step 2: Send out the data. (Write this character to the offset+0 of the current COM port address) Step 3: Wait for the buffer’s data empty.
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REM Read one character from COM1: buffer INPSTR$=INPUT$(1,#1) RETURN NOTE: The RS-485 of the FX5633 uses COM2. If you want to program it and hardware setup, please refer to the BIOS Setup for COM2 address setup and Chapter 2 “Hardware Installation”: Jumper Setting.
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 5 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 &...
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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 <...
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FabIATech Corporation MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR When the memory address indicates error, you can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips. 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.
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.
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FabIATech Corporation 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 Bit 7: Must be 0 Interrupt Identification Register (IIR) Bit 0: “0”...
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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)
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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...
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