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Summary of Contents for Lanner electronics AP-545L
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AP-545L Single Board Computer with VGA / LCD for ZIF Socket 7 Processor The contents & information in this manual are subject to change without prior notice. For reference only.
ONTENTS CHAPTER 1 NTRODUCTION 1.1 S PECIFICATIONS 1.2 P ACKING HECK CHAPTER 2 UMPER ETTINGS AND ONNECTORS 2.1 B AP-545L OARD UTLINE OF 2.2 CPU I NSTALLING AND PGRADING 2.3 J UMPER ETTING VERVIEW 2.4 J AP-545L UMPER OCATION FOR 2.5 J...
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ABLE OF ONTENTS APPENDIX A H ATCH IMER APPENDIX B T ECHNICAL EFERENCE APPENDIX C PC/104 M ODULE NSTALLATION GLOSSARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS RMA SERVICE REQUEST FORM...
RAM of 512KB for maximum performance. Take note that the AP-545L is a high power & full engine SBC with on-board function in the LCD/VGA display of resolution up to 1280 x 1024 at 256 colors. It provides the primarily elements for building an IBM PC/AT compatible computer for a wide variety of applications with system integration.
: Support 2 USB ports o Operating Temperature : 0°C~55°C (32°F~132°F) o Humidity : 10%~90% RH o Dimensions : 185 mm X 122 mm (7 ” X 4 ” inches) o Net weight : 250 g (0.517 pounds) AP-545L / 2...
HECK Before you begin to install your card, please make sure that you received the following materials as listed below: Item Remark AP-545L Single Board Computer 1 pc. AP-545L SBC Keyboard / Mouse adapter cable 1 set 6-pin PS/2 to 5-pin PS/2 keyboard / mouse...
CHAPTER 2. JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS 2.1 B AP-545L OARD UTLINE OF The Figure below shows the jumpers and connectors location on the AP-545L: JP10 JP11 COM2 JP12 JP13 DIMM1 USBC1 FDC1 PRT1 5582 FAN1 COM1 ¹ BATTERY VGA1 CON1...
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A pair of needle-nose pliers is recommended when working with jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application, contact your local sales representative before you make any changes. In general, you simply need a standard cable to make most connections. AP-545L / 5...
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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2.4 J AP-545L UMPER OCATION FOR JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 AP-545L AP-545L / 6...
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Select CPU Vcore Voltage Select CPU External Bus Clock Select Internal CPU Clock Ratio Select Disk On Chip ( Flash Disk ) Address JP6 ~ JP7 Select ISP GAL Function JP9 ~ JP13 Select COM2 Type Select Panel Type AP-545L / 7...
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2.5 X ( Default ) 1-2 , 3-4 2.0X 3.0 X 3.5 X 2.5X 4.0 X 1-2 , 5-6 4.5 X 1-2 , 3-4 , 5-6 3.0X 5.0 X 3-4 , 5-6 5.5 X 3.5X Default : 4.0X 4.5X 5.0X 5.5X AP-545L / 10...
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Default : D8000~D9FFFH DC000~DDFFFH l P6 ~ JP7 : Select ISP GAL Function ISP GAL Function Program ISP GAL Program ISP GAL Use Watch-Dog ( Default ) Default : 1 2 3 Use Watch-Dog 1 2 3 AP-545L / 11...
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9-10 , 11-12 , 13-14 OFF , ON , OFF 18 x 2 BIT TFT 9-10 , 11-12 , 13-14 ON , OFF , OFF 16 BIT STN 15-16 24 BIT STN ( Default ) 15-16 Default : AP-545L / 13...
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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2.7 I/O C AP-545L ONNECTOR OCATION FOR PRT1 FDC1 COM2 USBC1 FAN1 COM1 VGA1 CON1 CON2 PKM1 AP-545L AP-545L / 14...
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YSTEM TATUS NDICATE AND ONTROL ONNECTORS CONNECTOR PIN NO. DESCRIPTION J1 : IDE Active LED Connector IDE Active Signal J2 : Reset Connector Reset Input Signal Ground J5 : Power LED Connector Power LED VCC Ground Ground AP-545L / 16...
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FAN1 : FAN Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Ground +12V FAN1 FAN1 l USBC1 : USB Port #1 & #2 Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION USB VCC USB P0- USB P0+ Ground USB VCC USB P1- USB P1+ Ground USBC1 USBC1 AP-545L / 17...
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Data Terminal Ready ( DTRA # ) Ground ( GND ) Data Set Ready ( DSRA # ) Request To Send ( RTSA # ) Clear To Send ( CTSA # ) Ring Indicator ( RIA # ) COM1 COM1 AP-545L / 18...
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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS l VGA1 : VGA Monitor Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Red Color Signal Green Color Signal Blue Color Signal Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground H-Sync. V-Sync. VGA1 VGA1 AP-545L / 20...
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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS l J4 : VGA Connector ( Header ) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Red Color Signal Green Color Signal Blue Color Signal H-Sync. V-Sync. Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground AP-545L / 21...
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PKM1 : PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Connector ( Mini Din ) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PS/2 Keyboard Data PS/2 Mouse Data Ground PS/2 Keyboard Clock PS/2 Keyboard Clock PKM1 PKM1 l CN1 : Program ISP GAL Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION MODE Ground SCLK AP-545L / 22...
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Data 12 Data 2 Data 13 Data 1 Data 14 Data 0 Data 15 Ground DMA REQ# Ground IOW# Ground IOR# Ground IOCHRDY Ground DMA ACK# Ground IRQ# Ground HDC CS0# HDC CS1# HDD Active Ground IDE1 IDE1 AP-545L / 24...
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Drive Select A# Ground Motor Enable B# Ground Direction # Ground Step # Ground Write Data # Ground Write Gate # Ground Track 0# Ground Write Protect # Read Data # Ground Head Side Select # Disk Change # FDC1 FDC1 AP-545L/25...
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Data 0 Ground Error # Data 7 Data 1 Ground Initialize # Acknowledge # Data 2 Ground Printer Select IN # Busy Data 3 Ground Ground Paper Empty Data 4 Ground Ground Printer Select Data 5 PRT1 PRT1 AP-545L / 26...
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<Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys, or by pushing the ‘ Reset ’ button on the system cabinet. You can also restart by turning the system OFF then ON. AP-545L / 28...
: Exit the utility. ARROW KEYS : Use arrow keys á â to move cursor to your desired selection. <F10> : Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program. <F2> / <F3> : Changes background and foreground colors. AP-545L / 29...
Pri Master, Pri Slave : Choose these fields to configure the hard disk drive named in each option. When you click on the option, the following parameters are listed as: Type, LBA/Large Mode, Block Mode, 32Bit Mode, and PIO Mode. All parameters are AP-545L / 30...
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The number of sectors per track. MFM drives have (Number of Sectors) 17 sectors per track. RLL drives have 26 sectors per track. ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track. SCSI and IDE drives have more sectors per track. AP-545L / 31...
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Configuring a CD-ROM Drive : Select the appropriate drive icon (Pri Master, Pri Slave). Choose the Type parameter and select CDROM. You can boot the computer from a CD-ROM drive. You can also choose Auto and let AMIBIOS automatically set the correct drive parameters. AP-545L / 32...
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(FLOPPY, IDE-0, CDROM, LS-120 or SCSI) that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes. To select the devices, please refer to Available options. Available Options : Choose your desired devices from the selection here – Disabled, IDE-0, IDE-1, IDE-2, IDE-3, FLOPPY, LS-120, CDROM and SCSI. AP-545L / 34...
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Floppy Drive Seek : Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive A: will perform a Seek operation at system boot. The settings are Disabled or Enabled. The Optimal and Fail-safe default settings are Disabled. AP-545L / 35...
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Disabled. System Boot Up Sequence. Primary Display : This option specifies the type of display monitor and adapter in the computer. The settings are Mono, CGA40, CGA80, VGA/EGA, or Absent. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are VGA/EGA. AP-545L / 36...
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Internal Cache : This option specifies the caching algorithm used for L1 internal cache memory. The settings are: Setting Description Disabled Neither L1 internal cache memory on the CPU or L2 secondary cache memory is enabled. WriteBack Use the write-back caching algorithm. (default) WriteThru Use the write-through caching algorithm. AP-545L / 37...
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In the AMIBIOS for the Intel Triton chipset, the E000h page is used as ROM during POST, but shadowing is disabled and the ROM CS# signal is disabled to make the E000h page available on the local bus. AP-545L / 38...
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In the ‘Advanced Chipset Setup’ page, all options are predefined by the system board designer. Any attempt to change the parameter of the fields are not recommended. To continue this page, please move your cursor downwards to seek for other options. AP-545L / 39...
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CPU to PCI Post Write CPU to PCI Burst Write Enabled -¯ : Sel MEMORY HOLE at 15M – 16M Disabled ESC : Exit USB Function Disabled PgUp/PgDn : Modify USD Keyboard/Mouse Legacy Support Disabled F2/F3 : Color AP-545L / 40...
WINBIOS Setup main menu. All Power Management Setup options are described in this section. Power Management / APM : Set this option to Enabled to enable the power management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. AP-545L / 41...
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The settings are expressed as a ratio between the normal clock speed and the power down clock speed. The settings are 1:1, 1:2 (half as fast as normal), 1:4 (the normal clock speed), 1:8, 1:16, 1:32, 1:64, or 1:128. The default setting is 1:1. AP-545L / 42...
No if the operating system (such as DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.x) does not use PnP. You must set this option correctly or PnP-aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly. The settings are No or Yes. The Optimal and AP-545L / 44...
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IDE channel on the offboard PCI IDE controller. The settings are Disabled, INTA, INTB, INTC, or INTD. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. IRQ 3 IRQ 7 IRQ 11 IRQ 14 IRQ 4 IRQ 9 IRQ 12 IRQ 15 IRQ 5 IRQ 10 AP-545L / 45...
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NVRAM. If more IRQs must be removed from the pool, the end user can use these PCI/PnP Setup options to remove the IRQ by assigning the option to the ISA/EISA setting. Onboard I/O is configurable by AMIBIOS. The IRQs used by onboard I/O are configured as PCI/PnP. AP-545L / 46...
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The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. The settings are C0000, C4000, C8000, CC000, D4000, D8000, or DC000. The Optimal and Fail-safe default settings are C0000. AP-545L / 47...
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Disabled. The Optimal default setting is 3F8h. The Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled. Onboard Serial PortB : This option enables serial port B on the motherboard and specifies the base I/O port address for serial port B. The settings are 2F8h, 2E8h, or AP-545L / 48...
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Parallel Port DMA Channel : This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is ECP. The settings are Disabled, DMA CH (channel) 0, DMA CH 1, or DMA CH 3. The default setting is N/A. AP-545L / 49...
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If you use both, the Supervisor password must be set first. The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when WINBIOS Setup is executed, using either or both the Supervisor password or User password. AP-545L / 50...
CMOS memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on the S1 (open pad) for 5 seconds, then removing the shunt. Under the Security window of the WINBIOS Setup screen, you can also select the Anti-Virus Icon. AP-545L / 51...
Fail-Safe icon from the Default section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu. The Fail-Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance, but are the most stable settings. Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically. AP-545L / 52...
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Execute the DEBUG.EXE file under DOS, Then key-in i443. The system will reboot automatically according to the time-out you set. C:\DOS> DEBUG -i443 EX.2: For assemble Language Enable MOV DX, 443H IN AL, DX Disable IN AL, 43H AP-545L / 53...
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3C0 - 3CF EGA Card 3D0 - 3DF CGA Card 3E8 - 3EF Serial Port #3 (COM 3) 3F0 - 3F7 Floppy Disk Controller 3F8 - 3FF Serial Port #1 (COM 1) Enable Watch-dog Timer Operation (read) AP-545L / 54...
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IRQ 9 Software redirected to INT 0AH (IRQ 2) IRQ 10 Reserved IRQ 11 Reserved IRQ 12 PS/2 Mouse IRQ 13 Math Coprocessor (CPU Internal) IRQ 14 Primary Hard disk IRQ 15 Secondary Hard Disk Parity Check Error AP-545L / 55...
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APPENDIX C. PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION There are two steps to install the PC/104 module on AP-545L Single Board Computer. Step 1. Plug the Dual Side Male Connector into the PC/104 female connector. Step 2. Plug the PC/104 module‘s female connector into the AP-545L male connector.
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The bus carries instructions back and forth between the CPU and other devices in the system. ISA, EISA, VL-Bus, PCI and SCSI are examples of PC buses. AP-545L / 57...
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32-bit buses. MCA expansion slots cannot accept 8-bit or 16-bit adapter cards. EISA stands for Extended Industry Standard Architecture, while MCA stands for MicroChannel Architecture. MCA is architecture used in IBM Microcomputer. AP-545L / 58...
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Hard contact keyboard causes the key cap to collapse a foam rubber dome that presses against a sheet of plastic on the bottom of which is metallic area connected to the rest of the keyboard’s AP-545L / 59...
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Take note that a serial connection sends a single bit, a parallel port send an entire byte. A parallel connection has one drawback. AP-545L / 60...
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RS-232 port . SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) – An intelligent bus for transmitting data commands between a variety of devices. There are many implementations of SCSI, including Fast SCSI, Wide SCSI, Fast Wide SCSI, Fast-20, and Fast-40. AP-545L / 61...
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The Windows OS provides medium text & graphics standard. VL-Bus – It is also known as Local Bus; this is an I/O interface that is directly connected and depended of the system CPU. The VL-Bus is an abbreviation of VESA Local Bus. AP-545L / 62...
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Terms and Conditions Date:1997.10.20 Warranty Policy 1. All products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship on a period of two years from the date of purchase by the customer. 2. The buyer will bear the return freight charges for goods that are returned for repair within the warranty period whereas manufacturer will bear the other way after repair.
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RMA Service Request Form Date:1997.10.20 When requesting RMA service, please fill out this “RMA Service Request Form”. This form needs to be shipped with your returns. Service cannot begin until we have this information. Company: Person to contact: Phone No. Purchased Date: Fax No.: Applied Date:...