User’s Manual Disclaimer Avalue Technology Inc. reserves the right to make changes, without notice, to any product, including circuits and/or software described or contained in this manual in order to improve design and/or performance. Avalue Technology assumes no responsibility or liability for the...
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Room 909, 9F, Section B, No.900, Suite 210, 200 Tornillo Way, Yisan Road, Caohejing Hi-tech Park, Tinton Falls, NJ 07712 Shanghai 200233, China Tel : +86-21-5423-4170 Tel: +1-732-578-0200 Fax : +86-21-5423-4171 Fax: +1-732-578-0250 http://www.avalue.com.tw http://www.avalue.com.tw E-mail: service.china@avalue.com.tw E-mail: service.usa@avalue.com.tw 4 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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A product returned without proof of the purchase date is not eligible for warranty service. 5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package and ship it prepaid to your dealer. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 5...
Signal Description – ETX Connector X4 (ETX1D) ................. 43 BIOS Setup........................45 Starting Setup ......................46 Using Setup ......................47 Getting Help ......................48 In Case of Problems....................48 Main Menu ......................49 3.5.1 Standard CMOS Features......................50 3.5.2 Advanced BIOS Features ......................52 6 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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Memory Address Error at ......................92 Memory parity Error at ........................92 MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT ..............92 Memory Verify Error at ........................92 OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND ..................92 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 7...
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Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key..................94 Keyboard error or no keyboard present..................94 Manufacturing POST loop......................94 BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted................. 94 Memory test fail..........................94 POST Codes ..........................95 8 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
1 x ESM-CN700 Onboard VIA Eden V4 1 GHz SOM-ETX CPU Module 1 x Quick Installation Guide 1 x CD-ROM contains the followings: — User’s Manual (this manual in PDF file) — VGA drivers and utilities — Audio drivers and utilities — Ethernet driver and utilities ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 9...
User’s Manual 1.4 Manual Objectives This manual describes in detail the Avalue Technology ESM-CN700 SOM-ETX CPU Module. We have tried to include as much information as possible but we have not duplicated information that is provided in the standard IBM Technical References, unless it proved to be necessary to aid in the understanding of this board.
CRT + LVDS, or TV out + LVDS, or CRT + TV out Dual Independent Display AGP 8x VGA/LCD interface VGA/LCD Interface Dual-channel 18/24-bit LVDS LVDS VIA VT1622A TV encoder supports both NTSC/PAL TV-Out Supports both S-video and composite video 12 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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Mechanical & Environmental AT/ATX Power Type 0~60° C (32~140° F) Operation Temperature 0%~90% relative humidity, non-condensing Operating Humidity 4.5" x 3.7” (114 mm x 95 mm) Size ( L x W ) 0.22 lbs (0.1 Kg) Weight ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 13...
ESM-CN700 Series 1.6 Architecture Overview 1.6.1 Block Diagram The following block diagram shows the architecture and main components of ESM-CN700. The following sections provide detail information about the functions provided onboard. 14 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
VESA DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling) CRT power-down is supported. Coupled with the VT8237R Plus South Bridge chip, a complete power conscious PC main board can be implemented with no external glue logic. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 15...
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(CRT-only) configuration. In the value system configurations, the external AGP upgrade capability is not normally required by the system, allowing all the AGP pins to be used for implementing very flexible display functions. 16 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
When used with a 3.3V analog supply, power consumption is further reduced. The primary applications for this part are desktop and portable personal computers multimedia subsystems. However, it is suitable for any system requiring 6-channel audio output for home theater systems at competitive prices. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 17...
525p progressive scan output. The Macrovision anticopy process provides a means to deter the unauthorized copying of copy protected analog video signals onto a videocassette. All features are software programmable through a serial bus interface that provides read/write access to all registers. 18 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
UARTs perform asynchronous communication; One VFIR interface compliant with IrDA; One MIDI interface; One game port with built-in 558 and buffer chips to support direct connect of 2 joysticks; One Hardware Monitor; and Seven GPIO ports (56 GPIO pins). ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 19...
The Serial IRQ is also implemented in the device for sending and receiving ISA IRQs & IOCHCK#. The device includes an ISA interface which supports full ISA compatible functions. The IT8888G is available in 160-pin TFBGA package. 20 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Window must be entered and configured correctly to match the particular system configuration. 7. If TFT panel display is to be utilized, make sure the panel voltage is correctly set before connecting the display cable and turning on the power. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 23...
1GB. DIMM1 Make sure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing SODIMMs or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the board and the components. 24 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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(2) Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boards. Before starting these procedures, ensure that you are discharged of static electricity by touching a grounded metal object briefly. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 25...
Cycle Frame of PCI Buses. This indicates the beginning and duration of a PCI FRAME# access. The access will be either an output driven by the Northbridge on behalf of the CPU, or an input during PCI master access. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 29...
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Analog supply voltage for sound controller. This is an output which is used for ASVCC production test only. Do not make external connections to this pin. 30 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
SMEMW# is active for all memory write cycles to address below 1MB. I/O read instructs an I/O device to drive its data onto the data bus. It may be IOR# driven by the CPU or by the DMA controller. IOR# is inactive (high) during refresh cycles. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 33...
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16 bit width. REFSH# is pulled low whenever a refresh cycle is initiated. A refresh cycle is REFSH# activated every 15.6 us in order to prevent loss of DRAM data. 34 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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16-bit I/O adapters and system memory. DRQ4 is not available externally. All DRQ pins have pull-up resistors on the CPU modules. DACK DMA acknowledge 0..3 and 5.7 are used to acknowledge DMA requests. They [0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7]# are active-low. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 35...
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IRQ3 through IRQ7 have the lowest priority (IRQ7 is the lowest). An interrupt request is generated when an IRQ line is raised from low to high. The line must be held high until the CPU acknowledges the interrupt request (interrupt service routine). 36 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
DCD1#, DCD2# signal is detected by the modem. This active-low input is for serial port. Handshake signals are use to notify the DSR1#, DSR2# UART that the modem is ready to establish the communication link. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 39...
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This active-low signal is used to initiate the printer when low. SLIN# This active-low signal selects the printer. This active-low output from the printer indicates that it has received the previous ACK# data and that it is ready to receive new data. 40 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
IDE device that the available Write Data is already asserted by the IDE SIDE_IOW# Busmaster in PIO and DMA mode. In Ultra-33 mode, this pin has different functions. PIDE_INTRQ/ Interrupt request signal from the IDE device. SIDE_INTRQ HDRST# Low-active hardware reset (RSTDRV inverted). ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 43...
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Resume Reset input. This input may be driven low by external circuitry in order to RSMRST# reset the power management logic on the ETX module. System management interrupt input. May be driven low by external circuitry to EXTSMI initiate an SMI. 44 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
User’s Manual 3 BIOS Setup Note: Installation procedures and screen shots in this section are for your reference and may not be exactly the same as shown on your screen. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 45...
If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to. Press F1 to Continue, DEL to enter SETUP 46 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu • Navigating Through The Menu Bar Use the left and right arrow keys to choose the menu you want to be in. Note: Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 47...
Award and your systems manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the chipset setup has the potential for causing you to use the override. 48 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Note: The BIOS setup screens shown in this chapter are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen. Visit the Avalue website (www.avalue.com.tw) to download the latest product and BIOS information. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 49...
CGA 80 MONO All Errors No Errors Select the situation in which you want the BIOS Halt On All, but Keyboard to stop the POST process and notify you All, but Diskette All, but Disk/Key 50 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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**** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 Precomp Max = 65535 means no hard disk Min = 0 Landing zone **** Max = 65535 Min = 0 Sector Number of sectors per track Max = 255 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 51...
3.5.2.1 CPU Feature This item allows you to select the CPU feature. Item Option Description 4 Min 8 Min Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min 32 Min 52 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or Disabled hard disk partition table. 3.5.2.4 CPU L1 & L2 Cache This item allows you to speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU design. Item Description Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 53...
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USB CDROM Device USB-HDD USB Hard Disk Device Legacy LAN Network Device Disabled Disabled any boot device 3.5.2.9 Boot Other Device This item allows you to enable the system to boot from other device. Item Description 54 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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Multi-Processor Specification (MPS) that the board will use. The choice: 1.4, 1.1. 3.5.2.17 OS Select for DRAM > 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. Item Description ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 55...
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Enable OS for over 64 MB DRAM 3.5.2.18 Video BIOS Shadow To allow copying Video BIOS into shadow RAM to improve video performance. Item Description Enable Copy Video BIOS into shadow RAM Disable Do not copy Video BIOS into shadow RAM 56 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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3.5.2.20 Small Logo (EPA) Show This item allows you enabled/disabled the small EPA logo show on screen at the POST step. Item Description Enabled EPA Logo show is enabled Disabled EPA Logo show is disabled ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 57...
Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips. 58 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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(Twr) to set the timing by dram SPD. 2T Command DRAM Command Rate Allows to set the DRAM Command Rate. 1T Command Manual RDSAIT mode Auto RDSAIT selection Key in a HEX number (Min = 0000, Max = 003F) ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 59...
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1024x768 1x24B 1024x768 2x24B 1280x768 1x24B 1280x1024 2x24B 1400x1050 2x24B 1600x1200 2x24B Outport Port DI0, DI1 This item allows you to select the outport port. Dithering Enabled, Disabled This item allows you to enable dithering. 60 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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This item allows you to select the input HDTV_type HDTV 1080I resolution of HDTV HDTV 1080P R / G / B This item allows you to select the input HDTV_Connector Pr / Y / Pb connector of HDTV ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 61...
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The feature is to toggle the V-Link bus mode between the VLink 8X Support Disabled original V-Link and the newer and faster 8X V-Link. Slowest This item allows you to set the DDRY timing. DDRY_Timing Default Optimize 62 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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Item Description Enabled Cacheable Disabled Non-Cacheable 3.5.3.7 PCI Slot, AGP This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or Onboard/AGP first. The choices: PCI Slot, Onboard, AGP, PCIE Slot. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 63...
ESM-CN700 Series 3.5.4 Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. 3.5.4.1 VIA OnChip IDE Device 64 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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If the IDE hard drive supports block Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for Disabled automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 65...
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OFF: It does not support any USB device on DOS. USB Emulation KB / MS KB/MS: It supports USB legacy keyhoard and mouse except for USB storage. ON: It supports USB legacy keyboard, mouse and storage. 66 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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This item is to set the Onboard Fast IR function Onboard Fast IR: Disabled Enabled/ Disabled. 11, 5 Fast IR IRQ: Select a corresponding interrupt for Fast IR. 3, 4 Fast IR DMA: 6, 5 Select a DMA channel for Fast IR. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 67...
HDD Power Down There are three selections for Power Management Option; both of them have fixed mode settings. The choices: Disabled, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Min. 68 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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This item is to set whether to run VGABIOS if S3 resume. The choices: Auto, Yes, No 3.5.5.11 Ac Loss Auto Restart: This item is to set whether to run Ac Loss Auto Restart. The choices: Off, On, Former-Sts. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 69...
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COM, LPT/COM component is detected. Disabled PowerOn by PCI Card Allows you to set power on by PCI card Enabled Disabled Modem Ring Reume Allows you to resume modem ring Enabled 70 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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IRQ activity is detected from any of the Primary INTR enabled channels Off, On IRQ3 ~ IRQ5: Enables or disables the monitoring of the IRQ3 ~ IRQ15 Enabled, Disabled specified IRQ line. These fields are only available if “Primary INTR” is on. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 71...
Plug and Play operating system such as Windows®95. If you set this field to “manual” choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “ ”). The choices: Auto(ESCD), Manual. 72 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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While the system has one USB controller and more than one USB devices are connected, then “Enabled” is set. If the system USB controller is not used, then “Disabled” is set. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 73...
3.5.8.3 Spread Spectrum This item is to adjust extreme values of the pulse for EMI test. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 3.5.8.4 CPU Clock This item allows you to select the CPU clock. The choices: 100~132Mhz ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 75...
While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs. Press <Y> to load the default values setting for optimal performance system operations. 76 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 77...
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Features Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup 78 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Setup selection stored in CMOS when boot the computer next time. The system is restarted after saving the values. 3.5.13 Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup, and the system is restarted after exiting. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 79...
ESM-CN700 Series 4 Drivers Installation Note: Installation procedures and screen shots in this section are for your reference and may not be exactly the same as shown on your screen. 80 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Step 3. Select I Agree and click Next to the following step. Step 4. Select both items and click Next to Step 1. Locate 「\Driver_Audio\VIA\CN700\ run the setup. VIA_HyperionPro_V508A\setup.exe」. Step 2. Click Next. Step 5. Click Next. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 81...
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ESM-CN700 Series Step 6. Click Next. Step 7. Click Finish to restart the PC. 82 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Note: The installation procedures and screen shots in this section are based on Windows XP operation system. Step1. Locate 「\Driver_Chipset\VIA \CN700\P4M800CE_16944451_XP _wIShld_logod\Setup.exe」. Step 2. Setup will run the installation automatically, then click Finish to complete. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 83...
Next to the following step. Step 4. Click Continue Anyway to run the Step 1. Locate 「\Driver_Audio\VIA\VT1616 setup. \A1u590b\setup.exe」. Step 2. Click Next. Step 5. Click Finish to complete the setup and restart the PC. 84 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Step 3. Click Yes to continue the based on Windows XP operation installation. system. Step 1. Locate \Driver_Network\Realtek\ Step 4. Click Finish to complete the RTL810x_813X Family\Setup.exe. setup. Step 2. Setup executing. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 85...
Then reboot the system. DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR - RUN SETUP Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition. Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly. 90 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller. Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly. If there are no floppy drives installed, be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 91...
ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated. 19. OFFENDING SEGMENT: This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated. 92 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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EISA Configuration Utility. 26. SYSTEM HALTED, (CTRL-ALT-DEL) TO REBOOT ... Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted. Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 93...
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This is also used for M/B burn in test. 38. BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted. The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad. 39. Memory test fail. BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error. 94 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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Use walking 1’s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry. Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for override. Reserved Program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers. ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 95...
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1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for 0-640K memory address. 2. Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU. 3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Example: onboard IDE controller. 4. Measure CPU speed. 5. Invoke video BIOS. Reserved Reserved Reserved 96 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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3. Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU. 4. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical. Reserved Initialize USB ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 97...
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1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to “AUTO”. Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved Reserved Reserved 98 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7. Initialize APM 8. Clear noise of IRQs. Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual 99...
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1. Update keyboard LED & typematic rate 1. Build MP table 2. Build & update ESCD 3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5. Build MSIRQ routing table. Boot attempt (INT 19h) 100 ESM-CN700 Series User’s Manual...
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