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  • Page 1 Advantech PCA-6187G2 Single Board Computer 2050 In Stock Qty Available: 1 Used and in Excellent Condition Open Web Page https://www.artisantg.com/89383-4 A l l t r a d e m a r k s , b r a n d n a m e s , a n d b r a n d s a p p e a r i n g h e r e i n a r e t h e p r o p e r t y o f t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e o w n e r s .
  • Page 2 PCA-6187 Full-sized PCI/ISA-bus socket 478 Pentium® 4/Celeron® processor-based CPU card User’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Copyright Notice

    Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted, 2003, by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improve- ments to the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmit- ted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd.
  • Page 4 Advantech equipment is destined for the laboratory or the factory floor, you can be assured that your product will provide the reliability and ease of operation for which the name Advantech has come to be known. Your satisfaction is our primary concern. Here is a guide to Advantech’s customer services.
  • Page 5 PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 6: Product Warranty

    Advantech assumes no liability under the terms of this warranty as a consequence of such events. If an Advantech product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out-of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, service time and freight.

  • Page 7: Initial Inspection

    It should be free of marks and scratches and in perfect working order upon receipt. As you unpack the PCA-6187, check it for signs of shipping damage. (For example, damaged box, scratches, dents, etc.) If it is damaged or it fails to meet the specifications, notify our service department or your local sales representative immediately.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Board Layout: Jumper and Connector Locations....8 Figure 1.1:Jumper and Connector locations ....8 Figure 1.2:I/O Connectors ..........9 Figure 1.3:SCSI daughter board ........9 PCA-6187 Block Diagram ..........10 Figure 1.4: ..............10 Safety Precautions ............11 Jumper Settings ............... 12 1.8.1...
  • Page 9 Swap Floppy Drive ............31 3.4.9 Boot UP Floppy Seek ........... 31 3.4.10 Boot Up NumLock Status..........31 3.4.11 Gate A20 Option............31 3.4.12 Typematic Rate Setting..........31 3.4.13 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) ......... 31 3.4.14 Typematic Delay (msec)..........31 PCA-6187 User’s Manual viii...
  • Page 10 3.4.15 Security Option ............. 32 3.4.16 APIC Mode ..............32 3.4.17 MPS Version Control For OS........32 3.4.18 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB ........32 Advanced Chipset Features..........32 3.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable ..........33 3.5.2 CAS Latency Time ............33 3.5.3 Active to Precharge Delay ..........
  • Page 11 3.10.2 Spread Spectrum ............43 3.11 Password Setting ............. 43 3.12 Save & Exit Setup ............44 3.13 Exit Without Saving ............44 Chapter 4 Chipset Software Install Utility.....46 Before you begin ............. 46 Introduction ..............46 PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 Windows XP Driver Setup..........47 Chapter 5 VGA Setup ............52 Introduction ..............52 Dynamic Video Memory Technology......52 Windows XP Driver Setup..........53 Chapter 6 LAN Configuration ........58 Introduction ..............58 Features ................58 Installation............... 59 Win XP Driver Setup (Intel 82547/41/62/51) ....59 Chapter 7 SCSI Setup &...
  • Page 13 Table B.20:DMA channel assignments ...... 112 B.21 Interrupt Assignments ........... 112 Table B.21:Interrupt assignments ....... 112 B.22 1st MB Memory Map............ 113 Table B.22:1st MB memory map ....... 113 B.23 PCI Bus Map ..............113 Table B.23:PCI bus map..........113 PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 14: General Information

    General Information...

  • Page 15: Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration

    PICMG 1.0 specification and meets most requirements for industrial applications. The PCA-6187 uses Intel's 865G chipset to support Intel's Socket 478 Pentium 4 and Celeron processor with 800/533/400 MHz front side bus. The dual channel DDR 400 SDRAM interface provides bottle neck free memory bandwidth up to 6.4GB/s.

  • Page 16: Features

    1.2 Features High performance: The PCA-6187 uses Intel 865G chipset which offers high-bandwidth interfaces such as dual-channel DDR400 main memory, 800 MHz system bus, integrated graphics controller with Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology, Intel® Communica- tion Streaming Architecture featuring a Dedicated Network Bus (DNB) interface for Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and Hi-Speed USB 2.0...

  • Page 17: Memory

    • ISA bus: Support ISA high drive. PCI-to-ISA bridge: ITE IT8888 • AC-97 Audio: PCA-6187 can provide audio function with the optional audio extension module PCA-AUDIO-00A1 • USB port: Supports up to six USB 2.0 and transmission rate up to 480Mbps;...

  • Page 18: Ethernet Lan

    1.3.5 Ethernet LAN • Supports single/dual 10/100Base-T networking or single/dual10/100/ 1000Base-T Ethernet networking • Controller: • Single 10/100Base-T: Intel 82562EZ • Single 10/100/1000Base-T: Intel 82547GI (CSA) • Dual 10/100/1000Base-T: Intel 82547GI (CSA) and Intel 82541GI (PCI) 1.3.6 Ultra 160 SCSI •...

  • Page 19: Jumpers And Connectors

    1.4 Jumpers and Connectors Connectors on the PCA-6187 single board computer link it to external devices such as hard disk drives and a keyboard. In addition, the board has a number of jumpers used to configure your system for your applica- tion.
  • Page 20 Table 1.2: Connectors CN19 HDD LED connector CN20 ATX feature connector CN21 ATX soft power switch (PS_ON) CN22 HW Monitor Alarm Close: Enable OBS Alarm Open: Disable OBS Alarm CN27 Extension I/O board connector CN28 Extension I/O board connector CN29 SM BUS Connector PIN1: SMB_DATA PIN2: SMB_CLOCK...

  • Page 21: Board Layout: Jumper And Connector Locations

    1.5 Board Layout: Jumper and Connector Locations Figure 1.1: Jumper and Connector locations PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 CN 32 CN 9 CN 31 CN 8 CN 33 CN 7 CN 34 CN 11 Figure 1.2: I/O Connectors 68 Pin for Ultra 160 50 Pin for Ultra wide SCSI Adaptec AIC-7899 68 Pin for Ultra 160 Figure 1.3: SCSI daughter board...

  • Page 23: Pca-6187 Block Diagram

    1.6 PCA-6187 Block Diagram Processor DDR 266/333/400 Channel A VGA port DDR 266/333/400 Intel 865G LAN1 Intel DDR 266/333/400 82547/ Channel B 266MB/s 82562 DDR 266/333/400 LCI Bus PCI to ISA Bridge 2 ATA 100 ITE8888 ports DMA 33/66/100 LAN2 Intel...

  • Page 24: Safety Precautions

    Notice: Before install your PCA-6187 into a chassis, make sure that all components on both sides of the CPU card do not touch any metal parts, especially the chassis wall and add-on card at the adjacent slot.

  • Page 25: Jumper Settings

    * default setting 1.8.3 Watchdog timer output (J2) The PCA-6187 contains a watchdog timer that will reset the CPU or send a signal to IRQ11 in the event the CPU stops processing. This feature means the PCA-6187 will recover from a software failure or an EMI problem.

  • Page 26: System Memory

    1.9 System Memory The PCA-6187 has four sockets for 184-pin dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) in two separated memory channels. It can operate with single channel or dual channel modules. We recommend to use dual channel mode to provide optimized performance.

  • Page 27: Cpu Fsb And Memory Speed

    1.9.1 CPU FSB and memory speed The PCA-6187 can accept DDR SDRAM memory chips without parity. Also note: The PCA-6187 accepts PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR 333) and PC3200 (DDR 400) DDR SDRAM, depending on the CPU front side bus frequency (FSB). Please refer below table for the relation- ship between the CPU FSB and memory speed.

  • Page 28: Memory Installation Procedures

    CPU. When the CPU is installed, the lever should snap into place at the side of the socket. Note : The CPUs made with 0.18 micro-meter process technology ("Willamette") cannot be supported by PCA-6187.
  • Page 29 PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 Connecting Peripherals Chapter 2...

  • Page 31: Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals

    2.2 1st & 2nd (CN1, CN2) IDE Connectors You can attach up to four IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) drives to the PCA-6187’s built-in controller. The primary (CN1) and secondary (CN2) connectors can each accommodate two drives. Wire number 1 on the cable is red or blue and the other wires are gray.

  • Page 32: Floppy Drive Connector (Cn3)

    2.3 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3) You can attach up to two floppy disk drives to the PCA-6187's on board controller. You can use 3.5" (720 KB, 1.44 MB) drives. The single board computer comes with a 34-pin daisy-chain drive con- nector cable.

  • Page 33: Usb Ports (Cn6)

    1 corresponds to pin 1 of CN4. Pin 1 is on the upper right side of CN4. 2.5 USB Ports (CN6) The PCA-6187 provides up to six ports of USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, which gives complete Plug & Play and hot swapping for up to 127 external devices.The USB interface complies with USB Specification Rev.

  • Page 34: Ethernet Connector (Cn8 And Cn34)

    100Base-T or 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 operation. 2.8 Serial Ports (COM1 : CN9; COM2 : CN10 ) The PCA-6187 offers two serial ports, CN9 as COM1 and CN10 as COM2. These ports can connect to serial devices, such as a mouse or a printer, or to a communications network.

  • Page 35: Ps/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector (Cn11/Cn33)

    PS/2 mouse. 2.10 External Keyboard Connector (CN12) CN12 In addition to the PS/2 mouse/keyboard connector on the PCA-6187's rear plate, there is also an extra onboard external keyboard connector. This gives system integrators greater flexibility in designing their sys- tems.

  • Page 36: Cpu Fan Connector (Cn14)

    2.11 CPU Fan Connector (CN14) CN14 If fan is used, this connector supports cooling fans of 500mA (6W) or less. 2.12 Front Panel Connectors (CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&29) There are several external switches to monitor and control the PCA-6187 CN21 CN18 CN19 CN29...

  • Page 37: Reset (Cn18)

    2.12.6 SM Bus Connector (CN29) This connector is reserved for Advantech's SNMP-1000 HTTP/SNMP Remote System Manager. The SNMP-1000 allows users to monitor the internal voltages, temperature and fans from a remote computer through an Ethernet network.

  • Page 38: Atx Feature Connector (Cn20)

    2.13 ATX feature connector (CN20) CN20 Connect to the CN1 on the Advantech backplane to enable the ATX func- tion, 5V stand-by. 2.14 AC-97 Audio interface (CN43) CN43 The PCA-6187 provides AC-97 audio through PCA-AUDIO-00A1 module from Advantech. 2.15 Serial ATA interface (SA0 and SA1) SA0 &...

  • Page 39: Connecting To Snmp-1000 Remote Manager

    In addition to the two EIDE interfaces (up to four devices), the PCA-6187 features high performance serial ATA interface (up to 150MB/s) which eases cabling to hard drives with thin and long cables. 2.16 Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager Use the 6-pin to 8-pin cable to connect the single board computer to SNMP-1000.
  • Page 40 Award BIOS Setup Chapter 3...

  • Page 41: Chapter 3 Award Bios Setup

    "CMOS checksum error..." display screen mes- sage appearing. Then enter the "Setup" screen to modify the data. If the "CMOS checksum error..."message appears again and again, please check to see if you need to replace the battery in your system. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 42: Entering Setup

    3.2 Entering Setup Turn on the computer and press <Del> to allow you to enter the BIOS setup. Figure 3.1: Award BIOS Setup initial screen 3.3 Standard CMOS Setup Choose the “Standard CMOS Features” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu, and the screen below will be displayed. This menu allows users to configure system components such as date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display, and memory.

  • Page 43: Advanced Bios Features

    The “Advanced BIOS Features” screen appears when choosing the “Advanced BIOS Features” item from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu. It allows the user to configure the PCA-6187 according to his particular requirements. Below are some major items that are provided in the Advanced BIOS Features screen.

  • Page 44: Quick Power On Self Test

    3.4.5 Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system. 3.4.6 First/Second/Third Boot Device The BIOS tries to load the OS with the devices in the sequence selected. Choices are: "Floppy", "LS120", "HDD-0", "SCSI", "CDROM", "HDD- 1", "HDD-2", "HDD-3", "ZIP100", "USB-FDD", "USB-ZIP", "USB- CDROM", "USB-HDD", "LAN", "Disabled".

  • Page 45: Security Option

    3.5 Advanced Chipset Features By choosing the “Advanced Chipset Features” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu, the screen below will be displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer’s default values for the PCA-6187, as shown in Figure 3-4: Note:...

  • Page 46: Dram Timing Selectable

    Figure 3.4: Advanced chipset features screen 3.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable This item allows you to control the DRAM speed. The selections are "Manual" or "By SPD". 3.5.2 CAS Latency Time This controls the latency between DDR RAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available.

  • Page 47: System Bios Cacheable

    Choose the first display interface to initiate while booting. The choice is "PCI Slot" or "Onboard". 3.5.13 On-Chip VGA User can disable onboard VGA controller by selecting "Disabled" 3.5.14 On-Chip Frame Buffer Size User can select frame buffer size. Option is :"1MB", "8MB" and "16MB". PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 48: Integrated Peripherals

    3.6 Integrated Peripherals Figure 3.5: Integrated peripherals Figure 3.6: On-Chip IDE Device Chapter 3...

  • Page 49: Ide Hdd Block Mode

    3.6.4 Serial ATA Port0/Port1 Mode Select the mode for SATA port0 and SATA port1. The choices are "Pri- mary Master", "Primary Slave", "Secondary Master", "Secondary Slave", "SATA0 Master" and "SATA1 Master". Figure 3.7: Onboard Device PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 50: Usb Controller

    3.6.5 USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) con- troller and you have USB peripherals. The choices: "Enabled", "Dis- abled". 3.6.6 USB 2.0 Controller This entry is for disable/enable USB2.0 controller only. The BIOS itself may/may not have high speed USB support.

  • Page 51: Onboard Fdc Controller

    This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The setting “Normal” allows normal speed operation, but in one direction only. “EPP” allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed. “ECP” allows the parallel port to operate in bi-directional mode PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 52: Epp Mode Select

    and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate. “ECP + EPP” allows normal speed operation in a two-way mode. 3.6.22 EPP Mode Select This field allows you to select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9. The choices: "EPP1.9", "EPP1.7".

  • Page 53: Power-Supply Type

    “Delay 4 sec.” If you do, then pushing the button for more than 4 seconds will turn off the system, whereas pushing the button momentarily (for less than 4 seconds) will switch the system to “suspend” mode. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Cpu Thrm-Throttling

    3.7.9 CPU THRM-Throttling This field allows you to select the CPU THRM-Throttling rate. The choices: "75.0%", "50.0%", and "25.0%". 3.7.10 Resume on LAN/PCI PME# To enabled or disable the function to resume the system by PCI card or LAN. The Choice : "Enabled", "Disabled". 3.7.11 Resume on Ring This item allows you to wake up the system via LAN from the remote- host.

  • Page 55: Reset Configuration Data

    "50C/122F", "53C/127F", "56C/133F", "60C/140F", "63C/145F", "66C/151F", "70C/158F". Figure 3.11: PC health status screen 3.9.2 Current System Temp This shows you the current temperature of system. 3.9.3 Current CPU Temperature This shows you the current CPU temperature. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 56: Current Cpufan Speed

    3.9.4 Current CPUFAN Speed This shows you the current CPUFAN operating speed. 3.9.5 VCORE, +1.5V, VCC3, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT(V), 5VSB(V) This shows you the voltage of VCORE, +1.5V, VCC3, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT(V), and 5VSB(V). 3.10 Spread Spectrum Control Figure 3.12: Spread Spectrum Control screen 3.10.1 CPU Clock Ratio Key in a DEC number to setup the CPU Clodk Ratio.

  • Page 57: Save & Exit Setup

    This record is required for the system to operate. 3.13 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> lets you exit the setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 58: Chipset Software Installation Utility

    Chipset Software Installation Utility Chapter 4...

  • Page 59: Chapter 4 Chipset Software Install Utility

    To facilitate the installation of the enhanced display device drivers and utility software, you should read the instructions in this chapter carefully before you attempt installation. The device drivers for the PCA-6187 board are located on the software installation CD. The auto-run function of the driver CD will guide and link you to the utilities and device drivers under a Windows system.

  • Page 60: Windows Xp Driver Setup

    • Identification of Intel ® chipset components in the Device Manager. • Integrates superior video features. These include filtered sealing of 720 pixel DVD content, and MPEG-2 motion compensation for soft- ware DVD Note: This utility is used for the following versions of Windows system, and it has to be installed before installing all the other drivers: Windows 98SE...
  • Page 61 Click "Next" when you see the following message. Click "Yes" when you see the following message. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 62 Click "Next" when you see the following message. When the following message appears, click "Finish" to complete the installation and restart Windows. Chapter 4...
  • Page 63 PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 64 VGA Setup Chapter 5...

  • Page 65: Chapter 5 Vga Setup

    Chapter 5 VGA Setup 5.1 Introduction The PCA-6187 has VGA onboard, you need to install the VGA driver to enable the function. The Intel® 865G Graphics Memory Controller Hub (the 865G GMCH) provides an integrated graphics accelerator delivering cost competitive 3D, 2D, and video capabilities.

  • Page 66: Windows Xp Driver Setup

    DVMT dynamically responds to system requirements, and application demands, by allocating the proper amount of display, texturing and buffer memory after the operating system has booted. For example, a 3D appli- cation when launched may require more vertex buffer memory to enhance the complexity of objects, or more texture memory to enhance the richness of the 3D environment.
  • Page 67 Windows XP. For other operating systems, please follow the on-screen installation guide Please click on "Next" to continue the installation PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 68 You will see a welcome window. Please chick on "Next" to con- tinue the installation. Click "Yes" when you see the following message. Chapter 5...
  • Page 69 Click on "Yes" to continue the installation Click "Finish" to complete the installation and restart the computer now or later. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 70 LAN Configuration Chapter 6...

  • Page 71: Chapter 6 Lan Configuration

    Chapter 6 LAN Configuration 6.1 Introduction The PCA-6187 features the 32-bit 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet network interface. This interface supports bus mastering architecture and auto- negotiation features. Therefore standard twisted-pair cabling with RJ-45 connectors for 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps connections can be used.

  • Page 72: Installation

    See Chapter 4 for information on installing the CSI utility. The PCA-6187's onboard Ethernet interface supports all major network operating systems. However, the installation procedure varies with differ- ent operating systems. In the following sections, refer to the one that pro- vides driver setup procedure for the operating system you are using.
  • Page 73 Select "I accept the terms in the license agreement" and click "Next" to continue. Click "Next" to continue. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 74 Click "Install Software" to start the installation procedure. The driver will be installed automatically and the LAN function will be enabled after the installation. Chapter 6...
  • Page 75 PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 76 SCSI Setup & Configuration Chapter 7...

  • Page 77: Chapter 7 Scsi Setup & Configuration

    Chapter 7 SCSI Setup & Configuration 7.1 Introduction The PCA-6187 is equipped with an Adaptec AIC-7899 single-chip PCI- to-SCSI host adapter which provides a dual channel Ultra 160 multi- tasking interface between your computer.s PCI bus and SCSI devices (disk drives, CD-ROM drives, scanners, tape backups, removable media drives, etc.).

  • Page 78: Understanding Scsi

    7.2 Understanding SCSI SCSI (pronounced .scuzzy.) stands for Small Computer Systems Inter- face. SCSI is an industry standard computer interface for connecting SCSI devices to a common SCSI bus. A SCSI bus is an electrical pathway that consists of a SCSI interface installed in a computer and one or more SCSI devices.

  • Page 79: Terminating The Scsi Bus

    If you use a dif- ferent kind of terminator plug, the data I/O rate will decrease. By default, termination on the SCSI controller itself is set to Automatic (the preferred method). We recommend that you do not change this default setting. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 80: Configuring The Scsi Interface With Scsiselect

    7.5 Configuring the SCSI interface with SCSISelect SCSISelect, included with the CPU card, enables you to change SCSI set- tings without opening the computer. SCSISelect also enables you to low- level format or verify the disk media of your SCSI hard disk drives. The following table lists the available and default settings for each SCSISelect option.
  • Page 81 Host Adapter BIOS Enabled Enabled Disabled : Not Scan Disabled: Scan Bus Domain Validation2 Enabled, Disabled Enabled Support Removable Disabled Disabled Disks Under BIOS as Boot Only, Fixed Disks2 All Disks BIOS Support for Enabled, Disabled Enabled Bootable CD_ROM2 PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 82: Starting Scsiselect

    BIOS Support for Enabled, Disabled Enabled Int 13 Extensions2 1 Setting is valid only if Multiple LUN Support is enabled. 2 Settings are valid only if host adapter BIOS is enabled. 7.6 Starting SCSISelect Follow these steps to start SCSISelect: Turn on or restart your system.
  • Page 83 160 MBytes/sec. • Initiate Wide Negotiation-(Default: Yes) When set to Yes, the SCSI card attempts 16-bit data transfer (wide negotiation.) When set to No, the SCSI card uses 8-bit data transfer unless the SCSI device requests wide negotiation. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 84 Note: Set Initiate Wide Negotiation to NO if you are using an 8-bit SCSI device that hangs or exhib- its other performance problems with 16-bit data transfer rate enabled. • Enable Disconnection-(Default: Yes) When set to Yes, allows the SCSI device to disconnect from the SCSI bus. Leave the setting at Yes if two or more SCSI device is connected, changing the setting to No results in slightly better performance.
  • Page 85 SCSI bus and sets transfer rates accord- ingly. Displays the resulting data transfer rate. • Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks. (Default: Disabled) Determines which removable-media drives are supported by the SCSI card BIOS. Choices are as follows: PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 86: Using Scsi Disk Utilities

    • Disabled. No removable-media drives are treated as hard disk drives. Software drivers are required because the drives are not controlled by the BIOS. • Boot Only.Only the removable-media drive designated as the boot device is treated as a hard disk drive. •...

  • Page 87: Installation Under Windows 2000

    Then it enter SCSI installation. Please insert SCSI driver floppy disk. 7.9 Windows 9X Driver setup procedure In the window 9x screen, click on “start” and select “setting”. Then click on the “Control Panel” icon to select .System. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 88 In the “System properties”, choose “PCI SCSI Bus Controller.” Then click on “Properties.” Click on "Update Driver" Chapter 7...
  • Page 89 Click on “Next” Recommend to search for a better driver PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 90 If the SCSI driver is supplied in floppy disk, click on “Floppy disk drives.” Then, click on “Next.” If the SCSI driver is supplied in CD-ROM disk, click on “Specify a location:" then enter "E:\Drv_SCSI\AIC7899\Windows\Win9X" In the "Update Device Driver Wizard" click on "Next." Chapter 7...
  • Page 91 The installation is completed. Click on "Finish." Click on "Yes" to restart the system. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 92 USB 2.0 Configuration Chapter 8...

  • Page 93: Chapter 8 Usb 2.0 Configuration

    Chapter 8 USB 2.0 Configuration 8.1 Introduction The PCA-6187 is designed with Intel ICH5 which supports both USB1.1 and USB 2.0 high-speed transmission. It still remains the compatibility with today's USB device. High-speed USB 2.0 provides data transfer up to 480Mb/s which is 40 times faster than USB 1.1. It is ideal for today's speed-demanding I/O peripherals.
  • Page 94 Onboard Security Setup Chapter 9...

  • Page 95: Chapter 9 Onboard Security Setup

    The PCA-6187's hardware monitor is designed with Winbond W83782D. Onboard security (OBS) functions monitor key hardware. They help you maintain your system's stability and durability. The PCA-6187 can moni- tor 5 sets of system positive voltages, 2 sets of system negative voltages, CPU cooling fan speed, and CPU temperature.

  • Page 96: Windows Xp Driver Setup

    9.2 Windows XP Driver Setup Insert the driver CD into your system's CD-ROM drive. In a few seconds, the software installation main menu appears, as shown in the following figure. Click on the "Install" button under the "OBS DRIVERS" heading. Click "Next"...
  • Page 97 Click "Next" when you see the following message. Click "Next" when you see the following message. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 98 Click "Next" to continue. Click "Finish" when you see the following message. Chapter 9...

  • Page 99: Using The Obs Hardware Doctor Utility

    From the desktop of Windows, click on "Start" and select "Pro- grams" , select "Winbond HWDoctor" and click "HWDOCTOR." It is recommended that you load the default values for all the OBS settings. However, if desired, you can establish new conditions for voltage, fan speed, and temperature. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 100 Chapter 9...
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  • Page 102 Programming the Watchdog Timer Appendix A...

  • Page 103: Appendix A Programming The Watchdog

    Appendix A Programming the watchdog A.1 Programming the Watchdog Timer The PCA-6187's watchdog timer can be used to monitor system software operation and take corrective action if the software fails to function after the programmed period. This section describes the operation of the watchdog timer and how to program it.
  • Page 104 Unlock W83627H Select register of watchdog timer Enable the function of the watchdog timer Use the function of the watchdog time Lock W83627HF Appendix A...
  • Page 105 (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 register can reset the timer to count with the new value. PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 106: Example Program

    F7 (hex) read/write Bit 6: Write 1 to enable key- board to reset the timer, 0 to disable.[default] Bit 5: Write 1 to generate a timeout signal immediately and automatically return to 0. [default=0] Bit 4: Read status of watch- dog timer, 1 means timer is ""time out""."...
  • Page 107 Enable watchdog timer and set 5 minutes as timeout interval ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov dx,2eh ; unlock W83627H Mov al,87h Out dx,al Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov al,07h ; Select registers of watchdog timer Out dx,al Mov al,08h Out dx,al PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 108 ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Enable the function of watchdog timer Mov al,30h Out dx,al Mov al,01h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Set minute as counting unit Mov al,0f5h Out dx,al al,dx Or al,08h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Set timeout interval as 5 minutes and start counting Mov al,0f6h Out dx,al Mov al,5...
  • Page 109 Mov al,0f7h Out dx,al al,dx Or al,80h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; lock W83627HF Mov al,0aah Out dx,al Enable watchdog timer to be reset by keyboard ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov dx,2eh ; unlock W83627H Mov al,87h Out dx,al PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 110 Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov al,07h ; Select registers of watchdog timer Out dx,al Mov al,08h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Enable the function of watchdog timer Mov al,30h Out dx,al Mov al,01h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Enable watchdog timer to be strobed reset by keyboard Mov al,0f7h Out dx,al al,dx...
  • Page 111 Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Generate a time-out signal Mov al,0f7h Out dx,al ;Write 1 to bit 5 of F7 register al,dx Or al,20h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; lock W83627HF Mov al,0aah Out dx,al PCA-6187 User’s Manual...
  • Page 112 I/O Pin Assignments Appendix B...

  • Page 113: Appendix B Pin Assignments

    SIGNAL GND DISK DMA REQUEST IO WRITE IO READ IO CHANNEL READY CSEL HDACKO* IRQ14 IDSC16- ADDR 1 PDIAG ADDR 0 ADDR 2 HARD DISK SELECT 0* 38 HARD DISK SELECT 1* IDE ACTIVE* * low active PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 114: Floppy Drive Connector (Cn3)

    B.2 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3) Table B.2: Floppy drive connector (CN3) Signal Signal FDHDIN* FDEDIN* INDEX* MOTOR 0* DRIVE SELECT 1* DRIVE SELECT 0* MOTOR 1* DIRECTION* STEP* WRITE DATA* WRITE GATE* TRACK 0* WRITE PROTECT* READ DATA* HEAD SELECT* DISK CHANGE* * low active Appendix B...

  • Page 115: Parallel Port Connector (Cn4)

    B.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN4) Table B.3: Parallel port connector (CN4) Signal Signal STROBE* AUTOFD* INIT* SLCTINI* ACK* BUSY SLCT * low active PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 116: Usb Connector (Cn6)

    B.4 USB Connector (CN6) Table B.4: USB1/USB2 connector (CN6) USB1 Signal USB2 Signal +5 V +5 V Chassis GND N/CA B.5 VGA Connector (CN7) Table B.5: VGA connector (CN7) Signal Signal GREEN BLUE H-SYNC V-SYNC Appendix B...

  • Page 117: Com1/Com2 Rs-232 Serial Port (Cn9, Cn10)

    B.6 COM1/COM2 RS-232 Serial Port (CN9, CN10) Table B.6: COM1/2 RS-232 serial port (CN9/10) Signal B.7 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector (CN11) PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 118: External Keyboard Connector (Cn12)

    Table B.7: Keyboard and mouse connector (CN11) Signal KB DATA MS DATA KB CLOCK MS CLOCK B.8 External Keyboard Connector (CN12) Table B.8: External keyboard connector (CN12) Signal DATA Appendix B...

  • Page 119: Cpu Fan Power Connector (Cn14)

    You can use an LED to indicate when the single board computer is on. Pin 1 of CN16 supplies the LED's power, and Pin 3 is the ground. Table B.10: Power LED and keylock conn (CN16) Function LED power (+5 V) PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 120: External Speaker Connector (Cn17)

    B.11 External Speaker Connector (CN17) The single board computer has its own buzzer. You can also connect it to the external speaker on your computer chassis. Table B.11: External Speaker Connector (CN17) Function Internal buzzer Internal buzzer Speaker out B.12 Reset Connector (CN18) Table B.12: Reset connector (CN18) Signal RESET...

  • Page 121: Hdd Led Connector (Cn19)

    B.13 HDD LED Connector (CN19) Table B.13: HDD LED connector (CN19) Signal IDE LED (LED-) VCC (LED+) B.14 ATX Feature Connector (CN20) Table B.14: ATX feature connector (CN20) Signal PS-ON VCCSB PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 122: Atx Soft Power Switch (Cn21))

    B.15 ATX Soft Power Switch (CN21)) Table B.15: ATX soft power switch (CN21) Signal 5VSB PWR-BTN B.16 H/W Monitor Alarm (CN22) Table B.16: H/W monitor alarm (CN22) Signal Enable OBS alarm Disable OBS alarm B.17 AC-97 Audio Interface (CN43) Appendix B...

  • Page 123: Sm Bus Connector (Cn29)

    2 GND 3 SYNC 4 BITCLK 5 SDOUT 6 SDIN0 7 SDIN1 8 AC-RST 9 +12V 10 GND 11 GND 12 N/C B.18 SM Bus Connector (CN29) Table B.18: SM Bus Connector (CN 29) Signal SMB_DATA SMB_CLK PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 124: System I/O Ports

    B.19 System I/O Ports Table B.19: System I/O ports Addr. range (Hex) Device 000-01F DMA controller 020-021 Interrupt controller 1, master 022-023 Chipset address 040-05F 8254 timer 060-06F 8042 (keyboard controller) 070-07F Real-time clock, non-maskable interrupt (NMI) mask 080-09F DMA page register 0A0-0BF Interrupt controller 2 0C0-0DF...

  • Page 125: Dma Channel Assignments

    IRQ12 PS/2 mouse IRQ13 INT from co-processor IRQ14 Fixed disk controller IRQ15 Available IRQ3 Serial communication port 2 IRQ4 Serial communication port 1 IRQ5 Parallel port 2 IRQ6 Diskette controller (FDC) IRQ7 Parallel port 1 (print port) PCA-6187 User’s Manual...

  • Page 126: 1St Mb Memory Map

    B.22 1st MB Memory Map Table B.22: 1st MB memory map Addr. range (Hex) Device E0000h - FFFFFh BIOS CC000h - DFFFFh Unused C0000h - CBFFFh VGA BIOS A0000h - BFFFFh Video Memory 00000h - 9FFFFh Base memory B.23 PCI Bus Map Table B.23: PCI bus map Function Signals Device ID...
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