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Audio drivers and utilities Lastest BIOS (as of the CD-ROM was made) The PCM-6894 requires several cables for operation. You can make them yourself or pruchase an optioanl cable kit, PCM-10489-7 . If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distri-...
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Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the PCM-6894 board. This user manual is designed to help you to get the most out of the PCM-6894, please read it thoroughly before you install and use the board. The product that you have purchased comes with an two-year limited warranty, but AAEON will not be responsible for misuse of the product.
Contents Chapter 1: General Information ........1 Introduction ..............2 Features .................. 3 Specifications ................. 4 Chapter 2: Installation ..........7 Locating Jumpers & Connectors ........8 Mechanical Drawing ............10 Jumpers and Connectors ........... 12 CMOS Status Setup(JBAT1) ..........14 LVDS Voltage Select(J2) ............
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Printer Port Connector(LPT1) .......... 25 Wake On LAN Connector(WOL1) ........26 USB Connector(USB1)............26 IrDA Connector(IR1) ............27 Primary LCD Connector(LCD1) ........28 Chapter 3: Award BIOS Setup ........2 9 Starting setup ............... 30 Setup keys ................31 Getting help ................32 Main Setup Menu ...............
G e n e r a l Information This chapter gives background informa- tion on the PCM-6894. Sections include: • Board Introduction • Board Features • Board Specificaitons Chapter 1 General Information...
CD-ROMs, also no battery is required to save the data when the computer powers down. PCM-6894 also includes four high-speed serial ports (three RS-232, one RS-232/422/485), one multimode (ECP/EPP/SPP) parallel port, dual USB ports, 2 floppy drives, an Ultra DMA/100 Enhanced IDE controller supporting up to two devices with data transfer rate up to 100MB per second, and a keyboard/PS/2 mouse interface.
PC performance. The addition of PCI slot and PC/104 connector will allow a wide selection of accessory cards to be added to the PCM-6894 such as Ultra Wide 2 SCSI, fax modem, vehicle power supply, extra DiskOn- Chip, PCMCIA module, etc.
Three RS-232 serial ports and one RS-232/422/ 485(COM2) can be configured as COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, or disabled individually. (16C550 equivalent) IrDA port Supports one IrDA Tx/Rx header KB/Mouse connector A 7(4*2-1)-pin header supports PC/AT Keyboard and PS/2 mouse. PCM-6894 User Manual...
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USB connectors One 5x2-pin header onboard supports dual USB ports Battery Lithium battery for data retention Watchdog Timer Can generate a system reset. Software selectable time-out interval (32 sec.~254 min., 1 min./step) 7 DMA channels (8237 equivalent) Interrupt 15 interrupt levels (8259 equivalent) Power management Supports ATX or ATpower supply.
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Mechanical and Environmental Power Supply voltage +5V, +12V, AT or ATX type Operating temperature 32 to 140 degrees F (0 to 60 degrees C) Board Size 8 (L) x 5.75 (W) (203mm x 146mm) Weight 1.2 lb. (0.5Kg) PCM-6894 User Manual...
Installation This chapter describes how to set up the board hardware, including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripher- als, switches, and indicators. Chapter 2 Installation...
JBAT1 CMOS Status Setup Reserved LVDS Voltage Select J3, J4 & J5 Serial Port 2 Status Setup Serial Port 3 RING Status Setup Serial Port 4 RING Status Setup Watchdog Timer Status Setup LAN Status Setup BC-599/596 PCM-6894 User Manual...
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C o n n e c t o r s Label Function TV Output Connector CRT Connector LVDS Connector 10/100 Base-Tx Ethernet 1 Connector (LAN1) 10/100 Base-Tx Ethernet 2 Connector (LAN2) Reserved Audio Output Connector Inverter Power Supply Connector for LCD LAN1 &...
You can use JBAT1 to clear the CMOS data if necessary. To reset the CMOS data, set JP2 to 2-3 closed for just a few seconds, and then move the jumper back to 1-2 closed. *Protect (default) Clear CMOS * default LVDS Voltage Select (J2) +3.3V * default BC-599/596 PCM-6894 User Manual...
Serial Port 2 Status Setup (J3, J4, and J5) RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 * default Serial Port 3 Ring Status Setup (J6) +12V Ring* * default Chapter 2 Installation...
Ring* * default Watchdog Timer Status Setup (J8) The PCM-6894 is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason. This feature ensures system reliability in industri- al standalone, or unmanned environments.
LAN Status Setup (J9) Pin1 to Pin3 of J9 can set up the status for LAN1, while Pin4 to Pin6 are able to enable or disable LAN2. Please check the following table for J9's jumper setting. Enabled Disabled * default Enabled Disabled * default...
PCM-6894 TV Output Connector (CN1) PCM-6894 has an 8-pin connector to support TV output function. The definition is listed as below. Signal Signal Y-OUT COMP C-OUT N.C. N.C. CRT Connector (CN2) PCM-6894 can simultaneously support CRT and flat panel display.
LVDS Connector (CN3) When PCM-6894's power is applied, the control signal is low until the relevant flat panel signals are present. The configuration is done completely via the software utility. You don't need to set any jumper. Signal Signal TX1+...
LINE OUT LEFT Inverter Power Supply Connector for LCD (CN8) With an integrated 5-pin inverter power supply connector on board, PCM-6894 can provide DC +12V or +5V for LCD backlight module and the following is its pin assignment. Signal +12V...
LAN2 LINK LED Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector (CN10) PCM-6894 provides a connector to support both a keyboard and a PS/2 style mouse. In most cases, especially in embedded applica- tions, a keyboard is not used. The standard PC/AT BIOS will report an error or fail during power-on-self-test (POST) after a reset if the keyboard is not present.
PCM-6894 Serial Port 1/2/3/4 Connector (CN12) The PCM-6894 offers three RS-232 serial ports and one RS-232/422/ 485 serial port to connect serial devices. Using the BIOS Peripheral Setup program, you can select the address for each port or disable it. Please check the following table for the pin assignment.
Front Panel Connector (CN13) F r o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r ( C N 1 3 ) GND / Power On HDD LED / +5V SPEAKER / +5V PWR LED RST-SW / GND Chapter 2 Installation...
PCM-6894 ATX Power Connector (PWR1A) If the version of your PCM-6894 supports ATX power supply function, you will have one ATX power connector (PWR1) on board. Please check the following table for its pin assignment: Signal Signal +3.3V +3.3V PWR-OK...
Signal +12V SENSOR Printer Port Connector (LPT1) Normally, the printer port is used to connect the card to a printer. The PCM-6894 includes an onboard parallel port, accessed through the LPT1 connector, a 26-pin flat-cable connector. Signal Signal STROBE ERROR...
PCM-6894 Wake On LAN Connector (WOL1) PCM-6894 have a 3-pin Wake-on-LAN connector near the PCI slot and you can check the Power Management Setup in the BIOS for this option. Below is its pin assignment. Signal 5VSB WAKE UP USB Connector (USB1) USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports can provide complete function of "plug and play", "hot attach/detach"...
IrDA Connector (IR1) The IrDA connector (IR1) can be configured to support wireless infrared module. With this module and application software, such as laplink or Win95/98 Direct Cable connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA, and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters), ASK-IR (56Kbps) and Fast .
Ctr-Alt-Del. If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message appears and you are again asked to PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP PCM-6894 User Manual...
Setup Keys These keys helps you navigate in Award BIOS: Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand Main Menu:Quit and not save changes into CMOS RAM Other pages:Exit current page and return to...
The Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen by Award Software or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Main Setup Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration. (Date, time, IDE, etc.) Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system performance.
Set Supervisor/User Password Use this menu to set Supervisor/User Passwords. Save and Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Standard CMOS Features This standard setup menu allows users to configure system components such as the date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display, and memory. Online help for each field can be accessed by pressing F1. Date and Time Configuration The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information.
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- LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive access, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders. PCM-6894 User Manual...
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Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications: Capacity: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program. Cylinder: Number of cylinders. Head: Number of heads. Precomp: Write precompensation cylinder .
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The choices: LCD+CRT, and TV only Panel Type PCM-6894 can be used with various display panels. Please select the type of panel you are incorporating with your single board computer. Consult your panel manual for detail information. The choices: 640x480 TFT, 640x480 DSTN, 800x600 TFT, 800x600 DSTN, 1024x768 TFT, 1024x768 DSTN, 1028x1024 TFT, 1600x1400 DSTN, 1600x1400 TFT.
Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields; they are only for your information. RAM is counted in kilobytes (KB: approxi- mately one thousand bytes) and megabytes (MB: approximately one million bytes). RAM is the computer's working memory, where the computer stores programs and data currently being used, so they are accessible to the CPU.
NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. PCM-6894 User Manual...
CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Enable this function to utilize the CPU Internal/External Cache memory to enhance computing performance. The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled, memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs.
40 tracks; drives with 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40-track floppy drives, we recommend you to choose "Disabled" to save time. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled On, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations. The choices: On, Off. Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB (extended memory).
8-bit X-bus. Shadowing impoves the performance of the system BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals. but it also reduces the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB) available for loading device drivers, etc. PCM-6894 User Manual...
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Enable shadowing into each section of memory separately. Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the system BIOS and eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option. Video BIOS shadows into memory are C0000-C7FFF. The remaining areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware.
DRAMs. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. DRAM Clock This item allows you to control the DRAM speed. The choice: Host Clock, HCLK-33M, HCLK+33M. SDRAM Cycle Length This field sets the CAS latency timing. The choices: 3, 2. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Bank Interleave Select 2 Bank or 4-Bank interleave for 64-Mb SDRAM. If 16-Mb SDRAM is installed, leave Disabled. The choices: 2 Bank, 4 Bank, Disabled. Memory Hole In order to improve performance, certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory.
Select enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB keyboard. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. OnChip Sound This item allows you to control the onboard VIA 1611 audio. The choices: Auto, Disabled. PCM-6894 User Manual...
CPU to PCI Write Buffer When this field is enabled, writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and PCI bus. When disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle.
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The choices: Enabled, Disabled. Memory Parity/ECC Check Select Enabled, or Disabled. When enabled, the BIOS enables memory checking when it detects the presence of ECC or parity DRAM The choices: Enabled, Disabled. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Integrated Peripherals Onchip IDE Channel0/Onchip IDE Channel1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Please select " Enabled" to activate each channel separately. The choices: Enabled, Disable. IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching, for faster drive accesses.
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The choices: Disabled, Enabled. PCM-6894 User Manual...
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Onboard Serial Ports (1, 2) Normally, the boards' I/O chips will occupy a certain portion of memory space. For each I/O device the computer provides an I/O address. The more devices attached the more address needed to organize the memory storage areas. If all the I/O devices were run through the same address, your devices would come to a near halt.
Select a matching address for the third serial port or disable it. The choices: 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8, Diabled Serial Port 3 use IRQ If you don't disable serial Port 3, you must select corresponding interrupt for it. The choices: IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ9, IRQ10. PCM-6894 User Manual...
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Onboard Serial Port 4 Select a matching address for the forth serial port or disable it. The choices: 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8, Diabled Serial Port 4 use IRQ If you don't disable serial Port 4, you must select corresponding interrupt for it. The choices: IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ9, IRQ10.
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Select DMA mode for the Sound Blaster interface. The choice: DMA0, DMA1, DMA2, DMA3 MPU-401 Select Enabled to configure the MPU-401 interface. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. MPU-401 I/O Address Select a base I/O address for the MPU-401 interface. The choice: 300-303H, 310-313H, 320-323H, 330-333H. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Power Management Setup Power-Supply Type We offer two version PCM-6894 of different power supply types: AT or ATX. Please select the corresponding type of your board in this item. AT type board doesn't support the following functions: "ACPI", "Modem ring in", and "Soft-off by PWRBTN" etc..
The choices: Yes, No. Video Off Option As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes, select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank. The choices: Suspend? off, All Modes? off, Always On PCM-6894 User Manual...
Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. This selection will cause the system to turn off V/H SYNC + Blank the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling...
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Or you may wish to turn Off IRQ12 (the PS/2) mouse as a wake-up event, so accidentally brushing the mouse does not awaken the system. PCM-6894 offers 7 ways to awaken the system. Define each way as the interrupt requests or not. The choices: ON, OFF LPT &...
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Primary INTR The choices: ON, OFF IRQs Activity Monitoring Enable the following devices with the corresponding IRQ address to wake up the system: IRQ3 (COM2), IRQ4 (COM1), IRQ5 (LPT 2), IRQ6 (Floppy Disk), IRQ7 (LPT 1), IRQ8(RTC Alarm), IRQ9(IRQ2 Redir), IRQ12(PS/2 Mouse), IRQ13(Coprocessor), and IRQ14(Hard Disk).
Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot. The choices: Enabled, Disabled PCM-6894 User Manual...
Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95. If you set this field to Manual, please choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field ( a sub menu is proceeded by a ">")
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Assign IRQ For VGA Enable to assign interrupt for VGA. The choice: Enabled, Disabled Assign IRQ For USB Enable to assign interrupt for USB. The choice: Enabled, Disabled PCM-6894 User Manual...
PC Health Status Your system does not allow you to alter any of the setting in this menu. The system engineer has already designated the correct setting for PCM-6894. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Default (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Load Optimized Default When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
System Enter a password each time the system boots and when ever you enter Setup. Setup Enter a password when ever you enter Setup. NOTE: To clear the password, simply press Enter when asked to enter a password. Then the password function is disabled. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Set User Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: Enter Password: Type the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter. Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory. Now the message changes: Comfirm Password: Again, type the password and press Enter.
The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Exit Without Saving Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
Driver Installation This PCM-6894 is equipped with an audio,VGA and Dual LAN interfaces. This chapter provides instructions for install- ing the software drivers on these periph- erals. Chapter 4 Driver Installation...
Service Pack from Microsoft website and install it before install any driver. 1. Insert the PCM-6894 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive. 2. From the CD ROM, select the PCM-6894/Driver/4in1 folder to double click on the Setup.exe icon. A driver installation screen will appear.
VGA Driver Installation Windows Series 1. Insert the PCM-6894 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive. 2. From the CD ROM, select the PCM-6894/Driver/VGA/Windows 9x folder to double click on the Setup.exe icon. Notice:We take the VGA installation under Windows 98 for example...
Audio Driver Installation Windows 9x/ME 1. Insert the PCM-6894 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive. 2. From the CD ROM, select the PCM-6894/Driver/Audio folder to double click on the Setup.exe icon. A driver installation box will appear. 3. Click on the Next button.
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Windows NT 4.0 1. Insert the PCM-6894 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive. 2. From the CD ROM, select the PCM-6894/Driver/Audio folder to double click on the Setup.exe icon. 3. Click on the Next button. 4. Select Install Driver and click on the Next button.
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* Please turn on the USB Host Controller and USB 2 Host Control- ler in the BIOS setting first. Otherwise, the Audio function will not detect by LINUX 2.2.5 kernel. It is the LINUX 2.2.5 kernels' bug. PCM-6894 User Manual...
Ethernet Driver Installation Windows 9x/ME 1. Insert the PCM-6894 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive. 2. From the CD ROM, select the PCM-6894/Driver/Ethernet folder to double click on the Setup.exe icon. 3. Click on the Next button. 4. Click on the Ok button to key in the following path: cd- rom:\PCM-6894\Driver\Ethernet\Windows 98 "cd-rom"...
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Windows NT 4.0 1. Insert the PCM-6894 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive. 2. From Start, select the Settings, then click on the Control Panel icon. 3. Double click on the Network icon. A Network Configuration box will appear and show : Windows NT Networking is not installed.
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Watchdog Timer Appendix A Watchdog Timer...
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Watchdog Timer PCM-6894 contains a watchdog timer reset pin. (GP13) All reference material can be found on the following pages. PCM-6894 User's Manual...
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==================================================** ** Title : WatchDog Timer Setup Utility (for W83977 GP13) ** ** Company : AAEON Technology Inc. ** Compiler : Borland C ++ Version 3.0 **==============================================================*/ #include <dos.h> #include <io.h> #include <bios.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <conio.h> /* Set I/O Address : 370/371 or 3F0/3F1 */...
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SetWatchDogTime(unsigned char time_val) EnterConfigMode(); SelectDevice(8); //Set Register F2 //Set Watch-Dog Timer 1~ 256 WriteAData(0xF2, time_val); // set counter counts in second (or minute) // Register F4 Bit 6 = 0/1 (minutes/seconds) // For w83977EF only WriteAData(0xF4, 0x40); ExitConfigMode(); PCM-6894 User's Manual...
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void init_w83977tf_aw_watchdog() short int value; //Enter W83977 Configure Mode EnterConfigMode(); //Select Device 7 SelectDevice(7); //Set Device Active WriteAData(0x30, 0x01); //caution:skip this step will be a mistake!! if (watch_dog_output_GP==12) //Set Register E2 to define GP12 WriteAData(0xE2, 0x0A); else if(watch_dog_output_GP==13) //Set Register E3 to define GP13 WriteAData(0xE3, 0x0A);...
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*ptr; printf( “w inBond 83977 WatchDog Timer Setup Utility Version 1.0 \n? ; printf( “C opyright (c) 2000 AAEON Technology Inc.\n? ; printf( “T his version only for W83977 that using GP%d to Reset System.\n? watch_dog_output_GP); PCM-6894 User's Manual...
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if (argc == 1) printf( n Syntax: WATCHDOG [time] \n? ; “\ printf(? time range : 1 ~ 256 \n\n? ; return ; if (argc > 1) ptr = argv[1]; time_value = atoi(ptr); if (time_value > 0 && time_value < 256) SetWatchDogTime((unsigned char) time_value);...
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