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  • Page 3 SiS is a trademark of Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. VIA is a trademark of VIA Technology, Inc. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Part No. 2047656001 SBC-656 2nd Edition Prepared in Taiwan Aug. 1999...
  • Page 4 Our dealers are well trained and ready to give you the support you need to get the most from your AAEON products. In fact, most problems reported are minor and are able to be easily solved over the phone.
  • Page 5 Because of AAEON's high quality-control standards and rigorous testing, most of our customers never need to use our repair service. If an AAEON 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 6 Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: • 1 SBC-656 All-in-One Single Board Computer Card • 1 Quick Installation Guide • 1 Support CD contains the followings: -- User's Manual (this manual in PDF file)
  • Page 7 Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the SBC-656 board. This user's manual is designed to help you to get the most out of the SBC-656, 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.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Introduction ................2 Features .................. 3 Specifications ................. 4 Board layout ................7 Board dimensions ..............8 Jumpers and connectors ............ 10 Locating jumpers ..............12 Locating connectors ............13 Setting jumpers ..............14 CPU installing and upgrading ..........15 Installing DRAM (DIMMs) ..........
  • Page 9 IDE hard drive connector (CN3) ..........32 Display connectors (CN13, CN6) ........33 VGA display connector (CN13)..........34 LCD display connector (CN6) ..........35 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse connector (CN8, CN11) ..36 Parallel port connector (CN9) ........... 38 Floppy drive connector (CN3) .......... 40 Connecting the floppy drive .............41 Floppy drive connector (CN10) ..........
  • Page 10 Software drives ..............84 Hardware configuration ............84 Necessary prerequisites ............85 Before you begin ..............85 Windows 95 ................86 Driver installation ..............86 Windows 3.51 ............... 94 Driver installation ..............94 Windows NT 4.0 ..............95 Driver installation ..............95 Ethernet software configuration ........

  • Page 11: Specifications

    This chapter gives background informa- tion on the mainboard. Sections include: • Board specifications • Layout and dimensions Chapter 1 General Information...

  • Page 12: Features

    EMI. Highly integrated SBC The SBC-656 is a highly integrated SBC that combines, video, and network functions on a single computer board. It provides up to 1024 x 768 resolution @ 64K colors with on-chip 2MB SDRAM display memory.
  • Page 13 • Supports Intel Celeron CPUs up to 466MHz • Supports DiskOnChip (SSD) up to 144MB • C&T 69000 LCD controller supports 36-bit TFT Panels • 100Base-Tx Fast Ethernet • Supports H/W status monitoring Chapter 1 General Information...
  • Page 14 • USB connectors: 4 x 2 header onboard supports dual USB ports • Battery: Lithium battery for data retention of up to 10 years • Watchdog timer: Can generate a system reset, IRQ15, or NMI. Software selectable time-out interval (32 sec. ~ 254 min., 1 min./step) SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 15 • DMA: 7 DMA channels (8237 equivalent) • Interrupt: 15 interrupt levels (8259 equivalent) • Power management: I/O peripheral devices support power saving and doze/stanby/suspend modes. APM 1.2 ocmpliant • H/W status monitoring: Winbond W83781D H/W status monitoring IC supports power supply voltages, and temperatures monitoring Flat Panel/CRT Interface •...
  • Page 16 • Power supply voltage: +5V (4.75V to 5.25V), +12V (11.4V to 12.6V) • Power requirement: +5V @ 4.1A(Celeron 300MHz) • Operating temperature: 32 to 140 F (0 to 60 • Board size: 13.3"(L) x 4.8"(W) (338mm x 122mm) • Weight: 1.2 lb. (0.5 Kg) SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 17 Chapter 1 General Information...
  • Page 18 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 19 This chapter describes how to set up the main board hardware, including instruc- tions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals, switches, and indicators. Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you begin the installation proce- dure. Chapter 2 Installation 9...

  • Page 20: Jumpers And Connectors

    The following tables list the function of each of the board's jumpers and connectors. Label Function SW1 (B, C) DOC address select SW1 (D, E, F) CPU frequency ratio select LCD clock signal & driving voltage select Clear CMOS COM2 RS-232/422/485 select COM2 RS-232/422/485 select 10 SBC-656 User Manual...

  • Page 21: Cpu Fan Power Connector (Cn1)

    Label Function CPU fan power connector CN2 (Pin 1~5) IrDA connector CN2 (Pin 6, 7) Reset switch CN2 (Pin 8, 9) External speaker CN2 (Pin 13, 14) IDE drive LED IDE hard drive connector LCD display connector USB connector Internal keyboard connector Parallel port connector CN10 Floppy drive connector...
  • Page 22 12 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 23 CN12 CN15 CN14 CN13 CN11 CN10 PWR1 Chapter 2 Installation 13...
  • Page 24 A pair of needle-nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application, contact your local distributor or sales representa- tive before you make any changes. 14 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 25 SBC-656 Series provides a Zero Insertion Force (ZIP) socket for easy CPU installation. 1. Make sure the ZIF socket lever is in the upright position. To raise the lever, pull it out to the side a little and raise it as far as it will go.
  • Page 26 Lift out the CPU chip. When you install a new CPU, be sure to adjust the board settings, such as CPU type and CPU clock. Improper settings may damage the CPU. 16 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 27 The upper edge of the SBC-656 contains one sockets for 168 pins dual inline memory module (DIMM). The socket uses 3.3 V unbuffered synchronous (SDRAM). DIMM is available in capaci- ties of 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 MB. The socket can be filled in the DIMM of any size, giving your SBC-656 single board computer between 16 and 256 MB of memory.
  • Page 28 CPU, you do not have to take care of either SRAM chips or SRAM modules. The built-in second level cache in the Celeron yields much higher performance than the external cache memories. The cache size in the Celeron CPU is either 128 KB. 18 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 29 The DiskOnChip 2000 occupies a 8KB window in the upper memory address range of D400 to DC00. You should ensure this does not conflict with any other device's memory address. SW1 (B, C) controls the momory address of the Flash disk. DOC address select SW1(B, C) D400 D800...
  • Page 30 Most Celeron CPUs' frequency ratio are pre-locked within the CPUs. Thess CPUs run at fixed speed (frequency) regardless of the configurations listed above. If the CPU you are using requires higher ratio then 5.5X, it is most likely pre-locked. 20 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 31 You can select the LCD connector CN6 driving voltage & control signal by setting J2. The configurations are as follows: 5 3 1 6 4 2 ASHF CLK / +5V ASHFCLK / +3.3V SHFCLK / +5V SHFCLK / +3.3V * *default Chapter 2 Installation 21...
  • Page 32 Clear CMOS procedure: 1. Disconnect all power source. 2. Move J3 from 1-2 to 2-3 for few seconds. 3. Move J3 back to 1-2. 1 2 3 Protect* Clear CMOS 1 2 3 1 2 3 *default 22 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 33 The SBC-656 COM2 serial port can be selected as RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 by setting J4 & J5. 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 RS-232* RS-422 RS-485 1 3 5 1 3 5...
  • Page 34 In single board computer (non-passive backplane) application. You will need to connect the power directly to the SBC-656 board using CN13. This connector is fully compatible with the standard PC PS/2 power supply connector, P8 & P9. See the following...
  • Page 35 The SBC-656 onboard offer +12V power for the CPU cooling fan. Plug in the fan cable onto the 3 pins fan power connector onboard. The fan connector is marked CN1. 1 2 3 CPU fan power connector (CN1) Signal +12V...
  • Page 36 (56Kbps) and Fast IR (4Mbps, 2 meters). Install infrared module onto IrDA connector and enable infrared function from BIOS setup. Make sure to have correct orientation when you plug onto IrDA connector CN2 (Pin 1~5). Signal FIrRx IrRx IrTx 26 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 37 You can connect an external switch to easily reset your computer. This switch restarts your computer as if you had turned off the power, then turned it back on. Function RST-IN Chapter 2 Installation 27...
  • Page 38 Vcc (For external speaker use) BZ_IN* BUZZ* * default For external speaker connection : Remove the default jumper cap from the pin 10~11away. (+) : Please connect to pin 8 (-) : Please connect to pin 11 28 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 39 You can connect an LED to indicate when an IDE device is in use. The pin assignments for this connector are as follows: Function HD-LED+ HD-LED- Chapter 2 Installation 29...
  • Page 40 You can attach up to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives to the SBC-656's CN3. The SBC-656's IDE control- ler uses a PCI local bus interface. This advanced interface sup- ports faster data transfer and allows the IDE hard drive to exceed 528 MB.
  • Page 41 Connecting drives is done in a daisy-chain fashion and requires one of two cables, depending on the drive size. 1.8" and 2.5" drives need a 1 x 44-pin to 2 x 44-pin flat cable connector, 3.5" drives use a 1 x 44-pin to 2 x 40-pin connector. Wire number 1 on the cable is normally red or blue, and the other wires are usually gray.
  • Page 42 DATA 14 DATA 0 DATA 15 SIGNAL GND IO WRITE IO READ IO CHANNEL READY 28 IRQ14 IOCS16 ADDR 1 ADDR 0 ADDR 2 HARD DISK SELECT 0 HARD DISK SELECT 1 IDE ACTIVE MGND MVcc 32 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 43 The SBC-656's PCI SVGA interface can drive conventional CRT displays and is capable of driving a wide range of flat panel displays, including electroluminescent (EL), gas plasma, passive LCD, and active LCD displays. The board has two connectors to support these displays, one for standard CRT VGA monitors and one for flat panel displays.
  • Page 44 Signal Red video Green video Blue video Not used Red return (GND) Green return (GND) Blue return (GND) Key (on pin) Sync return (GND) Monitor ID (not used) Monitor ID Horizontal sync Vertical sync Not used 34 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 45 CN6 is a 50-pin, dual-in-line header used for flat panel displays. When the SBC-656's power is applied, the control signal is low until just after the relevant flat panel signals are present. Configuration of the VGA interface is done completely via the software utility.
  • Page 46 The SBC-656 provides a keyboard connector which supports both a keyboard and a PS/2 style mouse. In most cases, especially in embedded applications, 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.
  • Page 47 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse connector Signal KB DATA MS DATA KB CLOCK MS CLOCK Internal keyboard connector (CN8) Signal KB_CLOCK KB_DATA N.C. Chapter 2 Installation 37...
  • Page 48 Normally, the parallel port is used to connect the board to a printer. The SBC-656 includes an onboard parallel port, accessed through CN9, a 26-pin flat-cable connector. You need an adapter cable if you use a traditional DB-25 connector. The cable has a 26- pin connector on one end and a DB-25 connector on the other.

  • Page 49: Parallel Port Connector (Cn9)

    The SBC-656 supports one parallel port. The port is designated as LPT1 and can be disabled or changed to LPT2 or LPT3 in the system BIOS setup. Parallel port connector (CN9) Signal Signal /STROBE \AUTOFD \INIT \SLCTINI \ACK BUST SLCT...
  • Page 50 Each set consists of a 34-pin flat-cable connector (usually used for 3½" drives) and a printed-circuit board connec- tor (usually used for 5¼" drives). Wire number 1 on the cable is normally red or blue, and the other wires are usually gray. 40 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 51 1. Plug the 34-pin flat-cable connector into CN10. Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector. 2. Attach the appropriate connector on the other end of the cable to the floppy drive(s). You can use only one connector in the set.

  • Page 52: Floppy Drive Connector (Cn10)

    Floppy drive connector (CN10) Signal Signal DENSITY SELECT DRIVE TYPE INDEX MOTOR 0 DRIVE SELECT 1 DRIVE SELECT 2 MOTOR 1 DIRECTION STEP WRITE DATA WRITE GATE TRACK 0 WRITE PROTECT READ DATA HEAD DELECT DISK CHANGE 42 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 53 This 100Base-Tx Ethernet connector CN14 is a standard RJ-45 connector. The onboard Realtek RTL8139B fast Ethernet controller supports 10Mb/s and 100 Mb/s N-way auto-negotiation operation. CN14 Chapter 2 Installation 43...
  • Page 54 The SBC-656 offers two serial ports, one RS-232 (CN15) and one RS-232/422/485 (CN12). These ports allow you to connect them to serial devices (mouse, printers, etc.). CN12 (COM2) CN15 (COM1) SIGNAL SIGNAL COM2 1 DCDB DSRB (422TXD-/485DATA-) RXDB RTSB (422RXD+)
  • Page 55 The DiskOnChip 2000 family of products provides a single chip solid-state flash disk in a standard 32 pins DIP package. The DiskOnChip 2000 is a solid-state disk with no moving parts, resulting in a significant reduction in power consumption and an increase in reliability.
  • Page 56 When the DOC is installed correctly, a DOC will work like an HDD or an FDD. To install the DOC on the SBC-656, follow the instruc- tions below: 1. Plug the DOC into the socket. Make sure pin 1 of the DOC is aligned with pin 1 of the socket.
  • Page 57 This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 58 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 SBC-656 User Manual...

  • Page 59: Main Setup Menu

    These keys helps you navigate in Setup: 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 Main Menu...
  • Page 60 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 causing the system to become unstable. SBC-656 User Manual...

  • Page 61: Standard Cmos Setup

    Standard CMOS Options in the original PC AT-compatible BIOS. BIOS Features Award Software enhanced BIOS options. Chipset Features Options specific to your system chipset. Power Advanced Power Management (APM) Management options. PnP/PCI Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus Configuration configuration options.
  • Page 62 Load Setup Setup defaults are factory settings for Defaults optimal-performance system operations. Save & Exit Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS Setup RAM and exit Setup. Exit Without Abandon all changes and exit Setup. Save SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 63 When you choose the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 64 IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, every time the system boots. If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 65 selecting the drive type are available: 1.Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45. 2.Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field. 3.Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup. Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications: •Type: The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types.
  • Page 66 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 mega byte capacity LCD & CRT This field may appear as an alternative to The Video field. select your video display device: Liquid crystal display Auxiliary monitor Both Display on both devices SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 67 Pannel: This selection item allow user to select LCD BIOS to match the LCD types. There are eight, LCD types available for users to select as their LCD display modes as below: ) s t ) s t ) s t Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 68 CPU. Modern personal computers may contain up to 64 MB, 128 MB, or more. • Base Memory Typically 640 KB. Also called conventional memory. The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 69 • Extended Memory Above the 1-MB boundary. Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1 MB, but current PCs and their software can use extended memory. • Other Memory Between 640 KB and 1 MB; often called High memory. DOS may load terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs, such as device drivers, in this area, to free as much conventional memory as possible for applications.
  • Page 70 By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed. SBC-656 User Manual...

  • Page 71: System Memory

    The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP DEFAULTS settings. Virus Warning When enabled, you receive a warning message if a program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive. You should then run an anti- virus program.
  • Page 72 BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware. If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM-based firmware, you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM. SBC-656 User Manual...

  • Page 73: Chipset Features Setup

    By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 74 When synchronous DRAM is installed, you can control the number of CLKs between when the SDRAMs sample a read command and when the contoller samples read data from the SDRAMs. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 75 SDRAM Precharge Control When Enabled, all CPU cycles to SDRAM result in an All Banks Precharge Command on the SDRAM interface. DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select Non-ECC or ECC (error-correcting code), according to the type of installed DRAM. System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance.
  • Page 76 EMI. This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing-critical devices, such as a clock-sensitive SCSI device IN0-IN6(V) These fields display the current voltage of up to seven voltage input lines, if your computer contains a monitoring system. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 77 By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 78 SL CPUs. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode. User Define Set each mode individually. Select time-out periods in the section for each mode, below. Min Saving Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode (except the hard drive). SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 79 PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. V/H SYNC+Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.
  • Page 80 When Enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode. IRQ8 Break [Event From] Suspend You can select Enabled or Disabled for monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 81 Reload Global Timer Events When Enabled, an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global timer for Standby mode. IRQ3-7, 9-15, NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 82 By choosing the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 83 The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP DEFAULTS settings. NOTE: This chapter describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields. PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play aware (e.g., Windows 95).
  • Page 84 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS, on the other hand, provides for maximum system performance. If the stored record created by the setup utility becomes corrupted (and therefore unusable), BIOS defaults will load automatically when you turn the system on. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 85 By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 86 If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. Onboard Serial Ports (1, 2) Select a logical COM port address for the first and second serial ports. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 87 RxD, TxD Active Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port. EPP Mode select Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 88 The difference between the two is that the supervisor password allows unrestricted access to enter and change the options of the setup menus, while the user password only allows entry to the program, but not modify options. SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 89 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: CONFIRM PASSWORD: Again, type the password and press Enter.
  • Page 90 The IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility can automatically detect the IDE hard disk installed in your system. You can use it to self- detect and/or correct the hard disk type configuration. You need to repeat the setup for each of the IDE combinations: SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 91 If you select this option and press <ENTER>, the values entered in the setup utility will be recorded in the chipset's CMOS memory. The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system.
  • Page 92 SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 93 This chapter provides information about: • Driver types and installation...
  • Page 94 This chapter describes the operation and installation of the display drivers supplied on the Supporting CD-ROM that are shipped with your product. The onboard VGA adapter is based on the CHIPS VGA Flat Panel/CRT controller and is fully IBM VGA compatible. This controller offers a large set of extended functions and higher resolutions.
  • Page 95 The instructions in this manual assume that you understand elementa- ry concepts of MS-DOS and the IBM Personal Computer. Before you attempt to install any driver or utility, you should: • Know how to copy files from a CD-ROM to a directory on the hard disk •...
  • Page 96 Ò Ò These drivers are designed to work with Microsoft Windows . You Ò just install these drivers through the Windows operating system. Ò 1. Install Windows 95 as you normally would for a VGA display. Click the Start button, go to Settings and click on Control Panel.
  • Page 97 Click the setting buttom, then click the Advanced Properties icon into the Advanced Display properties windows, show as figure2: figure 2...
  • Page 98 click on Change Display Type. In the Change Display Type window, click on the Change button under Adapter Type into the select Device window show as figure(3):This will bring up the Select Device window. figure 3...
  • Page 99 2. Place the Supporting CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. figure 4 In the Select Device window, click on Have Disk, Select Browse, and find the Win95 driver "chips95.inf" in the Supporting CD- ROM with the following path, and then click OK. cd-rom: \CD-ROM\model name\driver\vga driver\win95\ "cd-rom:": the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive "model name": the model number of your product...

  • Page 100: Driver Installation

    The name of the Chips And Techn "69000 PCI " driver will appear highlighted in the Models list boxfhow as figure. Click OK to start the driver installation show as figure 6: figure 6...
  • Page 101 3. Once the installation is complete, the Advanced display Proper- ties window will reappear. Show as figure (7): figure 7...
  • Page 102 Click on close to close the window. Then the Display Properties window will reappear. Show as figure (8): figure 8...
  • Page 103 Click on Apply. Restart the system for the new settings to take effect, show as figure (9): figure 9...
  • Page 104 Ò Ò These drivers are designed to work with Microsoft Windows Ò 1. Install Windows NT 3.51 as you normally would for a VGA display. Click the Star buttom, go to Settings and click on Control Panel icon. Then choose the Display and double click on the icon. In the Display Properties window, click the Setting buttom, then click the Display Type buttom into the Display Type windows, then click on Change buttom from the Adapter Type icon.
  • Page 105 Ò 1. Install Windows NT 4.0 as you normally would for a VGA display. Click the Star buttom, go to Settings and click on Control Panel icon. Then choose the Display and double click on the icon. In the Display Properties window, click the Setting buttom, then click the Display Type buttom into the Display Type windows, then click on Change buttom from the Adapter Type icon.
  • Page 107 This chapter describes how to configure the Etherent Card to match your applica- tion requirements. Chapter 5 Software Configuration...
  • Page 108 The Ethernet Setup Menu also offers three very useful diagnos- tic functions. These are: 1. Run EEPROM test 2. Run Diagnostics on Board 3. Run Diagnostics on Network Each option has its own display screen which shows the format and result of any diagnostic tests undertaken. SBC-656 User Manual...

  • Page 109: Programming The Watchdog Timer

    The mainboard 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 industrial stand-alone and unmanned environments. Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer...

  • Page 110: Configuration Register

    254.5 min with a resolution of 1 min. When timer times out, a system reset will happen. The watchdog timer of SBC-656 is located on the chipset – Win- bond W83977. If you want to use it, you have to know how to read/ write the configuration register of W83977.
  • Page 111 1.Set register 30h of logical device 7 to 1 to activate the timer. 2.Write the desired counter value to register F2h of logical deivice Logical Device 7 : Register number 30h (CR30) 00h : timer inactive 01h : timer active Logicel Device 8 : Register number F2h (CRF2) 00h : Time-out Disable 01h : Time-out occurs after 32 seconds...
  • Page 112 ;; write 01h to register 30h to activate ;; timer call W977Write ;; mov bl,8 ;; Select logical device number 8 ax,01f2h ;; write time-out value (01h) to register ;; F2h call W977Write ;; set time-out value to 32 sec ah,4ch SetWatchDog_Time ENDP SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 113 ;; Enter to I/O Chip Program Configuration Register Mode Enterv Config proc push push al,87h ;; Specific value to enter Config ;; Mode dx,cs:CONFIG_PORT dx,al ;; Write to Config Port twice! dx,al ;; Delay EnterConfig endp ;; Exit to I/O Chip Program Configuration Register Mode ExitConfig proc push ax push dx...
  • Page 114 ;; Write to Config Port al,bl ;; Write logical device number dx,cs:DATA_PORT ;; to Data Port dx,al SelectDevice endp ;; Setting I/O Chip Program Configuration Register Value ;; Input : al = register number ;; ah = setting value SBC-656 User Manual...
  • Page 115 W977Write PROC push call EnterConfig ;; Enter Config Mode call SelectDevice ;; Select logical device dx,cs:CONFIG_PORT dx,al ;; Select register number al,ah dx,cs:DATA_PORT dx,al call ExitConfig ;; Exit Config Mode W977Write ENDP Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer...
  • Page 116 SBC-656 User Manual...

  • Page 117: Installing Pc/104 Modules

    This appendix provides instructions for installing PC/104 modules. Appendix B Installing PC/104 Modules...
  • Page 118 • PCM-3910 Breadboard Module • PCM-3810 Solid State Disk Module Installing these modules on the SBC-656 is a quick and simple operation. The following steps show how to mount the PC/104 modules: Step1 Remove the SBC-656 from your system, paying particular attention to the safety instructions already mentioned above.
  • Page 119 PC/104 Mounting Support Female Male Main board PC/104 Module PC/104 Module Mounting Diagram 0.300 3.250 3.775 3.575 3.575 0.200 0.200 3.350 0.200 3.550 Appendix B Installing PC/104 Modules...
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