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VIPer807
486/5x86 SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER
TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL
VERSION 1.4, AUGUST 1998
TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC.
616 Cure Boivin
Boisbriand, Quebec
J7G 2A7
CANADA
NOTE:
This manual is for reference purposes only.
Reproduction in whole or in part is authorized
provided TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS
INC. is cited as the original source.
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  • Page 1 VIPer807 486/5x86 SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL VERSION 1.4, AUGUST 1998 TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC. 616 Cure Boivin Boisbriand, Quebec J7G 2A7 CANADA NOTE: This manual is for reference purposes only. Reproduction in whole or in part is authorized provided TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC.
  • Page 2 This document may contain information or refer to products protected by the copyrights or patents of others and does not convey any license under the patent rights of TEKNOR, nor the rights of others. Printed in Canada. Copyright 1998 by TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC., Boisbriand, Qc J7G 2A7.
  • Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF DIAGRAMS LIST OF TABLES INTRODUCTION PART ONE INSTALLING & SETTING UP VIPer SECTION 1 INSTALLATION & SETUP 1.01 GETTING STARTED 1.02 HOW THE BOARD CAN BE USED 1.03 IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING WITH A BOARD 1.04 UNPACKING SECTION 2 INSTALLING MEMORY...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    SECTION 4 INSTALLING & WORKING WITH SYSTEM COMPONENTS 4.01 MICROPROCESSOR 4.02 CONFIGURING CACHE 4.03 SYSTEM CONTROLLER OVERVIEW 4.04 SUPERVISOR UTILITIES 4.05 MULTI-FUNCTION CONNECTOR (KEYBOARD, SPEAKER, RESET & LED) 4.06 PC/104 EXPANSION CARDS 4.07 PS/2 MOUSE SECTION 5 INSTALLING PERIPHERALS (PARALLEL/SERIAL) 5.01 PARALLEL PORT 5.02 SERIAL PORTS SECTION 6...
  • Page 5 SECTION 8 INSTALLING VIDEO 8.01 FLAT PANEL / CRT SVGA CONTROLLER 8.02 CONNECTING CRT VIDEO DISPLAY 8.03 CONNECTING FLAT PANEL VIDEO DISPLAY 8.04 VIDEO FEATURE / V-PORT CONNECTOR (J8) SECTION 9 POWER MANAGEMENT 9.01 POWER SUPPLY SOURCE 9.02 POWER MANAGEMENT MODES 9.03 RESET CIRCUIT 9.04 POWER FAIL DETECTION CIRCUIT 9.05 WATCHDOG TIMER...
  • Page 6 PART TWO SPECIAL SOFTWARE & ONBOARD UTILITIES SECTION 11 VFLASH SOFTWARE 11-1 11.01 INTRODUCTION 11-1 11.02 OUTPUT SELECTION/FIRST SCREEN 11-4 11.03 OUTPUT SELECTION/SECOND SCREEN 11-5 11.04 FILE SELECTION SCREEN 11-6 11.05 LIST OF SELECTED FILES SCREEN 11-9 11.06 TRANSFER STATUS SCREENS 11-11 11.07 BATCH MODE 11-14...
  • Page 7 APPENDICES APPENDIX A VIPer807 SPECIFICATIONS A.01 SPECIFICATIONS A.02 BATTERY A.03 MTBF (MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES) A.04 MEETING INDUSTRY STANDARDS APPENDIX B MEMORY & I/O MAPS B.01 MEMORY MAP B.02 I/O MAP APPENDIX C MECHANICAL LAYOUT & BLOCK DIAGRAM APPENDIX D...
  • Page 8 LIST OF DIAGRAMS 2-1: Assembly (Top) 2-2: Assembly (Bottom) 3-1: VIPer807 Jumper Locations with Default Settings 6-1: Floppy Disk Cable 8-1: VIPer807 Connector Locations 14-1: VT100 Full Setup 14-3 14-2: VT100 Partial Setup 14-3 B-1: Memory Map Diagram C-1: Mechanical Specifications...
  • Page 9 LIST OF TABLES 2-1: SIMM Configuration 3-1a: Jumper Settings: W1-W5, W23 3-1b: Jumper Settings: W6-W14 3-1c: AMD DX2-DX4 CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15-W18 3-1d: AMD 5x86 CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15-W18 3-1e: Intel CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15-W18 3-10 3-1f: SGS CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15-W18 3-11 3-1g: Jumper Settings: W19-W21 3-12...
  • Page 10 LIST OF TABLES (Continued) 5-5b: IBM 9-Pin DSUB Standard 5-6: Serial Port 2 (J4) RS-422/RS-485 6-1: IDE Hard Disk Connector (J1) - Pinout 6-2: Floppy Connector (J2) - Pinout 6-3: SCSI Connector (J7) - Pinout 6-11 6-4: SCSI LED Connector (J10) - Pinout 6-12 8-1: SVGA Connector (J14) - Pinout 8-2: Flat Panel Connector (J8) - Pinout...
  • Page 11 LIST OF TABLES (Continued) A-2: Supply Current A-3: Reliability Prediction B-1: Memory Map B-2: I/O Map F-1: Beep Error Codes xiii...
  • Page 12 EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE REPLACING LITHIUM BATTERY WARNING Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. ATTENTION Il y a danger d’explosion s’il y a remplacement incorrect de la batterie. Remplacer uniquement avec une batterie du même type ou d’un type équivalent recommandé...
  • Page 13 3.3V logic levels can be used for the Feature Connector. Warning: Flat Panel Power The VIPer807 only supplies the Flat Panel with 5V power. In order to supply 3.3V power to your Flat Panel, an external 5V to 3.3V DC-DC voltage converter is required. Incorrect power...
  • Page 14 Warning: Pinout for 50-Pin High Density Connector The J7 SCSI and J8 Flat Panel connectors found on the VIPer807 are 50-pin high density connectors, which have a different pinout distribution than most dual row headers. The pin numbers are shown below.
  • Page 15 TEKNOR’s Sales department to order them. Connecting Flat Panel Video Display The VIPer807 board supports many different types of Flat Panel displays. TEKNOR has fully tested a number of these panels and provides all the BIOS software support and the technical information needed.
  • Page 16 Preventing Viruses TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS takes every precaution against computer viruses. For your protection, we have safety sealed all utility diskettes. If the seal is broken, do not use the diskette. Destroy the diskette immediately and contact our Technical Support department for further instructions at (450) 437-5682 (Canada) or at +49 811 / 600 15-0 (Germany).
  • Page 17 INTRODUCTION The VIPer807 Single Board Computer is a high performance, fully IBM AT compatible, PC/AT single board computer. VIP stands for Very Integrated Processor. This board includes the following features: • The VIPer807 supports the following microprocessors (maximum internal CPU clock speed and CPU voltage indicated): AMD 486DX2SV running at 66 MHz (3.3V);...
  • Page 18 The Cirrus Logic local bus SVGA Video Controller supports high resolution Flat Panel and CRT displays. The VIPer807 comes with 1MB of video memory and a video feature connector (jumper configurable as a V-PORT). The V-PORT connector supports TEKNOR’s TEK-380 Video Camera Interface Module (VIPer Vision).
  • Page 19 The VIPer807 TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL's Sections are divided into two parts. The first part - INSTALLING & SETTING UP VIPer - includes ten Sections which give a full overview of the VIPer807 board, plus installation and setup procedures. A topical index of these Sections is included below:...
  • Page 20 Following the Sections are Appendices A to F, which contain information you can consult when needed. These include: • Appendix A: VIPer807 SPECIFICATIONS; • Appendix B: MEMORY & I/O MAPS; • Appendix C: MECHANICAL LAYOUT & BLOCK DIAGRAM; • Appendix D: CONNECTOR PINOUTS;...

  • Page 21: Installing & Working With System Components

    PART ONE INSTALLING & SETTING UP VIPer SECTION 1: INSTALLATION & SETUP SECTION 2: INSTALLING MEMORY SECTION 3: SETTING JUMPERS SECTION 4: INSTALLING & WORKING WITH SYSTEM COMPONENTS SECTION 5: INSTALLING PERIPHERALS (PARALLEL/SERIAL) SECTION 6: INSTALLING IDE, FLOPPY & SCSI DEVICES SECTION 7: INSTALLING SOLID STATE DISKS (FLASH) SECTION 8:...
  • Page 22 INSTALLATION & SETUP 1.01 GETTING STARTED Part One of this manual (Sections 1 to 10) groups the various aspects of the VIPer807 board, with special emphasis put on installation and setup procedures. Wherever possible, technical information is given in these ten Sections to describe the various features of the board.
  • Page 23 Power is drawn directly from the AT bus. • The VIPer807 can be used as part of a stand-alone system with no backplane. The board has its own power connector, through which power can be drawn. The board has a PC/104 expansion header which accepts any PC/104 mezzanine card.
  • Page 24 1.03 IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING WITH A BOARD 1.03.1 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS Since static electricity can damage a board, the following precautions should be taken: • Keep the board in its antistatic package, until you are ready to install it. •...
  • Page 25 1.04 UNPACKING Follow these recommendations while unpacking: • Observe the Static Electricity Precautions in section 1.03.1. • After opening the box, save it and the packing material for possible future shipment. • Remove the board from its antistatic wrapping and place it on a grounded surface. •...
  • Page 26 U6 and U7. 2.01.2 VIDEO MEMORY (DRAM) Video RAM is factory installed. The VIPer807 is configured with 1MB of video memory. The location of the Video RAM appears on Diagram 2-2 at U21 and U22 (solder side). 2.01.3 BIOS (FLASH EPROM & EPROM) The Flash EPROM BIOS and the EPROM BIOS are also factory installed.
  • Page 27 DIAGRAM 2-1: Assembly (Top) Installing Memory...
  • Page 28 DIAGRAM 2-2: Assembly (Bottom) Installing Memory...
  • Page 29 2.02 SIMM CONFIGURATION & INSTALLATION At least 1MB of system memory must be installed on the VIPer807 for proper operation. Total System Memory can be configured as 1MB, 2MB, 3MB, 4MB, 8MB, 12MB, 16MB, 32MB, 48MB or 64MB using 36-bit SIMM devices.
  • Page 30 TABLE 2-1: SIMM Configuration Total System U7 Socket - Bank 0 / 2 U6 Socket - Bank 1 / 3 Memory SIMM Module Installed SIMM Module Installed 1MB (256Kx36) 1MB (256Kx36) 1MB (256Kx36) 1MB (256Kx36) 2MB (512Kx36) 2MB (512Kx36) 1MB (256Kx36) 2MB (512Kx36) 2MB (512Kx36) 1MB (256Kx36)
  • Page 31 SECTION 3 SETTING JUMPERS This Section describes how to configure hardware options by setting jumper switches on the VIPer board. 3.01 TERMINOLOGY Jumper switches are small pins that you can set by using jumper caps. Two pins can be joined by a jumper cap, thereby closing or shorting a circuit. So you short (or close) a jumper by placing a plastic jumper cap over two pins of the jumper switch, and you open a jumper switch by removing a jumper cap.
  • Page 32 DIAGRAM 3-1: VIPer807 Jumper Locations with Default Settings Setting Jumpers...
  • Page 33 3.03 JUMPER SETTINGS Tables 3-1a to 3-1h on pages 3-6 to 3-13 show the jumper settings for W1 to W29. Setting Jumpers...
  • Page 34 TABLE 3-1a: Jumper Settings: W1 - W5, W23 Setting Jumpers...
  • Page 35 TABLE 3-1b: Jumper Settings: W6 - W14 Setting Jumpers...
  • Page 36 TABLE 3-1c: AMD DX2-DX4 CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15 -W18 Setting Jumpers...
  • Page 37 TABLE 3-1d: AMD 5x86 CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15-W18 Setting Jumpers...
  • Page 38 TABLE 3-1e: Intel CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15-W18 Setting Jumpers 3-10...
  • Page 39 TABLE 3-1f: SGS CPU Jumper Settings: W1, W15-W18 Setting Jumpers 3-11...
  • Page 40 TABLE 3-1g: Jumper Settings: W19-W21 Setting Jumpers 3-12...
  • Page 41 TABLE 3-1h: Jumper Settings: W22, W24-W29 Setting Jumpers 3-13...

  • Page 42: Microprocessor

    SECTION 4 INSTALLING & WORKING WITH SYSTEM COMPONENTS 4.01 MICROPROCESSOR The VIPer807 board supports the following microprocessors (the maximum internal CPU clock speed and CPU voltage are indicated): • AMD 486DX2SV running at 66 MHz (3.3V); • AMD 486DX4SV running at 100 MHz (3.3V);...
  • Page 43 • W15: Selects the desired multiplier to set the internal CPU clock speed (2, 3 or 4 times the external Bus speed): - Shorted: 2X (or 4X for AMD 5x86-133 only), - Or open: 3X. • W16, W17 and W18: These jumpers are used in conjunction with W15 to select CPU Type.

  • Page 44: Configuring Cache

    4.02 CONFIGURING CACHE The microprocessors have Internal Cache Memory available for faster execution of applications. Cache copies the most recently accessed data and places it in its fast Internal Cache Memory. The CPU can then access this data at a very high speed. Since most program executions are sequential and repetitive, the likelihood is great that the CPU will find data already stored in Cache.

  • Page 45: System Controller Overview

    4.03 SYSTEM CONTROLLER OVERVIEW The PicoPower (Cirrus Logic subsidiary) PT86C768/PT86C718 System Controller used on the VIPer807 board is a two-chip solution packaged in 176-pin VQFP’s. This chipset contains power management features making it ideal for designing energy efficient computer systems and high performance applications.
  • Page 46 4.03.2 INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS Two 8259 interrupt controllers handle the interrupts on the VIPer807. Six interrupt lines are directly linked to the keyboard controller, timer, the real-time clock, both serial ports and the parallel port. Note that with Plug and Play, interrupt lines for I/O devices and the SCSI interface can be modified via software per system requirements.

  • Page 47: Supervisor Utilities

    4.04 SUPERVISOR UTILITIES The VIPer series incorporates features that are usually not found on commercial PCs. TEKNOR computers utilize address space 190H, 290H or 390H to enable these special features. The I/O address is jumper selectable (W21 jumper - Section 3). TABLE 4-3: Register 190H, 290H or 390H Bit # Bit Value...

  • Page 48: Multi-Function Connector (Keyboard, Speaker, Reset & Led)

    VIPer. • Reset: The VIPer can be reset by shorting pins 13 and 14 of J3. Note: The Keyboard Disable function is not supported on the VIPer807. Installing & Working With System Components...

  • Page 49: Pc/104 Expansion Cards

    4.06 PC/104 EXPANSION CARDS The VIPer accepts PC/104 Expansion cards. PC/104 offers full architecture, hardware and software compatibility with the PC Bus, in ultra-compact stackable modules (3.6" x 3.8"). PC/104 is being advanced as a proposed appendix to the IEEE-P996 draft specification. Products compatible with the PC/104 are already offered by over 70 companies.

  • Page 50: Installing Peripherals (Parallel/Serial)

    SECTION 5 INSTALLING PERIPHERALS (PARALLEL/SERIAL) 5.01 PARALLEL PORT 5.01.1 MODES The parallel port supports multiple modes: • Standard Parallel Port (SPP): This mode is IBM XT/AT compatible and PS/2 compatible (bi-directional); • Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP); • Extended Capabilities Port (ECP). Installing Peripherals (Parallel/Serial)
  • Page 51 5.01.2 CONNECTOR The parallel port connector (J17) is a DB-25 connector located at the edge of the board. The following table shows the pinout for this connector, when it is in Standard mode: TABLE 5-1: Printer Parallel Port (J17) - Standard Mode Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow...
  • Page 52 The following table shows the pinout for this connector, when it is in EPP mode: TABLE 5-2: : Printer Parallel Port (J17) - EPP Mode Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal WRITE* DATASTB* D0 I/O Not Used D1 I/O Not Used D2 I/O...
  • Page 53 The following table shows the pinout for this connecter, when it is in ECP mode: TABLE 5-3: : Printer Parallel Port (J17) - ECP Mode Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal STROBE* AUTOFD*, HOSTACK D0 I/O FAULT* PERIPHRQST* D1 I/O...
  • Page 54 5.01.3 AMIBIOS SETUP Follow these steps, from the AMIBIOS Setup program’s main menu: • From the Setup window, select the Peripheral icon. To modify settings, the PROGRAMMING MODE option must first be set to Manual. • In the Peripheral Setup screen, the PARALLEL PORT option may be set to Disabled, 278h, 3BCh or 378h.

  • Page 55: Serial Ports

    5.02 SERIAL PORTS There are two 16550 compatible serial ports. These have internal 16-byte FIFO buffers for more efficient data transfers. Installing Peripherals (Parallel/Serial)
  • Page 56 5.02.1 CONNECTORS Serial Port 1 (J5) RS-232 The Serial Port 1 is configured as RS-232, and is 100% compatible to the IBM-AT serial port, with the use of the IBM 9-pin DSUB Standard. The following tables show their pinouts: TABLE 5-4a: Serial Port 1 (J5) RS-232 Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow...
  • Page 57 Serial Port 2 (J4) RS-232 The Serial Port 2 can be configured as RS-232 or RS-422/RS-485. As a RS-232 port, it is 100% compatible to the IBM-AT serial port, with the use of the IBM 9-pin DSUB Standard. The following tables show their pinouts: TABLE 5-5a: Serial Port 2 (J4) RS-232 Pin Number Pin Number...
  • Page 58 Serial Port 2 (J4) RS-422/RS-485 If Serial Port 2 is configured for RS-422/RS-485 operation, it can support either full-duplex or party line communication. Full Duplex Operation (RS-422): Upon power-up or reset, the COM2 interface circuits are automatically configured for full duplex operation. Pins 3 and 4 of J4 act as the receiver lines and pins 5 and 6 act as the transmitter lines.
  • Page 59 5.02.2 JUMPERS Serial ports jumpers and their settings appear below: • W6, W11, W12, W13 & W14 Serial Port 2 Configuration: - W6 open and pins 1-2 of W11-W14 shorted: RS-232: This is the initial setting. - Or W6 shorted and pins 2-3 of W11-W14 shorted: RS-422/RS-485.

  • Page 60: Installing Ide, Floppy & Scsi Devices

    6.01 INSTALLING IDE DEVICES 6.01.1 TYPE OF HARD DISK SUPPORTED The VIPer807 supports AT Integrated Disk Drives. The AT embedded drive architecture incorporates drive electronics and controller circuitry on a single printed circuit board which is mounted directly to the disk drive chassis.
  • Page 61 6.01.2 IDE CONNECTOR PINOUT TABLE 6-1: IDE Hard Disk Connector (J1) - Pinout Signal Signal Signal Signal Number Flow Number Flow RESET* HD10 HD11 HD12 HD13 HD14 HD15 Not Used Not Used IOW* IOR* IOCHRDY BALE Not Used IRQ14 IOCS16* Not Used CS0* CS1*...
  • Page 62 6.01.4 IDE JUMPER IDE Controller jumper and its setting appear below: • W10 IOCHRDY signal to IDE interface: - Shorted: Enabled. - Or open: Disabled: This is the initial setting. For location and setting of jumper, refer to Section 3 of this manual. Installing IDE, Floppy &...
  • Page 63 6.01.5 IDE SOFTWARE SETUPS VIP-UP Setup In the VIP-UP software utility, the drive letter position C, D and E can be changed, when the first parameter "Disks C: to E: Configuration (BIOS Int 13h)" is set to Enabled. For more detail on the VIP-UP Setup, refer to section 10.01 of this manual. AMIBIOS Setup Follow these steps, from the AMIBIOS Setup program's main menu: •...

  • Page 64: Installing Floppy Devices

    6.02 INSTALLING FLOPPY DEVICES 6.02.1 TYPES OF FLOPPY DEVICES SUPPORTED The floppy disk controller is IBM PC XT/AT compatible (single and double density) and supports Enhanced Floppy Mode (2.88MB). It handles 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch, low and high density drives. Up to two drives can be supported in any combination. Installing IDE, Floppy &...
  • Page 65 6.02.2 FLOPPY CONNECTOR TABLE 6-2: Floppy Connector (J2) - Pinout Signal Signal Pin Number Signal Signal Number Flow Flow DRV DENS.SEL.0* Not Used Not Used INDEX* MOTOR ON 0,1* DRIVE SELECT B DRIVE SELECT A MOTOR ON 2* N. C. DIR CONTROL* STEP* WRITE DATA*...
  • Page 66 6.02.3 FLOPPY HOOK-UP Mechanical Floppy Disk Installation: The installation of the floppy drives is done via a standard IBM 34-pin flat ribbon cable that connects to J2. DIAGRAM 6-1: Floppy Disk Cable Enhanced Floppy Mode: In order to connect your 2.88MB floppy drive, simply indicate the proper floppy disk drive in the AMIBIOS Setup program (Section 10);...
  • Page 67 6.02.4 FLOPPY JUMPERS There are three possible jumper configurations for the 2.88MB High Density Floppy EDOUT and HDOUT signals: (1) W19: No jumper: HDOUT left to software, and W20: No jumper: EDOUT left to software. This is the initial setting. (2) W19: Short Pins 1 and 3: HDOUT to Pin 33 (J2), and Short Pins 2 and 4: Ground to Pin 27 (J2), and W20: Short Pins 1 and 3: EDOUT to Pin 29 (J2), and...
  • Page 68 6.02.5 FLOPPY AMIBIOS SETUP Follow these steps, from the AMIBIOS Setup program's main menu: • From the Setup window, select the Standard icon. • From the Standard Setup screen, select the Floppy A icon (or the Floppy B icon). • The settings are 360KB 5¼...

  • Page 69: Installing Scsi Devices

    6.03 INSTALLING SCSI DEVICES The VIPer807 uses the Adaptec AIC-6370 Single Chip Plug and Play ISA-to SCSI Host Adapter. Its features include a maximum SCSI transfer rate of up to 10 MB per second (Fast SCSI), asynchronous or synchronous SCSI transfer, up to 10 MB per second burst data rate on the ISA bus, and bootable SCSI hard disk drive support.
  • Page 70 Make sure that both ends of the SCSI cable are terminated and that all devices in between the ends are non-terminated. If the VIPer807 board is located at the end of the SCSI cable, it should be terminated. By default, the SCSI connector on the VIPer807 board is terminated, as shown above with the W2 jumper settings.
  • Page 71 You may want to install a LED to monitor the SCSI bus activity. This is possible by installing a cable to the J10 SCSI LED Connector. See Appendix E for recommended mating parts. TABLE 6-4: SCSI LED Connector (J10) - Pinout Pin Number Signal VCC (+5V)

  • Page 72: Installing Solid State Disks (Flash)

    Also, Flash memory is obtainable at a much lower cost than EPROM or battery-backed SRAM. The VIPer807 comes optionally with 2MB or 4MB of Flash EPROM for use as Flash disks. Two special software utilities are available for creating Flash disks: TEKNOR's VFLASH software and Microsoft's FLASH FILE SYSTEM II (FFSII files can be purchased from TEKNOR).

  • Page 73: Installing Video

    SECTION 8 INSTALLING VIDEO The VIPer807 video system includes a local bus Flat Panel/CRT video controller, 1 MB of video memory (DRAM) and a video feature connector. 8.01 FLAT PANEL / CRT SVGA CONTROLLER The VIPer807's Flat Panel / CRT Super VGA controller is a single-chip video controller ®...

  • Page 74: Connecting Crt Video Display

    8.02 CONNECTING CRT VIDEO DISPLAY Connecting CRT video to the VIPer807 is simple. Merely connect the standard VGA DB15 male connector to the board's J14 high density, right angle, female connector. See Diagram 8-1 on the following page for the location of J14.
  • Page 75 DIAGRAM 8-1: VIPer807 Connector Locations Installing Video...

  • Page 76: Connecting Flat Panel Video Display

    8.03 CONNECTING FLAT PANEL VIDEO DISPLAY 8.03.1 FLAT PANEL CONNECTOR (J8) The Flat Panel connector's pinout appears in Table 8-2. See Diagram 8-1 on the previous page for the location of J8. TABLE 8-2: Flat Panel Connector (J8) - Pinout Pin Number Signal Pin Number...
  • Page 77 8.03.2 FLAT PANEL INSTALLATION The VIPer807 board supports many different types of Flat Panel displays. TEKNOR has fully tested a number of these panels and provides all the BIOS software support and the technical information needed to properly interface your VIPer807 board with your selected Flat Panel display.
  • Page 78 BIOS File The BIOS files are self-extracting files (VXX_XXX.EXE), each including two files: the flat panel BIOS file (VXX_XXX.BFP) and a DOS text file (VXX_XXX.DOC) for the BIOS update utility program. The letters which form the BIOS name are made up of the following parts: Video Video Version...
  • Page 79 3.3 V CPUs on the VIPer807. WARNING: The VIPer807 only supplies the Flat Panel with 5 V power. In order to supply 3.3 V power to your Flat Panel, an external 5 V to 3.3 V DC-DC voltage converter is required.
  • Page 80 The J6 connector is a VESA/VGA pass-through connector. It supports the 8-bit mode directly and the 16-bit mode when using an external data multiplexer. Through the J6 connector, the VIPer807 makes possible dynamic overlay. In dynamic overlay configurations, the video signal can be overlayed on a pixel by pixel basis. This makes it possible to overlay a portion of the frame and mix the signal with externally generated video signal.

  • Page 81: Power Management

    SECTION 9 POWER MANAGEMENT 9.01 POWER SUPPLY SOURCE The VIPer807 board is powered from one of two sources: • Power connector (J13): Stand-alone systems are powered from an outside power supply through the J13 connector. • ISA (AT) bus: When the board is in a passive backplane system, it is powered through the ISA bus.

  • Page 82: Power Management Modes

    9.02 POWER MANAGEMENT MODES The VIPer807 supports a very flexible and powerful power management scheme. The System Controller provides progressively higher levels of power conservation whenever the system is idle through the following special power saving modes: Doze Mode, Sleep Mode and Suspend Mode (power management test results are given in Table A-2 on page A-2).

  • Page 83: Reset Circuit

    9.03 RESET CIRCUIT 9.03.1 EXTERNAL RESET CIRCUIT SWITCH The VIPer can be reset by activating an external reset switch. This switch should be connected between pin 13 (PBRES*) and pin 14 (GND) on the Keyboard / Speaker Connector (J3). This provides an easy and effective way of resetting the system. See Section 4.05 for more information.

  • Page 84: Power Fail Detection Circuit

    9.04 POWER FAIL DETECTION CIRCUIT The Power Failure Detector always monitors: • The backup battery to warn of a low battery condition, and • The +5V power supply to detect when it falls below 4.75V. If either of the two above conditions occur, the PFO (Power Fail Output signal) goes low. In the case of the +5V power supply, a reset will result as explained in the previous section (9.03.2).
  • Page 85 • Using Internal Battery & Monitoring Internal Battery: Internal Battery (set by W27 jumper with pins 1-2 shorted) and Power fail detect when battery is less than 3V (set by W28 jumper with pins 2- 3 shorted). When the internal battery is selected as being the source of the power fail circuit, it is set to trip when the battery goes lower that 3V.

  • Page 86: Watchdog Timer

    9.05 WATCHDOG TIMER The Watchdog Timer is extremely useful in embedded systems, where human supervision is not required. Jumper W25 must be installed to permit activation of the Watchdog. If jumper W25 is removed, the Watchdog is disabled. The Watchdog must also be enabled and refreshed by software. To enable the Watchdog by software, first write "1"...
  • Page 87 The default timeout period is 1.6 seconds; however, the timeout period can be changed. Shorting C120 and leaving R169 opened changes the timeout to 100 ms. Shorting R169 and installing a capacitor at C120 will change the timeout period according to the following formula: Timeout (milliseconds) x 47pF Timeout (milliseconds) =...

  • Page 88: Viper Software Setups

    SECTION 10 VIPer SOFTWARE SETUPS The VIPer807 is software configurable. The setup programs allow for minimal hardware configuration. The VIP-UP program - TEKNOR's own Setup program for enabling / disabling / relocating various hardware features - is explained in section 10.01.
  • Page 89 10.01.1 VIP-UP SCREEN TEKNOR MICROSYSTEMS INC --- VIPer SETUP TEKNOR BIOS Extension Address CC000H-CFFFFH Disks C: to E: Configuration (BIOS Int 13h) Disabled Disk C: Configuration Not Installed Disk D: Configuration Not Installed Disk E: Configuration Not Installed Enter VIP-UP Message Displayed 3 seconds VT100 &...
  • Page 90 5. On Board SCSI: The On Board SCSI DEVICE option allows the user to enable or disable the SCSI Controller. The On Board SCSI BIOS option allows the user to enable or disable the SCSI BIOS which comes with the SCSI Controller. 6.

  • Page 91: Amibios Setup Program

    10.02 AMIBIOS SETUP PROGRAM 10.02.1 ACCESSING AMIBIOS SETUP PROGRAM The VIPer807 uses the AMIBIOS Setup program, a setup utility in ROM to configure data in CMOS RAM. The system BIOS (Basic Input Output System) provides an interface between the operating system and the hardware of the VIPer807 single-board computer. This interface is 100% IBM AT compatible: All functions accept similar inputs as IBM and provide the same results, although the program code itself is different.
  • Page 92 10.02.2 DESCRIPTION Four windows appear and are designated as follows: • Setup Window: allows the user to access Standard, Advanced, Chipset, Power Management and Peripheral setups. • Utility Window: offers tools to detect automatically hard drive setups (Master and Slave), and an utility to set screen background and foreground colors. •...
  • Page 93 10.02.3 SETUP WINDOW This section describes the five options of the Setup Window. These are: • Standard Setup: offers the options to set the time, date, hard disk parameters, and floppy drives. • Advanced Setup: handles options and features such as key repetition settings, boot sequence, NUM LOCK and password checking, shadowing, ...
  • Page 94 TABLE 10-1: Standard Setup OPTION DESCRIPTION Date/Time System date and time: to change the date or time, highlight the values you want to change, and press the + or - key (keyboard function) or click the + or - box (mouse function), until the desired values are displayed.
  • Page 95 TABLE 10-2: Advanced Setup Option Fail-safe Defaults Optimal Defaults Possible Settings Description Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Disabled Disabled, 15, 20, 30 The rate at which characters are displayed on the screen, when a key is pressed and held down. System Keyboard Present Present Absent, Present...
  • Page 96 TABLE 10-3: Chipset Setup Option Fail-safe Defaults Optimal Defaults Possible Settings Description DRAM Wait State 2 wait 1 wait 1 wait, 2 wait Sets the Wait State value between the CPU and DRAM. SYSCLK Divisor Select Auto Auto Auto, Sets the speed of the ISA bus clock (SYSCLK) signal, which must be set to approximately 8MHz. The appropriate divisor depends on CLOCK2IN/2, CLOCK2IN/3, the CPU external bus speed.
  • Page 97 TABLE 10-4: Power Management Setup Option Fail-safe Defaults Optimal Defaults Possible Settings Description Power Management Mode Disabled Disabled Enabled, Disabled When Enabled, activates power saving modes: DOZE, SLEEP and SUSPEND. DOZE Mode Time Out Disabled 4 Sec.* Disabled, 1, 4, 8 and 16 sec. First level of power conservation.
  • Page 98 10.02.4 UTILITY, SECURITY & DEFAULT WINDOWS TABLE 10-6: Utility and Security Windows UTILITY WINDOW Detect Master This function automatically finds all IDE parameters for the Master hard drive. Detect Slave This function automatically finds all IDE parameters for the Slave hard drive. IDE drive parameters found with the Detect Master / Detect Slave function are stored in the user defined drive TYPE “USER”.
  • Page 99 TABLE 10-7: Default Window DEFAULT WINDOW Offers three options to reconfigure automatically the AMIBIOS Setup (the settings are loaded in the program and displayed in their respective fields, but they are not saved in CMOS). Original Resets all options with the last saved CMOS Setup; it will be used to restore the values saved in CMOS, after a number of settings have been changed in the AMIBIOS Setup program.

  • Page 100: Vflash Software

    Flash EPROM disk. 2. If your VIPer807 does not have floppy or hard disks, then VFLASH must be run from a remote computer which downloads data to the VIPer807 board via a serial link on COM1 or COM2.
  • Page 101 The next step is to select the files to be transferred to the Flash EPROM disk, in the FILE SELECTION screen (explained in section 11.04 - FILE SELECTION SCREEN). The next screen is the LIST OF SELECTED FILES; here, the file listing can be verified and modified, duplicate files can be renamed or erased, and the Flash disk can be written (explained in section 11.05 - LIST OF SELECTED FILES).
  • Page 102 If you intend to directly program Flash device on the VIPer807, VFLASH must be running on board. If you need a remote computer to program Flash device on the VIPer807 (host), then the board must be in Download Mode and VFLASH must be running on the remote computer.

  • Page 103: Output Selection/First Screen

    VIPer807 has no floppy or hard disks, or simply because the data to transfer is on a different computer than the VIPer807 and Flash EPROM disk. The transfer takes place via a serial link on COM1 (3F8H) or COM2 (2F8H), from the remote computer to the VIPer807.

  • Page 104: Output Selection/Second Screen

    11.03 OUTPUT SELECTION/SECOND SCREEN Once onboard or external Flash is selected, a second screen appears as follows. OUTPUT SELECTION FOR THE TRANSFER Output selected: On board FLASH devices. Choose the size of the disk using the arrow keys: Legend: selected block = , unselected block = ↑...

  • Page 105: File Selection Screen

    11.04 FILE SELECTION SCREEN Once you have selected the output, the following information is displayed on screen: Selected files (max 240):0; Free Space to copy: 522240 bytes DRIVE A: COMPLETE COPY DRIVE A: TO CHOOSE FILES DRIVE B: COMPLETE COPY DRIVE B: TO CHOOSE FILES DRIVE C: DRIVE D:...
  • Page 106 Entries marked with a "<DIR>" extension indicate a subdirectory. When you select a subdirectory, the first two entries are displayed as ". <DIR>" and ". . <DIR>". As with DOS, "." refers to the actual directory and ". ." to the parent directory. Thus, if you do a "Newdir"...
  • Page 107 NEWDIR: This function lets you enter or exit a drive or directory. To change directories, place the cursor at the desired entry and press N. The listing will automatically change to the new directory's content. ENTER: Press ENTER to either tag, untag, or change directory. When the cursor is on a directory, ENTER is equivalent to "Newdir".

  • Page 108: List Of Selected Files Screen

    11.05 LIST OF SELECTED FILES SCREEN The LIST OF SELECTED FILES screen shows you the list of files that the Flash disk will contain. LIST OF SELECTED FILES Disk volume label: xxxxxxxxxxx AFIRST.ASM AFIRST.BAK AFIRST.OBJ ASECOND.ASM ASECOND.BAK ASECOND.OBJ ATTR2.PAS BOOTDIR.BAK BOOTDIR.PAS COMM.ASM COMM.BAK...
  • Page 109 If duplicate files are found, the DUPLICATE FILES MENU section appears below the list of selected files. This section will appear only if two or more files with the same name are found. When this occurs, a menu will automatically appear in the bottom section to solve the conflict: LIST OF SELECTED FILES Disk volume label: xxxxxxxxxxx...

  • Page 110: Transfer Status Screens

    11.06 TRANSFER STATUS SCREENS 11.06.1 TRANSFER STATUS OF ONBOARD FLASH PROGRAMMING SCREEN TRANSFER STATUS OF ONBOARD FLASH PROGRAMMING Erasing of all Flash devices installed, please wait. . . Erasing nth device. . . Erase completed Creating a bootable Flash disk Transferring the BOOT sector, FAT and root DIR .
  • Page 111 11.06.2 TRANSFER STATUS OF EXTERNAL FLASH PROGRAMMING SCREEN When a serial link is used, the following screen will be displayed: TRANSFER STATUS OF EXTERNAL FLASH PROGRAMMING Erasing of all Flash devices installed, please wait. . . Erase completed Creating a bootable Flash disk Transferring the BOOT sector, FAT and root DIR.
  • Page 112 4. When the transfer is 100% complete, the following message is displayed: Do you want to Reset the receiving system? This software command is made available to restart the receiving system by remote. In order for a new Flash disk to be recognized by the BIOS and DOS, the system must be rebooted.

  • Page 113: Batch Mode

    11.07 BATCH MODE While files can be manually selected using the Interactive Mode, automatic transfers of a predefined area (a sub-directory or preferably a diskette) can be achieved through Batch Mode. In Batch Mode, a user or field technician with no previous knowledge of the system can easily effect a transfer to the Flash disk.
  • Page 114 A colon ':' and pound '#' character are also necessary parts of the switch. Lowercase letters represent a variable field that must be entered. Each switch may be separated by a space if you so choose. The switches may be written in random order except for switches that are linked together. For example, a /S must be followed by either /#order or /sizeK, or both.
  • Page 115 Instructs VFLASH to reset the VIPer807 upon completion of download operation. This is valid only in VT100 Mode. In Download Mode, the remote system is always reset. Used to create a special disk or partition. This option precedes the starting device number option (/#order) or the disk size option (/sizeK), or both.
  • Page 116 11.07.2 BATCH MODE ERROR CODES The following error messages are returned by the VFLASH Batch Mode function. They can be detected with a DOS error level condition. ERROR NUMBER DESCRIPTION (HEX) (DECIMAL) No error. Bad command line. Invalid drive choice for recovering boot information. Unable to establish communication (serial download mode only).
  • Page 117 ERROR NUMBER DESCRIPTION (HEX) (DECIMAL) Flash content does not verify with source. No device found in specified starting socket. Cannot create a Flash disk of specified size. Communication error when reading Flash identification code. Cannot use 8086 or 8088 CPU with Flash memory. No serial port or card attached for transfer.

  • Page 118: Flash File System Ii

    FLASH FILE SYSTEM II can be purchased from TEKNOR and is not part of the standard VIPer807 package and utilities. The following sections explain how to create and format an MS-Flash partition with MEMCARD.EXE, and how to set up your partition in CONFIG.SYS.

  • Page 119: Setting Up Config.sys For Flash File System

    12.01 SETTING UP CONFIG.SYS FOR FLASH FILE SYSTEM II Two lines must be included in your CONFIG.SYS file in order to set up the MS-Flash partition and to install the Microsoft FLASH FILE SYSTEM on your computer. The first line differs depending on whether the Flash device has a VFLASH partition or not: •...

  • Page 120: Creating & Formatting An Ms-Flash Partition

    12.02 CREATING & FORMATTING AN MS-FLASH PARTITION FLASH FILE SYSTEM II on the VIPer807 allows only one MS-Flash read/write partition on the data Flash device. The MEMCARD software is used to create and format an MS-Flash partition. The program can be used in one of two ways, by: ù...
  • Page 121 12.02.1 USING MEMCARD MENU OPTIONS To use the MEMCARD program with the menu options, follow these steps: 1. Type MEMCARD at the command prompt. The main menu appears as follows: PC Memory Card Setup Program Version 2.00 (C) 1991-1992 Microsoft Corporation Memcard Options Current memory card slot: 1 of 2 slots Choose one of the following:...
  • Page 122 2. To create and format an MS-Flash read/write partition, select 1 from the menu. A Create and Format a New Partition screen, such as the following, appears: Current memory card slot: 1 Letter Type Status Size --------------------------------------------------------- MS-Flash Formatted 2048K If the card already has one MS-Flash partition, the following message appears at the bottom of the screen: This card has already been formatted.
  • Page 123 12.02.2 USING MEMCARD DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT If you use switches with the MEMCARD command directly from the command prompt, you can format memory cards and check Flash memory cards for errors. Syntax MEMCARD /FMT=drive: [/V=label] MEMCARD /CHK=drive: [/F] Parameters drive: Specifies the drive you want to format.

  • Page 124: Updating Bios

    SECTION 13 UPDATING BIOS WITH UBIOS UBIOS is a utility that allows you to take BIOS files from a disk and update the Flash BIOS EPROM with them. It also allows the reverse operation - to copy the contents of the Flash BIOS to files on disk.

  • Page 125: Ubios - Interactive Mode

    13.01 UBIOS - INTERACTIVE MODE To run the program in interactive mode, type "UBIOS" from the DOS prompt and the following screen will be displayed: This is simply a presentation screen. To continue, hit any key on the keyboard. This brings you to the main menu.
  • Page 126 13.01.1 MAIN MENU The main menu appears as follows: Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select one option or type its option number then press Enter. The main menu displays two types of functions: • Update Functions: To copy a BIOS file stored on disk to the Flash BIOS EPROM. •...
  • Page 127 13.01.2 UPDATE MENU If you select from the first group of options in the Main Menu (1 to 3 and 5), a screen similar to the following appears: The screen displays three windows: • UPDATE: This window displays the current BIOS files being used; it shows all types of BIOS, not just the one selected from the main menu.
  • Page 128 The path and name of the current directory will be displayed next to "Directory:" in the top window. The FILES window displays the files of the selected type (.BIN, .BFP, .VGA, .EXT or .ROM). Follow these instructions for selecting a file in the FILE window of the UPDATE screen: •...
  • Page 129 13.01.3 FLASH BIOS COPY MENU If you select from the second group of options in the Main Menu (6 to 8 and 0), a screen similar to the following appears: The top part of the screen displays the current BIOS files being used; it shows all types of BIOS, not just the one selected from the main menu.

  • Page 130: Ubios - Batch Mode

    13.02 UBIOS - BATCH MODE While files can be manually selected using the Interactive Mode, Flash BIOS Update or Copy can be achieved through Batch Mode. 13.02.1 BATCH MODE COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS The command line format is as follows: UBIOS -B [operation] [filetype] [filename] [options] where: [operation] is the Flash BIOS operation you wish to perform, and can be replaced with...
  • Page 131 To get a summary of the Batch Mode options from UBIOS, simply call UBIOS with the command line '?'. The command will display a Batch options summary of valid UBIOS command lines. The same help information will also be displayed each time UBIOS detects an error in the command line.

  • Page 132: Vt100 Mode

    SECTION 14 VT100 MODE The VIPer utilizes a feature known as VT100 Mode. This mode enables your single board computer to run without a local keyboard or screen. That is, operation can be controlled via a remote terminal supporting VT100 Mode or a computer with a terminal emulation program (for example, Telix, Procomm).

  • Page 133: Setup & Configuration

    14.02 SETUP & CONFIGURATION Follow these steps for setting up VT100 Mode: • Power off your VIPer and install jumper W22(3-4) to enable VT100 Mode. Note: VT100 Mode runs on UART1 and UART2. • Connect the communications cable as shown in Diagram 14-1. Note: If you do not require a full cable for your terminal, you can set up a partial cable by using only the TXD and RXD lines.
  • Page 134 DIAGRAM 14-1: VT100 Full Setup DIAGRAM 14-2: VT100 Partial Setup VT100 Mode 14-3...

  • Page 135: Running Without A Terminal

    14.03 RUNNING WITHOUT A TERMINAL The VIPer can boot up without a screen or terminal attached. However, if VT100 Mode is desired, but the terminal is to be disconnected, you must ensure the control lines are in an active state. Failing this, the system may "hang" while waiting for the control lines to become active.

  • Page 136: Download Mode

    SECTION 15 DOWNLOAD MODE Information can be downloaded to the Flash EPROM disk on the VIPer by running VFLASH on a remote computer and using a serial link. This is referred to as Download Mode and is enabled by installing jumper W22(1-2). Refer to Section 11 for more information on running VFLASH in Download Mode.

  • Page 137: Appendices

    APPENDICES APPENDIX A: VIPer807 SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX B: MEMORY & I/O MAPS APPENDIX C: MECHANICAL LAYOUT & BLOCK DIAGRAM APPENDIX D: CONNECTOR PINOUTS APPENDIX E: RECOMMENDED DEVICES & MATING CONNECTORS APPENDIX F: ERROR CODES...
  • Page 138 APPENDIX A VIPer807 SPECIFICATIONS A.01 SPECIFICATIONS Operating Temperature: The maximum operating ambient temperature of the board is limited by the temperature of the CPU itself, as shown on Table A-1. TABLE A-1: Maximum Operating Temperature (°C) Processor Heatsink Frequency Airflow - feet / minute...

  • Page 139: Specifications

    * Measured with 4 MB System Memory, 2 MB Flash Memory, 1 MB Video Memory, SCSI II Interface and no CPU Fan. Mechanical: • Conforms to the IEEE P996 PC/AT bus mechanical specifications. • 7.125 in. x 4.8 in. / 181mm x 122mm. VIPer807 Specifications...

  • Page 140: Battery

    Please refer to Section 3 for jumper location and settings. The VIPer807 board has a special feature that allows the CMOS RAM Setup to be saved in Flash EPROM memory. This feature eliminates battery dependance by saving and recovering the CMOS RAM Setup from Flash (only the time and date could be lost).

  • Page 141: Mtbf (Mean Time Between Failures

    A.03 MTBF (MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES) The reliability analysis performed on the VIPer807 reflects all available options and has resulted in the following predicted reliability: TABLE A-3: Reliability Prediction Standard MTBF Failure Rate Configuration (Hours) (x10 Option 1: Basic board...
  • Page 142 486 CPU, the Sequoia chipset (PT86C718) and the chip set (PT86C768). The quality factors for commercial components on the VIPer807 has been adjusted in order to represent the impact of burn-in. TEKNOR submits each processor board produced to a 12 hour burn-in at 40°C.

  • Page 143: Meeting Industry Standards

    TEKNOR Quality Standards insist that our products meet or exceed industry standards set by such respected agencies, organizations and associations as UL and CSA. As a result, the VIPer807 has the following built-in features to help ensure that the conditions required for approval are met: •...

  • Page 144: Appendix Bmemory & I/O Maps

    APPENDIX B MEMORY & I/O MAPS B.01 MEMORY MAP DIAGRAM B: Memory Map Diagram On the following page, the memory map is displayed in a table format. See Table B-1. Memory & I/O Maps...
  • Page 145 TABLE B-1: Memory Map Address Optional Address Function 00000-9FFFF 0-640 KB DRAM A0000-BFFFF Video DRAM C0000-CBFFF Video BIOS CC000-CFFFF DC000-DFFFF Teknor BIOS Extension D0000-DBFFF SCSI BIOS E0000-FFFFF System BIOS 100000 - Top of DRAM 1MB - Top of DRAM Memory & I/O Maps...

  • Page 146: I/O Map

    B.02 I/O MAP TABLE B-2: I/O Map Address Optional Optional Optional Function Address Address Address 000-00F DMA Controller 1 020-03F Interrupt Controller 1 040-043 Counter/Timers 060-064 Keyboard (8742) 070-071 Real-time clock, NMI mask 080-09F DMA Page Register 0A0-0BF Interrupt Controller 2 0C0-0DF DMA Controller 2 0EA-0EB...

  • Page 147: Mechanical Layout & Block Diagram

    APPENDIX C MECHANICAL LAYOUT & BLOCK DIAGRAM In this appendix, two diagrams are included in the following pages. DIAGRAM C-1: Mechanical Specifications DIAGRAM C-2: Block Diagram VIPer807 Mechanical Layout & Block Diagram...
  • Page 148 DIAGRAM C-1: Mechanical Specifications Mechanical Layout & Block Diagram...
  • Page 149 DIAGRAM C-2: Block Diagram VIPer807 EXT. POWER CIRRUS SVGA CONNECTOR CL_GD7548 CONNECTOR 5V-3.4V 486DX2/DX4 FLAT PANEL DC-DC CONV. 5x86 CRT SVGA FLAT PANEL CONN. CONTROLLER CONNECTOR V. FEATURE Local Bus D[0:31] CONNECTOR VIDEO DRAM Local Bus A[2:31] 256Kx16 CLOCK GENERATOR...

  • Page 150: Appendix Dconnector Pinouts

    APPENDIX D CONNECTOR PINOUTS IDE Hard Disk Connector (J1) - Pinout Signal Signal Signal Signal Number Flow Number Flow RESET* HD10 HD11 HD12 HD13 HD14 HD15 Not Used Not Used IOW* IOR* IOCHRDY BALE Not Used IRQ14 IOCS16* Not Used CS0* CS1* ACTIVE*...
  • Page 151 Floppy Connector (J2) - Pinout Signal Signal Pin Number Signal Signal Number Flow Flow DRV DENS.SEL.0* Not Used Not Used INDEX* MOTOR ON 0,1* DRIVE SELECT B DRIVE SELECT A MOTOR ON 2* N. C. DIR CONTROL* STEP* WRITE DATA* WRITE ENABLE* TRACK0* N.
  • Page 152 Keyboard / Speaker Connector (J3) - Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal KBCLK I/O KBDATA I/O VCC (+5V) VCC (+5V) SPKR VCC (+5V) KBDINH DOWNLD* PBRES* HDD ACTIVE* VCC (+5V) * Active low signal Connector Pinouts...
  • Page 153 Serial Port 2 (J4) RS-232 - Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal Not Used Serial Port 2 (J4) RS-422/RS-485 - Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal RXD(-) I/O I/O RXD(+) TXD(-) I/O I/O TXD(+) Not Used...
  • Page 154 Serial Port 1 - (J5) RS-232 - Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal Not Used Connector Pinouts...
  • Page 155 Video Feature / V-PORT Connector (J6) - Pinout I/O Pin Signal Name I/O Pin Signal Name FCP0 FCP1 FCP2 FCP3 FCEVIDEO* FCP4 FCESYNC* FCP5 Not Used FCP6 Not Used FC P7 FCDCLK FCBLANK* FCHSYNC FCVSYNC FCVCLK OVRW* Active low signal Note: If you want to use the J6 connector as a V-PORT, contact Technical Support for changes in the connector’s signals and other important information.
  • Page 156 SCSI Connector (J7) - Pinout Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal SCSI D0 SCSI D1 SCSI D2 SCSI D3 SCSI D4 SCSI D5 SCSI D6 SCSI D7 SCSI DP* Open Term Power ATN* BSY* ACK* RESET* MSG* SEL* C/D* REQ* I/O* * Active low signal Connector Pinouts...
  • Page 157 Flat Panel Connector (J8) - Pinout Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal FPDE FP12 FP13 FP14 FP15 FPBL FP19 FP18 LLCLK FP11 FP10 FPVEE FP23 FPVCC FP22 FP21 FP20 STANDBY* FP16 FPVDCLK FP17 Not Used Not Used VCC (+5V) FP3 (MOD) VCC (+5V) +12V +12V...
  • Page 158 PS/2 Mouse Connector (J9) - Pinout Pin Number Signal MCLK MDATA VCC (+5V) SCSI LED Connector (J10) - Pinout Pin Number Signal VCC (+5V) LED-CTL* * Active low signal Connector Pinouts...
  • Page 159 Suspend / Resume Momentary Switch (J11) - Pinout Pin Number Signal VCC (+5V) SWITCH Fan Connector (J12) - Pinout Pin Number Signal +12V Connector Pinouts D-10...
  • Page 160 External Power Connector (J13) - Pinout Pin Number Signal VCC (+5V) +12V -12V PD (Power Fail Detection Input) Connector Pinouts D-11...
  • Page 161 SVGA Connector (J14) - Pinout Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal Not Used GREEN Not Used BLUE HSYNC Not Used Not Used VSYNC Not Used Connector Pinouts D-12...
  • Page 162 Printer Parallel Port (J17) - Standard Mode - Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal STROBE* AUTOFD* D0 I/O ERROR* D1 I/O INIT* D2 I/O SELECTIN* D3 I/O D4 I/O D5 I/O D6 I/O D7 I/O ACK* BUSY SELECT...
  • Page 163 Printer Parallel Port (J17) - EPP Mode - Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal WRITE* DATASTB* D0 I/O Not Used D1 I/O Not Used D2 I/O ADDRSTRB* D3 I/O D4 I/O D5 I/O D6 I/O D7 I/O INTR WAIT*...
  • Page 164 Printer Parallel Port (J17) - ECP Mode - Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal STROBE* AUTOFD*, HOSTACK D0 I/O FAULT* PERIPHRQST* D1 I/O INIT* REVERSERQST* D2 I/O SELECTIN* D3 I/O D4 I/O D5 I/O D6 I/O D7 I/O ACK* BUSY, PERIPHACK...
  • Page 165 PC/104 Card Connector (P1) A Side B Side P1 Pin I/O PIN Signal Name P1 Pin I/O PIN Signal Name IOCHK* RESET DRV VCC (+5V) IRQ9 DRQ2 -12V OWS* +12V IOCHRDY Not Used SMEMW* SA19 SMEMR* SA18 IOW* SA17 IOR* SA16 DACK3* SA15...
  • Page 166 PC/104 Card Connector (P2) C Side D Side P2 Pin I/O PIN Signal Name P2 Pin I/O PIN Signal Name SBHE* MEMCS16* SA23 IOCS16* SA22 IRQ10 SA21 IRQ11 SA20 IRQ12 SA19 IRQ15 SA18 IRQ14 SA17 DACK0* MEMR* DRQ0 MEMW* DACK5* DRQ5 DACK6* SD10...
  • Page 167 PC Bus Connector A Side B Side I/O PIN Signal Name I/O PIN Signal Name IOCHK* RESET DRV VCC (+5V) IRQ9 DRQ2 -12V OWS* +12V IOCHRDY SMEMW* SA19 SMEMR* SA18 IOW* SA17 IOR* SA16 DACK3* SA15 DRQ3 SA14 DACK1* SA13 DRQ1 SA12 REFRESH*...
  • Page 168 PC Bus Connector C Side D Side I/O PIN Signal Name I/O PIN Signal Name SBHE* MEMCS16* SA23 IOCS16* SA22 IRQ10 SA21 IRQ11 SA20 IRQ12 SA19 IRQ15 SA18 IRQ14 SA17 DACK0* MEMR* DRQ0 MEMW* DACK5* DRQ5 DACK6* SD10 DRQ6 SD11 DACK7* SD12 DRQ7...

  • Page 169: Recommended Devices & Mating Connectors

    APPENDIX E RECOMMENDED DEVICES & MATING CONNECTORS The following is a list of recommended devices and connectors for use on the VIPer807. Many other models are available and function equally well. Users are encouraged to check with their local distributors for comparable substitutes.
  • Page 170 MC-424000A36BJ-70 (4M*36) SAMSUNG KMM5364100-7 (4M*36) TOSHIBA THM364020S-70 (4M*36) HITACHI HB56D836BR-70A (8M*36) TOSHIBA THM368020S-70 (8M*36) TOSHIBA THM368020SG-70 (8M*36) Recommended Devices & Mating Connectors...
  • Page 171 INTERFACE CONNECTORS The following connectors are recommended for interfacing with the I/O devices. The parts shown here do not have a strain relief but one may be added. Connector Recommended Mating Part Hard Disk (J1) Robinson Nugent IDS-C40PK-TG Amp 746285-9 [499252-1*] Thomas &...
  • Page 172 Connector Recommended Mating Part PS/2 Connector (J9) Molex 22-01-3047 (connector) Molex 08-50-0114 (crimp) SCSI LED (J10), Suspend/Resume (J11), & Fan Connector (J12) Leoco 2530 S020013 (housing) Leoco 2533 TCB00A0 (crimp) Molex 22-01-3027 (housing) Molex 08-50-0114 (crimp) Power Connector (J13) Leoco 2530 S060013 (housing) Leoco 2533 TCB00A0 (crimp) Molex 22-01-3067 (housing) Molex 08-50-0114 (crimp)

  • Page 173: Post Codes

    APPENDIX F POST CODES & ERROR CODES When you power on your system, the Power On Self Test (POST) diagnostic routines check to make sure your system is running properly. A number of check-points are covered during these tests. Each check-point is associated to a BYTE, which is called a POST code.
  • Page 174 POST DESCRIPTION CODE Initialization after Keyboard controller BAT to be done. Keyboard command byte to be written next. Keyboard controller command byte is written. Going to check pressing of <INS> key during power-on. Checking for pressing of <INS> key during power-on done. Going to disable DMA and Interrupt controllers.
  • Page 175 POST DESCRIPTION CODE The Keyboard controller command byte has been written. Going to issue Pin- 23,24 blocking/unblocking command. Keyboard controller pins 23 and 24 have been blocked and unblocked. See if the <Ins> key was pressed during power-on next. Checking for pressing of <Ins> key during power-on done. Going to disable DMA and Interrupt controllers.
  • Page 176 POST DESCRIPTION CODE The display memory Read/Write test passed. About to look for the retrace checking. Display memory R/W test or retrace checking failed. Performing the alternate display memory Read/Write test next. The alternate display memory Read/Write test passed. About to look for the alternate display retrace checking.
  • Page 177 POST DESCRIPTION CODE Memory test started. A soft reset was not done. Displaying the first 64KB memory size next. The memory size display has started and will be updated during memory test. The sequential and random memory tests will be performed next. Memory testing and initialization for the memory below 1MB is complete.
  • Page 178 POST DESCRIPTION CODE Keyboard locked key checking has completed. Checking for a memory size mismatch with the data in CMOS RAM next. The memory size check is done. Displaying soft errors, checking for a password, or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next. The password has been checked.
  • Page 179 POST DESCRIPTION CODE The required initialization before the coprocessor test has completed. Initializing the coprocessor next. The coprocessor has been initialized. Doing any required initialization after the coprocessor test next. The required initialization after the coprocessor test has completed. Checking the extended Keyboard, Keyboard ID and Num Lock key next.

  • Page 180: Word Check-Points

    F.02 WORD CHECK-POINTS Additional WORD check-points are output to port 80h while control is inside the different BUS routines. The LOW BYTE of check-point is the POST code (section E.01) representing the system BIOS check-point from where the control is passed to different BUS routines.

  • Page 181: Beep Error Codes

    F.03 BEEP ERROR CODES All beep codes, except number 8, are fatal errors. If your system starts beeping during POST, count the number of beeps and check the table below to identify the error. Note that it is not guaranteed that these errors will always generate beeps.

  • Page 182: Getting Help

    GERMANY LIMITED WARRANTY TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC. ("the seller") warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years commencing on the date of shipment. The liability of the seller shall be limited to replacing or repairing, at the seller's option, any defective units.
  • Page 183 Returning Defective Merchandise If your TEKNOR product malfunctions, please do the following before returning any merchandise: 1) Call our Technical Support department in Canada at (450) 437-5682 or in Germany at +49 811 / 600 15-0. Make certain you have the following at hand: the TEKNOR Invoice #, your Purchase Order #, and the Serial Number of the defective unit.
  • Page 184 RETURN TO MANUFACTURER AUTORIZATION REQUEST Contact Name: Company Name: Street Address: City: Province / State: Country: Postal / Zip Code: Phone Number: Fax Number: Extension: Fax this form to TEKNOR's Technical Support department in Canada at (450) 437-8053 or in Germany at +49 811 / 600 15-33...

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