AR-B1462 INDUSTRIAL GRADE 486DX/DX2/DX4 CPU CARD User’ s Guide Edition: 2.2 Book Number: AR-B1462-02.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide Table of Contents 0. PREFACE .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER.................................................
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6.1 OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................................................................... 50 6.2 SWITCH SETTING.............................................................................................................................................................. 50 6.2.1 Overview ..............................................................................................................
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 0.PREFACE 0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER April 1999 This document is copyrighted, 2002, by Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means, such as electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or other means without the prior written permission of original manufacturer.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 0.6 ORGANIZATION This information for users covers the following topics (see the Table of Contents for a detailed listing): ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Chapter 1, “Overview”, provides an overview of the system features and packing list. Chapter 2, “System Controller” describes the major structure. Chapter 3, “Setting Up the System”, describes how to adjust the jumper, and the connectors setting.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 1. OVERVIEW This chapter provides an overview of your system features and capabilities. The following topics are covered: ! ! ! Introduction Packing List Features 1.1 INTRODUCTION The AR-B1462 is a disk size industrial grade CPU card that has been designed to withstand continuous operation in harsh environments. The total on-board memory for the AR-B1462 can be configured from 1MB to 128MB by using all 72-pin type DRAM SIMM devices.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 1.2 PACKING LIST The accessories are included with the system. Before you begin installing your AR-B1462 board, take a moment to make sure that the following items have been included inside the AR-B1462 package.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER This chapter describes the major structure of the AR-B1462 CPU board. The following topics are covered: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! DMA Controller Keyboard Controller Interrupt Controller Real-Time Clock and Non-Volatile RAM Timer Serial Port Parallel Port 2.1 DMA CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8237A DMA controllers are implemented in the AR-B1462 board.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 2.3 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers (PIC) are included on the AR-B1462 board. They accept requests from peripherals, resolve priorities on pending interrupts in service, issue interrupt requests to the CPU, and provide vectors which are used as acceptance indices by the CPU to determine which interrupt service routine to execute.
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AR-B1462 User’s Guide I/O Pin Signal Name A14 SA17 Input/Output I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output Input/Output B14 -IOR Input/Output Output A15 SA16 Input/Output B15 -DACK3 A16 SA15 Input/Output B16 DRQ3 Input A17 SA14 Input/Output B17 -DACK1 Output A18 SA13 Input/Output B18 DRQ1 Input A19 SA12 Input/Output B19 -REFRESH Input/Output A20 SA11 Input/Output B20 BUSCLK Output A21 SA10 Input/Output B21 IRQ7 Input A22 SA9 Input/Output B22 IRQ6 Input A23 SA8
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 2.4 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE RAM The AR-B1462 contains a real-time clock compartment that maintains the date and time in addition to storing configuration information about the computer system. It contains 14 bytes of clock and control registers and 114 bytes of general purpose RAM. Because of the use of CMOS technology, it consumes very little power and can be maintained for long period of time using an internal Lithium battery.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 2.6 SERIAL PORT The ACEs (Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE4) are used to convert parallel data to a serial format on the transmit side and convert serial data to parallel on the receiver side. The serial format, in order of transmission and reception, is a start bit, followed by five to eight data bits, a parity bit (if programmed) and one, one and half (five-bit format only) or two stop bits.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (5) Line Control Register (LCR) Bit 0: Word Length Select Bit 0 (WLS0) Bit 1: Word Length Select Bit 1 (WLS1) WLS1 WLS0 Word Length 0 0 5 Bits 0 1 6 Bits 1 0 7 Bits 1 1 8 Bits Bit 2: Number of Stop Bit (STB) Bit 3: Parity Enable (PEN) Bit 4: Even Parity Select (EPS) Bit 5: Stick Parity Bit 6: Set Break Bit 7: Divisor Latch Access Bit (DLAB) (6) MODEM Control Register (MCR) Bit 0: Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Bit 1: Request to Send (RTS) Bit 2: Out 1 (OUT 1) Bit 3: Out 2 (OUT 2) Bit 4: Lo
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (9) Divisor Latch (LS, MS) LS Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 2 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bit 5 Bit 6 Bit 7 Bit 0: Bit 1: Bit 2: Bit 3: Bit 4: Bit 5: Bit 6: Bit 7: MS Bit 8 Bit 9 Bit 10 Bit 11 Bit 12 Bit 13 Bit 14 Bit 15 Desired Baud Rate Divisor Used to Generate 16x Clock 300 384 600 192 1200 96 1800 64 2400 48 3600 32 4800 24 9600 12 14400 8 19200 6 28800 4 38400 3 57600 2 115200 1 Table 2-7 Serial Port Divisor Latch 2.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (4) Printer Status Buffer The system microprocessor can read the printer status by reading the address of the Printer Status Buffer. The bit definitions are described as follows: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 X X X -ERROR SLCT PE -ACK -BUSY Figure 2-2 Printer Status Buffer NOTE: X presents not used. Bit 7: This signal may become active during data entry, when the printer is off-line during printing, or when the print head is changing position or in an error state.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (5) Printer Control Latch & Printer Control Swapper The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printer control latch by reading the address of printer control swapper. Bit definitions are as follows: 7 6 X X 5 4 3 2 1 0 STROBE AUTO FD XT INIT SLDC IN IRQ ENABLE DIR(write only) Figure 2-3 Bit’s Definition NOTE: X presents not used. Bit 5: Direction control bit.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM This section describes pin assignments for system’s external connectors and the jumpers setting. ! ! ! Overview System Setting Ethernet Controller 3.1 OVERVIEW The AR-B1462 is a half size industrial grade CPU card that has been designed to withstand continuous operation in harsh environments. This section provides hardware’s jumpers setting, the connectors’ locations, and the pin assignment.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.2 SYSTEM SETTING Jumper pins allow you to set specific system parameters. Set them by changing the pin location of jumper blocks. (A jumper block is a small plastic-encased conductor [shorting plug] that slips over the pins.) To change a jumper setting, remove the jumper from its current location with your fingers or small needle-nosed pliers. Place the jumper over the two pins designated for the desired setting. Press the jumper evenly onto the pins.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.2.2 Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (1) 40-Pin Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (CN5) A 40-pin header type connector (CN5) is provided to interface with up to two embedded hard disk drives (IDE AT bus). This interface, through a 40-pin cable, allows the user to connect up to two drives in a “daisy chain” fashion. To enable or disable the hard disk controller, please use the BIOS Setup program. The following table illustrates the pin assignments of the hard disk drive’s 40-pin connector.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.2.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN9) To use the parallel port, an adapter cable has to be connected to the CN9 (26-pin header type) connector. This adapter cable is mounted on a bracket and is included in your AR-B1462 package. The connector for the parallel port is a 25 pin D-type female connector.
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AR-B1462 User’s Guide (3) I/O Channel Signal Description Name Description BUSCLK [Output] The BUSCLK signal of the I/O channel is asynchronous to the CPU clock. RSTDRV [Output] This signal goes high during power-up, low line-voltage or hardware reset SA0 - SA19 The System Address lines run from bit 0 to 19.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide Name Description -MASTER [Input] The MASTER is the signal from the I/O processor which gains control as the master and should be held low for a maximum of 15 microseconds or system memory may be lost due to the lack of refresh -MEMCS16 The Memory Chip Select 16 indicates that the present data [Input, Open collector] transfer is a 1-wait state, 16-bit data memory operation -IOCS16 The I/O Chip Select 16 indicates that the present data [Input, Open collector] transfer is a 1-wait s
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (C) COM-A RS-232C/TTL Select (SW1-8) ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 SW1-8 -- RS-232 (Factory Default Setting) ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SW1-8 -- TTL Figure 3-13 SW1-8: COM-A RS-232/TTL Select (D) COM-B RS-232C/RS-422 Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SW1-9 & SW1-10 -- RS-232 (Factory Presetting) ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SW1-9 & SW1-10 -- RS-485 Figure 3-14 SW1-9 & SW1-10: COM-B RS-232/RS-422 Select 24
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (E) RS-485 Mode Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SW1-9 & SW1-10 -- RS-485 MODE1 ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SW1-9 & SW1-10 -- RS-485 MODE2 Figure 3-15 SW1-9 & SW1-10: RS-485 Mode Select When RS-422 or RS-485 mode is selected, you also need to change M5 to select between RS-422 or RS-485 mode. NOTE: 1. The recommended configuration for RS-485 interface is to set the transmitter to the controlled by DTR and set the transmitter.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (3) TTL Connector (CN16) 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 Figure 3-17 CN16: TTL Connector CN16 Signal 1 TTLOP0 3 TTLOP1 5 TTLOP2 7 TTLOP3 9 GROUND Table 3-4 TTL Pin Assignments CN16 2 4 6 8 10 Signal TTLIP0 TTLIP1 TTLIP2 TTLIP3 VCC (4) RS-232 Connector (CN4) There are four serial ports with EIA RS-232C interface on the AR-B1462. To configure these serial ports, use the BIOS Setup program, and adjust the jumpers on M5 and SW1.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.2.7 Keyboard Connector (J7) (1) Keyboard Lock Header (J7) 2 GND 1 KBLK J7 Figure 3-19 J7: Keyboard Lock Header (2) Keyboard Connector (J4) This keyboard connector is a PS/2 type keyboard connector. This connector is also for a standard IBM-compatible keyboard with the keyboard adapter cable. J4 provides the way of connecting a keyboard to the AR-B1462.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (2) 4-Pin Power Connector (CN6) 1 +12 VDC 2 GND 3 GND 4 +5 VDC CN6 Figure 3-23 CN6: 4-Pin Power Connector 3.2.10 Reset Header (J6) J6 is used to connect to an external reset switch. Shorting these two pins will reset the system. 2 GND 1 Reset+ Figure 3-24 J6: Reset Header 3.2.11 PS/2 Mouse Connector (1) PS/2 Mouse IRQ12 Setting (JP2) The default of allows the system detecting a PS/2 mouse on boot. If detected, IRQ12 will be used for the PS/2 mouse.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.2.12 Battery Setting (1) Battery Charger Select (JP9) JP9 JP9 3 3 2 2 1 1 Rechargeable Non-Rechargeable Factory Preset Figure 3-27 JP9: Battery Charger Select (2) External Battery Connector (J8) J8 allows users to connector an external 4.5 to 6 VDC battery to the AR-B1462, if the on-board battery is fully discharged. Only the SRAM disk will draw the battery current. If no SRAM chips will be used, no battery is needed.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.2.14 CPU Setting The AR-B1462 accepts many types of microprocessors such as Intel/AMD/Cyrix 486DX/DX2/DX4. All of these CPUs include an integer processing unit, floating-point processing unit, memory-management unit, and cache. They can give a two to ten-fold performance improvement in speed through the 386 processor that depending on the clock speeds used and specific application.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (5) CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector (CN3) CN3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 +12V GND GND VCC Figure 3-33 CN3: CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector 3.2.15 PCI Connector (1) PCI Connector Power Select (JP1) 2 4 2 4 1 3 1 3 Enabled 3.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.2.16 Memory Setting (1) DRAM Configuration There are two 32-bit memory banks on the AR-B1462 board. It can be one-side or double-side SIMM (Single-Line Memory Modules) which is designed to accommodate 256KX36 bit to 16MX36-bit SIMMs. This provides the user with up to 128MB of main memory. The 32-bit SIMM (without parity bit) also can be used on AR-B1462 board. There are listing on-board memory configurations available.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (B) D.O.C Installation (MEM4) Step 1: Use JP7 to select the correct D.O.C. socket. Step 2: Insert programmed Disk On Chip into sockets MEM4 setting as DOC. Step 3: Line up and insert the AR-B1462 card into any free slot of your computer.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (D) SSD Firmware Address Select (SW 1-2) SW1-2 SSD BIOS Address Bank Memory Address OFF (*) D000:0 (16KB) CC00:0 (16KB) ON D000:0 (16KB) D400:0 (16KB) (E) SSD Drive Number (SW1-4 & SW1-5) SW1-4 SW1-5 Occupies floppy disk number (SSD) OFF (*) OFF 0 or 1 ON OFF 0 or 2 OFF ON 0 ON ON 0 (F) Simulate 2 Disk Drive (SW1-4 & SW1-5) SW1-4 SW1-5 Occupies floppy disk number FLASH (EPROM) SRAM OFF OFF 0 or 1 2 ON OFF 0 or 2 3 OFF ON 0 1 ON ON 0 2 (G) ROM
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3.3 ETHERNET CONTROLLER The Ethernet controller of the AR-B1462 is a highly integrated design that provides all Media Access Control (MAC) and Encode-Decode (ENDEC) functions in accordance with the IEEE 802.3 standard. Network interfaces include 10BASE5 or 10BASE2 Ethernet via 10BASE-T via the Twisted-pair. The Ethernet controller can interface directly to the PC-AT ISA bus without any external device.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 4. CRT/LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY This section describes the configuration and installation procedure using LCD and CRT display. ! ! ! Connecting the CRT Monitor LCD Flat Panel Display Supported LCD Panel 4.1 CONNECTING THE CRT MONITOR To connect a CRT monitor, an adapter cable has to be connected to the CN13 (10-pin header type) connector. This adapter cable is included in your AR-B1462 package. 4.1.1 CRT Connector (CN13) The AR-B1462 supports CRT color monitors.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 4.2 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY This section describes the configuration and installation procedure for a LCD display. Skip this section if you are using a CRT monitor only. Use the Flash memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip to configure the BIOS default settings for different types of LCD panels. Next, set your system properly and configure the AR-B1462 VGA module for the right type of LCD panel you are using.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 4.2.1 Inverter Board Description The inverter board supplies high voltage signals to drive the LCD panel by converting the 12 volt signal from the AR-B1462 into a high voltage AC signal for LCD panel. It can be installed freely on the space provided over the VR board. If the VR board is installed on the bracket, you have to provide a place to install the inverter board into your system. 4.2.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (6) LCD Panel Display Connector (CN14) Attach a display panel connector to this 44-pin connector with pin assignments as shown below: 2 44 1 43 Figure 4-8 CN14: LCD Display Connector Pin Signal 1 GND 3 GND 5 FLM 7 P0 9 P2 11 P4 13 GND 15 P7 17 P9 19 P11 21 P12 23 P14 25 P16 27 GND 29 P19 31 P21 33 P23 35 VCC 37 +12V 39 GND 41 DE 43 GND Table 4-2 LCD Display Assignment Pin 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 Signal SHFCLK LP GND P1 P3 P5 P6 P8 P10 GND P1
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 5. INSTALLATION This chapter describes the procedure of the utility diskette installation. The following topics are covered: ! ! ! Overview Utility Diskette Watchdog Timer 5.1 OVERVIEW This chapter provides information for you to set up a working system based on the AR-B1462 CPU board. Please read the details of the CPU board’s hardware descriptions before installation carefully, especially jumpers’ setting, switch settings and cable connections.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 5.2.1 VGA Driver (1) WIN 3.1 Driver For the WIN31 operating system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file. And then as to the steps: Step 1: Make the new created directory to put the VGA drivers. C:\>MD VGAW31 Step 2: Insert the Utility Disk #2 in the floppy disk drive, and then copy the compress file—VGAWIN31.ZIP, and the extract program—PKUNZIP.EXE, in the new created directory. C:\>COPY A:\ VGAWIN31.ZIP C:\VGAW31 C:\>COPY A:\PKUNZIP.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (2) WIN 95 Driver For the WIN95 operating system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file. And then as to the steps: Step 1: Make the new created directory to put the VGA drivers. C:\>MD VGAW95 Step 2: Insert the Utility Disk #2 in the floppy disk drive, and then copy the compress file—VGAWIN95.ZIP, and the extract program—PKUNZIP.EXE, in the new created directory. C:\>COPY A:\VGAWIN95.ZIP C:\VGAW95 C:\>COPY A:\PKUNZIP.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (4) OS/2 Warp Driver The following steps must be performed before you install the 65550 display’s driver: CAUTION: 1. OS/2 DOS Support must be installed. 2. If you previously installed SVGA support, you must do the following: a) Close all DOS Full Screen and WIN-OS2 sessions. b) Reset the system to VGA mode. VGA is the default video mode enabled when OS/2 is installed. To restore VGA mode, use Selective Install and select VGA for Primary Display.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide Step 6: There are some items for choice to setup. Please choose the item, notice the function key defined. And then the screen shows the hardware setting, press [OK] starts to install. Step 7: Completed the installation, user will find two drivers: and . (2) WIN 95 Driver For the WIN95 operating system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (4) DOS Driver Step 1: Make the new created directory to put the audio drivers. C:\>MD AUDOS Step 2: Insert the Utility Disk #1 in the floppy disk drive, and then copy the compress file—DOSDRV.ZIP, and the extract program—PKUNZIP.EXE, in the new created directory. C:\>COPY A:\AUDIO\DOSDRV.ZIP C:\AUDOS C:\>COPY A:\PKUNZIP.EXE C:\AUDOS Step 3: Change directory to the new created directory, and extract the compress file. C:\>CD AUDOS C:\AUDOS>PKUNZIP -d DOSDRV.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (2) SSD Utility To support the AR-B1462 solid state disk’s operations, the following files have been provided on the enclosed diskette #3’s directory . (A) WD1462.EXE WD1462.EXE This program demonstrates how to enable and trigger the watchdog timer. It allows you to test the function when the watchdog timer is enabled. (B) WP1462.EXE WP1462.EXE This program demonstrates how to enable and disable software write protected function.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide Help to PGF File This option gives information on how to write a PGF file and how to generate ROM pattern files. An example PGF is also included. Move the reverse video bar to then press [ENTER]. The ROM pattern file is a binary file. The file size will be the same size as the EPROM that you assigned in the PGF. For example, if you are using 128KX8 EPROM memory chips, then the size of ROM patterns file will be 131072 bytes.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 5.3 WATCHDOG TIMER This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, disabled, enabled, and trigger. The AR-B1462 is equipped with a programmable time-out period watchdog timer. User can use the program to enable the watchdog timer. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, the program should trigger it every time before it times out.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide NOTE: 1. If you program the watchdog to generate IRQ15 signal when it times out, you should initial IRQ15 interrupt vector and enable the second interrupt controller (8259 PIC) in order to enable CPU to process this interrupt. An interrupt service routine is required too. 2. Before you initial the interrupt vector of IRQ15 and enable the PIC, please enable the watchdog timer previously, otherwise the watchdog timer will generate an interrupt at the time watchdog timer is enabled.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6.SOLID STATE DISK The section describes the various type SSDs’ installation steps as follows. This chapter describes the procedure of the installation. The following topics are covered: ! ! ! ! ! Overview Switch Setting Jumper Setting ROM Disk Installation DiskOnChip Installation 6.1 OVERVIEW The AR-B1462 provides three 32-pin JEDEC DIP sockets, which may be populated with up to 4MB of EPROM or 2MB of FLASH or 2MB of SRAM disk.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6.2.1 Overview There is 1 DIP Switch located on the AR-B1462. It performs the following functions: ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Figure 6-2 SW1: Switch Select SW1-1 SW1-2 SW1-3 SW1-4 & SW1-5 Set the base I/O port address Set the starting memory address Reserved Set the drive number of solid state disk SW1-6 & SW1-7 Set the used ROM memory chips SW1-8, SW1-9 & Mode select of serial port 1/2 SW1-10 6.2.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6.2.4 SSD Drive Number (SW1-4 & SW1-5) The AR-B1462 SSD can simulate one or two disk drives. You can assign the drive letter of the AR-B1462 by configuring SW1-4 & SW1-5. You can make the computer to boot from SSD by copying DOS into the SSD. If your SSD does not have DOS, the computer will boot from your hard disk or floppy disk. In this condition, the SSD BIOS of AR-B1462 will set the drive letter of the SSD to the desired drive letter automatically.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (2) Disk Drive Name Arrangement If any logical hard disk drives exist in your system, there will also be a different disk number depending on which version DOS you are using. The solid-state disk drive number with their respective DOS drive designation is listed in table as follows. The solid-state disk drive number is changeable as the DOS version. The following table expresses the variety. Floppy disk No.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6.2.7 Serial Port 2 Mode Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) SW1-9 & SW1-10 are used to select the interface mode of serial port2. SW1-9 SW1-10 Serial port 2 OFF OFF RS-232C (*) ON OFF RS-422 OFF ON RS-485 mode1 (Note 1) ON ON RS-485 mode2 (Note 2) Table 6-9 Serial Port 2 Mode Select When RS-422 or RS-485 mode is selected, you also need to change M5 to select between RS-422 or RS-485 mode. NOTE: 1.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide A B C JP8 1 1 2 2 1MX8 EPROM (Only) 3 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 A B C JP8 1 1 2 2 3 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 EPROM (128KX8, 256KX8 and 512KX8) 5V FLASH (64KX8, 128KX8 and 256KX8 (Factory Preset) A B JP8 C 1 1 2 2 5V FLASH (512KX8 Only) 3 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 A B C JP8 1 1 2 2 SRAM 3 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 Figure 6-3 M1~M4 & JP8: Memory Type Setting 6.4 ROM DISK INSTALLATION The section describes the various type SSDs’ installation steps as follows.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide A B C 1 JP8 1 2 1MX8 EPROM (Only) 2 3 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 A B C 1 JP8 1 2 2 3 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 EPROM (128KX8, 256KX8 and 512KX8) Figure 6-5 UV EPROM Jumpers Setting (2) Software Programming Use the UV EPROM, please refer to the follow steps: Step 1: Turn on the power and boot DOS from hard disk drive or floppy disk drive. Step 2: Making a Program Group File (*.PGF file) Step 3: Using the RFG.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide ON OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Figure 6-6 5V Large FLASH (29FXXX) Switch Setting A B C JP8 1 1 2 2 3 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 5V FLASH (64KX8, 128KX8 and 256KX8) (Factory Preset) A B C JP8 1 1 2 2 3 3 5V FLASH (512KX8 Only) M1, M2, M3, & M4 Figure 6-7 Large Page 5V FLASH Jumper Setting (2) Software Programming And then, you should create a PGF and generate ROM pattern files by using the RFG.EXE. Step 1: Making a Program Group File (*.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide Step 7: In the main menu, choose the item, that is the ROM_NAME=[file name] in the *.PGF file. Step 8: Choose the item, this item program will program the EPROMs. NOTE: Move the reverse video bar to the option then press . Step 9: Reboot the system NOTE: Reboot your computer by making a software or hardware reset. 6.4.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (2) Using Tool Program If small page 5V FLASH EPROMs are used, it is the same procedure as step 1 to step 4 of using the UV EPROM: Step 1: Making a Program Group File (*.PGF file) Step 2: Generating ROM pattern files Step 3: Installing FLASH EPROMs Step 4: Programming FLASH EPROMs Step 5: Reboot system (3) Typing DOS Command You can use another way to format and copy files to the 5V FLASH EPROM. This method provides the convenience of using a RAM disk.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6.4.4 RAM Disk (1) Switch and Jumper Setting Step 1: Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM (FLASH). Step 2: Select the proper I/O base port, firmware address, disk drive number on SW1. Step 3: Insert programmed SRAM chips into sockets starting at MEM1. NOTE: If you use the SRAM, please skip the SW1-6 & SW1-7 setting. A B C 1 2 3 JP8 1 2 SRAM 3 M1, M2, M3, & M4 Figure 6-10 SRAM Jumpers Setting (2) Software Programming It is very easy to use the RAM disk.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6.4.5 Combination of ROM and RAM Disk The AR-B1462 can be configured as a combination of one ROM disk and one RAM disk. Each disk occupies a drive unit. Step 1: Use jumper block to select the proper ROM/RAM configuration you are going to use. Step 2: Insert the first programmed EPROM into the socket mem1, the second into the socket MEM2, etc. Step 3: Insert the SRAM chips starting from the first socket assigned as SRAM.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (2) Disk On Chip Memory Address Setting (JP7) JP7 JP7 6 4 5 3 6 4 5 3 2 1 2 1 MEM4=SSD MEM4=DOC Figure 6-11 JP7: Disk On Chip Memory Address Setting (3) Configuring the Disk On Chip as a Bootable Disk The Disk On Chip fully supports the BOOT capability. In order for the Disk On Chip to be bootable, it should be DOS formatted as bootable, like any floppy or hard disk that required to be booted.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7. BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR-B1462 BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get up and running, and presents detailed explanations of the elements found in each of the BIOS menus. The following topics are covered: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! BIOS Setup Overview Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Peripheral Setup Auto-Detect Hard Disks Password Setting Load Default Setting BIOS Exit BIOS Update 7.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the system clock and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore. AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7.3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP The option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries here are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settings. AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CMOS SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide System Keyboard This function specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer. Primary Display The option is used to set the type of video display card installed in the system. Password Check This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is executed. If Always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on. If Setup is chosen, the password prompt appears if the BIOS executed.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide Shadow These options control the location of the contents of the 32KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location. If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area, this area is made available to the local bus. The settings are: SETTING DESCRIPTION The video ROM is not copied to RAM. The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory. Enabled The contents of C000h - C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory (RAM) for faster execution.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7.4 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7.5 PERIPHERAL SETUP This section is used to configure peripheral features. AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP (C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7.7.1 Setting Password Select the appropriate password icon (Supervisor or User) from the Security section of the BIOS Setup main menu. Enter the password and press [Enter]. The screen does not display the characters entered. After the new password is entered, retype the new password as prompted and press [Enter]. If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears. If the new password is entered without error, press [Esc] to return to the BIOS Main Menu.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7.9.2 Exit Without Saving When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help to abandon all Data and Exit Setup. Quit without saving (Y/N) ? 7.10 BIOS UPDATE The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your system board. The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 8. SPECIFICATIONS & SSD TYPES SUPPORTED 8.1 SPECIFICATIONS CPU: Supports25 to 133 Mhz Intel / AMD / Cyrix / ST / IBM 486 CPU .
AR-B1462 User’s Guide SST SST SST WINBOND ATMEL ATMEL ATMEL SST 28EE010 28EE011 PH29EE010 W29EE011 AT29C020 AT29C040 AT29C040A PH28SF040 (128Kx8, 1M bits) (128Kx8, 1M bits) (128Kx8, 1M bits) (128Kx8, 1M bits) (256Kx8, 2M bits) (512Kx8, 4M bits) (512Kx8, 4M bits) (512Kx8, 4M bits) The following list contains EPROMs supported by the AR-B1462: AMD ATMEL FUJITSHU HITACHI INTEL MITSHUBISHI NEC NS SGS-THOMSON TI TOSHIBA Am27C010 AT27C010 MBM27C1001 HN27C101 D27C010 M5M27C101 D27C1001 NM27C010 M27C1001 TMS27C0
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 9. PLACEMENT & DIMENSIONS 9.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 9.2 DIMENSIONS 4700 1600 200 8−∅138 3375 5750 2900 5350 3975 145 200 200 250 675 375 3875 3825 3150 7600 8000 Unit: mil (1 inch = 25.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide 10. PROGRAMMING RS-485 & INDEX 10.1 PROGRAMMING RS-485 The majority communicative operation of the RS-485 is in the same of the RS-232.
AR-B1462 User’s Guide (5) Basic Language Example a.) Initial 86C450 UART 10 20 30 40 OPEN “COM1:9600,m,8,1”AS #1 LEN=1 REM Reset DTR OUT &H3FC, (INP(%H3FC) AND &HFA) RETURN b.
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