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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 FEATURES....................................................................................................................... 1-2
1.3 SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................ 1-3
CHAPTER 2 - HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
2.1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 2-1
2.1.1 Interface Connectors........................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.2 Jumper Configuration Options ............................................................................ 2-2
2.1.3 Configuration Memory Options........................................................................... 2-3
2.2 DC POWER INPUT........................................................................................................... 2-4
2.3 ONBOARD SYSTEM DRAM MEMORY ........................................................................... 2-5
2.4 BYTE-WIDE MEMORY SOCKET..................................................................................... 2-5
2.4.1 Jumpering Diagrams for Popular Byte-wide Devices ............................................ 2-7
2.4.2 Custom Jumpering.............................................................................................. 2-9
2.5 BATTERY-BACKED CLOCK ........................................................................................... 2-10
2.6 WATCHDOG TIMER........................................................................................................ 2-11
2.7 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONFIGURATION AND CONNECTIONS............................. 2-11
2.7.1 Utility Connector (J4)......................................................................................... 2-11
2.7.2 Parallel Port (J3) ................................................................................................ 2-13
2.7.3 Serial Port (J2)................................................................................................... 2-16
2.8 PC/104 EXPANSION BUS................................................................................................. 2-17
2.8.1 MiniModule Expansion ...................................................................................... 2-21
2.8.2 Passive Backplane Expansion ............................................................................. 2-21
CHAPTER 3 - SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
3.1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 3-1
3.2 OPERATION WITH DOS.................................................................................................. 3-1
3.3 AMPRO SETUP AND UTILITIES ..................................................................................... 3-2
3.3.1 The Ampro SETUP Function .............................................................................. 3-2
3.3.2 CoreModule/PC Utilities Overview...................................................................... 3-4
3.4 USING THE SERIAL PORT .............................................................................................. 3-5
3.4.1 Serial Port Initialization ..................................................................................... 3-5
3.4.2 Serial Console Option......................................................................................... 3-5
3.4.3 Serial Console Cabling and Setup ....................................................................... 3-7
3.5 USING THE PARALLEL PORT......................................................................................... 3-7
3.6 BYTE-WIDE MEMORY DEVICES ................................................................................... 3-8
3.6.1 Direct Program Access ....................................................................................... 3-8
3.6.2 Solid State Disk (SSD) ....................................................................................... 3-9
3.7 WATCHDOG TIMER OPTION.......................................................................................... 3-9
3.8 SETTING THE REAL TIME CLOCK ................................................................................ 3-10