Specifications

AWARD BIOS
3-31
• FIR - Select this setting if you installed an Infrared module via IrDA
connector (refer to section 2.3 "Connectors"). This FIR (Fast IR) setting
allows infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 4M baud.
Integrated Peripherals à RxD, TxD Active
RxD, TxD Active
Hi, Lo
Lo, Hi
Lo, Lo
Hi, Hi
This item is used to select RxD (Receive Data) and
TxD (Transmit Data) mode for UART, for instance, IR
device, modem, etc. Normally, we suggest you keep
the default setting. Please see the documentation that
comes with your device.
Integrated Peripherals à IR Transmission Delay
IR Transmission
Delay
Enabled
Disabled
Integrated Peripherals à Parallel Port Mode
Parallel Port Mode
SPP
EPP
ECP
ECP + EPP
This item lets you set the parallel port mode. The
mode options are SPP (Standard and Bidirection
Parallel Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) and ECP
(Extended Parallel Port). SPP is the IBM AT and
PS/2 compatible mode. EPP enhances the parallel
port throughput by directly writing/reading data to/from
parallel port without latch. ECP supports DMA and
RLE (Run Length Encoded) compression and
decompression.