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AR-B1552 User

s Guide 

 

0.PREFACE 

0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER 

JULY 2001

 

This document is copyrighted, 2002, by Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. No part of this 
manual maybe 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 prior written permission of original manufacturer. 
Acrosser Technology assumes no responsibility or warranty with respect to the contents in this manual and 
specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Furthermore, 
Acrosser Technology reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any 
times without notice.  Such revisions will be posted on the Internet (

WWW.ACROSSER.COM)

 as soon as 

possible. 
Possession, use, or copying of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to a valid 
written license from Acrosser or an authorized sub licensor. 
 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

Acrosser, AMI, IBM PC/AT, ALI, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS, …are registered trademarks. 
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. 

0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B1552 CPU BOARD 

This guide introduces the Acrosser AR-B1552 CPU board. 
The information provided in this manual describes this card’s functions and features. It also helps you start, set up 
and operate your AR-B1552. General system information can also be found in this publication. 

0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE 

Please refer to the Chapter 3, “Setting Up The System” in this guide, if you have not already installed AR-B1552. 
Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included.   
The CD-ROM provides the newest information regarding the CPU card

. Please refer to the files of the 

enclosed utility diskette

. It contains the modification, hardware & software information, and it has updated to 

product functions that may not be mentioned here. 

0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE 

If your board requires any services, contact the distributor or sales representative from whom you purchased the 
product for service information. If you need to ship your board to us for service, be sure it is packed in a protective 
carton. We recommend that you keep the original packaging for this purpose. 
You can assure efficient servicing for your product by following these guidelines: 
1.  

Include your name, address, daytime telephone and facsimile numbers and E-mail. 

2.  

A description of the system configuration and/or software at the time is malfunction, 

3.  

And a brief description of the problem occurred. 

0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS 

User’s comments are always welcome as they assist us in improving the quality of our products and the 
readability of our publications.  They create a very important part of the input used for product enhancement and 
revision. 
We may use and distribute any of the information you provide in any way appropriate without incurring any 
obligation.  You may, of course, continue to use the information you provide. 
If you have any suggestions for improving particular sections or if you find any errors on it, please send your 
comments to Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. or your local sales representative and indicate the manual title and 
book number. 
Internet electronic mail to: 

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Check our FAQ sheet for quick fixes to known technical problems. 

 

Summary of Contents for AR-B1552

Page 1: ...AR B1552 INDUSTRIAL GRADE CPU BOARD User s Guide Edition 1 21 Book Number AR B1552 02 0808...

Page 2: ...onnector LPT 17 3 2 5 Keyboard Mouse Connector KM 18 3 2 6 USB Connector USB1 18 3 2 7 LED Header LED1 18 3 2 8 COM1 18 3 2 9 COM2 19 3 2 10 CRT Connector CRT 19 3 2 11 NETWORK Setting 19 3 2 12 IrDA...

Page 3: ...AR B1552 User s Guide 2 5 9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 34 5 10 BIOS EXIT 34 5 10 1 Save Exit Setup 34 5 10 2 Exit Without Saving 34...

Page 4: ...m in this guide if you have not already installed AR B1552 Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included The CD ROM provides the newest information re...

Page 5: ...ctricity is a constant danger to computer systems The charge that can build up in your body may be more than sufficient to damage integrated circuits on any PC board It is therefore important to obser...

Page 6: ...4 mm 26 pin connector Supports SPP EPP ECP mode 1 RS 232C 1 RS 232C RS485 IrDA Touch Screen RS 232C is selected by jumper and use the same connector IrDA use 2 54mm 5 pin header Touch Screen uses 2 0m...

Page 7: ...udio adapter cable 1 LPT cable 1 COM cable 1 Keyboard Mouse cable 1 TV OUT interface cable for NTSC and PAL modes Acrosser s AR B9425 audio card 1 3 FEATURES The system provides a number of special fe...

Page 8: ...nced CPU features the MediaGX processor integrates a host of functions which are typically implemented with external components A full function graphics accelerator provides pixel processing and rende...

Page 9: ...h send and receive routines 2 4 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers PIC are included on the AR B1552 board They accept requests from peripherals resolve...

Page 10: ...disk 0 201 Reserved for Game port 208 20A EMS register 0 218 21A EMS register 1 278 27F Parallel printer port depends on setup assignment 2E8 2EF Serial port depends on setup assignment 2F8 2FF Serial...

Page 11: ...mer 1 This timer is used to trigger memory refresh cycles Timer 2 This timer provides the speaker tone Application programs can load different counts into this timer to generate various sound frequenc...

Page 12: ...f each ACE accessible register DLAB Port Address Register Receiver buffer read 0 base 0 Transmitter holding register write 0 base 1 Interrupt enable X base 2 Interrupt identification read only X base...

Page 13: ...Error OR Bit 2 Parity Error PE Bit 3 Framing Error FE Bit 4 Break Interrupt BI Bit 5 Transmitter Holding Register Empty THRE Bit 6 Transmitter Shift Register Empty TSRE Bit 7 Must be 0 8 MODEM Status...

Page 14: ...latch Registers Address 2 Printer Interface Logic The parallel port of the W83977F A is for attaching various devices that accept eight bits of parallel data at standard TTL level 3 Data Swapper The s...

Page 15: ...em microprocessor can read the contents of the printer control latch by reading the address of printer control swapper Bit definitions are as follows X X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 STROBE AUTO FD XT INIT SLDC IN...

Page 16: ...s for the system s external connectors and the jumper settings Overview System Setting 3 1 OVERVIEW AR B1552 Pentium Grade Firewall CPU Board with Ethernet DOM This section provides the hardware s jum...

Page 17: ...ned further in chapter 5 The following table illustrates the pin assignments of the hard disk drive s 44 pin connector IDE1 1 2 44 43 CF1 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DAT...

Page 18: ...4 DRIVE SELECT A 32 SIDE 1 SELECT 16 MOTOR ENABLE B 34 DISK CHANGE 3 2 4 Parallel Port Connector LPT 1 26 2 25 CN8 DB 25 Signal CN8 DB 25 Signal 1 1 Strobe 2 14 Auto Form Feed 3 2 Data 0 4 15 Error 5...

Page 19: ...tor USB1 1 2 10 4 6 8 3 5 7 9 3 2 7 LED Header LED1 LED1 1 2 3 3 2 8 COM1 Used RS232 RS485 C O M 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 RS485 Terminator Select JP6 P3 P1 1 3 2 RS 232 Factory Preset 1 3 2 RS 485 A C B A...

Page 20: ...al Sync 14 Vertical Sync 4 9 11 12 15 Not used 5 10 Ground 6 7 8 AGND 14 13 12 3 2 11 NETWORK Setting The RJ 45 header is the standard network header The following table is the pin assignment RJ 45 Co...

Page 21: ...4 GND 5 IRTX 1 VCC 3 2 13 Touch Screen TS1 1 2 3 T S 1 1 RXD1F 2 TXD1 3 CGND1 TS2 1 2 3 T S 2 1 RXD2F 2 TXD2F 3 CGND2 3 2 14 Reset Button RST SW SW PUSHBUTTON 1 2 3 2 15 PC104 CONNECTOR 1 64 Pin PC 1...

Page 22: ...UD 3 CDINR 16 GND 4 LININR 17 NC 5 VCC 18 NC 6 NC 19 NC 7 LINOUTL 20 NC 8 MICIN 21 NC 9 LINOUTR 22 NC 10 PCBEEP 23 NC 11 GNDAUD 24 NC 12 GND 25 GNDAUD 13 NC 26 GND 3 2 17 TV OUT CONNECTOR J3 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 23: ...VCC 4 GND 5 GND 6 12V 8 5V 7 12V PWR8 3 2 19 BATTERY SELECT J1 JP1 Internal BAT JP1 2 3 ON FACTORY PRESET External BAT JP1 1 2 ON 1 2 3 JP1 1 EXBAT 2 VCC 3 INTVBAT 1 2 J1 1 EXBAT 2 GND 3 2 20 DOC SOCK...

Page 24: ...hat maybe be used from your program software to detect crashes or hang ups The Watchdog timer is automatically disabled after reset Once you enabled the watchdog timer your program should trigger the...

Page 25: ...t write the same factor as enabling to the watchdog register at least once every time out period to its previous setting You can change the time out period by writing another timer factor to the watch...

Page 26: ...pin 1 of the related connector not upside down Step 5 Connect the hard disk flat cables from the CPU board to the drives Connect a power source to drive Step 6 Plug the keyboard into the keyboard conn...

Page 27: ...drivers needed in Win CE environment NT4 1 0DR DIR NT4 0 driver Includes the GxM drivers needed in NT4 0 environment LINUXD 1 DIR Linux driver Includes the GxM drivers needed in Linux environment WIN2...

Page 28: ...ISA BIOS 2A434AVF CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHER...

Page 29: ...w to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Setup The BIOS supports various types for user settings The BIOS supports Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master and Sec Slave so the user ca...

Page 30: ...disk error but it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error but it will stop for all other errors 5 3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP The BIOS FEA...

Page 31: ...mory transfer and provides an interrupt if an error is found This item is to Disabled or Enabled this function Typematic Rate Setting To enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming If you di...

Page 32: ...PCI ISA BIOS 2A434AVF CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Esc Quit F1 Help F5 Old Values Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color SDRAM CAS latency Time SDRAM Clock Ratio Div By 16 bit I O Recov...

Page 33: ...mally Reset Configuration Data This item is used to enable the function of Reset Configuration Data or not PCI IRQ Actived By This item is to determine the active mode 5 6 LOAD DEFAULT SETTING This se...

Page 34: ...ermined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the controller Your system supports one IDE controller a primary and a secondary so you have the ability to install up to four separate hard...

Page 35: ...appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down 5 9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION This option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS...

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