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PCA-6148/6148L

Full-size 486 All-in-one

CPU Card with

Flash/RAM/ROM disk

Summary of Contents for PCA-6148

Page 1: ...PCA 6148 6148L Full size 486 All in one CPU Card with Flash RAM ROM disk ...

Page 2: ...te and reliable However Advan tech Co Ltd assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use Acknowledgements AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc IBM PC AT and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft Windows and MS DOS...

Page 3: ...follow the instructions below carefully Technical Support We want you to get the maximum performance from your prod ucts If you run into technical difficulties we are here to help But please consult this manual first If you still can t find the answer gather all the information or questions that apply to your problem and with the product close at hand call your dealer Our dealers are trained and r...

Page 4: ...ent materials service time and freight Please consult your dealer for more details If you think you have a defective product follow these steps 1 Collect all the information about the problem encountered e g type of PC CPU speed Advantech products used other hardware and software used etc Note anything abnormal and list any on screen messages you get when the problem occurs 2 Call your dealer and ...

Page 5: ...r 1 Hard disk drive IDE interface cable 40 pin 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable 34 pin 1 Parallel port adapter 26 pin and COM2 adapter 9 pin kit 1 Utility disk with system BIOS VGA BIOS and SSD Setup Utility 1 Utility disk with SVGA program and driver for Windows PCA 6148 only If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distributor or sales representative immediately ...

Page 6: ...ing 16 SSD Device Select J14 U12 J16 U16 J19 U28 17 BATTERY Select J7 17 SSD I O address select J17 J18 17 Chapter 2 Connecting peripherals 19 PCA 6148 Jumpers and Connectors List 20 Safety Precautions 20 IDE connectors CN3 21 Flat panel interface connection CN1 21 Flat panel display connector CN1 21 Floppy drive connector CN4 22 Parallel port connector CN5 22 Keyboard PS 2 mouse connectors CN14 C...

Page 7: ...0 Doze Mode 41 Standby Mode 42 Suspend Mode 42 Important Notice 43 Load BIOS defaults 44 Load setup defaults 44 Password setting 44 IDE HDD auto detection 44 Save Exit setup 44 Exit without saving 44 Chapter 4 VGA Display Software Hardware Configuration 45 Introduction 46 PCA 6148 Utility Disk 46 VGA Display Software Configuration 47 Chapter 5 SVGA Setup 49 Simultaneous display mode 50 Sleep mode ...

Page 8: ... I O address select J17 J18 72 SRAM Battery Source J7 72 File copy utility 73 Using a memory manager EMM386 EXE 74 Appendix B Programming the Watchdog Timer 75 Appendix C Upgrading 77 Installing PC 104 modules CN12 CN13 78 Installing DRAM SIMMs 80 SIMM Configurations 80 Supported 36 bit Memory Configurations single bank 81 Appendix D Detailed system information 83 Parallel printer connector CN5 84...

Page 9: ...pter gives background informa tion on the PCA 6148 6148L It then shows you how to configure the card to match your application and prepare it for installation into your PC Sections include Card specifications Board layout Safety precautions Jumper settings C H A P T E R ...

Page 10: ... and panel displays with a display memory of up to 1 MB and a resolution of up to 640x480 with 16 7 million colors The VGA controller is a VL bus C T 65545 48 50 which comes equipped with a windows accelerator The PCA 6148 6148L also offers several industrial features such as a 63 level watchdog timer with jumperless setup a 1 44 MB Flash ROM disk and a face up PC 104 connection for additional fun...

Page 11: ...mode Serial ports Two 16C550 UARTs one RS 232 one RS 232 422 485 interface Watchdog timer 63 level timer interval jumperless setup generates system reset or IRQ15 Flash RAM ROM disk 1 44 MB solid state disk MS DOS compatible using Flash ROM SRAM and ROM device Keyboard PS 2 mouse connector A 6 pin mini DIN connector is located on the mounting bracket for easy connection of a key board or a PS 2 mo...

Page 12: ...s Display output DB 15 VGA connector 22x2 pin header general purpose flat panel display connector Display BIOS default CRT Toshiba TFT panel BIOS Flash BIOS can be easily updated DRAM Module 50 60 70 ns Mechanical and environmental Power supply 5 V 3 5 A Operating temperature 32 to 140o F 0 to 60o C Board size 338mm x 122mm ...

Page 13: ...on 5 PCA 6148 6148L PCB Layout Board layout CON1 CN9 CN15 CN16 CN10 CN11 J15 CN5 CN13 CN12 J19 J16 CN4 CN8 J14 J18 J17 CN3 J20 CN2 CN1 J3 J11 J13 SIM0 SIM1 SIM2 SIM3 J2 J4 J6 JRN3 JRN2 JRN1 DLE1 J1 CN7 CN6 J10 J9 J8 J5 PCA 6148 only ...

Page 14: ...tailed information on each jumper setting Chapter 2 gives instructions for connecting external devices to your card PCA 6148 6148L Jumpers Number Function J1 Reset J2 Reserve J3 CPU select J4 CPU select J5 Watchdog select J6 Reserve J7 Battery select J8 CPU frequency select J9 CPU frequency select J10 CPU frequency select J11 CPU voltage select J12 CMOS erase J13 CPU voltage select J14 SSD memory ...

Page 15: ...onnector CN6 power LED and keylock connector CN7 external speaker CN8 infraredTx Rx header CN9 VGA display connector CN10 COM2 RS 232 connector CN11 COM2 422 485 connector CN12 PC 104 connector CN13 PC 104 connector CN14 external keyboard connector CN15 COM1 RS 232 connector CN16 keyboard PS 2 connector CON1 power connector U1 CPU socket U12 SSD memory U16 SSD memory U28 SSD memory PCA 6148 ...

Page 16: ...er is on sensitive electronic components can be damaged by the sudden rush of power Only experienced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis Caution Always ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the CPU card Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges Use a grounding wrist strap at all times Place all electronic components on a static dissi...

Page 17: ...ard to match the needs of your application by setting jumpers A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that slides over the pins to connect them To close a jumper you connect the pins with the clip To open a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper will have three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this cas...

Page 18: ...10 PCA 6148 6148L User s Manual CPU Jumper Settings Voltage 5V 3 3V 3 45V 3 6V J11 J13 N A Frequency 25M 33M 40M J8 J9 J10 5 1 6 2 5 1 6 2 5 1 6 2 5 1 6 2 5 1 6 2 5 1 6 2 5 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...

Page 19: ...nction properly the jumpers must be set to accommodate the CPU installed on the CPU card CPU type select CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2JRN3 Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1 Cyrix 3 45V 33M 5x86 100 Cyrix 3 45V 40M 5x86 120 AMD 3 3V 33M DX2 66 NV8T ...

Page 20: ...Manual CPU type select CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3 AMD 3 3V 33M DX4 100 NV8T AMD 3 3V 33M DX4 100 SV8B AMD 3 3V 40M DX4 120 SV8B AMD 3 3V 33M 5x86 133 Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1 ...

Page 21: ...re Configuration 13 CPU type select CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3 SGS 5V 33M DX2 66 SGS 3 3V 33M DX4 100 Intel 5V 33M DX 33 Intel DX2 50 5V 25M Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1 ...

Page 22: ... User s Manual CPU type select CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3 Intel 5V 33M DX2 66 Intel 3 3V 33M DX4 100 Cyrix 5V 33M DX2 66 Cyrix 3 6V 40M DX2 80 Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 of chapter 1 ...

Page 23: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 15 CPU type select CPU Type Voltage Frequency J3 J4 JRN1 JRN2 JRN3 Cyrix 3 45V 33M DX4 100 Please refer to jumper settings on page 10 ...

Page 24: ... select J5 Reset default IRQ15 JP5 COM2 settings for RS 232 422 485 J15 COM2 settings for RS 232 422 485 RS 232 CN10 RS 422 CN11 RS 485 CN11 J15 default CMOS backup select Battery Backup Clean CMOS default JP12 IRQ12 setting PS2 Mouse IRQ12 default JP20 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 ...

Page 25: ...pen open open ROM open open open SRAM closed closed closed BATTERY Select J7 Battery Installation Setup J7 Pin None default Internal 4 pin external 2 pin external 1 SSD power 2 Internal battery 3 SSD Power 4 GND SSD I O address select J17 J18 SSD J17 J18 disabled closed closed 210H open closed 220H closed open 230H open open ...

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Page 27: ...itches and indicators to the PCA 6148 6148L board You can access most of the connectors from the top of the board while it is installed in the chassis If you have a number of cards installed or your chassis is very tight you may need to partially remove the card to make all the connections ...

Page 28: ...6148 only The following sections tell how to make each connection In most cases you will simply need to connect a standard cable Safety Precautions Warning Always completely disconnect the power cord from your chassis whenever you are working on it Do not make connections while the power is on Sensitive electronic components can be damaged by the sudden rush of power Only experienced electronics p...

Page 29: ...rive for more information Connect the first hard drive to the other end of the cable Wire 1 on the cable should also connect to pin 1 on the hard drive connector which is labeled on the drive circuit board Check the documentation that came with the drive for more information Connect the second drive as described above on CN3 Flat panel interface connection CN1 Flat panel display connector PCA 6148...

Page 30: ... in the middle connects to the B floppy Parallel port connector CN5 The parallel port is normally used to connect the CPU card to a printer The PCA 6148 6148L includes an on board parallel port accessed through a 26 pin flat cable connector CN5 The card comes with an adapter cable which lets you use a traditional DB 25 connector The cable has a 26 pin connector on one end and a DB 25 connector on ...

Page 31: ... DIN connec tor on the card mounting bracket The PCA 6148 6148L also comes with an adapter to convert to a standard DIN connector and to a PS 2 mouse connector The PCA 6148 6148L provides a second connector designed for external keyboard input CN14 To locate CN14 and CN16 please see the board layout on page 5 of chapter 1 CN16 ...

Page 32: ... VGA monitor input Serial Ports The PCA 6148 6148L offers two serial ports COM1 in RS 232 COM2 in RS 232 422 485 These ports let you connect to serial devices a mouse printers etc or a communication network You can select the address for each port 3F8H COM1 2F8H COM2 or 2E8H or disable it using the BIOS Advanced Setup program covered in Chapter 3 The card mounting bracket holds the serial port con...

Page 33: ...in different ways If you are having problems with a serial device be sure to check the pin assignments for the connector The following table shows the pin assignments for the card s RS 232 port RS 232 connector pin assignments Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI CN15 RS 232 422 485 connection COM2 is an RS 232 422 485 serial port The following table shows the pin assignme...

Page 34: ... assignments CN10 CN11 Pin RS 232 CN10 RS 422 485 CN11 1 DCD TX or send data DTE 2 RX TX or send data DTE 3 TX RX or receive data DTE 4 DTR RX or receive data DTE 5 GND GND 6 DSR DSR 7 RTS RTS 8 CTS CTS 9 RI RI 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 CN10 CN11 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 ...

Page 35: ...connectors for 5 V and 12 V Warning Before making the connection make sure the voltage is absolutely correct and matched with the right connector CPU cooling fan power connector CN2 The CN2 is a connector for the CPU cooling fan It provides both 5V and 12V when the power is on CPU cooling fan power connector CN2 Pin Function 1 5V 2 GND 3 12V 12 GND 5 1 CN2 GND GND 12V 12V 5V NC CON1 ...

Page 36: ...t 2 No connection 3 GND 4 5 VDC Infrared Tx Rx Header CN8 This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts onto a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through BIOS setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA IrDA Tx Rx header CN8 Pin Function 1 Vcc 2 No Connecti...

Page 37: ... LED s power and Pin 3 is the ground You can use a switch or a lock to disable the keyboard so the PC will not respond to any input This is useful if you do not want anyone to change or stop running a program Connect the switch between Pins 4 and 5 of CN6 Power LED and keylock CN6 Pin Function 1 LED power 5V 2 NC 3 GND 4 Keyboard lock 5 GND ...

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Page 39: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS setup 31 C H A P T E R 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter describes how to set the card s BIOS configuration data ...

Page 40: ...e power is turned off Entering setup Turning on the computer and pressing DEL immediately will allow you to enter Setup ROM ISA BIOS 2C4L6AK1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC ESC QUIT ßàáâ SELECT ITEM F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MA...

Page 41: ...IOS 2C4L6AK1 STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ESC Quit ßàáâ Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color Date mm dd yy Thu Sep 12 1996 Time hh mm ss 15 24 55 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Dri...

Page 42: ...IOS 2C4L6AK1 BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFFShadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence C A D4000 D7F...

Page 43: ... C A System will first search the hard drive then the floppy drive A C System will first search the floppy drive then the hard drive Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 KB type is 40 tracks while 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches the floppy drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that...

Page 44: ... Fast Default Fast The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method Typematic Rate setting The typematic rate determines the characters per second accepted by the computer Typematic Rate setting enables or disables the typematic rate Typematic Rate Char Sec BIOS accepts the following input values character second for Typematic Rate 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay msec When ...

Page 45: ...SWORD SETTING in the main menu At this point you will be asked to enter a password Simply hit the ENTER key to disable security When security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely OS select for DRAM 64 MB This setting is underOS 2 system Video BIOS Shadow This determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM which is optional according to the chipset design When enable...

Page 46: ...up Defaults Auto Configuration Enabled Decoupled Refresh Enabled Relocate 256K 384K Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled External Cache Scheme Write back Combine Alter Tag Bits Enabled CHRDY for ISA master Enabled Memory Hole at 15MB Addr Disabled Cache Timing Control Normal DRAM Timing Control Normal FAST DRAM Enabled CPU Write Back Cache Disabled Set Turbo pin func...

Page 47: ... to be cached if the cache controller is also enabled Enabled Video BIOS access cached Disabled Video BIOS access not cached Disabled is the default System BIOS Cacheable When enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled Enabled BIOS access cached Disabled BIOS access not cached Disabled is the default ...

Page 48: ... The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the meanings of each option ROM ISA BIOS 2C4L6AK1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Power Management Enabled Doze Timer 32 sec Sleep Timer 2 min Sleep Mode Suspend HDD Power Management Disabled VGA Activity Wakeup Disabled IO Activity Disabled IRQ3 Activity Primary IRQ4 Activity Primary IRQ5 Activity Primary IRQ7 Activity ...

Page 49: ...defined timer values are used such that all timers are at their MAX value 4 Max Saving Pre defined timer values are used such that all timers are at their MIN value Doze Mode Item Options Descriptions Doze Mode Disable System will never enter DOZE mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode Note Normally STANDBY mode puts the system into low speed or 8 MHz 8 sec 32 s...

Page 50: ...ters STANDBY mode Note Normally STANDBY mode puts the system into low speed or 8 MHz Item Options Descriptions Suspend Mode Disable System will never enter SUSPEND mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system enters SUSPEND mode Note Normally STANDBY mode puts the system into low speed or 8 MHz Suspend Mode 8 sec 32 sec 2 min 8 min 16 min 8 sec 32 sec 2 min 8 min 16 min ...

Page 51: ...5 Reserved If any of the above items are enabled and active the DOZE timer will be reloaded If any of the above items are enabled or active the STANDBY timer will be reloaded If any of the above items are enabled or active the SUSPEND timer will be reloaded HDD Power Management You can choose to turn the HDD off after a one of the time interval listed or when the system is in Suspend mode If in a ...

Page 52: ...can be at most 8 characters long Remember to enable this feature You must first select the Security Option in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP to be either Setup or System IDE HDD auto detection IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION automatically self detect for the correct hard disk type Save Exit setup If you select this and press the Enter key the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memo...

Page 53: ...n This chapter details the software configu ration information It shows you how to configure the board to match your application requirements AWARD System BIOS is covered in Chapter 4 Sections include LCD display configuration Connections for two standard LCDs ...

Page 54: ...ou can change the display BIOS simply by reprogramming the Flash chip PCA 6148 Utility Disk The PCA 6148 is supplied with a software utility disk that holds the necessary file for setting up the VGA display controller The disk s directory and file structure is as follows ROOT SSD MAKEROM EXE VGABIOS AWDFLASH EXE 48 CRT BIN 48 EL BIN 48 TFT BIN 48 STN BIN 48 MONO BIN MAKEROM EXE This program suppor...

Page 55: ...lasma flat panel displays and traditional analog CRT monitors The interface can drive CRT displays with resolutions up to 640 x 480 with 1 6 million colors It is also capable of driving color panel displays with resolutions of 800 x 600 in 64K colors The VGA interface is configured completely via the software utility so you don t have to set any jumpers Configure the VGA display as follows 1 Apply...

Page 56: ...ess N to abort and end the setup procedure 4 If you decide to continue the program will create a BIOS OLD file which contains the existing BIOS configura tion The prompt will then ask Are you sure you want to save new configuration Press Y if you want the new file to be written into the BIOS Press N to exit the program The new VGA configuration will then write to the ROM BIOS chip This configurati...

Page 57: ... 5 SVGA Setup PCA 6148 only The PCA 6148 features an on board flat panel VGA interface This chapter provides instructions for installing and operating the software drivers on the included display driver diskette C H A P T E R ...

Page 58: ...e NOT supported Multiple frequency multi sync monitors are supported as analog monitors Both CRT and panel displays can be used simultaneously The PCA 6148 can be set in one of three configurations on a CRT on a flat panel display or on both simultaneously The system is initially set to simultaneous display mode In the utility diskette there are three COM files which can be used to select the disp...

Page 59: ...8 DRV 640x480 256 800x600 256 1024x768 256 LINEAR16 DRV 640x480 64K LINEAR24 DRV 640x480 16M AutoCAD R12 RCTURBOC EXP 640x480 16 800x600 16 1024x768 16 640x480 256 800x600 256 1024x768 256 640x480 32K 640x480 64K 640x480 16M Lotus 1 2 3 2 0 and Lotus Symphony 1 0 1 1 V132X25 DRV 132x25 Text 16 V132X50 DRV 132x50 Text 16 VESA 1 2 VESA COM 800x600 16 1024x768 16 640x400 256 640x480 256 800x600 256 1...

Page 60: ... to copy files from a floppy disk to a directory on the hard disk understand the MS DOS directory structure and know how to format a floppy disk If you are uncertain about any of these concepts please refer to the DOS or Windows user refer ence guides for more information before you proceed with the installation Before you begin Before you begin installing software drivers you should make a backup...

Page 61: ... Control Panel allows you to select and load the installed drivers Another method of installing these drivers is through the File Manager Click on Drive A Then double click on WINSETUP EXE to begin installation Changing Display Drivers in Windows To change display drivers in Windows select the Windows Setup icon from the Main window You will be shown the current setup configuration Select Change S...

Page 62: ...ep 3 Change to the directory where you installed Windows usually C WINDOWS Step 4 Type SETUP ENTER to run the Windows Setup program It will show the current Windows configuration Use the up arrow key to move to the Display line and press EN TER A list of display drivers will be shown Use the arrow keys to select one of the drivers starting with an asterisk and press ENTER Step 5 Follow the directi...

Page 63: ...tion of a larger screen and will automatically pan or scroll the screen horizontally and vertically when the mouse reaches the edge of the display Linear Acceleration Drivers A special high performance linear acceleration driver is provided for 256 color modes This driver may require special hardware and may not be supported on all systems It is only available for Windows3 1 ...

Page 64: ...selected press END to begin the installation At this point you will be asked for a drive and directory to copy the driver files Enter the drive and directo ry that contains the installed AutoCAD R12 If the destination directory does not exist you will be asked for confirmation When the installation is complete press any key to continue Press ESC followed by Y to exit to DOS Step 2 Go to the AutoCA...

Page 65: ...BP Highlight Patt Line Xor Rect Both BP Refresh Enable Disable BP Cache Enable Disable Expert Configuration Menu This menu allows you to modify Display List Enable Disable Drawing Cache Enable Disable Use Acad 31 bit space Yes No Internal Command Echo Enable Disable BP Zoom Mode Freeze Float Regen Mode Incremental Fast If your previously installed driver is not TurboDLD you will have to reconfigur...

Page 66: ...y At this point you may be asked to create the target directory if it does not already exist After the files have been installed press any key to return to the list of supported applications Press ESC followed by Y to exit to DOS Copy all the files that were just created in the temporary directory onto a formatted floppy diskette Step 2 Go to your 123 directory and start the installation program T...

Page 67: ...could name this driver 132X25 SET or if you installed the 80 by 50 driver you may want to call the file 80X50 SET Step 7 The installation of your Lotus 1 2 3 driver is now complete You will need to exit the Lotus installation program at this point At the main Lotus Installation Menu select Exit NOTE If your driver set is not 123 SET you have to type the filename of your driver set in the command l...

Page 68: ...ny key to display a list of supported applications Use the arrow keys to select VESA Driver Version 1 2 and press ENTER Press the ENTER key to select All Resolutions and press END to begin the installation A default drive and directory path will be displayed Use the backspace key to erase this and type in a directory that is in the directory path such as C BIN or C UTILS After the files have been ...

Page 69: ...ey to display a list of supported applications Use the arrow keys to select Word and press ENTER Use the arrow keys to select the desired screen resolution and press ENTER make sure your monitor is able to display the resolution desired Press END to begin the driver installation process A default drive and directory path will be displayed Use the backspace key to erase this and type in your Word d...

Page 70: ...displayed Use the arrow keys to select the desired screen resolution and press ENTER make sure your monitor is able to display the resolution desired Press END to begin the driver installation process A default drive and directory path will be displayed Use the backspace key to erase this default and type in the WordPerfect directory At this point you may be asked to create the target directory if...

Page 71: ...COL 132 25 ENTER Step 2 Start WordPerfect The program will detect the number of rows and columns automatically If for some reason WordPer fect is unable to adapt to 132 columns by 25 rows start WordPer fect with the following command WP SS 25 132 ENTER Configuring WordPerfect 5 1 for 132 columns Start WordPerfect and press SHIFT F1 to enter the setup menu Select D for Display and T for Text Screen...

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Page 73: ...Appendix A Flash RAM ROM disk 65 A Flash RAM ROM Solid State Disk A P P E N D I X ...

Page 74: ...vers You simply set the drive to act as a DOS drive e g A B C or D 1st 2nd 3rd or 4th floppy disks and use standard DOS commands COPY DIR etc to manipulate your data Before you use the Flash RAM ROM disk you will need to enable it with the BIOS Advanced Setup Program discussed in Chapter 3 Memory devices The Flash RAM ROM disk supports the following memory devices or their equivalents 28F010 128 K...

Page 75: ...tivate the Flash RAM ROM drive using the BIOS Advanced Setup program you will need to set the drive s I O and memory addresses to avoid conflicts with other plug in cards You will also need to set the DOS drive designation to be used by the Flash RAM ROM drive You can press Alt S to enter SSD setup mode when you see the message Internal Solid State Disk BIOS Rev X XX SSD assign to _ Hit Alt S if y...

Page 76: ...ry low voltage less 2 5 V SSD IC Type SRAM 128K CXK581000P EPROM 128K 27C010 28F010 FLASH 128K AT29C010 A SRAM 512K CXK584000P EPROM 512K 27C040 FLASH 512K AT29C040 A Memory segment windows 8K CE00 CFFF D000 D1FF D400 D5FF D800 D9FF DC00 DDFF E000 E1FF Drive emulated Control the DOS drive emulated by the Flash RAM ROM disk 1st 2nd 3rd or 4th SSD Driver Emulated 1st 2nd 3rd 4th The actual drive let...

Page 77: ...Flash RAM ROM disk to the next free drive designation For example if you have a single hard disk drive C and assign the Flash RAM ROM disk to be the 3rd drive the Flash RAM ROM drive will become drive D If you have two hard disks the Flash RAM ROM drive will become drive E Example 1 You install the Flash RAM ROM disk as the first drive Before installing Flash RAM ROM disk A B C FDD FDD HDD After i...

Page 78: ...sectors and tracks when formatting SSD For the different disk size please use different assignment for example Format drv u n 9 t 40 for 360 K disk Format drv u n 18 t 80 for 1 44 M disk where drv solid state disk drive A B or C etc After formatting please read the message on the screen carfefully DOS will inform you how much disk space is available the total disk space and the bad sectors etc If ...

Page 79: ...sockets Remember that you will need to program EPROMs before you insert them 1 Make sure that the pins of the memory chips are perpendicular to the case and both rows are parallel to each other Many times the chips come with the pins spread out slightly Place the chip on a table top and carefully bend each line of pins together until they point directly down 2 Insert each chip Align the chips so t...

Page 80: ...I O address select J17 J18 SSD J17 J18 disabled closed closed 210H open closed 220H closed open 230H open open SRAM Battery Source J7 If you install three SRAM chips you must close jumpers J14 J16 J19 and set J7 The will support SRAM power from the battery that is used to retain the SRAM data when the PC s power is turned off Set jumper J7 according to the battery type that will be used ...

Page 81: ...h memories or EPROMs You can use 3 V or 3 6 V Lithium battery 2 pin or 4 pin connectors for SRAM data retention power Note Factory setting is none battery to save energy of the on board internal Lithium battery File copy utility The utility program MAKEROM EXE included on the card s utility disk splits the files on a diskette into a series of binary files You can then use an external programmer to...

Page 82: ...se the memory manager will attempt to use these addresses causing unreliable operation For example the line in your CONFIG SYS file that invokes EMM386 the DOS memory manager might be the following DEVICE EMM386 SYS X D000 D1FF This excludes an 8 KB range for the card from D0000 to D1FFF the default addresses You should also make sure that the disk s memory address is not shadowed in the BIOS SSD ...

Page 83: ...8 is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason This feature ensures system reliability in industrial stand alone and unmanned environments A p p e n d i x ...

Page 84: ...iting the I O port 443 hex while simultaneously setting it When you want to disable the watchdog timer your program should read I O port 043 hex The following procedure is a program for the watchdog timer Step 1 Out 443h data REM Start and reset the watchdog timer Step 2 Your application program task 1 Step 3 Out 443h data REM Reset the timer Step 4 Your application program task 2 Step 5 Out 443h ...

Page 85: ...A P P E N D I X C Upgrading This appendix gives instructions for increasing the capabilities of your CPU card It covers Installing PC 104 DRAM memory installation SIMMs ...

Page 86: ...e PCM 3718 30 KHz A D module PCM 3724 48 channel DIO module PC 104 modules are produced by over a dozen manufacturers and the PC 104 form factor is being advanced as an appendix to the ISA bus standard If you want to make your own PC 104 module the figure on the following page shows module dimensions A PC 104 breadboard module PCM 3910 is also available Pin assignments for the connector appear in ...

Page 87: ...Appendix C Upgrading 79 PC 104 module dimensions mm ...

Page 88: ...t accepts from 1 to 32 MB SIMMs The following table shows the bank assignment for the SIMM socket Bank SIMM socket s Size 0 SIMM0 72 pin 1 SIMM1 72 pin 2 SIMM2 72 pin 3 SIMM3 72 pin You can use 256 KBx32 256 KBx64 1 MBx32 1 MBx64 4 MBx32 or 4 MBx64 DRAM SIMMs SIMM Configurations Bank0 Bank1 Bank2 Bank3 S32 S32 S32 S32 D32 N A D32 N A N A D32 N A D32 S32 single side 32 bit D32 double side 32 bit ...

Page 89: ...0MB 1M 1M 16M 18MB 2M 2MB 2M 2M 4MB 2M 4M 6MB 2M 2M 4M 8MB 2M 2M 4M 4M 12MB 2M 16M 18MB 2M 2M 16M 20MB 2M 2M 4M 16M 24MB 2M 2M 16M 16M 36MB 4M 4MB 4M 4M 8MB 4M 4M 4M 12MB 4M 4M 4M 4M 16MB 4M 16M 20MB 4M 4M 16M 24MB 4M 16M 16M 36MB 4M 4M 16M 16M 40MB 8M 8MB 8M 8M 16MB 16M 16MB 16M 16M 32MB 16M 16M 16M 48MB 16M 16M 16M 16M 64MB 32M 32MB 32M 32M 64MB 64M 64MB 64M 64M 128MB TOTAL ...

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Page 91: ...n cludes Parallel connector pin assignments HDD connector pin assignments FDD connector pin assignments Keyboard connector pin assignments CRT display connector Flat panel display connector RS 232 connections PC 104 connector pin assignments System I O port address assignments DMA channel assignments Interrupt assignments ...

Page 92: ...8 DATA 6 9 DATA 7 10 ACKNOWLEDGE 11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY 13 SELECT 14 AUTO FEED 15 ERROR 16 INIT PRINTER 17 SELECT INPUT 18 25 GROUND HDD connector CN3 Pin no Signal Pin no Signal 1 RST 2 GND 3 D7 4 D8 5 D6 6 D9 7 D5 8 D10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 D0 18 D15 19 GND 20 N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND ...

Page 93: ...4 Pin no Signal 1 33 odd GROUND 2 HIGH DENSITY 4 6 UNUSED 8 INDEX 10 MOTOR ENABLE A 12 DRIVER SELECT B 14 DRIVER SELECT A 16 MOTOR ENABLE B 18 DIRECTION 20 STEP PULSE 22 WRITE DATA 24 WRITE ENABLE 26 TRACK 0 28 WRITE PROTECT 30 READ DATA 32 SELECT HEAD 34 DISK CHANGE Keyboard connector pin assignment CN14 CN16 CN14 CN16 Signal 1 5 CLOCK 2 1 DATA 3 NC 2 PS 2 DATA 4 3 GND 5 4 5 V 6 PS 2 CLOCK ...

Page 94: ...N C 8 GND Flat panel display connector CN1 PCA 6148 Flat panel display connector Pin Function Pin Function 1 12 V 2 12 V 3 GND 4 GND 5 Vcc 6 Vcc 7 ENAVEE 8 GND 9 P0 10 P1 11 P2 12 P3 13 P4 14 P5 15 P6 16 P7 17 P8 18 P9 19 P10 20 P11 21 P12 22 P13 23 P14 24 P15 25 P16 26 P17 27 P18 28 P19 29 P20 30 P21 31 P22 32 P23 33 GND 34 GND 35 SHFCLK 36 FLM 37 M 38 LP 39 GND 40 ENABKL 41 KB DATA 42 KB CLK 43 ...

Page 95: ...S 232 standard in different ways If you are having problems with a serial device be sure to check the pin assignments for the connector The following table shows the pin assignments for the card s RS 232 port RS 232 connector pin assignment CN15 CN10 Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 NC 1 5 9 6 ...

Page 96: ...s Manual RS 422 485 connector pin assignments C11 Pin RS 422 485 CN11 1 TX or send data DTE 2 TX or send data DTE 3 RX or receive data DTE 4 RX or receive data DTE 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 NC 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 CN11 ...

Page 97: ...8 SD1 ENDXFR LA17 DACK0 9 SD0 12 MEMR DRQ0 10 IOCHRDY KEY 2 MEMW DACK5 11 AEN SMEMW SD8 DRQ5 12 SA19 SMEMR SD9 DACK6 13 SA18 IOW SD10 DRQ6 14 SA17 IOR SD11 DACK7 15 SA16 DACK3 SD12 DRQ7 16 SA15 DRQ3 SD13 85V 17 SA14 DACK1 SD14 MASTER 18 SA13 DRQ1 SD15 0V 19 SA12 REFRESH KEY 2 0V 20 SA11 SYSCLK 21 SA10 IRQ7 22 SA9 IRQ6 23 SA8 IRQ5 24 SA7 IRQ4 25 SA6 IRQ3 26 SA5 DACK2 27 SA4 TC 28 SA3 BALE 29 SA2 5V...

Page 98: ...ts Addr range Hex Device F0000h FFFFFh System BIOS C8000h EFFFFh Unused C0000h C7FFFh VGA BIOS A0000h BFFFFh VGA display memory 00000h 9FFFFh Base Memory DMA channel assignments Channel Function 0 Available 1 Available 2 Floppy 3 Available 4 Cascade 5 Available 6 Available 7 Available ...

Page 99: ... Interrupt source IRQ 00 Timer IRQ 01 Keyboard IRQ 02 CASCADE IRQ 03 COM2 2F8h IRQ 04 COM1 3F8h IRQ 05 Available IRQ 06 Floppy IRQ 07 LPT1 378h IRQ 08 Clock Cal IRQ 09 Available IRQ 10 Available IRQ 11 Available IRQ 12 PS 2 mouse available IRQ 13 NPU IRQ 14 OCCUPIED IRQ 15 Watchdog Available ...

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Page 101: ...E POST LEDs This appendix lists the codes generated by the POST Power On Self Test routines It also discusses how to read the PCA 6148 s POST LED indicators A P P E N D I X ...

Page 102: ...ollowing instructions press F1 to RESUME Write down the message and press the F1 key to continue the bootup sequence The cure for most nonfatal error messages is simply to run the BIOS SETUP program discussed in Chapter 3 If the routines encounter a fatal error they will stop the tests and output a message indicating which test failed If the fatal error comes before the screen device initializes t...

Page 103: ...OST code from the LEDs The table below shows how to read the LEDs a series of eight LEDs located in the top left hand corner of the board SELF TEST INDICATORS l l l l l l l l D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 l LIGHT OFF LIGHT ON l l l l 0 l l l 4 l l l 8 l l C l l l 1 l l 5 l l 9 l D l l l 2 l l 6 l l A l E l l 3 l 7 l B F EXAMPLE l l l l l D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 1 9 POST checkpoint LED indicators The fol...

Page 104: ...controllers 0 and 1 Initialize interrupt controllers 0 and 1 Initialize EISA extended registers 04 Test memory RAM must be periodically refreshed in order to keep the memory from decaying Refresh toggle This function assures that the memory refresh function is working properly 05 Blank video Keyboard controller initialization Initialize keyboard 06 Reserved 07 Test CMOS interface Verifies CMOS is ...

Page 105: ...st DMA page registers Test DMA page registers 12 13 1B 1E Reserved 14 Test timer counter 2 Test 8254 timer 0 counter 2 15 Test 8259 1 mask bits Verify 8259 channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines 16 Test 8259 2 mask bits Verify 8259 channel 2 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines 17 Test 8259 1 mask bits Turn off interrupt...

Page 106: ...et up cache controller Initialize cache controller 40 Virus protect Display virus protect disable or enable 41 Initialize floppy drive Initialize floppy disk drive controller and controller and any drives 42 Initialize hard disk drive Initialize hard disk drive controller and controller and any drives 43 Detect initialize Initialize serial parallel ports also serial and parallel ports game port 44...

Page 107: ... Set numlock Set numlock status according to setup 63 Boot attempt Set low stack boot via INT 19h B0 Spurious If interrupt occurs in protected mode B1 Unclaimed NMI If unmasked NMI occurs display Press F1 to disable NMI F2 to reboot BE Chipset default Program chipset registers with initialization power on BIOS defaults BF Chipset initialization Program chipset registers with setup values C0 Turn o...

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