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Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration

1.3

Specifications

1.3.1 System

• CPU: Intel Pentium

III processor, up to 933+ MHz, FSB 100/133

MHz

• BIOS: Award Flash BIOS, 2 Mbit

• System Chipset: VIA Apollo Pro133A

• Green function: Supports power management operation via BIOS.

Activated by keyboard or mouse activity

• PCI enhanced IDE hard disk drive interface: Supports up to four

IDE (AT-bus) large hard disk drives or other enhanced IDE
devices. Supports PIO mode 4 (16.67 MB/s data transfer rate) and
Ultra DMA/33/66 (33/66 MB/s data transfer rate). BIOS enabled/
disabled

• Floppy disk drive interface: Supports up to two floppy disk drives,

5¼" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3½" (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88
MB). BIOS enabled/disabled

1.3.2 Memory

• RAM: Up to 1.5GB in three available 168-pin DIMM sockets.

Supports PC100/ PC133-compliant SDRAMs

• ECC (parity DRAM only): Modules can detect multi-bit memory

errors. Correction of 1-bit memory errors

Summary of Contents for PCA-6179

Page 1: ...PCA 6179 Full size socket 370 Intel Pentium III processor based PCI ISA bus CPU card ...

Page 2: ...for any in fringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use Acknowledgements AWARD is a trademark of AWARD Software Inc IBM and PC are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation MS DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation SMC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation WinBond is a tradema...

Page 3: ...rmance from your products So if you run into technical difficulties we are here to help For the most frequently asked questions you can easily find answers in your product documentation These answers are normally a lot more detailed than the ones we can give over the phone So please consult this manual first If you still cannot find the answer gather all the information or questions that apply to ...

Page 4: ...B S O I B h s a l F P P d r a w A e h c a C 2 L U P C n o B K 6 5 2 M A R m e t s y S x a M s t e k c o s n i p 8 6 1 x 3 B G 5 1 e v i r D h g i H A S I A m 4 6 o t p u t r o P B S U 2 2 2 2 2 s r o t c e n n o c E D I E 2 k s i d e t a t s d i l o S C O D 0 0 0 2 s t r o p l e l l a r a p 1 l a i r e s 2 A G V A G V P G A L X 4 o r P e g a R I T A N A L t e n r e h t E T e s a B 0 0 1 0 1 C 9 3 ...

Page 5: ...re details If you think you have a defective product follow these steps 1 Collect all the information about the problem encountered For example 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 describe the problem Please have your manual product and any hel...

Page 6: ...0060202 1 SCSI cable optional P N 1701060000 1 USB cable optional P N 1700100170 If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distributor or sales representative immediately We have carefully inspected the PCA 6179 mechanically and electrically before shipment It should be free of marks and scratches and in perfect working order upon receipt As you unpack the PCA 6179 check it for sig...

Page 7: ...res 8 1 5 Jumpers and Connectors 9 1 6 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations 11 1 7 Safety Precautions 12 1 8 Jumper Settings 13 1 8 1 How to set jumpers 13 1 8 2 CPU clock ratio setting SW1 13 1 8 4 CMOS clear J1 15 1 8 5 Watchdog timer output J2 15 1 8 5 DiskOnChip 2000 Flash disk address select SW3 16 1 9 System Memory 18 1 9 1 Sample calculation DIMM memory capacity 18 1 9 2 Supplementar...

Page 8: ...ctors CN16 CN17 CN18 CN19 CN21 and CN22 31 2 13 1 Keyboard lock and power LED CN16 31 2 13 2 External speaker CN17 31 2 13 3 Reset CN18 31 2 13 4 HDD LED CN19 32 2 13 5 ATX soft power switch CN21 32 2 14 ATX Power Control Connectors CN20 and CN21 32 2 14 1 ATX feature connector CN20 and soft power switch connector CN21 32 CN20 32 2 14 2 Controlling the soft power switch 33 Award BIOS Setup 35 3 1 ...

Page 9: ...Secondary Master Slave PIO UDMA Mode Auto 44 3 6 3 Onboard FDC Controller 44 3 6 4 Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 44 3 6 5 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 44 3 6 6 Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 44 3 6 7 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP 44 3 6 8 ECP Mode Use DMA 45 3 7 Power Management Setup 45 3 7 1 Power Management 46 3 7 2 HDD Power Down 46 3 7 3 Soft Off by PWR BTTN 46 3 7 4 Wakeup Event 47 3 7 5 ...

Page 10: ...Rules for SCSI Host Adapter and Device Installa tion 79 6 4 Configuring the SCSI Adapter 79 6 5 SCSI Terminators 80 6 6 SDMS Drivers 81 Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer 99 A 1 Programming the Watchdog Timer 100 Appendix B Pin Assignments 103 B 1 IDE Hard Drive Connector CN1 CN2 104 B 2 Floppy Drive Connector CN3 105 B 3 Parallel Port Connector CN4 106 B 4 SCSI Connector CN5 107 B 5 USB Co...

Page 11: ...r CN18 113 B 16 HDD LED Connector CN19 113 B 17 ATX Feature Connector CN20 113 B 18 System I O Ports 114 B 19 DMA Channel Assignments 115 B 20 Interrupt Assignments 115 B 21 1st MB Memory Map 116 B 22 PCI Bus Map 116 Appendix C DiskOnChip 2000 Installation Guide 117 C 1 DiskOnChip 2000 Quick Installation Guide 118 C 1 1 DiskOnChip 2000 installation instructions 118 C 1 2 Addtional information and ...

Page 12: ...6 Table B 5 USB1 USB2 connector CN6 108 Table B 6 VGA connector CN7 108 Table B 7 Ethernet 10 100Base T RJ 45 connector CN8 109 Table B 8 COM1 COM2 RS 232 serial port CN9 CN10 109 Table B 9 Keyboard and mouse connector CN11 110 Table B 10 External keyboard connector CN12 110 Table B 11 IR connector CN13 111 Table B 12 CPU fan power connector CN14 111 Table B 13 Power LED and keylock connector CN16...

Page 13: ...Figures Figure 1 1 Board layout main features 8 Figure 1 2 Board layout jumper and connecter locations 11 ...

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Page 16: ... to configure the card to match your application and prepare it for installation into your PC Sections include Introduction Features Specifications Board Layout Jumpers and Connectors Safety Precautions Jumper Settings System Memory Memory Installation Procedures Cache Memory CPU Installation 1 C HAPTER ...

Page 17: ...kup of CMOS data is stored in the Flash memory which protects data even after a battery failure Also included is a 63 level watchdog timer which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a program cannot be executed normally This enables reliable operation in unattended environments The PCA 6179 Series offers several impressive industrial features such as a VGA AGP controller a PCI Ultra2 SCSI c...

Page 18: ... soft power switch Through the BIOS the power button can be defined as the Standby aka Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off button see Section 3 6 6 Soft off by PWR BTN Regardless of the setting pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will enter the Soft Off mode 5 Power on by modem requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem ...

Page 19: ...iginal data for booting 9 More Additional metal bracket for CPU stabilization Power On by Alarm Powers up your computer at a certain time Standard IR supports optional remote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals personal gadgets Virus warning During and after system boot up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the...

Page 20: ...up to four IDE AT bus large hard disk drives or other enhanced IDE devices Supports PIO mode 4 16 67 MB s data transfer rate and Ultra DMA 33 66 33 66 MB s data transfer rate BIOS enabled disabled Floppy disk drive interface Supports up to two floppy disk drives 5 360 KB and 1 2 MB and or 3 720 KB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB BIOS enabled disabled 1 3 2 Memory RAM Up to 1 5GB in three available 168 pin DIM...

Page 21: ...connector A 6 pin mini DIN connector is located on the mounting bracket for easy connection to a keyboard or PS 2 mouse An onboard keyboard pin header connector is also available ISA driver current 64 mA High Drive 1 3 4 VGA interface Supports AGP 4X 133 MHz Controller ATI 3D Rage 128 Pro 4XL Display memory 8 MB VRAM 1 3 5 SCSI interface PCI SCSI Supports 32 bit PCI interface and Ultra2 SCSI or le...

Page 22: ...63 levels The program uses I O port hex 443h to control the watchdog timer 1 3 9 Mechanical and environmental specifications Operating temperature 0 60 C 32 140 F Storage temperature 40 60 C 40 140 F Humidity 20 95 non condensing Power supply voltage 5 V 12 V Power consumption 5 V 4 75 A for Pentium III Coppermine 600 MHz Board size 338 x 122 mm 13 3 x 4 8 Board weight 0 5 kg 1 2 lb ...

Page 23: ...ard layout main features SCSI connector Socket370 Pentium III CPU up to 933 MHz mouse and key board connector Parallel port EIDE connectors Three DIMM sockets up to 1 5 GB USB port VGA connector COM 1 LAN connector COM 2 FDD connector VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset DOC 2000 ...

Page 24: ... used to configure your system for your application The tables below list the function of each of the board jumpers and connectors Later sections in this chapter give instructions on setting jumpers Chapter 2 gives instructions for connecting external devices to your card Table 1 1 Jumpers Label Function J1 CMOS clear J2 Watchdog timer output SW2 CPU type select reserved SW3 DiskOnChip 2000 addres...

Page 25: ... VGA connector CN8 10 100Base T Ethernet connector CN9 Serial port COM1 CN10 Serial port COM2 CN11 PS 2 keyboard and mouse connector CN12 External keyboard connector CN13 Infrared IR connector CN14 CPU fan connector CN16 Keyboard lock and power LED CN17 External speaker CN18 Reset connector CN19 HDD LED connector CN20 ATX feature connector CN21 ATX soft power switch CN22 Reserved Default closed ...

Page 26: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 11 1 6 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations Figure 1 2 Board layout jumper and connecter locations ...

Page 27: ...ts can be damaged by sudden power surges 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 devicesareverysensitivetostaticelectriccharges As a safety precaution use a grounding wrist strap atalltimes Placeallelectroniccomponentsina static dissipativesurfaceorstatic shieldedbag ...

Page 28: ...r the pins to connect them To close or turn ON a jumper you connect the pins with the clip To open or turn OFF a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper consists of a set of three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 A pair of needle nose pliers may be useful when setting jumpers 1 8 2 CPU clock ratio setting SW1 You must configure your PCA 6179 CPU ...

Page 29: ...Table 1 5 CMOS clear J1 Function Jumper setting Keep CMOS data 1 2 closed Clear CMOS data 2 3 closed default setting 1 8 5 Watchdog timer output J2 The PCA 6179 contains a watchdog timer that will reset the CPU or send a signal to IRQ11 in the event the CPU stops processing This feature means the PCA 6179 will recover from a software failure or an EMI problem The J2 jumper settings control the out...

Page 30: ...OnChip 2000 Flash disk module This revolutionary solid state disk enables critical system information to be stored within an on board Flash disk for virtually instantaneous data access You must specify the memory address you want to use for your DiskOnChip 2000 Flash disk module by setting jumper SW3 Available settings are as follows ...

Page 31: ...1 7 DiskOnChip 2000 Flash disk memory address jumper settings J3 Segment SW3 1 SW3 2 SW3 3 SW3 4 CC00h ON ON OFF OFF D000h ON OFF ON OFF D400h ON OFF OFF OFF D800h OFF ON ON OFF DC00h OFF ON OFF OFF E000h OFF OFF ON OFF Disable OFF OFF OFF OFF ...

Page 32: ...the following table to calculate the total DRAM memory within your computer Table 1 8 DIMM module allocation table Socket number 168 pin DIMM memory 1 16 32 64 128 256 or 512 MB x 1 2 16 32 64 128 256 or 512 MB x 1 3 16 32 64 128 256 or 512 MB x 1 1 9 1 Sample calculation DIMM memory capacity Suppose you install a 128 MB DIMM into your PCA 6179 s socket 1 and a 32 MB DIMM into sockets 2 and 3 Your...

Page 33: ...PC 133 compliant DIMMs Most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used This is due to strict timing issues involved at this speed SDRAM chips are usually thinner and have higher pin density than EDO chips Chips with 9 chips side support ECC chips with 8 chips side do not support ECC Single sided modules are typically 16 32 or 64 MB double sided modules are usually 32 64 128 or 25...

Page 34: ...s have automatically locked the memory module into the correct position of the DIMM socket To remove the memory module just push both handles outward and the memory module will be ejected by the mechanism in the socket 1 11 Cache Memory Since the second level L2 cache has been embedded into the Intel Coppermine processor you do not have to take care of either SRAM chips or SRAM modules The built i...

Page 35: ... Carefully align the CPU so it is parallel to the socket and the notches on the corners of the CPU correspond with the notches on the inside of the socket Gently slide the CPU in It should insert easily If it does not insert easily pull the lever up a little bit more 3 Press the lever down The plate will slide forward You will feel some resistance as the pressure starts to secure the CPU in the so...

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Page 37: ...indicators to the PCA 6179 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 2 C HAPTER ...

Page 38: ...floppy drives IDE hard drives can connect in either position on the cable If you install two drives to a single connector you will need to set one as the master and one as the slave You do this by setting the jumpers on the drives If you use just one drive per connector you should set each drive as the master See the documen tation that came with your drive for more information Connect the first h...

Page 39: ...se only one connector in each set The set on the end after the twist in the cable connects to the A floppy drive The set in the middle connects to the B floppy drive 2 3 Parallel Port CN4 The parallel port is normally used to connect the CPU card to a printer The PCA 6179 includes an onboard parallel port accessed through a 26 pin flat cable connector CN4 The card comes with an adapter cable which...

Page 40: ...he cable is red or blue and the other wires are gray Make sure that wire 1 corresponds to pin 1 of CN4 Pin 1 is on the upper right side of CN4 2 4 SCSI Connector CN5 The PCA 6179 has a 68 pin dual in line connector for Ultra2 Wide SCSI devices Connection of SCSI devices requires special attention especially when determining the last drive on the SCSI chain Refer to Chapter 6 and your device s oper...

Page 41: ...tected The USB interface is accessed through a 10 pin flat cable connector CN6 The adapter cable has a 10 pin connector on one end and a USB connector on the bracket The USB interface can be disabled in the system BIOS setup 2 6 VGA Connector CN7 The PCA 6179 includes a AGP SVGA interface that can drive conventional CRT displays CN7 is a standard 15 pin D SUB connec tor commonly used for VGA Pin a...

Page 42: ...systems and is 100 Novell NE 2000 compatible An onboard RJ 45 jack provides convenient 10 100Base T RJ 45 operation 2 8 Serial Ports CN9 COM1 CN10 COM2 The PCA 6179 offers two serial ports CN9 as COM1 and CN10 as COM2 These ports can connect to serial devices such as a mouse or printers or to a communication network Table 2 1 Serial port connections COM1 COM2 Connector Ports Address Interrupt CN9 ...

Page 43: ...eyboard and Mouse Connector CN11 The PCA 6179 board provides a keyboard connector A 6 pin mini DIN connector CN11 on the card mounting bracket supports single board computer applications The card comes with an adapter to convert from the 6 pin mini DIN connector to a standard DIN connector and to a PS 2 mouse connector 2 10 External Keyboard Connector CN12 In addition to the PS 2 mouse keyboard co...

Page 44: ...orts the optional wireless infrared transmitting and receiving module This module mounts on the system case You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup see Chapter 3 2 12 CPU Fan Connector CN14 This connector supports cooling fans of 500 mA 6 W or less CN13 CN14 PIN 1 ...

Page 45: ...em s power LED status will be as indicated below Table 2 2 PS 2 or ATX power supply LED status Power mode LED PS 2 power LED ATX power System On On On System Suspend Fast flashes Fast flashes System Off Off Slow flashes 2 13 2 External speaker CN17 CN17 is a 4 pin connector for an extenal speaker If there is no external speaker the PCA 6179 provides an on board buzzer as an alternative To enable t...

Page 46: ...to the diagram on the previous page for the location of CN21 2 14 1 ATX feature connector CN20 and soft power switch connector CN21 The PCA 6179 can support an advanced soft power switch function if an ATX power supply is used To enable the soft power switch function 1 Take the specially designed ATX to PS 2 power cable out of the PCA 6179 s accessory bag 2 Connect the 3 pin plug of the cable to C...

Page 47: ...ower supplies may power on if certain motherboard components or connections are touched by metallic objects Important Make sure that the ATX power supply can take at least a 720 mA load on the 5 V standby lead 5VSB If not you may have difficulty powering on your system and or supporting the Wake on LAN function 2 14 2 Controlling the soft power switch Users can also identify the current power mode...

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Page 49: ...Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to set the card s BIOS configuration data CHAPTER 3 ...

Page 50: ... Setup Turn on the computer and check for the patch code If there is a number assigned to the patch code it means that the BIOS supports your CPU If there is no number assigned to the patch code please contact Advantech s applications engineer to obtain an up to date patch code file This will ensure that your CPU s system status is valid After ensuring that you have a number assigned to the patch ...

Page 51: ...ARD CMOS FEATURES option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu and the screen below will be displayed This standard setup menu allows users to configure system components such as date time hard disk drive floppy drive display and memory Figure 3 2 Standard CMOS Features screen ...

Page 52: ...items that are provided in the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES screen A quick booting function is provided for your convenience Simply enable the Quick Booting item to save yourself valuable time Figure 3 3 Advanced BIOS features screen Note LAN Boot ROM If your boot device is LAN when system boot press F10 when screen shows Realtek RTL8139 X PXE RPL BootROM Press F10 key to change bootstrap selection Curr...

Page 53: ...he BIOS setup And then select network boot as the first boot device 3 Network boot using interrupt 19h If your BIOS older platforms does not support BBS nor network boot in the re ordering list Using Int 19h will force the RTL8139 X BootROM to be the first boot device over the Hard Disk and Floppy all the time 4 Network boot using PnP BEV BBS If your BIOS supports BBS And then select the PXE ROM a...

Page 54: ...B 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB type drives are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches the floppy drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS cannot differentiate 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB type drives This is because they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the floppy drive type by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 KB 3 4 4 ...

Page 55: ...ill boot up if the password is denied Access to Setup is however always limited System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING in the main menu At this point you w...

Page 56: ... in blocks of 16 KB Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features By choosing the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below will be displayed This sample screen contains the manufacturer s default values for the CPU Card Figure 3 4 Advanced Chipset features screen ...

Page 57: ...ory from 15 MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16 MB The default setting is Disabled 3 5 2 AGP Aperture Size MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in a graphics aperture The default setting is 64 3 6 Integrated Peripherals Figure 3 5 Integrated peripherals 3 6 1 IDE HDD Block Mode If you enable IDE HDD Block Mode the enhanced IDE driver ...

Page 58: ...rd to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled 3 6 4 Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 The settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the on board serial connector 3 6 5 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 The settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the on board serial connector 3 6 6 Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field s...

Page 59: ... speed operation in a two way mode 3 6 8 ECP Mode Use DMA This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode field In ECP Mode Use DMA you can select DMA channel 1 DMA channel 3 or Disable Leave this field on the default setting 3 7 Power Management Setup The power management setup controls the CPU card s green features The following screen shows the manufactur...

Page 60: ...the system is in suspend mode If the HDD is in a power saving mode any access to it will wake it up 3 7 3 Soft Off by PWR BTTN If you choose Instant Off then pushing the ATX soft power switch button once will switch the system to system off power mode You can choose Delay 4 sec If you do then pushing the button for more than 4 seconds will turn off the system whereas pushing the button momentarily...

Page 61: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 47 3 7 4 Wakeup Event 3 7 5 IRQs Activity Monitoring Figure 3 7 IRQs Activity Monitoring ...

Page 62: ...3 8 PnP PCI Configurations 3 9 PC Health Status If you enable the OBS function you can view the temperature fan speed and voltage of your PC system The data will be displayed in similar fashion to the display shown in following ...

Page 63: ...lts LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS loads the values required by the system for maximum performance 3 12 Set Password To change the password 1 Choose the SET PASSWORD option from the Setup main menu and press Enter The screen will display the following message Press Enter Enter Password ...

Page 64: ...ember to enable the password setting feature you must first select either Setup or System to secure your option in ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 3 13 Save Exit Setup If you select this and press Enter the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the chipset The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it che...

Page 65: ...GA Setup The PCA 6179 features an onboard PCI AGP VGA interface This chapter provides instructions for installing and operating the software drivers on the display driver CD included in your package CHAPTER 4 ...

Page 66: ...play drivers need to have the relevant software application already installed in the system prior to installing the enhanced display drivers In addition many of the installation procedures assume that you are familiar with both the relevant software applications and operating system com mands Review the relevant operating system commands and the pertinent sections of your application software s us...

Page 67: ...2 GB S across a 128 bit interface Integrates superior video features These include filtered sealing of 720 pixel DVD content and MPEG 2 motion compensation for software DVD 4 3 Installation First insert CD drive Then follow the Icons for your PCA Series model number Click on the right driver for the auto installation If you are using Win98 or Win2000 please install AGP4x driver first ...

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Page 69: ...iguration The PCA 6179 features an onboard LAN interface This chapter gives detailed information on Ethernet configuration It shows you how to configure the card to match your application requirements CHAPTER 5 ...

Page 70: ...atures Realtek RTL8139C Ethernet LAN controller fully integrated 10Base T 100Base TX Supports Wake on LAN remote control function Supports up to128 K bytes Boot ROM PCI Bus Master complies with PCI Rev 2 2 MAC PHY 10 100 Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3X 10Base T and IEEE 802 3u 100Base T interfaces 3 3 V power supply with 5 V tolerant I Os Single RJ 45 connector gives auto detection of 10 M...

Page 71: ...ion The drivers and installation instructions are located in the following directories of the utility CD Dos Drivers for DOS platforms Info Installation instructions Nwserver Drivers for Novell NetWare Wfw Drivers for Windows 3 11 for Workgroups Please refer to the text files in the Info directory for detailed informa tion about installing the drivers Note Operating system vendors may post driver ...

Page 72: ...troller You must first remove this device from your system and then restart your computer Then you will be ready to install the cor rect driver by following the procedure below Note 2 The CD ROM drive is designated as E throughout this section 1 In the Windows screen click on Start and select Settings Then click on the Control Panel icon to select System ...

Page 73: ...ration 59 2 In the System Properties window select the Device Manager tab Select View devices by type and navigate to Computer Other devices PCI Ethernet Controller Highlight PCI Ethernet Controller and click on Properties ...

Page 74: ...60 PCA 6179 User s Manual 3 In the PCI Ethernet Controller Properties window select the Driver tab Then click on Update Driver 4 In the Update Device Driver Wizard window click on Next ...

Page 75: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 61 5 Click Next 6 In the following Update Device Driver Wizard window select Specify a location Type in E PCA6178 LAN Then click on Next ...

Page 76: ...62 PCA 6179 User s Manual 7 In the following Update Device Driver Wizard window select The updated driver Then click on Next 8 In the following Update Device Driver Wizard window click on Next ...

Page 77: ...3 9 In the Copying Files window the correct file path should be E PCA6179 LAN WIN98 When you have the correct location click on OK 10 When the Insert Disk window appears insert the utility CD into the CD ROM drive Then click on OK ...

Page 78: ...64 PCA 6179 User s Manual 11 When the Update Device Driver Wizard window shows click on finish 12 In the System Settings change window select click on Yes ...

Page 79: ... Procedure Note The CD ROM drive is designated as E throughout this section 1 In the Windows NT screen click on Start and select Set tings Then click on the Control Panel icon to select Net work 2 In the Network window select the Adapters tab Then click on Add ...

Page 80: ...n the Select Network Adapter window click on Have Disk 4 When the Insert Disk window appears insert the utility CD into the CD ROM drive The correct file path is E PCA6179 LAN WINNT4 When you have the correct file path click on OK ...

Page 81: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 67 5 In the Select OEM Option window click on OK 6 In the Duplex mode click OK ...

Page 82: ...P Properties window select the IP Address tab Then select Specify an IP address Type in the IP Address and Subnet Mask details Then click on OK 7 In the Network window select the Adapters tab Under Network Adapters highlight Realtek RTL8139CA B C 8130 ...

Page 83: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 69 9 In the Network Settings Change window click on Yes ...

Page 84: ...ual 5 6 Windows 2000 Drivers Setup Procedure Note The CD ROM drive is designed as E throughout thissection 1 In the Windows 2000 screen click on Start and select settings Then click on the Control Panel icon to select system ...

Page 85: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 71 2 In the System Properties window select the Device Manag er ...

Page 86: ...72 PCA 6179 User s Manual 3 In Device Manager screen follow the screen instructions to click on Properties 4 In the following screen to click on Update Driver ...

Page 87: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 73 5 Click on Next 6 Following the highlighted item and click on Next ...

Page 88: ...74 PCA 6179 User s Manual 7 Click on Have Disk 8 Key in E Pca6179 Lan WIN2000 then click on OK ...

Page 89: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 75 9 To highlight the following item and click Next 10 Click Next ...

Page 90: ...76 PCA 6179 User s Manual 11 Click Finish to complete teh installation ...

Page 91: ...figurations The PCA 6179 features an onboard SCSI interface This chapter provides basic SCSI concepts and instructions for installing the software drivers with the SCSI driver disks CD included in your package CHAPTER 6 ...

Page 92: ...so contains a utility to low level format and verifies the disk media on your hard disk drives Note If anyperipheralisattachedtotheUltra2SCSI segment and is running at SE mode one or more Ultra UltraWideperipheralswillbeattachedtothe Ultra2 SCSI segment and will cause the Ultra2 SCSI segment to run at speeds up to 40 MBytes sec instead of 80 MBytes sec 6 2 Before You Begin SDMS software requires a...

Page 93: ...ou are able to use the BIOS Boot Specification BBS The red or blue line on a standard SCSI cable or the black line on one end of a multi colored SCSI cable designates pin one on the cable connector and must connect to pin one on the device or host adapter connector Refer to Appendix B to find Pin 1 of the connector 6 4 Configuring the SCSI Adapter Access the SCSI BIOS by holding down both the CTRL...

Page 94: ...nternal SCSI peripherals is usually controlled by manually setting a jumper or switch on the peripheral or by physically removing or installing one or more resistor modules on the peripheral Termination on external SCSI peripherals is usually controlled by installing or removing a SCSI terminator On some external peripherals termination is controlled by setting a switch on the rear of the drive By...

Page 95: ...ve OS 2 4 x Warp SCO UNIX Open Server 5 0 2 and above Novell NetWare 3 12 4 11 NWPA Note When you start the Windows NT installation with either a CD ROM boot or from the floppy disks a blackscreenwillinitiallyappearwiththefollowing textatthetop Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration While this is on the screen before entering the initial blue screen press the F6 key Windows NT ...

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Page 97: ...A 6179 is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for any reason This feature ensures system reliability in industrial standalone or unmanned environments A APPENDIX ...

Page 98: ...he watchdog timer you must write a program which writes I O port address 443 hex The output data is a time interval value The value range is from 01 hex to 3F hex and the related time interval is 1 sec to 63 sec Data Time Interval 01 1 sec 02 2 sec 03 3 sec 04 4 sec 3F 63 sec ...

Page 99: ...ample shows how you might program the watchdog timer in BASIC 10 REM Watchdog timer example program 20 OUT H443 data REM Start and restart the watchdog 30 GOSUB 1000 REM Your application task 1 40 OUT H443 data REM Reset the timer 50 GOSUB 2000 REM Your application task 2 60 OUT H443 data REM Reset the timer 70 X INP H443 REM Disable the watchdog timer 80 END 1000 REM Subroutine 1 your application...

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Page 101: ...Connector VGA Connector Ethernet 10 100Base T RJ 45 Connector COM1 COM2 RS 232 Serial Port Keyboard and Mouse Connector External Keyboard Connector IR Connector CPU Fan Power Connector Power LED and Keylock Connector External Speaker Connector Reset Connector HDD LED Connector ATX Feature Connector System I O Ports DMA Channel Assignments Interrupt Assignments 1st MB Memory Map APPENDIX B ...

Page 102: ... 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 SIGNAL GND 20 N C 21 DISK DMA REQUEST 22 GND 23 IO WRITE 24 GND 25 IO READ 26 GND 27 IO CHANNEL READY 28 GND 29 HDACKO 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 N C 33 ADDR 1 34 N C 35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2 37 HARD DISK SELECT 0 38 HARD DISK SELECT 1 39 IDE ACTIVE 40 GND low active 4 40 39 3 38 37 1 2 ...

Page 103: ... GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 FDEDIN 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR 0 11 GND 12 DRIVE SELECT 1 13 GND 14 DRIVE SELECT 0 15 GND 16 MOTOR 1 17 GND 18 DIRECTION 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GND 24 WRITE GATE 25 GND 26 TRACK 0 27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 GND 30 READ DATA 31 GND 32 HEAD SELECT 33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE low active 4 34 33 3 32 31 1 2 ...

Page 104: ...e B 3 Parallel port connector CN4 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 STROBE 14 AUTOFD 2 D0 15 ERR 3 D1 16 INIT 4 D2 17 SLCTINI 5 D3 18 GND 6 D4 19 GND 7 D5 20 GND 8 D6 21 GND 9 D7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 PE 25 GND 13 SLCT 26 N C low active 15 26 13 2 25 12 1 14 ...

Page 105: ...D 2 9 SD 3 43 SD 3 10 SD 4 44 SD 4 11 SD 5 45 SD 5 12 SD 6 46 SD 6 13 SD 7 47 SD 7 14 SDP 0 48 SDP 0 15 GND 49 GND 16 DIFS 50 SENIN 17 TPWEX 51 TPWEX 18 TPWEX 52 TPWEX 19 NC 53 NC 20 GND 54 GND 21 SATN 55 SATN 22 GND 56 GND 23 SBSY 57 SBSY 24 SACK 58 SACK 25 SRST 59 SRST 26 SMSG 60 SMSG 27 SSEL 61 SSEL 28 SCD 62 SCD 29 SREQ 63 SREQ 30 SIO 64 SIO 31 SD 8 65 SD 8 32 SD 9 66 SD 9 33 SD 10 67 SD 10 34...

Page 106: ...SB1 Signal Pin USB2 Signal 1 5 V 6 5 V 2 UV 7 UV 3 UV 8 UV 4 GND 9 GND 5 Chassis GND 10 Key B 6 VGA Connector CN7 Table B 6 VGA connector CN7 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED 9 VCC 2 GREEN 10 GND 3 BLUE 11 N C 4 N C 12 SDT 5 GND 13 H SYNC 6 GND 14 V SYNC 7 GND 15 SCK 8 GND 7 3 2 8 1 6 9 10 4 5 ...

Page 107: ... 10 100Base T RJ 45 connector CN8 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 XMT 5 N C 2 XMT 6 RCV 3 RCV 7 N C 4 N C 8 N C B 8 COM1 COM2 RS 232 Serial Port CN9 CN10 Table B 8 COM1 COM2 RS 232 serial port CN9 CN10 Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 1 5 9 6 3 2 4 7 8 7 9 5 2 10 4 1 6 8 3 ...

Page 108: ...e Connnector CN11 Table B 9 Keyboard and mouse connector CN11 Pin Signal 1 KB DATA 2 MS DATA 3 GND 4 VCC 5 KB CLOCK 6 MS CLOCK B 10 External Keyboard Connector CN12 Table B 10 External keyboard connector CN12 Pin Signal 1 CLK 2 DATA 3 NC 4 GND 5 VCC ...

Page 109: ...N13 Table B 11 IR connector CN13 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5 V 2 N C 3 FIRRX 4 CIRRX 5 IR_RX 6 5VSB 7 GND 8 N C 9 IR_TX 10 N C B 12 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14 Table B 12 CPU fan power connector CN14 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 12 V 3 Detect 8 5 7 6 9 3 2 4 1 10 ...

Page 110: ...ut This is useful if you do not want anyone to change or stop a program which is running Simply connect the switch from Pin 4 to Pin 5 of CN16 Table B 13 Power LED and keylock connector CN16 Pin Function 1 LED power 5 V 2 NC 3 GND 4 Keyboard lock 5 GND B 14 External Speaker Connector CN17 The CPU card has its own buzzer You can also connect it to the external speaker on your computer chassis Table...

Page 111: ... Table B 15 Reset connector CN18 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 RESETIN B 16 HDD LED Connector CN19 Table B 16 HDD LED connector CN19 Pin Signal 1 VCC LED 2 LED0 LED B 17 ATX Feature Connector CN20 Table B 17 ATX feature connector CN20 Pin Signal 1 PS ON 2 VCC 3 VCC SB ...

Page 112: ...er 2 0C0 0DF DMA controller 0F0 Clear math co processor 0F1 Reset math co processor 0F8 0FF Math co processor 1F0 1F8 Fixed disk 200 207 Game I O 278 27F Parallel printer port 2 LPT3 290 297 On board hardware monitor 2F8 2FF Serial port 2 300 31F Prototype card 360 36F Reserved 378 37F Parallel printer port 1 LPT2 380 38F SDLC bisynchronous 2 3A0 3AF Bisynchronous 1 3B0 3BF Monochrome display and ...

Page 113: ...ents Priority Interrupt Interrupt source 1 NMI Parity error detected 2 IRQ0 Interval timer 3 IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Interrupt from controller 2 cascade 4 IRQ8 Real time clock 5 IRQ9 Cascaded to INT 0A IRQ 2 6 IRQ10 Available 7 IRQ11 Available 8 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse 9 IRQ13 INT from co processor 10 IRQ14 Fixed disk controller 11 IRQ15 Available 12 IRQ3 Serial communication port 2 13 IRQ4 Serial communicati...

Page 114: ...h Base memory B 22 PCI Bus Map Table B 22 PCI bus map Function Signals Device ID INT pin GNT pin Onboard LAN AD21 INT D GNT E Onboard SCSI AD20 INT A GNT A PCI slot 1 AD31 INT B C D A GNT A PCI slot 2 AD30 INT C D A B GNT B PCI slot 3 AD29 INT D A B C GNT C PCI slot 4 AD28 INT A B C D GNT D Note In the PCA 6179VS F SCSI devices use GNT A signals via PCI slot 1 Therefore PCI slot 1 cannot be used f...

Page 115: ...p 2000 Installation Guide This appendix contains information on the DiskOnChip 2000 quick installation guide It includes DiskOnChip 2000 Installation Instructions Additional Information and Assistance C APPENDIX ...

Page 116: ...n be accessed as any disk in the system 6 If the DiskOnChip 2000 is the only disk in the system it will appear as the first disk drive C in DOS 7 If there are more disks besides the DiskOnChip 2000 the DiskOnChip 2000 will appear by default as the last drive unless it was programmed as the first drive Please refer to the DiskOnChip 2000 utilities user manual 8 If you want the DiskOnChip 2000 to be...

Page 117: ...an find the latest DiskOnChip 2000 software utilities 2 Contact your dealer for technical support if you need additional assistance and have the following information ready Product name and serial number Description of your computer hardware manufacturer model attached devices etc Description of your software operating system version application software etc A complete description of the problem T...

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