Advantech PCM-9377, User Manual

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Chapter 4 PCI SVGA/LCD Setup
4.1 Introduction
The board has an onboard VIA Mark 533/88 process for its AGP/SVGA
controller. It can supports a wide variety CRT panel, TTTL TFT panels,
LVDS panels, and TV-out with dual simultaneous display. Through a 36-
bit CMOS interface, it includes support for VGA, SVGA, XGA, and
SXGA as well as TFT LCD panels with 9-bit, 12-bit, 18-bit, 24-bit and
36-bit. By linking TTL connector, the board can support TV-out with
PCM-232 module. Besides TTL TFT LCD and TV-out, the integrated 2-
channel LVDS interfaced can support 18-bit color panels. All resolutions
are supported up to SXGA + (1400 x 1050).
4.1.1 Display type and Dual Simultaneous Display
The board supports four type of panel, CRT, TTL TFT LCD, LVDS
panel, and TV-out. It can be set in one of four configurations -- "Auto",
"CRT", "LCD", "LVDS", "TV", or one dual simultaneous display --
"CRT+LCD","CRT+TV", and "CRT+LVDS". This system is initially set
to dual display mode. If you want to enable other display model, please
set them up from the BIOS screen, or contact Advantech technical sup-
port center.
4.1.2 CMOS setting for panel type
The board system BIOS and custom drivers are located in a 512 Kbyte,
Flash ROM device. A single Flash chip holds the system BIOS, VGA
BIOS and network Boot ROM image. The display can be configured via
CMOS settings. This method minimized the number of chips and differ-
ent type of LCD panels, please choose "panel type" from the "Advanced
Chipset Features" menu in CMOS setting.