Advantech PCM-9590, User Manual

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Chapter 2 H/W Installation
2.2.2.6 Parallel port connector (CN10)
Normally, the parallel port is used to connect the cable to a printer. The board
includes a multi-mode (ECP/EPP/SPP) parallel port accessed via CN10 and a 26-pin
flat-cable connector. You will need an adapter cable if you use a traditional DB-25
connector. The adapter cable has a 25-pin connector on one end, and a DB-25 con-
nector on the other.
The parallel port is designated as LPT1, and can be disabled in the system BIOS
setup.
The parallel port interrupt channel is designated to be IRQ7.
You can select ECP/EPP DMA channel via BIOS setup.
2.2.2.7 Floppy drive connector (CN12)
You can attach floppy drive to the PCM-9590’s on-board controller. You can use any
combination of 5.25” (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3.5” (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88
MB) drives.
A 34-pin daisy-chain drive connector cable is required for a dual-drive system. On
one end of the cable is a 34-pin flat-cable connector. On the other end are two sets of
floppy disk drive connectors. Each set consists of a 34-pin flat-cable connector (usu-
ally used for 3.5” drives) and a printed-circuit board connector (usually used for 5.25”
drives).
2.2.2.8 IDE, CDROM hard drive connector (CN13)
The board provides 1 IDE channels which you can attach up to two Enhanced Inte-
grated Device Electronics hard disk drives or CDROM to the board’s internal control-
ler. It’s IDE controller uses a PCI interface.
This advanced IDE controller supports faster data transfer, PIO mode 4, Multi-word
DMA mode 2 and an Ultra ATA-100 interface.
Connecting the hard drive
Connecting drives is done in a daisy-chain fashion. If need to use IDE function need
one 40PIN IDE cable to connect 3.5” drives.
1. Connect one end of the cable to Hard Drive connector. Make sure that the red
(or blue) wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector, which is labeled on the
board (on the right side).
2. Plug the other end of the cable into the Enhanced IDE hard drive, with pin 1 on
the cable corresponding to pin 1 on the hard drive.
(See your hard drive’s documentation for the location of the connector.)
If desired, connect a second drive as described above.
Unlike floppy drives, IDE hard drives can connect to either end of the cable. If you
install two drives, you will need to set one as the master and one as the slave by
using jumpers on the drives. If you install only one drive, set it as the master.
2.2.2.9 COM port connector (CN15, CN19)
The PCM-9590 provides 4 serial ports (COM1 ~ COM4).
One 5*2P PIN HEADER (CN15) for RS422/RS485 output and one 40-pin dual-inline
box header for COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4(CN19).
It provides connections for serial devices (ex: a mouse, etc.) or a communication net-
work. You can find the pin assignments for the COM port connector in Appendix A.