Arcom SBC104, Technical Manual

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Using the SBC104
Getting Started
Please ensure that you have read the Getting Started section of this manual as it contains important
information that should be used in conjunction with this section.
Setting up the SBC104 for a PC/104 VGA card and Keyboard.
1. Connect a standard PC keyboard to the PS/2 keyboard socket SK3.
2. Plug a PC/104 VGA or CRT/Flat panel interface board into the PC/104 stack connector. The SBC104
will work with either 8-bit or 16-bit cards.
3. If required connect a floppy drive to PL4, a hard drive to PL3 and any parallel device to PL10. Make
sure that the cables are connected the right way round (see appendix for connections).
4. Turn the power on. The BIOS SETUP utility can be entered during the boot process by pressing
Ctrl-Alt-S when prompted. Once in SETUP various parameters can be configured. To change a
parameter use the arrow keys to highlight the relevant section and then use the space bar to scroll
through the available options. To save the settings and exit press F10. To exit without saving the
new parameters press ESC. For standard operation of the SBC104 the only usual changes that have
to made are to the time and date, floppy and hard drive parameters.
Altering some of the advanced CMOS BIOS parameters may cause the SBC104 to work incorrectly.
To reset to the default settings turn off the power to the SBC104 and move LK3 to position B for a
few seconds. Then replace LK3 in position A.
6. Once the SBC104 has beeped to confirm that all the BIOS hardware checks have been completed
successfully, the SBC104 will run the pre-installed AUTOEXEC.BAT file and FINDVGA.EXE from the on-
board FlashFile
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memory which will check to see if there is VGA card present. Once this is done the
SBC104 will display a message saying VGA FOUND and then return C:\ prompt. The SBC104 has now
successfully booted.
Setting up the SBC104 for Remote mode
1. A null modem cable should be connected between the COM1 D-type connector on the SBC104 and
a free COM port on the PC. The cable should configured as follows:
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