
Hercules III User Manual Rev A.2
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6.5
D
IGITAL
I/O
(J8) ............................................................................................................................................................ 20
6.6
A
NALOG
I/O
(J9) ........................................................................................................................................................... 22
6.7
G
IGABIT
E
THERNET
(J10,
J11) .......................................................................................................................................... 22
6.8
A
UDIO
(J12) .................................................................................................................................................................. 23
6.9
A
UDIO
AMP
(J13) ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
6.10
E
XTERNAL
A
UXILIARY
P
OWER
(J15) ................................................................................................................................... 23
6.11
S
ERIAL
P
ORTS
1,
2,
3,
4
(J18) .......................................................................................................................................... 24
6.12
E
XTERNAL
B
ATTERY
(J20) ................................................................................................................................................. 24
6.13
USB
(J21,
J22) ............................................................................................................................................................. 25
6.14
LCD
P
ANEL
,
LVDS
I
NTERFACE
(J24) .................................................................................................................................. 25
6.15
VGA
(J25) .................................................................................................................................................................... 26
6.16
S
ERIAL
P
ORTS
5,
6
(J27) .................................................................................................................................................. 27
6.17
LCD
B
ACKLIGHT
(J28) ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
6.18
CAN
(J32) .................................................................................................................................................................... 28
6.19
P
OWER
I
NPUT
(J33) ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
6.20
M
SATA
(J35) ................................................................................................................................................................ 29
6.21
PCI
E
M
INI
C
ARD
(J36) ..................................................................................................................................................... 30
7.
JUMPER CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................................................... 31
7.1
COM3
&
COM4
RS-422/285
T
ERMINATION
(JP2) ........................................................................................................... 31
7.2
D
IGITAL
I/O
C
ONFIGURATION
(JP3) ................................................................................................................................... 31
7.3
LCD
P
ANEL
C
ONFIGURATION
(JP4,
JP5,
JP6) ...................................................................................................................... 32
7.4
IRQ
&
FPGA
A
DDRESS
S
ELECTION
(JP7) ............................................................................................................................ 32
7.5
PCI-104
C
ONNECTOR
VIO
(JP9) ...................................................................................................................................... 33
7.6
COM3
&
COM4
C
ONFIGURATION
(JP10,
JP11) ................................................................................................................ 33
8.
SYSTEM OPERATION .................................................................................................................................................. 34
8.1
S
YSTEM
R
ESOURCES
........................................................................................................................................................ 34
8.2
C
ONSOLE
R
EDIRECTION TO A
S
ERIAL
P
ORT
........................................................................................................................... 34
8.3
W
ATCHDOG
T
IMER
......................................................................................................................................................... 35
8.4
B
ACKUP
B
ATTERY
............................................................................................................................................................ 35
8.5
S
YSTEM
R
ESET
................................................................................................................................................................ 36
9.
BIOS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 36
9.1
BIOS
S
ETTINGS
.............................................................................................................................................................. 36
9.1.1
Serial Ports ......................................................................................................................................................... 36
9.1.2
LCD Video Settings ............................................................................................................................................. 36
9.1.3
Miscellaneous Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 37
9.2
BIOS
C
ONSOLE
R
EDIRECTION
S
ETTINGS
.............................................................................................................................. 38
10.
SYSTEM I/O ............................................................................................................................................................ 38
10.1
E
THERNET
..................................................................................................................................................................... 38
10.2
S
ERIAL
P
ORTS
................................................................................................................................................................. 39
10.3
USB
P
ORTS
................................................................................................................................................................... 39
11.
OPERATING SYSTEMS AND BOOTING PROCEDURES ............................................................................................... 40
11.1
W
INDOWS
O
PERATING
S
YSTEM
I
NSTALLATION
I
SSUES
........................................................................................................... 40
11.1.1
Driver Installation............................................................................................................................................... 40
11.1.2
BIOS Setting for Windows .................................................................................................................................. 40
11.2
DOS
O
PERATING
S
YSTEMS
I
NSTALLATION
I
SSUES
.................................................................................................................. 40
12.
DATA ACQUISITION CIRCUIT................................................................................................................................... 41
13.
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL INPUT RANGES AND RESOLUTION ........................................................................................ 66
13.1
O
VERVIEW
..................................................................................................................................................................... 66
13.1.1
Input Range Selection ........................................................................................................................................ 66
13.1.2
Input Range Table .............................................................................................................................................. 66