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This  manual  is  for  integrators and programmers of systems based on the MICROSPACE card family. It 
contains  information  on  hardware  requirements,  interconnections,  and  details  of  how  to  program  the 
system. The specifications given in this manual were correct at the time of printing; advances mean that 
some  may  have  changed  in the meantime. If errors are found, please notify DIGITAL-LOGIC AG at the 
address shown on the title page of this document, and we will correct them as soon as possible. 

1.1   

How to use this Manual 

This  manual  is  written  for  the  original  equipment  manufacturer  (OEM)  who  plans  to  build  computer 
systems  based  on  the  single  board  MICROSPACE-PC.  It  provides  instructions  for  installing  and 
configuring the MSM486SL or MSM386SN board, and describes the system and setup requirements.  

1.2   

Trademarks 

Chips & Technologies 

SuperState R 

MICROSPACE, MicroModule 

DIGITAL-LOGIC AG 

DOS Vx.y,  Windows 

Microsoft Inc. 

PC-AT, PC-XT 

IBM 

NetWare 

Novell Corporation 

Ethernet 

Xerox Corporation 

DR-DOS, PALMDOS 

Digital Research Inc. / Novell Inc. 

ROM-DOS 

Datalight Inc. 

 
 

1.3   

Disclaimer 

DIGITAL-LOGIC AG makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents of this manual 
and  specifically  disclaims  any  implied  warranty  of  merchantability  or  fitness  for  any  particular  purpose. 
DIGITAL-LOGIC  AG  shall  under  no  circumstances  be  liable  for  incidental  or  consequential  damages  or 
related  expenses  resulting  from  the  use  of  this  product,  even  if  it  has  been  notified  of  the  possibility  of 
such damage. DIGITAL-LOGIC AG reserves the right to revise this publication from time to time without 
obligation to notify any person of such revisions. If errors are found, please contact DIGITAL-LOGIC AG at 
the address listed on the title page of this document. 

 

1.4   

Who should use this Product 

-  Electronic engineers with know-how in PC-technology. 
-  Without electronic know-how we expect you to have questions. This manual assumes, that you have a 

general knowledge of PC-electronics. 

-  Because  of  the  complexity  and  the  variability  of  PC-technology,  we  can’t  give  any  warranty  that  the 

product will work in any particular situation or combination. Our technical support will help you to may 
find a solution. 

-  Pay attention to the electrostatic discharges. Use a CMOS protected workplace. 
-  Power supply OFF when you are working on the board or connecting any cables or devices. 

 
 

This is a high technology product. 

You need know-how in electronics and PC-technology  

to install the system ! 

 

Summary of Contents for MICROSPACE MSMVA104+

Page 1: ...ICAL USER S MANUAL FOR PC 104 and peripheral board MSMVA104 Nordstrasse 11 F CH 4542 Luterbach Tel 41 0 32 681 58 00 Fax 41 0 32 681 58 01 Email support digitallogic com Homepage http www digitallogic...

Page 2: ...ith the terms of that agreement Any information in this manual and of the product are subject to change without notice REVISION HISTORY Prod Serialnumber From To Product Version Document Version Date...

Page 3: ...gnals 14 4 3 JUMPER DESCRIPTIONS 15 4 3 1 J6 LCD Bias power select 2 jumper 15 4 3 2 J7 LCD Backlight select 3 jumper 15 4 3 3 J14 Factory only SMD Jumper 2 positions 15 4 3 4 J16 Factory only SMD Jum...

Page 4: ...sentations or warranties with respect to the contents of this manual and specifically disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose DIGITAL LOGIC AG shall und...

Page 5: ...duct or part at no additional charge provided that the product is returned shipping prepaid to DIGITAL LOGIC AG All replaced parts and products become property of DIGITAL LOGIC AG Before returning any...

Page 6: ...z refresh rate 5 8GB s memory bandwidth Dual independent DAC for different display combinations LVDS CRT TV LVDS CRT DVI MPEG 2 hardware decoder for optimal DVD playback Video input CVBS and S Video n...

Page 7: ...sion 0 2 Controller Rage Theater 200 VIP Type 1xCVBS and 1xS Video Physical Characteristics Dimensions Length 90mm Width 96mm Height 15mm Operating Environment Relative humidity 5 90 non condensing Vi...

Page 8: ...ions POWERPLAY and POWER ON DEMAND technology 2 4 Thermal and cooling considerations Using MSMVA104 one may consider using cooling passive or active The following calculations may be performed to comp...

Page 9: ...ers for OS drivers and tools like ATI Hydravision Win98 Win2000 WIN NT4 0 WinXP CD bios ati_vga_bios VGA Bios Atiflash exe VGA Bios download tool CD bios PIII BX_core_bios Core Bios BX core Bios for u...

Page 10: ...nces and types Please refer to figure 5 1a for detailed position of the referenced connectors Detailed description of S Video In S Video TV Out Composite Video In and Composite TV Out are not given Th...

Page 11: ...DVI Type Molex MicroCross Digital Analogue Reference P2 TV Out CVBS Type SMB Coax Reference J3 TV Out S Video Type Mini DIN 4 Reference X1 Video In CVBS not implemented on Version 0 2 Type SMB Coax Re...

Page 12: ...l 1 VCC 5V 2 VDDEN 3 VDDP 4 GND 5 VCC3 3V 6 BCKLEN 7 VCC BCKL 8 GND 9 LVDS TX0 L 10 LVDS TX0 L 11 GND 12 LVDS TX1 L 13 LVDS TX1 L 14 GND 15 LVDS TX2 L 16 LVDS TX2 L 17 GND 18 LVDS TX3 L 19 LVDS TX3 L...

Page 13: ...GND 2 RED2 3 No connection 4 GREEN2 5 DDC Clock 6 BLUE2 7 DDC Data 8 HSYNC2 9 VSYNC2 10 No Connection Pin number and SMD top view 4 2 3 CRT Connector signals P1 Pin Signal P1 Pin Signal 1 RED 2 GREEN...

Page 14: ...tion 6 DDC_SCL 7 DDC_SDA 8 VSYNC 9 TX1 10 TX1 11 SHIELD_GND 12 No connection 13 No connection 14 VCC 15 GND 16 MSEN 17 TX0 18 TX0 19 SHIELD_GND 20 No connection 21 No connection 22 SHIELD_GND 23 TXCLK...

Page 15: ...without buffer 4 3 2 J7 LCD Backlight select 3 jumper J7 Pin 1 2 J7 Pin 2 3 1 2 VBCKL 12V 2 3 VCCLCD 5V Note 12V can be powerder through PC 1 4 PC 104 or using connector J8 with pin1 VCC12 and pin2 G...

Page 16: ...PCI AD_20 line R119 IDSEL3 usually PCI AD_20 line 4 3 7 2 PCI Clock select resistor jumpers Only one of these resistors should be populated to select PCI clock line R109 CLK0 R113 CLK1 R117 CLK2 R121...

Page 17: ...ard PC 104 product For the connector references please consult the dedicated chapter 4 For additional information about connector positions please contact Digital Logic AG Since 03 2006 the MSMVA is d...

Page 18: ...oard together with MSMVA104 you will be asked to install the correct driver for the ATI M7500 chip Please choose the driver from the MICROSPACE MSMVA104 product CD Driver installation can also be star...

Page 19: ...vanced button 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab 4 Click the enable disable button for the display device you want to enable disable 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes Enabling Extended Desktop Mode...

Page 20: ...Primary and Secondary monitors Clicking on the button creates a clone or mirror image of the Primary display onto the Secondary display Clicking on the button extends your desktop to a Secondary displ...

Page 21: ...SMVA104 Manual V1 0C 21 6 1 3 2 ATI Color Tab The ATI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings You can change the red green and blue display colors Desktop brightness and Game Gamma brightness c...

Page 22: ...LOGIC AG MSMVA104 Manual V1 0C 22 6 1 3 3 ATI Options Tab The ATI Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to the card s specifications You can also enable or disable the ATI taskb...

Page 23: ...hue and gamma properties of your video overlay Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of full motion video on your PC However there is only one video overlay which is only available on the...

Page 24: ...l Using this tab gamers can tweak the settings of their Direct 3D games 6 1 4 1 Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left or y...

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Page 29: ...l Using this tab gamers can tweak the settings of their OpenGL games 6 1 5 1 Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left or you...

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Page 32: ...ote about TV Out How To Enable Disable The TV Display 1 Access the Windows Control Panel Doubleclick Display 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab Cl...

Page 33: ...your monitor may be smaller and not perfectly centered when you have TV display enabled These effects are caused by the changes required to provide a proper display on the TV Use the controls availabl...

Page 34: ...ng theTV s contrast To Increase the TV Contrast 1 Access the Windows Control Panel Doubleclick Display 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab 4 Click...

Page 35: ...conf file for a DVI CRT dualhead configuration Section ServerLayout Identifier Dual head configuration MSMVA104 ATI M7 Screen 0 ScreenDVI 0 0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 Core...

Page 36: ...MergedFB true Option CRT2HSync 28 64 Option CRT2VRefresh 48 75 Option CRT2Position RightOf Option MetaMode 2048x768 1600x600 Option IgnoreEDID true EndSection Section Screen Identifier ScreenDVI Devic...

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Page 40: ...o flash ROM in Adapter Num Reboot after write if r flag is specified pm Num File r Write BIOS image for MAC s Num File Size Save BIOS image from adapter Num to file File First Size kbytes of ROM conte...

Page 41: ...ROM ATIFLASH CFG ATIFLASH EXE DOS4GW EXE First perform a dump from the original BIOS using command atiflash s 0 original rom The utility then displays a small list with file name size and checksum Pro...

Page 42: ...Displays position 20 Displays Tab 19 Driver 18 DVI 7 11 E Extended Desktop Mode 19 H Horizontal size 34 I Interfaces 7 J Jumper locations 17 L Linux 35 LVDS 7 11 M Multimedia 8 O OpenGL Tab 29 Option...

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