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TEK-AT4LVG

(TEK735)

INDUSTRIAL SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER

TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL

VERSION 2.0, DECEMBER 1996

TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC.

616 Cure Boivin

Boisbriand, Quebec

J7G 2A7 CANADA

NOTE:

This manual is for reference purposes only.
Reproduction in whole or in part is authorized
provided TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS
INC. is cited as the original source.

ref: M735S_2-0

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Page 1: ...ON 2 0 DECEMBER 1996 TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC 616 Cure Boivin Boisbriand Quebec J7G 2A7 CANADA NOTE This manual is for reference purposes only Reproduction in whole or in part is authorized pro...

Page 2: ...the information or use of the products described herein This document may contain or reference information and products protected by the copyrights or patents of others and does not convey any licens...

Page 3: ...CIFICATIONS 2 1 2 01 Product Description 2 2 2 01 1 General 2 2 2 01 2 System Characteristics 2 3 2 01 3 IDE Floppy SCSI Devices 2 5 2 01 4 Serial and Parallel Ports 2 5 2 01 5 Flash Disk and Utilitie...

Page 4: ...Connecting the Battery 4 3 4 02 Jumper Settings 4 4 4 03 Jumper Location With Default Settings 4 10 5 CONNECTING AND POWERING UP THE BOARD 5 1 5 01 Installing TEK AT4LVG in Passive Backplane 5 3 5 02...

Page 5: ...2 Mouse Connector 7 13 7 07 Power Connector 7 14 7 08 ISA Bus Connector 7 15 8 INSTALLING IDE FLOPPY AND SCSI DEVICES 8 1 8 01 IDE Devices 8 3 8 02 Floppy Devices 8 8 8 03 SCSI Devices 8 13 9 INSTALLI...

Page 6: ...12 20 13 FLASH FILE SYSTEM II 13 1 13 01 Introduction 13 3 13 02 Setting Up CONFIG SYS for Flash File System II 13 4 13 03 Creating and Formatting an MS Flash Partition 13 5 14 UPDATING BIOS WITH UBI...

Page 7: ...NDICES 18 1 18 01 Memory and I O Map 18 3 18 02 Assembly Diagram 18 7 18 03 Configuration Diagram 18 9 18 04 Mechanical Specifications 18 11 18 05 Diagram Block 18 13 18 06 List of Approved Vendors 18...

Page 8: ...7 2 ISA Bus Connector Location 8 1 IDE Connectors Location 8 2 Floppy Connector Location 8 3 Floppy Disk Cable 9 1 Serial Ports Location 9 2 Parallel Port Location 10 1 Video Components Location 15 1...

Page 9: ...7 4 Watchdog Timer Register 7 5 PS 2 Mouse Connector J10 Pinout 7 6 External Power Connector J12 Pinout 7 7a ISA Bus Connector A B Pinout 7 7b ISA Bus Connector C D Pinout 7 8 8237 DMA Controllers 7...

Page 10: ...rial Port 2 J7 RS 485 Pinout 9 4 Parallel Port Connector J15 Standard Mode Pinout 9 5 Parallel Port Connector J15 EPP Mode Pinout 9 6 Parallel Port Connector J15 ECP Mode Pinout 10 1 VGA Connector J14...

Page 11: ...PART ONE PRESENTATION OF THE TEK AT4LVG 1 THE MANUAL 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS...

Page 12: ...lation and setup procedures Part Four SPECIAL SOFTWARE AND ONBOARD UTILITIES describes in detail special software and utilities that come with the TEK AT4LVG board Part Five ADDITIONAL INFORMATION con...

Page 13: ...Characteristics 2 3 2 01 3 IDE Floppy SCSI Devices 2 5 2 01 4 Serial And Parallel Ports 2 5 2 01 5 Flash Disk and Utilities 2 6 2 01 6 Video Components 2 7 2 01 7 Power Management 2 8 2 01 8 VT100 and...

Page 14: ...ming disk operations on solid state disks Flash EPROM The board is ideal for industrial applications it is designed to operate in environments where a sturdy and compact system is essential with featu...

Page 15: ...6MB and 32MB SIMM modules OR Four 30 pin SIMM sockets support memory configurations from 1 to 16 MB using 256KB 1MB and 4MB SIMM modules CACHE MEMORY Write Through Internal Cache Write Back Write Thro...

Page 16: ...R s own Setup program for enabling disabling relocating various hardware features on the Single Board Computer Also includes Flash disk and Flash BIOS support MULTI FUNCTION CONNECTOR Provides all the...

Page 17: ...bit bus 10MB s synchronous transfers 5MB s asynchronous transfers Can co exist with other hard disk controller combinations such as ST 506 RLL ESDI and IDE 2 01 4 SERIAL AND PARALLEL PORTS SERIAL PORT...

Page 18: ...ition can be accessed via the DOS commands VFLASH SOFTWARE TEKNOR s Flash EPROM transfer utility program for single board computers Its main function is to download DOS files to the 2 or 4 MB Flash EP...

Page 19: ...Bus interface Zero wait state write buffer for CPUs up to 33 MHz 32 64 bit DRAM display memory interface 1MB 2MB display memory support 5430 and 5434 Integrated 24 bit DAC Hardware and BIOS compatibl...

Page 20: ...e CPU clock frequency is stopped Supports Stand by mode for the Hard Disk Power Management STAND BY In this mode the Hard Disk is powered off It is reactivated by the next disk access operation 2 01 8...

Page 21: ...mer TEKNOR board designs is maintained at the driver level The following features and devices have been taken from other TEKNOR products and integrated into the TEK AT4LVG The Ultra I O Controller is...

Page 22: ...red with 8MB DRAM 256k Cache 2MB Video DRAM keyboard floppy and one hard disk installed Mechanical Conforms to the mechanical specifications in the IEEE P996 Bus Specification PC AT Dimensions 13 330i...

Page 23: ...PART TWO QUICK INSTALLATION 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 4 SETTING JUMPERS 5 CONNECTING AND POWERING UP THE BOARD 6 SOFTWARE SETUP...

Page 24: ...g System Memory 3 1 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 3 01 Static Electricity Precautions 3 3 3 02 72 Pin SIMM Configuration and Location 3 4 3 03 30 Pin SIMM Configuration and Location 3 6 3 04 SIMM Install...

Page 25: ...4LVG Keep the board in its anti static package until you are ready to install it Touch a grounded surface before removing the board from its package or wear a grounding wrist strap this will discharge...

Page 26: ...all one SIMM it must be located in socket U23 F F If you are installing 72 pin SIMMs do not install any 30 pin SIMMs Consult Table 3 1 on the following page to see which SIMM configurations are suppor...

Page 27: ...16MB 4Mx36 8MB 2Mx36 5MB 4MB 1Mx36 1MB 256Kx36 24MB 8MB 2Mx36 16MB 4Mx36 5MB 1MB 256Kx36 4MB 1Mx36 32MB 16MB 4Mx36 16MB 4Mx36 6MB 4MB 1Mx36 2MB 512Kx36 32MB 32MB 8Mx36 6MB 2MB 512Kx36 4MB 1Mx36 33MB 3...

Page 28: ...9 bit SIMM devices The four SIMM sockets accept either 256KB 1MB or 4MB modules SIMM modules must be installed in all four 30 pin sockets U24 U25 U26 and U27 F F If you are installing 30 pin SIMMs do...

Page 29: ...lling System Memory 3 7 DIAGRAM 3 2 30 Pin SIMM Sockets Location TABLE 3 2 30 Pin SIMM Configuration TOTAL SYSTEM MEMORY U24 U25 U26 U27 1MB 256KB 256KB 256KB 256KB 4MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 16MB 4MB 4MB 4M...

Page 30: ...he socket at a 70 angle from the board Always start inserting the module in the socket nearest the center of the board Then work your way by inserting the other modules one by one towards the exterior...

Page 31: ...Setting Jumpers 4 1 4 SETTING JUMPERS 4 01 Connecting the Battery 4 3 4 02 Jumper Settings 4 4 4 03 Jumper Locations With Default Settings 4 9...

Page 32: ...ernal Battery is set with pins 1 2 shorted an External Battery is set with pins 2 3 shorted Please refer to Table 4 1e to set W40 Removing the W40 jumper has the same effect as putting the battery in...

Page 33: ...4 4 4 02 JUMPER SETTINGS The following pages show the TEK AT4LVG jumpers and their initial setting These jumpers are labeled from W1 to W36 W39 W40 and J13 For jumper location see Diagram 4 1 on page...

Page 34: ...Setting Jumpers 4 5 TABLE 4 1a Jumper Settings W1 W2 W27 W28 W32 W34 W36...

Page 35: ...Setting Jumpers 4 6 TABLE 4 1b Jumper Settings W3 W15 TABLE 4 1c Jumper Settings W16 W19 W23...

Page 36: ...Setting Jumpers 4 7 TABLE 4 1d Jumper Settings W20 W22 W24 W25...

Page 37: ...Setting Jumpers 4 8 TABLE 4 1e Jumper Settings W29 W31 W39 W40 J13...

Page 38: ...Setting Jumpers 4 9 4 03 JUMPER LOCATIONS WITH DEFAULT SETTINGS...

Page 39: ...ectangular boxes containing small circles which represent the pin numbers The small black marks indicate the default setting for the jumpers No black mark means that the jumper has no default setting...

Page 40: ...Setting Jumpers 4 11 DIAGRAM 4 1 Jumper Locations With Default Settings...

Page 41: ...WERING UP THE BOARD 5 01 Installing TEK AT4LVG in Passive Backplane 5 3 5 02 Connecting a Floppy Disk 5 4 5 03 Connecting Interface Devices Keyboard Speaker Reset LED 5 5 5 04 Connecting a Mouse 5 6 5...

Page 42: ...t the passive backplane s documentation Note that the installation into a passive backplane is optional The TEK AT4LVG can be used as a stand alone board In this case the board must be connected to an...

Page 43: ...llation of the floppy drives is done via a standard IBM 34 pin flat ribbon cable that connects to J4 The following list includes approved vendors for the J4 connector s mating parts Amp 746285 8 optio...

Page 44: ...Nugent IDS C16PK TG Thomas Betts 622 1630 optional strain relief 622 1641 16 pin flat cable connector The following functions are available on the J5 Connector Speaker An 8 ohm speaker can be directly...

Page 45: ...standard IBM PS 2 mouse The cable may be ordered by contacting our Sales department To use the mouse the driver provided by the mouse manufacturer must be installed The Mouse connector appears on Dia...

Page 46: ...R Connecting CRT video to the TEK AT4LVG is simple Plug the standard VGA DB15 male connector to the board s J14 high density right angle female connector and secure with the connector screws See Diagr...

Page 47: ...ks properly If you should encounter a problem verify the following items Make sure that all connectors are properly connected On the standard flat ribbon cable used for the floppy connector pin 1 is i...

Page 48: ...d Setup 6 5 6 01 3 Saving Configurations Exiting Award Setup 6 7 6 01 4 Standard CMOS Setup 6 8 6 01 5 BIOS Features Setup 6 9 6 01 6 Chipset Features Setup 6 11 6 01 7 Power Management Setup 6 13 6 0...

Page 49: ...configuration data in CMOS RAM F Before modifying CMOS setup parameters insure that the W40 BAttery Selection jumper is installed to enable the CMOS battery back up Short pin 1 2 for Internal Battery...

Page 50: ...TY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS PASSWORD SETTING IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SET...

Page 51: ...he right hand Esc key In Main Menu Quit settings Answer Y to save changes into CMOS In sub menus Exit and return to Main Menu PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the...

Page 52: ...os Defaults The BIOS defaults represent settings which provide the minimum requirements for your system to operate Load Setup Defaults The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum syste...

Page 53: ...r having modified the AWARD Setup you can save the configuration in CMOS RAM by selecting this option This option will not change the values saved in Flash EPROM To update the values in Flash enter th...

Page 54: ...able or Slave Disk Drive A Drive B Select the category identifying the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer Video This option specifies the basic type of di...

Page 55: ...n the event that a value has been changed and one wishes to set this option to its original value Loading the BIOS or SETUP defaults will affect all the options and will reset options previously alter...

Page 56: ...bled Disabled Memory Parity Check Disabled Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 250 Security Option Setup Setup Video BIOS Shadow Ena...

Page 57: ...or SETUP defaults will affect all the options and will reset options previously altered The BIOS default settings consist of the safest set of parameters Use them if the system is behaving erraticall...

Page 58: ...0 128M DRAM Page Mode Fast Page Mode Fast Page Mode DRAM Write WS 1 WS 1 WS DRAM Read WS 3 WS 1 WS RAS Precharge Time 3 SYSCLK 3 SYSCLK RAS to CAS Delay 1 SYSCLK 2 SYSCLK Hidden Refresh Enabled Enabl...

Page 59: ...has been changed and one wishes to set this option to its original value Loading the BIOS or SETUP defaults will affect all the options and will reset options previously altered The BIOS default setti...

Page 60: ...Standby Timer 7 Sec 7 Sec System Suspend Timer 14 Sec 14 Sec Keyboard Detection Enable Enable Serial Port Detection Disable Disable Parallel Port Detection Disable Disable Hard Disk I O Detection Dis...

Page 61: ...en to select another value Use the and keyboard keys to move up and down the screen and on to subsequent or preceding screens As you do the value of the selected field is highlighted If you press the...

Page 62: ...nabled D8000H DBFFFH 340H Default BIOS ID7 Default IRQ11 DMA 0 Enabled No Disconnect Respond Only Enabled 6360 Features to select options PgDn PgUp to change an option ESC Quit without saving F10 U pd...

Page 63: ...lows the user to enable or disable the message Press CTRL V to enter TEKNOR VIP UP at the top of the screen upon boot up 3 VT100 Serial Download The VT100 Serial Download Speed option is for selecting...

Page 64: ...T THREE ADVANCED INSTALLATION AND SETUP 7 INSTALLING AND WORKING WITH SYSTEM COMPONENTS 8 INSTALLING IDE FLOPPY SCSI DEVICES 9 INSTALLING PERIPHERALS 10 INSTALLING VIDEO 11 SETTING POWER MANAGEMENT MO...

Page 65: ...n Connector 7 5 7 03 Cache Memory 7 6 7 03 1 System Cache 7 6 7 04 Boot Selections 7 7 7 05 Supervisor Circuit 7 8 7 05 1 Field Programmable Gate Array 7 8 7 05 2 Onboard Power Detection 7 9 7 05 3 Po...

Page 66: ...ing list shows which components these numbers correspond to as well as the sub section in which they are explained COMPONENT SUB SECTION 1 Fan Connector 7 02 FAN CONNECTOR 2 Field Programmable Gate Ar...

Page 67: ...Installing and Working With System Components 7 3 DIAGRAM 7 1 System Components Location...

Page 68: ...is for connecting a CPU fan Its pinout is as follows TABLE 7 1 Fan Connector J1 Pinout Pin Number Signal 1 12V 2 GND The following list includes approved vendors for the J1 connector s mating parts L...

Page 69: ...tag RAM is external to the System Controller and is situated at U36 System Cache copies the most recently accessed data and places it in an area of high speed memory called SRAM Static RAM Cache SRAM...

Page 70: ...ars on Diagram 7 1 at U56 5 and the EPROM BIOS at U55 6 By default the TEK AT4LVG boots from the Flash EPROM BIOS This is set by the J13 Emergency BIOS boot selection jumper as follows J13 Selects the...

Page 71: ...or 390H Bit Bit Value Default Function WRITE READ 0 0 Enable Watchdog 1 enable R W bit Same 1 1 Watchdog activate 1 0 1 to toggle R W bit Same 2 0 Flash VPP enable Same 3 0 Enable direction control RS...

Page 72: ...is part of the reset circuit constantly monitors the voltage which powers the board Normally the board is powered with 5V If the supply voltage drops below 4 65V a typical threshold the onboard circui...

Page 73: ...battery condition and The 5V power supply to detect when it falls below 4 75V If either of the two above conditions occur the PFO Power Fail Output signal goes low In turn the PFO is connected to the...

Page 74: ...s done by writing alternatively 0 and 1 to bit 1 at address 190H or at 290H or 390H once every 1 6 seconds or less to verify proper software execution Following a reset the Watchdog is always disabled...

Page 75: ...6 seconds however the timeout period can be changed Shorting C138 and leaving R152 opened changes the timeout to 100 ms Shorting R152 and installing a capacitor at C138 will change the timeout period...

Page 76: ...re is compatible with the standard IBM PS 2 mouse The cable may be ordered by contacting our Sales department To use the mouse the driver provided by the mouse manufacturer must be installed TABLE 7 5...

Page 77: ...us When the board is in a passive backplane system it is powered through the ISA bus The pinout for the J12 power connector is shown in the table below TABLE 7 6 External Power Connector J12 Pinout Pi...

Page 78: ...Installing and Working With System Components 7 15 7 08 ISA BUS CONNECTOR The ISA bus connector appears on the Diagram 7 2 DIAGRAM 7 2 ISA Bus Connector Location...

Page 79: ...6 SA15 SA14 SA13 SA12 SA11 SA10 SA9 SA8 SA7 SA6 SA5 SA4 SA3 SA2 SA1 SA0 I I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O B1 B2 B3 B...

Page 80: ...4 C15 C16 C17 C18 SBHE LA23 LA22 LA21 LA20 LA19 LA18 LA17 MEMR MEMW SD08 SD09 SD10 SD11 SD12 SD13 SD14 SD15 I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I 0 I O I O I O I O I O I O I O D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7...

Page 81: ...de can be configured to use DMA Channel 1 or 3 Channel 2 is reserved for the Floppy controller and Channel 4 is used to cascade Channels 0 through 7 to the microprocessor TABLE 7 9 8259 Interrupt Cont...

Page 82: ...IDE Software Setup 8 7 8 02 Floppy Devices 8 8 8 02 1 Floppy Jumpers 8 8 8 02 2 Floppy Connectors Location Pinout 8 9 8 02 3 Floppy Hook Up 8 11 8 02 4 Floppy Software Setup 8 12 8 03 SCSI Devices 8...

Page 83: ...SCSI Devices 8 3 8 01 IDE DEVICES 8 01 1 IDE CONNECTORS LOCATION PIN OUT The IDE connectors appear on Diagram 8 1 at J3 and J8 The IDE Connectors pin outs appear in Tables 8 1a and 8 1b DIAGRAM 8 1 ID...

Page 84: ...1 33 35 37 39 I I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O O I I O O O I I I O RESET SD7 SD6 SD5 SD4 SD3 SD2 SD1 SD0 GND REQ A IOW IOR IOCHRDY DACK A IRQ14 SA1 SA0 CS0 A ACTIVE 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26...

Page 85: ...1 33 35 37 39 I I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O O I I O O O I I I O RESET SD7 SD6 SD5 SD4 SD3 SD2 SD1 SD0 GND REQ B IOW IOR IOCHRDY DACK B IRQ15 SA1 SA0 CS0 B ACTIVE 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26...

Page 86: ...nector at J3 or J8 The following list includes approved vendors for the J3 and J8 connectors mating parts Amp 746285 9 optional strain relief 499252 1 Robinson Nugent IDS C40PK TG Thomas Betts 622 403...

Page 87: ...k type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this cat...

Page 88: ...EDOUT to Pin 17 J4 and Ground to Pin 29 J4 Please refer to Section 4 for information and about settings and location of these jumpers Note Please notice that these jumpers are optional Since the softw...

Page 89: ...Installing IDE Floppy SCSI Devices 8 9 8 02 2 FLOPPY CONNECTORS LOCATION PIN OUT The Floppy connector appears on Diagram 8 2 at J4 DIAGRAM 8 2 Floppy Connector Location...

Page 90: ...GND N C 1 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 O I O O O O O O O O I I I O I RPM LC Not Used Not Used INDEX MOTOR ON 0 1 DRIVE SELECT B DRIVE SELECT A MOTOR ON 2 DIR CONTROL STEP WRITE DATA...

Page 91: ...des approved vendors for the J4 connector s mating parts Amp 746285 8 optional strain relief 499252 6 Robinson Nugent IDS C34PK TG Thomas Betts 622 3430 optional strain relief 622 3441 34 pin flat cab...

Page 92: ...ive B option depending on the installation of your Floppy drive Select the category identifying the types of Floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer None No Floppy driv...

Page 93: ...LVG board The TEK AT4LVG board provides an interface between a host or peripheral device and the Small Computer System Interface SCSI bus You can obtain more information regarding the SCSI Controller...

Page 94: ...be present in your system 1 Jumpers Power Off Power off your computer The board s initial jumper settings should be kept in most cases unless there is a conflict with other devices you have installed...

Page 95: ...cable is matched with pin 1 of connector J2 Attach the other end to your SCSI device making sure line 1 is matched with pin 1 on your device You must also install a cable from your power supply to you...

Page 96: ...tical Removable Disk Drive Tape Drive Write Once Read Many WORM and scanners you must use the EZ SCSI software utilities diskette which came with your board The diskette includes a README file in ASCI...

Page 97: ...nd the SCSI controller labeled RN12 RN21 and RN22 on the board These red colored resistors are removable It is recommended that you remove them if your board is not located at the end of the SCSI cabl...

Page 98: ...9 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND Term Power GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44...

Page 99: ...Address D8000H DBFFFH 0C000 DFFFFH SCSI Base I O Address 340H Default BIOS 140H Special BIOS SCSI ID Select ID0 ID1 ID2 ID3 ID4 ID5 ID6 ID7 SCSI IRQ Channel IRQ11 IRQ10 SCSI DMA Channel DMA0 DMA5 SCS...

Page 100: ...HERALS 9 01 Serial Ports 9 2 9 01 1 Serial Port Jumpers 9 2 9 01 2 Serial Ports Location Pinouts 9 3 9 01 3 Serial Ports Software Setup 9 7 9 02 Parallel Port 9 8 9 02 1 Parallel Port Location Pinout...

Page 101: ...FIFO buffers for more efficient data transfers For information on the programming of serial ports with the use of FIFO buffers you can ask for Application Note AN93007 from TEKNOR s Technical Support...

Page 102: ...ram 9 1 at J6 and J7 respectively DIAGRAM 9 1 Serial Ports Location The following list includes approved vendors for the J6 and J7 connectors mating parts Amp 746285 1 optional strain relief 499252 5...

Page 103: ...Pin DSUB Standard Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal DCD I 1 2 I RX TX I 3 4 O DTR GND 5 6 I DSR RTS O 7 8 I CTS RI I 9 TEKNOR offers a 10 pin header to 9 pin DSUB cabl...

Page 104: ...TABLE 9 2b IBM 9 Pin DSUB Standard Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal DCD I 1 2 I RX TX I 3 4 O DTR GND 5 6 I DSR RTS O 7 8 I CTS RI I 9 TEKNOR offers a 10 pin header t...

Page 105: ...ust first write 1 to bit 3 at I O address 190H or at 290H or 390H depending on W16 jumper This allows the transceiver pins 3 and 4 of J6 to be controlled by the RTS signal Upon power up or reset the t...

Page 106: ...so in the Chipset Features Setup screen the Onboard Serial Port 2 option allows you to set the Serial Port 2 address to None COM1 3F8h COM2 2F8h COM3 2E8h or COM4 3F8h Also in the Chipset Features Set...

Page 107: ...tion The parallel port connector J15 is a DB 25 connector located at the edge of the board The following list includes approved vendors for the J15 connector s mating parts Robinson Nugent IDD C25PM 4...

Page 108: ...onnector J15 Standard Mode Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal STROBE O 1 2 I O D0 D1 I O 3 4 I O D2 D3 I O 5 6 I O D4 D5 I O 7 8 I O D6 D7 I O 9 10 I ACK BUSY I 11 12 I...

Page 109: ...J15 EPP Mode Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal WRITE O 1 2 I O D0 D1 I O 3 4 I O D2 D3 I O 5 6 I O D4 D5 I O 7 8 I O D6 D7 I O 9 10 I INTR WAIT I 11 12 I Not Used Not...

Page 110: ...D6 D7 I O 9 10 I ACK BUSY PERIPHACK2 I 11 12 I PERROR ACKREVERSE 2 SELECT I 13 14 O AUTOFD HOSTACK2 FAULT 1 PERIPHRQST 2 I 15 16 O INIT 1 REVERSERQST 2 SELECTIN 1 2 O 17 18 GND GND 19 20 GND GND 21 2...

Page 111: ...ard Parallel Mode option allows you to set one or more parallel port modes The settings are SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP EPP1 9 Extended Capabilities Port plus Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Ca...

Page 112: ...stalling Video 10 1 10 INSTALLING VIDEO 10 01 Location of Video Components 10 2 10 02 CRT VGA Controller 10 3 10 02 1 Disabling Video Display 10 4 10 02 2 VGA Connector 10 5 10 03 Feature Connector 10...

Page 113: ...deo controller 1MB or 2MB of video memory DRAM and a video feature connector for video overlay and color keying Video components appear on Diagram 10 1 as follows Video Controller at U15 Video Memory...

Page 114: ...controller outputs only analog signals for CRT display it will not drive TTL level signals This means it does not function with Hercules CGA and EGA monitors While programs written for other resolutio...

Page 115: ...The video controller can be disabled by shorting pins 7 and 8 on the W19 jumper Extended BIOS Modes Please notice that the W19 jumper configures four options including Video Display Disabling pins 1...

Page 116: ...d s J14 high density right angle female connector See Diagram 10 1 for the location of J14 The VGA connector s pinout appears in Table 10 1 TABLE 10 1 VGA Connector J14 Pinout Pin Number Signal Pin Nu...

Page 117: ...generated video signal Both the video source and the choice of pixels to overlay can be changed dynamically The following list includes approved vendors for the J9 connector s mating parts Robinson N...

Page 118: ...Setting Power Management Modes 11 1 11 SETTING POWER MANAGEMENT MODES 11 01 Power Management Modes 11 2...

Page 119: ...occurs such as any keyboard or serial port activity the Stand by timer will be reset If no events occur within the specified period the system will enter the Stand by state where the CPU is slowed do...

Page 120: ...the system will enter the Stand by state The settings are Disable 7 SEC 30 SEC 3 8 MIN 7 MIN 14 5 MIN 58 MIN and 240 MIN SYSTEM SUSPEND TIMER This option sets the interval of inactivity between Stand...

Page 121: ...events NON MOTHERBOARD MEMORY This option enables access to non Motherboard memory as a Power Management event VIDEO MEMORY BLOCK A B This option is always enabled and permits the monitoring of video...

Page 122: ...PART FOUR SPECIAL SOFTWARE AND ONBOARD UTILITIES 12 VFLASH SOFTWARE 13 FLASH FILE SYSTEM II 14 UPDATING BIOS WITH UBIOS 15 VT100 MODE 16 DOWNLOAD MODE...

Page 123: ...File Selection 12 10 12 04 1 Menu Commands 12 12 12 04 2 List of Selected Files 12 14 12 04 3 Duplicate Files Menu 12 15 12 05 File Transfer 12 16 12 05 1 Transfer Status of Onboard Flash Programming...

Page 124: ...d disk A partition is created and data is stored in files just like on a hard disk The main difference between the two is that this Flash disk is a read only drive Therefore in order to write software...

Page 125: ...ddress and size of the Flash partition to create are determined the screens are explained in section 12 03 OUTPUT SELECTION The next step is to select the files in the FILE SELECTION screen which are...

Page 126: ...rrupt 13h Configuration must be set to Enabled The Flash disk must be configured in the VIP UP Setup as Installed Bootable To do so you must change the value of the Flash Disk Support option on VIP UP...

Page 127: ...rt department for more information If you intend to directly program Flash device on the TEK AT4LVG VFLASH must be running on board If you need a remote computer to program Flash device on the TEK AT4...

Page 128: ...this option when VFLASH is run on a board with Flash EPROM to be programmed directly on the board External Flash Devices via a Serial Link Use this option when VFLASH is run from a remote computer or...

Page 129: ...the legend Directly below the bar is a BEGIN pointer It shows where the Flash partition will begin The next line shows physical parameters such as the starting block ADDRESS and the DISK SIZE of sele...

Page 130: ...choose where the disk begins E to set where it ends Legend selected block unselected block Begin ORDER 2 ADDRESS 20000h DISK SIZE 640 Kbytes min 128K b Disk will start from the 2nd block address 20000...

Page 131: ...u select a subdirectory the first two entries are displayed as DIR and DIR As with DOS refers to the current directory and to the parent directory Thus if you enter a Newdir command on the DIR you wil...

Page 132: ...6508 3 03 91 13 31 COMMAND COM 25308 2 02 91 12 25 CONFIG SYS 128 1 01 91 14 42 DRIVE A TO CHOOSE FILES DRIVE B TO CHOOSE FILES DRIVE D BIOS 700 DIR PCAD DIR SKEY DIR TEST DIR TYPESET DIR WIN DIR AUT...

Page 133: ...ck has been entered Then move the cursor to the last file of the group and press B again a will appear next to the indicating that a block definition is now complete The block of outlined files are no...

Page 134: ...ress the ESC key to abort VFLASH without modifying any information in the Flash devices The system will prompt you before exiting to DOS VOLUME LABEL Use this function to include a disk volume label f...

Page 135: ...DOC Program Change Selection Esc to quit PgUp PgDn Home The list of previously selected files appears in the center of the screen You can browse through the list by using the PAGE UP PAGE DOWN and HO...

Page 136: ...ASECOND OBJ BOOTDIR PAS COMMANDE PAS COPYXAC BAK AFIRST OBJ ATTR2 PAS COMM ASM COPYXB BAK COMMBAK ASM ASECOND ASM BOOTDIR BAK COMM BAK COMMBAK BAK ECRANSFX DOC DUPLICATE FILES MENU E BOOTDIR BAK E TP...

Page 137: ...actual disk to be programmed will be erased however 2 The base system information is then transferred This is followed by the file data itself 3 The transfer in progress is displayed by XX and the act...

Page 138: ...ING Erasing of all Flash devices installed please wait Erasing nth device Erase completed Creating a bootable flash disk Transferring the BOOT sector FAT and root DIR Completed Copying selected files...

Page 139: ...l Mode due to the serial transfer speed and protocol 4 When the transfer is 100 complete the following message is displayed Do you want to Reset the receiving system This software command is made avai...

Page 140: ...G Erasing of all Flash devices installed please wait Erase completed Creating a bootable flash disk Transferring the BOOT sector FAT and root DIR Completed Copying selected files Transfer completed XX...

Page 141: ...This can be done either by calling a batch file bat or by simply issuing the proper command line parameters directly from DOS When the transfer is complete reset the system This allows the BIOS and DO...

Page 142: ...ll be made if no directory is specified see section 12 04 for more information directory is the path used to show from which directory the source files will be taken and transferred to the Flash or EP...

Page 143: ...s listed are not required to execute a disk They can be used either in Interactive Mode or Batch Mode options G group Specifies how many Flash blocks will be grouped together as a cluster The Group Fa...

Page 144: ...ompletion of download operation This is valid only in VT100 Mode In Download Mode the remote system is always reset S Used to create a special disk or partition This option precedes the starting devic...

Page 145: ...red files A 10 Bad checksum problem with serial link B 11 Non Hex code received problem with serial link C 12 Error transferring data Unusable Flash drive D 13 No files to transfer in selected directo...

Page 146: ...pace to include the volume label entry 25 37 Cannot make EPROM with same source and destination path 26 38 EPROM filename already exist 27 39 EPROM filename path not found 28 40 Selected drive for EPR...

Page 147: ...STEM II 13 01 Introduction 13 3 13 02 Setting up CONFIG SYS For Flash File System II 13 4 13 03 Creating Formatting an MS FLASH Partition 13 5 13 03 1 Using MEMCARD Menu Options 13 6 13 03 2 Using MEM...

Page 148: ...stem will set up both as a different drive with the MS Flash disk always the last For example VIP UP can set up the VFLASH disk as Installed Bootable C other physical hard disks as D and E while the M...

Page 149: ...lines must be included in CONFIG SYS device FFS_VIP EXE start X device MS FLASH SYS where X can be replaced by the appropriate number of blocks which must be skipped from the beginning of the device...

Page 150: ...Execute the command from the DOS prompt with switches to specify the drive letter and volume label of the drive you want to format or to check the Flash device for errors F F Prior to creating a new o...

Page 151: ...5 Erase entire memory card 6 Check memory card and fix errors 7 Select next memory card slot Enter your choice 4 To quit Memcard press ESC If your computer includes only one memory card slot option 7...

Page 152: ...pies only part of a memory card type N and then press ENTER 4 This step is only required if you are creating a partition that will occupy only part of the Flash device Specify the size of the partitio...

Page 153: ...V Specifies a volume name for the newly formatted memory card CHK Checks the specified Flash memory card partition for errors and displays a status report If no drive is specified MEMCARD will check t...

Page 154: ...With UBIOS 14 1 14 UPDATING BIOS WITH UBIOS 14 01 Introduction 14 3 14 02 UBIOS Interactive Mode 14 4 14 02 1 Main Menu 14 5 14 03 2 Update Menu 14 6 14 03 3 Flash BIOS Copy Menu 14 8 14 03 UBIOS Bat...

Page 155: ...e is explained in section 14 01 Batch Mode It is also possible to run the program without menus by a command which specifies the selected options and files with parameters This mode is explained in se...

Page 156: ...ue hit any key on the keyboard This brings you to the main menu In VT100 mode type UBIOS VT leaving a space between UBIOS and VT If you have a monochrome monitor or a CGA monitor type UBIOS low for lo...

Page 157: ...ptions which allow you to update the Flash BIOS EPROM with a BIOS file stored on disk The second group includes five options which allow you to copy the contents of the Flash BIOS EPROM to files on di...

Page 158: ...nu At the bottom of this window the current directory is also displayed FILES This window displays the first fourteen files of the type selected in the main menu All VGA TEKNOR or Main in the current...

Page 159: ...hen a BIOS file is displayed pressing ENTER will bring a pop up message on the screen Do you really want to update Flash BIOS filename Y N If you type Y then the file will be used to update the Flash...

Page 160: ...he current BIOS files being used it shows all types of BIOS not just the one selected from the main menu Then the following is displayed below File name for Flash BIOS file To copy the selected BIOS t...

Page 161: ...e ROM extension filename is the name of the BIOS file to program with an update operation or to create with a copy operation and can be replaced with the filename which corresponds to the filetype For...

Page 162: ...VT100 Mode 15 1 15 VT100 MODE 15 01 VT100 Requirements 15 3 15 02 VT100 Setup Configuration 15 4 15 03 Running Without a Terminal 15 6...

Page 163: ...equirement strange characters may appear on screen if it does not This occurs because the VT100 recognizes these control characters and causes them to perform a specific function for example screen er...

Page 164: ...partial cable by using only the TXD and RXD lines The control lines can be ignored by looping them back as shown in Diagram 15 2 Power on your TEK AT4LVG and run VIP UP Setup by hitting the CTRL and...

Page 165: ...VT100 Mode 15 5 DIAGRAM 15 1 VT100 Full Setup DIAGRAM 15 2 VT100 Partial Setup...

Page 166: ...must ensure the control lines are in an active state Failing this the system may hang while waiting for the control lines to become active Wiring the system according to Diagram 15 2 allows the lines...

Page 167: ...d to the Flash EPROM disk on the TEK AT4LVG by running VFLASH on a remote computer and using a serial link This is referred to as Download Mode and is enabled by installing jumper W19 1 2 Refer to Sec...

Page 168: ...ect the battery jumper Q2 My SCSI devices are not working or are intermittent Is there something I should look for A2 Make sure that the termination resistors are found only on both ends of the SCSI b...

Page 169: ...nsmission line those resistors R110 and R112 should be removed Q5 I connected serial cables that I already had 10 pin header to DB9 but I cannot get any of the serial port to work What s wrong A5 Cabl...

Page 170: ...IFICATIONS 18 11 18 05 BLOCK DIAGRAM 18 13 18 06 LIST OF APPROVED VENDORS 18 15 18 07 BIOS SETUP ERROR CODES 18 18 18 07 1 Post Messages 18 18 18 07 2 Post Beep 18 18 18 07 3 Error Messages 18 19 18 0...

Page 171: ...am 1 For TEKNOR BIOS EXTENSION choose one of the following two options in the VIP UP s first screen C8000h CBFFFh or D4000h D7FFFh 2 For Flash Window choose one of the following two options in the VIP...

Page 172: ...00 0FFFF 0 640 KB DRAM A0000 BFFFF Video DRAM C0000 C7FFF Video BIOS C8000 CBFFF D4000 D7FFF TEKNOR BIOS Extension CC000 CFFFF D0000 D3FFF Flash BIOS Window D8000 DBFFF DC000 DFFFF SCSI BIOS E0000 EFF...

Page 173: ...roller 2 0F0 0FF Math Coprocessor Configuration Registers 190 193 290 293 390 393 Teknor Control Port 1F0 1F7 3F6 3F7 170 177 376 377 IDE Hard Disk 3F0 3F7 370 377 Floppy Disk 340 35F 140 15F SCSI Con...

Page 174: ...Appendices 18 7 18 02 ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM DIAGRAM 18 2 TEK AT4LVG Assembly...

Page 175: ...Appendices 18 9 18 03 CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM DIAGRAM 18 3 TEK AT4LVG Configuration...

Page 176: ...Appendices 18 11 18 04 MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS DIAGRAM 18 4 TEK AT4LVG Mechanical Specifications...

Page 177: ...Appendices 18 13 18 05 BLOCK DIAGRAM DIAGRAM 18 5 TEK AT4LVG Block Diagram...

Page 178: ...C 7 2M 36 MICRON SAMSUNG TOSHIBA MT18D236M 7 KMM5362000B 7 THM362040AS 70 512K 36 MICRON MT18D51236M 7 4M 36 NEC SAMSUNG TOSHIBA MC 424000A36BH 70 KMM5364100 7 THM3640205 70 1M 36 MICRON NEC SAMSUNG T...

Page 179: ...5030 622 5041 50 pin flat cable connector Hard Disks J3 J8 Amp 746285 9 499252 1 Robinson Nugent IDS C40PK TG Thomas Betts 622 4030 622 4041 40 pin flat cable connector Floppy Disk J4 Amp 746285 8 499...

Page 180: ...ector J10 Molex 22 01 3047 connector Molex 08 50 0114 crimp Power Connector J12 Leoco 2530 S060013 housing Leoco 2533 TCB00A0 pins Molex 22 01 2065 housing Molex 08 50 114 pins Parallel Port J15 Robin...

Page 181: ...eep code or display a message If a message is displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE DEL TO ENTER SETUP 18 07 2 POST Beep Currently there is only one beep code in BIOS This code indi...

Page 182: ...s Enter If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure the disk is formatted as a boot device...

Page 183: ...OARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system...

Page 184: ...the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the syst...

Page 185: ...sor Clear all page registers CMOS shutdown byte Initialize timer 0 1 and 2 including set EISA timer to a known state Initialize DMA controllers 0 and 1 Initialize interrupt controllers 0 and 1 Initial...

Page 186: ...Initialize Video Adapter E Test Video Memory Test video memory write sign on message to screen Setup shadow RAM Enable shadow according to Setup F Test DMA Controller 0 BIOS checksum test Keyboard det...

Page 187: ...EISA Extended Memory If EISA Mode flag is set then test EISA memory found in slots initialization NOTE This will be skipped in ISA mode and can be skipped with ESC key in EISA mode 33 3B Reserved 3C...

Page 188: ...Initialize Option ROMs Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh Note When FSCAN option is enabled will initialze from C8000h to F7FFFh 53 Initialze Time Value Initialize time value in...

Page 189: ...Appendices 18 27 18 08 CONNECTOR LOCATIONS PINOUTS 18 08 1 LOCATION OF CONNECTORS ON THE BOARD Diagram 18 6 on the next page shows the connector locations on the board...

Page 190: ...Appendices 18 27 DIAGRAM 18 6 Connector Locations...

Page 191: ...19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND Term Power GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32...

Page 192: ...O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O O I I O O O I I I O RESET SD7 SD6 SD5 SD4 SD3 SD2 SD1 SD0 GND REQ A IOW IOR IOCHRDY DACK A IRQ14 SA1 SA0 CS0 A ACTIVE 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 3...

Page 193: ...26 28 30 32 34 O I O O O O O O O O I I I O I RPM LC Not Used Not Used INDEX MOTOR ON 0 1 DRIVE SELECT B DRIVE SELECT A MOTOR ON 2 DIR CONTROL STEP WRITE DATA WRITE ENABLE TRACK0 WRITE PROTECT READ DAT...

Page 194: ...aker Reset LED J5 Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal KBCLK I O 1 2 GND KBDDATA I O 3 4 GND VCC 5V 5 6 VCC 5V SPKR O 7 8 VCC 5V KBDINH I 9 10 GND DOWNLD I 11 12 GND PBRE...

Page 195: ...Appendices 18 33 Serial Port 1 J6 RS 232 Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal DCD I 1 2 I DSR RX I 3 4 O RTS TX O 5 6 I CTS DTR O 7 8 I RI GND 9 10 Not Used...

Page 196: ...Signal Flow Signal Signal DCD I 1 2 I DSR RX I 3 4 O RTS TX O 5 6 I CTS DTR O 7 8 I RI GND 9 10 Not Used Serial Port 2 J7 RS 485 Pinout Pin Number Pin Number Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal DCD...

Page 197: ...O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O O I I O O O I I I O RESET SD7 SD6 SD5 SD4 SD3 SD2 SD1 SD0 GND REQ B IOW IOR IOCHRDY DACK B IRQ15 SA1 SA0 CS0 B ACTIVE 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 3...

Page 198: ...Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13 P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 DOT CLK BLANK HSYNC VSYNC GND Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4 Z5 Z6 Z7 Z8 Z9 Z10 Z11 Z12 Z13 GND GND GND EVIDEO ESYNC EDCLK Not Used GND GND GND GND MCLK OVRW...

Page 199: ...wer Fail Detection Input Emergency BIOS Boot J13 Pin Out Pin Number Signal 1 EMER 2 GND Active low signal VGA Connector J14 Pinout Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal 1 RED 6 GND 11...

Page 200: ...Signal Flow Signal Flow Signal Signal STROBE O 1 2 I O D0 D1 I O 3 4 I O D2 D3 I O 5 6 I O D4 D5 I O 7 8 I O D6 D7 I O 9 10 I ACK BUSY I 11 12 I PE SELECT I 13 14 O AUTOFD ERROR I 15 16 O INIT SELECTI...

Page 201: ...w Signal Flow Signal Signal WRITE O 1 2 I O D0 D1 I O 3 4 I O D2 D3 I O 5 6 I O D4 D5 I O 7 8 I O D6 D7 I O 9 10 I INTR WAIT I 11 12 I Not Used Not Used I 13 14 O DATASTB Not Used I 15 16 O Not Used A...

Page 202: ...R ACKREVERSE 2 SELECT I 13 14 O AUTOFD HOSTACK2 FAULT 1 PERIPHRQST 2 I 15 16 O INIT 1 REVERSERQST 2 SELECTIN 1 2 O 17 18 GND GND 19 20 GND GND 21 22 GND GND 23 24 GND GND 25 Active low signal 1 Compat...

Page 203: ...oducts or services you may reach us at the above numbers or by writing to LIMITED WARRANTY TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC the seller warrants its products to be free from defects in material and work...

Page 204: ...an RMA from TEKNOR s Technical Support and clearly mark this number on the outside of the package you are returning To request a number follow these steps make a copy of the request form on the follo...

Page 205: ...Street Address City Province State Country Postal Zip Code Phone Number Fax Number Serial Number Failure or Problem Description P O if not under warranty Fax this form to TEKNOR s Technical Support d...

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