Toshiba Computer Hardware 386SX User Manual

AR-B1375/AR-B1376

Half Size All-In-One

386SX CPU CARD

User’ s Guide

Edition: 1.51

Book Number: AR-B1375/AR-B1376-05.0517

AR-B1375/AR-B1376 User’s Guide

Table of Contents

0. PREFACE...............................................................................................................................................................0-3

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER............................................................................................................................ 0-3

WELCOME TO THE AR-B1375/AR-B1376 CPU BOARD..................................................................................................... 0-3

BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE.......................................................................................................................................... 0-3

RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE ....................................................................................................................... 0-3

TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS............................................................................................................... 0-3

ORGANIZATION.................................................................................................................................................................... 0-4

STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 0-4

1. OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................................1-1

1.1

1.2

1.3

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................................... 1-1

PACKING LIST....................................................................................................................................................................... 1-1

FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1-2

2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER .......................................................................................................................................2-1

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.4.1

2.4.2

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

MICROPROCESSOR ............................................................................................................................................................ 2-1

DMA CONTROLLER.............................................................................................................................................................. 2-1

KEYBOARD CONTROLLER.................................................................................................................................................. 2-2

INTERRUPT CONTROLLER ................................................................................................................................................. 2-2

I/O Port Address Map..................................................................................................................................................... 2-3

I/O Channel Pin Assignment (Bus1) .............................................................................................................................. 2-3

REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE RAM.................................................................................................................. 2-5

TIMER .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-5

SERIAL PORT........................................................................................................................................................................ 2-6

PARALLEL PORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 2-8

3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM...................................................................................................................................3-1

3.1

3.2

3.2.1

OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................................................ 3-1

SYSTEM SETTING................................................................................................................................................................ 3-2

Keyboard Connector ...................................................................................................................................................... 3-2

PC/104 Connector.......................................................................................................................................................... 3-3

Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (CN4).................................................................................................................................. 3-5

FDD Port Connector (CN5) ............................................................................................................................................ 3-6

Parallel Port Connector (CN6) ....................................................................................................................................... 3-6

Serial Port....................................................................................................................................................................... 3-7

Reset Header (J1).......................................................................................................................................................... 3-8

LED Header.................................................................................................................................................................... 3-8

Power Connector (J3) .................................................................................................................................................... 3-9

3.2.2

3.2.3

3.2.4

3.2.5

3.2.6

3.2.7

3.2.8

3.2.9

3.2.10

3.2.11

3.2.12

External Speaker Header (J5).................................................................................................................................... 3-9

External Battery.......................................................................................................................................................... 3-9

CPUBaseClockSelect(JP1) .............................................................................................................................................. 3-10

DRAM Configuration ................................................................................................................................................ 3-10

3.2.13

4. CRT/LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY ........................................................................................................................4-1

4.1

4.1.1

4.1.2

4.2

4.2.1

4.2.2

CONNECTING THE CRT MONITOR..................................................................................................................................... 4-1

VGA Setting (JP5).......................................................................................................................................................... 4-1

CRT Connector (CN13).................................................................................................................................................. 4-2

LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY ................................................................................................................................................. 4-2

Inverter Board Description ............................................................................................................................................. 4-3

LCD Connector............................................................................................................................................................... 4-3

SUPPORTED LCD PANEL.................................................................................................................................................... 4-4

4.3

5. INSTALLATION......................................................................................................................................................5-1

5.1

5.2

OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................................................ 5-1

UTILITY DISKETTE ............................................................................................................................................................... 5-1

VGA Driver ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5-2

SSD Utility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5-3

WRITE PROTECT FUNCTION.............................................................................................................................................. 5-5

Hardware Write Protect.................................................................................................................................................. 5-6

Software Write Protect ................................................................................................................................................... 5-6

Enable the Software Write Protect................................................................................................................................. 5-6

Disable the Software Write Protect ................................................................................................................................ 5-6

WATCHDOG TIMER.............................................................................................................................................................. 5-7

Watchdog Timer Setting................................................................................................................................................. 5-7

Watchdog Timer Enabled............................................................................................................................................... 5-8

Watchdog Timer Trigger................................................................................................................................................. 5-8

Watchdog Timer Disabled.............................................................................................................................................. 5-8

5.2.1

5.2.2

5.3

5.3.1

5.3.2

5.3.3

5.3.4

5.4

5.4.1

5.4.2

5.4.3

5.4.4

6. SOLID STATE DISK...............................................................................................................................................6-1

6.1

OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................................................ 6-1

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6.2

6.2.1

6.2.2

6.2.3

6.2.4

6.2.5

6.3

6.4

6.4.1

6.4.2

6.4.3

6.4.4

6.4.5

SWITCH SETTING................................................................................................................................................................. 6-1

Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6-2

I/O Port Address Select (SW1-1) ................................................................................................................................... 6-2

SSD Firmware Address Select (SW1-2) ........................................................................................................................ 6-2

SSD Drive Number (SW1-3 & SW1-4)........................................................................................................................... 6-3

ROM Type Select (SW1-5 & SW1-6)............................................................................................................................. 6-4

JUMPER SETTING................................................................................................................................................................ 6-5

ROM DISK INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................................... 6-6

UV EPROM (27Cxxx)..................................................................................................................................................... 6-6

Large Page 5V FLASH Disk........................................................................................................................................... 6-7

Small Page 5V FLASH ROM Disk ................................................................................................................................. 6-9

RAM Disk ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6-10

Combination of ROM and RAM Disk............................................................................................................................ 6-11

7. BIOS CONSOLE ....................................................................................................................................................7-1

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.4

7.5

7.5.1

7.5.2

7.6

7.6.1

7.6.2

7.7

7.7.1

7.7.2

7.8

BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 7-1

STANDARD CMOS SETUP................................................................................................................................................... 7-2

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP................................................................................................................................................... 7-3

ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP.............................................................................................................................................. 7-5

PASSWORD SETTING.......................................................................................................................................................... 7-6

Setting Password ........................................................................................................................................................... 7-6

Password Checking........................................................................................................................................................ 7-6

LOAD DEFAULT SETTING.................................................................................................................................................... 7-6

Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting ........................................................................................................................ 7-6

Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Setting....................................................................................................................... 7-7

BIOS EXIT.............................................................................................................................................................................. 7-7

Save Settings and Exit................................................................................................................................................... 7-7

Exit Without Saving........................................................................................................................................................ 7-7

BIOS UPDATE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7-7

8. SPECIFICATIONS & SSD TYPES SUPPORTED..................................................................................................8-1

8.1

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................. 8-1

8.2

SSD TYPES SUPPORTED.................................................................................................................................................... 8-1

9. USING MEMORY BANKS......................................................................................................................................9-1

10.

10.1

10.2

PLACEMENT & DIMENSIONS.........................................................................................................................10-1

PLACEMENT ................................................................................................................................................................... 10-1

DIMENSIONS................................................................................................................................................................... 10-2

11.

11.1

11.2

PROGRAMMING RS-485 & INDEX..................................................................................................................11-1

PROGRAMMING RS-485 ................................................................................................................................................ 11-1

INDEX .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11-3

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0.PREFACE

0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER

September 1997

This document is copyrighted, 1997, by Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. No part of this

manual may be reproduced, copied, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in

any form or by any means, such as electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or other means

without prior written permission of original manufacturer.

Acrosser Technology assumes no responsibility or warranty with respect to the contents in this manual and

specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Furthermore,

Acrosser Technology reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any

times without notice. Such revisions will be posted on the Internet (WWW.ACROSSER.COM) as soon as possible.

Possession, use, or copying of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to a valid

written license from Acrosser or an authorized sub licensor.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Acrosser, ALI, AMI, PC/AT, WIN31, WIN 95, Windows NT, NEC, HITACHI, ORION, SHARP, FUJITSU, SONY, AKM,

INTEL, MITSUBISHI, NS, SGS-THOMSON, TI, TOSHIBA, AMD…are registered trademarks.

All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

This document was produced with Adobe Acrobat 3.01.

0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B1375/AR-B1376 CPU BOARD

This guide introduces the Acrosser AR-B1375/AR-B1376 CPU board.

The information provided in this manual describes this card’s functions, and features. It also helps you start, set

up and operate your AR-B1375/AR-B1376. General system information can also be found in this publication.

0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE

Please refer to the Chapter 3, “Setting Up the System” in this guide, if you have not already installed AR-

B1375/AR-B1376,. Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories in the package.

The AR-B1375 & AR-B1376 diskette provides the newest information regarding the CPU card. Please refer to

the README.DOC file of the enclosed utility diskette. It contains the modification and hardware & software

information, and it has updated to product functions that may not be mentioned here..

0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE

If your board requires any services, contact the distributor or sales representative from whom you purchased the

product for service information. If you need to ship your board to us for service, be sure it is packed in a protective

carton. We recommend that you keep the original shipping container for this purpose.

You can help assure efficient servicing for your product by following these guidelines:

Include your name, address, telephone and facsimile number where you may be reached during the day.

A description of the system configuration and/or software at the time is malfunction.

A brief description of problem occurred.

0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS

User’s comments are always welcome as they assist us in improving the quality of our products and the

readability of our publications. They create a very important part of the input used for product enhancement and

revision.

We may use and distribute any of the information you provide in any way appropriate without incurring any

obligation. You may, of course, continue to use the information you provide.

If you have any suggestions for improving particular sections or if you find any errors, please send your

comments to Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. or your local sales representative and indicate the manual title and

book number.

Internet electronic mail to: [email protected]

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0.6 ORGANIZATION

This information for users covers the following topics (see the Table of Contents for a detailed listing):

Chapter 1, “Overview,” provides an overview of the system features and packing list.

Chapter 2, “System Controller,” describes the major structure.

Chapter 3, “Setting Up the System,” describes how to adjust the jumper, and the connectors setting.

Chapter 4, “CRT/LCD Flat Panel Display”, describes the configuration and installation procedure using

LCD and CRT display.

Chapter 5, “Installation,” describes the utility diskette using, solid-state disk’s writing protect function, and

the watchdog timer.

Chapter 6, “Solid State Disk,” describes the various type SSD’s installation steps.

Chapter 7, “BIOS Console,” providing the BIOS options setting.

Chapter 8, Specifications & SSD Types Supported

Chapter 9, Using Memory Banks

Chapter 10, Placement & Dimensions

Chapter 11, Programming RS-485 & Index

0.7 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS

Before removing the board from its anti-static bag, read this section about static electricity precautions.

Static electricity is a constant danger to computer systems. The charge that can build up in your body may be

more than sufficient to damage integrated circuits on any PC board. It is, therefore, important to observe basic

precautions whenever you use or handle computer components. Although areas with humid climates are much

less prone to static build-up, it is always best to safeguard against accidents may result in expensive repairs. The

following measures should generally be sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge:

•

Touch a grounded metal object to discharge the static electricity in your body (or ideally, wear a grounded

wrist strap).

When unpacking and handling the board or other system component, place all materials on an antic static

surface.

Be careful not to touch the components on the board, especially the “golden finger” connectors on the bottom

of every board.

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1. OVERVIEW

This chapter provides an overview of your system features and capabilities. The following topics are covered:

Introduction

Packing List

Features

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 are new generation half size, 386 ISA card. This card offers much greater performance

than the older cards such as support for 32MB’s of DRAM using two 72-pin SIMMs, one RS-232C/485 and one RS-232C

port and 3/1.5MB solid state disk capacity for ROM, FLASH and SRAM.

The unit also comes with a programmable watchdog timer and other typical interfaces. These 386 CPU cards are excellent

for embedded systems, MMI’s, workstations, medical applications or POS/POI systems. As well, an RS-232C/485 port

provided remote control. RS-485 has not been offered until recently on 386 cards.

Especially the AR-B1376 with on board VGA, offers the most exciting possibilities yet to the industry. The on board

VGA/LCD controller brings about a whole new dimension of industrial computing. No longer do you have to worry about

adding an extra card to your system. Negating the need of a separate VGA card saves space. The VGA/LCD unit comes

with 1MB of V-RAM on board and uses the C&T 65545 Chipset, to support a wide range of LCD Panels.

1.2 PACKING LIST

The accessories are included with the system. Before you begin installing your AR-B1375 or AR-B1376 board,

take a moment to make sure that the following items have been included inside the AR-B1375 or AR-B1376

package.

The quick setup manual

1 AR-B1375 or AR-B1376 all-in-one single CPU board

1 Hard disk drive interface cable

1 Floppy disk drive interface cable

1 Parallel port interface cable

1 RS-232C interface cable

2 Software utility CD (AR-B1375 has not the VGA function, and only encloses one SSD utility

diskette).

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1.3 FEATURES

The system provides a number of special features that enhance its reliability, ensure its availability, and improve its

expansion capabilities, as well as its hardware structure.

80386SX-33/40 MHz CPU

ISA and PC/104 extension bus

Up to 32MB DRAM system

On-board CRT and LCD panel display (AR-B1375 doesn’t provide this function)

Supports IDE hard disk drives

Supports floppy disk drives

Supports 1 bi-directional parallel port

Supports 2 serial ports (RS-232C and RS-485)

PC/AT compatible keyboard

Up to 3MB solid state disk

Programmable watchdog timer

Flash BIOS

Built-in status LEDs indicator

Signal 5V power requirement

Multi-layer PCB for noise reduction

Dimensions: 185mmX122mm

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2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER

This chapter describes the major structure of the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 CPU board. The following topics are

covered:

Microprocessor

DMA Controller

Keyboard Controller

Interrupt Controller

Real-Time Clock and Non-Volatile RAM

Timer

Serial Port

Parallel Port

2.1 MICROPROCESSOR

The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 use the ALI M6117 CPU, it is designed to perform like Intel’s 386SX system with

deep green features.

The 386SX core is the same as M1386SX of Acer Labs. Inc. and 100% object code compatible with the Intel

386SX microprocessor. System manufacturers can provide 386 CPU based systems optimized for both cost and

size. Instruction pipelining and high bus bandwidth ensure short average instruction execution times and high

system throughput. Furthermore, it can keep the state internally from charge leakage while external clock to the

core is stopped without storing the data in registers. The power consumption here is almost zero when clock stops.

The internal structure of this core is 32-bit data and address bus with very low supply current. Real mode as well

as Protected mode are available and can run MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2 and UNIX.

2.2 DMA CONTROLLER

The equivalent of two 8237A DMA controllers are implemented in the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 board. Each controller

is a four-channel DMA device that will generate the memory addresses and control signals necessary to transfer

information directly between a peripheral device and memory. This allows high speeding information transfer with less

CPU intervention. The two DMA controllers are internally cascaded to provide four DMA channels for transfers to

8-bit peripherals (DMA1) and three channels for transfers to 16-bit peripherals (DMA2). DMA2 channel 0 provides

the cascade interconnection between the two DMA devices, thereby maintaining IBM PC/AT compatibility.

Following is the system information of DMA channels:

DMA Controller 1

Channel 0: Spare

DMA Controller 2

Channel 4: Cascade for controller 1

Channel 5: Spare

Channel 1: IBM SDLC

Channel 2: Diskette adapter

Channel 3: Spare

Channel 6: Spare

Channel 7: Spare

Table 2-1 DMA Channel Controller

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2.3 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER

The 8042 processor is programmed to support the keyboard serial interface. The keyboard controller receives

serial data from the keyboard, checks its parity, translates scan codes, and presents it to the system as a byte data

in its output buffer. The controller can interrupt the system when data is placed in its output buffer, or wait for the

system to poll its status register to determine when data is available.

Data can be written to the keyboard by writing data to the output buffer of the keyboard controller.

Each byte of data is sent to the keyboard controller in series with an odd parity bit automatically inserted. The

keyboard controller is required to acknowledge all data transmissions. Therefore, another byte of data will not be

sent to keyboard controller until acknowledgment is received for the previous byte sent. The “output buffer full”

interruption may be used for both send and receive routines.

2.4 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER

The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers (PIC) are included on the AR-B1375/AR-B1376

board. They accept requests from peripherals, resolve priorities on pending interrupts in service, issue interrupt

requests to the CPU, and provide vectors which are used as acceptance indices by the CPU to determine which

interrupt service routine to execute.

Following is the system information of interrupt levels:

Description

Interrupt Level

Parity check

NMI

CTRL2

CTRL1

System timer interrupt from timer 8254

Keyboard output buffer full

IRQ 0

IRQ 1

IRQ 2

IRQ8 : Real time clock

IRQ9 : Rerouting to INT 0Ah from hardware IRQ2

IRQ10 : Spare

IRQ11 : Spare

IRQ12 : Spare

IRQ13 : Math. coprocessor

IRQ14 : Hard disk adapter

IRQ15 : Reserved for watchdog

Serial port 2

IRQ 3

IRQ 4

IRQ 5

IRQ 6

IRQ 7

Serial port 1

Parallel port 2

Floppy disk adapter

Parallel port 1

Figure 2-1 Interrupt Controller

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2.4.1 I/O Port Address Map

Hex Range

000-01F

020-021

022-023

040-04F

050-05F

060-06F

070-071

080-09F

0A0-0A1

0C0-0DF

0F0

Device

DMA controller 1

Interrupt controller 1

ALI M6117

Timer 1

Timer 2

8042 keyboard/controller

Real-time clock (RTC), non-maskable interrupt (NMI)

DMA page registers

Interrupt controller 2

DMA controller 2

Clear Math Co-processor

Reset Math Co-processor

Math Co-processor

0F1

0F8-0FF

170-178

1F0-1F8

201

Fixed disk 1

Fixed disk 0

Game port

208-20A

218-21A

278-27F

2E8-2EF

2F8-2FF

300-31F

320-33F

378-37F

380-38F

3A0-3AF

3B0-3BF

3C0-3CF

3D0-3DF

3E8-3EF

3F0-3F7

3F8-3FF

EMS register 0

EMS register 1

Parallel printer port 2 (LPT 2)

Serial port 4 (COM 4)

Serial port 2 (COM 2)

Prototype card/streaming type adapter

LAN adapter

Parallel printer port 1 (LPT 1)

SDLC, bisynchronous

Bisynchronous

Monochrome display and printer port 3 (LPT 3)

EGA/VGA adapter

Color/graphics monitor adapter

Serial port 3 (COM 3)

Diskette controller

Serial port 1 (COM 1)

Table 2-2 I/O Port Address Map

2.4.2 I/O Channel Pin Assignment (Bus 1)

I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output

-IOCHCK

SD7

Input

GND

RSTDRV

+5V

Ground

Output

Power

Input/Output

Input

SD6

SD5

IRQ9

Input

SD4

-5V

Power

SD3

DRQ2

-12V

Input

SD2

Power

SD1

-ZWS

+12V

Input

SD0

Power

A10

A11

A12

A13

A14

A15

A16

IOCHRDY

AEN

B10

B11

B12

B13

B14

B15

B16

GND

Ground

Output

Input/Output

Output

Input

Output

-SMEMW

-SMEMR

-IOW

SA19

SA18

SA17

SA16

SA15

Input/Output

-IOR

-DACK3

DRQ3

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I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output

A17

A18

A19

A20

A21

A22

A23

A24

A25

A26

A27

A28

A29

A30

A31

SA14

SA13

SA12

SA11

SA10

SA9

SA8

SA7

SA6

SA5

SA4

SA3

SA2

SA1

SA0

Input/Output

B17

B18

B19

B20

B21

B22

B23

B24

B25

B26

B27

B28

B29

B30

B31

-DACK1

DRQ1

-REFRESH

BUSCLK

IRQ7

Output

Input

Input/Output

Output

Input

IRQ6

Input

IRQ5

Input

IRQ4

Input

IRQ3

Input

-DACK2

Output

Power

Output

Ground

BALE

+5V

OSC

GND

Table 2-3 I/O Channel Pin Assignments

I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output

-SBHE

LA23

Input/Output

-MEMCS16

-IOCS16

IRQ10

Input

LA22

Input

LA21

IRQ11

Input

LA20

IRQ12

Input

LA19

IRQ15

Input

LA18

IRQ14

Input

LA17

-DACK0

DRQ0

Output

Input

-MRD16

-MWR16

SD8

C10

C11

C12

C13

C14

C15

C16

C17

C18

D10

D11

D12

D13

D14

D15

D16

D17

D18

-DACK5

DRQ5

Output

Input

SD9

-DACK6

DRQ6

Output

Input

SD10

SD11

SD12

SD13

SD14

SD15

-DACK7

DRQ7

Output

Input

+5V

Power

Input

-MASTER

GND

Ground

Table 2-4 I/O Channel Pin Assignments

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2.5 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE RAM

The AR-B1375/AR-B1376 contains a real-time clock compartment that maintains the date and time in addition to

storing configuration information about the computer system. It contains 14 bytes of clock and control registers

and 114 bytes of general purpose RAM. Because of the use of CMOS technology, it consumes very little power

and can be maintained for long period of time using an internal Lithium battery. The contents of each byte in the

CMOS RAM are listed as follows:

Address

Description

Seconds

Second alarm

Minutes

Minute alarm

Hours

Hour alarm

Day of week

Date of month

Month

Year

Status register A

Status register B

Status register C

Status register D

Diagnostic status byte

Shutdown status byte

Diskette drive type byte, drive A and B

Fixed disk type byte, drive C

Fixed disk type byte, drive D

Reserved

Equipment byte

Low base memory byte

High base memory byte

Low expansion memory byte

High expansion memory byte

Reserved

19-2D

2E-2F

2-byte CMOS checksum

Low actual expansion memory byte

High actual expansion memory byte

Date century byte

Information flags (set during power on)

Reserved for system BIOS

34-7F

Table 2-5 Real-Time Clock & Non-Volatile RAM

2.6 TIMER

The AR-B1375/AR-B1376 provides three programmable timers, each with a timing frequency of 1.19 MHz.

Timer 0

Timer 1

Timer 2

The output of this timer is tied to interrupt request 0. (IRQ 0)

This timer is used to trigger memory refresh cycles.

This timer provides the speaker tone.

Application programs can load different counts into this timer to generate various sound frequencies.

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2.7 SERIAL PORT

The ACEs (Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE4) are used to convert parallel data to a serial

format on the transmit side and convert serial data to parallel on the receiver side. The serial format, in order of

transmission and reception, is a start bit, followed by five to eight data bits, a parity bit (if programmed) and one,

one and half (five-bit format only) or two stop bits. The ACEs are capable of handling divisors of 1 to 65535, and

produce a 16x clock for driving the internal transmitter logic.

Provisions are also included to use this 16x clock to drive the receiver logic. Also included in the ACE a completed

MODEM control capability, and a processor interrupt system that may be software tailored to the computing time

required handle the communications link.

The following table is summary of each ACE accessible register

DLAB

Port Address

Receiver buffer (read)

base + 0

Transmitter holding register (write)

Interrupt enable

base + 1

base + 2

base + 3

base + 4

base + 5

base + 6

base + 7

base + 0

base + 1

Interrupt identification (read only)

Line control

MODEM control

Line status

MODEM status

Scratched register

Divisor latch (least significant byte)

Divisor latch (most significant byte)

Table 2-6 ACE Accessible Registers

(1) Receiver Buffer Register (RBR)

Bit 0-7: Received data byte (Read Only)

(2) Transmitter Holding Register (THR)

Bit 0-7: Transmitter holding data byte (Write Only)

(3) Interrupt Enable Register (IER)

Bit 0: Enable Received Data Available Interrupt (ERBFI)

Bit 1: Enable Transmitter Holding Empty Interrupt (ETBEI)

Bit 2: Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt (ELSI)

Bit 3: Enable MODEM Status Interrupt (EDSSI)

Bit 4: Must be 0

Bit 5: Must be 0

Bit 6: Must be 0

Bit 7: Must be 0

(4) Interrupt Identification Register (IIR)

Bit 0: “0” if Interrupt Pending

Bit 1: Interrupt ID Bit 0

Bit 2: Interrupt ID Bit 1

Bit 3: Must be 0

Bit 4: Must be 0

Bit 5: Must be 0

Bit 6: Must be 0

Bit 7: Must be 0

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(5) Line Control Register (LCR)

Bit 0: Word Length Select Bit 0 (WLS0)

Bit 1: Word Length Select Bit 1 (WLS1)

WLS1

WLS0

Word Length

5 Bits

6 Bits

7 Bits

8 Bits

Bit 2: Number of Stop Bit (STB)

Bit 3: Parity Enable (PEN)

Bit 4: Even Parity Select (EPS)

Bit 5: Stick Parity

Bit 6: Set Break

Bit 7: Divisor Latch Access Bit (DLAB)

(6) MODEM Control Register (MCR)

Bit 0: Data Terminal Ready (DTR)

Bit 1: Request to Send (RTS)

Bit 2: Out 1 (OUT 1)

Bit 3: Out 2 (OUT 2)

Bit 4: Loop

Bit 5: Must be 0

Bit 6: Must be 0

Bit 7: Must be 0

(7) Line Status Register (LSR)

Bit 0: Data Ready (DR)

Bit 1: Overrun Error (OR)

Bit 2: Parity Error (PE)

Bit 3: Framing Error (FE)

Bit 4: Break Interrupt (BI)

Bit 5: Transmitter Holding Register Empty (THRE)

Bit 6: Transmitter Shift Register Empty (TSRE)

Bit 7: Must be 0

(8) MODEM Status Register (MSR)

Bit 0: Delta Clear to Send (DCTS)

Bit 1: Delta Data Set Ready (DDSR)

Bit 2: Training Edge Ring Indicator (TERI)

Bit 3: Delta Receive Line Signal Detect (DSLSD)

Bit 4: Clear to Send (CTS)

Bit 5: Data Set Ready (DSR)

Bit 6: Ring Indicator (RI)

Bit 7: Received Line Signal Detect (RSLD)

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(9) Divisor Latch (LS, MS)

Bit 0:

Bit 1:

Bit 2:

Bit 3:

Bit 4:

Bit 5:

Bit 6:

Bit 7:

Bit 0

Bit 1

Bit 2

Bit 3

Bit 4

Bit 5

Bit 6

Bit 7

Bit 8

Bit 9

Bit 10

Bit 11

Bit 12

Bit 13

Bit 14

Bit 15

Desired

Divisor Used to

Present Error Difference

Baud Rate Generate 16x Clock Between Desired and Actual

2304

1536

1047

857

768

384

192

---

110

0.026

0.058

---

134.5

150

300

---

600

---

1200

1800

2000

2400

3600

4800

7200

9600

14400

19200

28800

38400

57600

---

0.69

---

Table 2-7 Serial Port Divisor Latch

2.8 PARALLEL PORT

(1) Register Address

Port Address

base + 0

Read/Write

Write

Output data

base + 0

Read

Input data

base + 1

Read

Printer status buffer

Printer control latch

base + 2

Write

Table 2-8 Registers’ Address

(2) Printer Interface Logic

The parallel portion of the SMC37C669 makes the attachment of various devices that accept eight bits of parallel

data at standard TTL level.

(3) Data Swapper

The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printer’s Data Latch through the Data Swapper by reading

the Data Swapper address.

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(4) Printer Status Buffer

The system microprocessor can read the printer status by reading the address of the Printer Status Buffer. The bit

definitions are described as follows:

-ERROR

SLCT

-ACK

-BUSY

Figure 2-2 Printer Status Buffer

NOTE: X presents not used.

Bit 7: This signal may become active during data entry, when the printer is off-line during printing, or when the

print head is changing position or in an error state. When Bit 7 is active, the printer is busy and cannot

accept data.

Bit 6: This bit represents the current state of the printer’s ACK signal. A0 means the printer has received the

character and is ready to accept another. Normally, this signal will be active for approximately 5

microseconds before receiving a BUSY message stops.

Bit 5: A1 means the printer has detected the end of the paper.

Bit 4: A1 means the printer is selected.

Bit 3: A0 means the printer has encountered an error condition.

(5) Printer Control Latch & Printer Control Swapper

The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printer control latch by reading the address of printer

control swapper. Bit definitions are as follows:

STROBE

AUTO FD XT

INIT

SLDC IN

IRQ ENABLE

DIR(write only)

Figure 2-3 Bit’s Definition

NOTE: X presents not used.

Bit 5: Direction control bit. When logic 1, the output buffers in the parallel port are disabled allowing data driven

from external sources to be read; when logic 0, they work as a printer port. This bit is write only.

Bit 4: A1 in this position allows an interrupt to occur when ACK changes from low state to high state.

Bit 3: A1 in this bit position selects the printer.

Bit 2: A0 starts the printer (50 microseconds pulse, minimum).

Bit 1: A1 causes the printer to line-feed after a line is printed.

Bit 0: A0.5 microsecond minimum highly active pulse clocks data into the printer. Valid data must be present for

a minimum of 0.5 microseconds before and after the strobe pulse.

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3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM

This section describes pin assignments for system’s external connectors and the jumpers setting.

Overview

System Setting

3.1 OVERVIEW

The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 are all-in-one half size, Pentium single CPU board. This section provides

hardware’s jumpers setting, the connectors’ locations, and the pin assignment.

CAUTION: The CPU board doesn’t support the type DRAM SIMM of two-sided, it only supports single side DRAM

SIMM.

J 11

J 1 J 8

CN4

J P7

CN5

CN6

1 3

0 0 1

CN7

LED2

LED1 ²

J 3

CN8

J P4

J 6

CN9

PH45

J P6

J 9

U12

J 2

0 5

1 8

105

1 5

U34

DB1

J P5

U31

U32

MEM1

MEM2

MEM3

4 0 1

LED3

J P3

J 7

U10

J 10

J 4

DB2

CN3

U33

U11

J P1

SW1

CN2

J P2

1 N C

J 5

CN1

H110

BUS2

BUS1

Figure 3-1 AR-B1376 Jumpers & Connectors Placement

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3.2 SYSTEM SETTING

Jumper pins allow you to set specific system parameters. Set them by changing the pin location of jumper blocks.

(A jumper block is a small plastic-encased conductor [shorting plug] that slips over the pins.) To change a jumper

setting, remove the jumper from its current location with your fingers or small needle-nosed pliers. Place the

jumper over the two pins designated for the desired setting. Press the jumper evenly onto the pins. Be careful not

to bend the pins.

We will show the locations of the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 jumper pins, and the factory-default setting.

CAUTION: Do not touch any electronic component unless you are safely grounded. Wear a grounded wrist strap

or touch an exposed metal part of the system unit chassis. The static discharges from your fingers can

permanently damage electronic components.

3.2.1 Keyboard Connector

(1) 6-Pin Mini DIN Keyboard Connector (CN3)

CN3 is a Mini-DIN 6-pin connector. This keyboard connector is PS/2 type keyboard connector. This connector is

also for a standard IBM-compatible keyboard with the keyboard adapter cable.

CN3

1 DATA

2 N.C.

3 GND

4 VCC

5 CLOCK

6 N.C.

Front View

Figure 3-2 CN3: 6-Pin Mini Din Keyboard Connector

(2) AUX. Keyboard Connector (J4)

We can use a PC/AT compatible keyboard to connecting the provided adapter cable between J4 and the keyboard.

The pin assignments of J4 connector are as follows:

1 CLOCK

2 DATA

3 N.C.

4 GND

5 VCC

Figure 3-3 J4: AUX. Keyboard Connector

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3.2.2 PC/104 Connector

(1) 40-Pin PC/104 Connector Bus C & D (CN1)

40 Pin PC/104 Connector

Figure 3-4 CN1: 40-Pin PC/104 Connector Bus C & D

CN1

GND --- C1

-SBHE --- C2

LA23 --- C3

LA22 --- C4

LA21 --- C5

LA20 --- C6

LA19 --- C7

LA18 --- C8

LA17 --- C9

--- GND

--- -MEM16

--- -IO16

--- IRQ10

--- IRQ11

--- IRQ12

--- IRQ15

--- IRQ14

--- -DACK0

--- DRQ0

--- -DACK5

--- DRQ5

--- -DACK6

--- DRQ6

--- -DACK7

--- DRQ7

--- +5 VDC

--- -MASTER

--- GND

C10

D10

D11

D12

D13

D14

D15

D16

D17

D18

D19

D20

-MEMR ---

-MEMW --- C11

SD8 --- C12

SD9 --- C13

SD10 --- C14

SD11 --- C15

SD12 --- C16

SD13 --- C17

SD14 --- C18

SD15 --- C19

Not Used --- C20

--- GND

Figure 3-5 CN1: 40-Pin PC/104 Connector Bus C & D

(2) 64-Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B (CN2)

64-Pin PC/104 Connector

Figure 3-6 CN2: 64 Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B

CN2

-IOCHCK --- A1

SD7 --- A2

--- GND

--- RSTDRV

--- +5 VDC

--- IRQ9

SD6 --- A3

SD5 --- A4

SD4 --- A5

--- -5 VDC

--- DRQ2

--- -12 VDC

--- -ZWS

SD3 --- A6

SD2 --- A7

SD1 --- A8

SD0 --- A9

--- +12 VDC

--- Not Used

--- -SMEMW

--- -SMEMR

--- -IOW

IOCHRDY--- A10

AEN --- A11

SA19 --- A12

SA18 --- A13

SA17 --- A14

SA16 --- A15

SA15 --- A16

SA14 --- A17

SA13 --- A18

SA12 --- A19

SA11 --- A20

SA10 --- A21

SA9 --- A22

SA8 --- A23

SA7 --- A24

SA6 --- A25

SA5 --- A26

SA4 --- A27

SA3 --- A28

SA2 --- A29

SA1 --- A30

SA0 --- A31

GND --- A32

B10

B11

B12

B13

B14

B15

B16

B17

B18

B19

B20

B21

--- -IOR

--- -DACK3

--- DRQ3

--- -DACK1

--- DRQ1

--- -REFRSH

--- BUSCLK

--- IRQ7

B22 --- IRQ6

B23 --- IRQ5

B24 --- IRQ4

B25 --- IRQ3

B26 --- -DACK2

B27 --- TC

B28 --- BALE

B29 --- +5 VDC

B30 --- OSC

B31 --- GND

B32 --- GND

Figure 3-7 CN2: 64-Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B

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(3) I/O Channel Signal Description

Name

Description

BUSCLK [Output]

The BUSCLK signal of the I/O channel is asynchronous to

the CPU clock.

RSTDRV [Output]

This signal goes high during power-up, low line-voltage or

hardware reset

SA0 - SA19

The System Address lines run from bit 0 to 19. They are

[Input / Output] latched onto the falling edge of "BALE"

LA17 - LA23

[Input/Output]

SD0 - SD15

[Input/Output]

The Unlatched Address line run from bit 17 to 23

System Data bit 0 to 15

BALE [Output]

The Buffered Address Latch Enable is used to latch SA0 -

SA19 onto the falling edge. This signal is forced high

during DMA cycles

-IOCHCK [Input]

The I/O Channel Check is an active low signal which

indicates that a parity error exist on the I/O board

This signal lengthens the I/O, or memory read/write cycle,

IOCHRDY

[Input, Open collector] and should be held low with a valid address

IRQ 3-7, 9-12, 14, 15 The Interrupt Request signal indicates I/O service request

[Input] attention. They are prioritized in the following sequence :

(Highest) IRQ 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Lowest)

-IOR

The I/O Read signal is an active low signal which instructs

[Input/Output] the I/O device to drive its data onto the data bus

-IOW [Input/Output] The I/O write signal is an active low signal which instructs

the I/O device to read data from the data bus

-SMEMR [Output]

The System Memory Read is low while any of the low 1

mega bytes of memory are being used

-MEMR

The Memory Read signal is low while any memory location

[Input/Output] is being read

-SMEMW [Output]

The System Memory Write is low while any of the low 1

mega bytes of memory is being written

-MEMW

The Memory Write signal is low while any memory location

[Input/Output] is being written

DRQ 0-3, 5-7 [Input] DMA Request channels 0 to 3 are for 8-bit data transfers.

DMA Request channels 5 to 7 are for 16-bit data transfers.

DMA request should be held high until the corresponding

DMA has been completed. DMA request priority is in the

following sequence:(Highest) DRQ 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

(Lowest)

-DACK 0-3, 5-7

The DMA Acknowledges

to 3,

are the

[Output] corresponding acknowledge signals for DRQ 0 to 3 and 5

to 7

AEN [output]

The DMA Address Enable is high when the DMA controller

is driving the address bus. It is low when the CPU is driving

the address bus

-REFRESH

This signal is used to indicate a memory refresh cycle and

[Input/Output] can be driven by the microprocessor on the I/O channel

TC [Output]

Terminal Count provides a pulse when the terminal count

for any DMA channel is reached

SBHE [Input/Output] The System Bus High Enable indicates the high byte SD8 -

SD15 on the data bus

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Name

Description

-MASTER [Input]

The MASTER is the signal from the I/O processor which

gains control as the master and should be held low for a

maximum of 15 microseconds or system memory may be

lost due to the lack of refresh

-MEMCS16

The Memory Chip Select 16 indicates that the present data

[Input, Open collector] transfer is a 1-wait state, 16-bit data memory operation

-IOCS16 The I/O Chip Select 16 indicates that the present data

[Input, Open collector] transfer is a 1-wait state, 16-bit data I/O operation

OSC [Output]

The Oscillator is a 14.31818 MHz signal used for the color

graphic card

-ZWS

The Zero Wait State indicates to the microprocessor that

[Input, Open collector] the present bus cycle can be completed without inserting

additional wait cycle

Table 3-9 I/O Channel Signal’s Description

3.2.3 Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (CN4)

A 40-pin header type connector (CN4) is provided to interface with up to two embedded hard disk drives (IDE AT

bus). This interface, through a 40-pin cable, allows the user to connect up to two drives in a “daisy chain” fashion.

To enable or disable the hard disk controller, please use BIOS Setup program to select. The following table

illustrates the pin assignments of the hard disk drive’s 40-pin connector.

Figure 3-8 CN4: Hard Disk (IDE) Connector

Signal

-RESET

DATA 7

DATA 6

DATA 5

DATA 4

DATA 3

DATA 2

DATA 1

DATA 0

GROUND

NOT USED

-IOW

Signal

GROUND

DATA 8

DATA 9

DATA 10

DATA 11

DATA 12

DATA 13

DATA 14

DATA 15

NOT USED

GROUND

BALE

GROUND

-IOCS16

NOT USED

SA 2

-CS 1

GROUND

-IOR

-IORDY

NOT USED

IRQ 14

SA 1

SA 0

-CS 0

HD LED

Table 3-1 HDD Pin Assignment

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3.2.4 FDD Port Connector (CN5)

The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 provide a 34-pin header type connector for supporting up to two floppy disk drives.

Figure 3-9 CN5: FDD Port Connector

1-33(odd)

Signal

GROUND

Signal

DIRECTION

-REDUCED WRITE

CURRENT

-STEP OUTPUT PULSE

NOT USED

-WRITE DATA

-WRITE ENABLE

-TRACK 0

NOT USED

-INDEX

-MOTOR ENABLE A

-DRIVE SELECT B

-DRIVE SELECT A

-MOTOR ENABLE B

-WRITE PROTECT

-READ DATA

-SIDE 1 SELECT

DISK CHANGE

Table 3-1 FDD Pin Assignment

3.2.5 Parallel Port Connector (CN6)

To use the parallel port, an adapter cable has connected to the CN6 (26-pin header type) connector. This adapter

cable is mounted on a bracket and is included in your AR-B1375 or AR-B1376 package. The connector for the

parallel port is a 25 pin D-type female connector.

Parallel Port Connector

DB-25

D-Type Connector

Figure 3-10 CN6: Parallel Port Connector

CN6 DB-25

Signal

-Strobe

Data 0

CN6 DB-25

Signal

-Auto Form Feed

-Error

Data 1

-Initialize

-Printer Select In

Ground

Data 2

Data 3

Data 4

Ground

Data 5

Ground

Data 6

Ground

Data 7

Ground

-Acknowledge

Busy

Ground

Paper

Ground

Printer Select

No Connect

Table 3-1 Parallel Port Pin Assignment

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3.2.6 Serial Port

(1) RS-232/RS-485 Select for COM-B (JP2)

JP2 select the on-board RS-232/RS-485 for COM B, if choose RS-232 connecting with CN7; if choose RS-485

connecting with J9.

JP2

1 2 3

RS-232C

1 2 3

RS-485

(Factory Preset)

Figure 3-11 JP2: RS-232/RS-485 Select for COM-B

(2) RS-485 Terminator (JP7)

JP7

OFF

Factory Preset

Figure 3-12 JP7: RS-485 Terminator

(3) External RS-485 Adapter Select (J6 & J7)

J6 and J7 can be set independently. J7 selects COM A port and J6 selects COM A port. J6 selects the external

RS-485 for COM B connecting with CN7. J7 selects the external RS-485 for COM A connecting with DB2.

J6 & J7

1 2 3

External RS-485 Adapter

1 2 3

RS-232C

(Factory Preset)

Figure 3-13 J6 & J7: External RS-485 Adapter Select

(4) RS-485 Header (J9)

J9 is on-board RS-485 header. J9 pin assignments are as follows:

1 N485+

2 N485-

3 GND

1 2 3

J9 (COM B)

Figure 3-14 J9: RS-485 Header

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(5) RS-232 Connector (CN7 & DB2)

There are two serial ports with EIA RS-232 interface on the AR-B1375 or AR-B1376. COM A uses one on-board

D-type 9-pin male connector (DB2) which is located at the right side of the card, and COM B uses one 10-pin

header (CN7) which is located at the upper of the card. To configure these two serial ports, use the BIOS Setup

program to do well, and adjust the jumpers on J6 and J7.

The pin assignments of the DB2 and CN7 for serial port A & B are as follows:

DB2 (COM A)

CN7 (COM B)

GND 5

9-RI

-DTR 4

8-CTS

TXD 3

7-RTS

RXD 2

6-DSR

-DCD 1

Figure 3-15 CN7 & DB2: RS-232 Connector

CN7

DB2

Signal

-DCD

RXD

CN7

DB2

Signal

-DSR

-RTS

TXD

-CTS

-DTR

GND

-RI

Not Used

Table 3-2 Serial Port Pin Assignment

3.2.7 Reset Header (J1)

J1 is used to connect to an external reset switch. Shorting these two pins will reset the system.

1 Reset+

2 Reset-

Figure 3-16 J1: Reset Header

3.2.8 LED Header

(1) External Power LED Header (J2)

1 Power LED+

2 No Connect

3 Power LED-

1 2 3

Figure 3-17 J2: External Power LED Header

(2) HDD LED Header (J8)

1 LED+

2 LED-

Figure 3-18 J8: HDD LED Header

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(3) Watchdog LED Header (J10)

1 LED+

2 LED-

Figure 3-19 J10: Watchdog LED Header

3.2.9 Power Connector (J3)

J3 is 8-pin power connector, you can directly connect the power supply to the on board power connector for stand

alone applications.

GND

+5 VDC

GND

+12 VDC

-12 VDC

-5 VDC

Figure 3-20 J3: 8-Pin Power Connector

3.2.10 External Speaker Header (J5)

Besides the on board buzzer, you can use an external speaker by connecting J5 header directly.

1 Speaker+

2 Speaker-

3 Speaker-

4 Speaker-

Figure 3-21 J5: External Speaker Header

3.2.11 External Battery

(1) Battery Charger Select (JP3)

JP3

1 2 3

Rechargerable Non-Rechargerable

(Factory Preset)

Figure 3-22 JP3: Battery Charger Select

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(2) External Battery Connector (J11)

J11 allows users to connector an external 4.5 to 6 VDC battery to the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 if the on-board

battery is fully discharged. The SRAM disk will draw the battery current. The battery charger on AR-B1375 and

AR-B1376 doesn’t source charge current to the external battery, which connects to J11.

1 Battery+

2 Battery-

1 2

Figure 3-23 J11: External Battery Connector

3.2.12 CPU Base Clock Select (JP1)

The CPU base clock (Input clock) is twice of its operation clock.

50MHz

80MHz

66.67MHz

Factory Preset

Figure 3-24 JP1: CPU Base Clock Select

3.2.13 DRAM Configuration

There is two 32-bit memory banks on the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 board. It can only put one-side DRAM SIMM to

SIMM Socket (Single-Line Memory Modules), which is designed to accommodate 256KX36 bit to 4MX36-SIMMs.

This provides the user with up to 32MB of main memory. The 32-bit SIMM (without parity bit) also can be used on

AR-B1375/AR-B1376 board. There are six on-board memory configurations available. Please refer to the

following table for details:

SIMM1

SIMM2

None

Total Memory

1MB

256KX32 (X36)

1MX32 (X36)

4MX32 (X36)

256KX32 (X36)

1MX32 (X36)

4MX32 (X36)

None

2MB

5MB

17MB

4MB

256KX32 (X36)

1MX32 (X36)

4MX32 (X36)

None

5MB

8MB

20MB

16MB

17MB

20MB

32MB

256KX32 (X36)

1MX32 (X36)

4MX32 (X36)

Table 3-3 DRAM Configuration

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4. CRT/LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY

This section describes the configuration and installation procedure using LCD and CRT display.

Connecting the CRT Monitor

LCD Flat Panel Display

Supported LCD Panel

4.1 CONNECTING THE CRT MONITOR

4.1.1 VGA Setting (JP5)

(1) IRQ 9 Used Select

JP5:Pin 1-2 Selecting IRQ 9

Disabled

Factory preset

Enabled

Figure 4-1 JP5: IRQ 9 Used Select

(2) Zero Wait State

JP5:Pin 3-4 Selecting ZWS

Disabled

Factory preset

Enabled

Figure 4-2 JP5: Zero Wait State (ZWS)

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4.1.2 CRT Connector (DB1)

DB1 is used to connect with a VGA monitor when you are using the on-board VGA controller as display adapter. Pin

assignments for the DB1 connector is as follows:

NOTE: DB1 on the AR-B1375 is not functional. Its function is always used on the AR-B1376 CPU board.

DB1 (CRT Connector)

Red

Green

Blue

13 Horizontial Sync

14 Vertical Sync

4, 9, 11, 12, & 15 Not Used

5 & 10 Ground

6, 7 & 8 AGND

Figure 4-1 DB1: CRT Connector

4.2 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY

This section describes the configuration and installation procedure for a LCD display. Skip this section if you are

using a CRT monitor only.

Using the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip to configure the BIOS

default setting for different types of LCD panel. And then set your system properly and configure the AR-B1376

VGA module for the right type of LCD panel you are using.

If you are using a different LCD panel other than those listed, choose from the panel description column which type

of LCD panel you are using.

The following shows the block diagram of using AR-B1376 for LCD display.

LCD

AR-B1376

Panel

CPU Boad

VBL Control

+12V, +5V

VEE

Inverter

Board

FL HIGH

Voltage

Figure 4-2 LCD Panel Block Diagram

The block diagram shows that the AR-B1376 still needs components to be used for LCD panel. The inverter board

provides the control for the brightness and the contrast of the LCD panel while the inverter is the one that supplies

the high voltage to drive the LCD panel. Each item will be explained further in the section.

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Pin 1

Inverter & Contrast

CN8

CN9

LCD

Panel

AR-B1376

CPU Board

Pin 1

Figure 4-3 LCD Panel Cable Installation Diagram

NOTE: Be careful with the pin orientation when installing connectors and the cables. A wrong connection can easily

destroy your LCD panel. Pin 1 of the cable connector is indicated with a sticker and pin1 of the ribbon

cable is usually has a different color.

4.2.1 Inverter Board Description

The inverter board is the one that supplies the high voltage signals to drive the LCD panel by converting the 12 volt

signal from the AR-B1376 into high voltage AC signal for LCD panel. It can be installed freely on the space

provided over the VR board. If the VR board is installed on the bracket, you have to provide a place to install the

inverter board into your system.

4.2.2 LCD Connector

The AR-B1376 supports CRT colored monitor, STN, Dual-Scan, TFT, monochrome and color panels. It can be

connected to create a compact video solution for the industrial environment. 1MB of RAM on-boarded allows a

maximum CRT resolution of 1024X768 and a LCD resolution of 640X480 with 64K colors. For different VGA

display modes, your monitor must possess certain characteristics to display the mode you want.

(1) DE/E Signal from M or LP Select (JP6)

JP6

1 2 3

DE/M

1 2 3

E/LP

(Factory Preset)

Figure 4-4 JP6: DE/E Signal from M or LP Select

(2) LCD Control Connector (CN9)

CN9 is a 5-pin connector that attaches to the Contrast and Backlight board; its pin assignment is shown below:

NOTE: AR-B1375 doesn’t provide this function.

1 ENABLK

2 ENVEE

3 +12V

4 GND

5 VEE

Figure 4-5 CN9: LCD Control Connector

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(3) LCD Panel Display Connector (CN8)

Attach a display panel connector to this 44-pin connector with pin assignments as shown below:

NOTE: AR-B1375 doesn’t provide this function.

Figure 4-6 CN8: LCD Display Connector

Signal

GND

Signal

SHFCLK

FLM

GND

P0(B0)

P2(B2)

P4(B4)

GND

P7(B7)

P9(G1)

P11(G3)

P12(G4)

P14(G6)

P16(R0)

GND

P19(R3)

P21(R5)

P23(R7)

VCC

+12V

GND

P1(B1)

P3(B3)

P5(B5)

P6(B6)

P8(G0)

P10(G2)

GND

P13(G5)

P15(G7)

P17(R1)

P18(R2)

P20(R4)

P22(R6)

GND

VCC

+12V

GND

ENABLK

VEE

GND

Table 4-4 LCD Display Assignment

4.3 SUPPORTED LCD PANEL

At present, this VGA card can provide a solution with an inverter board for the following list of standard LCD

panels. Consult your Acrosser representative for new developments. When using other models of standard LCD

panels in the market.

NO. Manufacture

Model No.

NL-6448AC30-10

NL-6448AC32-10

NL-6448AC33-10

LMG5371

LMG9200

LMG9400

OGM-640CN03C-S

LQ10D321

Description

TFT 9.4”

TFT 10.2”

NEC

HITACHI

ORION

SHARP

TFT 10.4”

MONO 9.4” Dual Scan

DSTN 9.4”

DSTN 10.4”

TFT 10.4”

Table 4-5 LCD Panel Type List

CAUTION: 1. If you want to connect the LCD panel, you must update the AR-B1376’s BIOS, then you can setup

the corrected BIOS. Please contact Acrosser for the latest BIOS update.

2. If user needs to update the BIOS version or connect other LCD, please contact the sales department.

The detail supported LCDs are listed in the Acrosser Web site, user can download the suitable BIOS.

The address is as follows:

http:\\www.acrosser.com

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5. INSTALLATION

This chapter describes the procedure of the utility diskette installation. The following topics are covered:

Overview

Utility Diskette

Write Protect Function

Watchdog Timer

5.1 OVERVIEW

This chapter provides information for you to set up a working system based on the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 CPU card.

Please read the details of the CPU card’s hardware descriptions before installation carefully, especially jumpers’

settings, switch settings and cable connections.

Follow steps listed below for proper installation:

Step 1 : Read the CPU card’s hardware description in this manual.

Step 2 : Install any DRAM SIMM onto the CPU card.

Step 3 : Set jumpers.

Step 4 : Make sure that the power supply connected to your passive CPU board back plane is turned off.

Step 5 : Plug the CPU card into a free AT-bus slot or PICMG slot on the back plane and secure it in place

with a screw to the system chassis.

Step 6 : Connect all necessary cables. Make sure that the FDC, HDC, serial and parallel cables are

connected to pin 1 of the related connector.

Step 7 : Connect the hard disk/floppy disk flat cables from the CPU card to the drives. Connect a power

source to each drive.

Step 8 : Plug the keyboard into the keyboard connector.

Step 9 : Turn on the power.

Step 10: Configure your system with the BIOS Setup program then re-boot your system.

Step 11: If the CPU card does not work, turn off the power and read the hardware description carefully again.

Step 12: If the CPU card still does not perform properly, return the card to your dealer for immediate service.

5.2 UTILITY DISKETTE

AR-B1376 provides two VGA driver diskettes, supports WIN31 & WIN95. If your operation system is the other

operation system, please attach Acrosser that will provide the technical supporting for the VGA resolution.

There are two diskettes: disk 1 is for WIN31 & MS-DOS VGA resolution; disk 2 is for WIN95 and SSD utility. Every

diskette attach the README.* file. The AR-B1375 attached the SSD utility only, if you use the AR-B1375 skip the

section of VGA driver. Please refer to the file of README for any troubleshooting before install the driver.

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5.2.1 VGA Driver

(1) WIN 3.1 Driver

For the WIN31 operation system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file. And then as to the

steps:

Step 1:

In the DOS mode execute the SETUP.EXE file.

A:\>SETUP

Step 2:

Step 3:

The screen shows the chip type, and press any key enter the main menu.

There is 9 items for choice to setup. Please choose the <Windows Version 3.1> item, notice the

function key defined. Press [ENTER] selected the <All Resolutions>, when this line appears [*]

symbol that means this item is selected. Press [End] starts to install.

Step 4:

Step 5:

The screen will show the dialog box to demand user typing the WIN31’s path. The default is

C:\WINDOWS.

Follow the setup steps’ messages execute. As completed the setup procedure will generate the

message as follow.

Installation is done!

Change to your Windows directory and type SETUP to run the Windows Setup program. Choose

one of the new drivers marked by an *. Please refer to the User’s Guide to complete the installation.

Step 6:

Step 7:

Press [Esc] key to return the main menu, and re-press [Esc] return to the DOS mode.

User can enter the WIN31 so you can find the <Chips CPL> icon located in the {CONTROL PANEL}

group.

Step 8:

Adjust the <Refresh Rate>, <Cursor Animation>, <Font size>, <Resolution>, and <Big Cursor>.

(2) WIN 95 Driver

For the WIN95 operating system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file. And then as to the

steps:

Enter the WIN95 operation system, please choose the <SETTING> item of the <DISPLAY> icon in

Step 1:

the {CONTROL PANEL}. Please select the <From Disk Install> item, and type the factory source

files’ path.

A:\VGAW95

And then you can find the <Chips and Tech 65550 PCI (new)> item, select it and click the <OK>

button.

Step 2:

Step 3:

Finally, user can find the <DISPLAY> icon adds the <Chips> item. You can select this item, and

adjust the <Screen Resolution>, <Refresh Rate>, <Font Size>…and other functions. Please refer to

the messages during installation.

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5.2.2 SSD Utility

To support the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 solid-state disk’s operations, the following files have been provided on the

enclosed diskette’s directory <SSD>.

(A) PGM137x.EXE

PGM137x.EXE PGM137x.EXE is used to program the 12V FLASH EPROM after the ROM pattern files are

generated by RFG.EXE. The PGM137x.EXE can also program the correctness of the ROM

pattern files onto 5V FLASH EPROM (start from MEM1) or SRAM for testing the ROM pattern

files.

To execute PGM137x.EXE, the main menu will be displayed on your screen. There are 8 options on the main

menu.

Quit to DOS

Quits and exits to the DOS.

OS Shell

Exits from PGM137x temporarily to the DOS prompt. Type EXIT to return to PGM137x main menu.

Load ROM File

If this option is used, the PGM137x will prompt you for the ROM pattern file name. This option is useful if

you have not previously entered a ROM pattern file name or if you wish to use a different ROM pattern file.

The PGM137x will check and display the ROM file name, ROM file size, (FLASH) memory capacity and the

number of ROM pattern files that will be loaded and copied onto the (FLASH) memory chips.

Verify Memory

If ROM pattern files were loaded without error, this option instructs PGM137x to verify the contents of

(FLASH) memory chips with the current ROM pattern files.

Program Memory

If there are no mistakes in your ROM pattern file, then this menu option will erase (FLASH) memory, write

the current ROM pattern files onto (FLASH) memory and verify data that was just written to (FLASH)

memory, using the ROM pattern files.

Memory Type/Mfr.

Before you program the (FLASH) memory chips, make sure that the FLASH’s type and manufactory match

the one shown on the main menu. Otherwise, you can use this option to select the proper type and

manufacture and instruct the program to use a right programming algorithm.

Select PGM Chips

Normally the PGM137x will program all ROM pattern files onto the FLASH memories with the ROM pattern

files just loaded. But you can use this option to select which memory chips that you want to program and

which memory chips need to be skipped. The PGM137x will only program the selected chips when writing

data to the FLASH memory. This is very useful when some of the memory chip were verified and

programmed previously.

Select FLASH PLSCNTs

If the 12V FLASHs have been programmed several times, please select the <Slowest> FLASH PLSCNT

mode instead of <Standard> mode. In the <Slower> or <Slowest> mode, PGM137x.EXE will retry more

times to program data onto the 12V FLASHs correctly. The default setting is <Slowest> mode.

(B) WD137x.EXE

WD137x.EXE

This program demonstrates how to enable and trigger the watchdog timer. It allows you to

test the <TIMES-OUT & RESET> function when the watchdog timer is enabled.

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WP137x.EXE

This program demonstrates how to enable and disable software write protected function. It

also shows the current protect mode of write or read only memory.

(D) RFG.EXE

RFG.EXE

This program is used to generate ROM pattern files in a binary format. Each ROM pattern file

has the same size as the FLASH or EPROM and can be easily programmed on to the FLASH

with on-board programmer or on to EPROM with any EPROM programmer. If you have

specified a DOS drive in the *.PGF file, RFG will generate bootable ROM pattern files for the

EPROM or FLASH disk. The RFG supports the following DOS:MS-DOS, PC-DOS, DR-DOS,

and X-DOS.

NOTE: If you want to use AR-B137x with any DOS, which is not supported by RFG, please send your requirement

to Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. or contract with your local sales representative.

The RFG.EXE provided in the utility diskette is a program that converts the files you list in the PGF and convert

them into ROM pattern file. The RFG will determine how many EPROMs are needed and generate the same

number of ROM pattern files. These ROM pattern files are named with the name assigned by the ROM_NAME in

the PGF and the extension names are *.R01, *.R02….etc. To generate ROM pattern files.

The ROM File Generator main menu will be displayed on the screen. There are 7 options on the main menu. They

serve the following functions:

Quit to DOS

Quits and exits to the DOS

OS Shell

Exits from the RFG temporarily to the DOS prompt. Type <EXIT> to return to the RFG main menu.

Load PFG File

If this option is used, the RFG will prompt you for the PGF file name. This option is useful if you have not

previously entered a PGF name or you wish to use a different PGF file. The RFG will check and display the

PGF filename, ROM pattern file name, EPROM capacity, DOS version and the number of ROM pattern files

that will be generated.

Type Current PGF File

This option instructs the RFG to use the DOS type command to display the contents of the current PGF file.

Generate ROM File(s)

If there is no mistake in your *.PGF file, then this menu option will generate ROM pattern files. The number

of ROM pattern file generated by the RFG will depend on the total capacity needed by your files. For

instance, if 3 files are generated, then you will need to use 3 EPROMs (The size depends upon the number

stated in your PGF). The ROM pattern files will have the same file names, but will have different extension

names. For example:

TEST.R01, TEST.R02, TEST.R03…etc.

Display Error in PGF File

This option displays errors that were detected in your PGF.

Help to PGF File

This option gives information on how to write a PGF file and how to generate ROM pattern files. An

example PGF is also included.

Move the reverse video bar to <Generate ROM File(s)> then press [ENTER]. The ROM pattern file is a

binary file. The file size will be the same size as the EPROM that you assigned in the PGF. For example, if

you are using 128KX8 EPROM memory chips, then the size of ROM patterns file will be 131072 bytes. For

other chips the file size will be:

64KX8 EPROM----65536 bytes

256KX8 EPROM—262144 bytes

512KX8 EPROM---524288 bytes

1MX8 EPROM -----1048576 bytes

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(E) RFGDEMO.PGF

RFGDEMO.PGF This file provides a sample PROGRAM GROUP FILE, which illustrates how to create ROM

pattern files correctly.

The PGF is an ASCII text file that can be created by using any text editor, word processor or DOS <COPY CON>

command. The PGF lists what files will be copied and if DOS is going to be copied. This file can have any DOS

filename, but the extension name must be *.PGF. For example, followings are valid filenames.

RFGDEMO.PGF

MYRFG.PGF

MSDOS.PGF

….

An examples of the *.PGF file is as follow.

ROM_NAME=TEST1

DOS_DRIVE=C:

; ROM pattern file name is TEST1

;The output file names will be TEST1.R01, TEST1.R02..etc.

; DOS system drive unit is drive C:

;If user does not want to copy DOS

;system files onto the ROM disk

;write as DOS_DRIVE=NONE

ROM_SIZE=128

;128 means 128KX8 (27C/29F010) EPROM size used

;256 means 512KX8 (27C/29F020) EPROM size used

;512 means 512KX8 (27C/29F040) EPROM size used

;1024 means 1MX8 (27C080) EPROM size used

The following two files are options, which depend on whether the ROM disk is to be bootable, or not.

CONFIG.SYS

AUTOEXEC.BAT

;Below are user’s files

A:\USER1.COM ; File USER1.COM on root of drive A:

USER2.EXE ; File USER2.EXE on current directory & drive

C:\TTT\USER3.TXT ; File USER3.TXT on sub-directory TTT of drive C:

5.3 WRITE PROTECT FUNCTION

The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 provide hardware and software write protect functions for small page 5V FLASH

disk and only software write protected function for SRAM disk. This is to prevent your data on 5V FLASH or SRAM

disk from accidental deletion or overwrite. If your FLASH/SRAM disk is write protected, any write operation to the

protected FLASH/SRAM disk will get a write protect error:

Write protect error writing drive A

About, Retry, Fail?

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5.3.1 Hardware Write Protect

To enable the hardware protect function for small page 5V FLASH disk, please refer to the “Switch Setting”.

5.3.2 Software Write Protect

If you need the write protect function and sometimes you have to write or update data on your FLASH/SRAM disk,

you can use the software write protect instead of hardware write protect. The software writes protect function is

enabled or disabled by writing a data to an I/O port.

5.3.3 Enable the Software Write Protect

Writes data 08h to the base port+0 address

Example 1: (in assembly language)

MOV DX, 210H

MOV AL, 80H

OUT DX, AL

; If the base I/O address is 210H

; Enable byte = 80h

Example 2: (in BASICA language)

OUT &H210, &H80; REM If the base I/O address is 210h

Example 3: (in Turbo C language)

Outportb (0x210, 0x80);/*If the base I/O address is 210h*/

5.3.4 Disable the Software Write Protect

Writes data 0 to the base port+0 address

Example 1: (in assembly language)

MOV DX, 210H

MOV AL, 00H

OUT DX, AL

; If the base I/O address is 210h

; Disable byte=00h

Example 2: (in BASICA language)

OUT &H210, &H00; REM If the base I/O address is 210h

Example 3: (in Turbo C language)

Outportb (0x210, 0x00);/*If the base I/O address is 210h*/

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5.4 WATCHDOG TIMER

This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, disabled, enabled, and trigger.

The AR-B1375/AR-B1376 is equipped with a programmable time-out period watchdog timer. User can use the

program to enable the watchdog timer. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, the program should trigger it

every time before it times out. If your program fails to trigger or disable this timer before it times out because of

system hang-up, it will generate a reset signal to reset the system. The time-out period can be programmed to be

3 to 42 seconds.

Enable (D7)

Time Base

Time Factor (D0-D2)

Watchdog

Counter

and

Compartor

Write and Trigger

Watchdog

LED

RESET

Figure 5-1 Watchdog Block Diagram

5.4.1 Watchdog Timer Setting

The watchdog timer is a circuit that may be used from your program software to detect crashes or hang-ups.

Whenever the watchdog timer is enabled, the LED will blink to indicate that the timer is counting. The watchdog

timer is automatically disabled after reset.

Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, your program must trigger the watchdog timer every time before it

times-out. After you trigger the watchdog timer, it will be set to zero and start to count again. If your program fails

to trigger the watchdog timer before time-out, it will generate a reset pulse to reset the system or trigger the IRQ15

signal to tell your program that the watchdog is times out.

The factor of the watchdog timer time-out constant is approximately 6 seconds. The period for the watchdog timer

time-out period is between 1 to 7 timer factors.

If you want to reset your system when watchdog times out, the following table listed the relation of timer factors

between time-out periods.

Time Factor

Time-Out Period (Seconds)

80H

81H

82H

83H

84H

85H

86H

87H

Table 5-1 Time-Out Setting

If you want to generate IRQ15 signal to warn your program when watchdog times out, the following table listed the

relation of timer factors between time-out period. And if you use the IRQ15 signal to warn your program when

watchdog timer out, please enter the BIOS Setup the <Peripheral Setup> menu, the <OnBoard PCI IDE> and <IDE

Prefetch> these two items must set to Primary.

Time Factor

Time-Out Period (Seconds)

0C0H

0C1H

0C2H

0C3H

0C4H

0C5H

0C6H

0C7H

Table 5-2 Time-Out Setting

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NOTE: 1. If you program the watchdog to generate IRQ15 signal when it times out, you should initial IRQ15

interrupt vector and enable the second interrupt controller (8259 PIC) in order to enable CPU to process

this interrupt. An interrupt service routine is required too.

2. Before you initial the interrupt vector of IRQ15 and enable the PIC, please enable the watchdog timer

previously, otherwise the watchdog timer will generate an interrupt at the time watchdog timer is enabled.

5.4.2 Watchdog Timer Enabled

To enable the watchdog timer, you have to output a byte of timer factor to the watchdog register whose address is

214H or Base Port. The following is a BASICA program, which demonstrates how to enable the watchdog timer

and set the time-out period at 24 seconds.

1000

1010

1020

1030

1040

1050

REM Points to command register

WD_REG% = 214H

REM Timer factor = 84H (or 0C4H)

TIMER_FACTOR% = %H84

REM Output factor to watchdog register

OUT WD_REG%, TIMER_FACTOR%

.,etc.

5.4.3 Watchdog Timer Trigger

After you enable the watchdog timer, your program must write the same factor as enabling to the watchdog register

at least once every time-out period to its previous setting. You can change the time-out period by writing another

timer factor to the watchdog register at any time, and you must trigger the watchdog before the new time-out period

in next trigger. Below is a BASICA program which demonstrates how to trigger the watchdog timer:

2000

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

REM Points to command register

WD_REG% = 214H

REM Timer factor = 84H (or 0C4H)

TIMER_FACTOR% = &H84

REM Output factor to watchdog register

OUT WD_REG%, TIMER_FACTOR%

.,etc.

5.4.4 Watchdog Timer Disabled

To disable the watchdog timer, simply write a 00H to the watchdog register.

3000

3010

3020

3030

3040

3050

REM Points to command register

WD_REG% = BASE_PORT%

REM Timer factor = 0

TIMER_FACTOR% = 0

REM Output factor to watchdog register

OUT WD_REG%, TIMER_FACTOR%

., etc.

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6.SOLID STATE DISK

The section describes the various type SSDs’ installation steps as follows. This chapter describes the procedure of

the installation. The following topics are covered:

Overview

Switch Setting

Jumper Setting

ROM Disk Installation

6.1 OVERVIEW

The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 provides three 32-pin JEDEC DIP sockets, which may be populated with up to 3MB

of EPROM or 1.5MB of FLASH or 1.5MB of SRAM disk. It is ideal for diskless systems, high reliability and/or high

speed access applications, controller for industrial or line test instruments, and etc.

If small page (less or equal 512 bytes per page) 5V FLASHs were used, you could format FLASH disk and copy

files onto FLASH disk just like using a normal floppy disk. You can use all of the related DOS command (such as

COPY, DEL…etc.) to update files on the 5V FLASH disk.

The write protect function allows you to prevent your data on small page 5V FLASH or SRAM disk from accidental

deletion or overwrite.

An on-board Lithium battery or an external battery pack that could be connected ensures data retention of SRAM

to the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376.

6.2 SWITCH SETTING

We will show the locations of the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 switch, and the factory-default setting.

CAUTION: The switch setting needs to adjust with the jumpers setting, make sure the jumper settings and the

switch setting are correct.

J 11

J 1 J 8

CN4

CN5

CN6

1 3

0 0 1

CN7

LED2

LED1 ²

J P7

J 3

CN8

J P4

J 6

CN9

PH45

J P6

J 9

U12

J 2

0 5

1 8

105

1 5

U34

DB1

J P5

U31

U32

MEM1

MEM2

MEM3

4 0 1

LED3

J P3

J 7

U10

J 10

J 4

DB2

CN3

U33

U11

J P1

SW1

CN2

J P2

1 N C

J 5

CN1

H110

BUS2

BUS1

Figure 6-1 Switch & SSD Type Jumper Location

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6.2.1 Overview

There is 1 DIP Switch located on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376. It performs the following functions:

OFF

Figure 6-2 SW1: Switch Select

SW1-1

SW1-2

Set the base I/O port address

Set the starting memory address

SW1-3 & SW1-4 Set the drive number of solid state

disk

SW1-5 & SW1-6 Set the used ROM memory chips

6.2.2 I/O Port Address Select (SW1-1)

SW1-1 is provided to select one of the four base port addresses for the watchdog timer and the solid state disk.

The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 occupy 6 I/O port addresses. Followings state selections of base port address.

SW1-1

OFF (*)

Base Port

210h

Solid State Disk

210h-213h

Watchdog

214h-215h

294h-295h

290h

290h-293h

Table 6-1 I/O Port Address Select

6.2.3 SSD Firmware Address Select (SW1-2)

The AR-B1375‘s and AR-B1376’s SSD firmware occupies 8KB of memory. SW1-2 is used to select the memory

base address. You must select an appropriate address so that the AR-B1375 or AR-B1376 will not conflict with

memory installed on other add-on memory cards. Additionally, be sure not to use shadow RAM area or EMM

driver’s page frame in this area.

SW1-2

OFF (*)

Bank Memory Address

C800:0 (8KB)

D800:0 (8KB)

Table 6-2 SSD Firmware Address Select

If you are not going to use the solid state disk (SSD), you can use BIOS setup program to disable the SSD BIOS.

The AR-B1375 or AR-B1376 will not occupy any memory address if the SSD BIOS is disabled.

If you are going to install the EMM386.EXE driver, please use the [X] option to prevent EMM386.EXE from using

the particular range of segment address as an EMS page which is used by AR-B1375/AR-B1376. For example,

write a statement in the CONFIG.SYS file as follow: (If the memory configuration of AR-B1375/AR-B1376 is

C800:0)

DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE X=C800-C9FF

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6.2.4 SSD Drive Number (SW1-3 & SW1-4)

The AR-B1375/AR-B1376’s SSD can simulate one or two disk drives. You can assign the drive letter of the AR-

B1375/AR-B1376 by configuring SW1-3 & SW1-4.

You can make the computer to boot from SSD by copying DOS into the SSD. If your SSD does not have DOS, the

computer will boot from your hard disk or floppy disk. In this condition, the SSD BIOS of AR-B1375/AR-B1376 will

set the drive letter of the SSD to the desired drive letter automatically.

The SSD BIOS will simulate one disk drive when only (FLASH) EPROM or SRAM (starting from MEM1 socket) is

installed. The drive numbers with respect to the switch setting when the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 simulates single

disk drives.

SW1-3

OFF (*)

SW1-4

OFF

Occupies floppy disk number (SSD)

0 or 1 (Note 1)

0 or 2 (Note 2)

OFF

Table 6-3 SSD Drive Number

NOTE: 1. If there is no DOS on this SSD, the disk number will 1 (B:). If any DOS is found by the AR-B1375/AR-

B1376 SSD BIOS, the disk number will be 0 (A:) But, you can change the disk number from 0 to 1 by

pressing the <ESC> key during system bootup.

2. If there is no DOS on this SSD, the disk number will be 2 (C: or D: or…). If any DOS is found by AR-

B1375/AR-B1376 SSD BIOS, the disk number will be 0 (A:). But, you can change the disk number from

0 to 2 by pressing the <ESC> key during system bootup.

(1) Simulate 2 Disk Drive

When (FLASH) EPROM and SRAM are both used on the AR-B1375/AR-B1376, or you only have installed SRAM

that does not start from MEM1 socket, the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 will simulate two disk drives. The drive numbers

respect to those switch settings when AR-B1375/AR-B1376 simulates two disk drives.

Occupies floppy disk number

SW1-3

SW1-4

FLASH (EPROM)

SRAM

OFF

0 or 1 (Note 1)

0 or 2 (Note 2)

OFF

Table 6-4 SSD Drive Number for Simulate 2 Disk Drive

NOTE: 1. If there is no DOS on this SSD, the disk number will be 1 (B:). If any DOS is found by the AR-B1375/AR-

B1376 SSD BIOS, the disk letter will be 0 (A:). But, you can change the disk number from 0 to 1 by

pressing the <ESC> key during system bootup.

2. If there is no DOS on this SSD, the disk number will be 2 (C: or D: or….). If any DOS is found by the

AR-B1375/AR-B1376 SSD BIOS, the disk number will be 0 (A:). But, you can change the disk number

from 0 to 2 by pressing the <ESC> key during system bootup.

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(2) Disk Drive Name Arrangement

If any logical hard disk drives exist in your system, there will also be a different disk number depending on which

version DOS you are using.

The solid state disk drive number with there respective DOS drive designation are listed in table as follows. The

solid state disk drive number is changeable as the DOS version. The following table expresses the variety.

Floppy disk No. Logical hard disk

Condition

No Logical hard disk

1 Logical hard disk

2 Logical hard disk

3 Logical hard disk

4 Logical hard disk

A: B: C: D: --

A: B: C: D: E:

A: B: C: D: E: F:

A: B: C: D: E: F: G: --

A: B: C: D: E: F: G: H:

Table 6-5 SSD Drive Number for DOS Version before 5.0

Floppy disk No. Logical hard disk

Condition

No Logical hard disk

1 Logical hard disk

2 Logical hard disk

3 Logical hard disk

4 Logical hard disk

A: B: C: D: --

A: B: D: E: C: --

A: B: E: F: C: D: --

A: B: F: G: C: D: E:

A: B: G: H: C: D: E: F:

Table 6-6 SSD Drive Number for DOS Version 5.0 and Newer

6.2.5 ROM Type Select (SW1-5 & SW1-6)

SW1-5 & SW1-6 are used to select the memory type of ROM disk section.

SW1-5

OFF

SW1-6

OFF

EPROM Type

UV EPROM (27Cxxx)

5V FLASH 29Fxxx (*Note)

5V FLASH (29Cxxx & 28Eexxx)

12V FLASH (28Fxxx)

OFF

Table 6-7 ROM Type Select

NOTE: It is also used to perform the hardware write protection of small page 5V FLASH (29Cxxx or 28EExxx) disk.

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6.3 JUMPER SETTING

Before installing the memory into memory sockets MEM1 through MEM3 (U31, U32 and U33 respectively), you

have to configure the memory type which will be used (ROM/RAM) on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376. Each socket

is equipped with an jumper to select the memory type.

You can configure the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 as a (FLASH) EPROM disk (ROM only), a SRAM disk (SRAM

only) or a combination of (FLASH) EPROM and SRAM disk.

It is not necessary to insert memory chips into all of the sockets. The number of SRAM chips required depends on

your RAM disk capacity. The number of EPROM chips required depends on the total size of files that you plan to

copy onto the ROM disk and whether or not it will be bootable.

Insert the first memory chip into MEM1 if you are going to configure it as a ROM or SRAM disk. If you use a

combination of ROM and RAM, then insert the (FLASH) EPROM chip starting with the MEM1, and insert the

SRAM chips starting from the first socket which is configured as SRAM.

M1:is used to configure the memory type of MEM1

M2:is used to configure the memory type of MEM2

M3:is used to configure the memory type of MEM3

CAUTION: When the power is turned off, please note the following precautions.

1. If your data has been stored in the SRAM disk, do not change the jumper position or data will be

lost.

2. Make sure jumpers are set properly. If you mistakenly set the jumpers for SRAM and you have

EPROM or FLASH installed, the EPROM or FLASH will drain the battery’s power.

JP4

1 2 3

1MX8 EPROM (Only)

M1~M3

JP4

1 2 3

EPROM (128KX8, 256KX8, 512KX8)

5V/12V FLASH (64KX8M 128KX8, 256KX8)

M1~M3

Factory Preset

JP4

1 2 3

5V FLASH (512KX8 only)

M1~M3

JP4

1 2 3

SRAM

M1~M3

Figure 6-3 M1~M3 & JP4: Memory Type Setting

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6.4 ROM DISK INSTALLATION

The section describes the various type SSDs’ installation steps as follows. The jumper and switch adjust as SSD’s

different type to set.

6.4.1 UV EPROM (27Cxxx)

(1) Switch and Jumper Setting

Step 1: Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM (FLASH).

Step 2: Select the proper I/O base port, firmware address, disk drive number and EPROM type on SW1.

Step 3: Insert programmed EPROM(s) or FLASH(s) chips into sockets starting at MEM1.

OFF

Figure 6-4 UV EPROM (27CXXX) Switch Setting

JP4

1 2 3

1MX8 EPROM (Only)

M1~M3

JP4

1 2 3

EPROM (128KX8, 256KX8, 512KX8

M1~M3

Figure 6-5 UV EPROM Jumper Setting

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(2) Software Programming

Use the UV EPROM, please refer to the follow steps:

Step 1: Turn on the power and boot DOS from hard disk drive or floppy disk drive.

Step 2: Making a Program Group File (*.PGF file)

Step 3: Using the RFG.EXE to generate ROM pattern files, and counting the ROM numbers as the pattern

files.

Step 4: In the DOS prompt type the command as follows.

C:\>RFG [file name of PGF]

Step 5: In the RFG.EXE main menu, choose the <Load PGF File> item, that is user editing *.PGF file.

Step 6: Choose the <Generate ROM File(s)>, the tools program will generate the ROM files, for programming

the EPROMs.

Step 7: Program the EPROMs

Using the instruments of the EPROM writer to load and write the ROM pattern files into the EPROM

chips. Make sure that the EPROMs are verified by the program without any error.

Step 8: Install EPROM chips

Be sure to place the programmed EPROMs (R01, R02….) into socket starting from MEM1 and ensure

that the chips are installed in the sockets in the proper orientation.

6.4.2 Large Page 5V FLASH Disk

If you are using large page 5V FLASH as ROM disk, it is the same procedure as step 1 to step 4 of using the UV

EPROM.

(1) Switch and Jumper Setting

Step 1: Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM (FLASH).

Step 2: Select the proper I/O base port, firmware address, disk drive number and large page 5V FLASH type

on SW1.

Step 3: Insert programmed EPROM(s) or FLASH(s) chips into sockets starting at MEM1.

OFF

Figure 6-6 5V Large FLASH (29FXXX) Switch Setting

JP4

5V/12V FLASH (64KX8M 128KX8, 256KX8

Factory Preset

M1~M3

JP4

5V FLASH (512KX8 Only)

M1~M3

Figure 6-7 Large Page 5V FLASH Jumper Setting

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(2) Software Programming

And then, you should create a PGF and generate ROM pattern files by using the RFG.EXE.

Step 1: Making a Program Group File (*.PGF file)

Step 2: Generate ROM pattern files

Step 3: Turn off your system, and then install FLASH EPROMs into the sockets.

NOTE: Place the appropriate number of FLASH EPROM chips (the numbers depends on the ROM

pattern files generated by RFG.EXE) into the socket starting from MEM1 and ensure that the

chips are installed in the sockets in the proper orientation. Line up and insert the AR-

B1375/AR-B1376 board into any free slot of your computer.

Step 4: Turn on your system, and Program FLASH EPROMs.

NOTE: The FLASH EPROM program is built-in the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 board. The FLASH EPROMs

can be programmed on the AR-B1375/AR-B1376. Before programming the FLASH EPROMs,

please insert at least the same number of FLASH EPROMs, please insert at least the same

number of FLASH EPROMs, please insert at least the same number of FLASH chips as the

ROM pattern files generated.

Step 5: The PGM137X.EXE file is a program that loads and writes the ROM pattern files onto the (FLASH)

memory chips. To program the FLASH EPROM.

Step 6: In the DOS prompt type the command as follows.

C:\>PGM137X [ROM pattern file name]

Step 7: In the main menu, choose the <Load ROM File> item, that is the ROM_NAME=[file name] in the *.PGF

file.

Step 8: Choose the <Program Memory> item, this item program will program the EPROMs.

NOTE: Move the reverse video bar to the <Program memory> option then press <ENTER>. PGM137X will

write the ROM pattern files onto the (FLASH) memories. Ensure that data is verified by the

PGM137X correctly.

Step 9: Reboot the system

NOTE: Reboot your computer by making a software or hardware reset.

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6.4.3 Small Page 5V FLASH ROM Disk

(1) Switch and Jumper Setting

Step 1: Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM (FLASH).

Step 2: Select the proper I/O base port, firmware address, disk drive number and EPROM type on SW1.

Step 3: Insert programmed EPROM(s) or FLASH(s) chips into sockets starting at MEM1.

OFF

Figure 6-8 5V FLASH (29CXXX & 28EEXXX) Switch Setting

JP4

1 2 3

5V/12V FLASH (64KX8M 128KX8, 256KX8

Factory Preset

M1~M3

JP4

1 2 3

5V FLASH (512KX8 only)

M1~M3

Figure 6-9 5V FLASH (29CXXX & 28EEXXX) Jumper Setting

(2) Using Tool Program

If small page 5V FLASH EPROMs are used, it is the same procedure as step 1 to step 4 of using the UV EPROM:

Step 1: Making a Program Group File (*.PGF file)

Step 2: Generating ROM pattern files

Step 3: Installing FLASH EPROMs

Step 4: Programming FLASH EPROMs

Step 5: Reboot system

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(3) Typing DOS Command

You can use another way to format and copy files to the 5V FLASH EPROM. This method provides the

convenience of using a RAM disk. You can use the DOS <FORMAT> and <COPY> command to format and copy

files. Follow the following steps to format and copy files to the FLASH disk. it is the same procedure as step 1 to

step 4 of using the UV EPROM.

Step 1: Turn on your computer, when the screen shows the SSD BIOS menu, please hit the [F1] key during the

system boot-up, this enables you to enter the FLASH setup program. If the program does not show up,

check the switch setting of SW1.

Step 2: Use <Page-Up>, <Page-Down>, <Right>, and <Left> arrow keys to select the correct FLASH memory

type and how many memory chips are going to be used.

Step 3: Press the [F4] key to save the current settings.

Step 4: After the DOS is loaded, use the DOS [FORMAT] command to format the FLASH disk.

To format the disk and copy DOS system files to the disk.

C:\>FORMAT [ROM disk letter] /S /U

To format the disk without copying DOS system files.

C:\>FORMAT [ROM disk letter] /U

Step 5: Copy your program or files to the FLASH disk by using DOS [COPY] command.

CAUTION: It is not recommended that the user formatted the disk and copy files to the FLASH disk very often.

Since the FLASH EPROM’s write cycle life time is about 10,000 or 100,000 times, writing data to the

FLASH too often will reduce the life time of the FLASH EPROM chips, especially the FLASH EPROM

chip in the MEM1 socket.

6.4.4 RAM Disk

(1) Switch and Jumper Setting

Step 1: Use jumper block to set the memory type as ROM (FLASH).

Step 2: Select the proper I/O base port, firmware address, disk drive number on SW1.

Step 3: Insert programmed SRAM chips into sockets starting at MEM1.

NOTE: If you use the SRAM, please skip the SW1-5 & SW1-6 setting.

JP4

1 2 3

SRAM

M1~M3

Figure 6-10 SRAM Jumper Setting

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(2) Software Programming

It is very easy to use the RAM disk. The RAM disk operates just like a normal floppy disk. A newly installed RAM

disk needs to be formatted before files can be copied to it. Use the DOS command [FORMAT] to format the RAM

disk.

Step 1: Use jumper block to select the memory type as SRAM refer.

Step 2: Select the proper I/O base port, firmware address and disk drive number on SW1.

Step 3: Insert SRAM chips into sockets starting from MEM1

Step 4: Turn on power and boot DOS from hard disk drive or floppy disk drive.

Step 5: Use the DOS command [FORMAT] to format the RAM disk. If you are installing SRAM for the first

time.

To format the RAM disk and copy DOS system files onto the RAM disk.

C:\>FORMAT [RAM disk letter] /S /U

To format the RAM disk without copying DOS system files into the RAM disk.

C:\>FORMAT [RAM disk letter] /U

Step 6: Use the DOS command [COPY] to copy files onto the RAM disk. For example, if you want to copy file

<EDIT.EXE> to the RAM disk from drive C: and the RAM disk is assigned as drive A:.

COPY C:EDIT.EXE A:

NOTE: In addition, you can use any other DOS command to operate the RAM disk.

6.4.5 Combination of ROM and RAM Disk

The AR-B1375/AR-B1376 can be configured as a combination of one ROM disk and one RAM disk. Each disk

occupies a drive unit.

Step 1: Use jumper block to select the proper ROM/RAM configuration you are going to use.

Step 2: Insert the first programmed EPROM into the socket mem1, the second into the socket MEM2, etc.

Step 3: Insert the SRAM chips starting from the first socket assigned as SRAM.

Step 4: Select the proper I/O base port, firmware address and disk drive number on SW1.

Step 5: Turn on power and boot DOS from hard disk drive or floppy disk drive.

Step 6: Use the DOS command [FORMAT] to format the RAM disk.

C:\>FORMAT [RAM disk letter] /U

Step 7: If 5V FLASH (small page) is being used for the first time.

And then use the DOS command [FORMAT] to format the FLASH disk.

Step 8: If large page 5V FLASH is being installed for the first time, please use the FLASH programming utility

RFG.EXE to program ROM pattern files.

NOTE: Users can only boot DOS from the ROM disk drive if the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 is configured as a ROM and

a RAM disk. You don’t need to copy DOS onto the RAM disk.

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7. BIOS CONSOLE

This chapter describes the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks

needed to get up and running, and presents detailed explanations of the elements found in each of the BIOS

menus. The following topics are covered:

BIOS Setup Overview

Standard CMOS Setup

Advanced CMOS Setup

Advanced Chipset Setup

Password Setting

Load Default Setting

BIOS Exit

BIOS Update

7.1 BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW

BIOS is a program used to initialize and set up the I/O system of the computer, which includes the ISA bus and

connected devices such as the video display, diskette drive, and the keyboard.

The BIOS provides a menu-based interface to the console subsystem. The console subsystem contains special

software, called firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between

the system hardware and the operating system.

The BIOS Default Values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability. In the worst situation the

user may have corrupted the original settings set by the manufacturer.

After the computer turned on, the BIOS will perform a diagnostics of the system and display the size of the

memory that is being tested. Press the [Del] key to enter the BIOS Setup program, and then the main menu will

show on the screen.

The BIOS Setup main menu includes some options. Use the [Up/Down] arrow key to highlight the option that you

wish to modify, and then press the [Enter] key to assure the option and configure the functions.

AMIBIOS SETUP - BIOS SETUP UTILITIES

Standard CMOS Setup

Advanced CMOS Setup

Advanced Chipset Setup

Change User Password

Change Supervisor Password

Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings

Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings

Save Settings and Exit

Exit Without Saving

Standard CMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

Figure 7-1 BIOS: Setup Main Menu

CAUTION: 1. AR-B1375/AR-B1376 BIOS the factory-default setting is used to the <Auto Configuration with

Optimal Settings> Acrosser recommends using the BIOS default setting, unless you are very familiar

with the setting function, or you can contact the technical support engineer.

2. If the BIOS loss setting, the CMOS will detect the <Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings> to

boot the operation system, this option will reduce the performance of the system. Acrosser

recommends choosing the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting> in the main menu. The option

is best-case values that should optimize system performance.

3. The BIOS settings are described in detail in this section.

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7.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP

The <Standard CMOS Setup> option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the

system clock and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to

select this option anymore.

AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Tue May 06,1997

Time (hh/mm/ss): 13:39:30

Floppy Drive A:

Floppy Drive B:

Not Installed

LBA Blk PIO 32Bit

Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode

Off Off Auto Off

Type

Pri Master : Auto

Pri Slave : Not Installed

Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled

Month: Jan - Dec

Day: 01 - 31

Year: 1901 - 2099

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel

PgUp/PgDn:Modify

F2/F3:Color

Figure 7-2 BIOS: Standard CMOS Setup

Date & Time Setup

Highlight the <Date> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date. Follow

the month, day and year format.

Highlight the <Time> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date. Follow

the hour, minute and second format.

The user can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For information on how to

create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual.

Floppy Setup

The <Standard CMOS Setup> option records the types of floppy disk drives installed in the system.

To enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type

using the left-or right-arrow key.

Hard Disk Setup

The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS supports <Pri Master> and <Pri Slave> so the user

can install up to two hard disks. For the master and slave jumpers, please refer to the hard disk’s installation

descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings.

You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives

during bootup. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without

having to reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature, then

you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the <USER> option.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

This option protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications. Any

attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message. If this occurs, you can either

allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus-free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system. The

default setting is <Disabled>. This setting is recommended because it conflicts with new operating systems.

Installation of new operating system requires that you disable this to prevent write errors.

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7.3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

The <Advanced CMOS SETUP> option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system

performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries here are

required by the CPU board’s design to

remained in their default settings.

AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

Pause on Config. Screen (Sec.)

BootUp Sequence

BootUp Num-Lock

Floppy Drive Swap

Floppy Drive Seek

Typematic Rate

System Keyboard

Primary Display

Password Check

Available Options :

C:,A:,CDROM

Disabled

Fast

Present

VGA/EGA

Setup

Disabled

Enabled

3 Sec

SSD

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

3F8

Disabled

Parity Check

OS/2 Compatible Mode

Wait For ‘F1’ If Error

Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

Hard disk Delay

On Board Flash Disk

C000, 32k Shadow

C800, 32k Shadow

D000, 32k Shadow

D800, 32k Shadow

E000, 32k Shadow

E800, 32k Shadow

Onboard IDE

Onboard FDC

Onboard Serial Port 1

Serial Port1 IRQ

Onboard Serial Port 2

Onboard Serial Port 2 IRQ

Onboard Parallel port

Parallel port Mode

ECP DMA

IRQ 4

2F8

IRQ 3

378

SPP

DMA 3

IRQ 7

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel

PgUp/PgDn:Modify

F2/F3:Color

Parallel Port IRQ

Figure 7-3 BIOS: Advanced CMOS Setup

BootUp Sequence

The option determines where the system looks first for an operating system.

BootUp Num-Lock

This item is used to activate the Num-Lock function upon system boot. If the setting is on, after a boot, the Num-

Lock light is lit, and user can use the number key.

Floppy Drive Swap

The option reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap A, B setting, otherwise

leave on the default setting of Disabled (No Swap). This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk

swap feature. It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives. When

the setting is <Enabled>, the BIOS will be swapped floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B,

and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS.

Floppy Drive Seek

If the <Floppy Drive Seek> item is setting Enabled, the BIOS will seek the floppy <A> drive one time upon bootup.

Typematic Rate

This item specifies the speed at which a keyboard keystroke is repeated.

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System Keyboard

This function specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer.

Primary Display

The option is used to set the type of video display card installed in the system.

Password Check

This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is

executed. If Always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on. If Setup is

chosen, the password prompt appears if the BIOS executed.

Parity Check

Set this option to Enabled to check the parity of all system memory.

Wait for ‘F1’ If Error

AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by:

Press <F1> to continue

If this option is set to Disabled, the AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the <F1> key after an error message.

Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

Set this option to Disabled to prevent the message as follows:

Hit ‘DEL’ if you want to run setup

It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots.

Hard Disk Delay

If this option is set to Disabled, and the system BIOS executes too fast the result may be that the BIOS can’t find

the hard disk drive. Use caution when setting this option.

On Board Flash Disk

This item is used to activate the FLASH on this CPU board.

Shadow

These options control the location of the contents of the 32KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location.

If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area, this area is made available to the local bus. The settings are:

SETTING

DESCRIPTION

The video ROM is not copied to RAM. The contents of

the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache

memory.

Disabled

The contents of C000h - C7FFFh are written to the same

address in system memory (RAM) for faster execution.

The contents of the named ROM area are written to the

same address in system memory (RAM) for faster

execution, if an adapter ROM will be using the named

ROM area. Also, the contents of the RAM area can be

read from and written to cache memory.

Enabled

Cached

Table 7-8 Shadow Setting

OnBoard IDE

This option specifies the onboard IDE controller channels that will be used.

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OnBoard FDC

This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376.

OnBoard Serial Port

This option enables the serial port on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376.

OnBoard Parallel Port

This option enables the parallel port on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376.

Parallel Port Mode

This option specifies the parallel port mode. ECP and EPP are both bidirectional data transfer schemes that

adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications.

Parallel Port DMA Channel

This option is only available if the setting for the parallel Port Mode option is ECP.

7.4 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

This option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the

previous screen.

AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

AT Bus Clock

Slow Refresh

14.318 / 2

60 us

Available Options :

14.318/2

Memory Hole At 15-16M

RAS Precharge time

RAS Active Time Insert Wait

Disable

1.5T

Disable

PLCK2/3

PLCK2/4

PLCK2/5

CAS Precharge Time Insert Wait Disable

PLCK2/6

Memory Write Insert Wait

ISA I/O High Speed

ISA Memory High Speed

I/O Recovery

I/O Recovery Period

16Bit ISA Insert Wait

Disable

0 us

PLCK2/8

PLCK2/10

PLCK2/12

Disable

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel

PgUp/PgDn:Modify

F2/F3:Color

Figure 7-4 BIOS: Advanced Chipset Setup

AT Bus Clock

This option sets the polling clock speed of ISA Bus (PC/104).

NOTE: 1. PCLK means the CPU inputs clock.

2. Acrosser recommends user setting at the range of 8MHz to 10MHz.

Slow Refresh

This option sets the DRAM refresh cycle time.

RAS Precharge time

The DRAM RAS precharge time.

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Time Insert Wait

The DRAM time insert wait: RAS Active and CAS Precharge function setting.

Memory Write Insert Wait

ISA bus memory write insert wait

ISA High Speed

The Speed field shows the speed at which the processor runs internally.

I/O Recovery

If I/O Recovery Feature options is enabled, the BIOS inserts a delay time between two I/O commands. The delay

time is defined in I/O Recovery Period option.

Memory Hole at 15-16 M

This option specifies the range 15MB to 16MB in memory that cannot be addressed on the ISA bus.

ISA I/O Recovery

ISA I/O Recovery Time

These options specify the length of the delay (in BUSCLK) inserted between consecutive 8-bit/16-bit I/O operations.

7.5 PASSWORD SETTING

This BIOS Setup has an optional password feature. The system can be configured so that all users must enter a

password every time the system boots or when BIOS Setup is executed. User can set either a Supervisor

password or a User password.

7.5.1 Setting Password

Select the appropriate password icon (Supervisor or User) from the Security section of the BIOS Setup main menu.

Enter the password and press [Enter]. The screen does not display the characters entered. After the new

password is entered, retype the new password as prompted and press [Enter].

If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears. If the new password is entered without error,

press [Esc] to return to the BIOS Main Menu. The password is stored in CMOS RAM after BIOS completes. The

next time the system boots, you are prompted for the password function is present and is enabled.

Enter new supervisor password:

7.5.2 Password Checking

The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always (the password prompt

appears every time the system is powered on) or Setup (the password prompt appears only when BIOS is run).

The password is stored in CMOS RAM. User can enter a password by typing on the keyboard. As user select

Supervisor or User. The BIOS prompts for a password, user must set the Supervisor password before user can

set the User password. Enter 1-6 character as password. The password does not appear on the screen when

typed. Make sure you write it down.

7.6 LOAD DEFAULT SETTING

In this section permit user to select a group of setting for all BIOS Setup options. Not only can you use these items

to quickly set system configuration parameters, you can choose a group of settings that have a better chance of

working when the system is having configuration related problems.

7.6.1 Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting

User can load the optimal default settings for the BIOS. The Optimal default settings are best-case values that

should optimize system performance. If CMOS RAM is corrupted, the optimal settings are loaded automatically.

Load high performance settings (Y/N) ?

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7.6.2 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Setting

User can load the Fail-Safe BIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail-Safe item from the Default section of

the BIOS Setup main menu.

The Fail-Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance, but are the most stable settings. Use this

option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically.

Load failsafe settings (Y/N) ?

7.7 BIOS EXIT

This section is used to exit the BIOS main menu in two types situation. After making your changes, you can either

save them or exit the BIOS menu and without saving the new values.

7.7.1 Save Settings and Exit

This item set in the <Standard CMOS Setup>, <Advanced CMOS Setup>, <Advanced Chipset Setup> and the new

password (if it has been changed) will be stored in the CMOS. The CMOS checksum is calculated and written into

the CMOS.

As you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you to save data

to CMOS and Exit the Setup.

Save current settings and exit (Y/N) ?

7.7.2 Exit Without Saving

When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help to Abandon all

Data and Exit Setup.

Quit without saving (Y/N) ?

7.8 BIOS UPDATE

The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your

system board. The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware

without removing and installing chips.

The AR-B1375/AR-B1376 provides FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily upgrade newer BIOS version.

Please follow the operating steps for updating new BIOS:

Step 1:

Turn on your system and don’t detect the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Keep your

system in the real mode.

Step 2:

Step 3:

Insert the FLASH BIOS diskette into the floppy disk drive.

In the MS-DOS mode, you can type the AMIFLASH program.

A:\>AMIFLASH

Step 4:

Step 5:

The screen will show the message as follow:

Enter the BIOS File name from which Flash EPROM will be programmed. The File name must and with a

<ENTER> or press <ESC> to exit.

And then please enter the file name to the box of <Enter File Name>. And the box of <Message>

will show the notice as follow. In the bottom of this window always show the gray statement.

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Flash EPROM Programming is going to start. System will not be usable until Programming of Flash EPROM

is successfully complete. In case of any error, existing Flash EPROM must be replaced by new program Flash

EPROM.

Step 6:

Step 7:

As the gray statement, press the <Y> key to updating the new BIOS.

And then the <Message> box will show the <Programming Flash EPROM>, and the gray statement

shows <Please Wait>.

The BIOS update is successful, the message will show <Flash Update Completed - Pass>.

NOTE: 1. After turn on the computer and the system didn’t detect the boot procedure, please press the [F5] key

immediately. The system will pass the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

2. The BIOS Flash disk is not the standard accessory. Now the onboard BIOS is the newest BIOS, if user

needs adding some functions in the future please contact technical supporting engineers, they will

provide the newest BIOS for updating.

3. The file of AMIFLASH.EXE had to Version 6.31.

4. The BIOS Flash disk is not the standard accessory. It supports to add some functions, if it is necessary

to update in the future. User can download the suitable BIOS. The address is as follows:

http:\\www.acrosser.com

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8. SPECIFICATIONS & SSD TYPES SUPPORTED

8.1 SPECIFICATIONS

CPU & Chipset:

Bus Interface:

DRAM:

ALI M6117, 33/40 MHz

ISA and PC/104 bus

Supports up to 32MB (two 72-pin SIMMs)

CRT/LCD Display: 1 MB RAM (1024X768/256 colors) with 10-pin and 44-pin header

HDC:

Supports two IDE type hard disk drives

FDC:

Supports two 5.25” or 3.5” floppy disk drives

Serial Port:

1 RS-232C port with DB-9 male connector

1 RS-232C/RS-485 with DB-9 male connector and 3-pin header

1 bi-directional centronics type parallel port

Parallel Port:

Keyboard:

Speaker:

PC/AT compatible keyboard with 6-pin mini-din connector

On-board Buzzer and external speaker with 4 pin header

Real Time Clock: BQ3287MT or compatible chips

BIOS:

Legal flashed system and video BIOS

Programmable watchdog timer

Watchdog:

Solid State Disk: 1.5MB/3MB Flash/SRAM/EPROM disk (3 sockets)

DMA Channels:

7 DMA channels

Interrupt Levels: 15 vectored interrupt levels

Bus Speed:

7.159MHz

LED Indicator:

Power LED, hard disk LED, and watchdog LED

Power Connector: One 8-pin (2.5mm) power connector

Power Req.:

+5V, 1.2A maximum (1 A maximum on AR-B1375)

Operating Temp.: 0 to 60 degree C. (140 degree F.)

Storage Temp.:

Humidity:

-25 to 85 degree C.

0 to 95% (non-condensing)

6 layers

PC Board:

Dimensions:

Weight:

185 mmX122mm (7.29”X4.80”)

AR-B1375 –260g (w/o memory chips & DRAM SIMMs)

AR-B1376 --285g (w/o memory chips & DRAM SIMMs)

8.2 SSD TYPES SUPPORTED

The following list contains SRAMs supported by the AR-B1375/AR-B1376:

AKM

HITACHI

NEC

AKM628128

HM628128

UPD431000A

CXK581000P/M

(128Kx8, 1M bits)

SONY

HITACHI

NEC

SONY

HM628512

UPD434000

CXK584000P/M

(512Kx8, 4M bits)

The following list contains large page 5V FLASHs supported by the AR-B1375/AR-B1376:

AMD

Am29F512

Am29F010

Am29F020

Am29F040

(64Kx8, 512K bits)

(128Kx8, 1M bits)

(256Kx8, 2M bits)

(512Kx8, 4M bits)

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The following list contains small page 5V FLASHs supported by the AR-B1375/AR-B1376:

ATMEL

SST

ATMEL

SST

WINBOND

ATMEL

SST

AT29C512

PH29EE512

AT29C010

28EE010

(64Kx8, 512K bits)

(128Kx8, 1M bits)

(256Kx8, 2M bits)

(512Kx8, 4M bits)

28EE011

PH29EE010

W29EE011

AT29C020

AT29C040

AT29C040A

PH28SF040

The following list contains EPROMs supported by the AR-B1375/AR-B1376:

AMD

Am27C010

AT27C010

MBM27C1001

HN27C101

D27C010

M5M27C101

D27C1001

NM27C010

M27C1001

TMS27C010

TCS711000

(128Kx8, 1M bits)

ATMEL

FUJITSHU

HITACHI

INTEL

MITSHUBISHI

NEC

SGS-THOMSON

TOSHIBA

AMD

Am27C020

AT27C020

MBM27C2001

HN27C201

D27C020

M5M27C201

D27C2001

NM27C020

M27C2001

TMS27C020

TCS712000

(256Kx8, 2M bits)

ATMEL

FUJITSU

HITACHI

INTEL

MITSHUBISHI

NEC

SGS-THOMSON

TOSHIBA

AMD

Am27C040

AT27C040

MBM27C4001

HN27C401

D27C040

M5M27C401

D27C4001

NM27C040

M27C4001

TMS27C040

TCS714000

(512Kx8, 4M bits)

ATMEL

FUJITSU

HITACHI

INTEL

MITSUBISHI

NEC

SGS-THOMSON

TOSHIBA

ATMEL

AT27C080

(1Mx8, 8M bits)

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9. USING MEMORY BANKS

This appendix provides the information about how to access the memory on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 without

using the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 SSD BIOS. The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 hardware divides every 8K bytes of

memory into a memory bank. To access the data in the memory, you have to assign the chip number and the bank

number. On every chip, the memory bank number starts from zero. The last memory bank number depends on the

size of the memory chip used on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376. For example, if you use the 256K bytes memory

chip, the bank number on every chip would be in the range of 0 to 31. The chip numbers and the bank numbers

are determined by the bank select register on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376.

The I/O address of these registers are determined by SW1-1. The memory address of the memory bank is located

on the range selected by SW1-2.

The I/O port address of the bank select register is base port+0, and the I/O port address of the chip select register

is base port +2. The following is the format of the bank select register and bank enable register.

I/O Port D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0

Bank Select Register Base +0 WPE A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0

Chip Select Register Base +2

CS1 CS0

Where:

WPE

Write protect enable bit

A6~A0

CS1~CS0

Bank select bits, A0 is the LSB

Chip select bits of MEM1 to MEM3

Where:

CS1-CS0 : Chip select

CS1

CS0

Socket

Disable

MEM1

MEM2

MEM3

For different types of memory, A0 to A6 have different explanations. These bits are used to select the bank number

of specific memory located in CS0 and CS1.

Memory

A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1

64KB EPROM (FLASH)

128KB EPROM (FLASH)

256KB EPROM (FLASH)

512KB EPROM (FLASH)

BS4

BS2 BS1 BS0

BS3 BS2 BS1 BS0

BS4 BS5 BS3 BS2 BS1 BS0

1MB EPROM (FLASH) BS6 BS4 BS5 BS3 BS2 BS1 BS0

128KB SRAM

512KB SRAM

BS3 BS2 BS1 BS0

BS5 BS4 BS3 BS2 BS1 BS0

NOTE : BS0 to BS5 are the memory bank select bits. For example, 128KB memory has sixteen 8K-byte banks, so

4 bits (BS0 to BS3) are needed.

Example 1:

Select the 10th bank of the MEM1 on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376. The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376

is using 27C020 (256K*8), and the base port is &H210.

100 base_port=&H210

110 OUT base_port+0,&H59

Example 2:

Select the 40th bank of MEM3 on the AR-B1375 and AR-B1376. The AR-B1375 and AR-B1376 is

using 27C040 (512K*8), and the base port is &H390.

200 base_port=&H290

210 OUT base_port+0,&HD7

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10. PLACEMENT & DIMENSIONS

10.1 PLACEMENT

J 11

J 1 J 8

CN4

J P7

CN5

CN6

1 3

0 0 1

CN7

LED2

LED1 ²

J 3

CN8

J P4

J 6

CN9

PH45

J P6

J 9

U12

J 2

0 5

1 8

105

1 5

U34

DB1

J P5

U31

U32

MEM1

MEM2

MEM3

4 0 1

LED3

J P3

J 7

U10

J 10

J 4

DB2

CN3

U33

U11

J P1

SW1

CN2

J P2

1 N C

J 5

CN1

H110

BUS2

BUS1

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10.2 DIMENSIONS

4000

1100

455

200

7−∅58

4150

4100

930

1000

210

905

210

1700

3000

400

940

7280

Unit: mil (1 inch = 25.4 mm = 1000 mil)

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11. PROGRAMMING RS-485 & INDEX

11.1 PROGRAMMING RS-485

The majority communicative operation of the RS-485 is in the same of the RS-232. When the RS-485 proceeds

the transmission which needs control the TXC signal, and the installing steps are as follows:

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Enable TXC

Send out data

Waiting for data empty

Disable TXC

NOTE: Please refer to the section of the “Serial Port” in the chapter “System Control” for the detail description of

the COM port’s register.

(1) Initialize COM port

Step 1:

Initialize COM port in the receiver interrupt mode, and /or transmitter interrupt mode. (All of the

communication protocol buses of the RS-485 are in the same.)

Step 2:

NOTE:

Disable TXC (transmitter control), the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 just sets “0”.

Control the AR-B1375/AR-B1376 CPU card’s DTR signal to the RS-485’s TXC communication.

(2) Send out one character (Transmit)

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Enable TXC signal, and the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 just sets “1”.

Send out the data. (Write this character to the offset+0 of the current COM port address)

Wait for the buffer’s data empty. Check transmitter holding register (THRE, bit 5 of the address of

offset+5), and transmitter shift register (TSRE, bit 6 of the address of offset+5) are all sets must be

“0”.

Step 4:

Disabled TXC signal, and the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 sets “0”

(3) Send out one block data (Transmit – the data more than two characters)

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Enable TXC signal, and the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 just sets “1”.

Send out the data. (Write all data to the offset+0 of the current COM port address)

Wait for the buffer’s data empty. Check transmitter holding register (THRE, bit 5 of the address of

offset+5), and transmitter shift register (TSRE, bit 6 of the address of offset+5) are all sets must be

“0”.

Step 4:

Disabled TXC signal, and the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 sets “0”

(4) Receive data

The RS-485’s operation of receiving data is in the same of the RS-232’s.

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(5) Basic Language Example

a.) Initial 86C450 UART

OPEN “COM1:9600,m,8,1”AS #1 LEN=1

REM Reset DTR

OUT &H3FC, (INP(%H3FC) AND &HFA)

RETURN

b.) Send out one character to COM1

REM Enable transmitter by setting DTR ON

OUT &H3FC, (INP(&H3FC) OR &H01)

REM Send out one character

PRINT #1, OUTCHR$

REM Check transmitter holding register and shift register

IF ((INP(&H3FD) AND &H60) >0) THEN 60

REM Disable transmitter by resetting DTR

OUT &H3FC, (INP(&H3FC) AND &HEF)

RETURN

c.) Receive one character from COM1

REM Check COM1: receiver buffer

IF LOF(1)<256 THEN 70

REM Receiver buffer is empty

INPSTR$”

RETURN

REM Read one character from COM1: buffer

INPSTR$=INPUT$(1,#1)

RETURN

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11.2 INDEX

Name

CN1

CN2

CN3

CN4

CN5

CN6

CN7

CN8

CN9

DB1

DB2

Function

40 pin PC/104 connector bus C & D

64 pin PC/104 connector bus A & B

Keyboard connector

Page

3-3

3-2

3-5

3-6

3-8

4-4

4-3

4-2

3-8

3-9

3-2

3-9

3-7

3-8

3-7

3-9

3-10

3-7

3-9

6-5

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Hard disk (IDE) connectors

Floppy disk connector

Parallel port connector

Serial port B connector

LCD panel display connector (*)

LCD control connector (*)

Analog monitor (CRT) connector (*)

Serial port A connector

Reset header

External power LED header

8 pin power connector

AUX. keyboard header

External speaker header

COM B RS-485 adapter select

COM A RS-485 adapter select

HDD LED header

RS-485 header

J10

J11

SIMM1

SIMM2

JP1

JP2

JP3

JP4

JP5

Watchdog LED header

External battery header

DRAM SIMM socket

CPU base clock select

RS-232/RS-485 select for COM B

Battery charger select

1MX8 EPROM select

VGA setting: IRQ 9 used occupied (*)

Zero wait state (ZWS)

JP6

JP7

DE/E signal from M or LP select (*)

RS-485 terminator

4-3

3-7

6-5

6-2

M1~M3

SW1

Memory type setting

IO/Port, memory and SSD select

NOTE: * presents AR-B1375 does not provide these functions.

Note:

If the content in Setting is inconsistent with the CD-ROM. Please refer to the Setting as priority.

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