American Audio DX4 User's Guide

AR-B1462 INDUSTRIAL GRADE 486DX/DX2/DX4 CPU CARD User’ s Guide Edition: 2.2 Book Number: AR-B1462-02.0626

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 9 2.3.1 I/O Port Address Map Hex Range Device 000-01F DMA controller 1 020-021 Interrupt controller 1 022-023 System -- ALI

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 10 I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output I/O Pin Signal Name Input/Output A14 SA17 Input/Output B14 -IOR Input/Output A15 SA16 I

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 11 2.4 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE RAM The AR-B1462 contains a real-time clock compartment that maintains the date and time

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 12 2.6 SERIAL PORT The ACEs (Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE4) are used to convert parallel data to a serial for

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 13 (5) Line Control Register (LCR) Bit 0: Word Length Select Bit 0 (WLS0) Bit 1: Word Length Select Bit 1 (WLS1) WLS1 WLS0 Word

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 14 (9) Divisor Latch (LS, MS) LS MS Bit 0: Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1: Bit 1 Bit 9 Bit 2: Bit 2 Bit 10 Bit 3: Bit 3 Bit 11 Bit

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 15 (4) Printer Status Buffer The system microprocessor can read the printer status by reading the address of the Printer Status

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 16 (5) Printer Control Latch & Printer Control Swapper The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printer contro

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 17 3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM This section describes pin assignments for system’s external connectors and the jumpers setting. !

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 18 3.2 SYSTEM SETTING Jumper pins allow you to set specific system parameters. Set them by changing the pin location of jumper

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 1 Table of Contents 0. PREFACE ...

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 19 3.2.2 Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (1) 40-Pin Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (CN5) A 40-pin header type connector (CN5) is provided t

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 20 3.2.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN9) To use the parallel port, an adapter cable has to be connected to the CN9 (26-pin header

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 21 3.2.4 PC/104 Connector (1) 64 Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B (CN11) 1264-Pin PC/104 Connector6364 Figure 3-6 CN11: 64 Pi

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 22 (3) I/O Channel Signal Description Name Description BUSCLK [Output] The BUSCLK signal of the I/O channel is asynchronous to

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 23 Name Description -MASTER [Input] The MASTER is the signal from the I/O processor which gains control as the master and should

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 24 (C) COM-A RS-232C/TTL Select (SW1-8) ON123456OFFSW1-8 -- RS-232 (Factory Default Setting)7 8ON123456OFFSW1-8 -- TTL7 8910910

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 25 (E) RS-485 Mode Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) ON123456OFFSW1-9 & SW1-10 -- RS-485 MODE17 8ON123456OFF7 8 109109SW1-9 &

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 26 (3) TTL Connector (CN16) 19357810642 Figure 3-17 CN16: TTL Connector CN16 Signal CN16 Signal 1 TTLOP0 2 TTLIP0 3 TTLOP1

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 27 3.2.7 Keyboard Connector (J7) (1) Keyboard Lock Header (J7) 1 KBLK2 GNDJ7 Figure 3-19 J7: Keyboard Lock Header (2) Keyboar

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 28 (2) 4-Pin Power Connector (CN6) 3 GND2 GND1 +12 VDC4 +5 VDCCN6 Figure 3-23 CN6: 4-Pin Power Connector 3.2.10 Reset Heade

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 2 6.1 OVERVIEW...

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 29 3.2.12 Battery Setting (1) Battery Charger Select (JP9) Rechargeable12JP9Non-RechargeableFactory Preset3123JP9 Figure 3-27 J

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 30 3.2.14 CPU Setting The AR-B1462 accepts many types of microprocessors such as Intel/AMD/Cyrix 486DX/DX2/DX4. All of these CP

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 31 (5) CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector (CN3) 1432CN31 +12V2 GND3 GND4 VCC Figure 3-33 CN3: CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector 3

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 32 3.2.16 Memory Setting (1) DRAM Configuration There are two 32-bit memory banks on the AR-B1462 board. It can be one-side or

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 33 (B) D.O.C Installation (MEM4) (2) SSD Installation (A) SSD Type Select (M1, M2, M3, M4 & JP8) M1, M2, M3, &

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 34 (D) SSD Firmware Address Select (SW 1-2) SW1-2 SSD BIOS Address Bank Memory Address OFF (*) D000:0 (16KB) CC00:0 (16K

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 35 3.3 ETHERNET CONTROLLER The Ethernet controller of the AR-B1462 is a highly integrated design that provides all Media Access

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 36 4. CRT/LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY This section describes the configuration and installation procedure using LCD and CRT display.

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 37 4.2 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY This section describes the configuration and installation procedure for a LCD display. Skip this

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 38 4.2.1 Inverter Board Description The inverter board supplies high voltage signals to drive the LCD panel by converting the 12

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 3 0.PREFACE 0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER April 1999 This document is copyrighted, 2002, by Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd.

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 39 (6) LCD Panel Display Connector (CN14) Attach a display panel connector to this 44-pin connector with pin assignments as show

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 40 5. INSTALLATION This chapter describes the procedure of the utility diskette installation. The following topics are covered:

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 41 5.2.1 VGA Driver (1) WIN 3.1 Driver For the WIN31 operating system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file. A

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 42 (2) WIN 95 Driver For the WIN95 operating system, user must in the DOS mode decompress the compress file. And then as to the

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 43 (4) OS/2 Warp Driver The following steps must be performed before you install the 65550 display’s driver: CAUTION: 1. OS/

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 44 Step 6: There are some items for choice to setup. Please choose the <Driver Installation> item, notice the function ke

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 45 (4) DOS Driver Step 1: Make the new created directory to put the audio drivers. C:\>MD AUDOS Step 2: Insert the Utility

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 46 (2) SSD Utility To support the AR-B1462 solid state disk’s operations, the following files have been provided on the enclosed

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 47 Help to PGF File This option gives information on how to write a PGF file and how to generate ROM pattern files. An example

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 48 5.3 WATCHDOG TIMER This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, disabled, enabled, and trigger. The AR-B1462 is equi

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 4 0.6 ORGANIZATION This information for users covers the following topics (see the Table of Contents for a detailed listing): !

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 49 NOTE: 1. If you program the watchdog to generate IRQ15 signal when it times out, you should initial IRQ15 interrupt vector a

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 50 6.SOLID STATE DISK The section describes the various type SSDs’ installation steps as follows. This chapter describes the pro

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 51 6.2.1 Overview There is 1 DIP Switch located on the AR-B1462. It performs the following functions: ON12345678910OFF Figure

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 52 6.2.4 SSD Drive Number (SW1-4 & SW1-5) The AR-B1462 SSD can simulate one or two disk drives. You can assign the drive le

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 53 (2) Disk Drive Name Arrangement If any logical hard disk drives exist in your system, there will also be a different disk num

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 54 6.2.7 Serial Port 2 Mode Select (SW1-9 & SW1-10) SW1-9 & SW1-10 are used to select the interface mode of serial port2

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 55 M1, M2, M3, & M4EPROM (128KX8, 256KX8 and 512KX8)5V FLASH (64KX8, 128KX8 and 256KX8(Factory Preset)5V FLASH (512KX8 Only)

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 56 M1, M2, M3, & M4EPROM (128KX8, 256KX8 and 512KX8)123ABCM1, M2, M3, & M4123ABC123JP81MX8 EPROM (Only)123JP8 Figure 6-5

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 57 ON12345678910OFF Figure 6-6 5V Large FLASH (29FXXX) Switch Setting M1, M2, M3, & M45V FLASH (64KX8, 128

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 58 Step 7: In the main menu, choose the <Load ROM File> item, that is the ROM_NAME=[file name] in the *.PGF file. Choose

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 5 1. OVERVIEW This chapter provides an overview of your system features and capabilities. The following topics are covered: !

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 59 (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

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 60 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

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 61 6.4.5 Combination of ROM and RAM Disk The AR-B1462 can be configured as a combination of one ROM disk and one RAM disk. Each

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 62 (2) Disk On Chip Memory Address Setting (JP7) 164253MEM4=SSDJP7164253MEM4=DOCJP7 Figure 6-11 JP7: Disk On Chip Memory Addres

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 63 7. BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR-B1462 BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 64 7.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The <Standard CMOS Setup> option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 65 7.3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP The <Advanced CMOS SETUP> option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve yo

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 66 System Keyboard This function specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer. Primary Display The option is used to

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 67 Shadow These options control the location of the contents of the 32KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location. If

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 68 7.4 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset. Control keys for this screen are t

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 6 1.2 PACKING LIST The accessories are included with the system. Before you begin installing your AR-B1462 board, take a moment

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 69 7.5 PERIPHERAL SETUP This section is used to configure peripheral features. AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP (C) 1996 Ameri

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 70 7.7.1 Setting Password Select the appropriate password icon (Supervisor or User) from the Security section of the BIOS Setup

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 71 7.9.2 Exit Without Saving When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 72 8. SPECIFICATIONS & SSD TYPES SUPPORTED 8.1 SPECIFICATIONS CPU: Supports25 to 133 Mhz Intel / AMD / Cyrix / ST / IBM 48

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 73 SST 28EE010 (128Kx8, 1M bits) SST 28EE011 (128Kx8, 1M bits) SST PH29EE010 (128Kx8, 1M bits) WINBOND W29EE011 (128Kx8,

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 74 9. PLACEMENT & DIMENSIONS 9.1 PLACEMENT 123ABCM5123ABC123ABCABC123ABC12312112ABC3211224681H7H11H6H3125GNDCN6CN111SIM11SI

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 75 9.2 DIMENSIONS 2508−∅1388−∅1388−∅1388−∅138575053503375375200675290039752004700160080007600315038253875145200 Unit: mil (1

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 76 10. PROGRAMMING RS-485 & INDEX 10.1 PROGRAMMING RS-485 The majority communicative operation of the RS-485 is in the same

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 77 (5) Basic Language Example a.) Initial 86C450 UART 10 OPEN “COM1:9600,m,8,1”AS #1 LEN=1 20 REM Reset DTR 30 OUT &H3FC

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 78 10.2 INDEX Name Function Page CN1 120-pin PCI connector 31 CN2 AUI connector 35 CN3 CPU cooling fan power connector 31 C

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 7 2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER This chapter describes the major structure of the AR-B1462 CPU board. The following topics are covered:

AR-B1462 User’s Guide 8 2.3 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers (PIC) are included on the AR-B1462 boar