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B&B Electronics ATXWDT manual

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 ATRWDT & ATXWDT Cover Page B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 PC Watchdog Timer Card CE Models: ATRWDT and ATXWDT[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 Table of Contents i B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INFORMATION..............[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 1 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 1: GENERAL INFORMATION Introduction B&B Electronics' Watchdog T[...]

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    2 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 2: SETUP AND INSTALLATION Inspection Your WDT has been tested for proper[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 3 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Figure 1. ATRWDT/ATXWDT PCB Silk Screen[...]

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    4 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Switch positions 1 - 7 of S1 configure the I/O address of the WDT. Switches repr[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 5 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 If you want to install at another address, use the following procedure. 1. Selec[...]

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    6 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Connecting the ATRWDT Motherboard Reset Option To use the ATRWDT to reboot the h[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 7 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Connecting the ATX Reset Option for the ATXWDT The ATXWDT uses the ATX Power sup[...]

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    8 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 contains a historic description of the product. The file, READ.ME, contains corr[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 9 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 3: OPERATION Communicating with the WDT The WDT uses a four-bit latch to[...]

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    10 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 The four bit latch values are also readable. Reading these bits is recommended [...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 11 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Figure 2. Output Schematic[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 13 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Chapter 4: SOFTWARE The software shipped with the ATRWDT and ATXWDT includes ex[...]

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    14 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Changing the I/O Port Address The setup program, WDTSETUP.EXE, changes the I/O [...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 15 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 In Borland C++, a program using the watchdog timer must include PCWDT.H and PCW[...]

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    16 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Command Reference BBPCWDT_Startup Purpose: Begin communications with the watchd[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 17 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 BBPCWDT_Reset Purpose: Reset the timeout of the watchdog timer. C Syntax: BOOL [...]

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    18 Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 BBPCWDT_ReadRegister Purpose: Read the value of the reset register. C Syntax: B[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 Appendix A A-1 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Appendix A: Hardware I/O Maps I/O Map of XT Class Machines Hex Addr[...]

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    A-2 Appendix A Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Any eight-byte space not listed above or not used by any other equi[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 Appendix B B-1 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Appendix B: QuickBASIC Example Note: An additional test program for[...]

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    Documentation Number ATxWDT-1303 Appendix C C-1 B&B Electronics Mfg Co – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Comm. Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 Appendix C: Declaration of Conformity Statement DECLARATION OF CONF[...]