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    AR-B1570 INDUSTRIAL GRADE CPU BOARD User’ s Guide Edition: 1.71 Book Number: AR-B1570-02.0715[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 1 Table of Contents 0.PREFACE ...................................................................................................................... ................................................ 3 0.1CO PYRIG HT NO TIC E AND DISC LAIMER....................................................................................[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 2 5.9 ID E HDD AUTO DET ECTIO N ..................................................................................................... .............................................. 36 5.10 B IOS EX IT ................................................................................................................. ........[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 3 0.PREFA CE 0.1COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLA IMER April 2001 Acrosser Tech nology ma kes n o representati ons or w arranties w ith respect t o the content s hereof and specif ically disclaim s any implie d warranti es of merchanta bility or fitne ss for any parti cular purpose . Furthermore , Acrosser Technology reserves t[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 4 0.6 ORGA NIZATION This manual covers the follow ing topics (see the Table of Contents for a detailed listing): ! Chapter 1, “Overv iew”, prov ides an overview of the system features and packing list. ! Chapter 2, “System Controller” describes the major structure. ! Chapter 3, “Setting Up the System”, describ[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 5 1. OVERVIEW This is a AR-B1570 Pentium Gr ade CPU Board w ith Ethernet, DOC, SSD and Compact Flash. This chapter provides an ov erview of your system features and capabilities. T he following topics are covered: ! Specification ! Packing List ! Features 1.1SPECIFICA TION ! CPU : NS GEODE GX1 BGA. ! Chipset:Cyrix CS5530A[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 6 1.3 FEA TURES The syste m prov ides a number of special feature s that enha nce its r eliability, ens ure it s long-ter m availability , and improve its ex pansion capabilities, as well as its hardw are structure. ! CPU NS GEODE GX1 ! Cyrix CS5530A Chipset ! 1xDIM M SDRAM ! Supports DOC Flash Disk ! 1Mby te SRAM ! 10/10[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 7 2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER This chapter describes the main structure of the AR-B1570 CP U board. The follow ing topics are covered: ! Microprocessors ! DMA Controller ! Keyboard Controller ! Interrupt Controller ! Serial Port ! Parallel Port 2.1 MICROPR OCESSOR The AR-B1570 uses t he NS GEODE GX 1 CPU, it is an adv anced 32-b[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 8 2.3 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER The 8042 pro cessor is pr ogrammed to support t he keyboard ser ial interfa ce. The keyboard controll er receives serial data from the key board, che c ks its parity , translate s scan cod es, and presents it to the system a s a byte data in its out put buffer. T he controller can interrupt the s[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 9 2.4.1 I/O Port A ddress Map Hex Range Device 000-01F DMA controller 1 020-021 Interrupt controller 1 022-023 Cyrix CS5530 040-04F Timer 1 050-05F Timer 2 060-06F 8042 keyboard/controller 070-071 Real-time clock (RTC), non-maskable interrupt (NM I) 080-09F DM A page registers 0A0-0A1 Interrupt controller 2 0C0-0DF DMA co[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 10 2.4.2 Real-Time Clock and Non- Volatile RA M The AR-B1570 contains a real-time clock compartment t ha t m ai n ta in s t he da te and time in add ition to stor ing configur ation infor mation abo ut the co mputer syste m. It contains 14 by tes of clock and control r egister s and 114 bytes of genera l purpose RAM . Bec[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 11 2.5 SERIA L PORT The ACEs (Asy nchronous Co mmunication Eleme nts ACE1 to ACE4) are u sed to conv ert parallel d ata to a seria l format on the tran smit side and conv ert serial data t o parallel on the receiv er side. The serial for mat, in order o f transmissi on and re ception, is a start bit, follow ed by fiv e to[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 12 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 A ccess Bit (DLAB) (6) MO DEM Control Register (M CR) 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 B[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 13 Desired Baud Rate Divisor Used to G enerate 16x Clock 300 384 600 192 1200 96 1800 64 2400 48 3600 32 4800 24 9600 12 14400 8 19200 6 28800 4 38400 3 57600 2 115200 1 Serial Port Divisor Latch 2.6 PA RALLEL PORT (1) Register Address Port Addr ess Read/Write Register base + 0 W rite Output data base + 0 Read Input data [...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 14 Bit 7: This sign al may b ecome activ e during data entry , when t he printer is off-line dur ing pri nting, or w hen the print head is changing positio n or in an error state. W h en Bit 7 i s active, th e printer is b usy and can not accept data. Bit 6: T his bit repres ents the c urrent state of th e printer ’s AC[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 15 3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM This section describes pin assignments for the system’s ex ternal connectors and the jumper settings. ! Overview ! System Setting 3.1 OVERVIEW AR-B1570 is a Pentium Grade CPU Board that comes Ethernet, DOC, SSD, and C ompact Flash (optional) functions. This section provides the hardw are’s [...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 16 3.2.1 Hard Disk (IDE) C onnector (1) 40-Pin Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (CN7) A 40-pin he ader ty pe conne ctor (CN7) is provided to interface with up to tw o embedded hard disk driv es (IDE AT bus). This int erface, through a 40-p in cable, al lows the user to co nnect up to tw o drives in a “daisy ch ain” fashio n.[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 17 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 -RESET 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DAT A 3 12 DATA 12 13 DAT A 2 14 DATA 13 15 DAT A 1 16 DATA 14 17 DAT A 0 18 DATA 15 19 GROUND 2 0 NOT USED 21 IDEDREQ 22 GROUND 23 -IOW A 24 GROUND 25 -IOR A 2 6 GROUND 27 IDEIORDYA 2 8 GROUND 29 -DACK[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 18 3.2.3 Ethernet RJ-45 C onnector (LA N1) The LAN1 RJ-45&LED header is the standard network header. The follow ing table is the pin assignment. 1 8 PIN (CN8) FUNCTION 1 TPTX+ 2 TPTX - 3 TPRX + 4 Not Used 5 Not Used 6 TPRX - 7 Not Used 8 Not Used RJ-45 Pin Assignment 3.2.4 PS/2 KB/Mouse Connect or (CN4 & PS1) To u[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 19 3.2.7 Powe r Connector (PWR2) The PW R2 is a 4-pin power connector. It’s the standard connectors on all Acrosser boards. 3 GND 2 GND 1 +12 4 +5 PWR2 PWR2: 4-Pin Power Connector 3.2.8 CRT Connect or (P4) P4 (CRT Connector) 6 10 15 11 1 2 3 4 5 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 13 Horizontial 14 V ertical Sync 4, 9, & 1 1 Not u[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 20 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GND 2 SHFCLK 3 GND 4 LP 5 FLM 6 GND 7 NC 8 NC 9 P0 (B0) 10 P1 (B1) 11 P2 (B2) 12 P3 (B3) 13 GND 14 P4 (B4) 15 P5 (B5) 16 NC 17 NC 18 P6 (G0) 19 P7 (G1) 20 GND 21 P8 (G2) 22 P9 (G3) 23 P10 (G4) 24 P11 (G5) 25 NC 26 NC 27 GND 28 P12 (R0) 29 P13 (R1) 30 P14 (R2) 31 P15 (R3) 32 P16 (R4) 33 P17 (R5) [...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 21 3.2.13 PC104 Connector (1) 64-Pin PC/104 Connector Bus A & B (PC104) 1 2 64-Pin PC/104 Connector 63 64 -IOCHCK SD7 --- SD6 --- SD5 --- SD4 --- SD3 --- SD2 --- SD1 --- SD0 --- IOCHRDY- AEN SA19 SA18 SA17 SA16 SA15 SA14 SA13 SA12 SA1 1 SA10 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A 6 A 7 A 8 A9 A10 A1 1 A12 A13 A14 A 15 A 16 A 17 A18 A19 A20[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 22 3.2.14 Parallel Port Connector (C N2) The connector for the parallel port is a 26 pins female connector. 1 2 P aralle l P ort C o n ne ctor Parallel Port Pin Assignments 3.2.15 IR. Header (J1) The Infra-red Header pins assignments are as follow : 5 1 2 NOT USED JI 3 IRRX 4 GND 1 VCC 5 IRTX 3.2.1 6 Ext. Ba ttery (CN1) 1[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 23 3.2.1 8 COM1, COM2 (CN5, CN6) CN5 ( COM 1) CN6 ( COM 2) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Figure 0-5 CN5 & CN 6: RS-232 Connector CN5 CN6 Signal CN5 DB6 Signal 1 1 /DCD 8 6 / C TS 6 2 /DSR 4 7 /DTR 2 3 RXD 9 8 /RI 7 4 /RTS 5 9 VCC 3 5 TXD -- 10 VCC Table 0-3 RS-232 Connector Pin A ssignment (1) RS-232/RS-485 S[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 24 3.2.19 Touch Screen Connector (J3 & J4) 1 RXDF 2 TXDF 3 CGND Figure 0-7 J3&J4: Touch Screen Connector 3.2.20 D.O.C. Memory A ddress Select (JP1) This sect ion provide s the informat ion about how to use the D .O.C. (DiskO nChip). T here divided tw o parts: hardware setting and softw are configuration. Step 1: U[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 25 4. INSTA LLA TION This chapter describes the installation procedure. T he following topics are covered: ! Overview ! Utility Diskettes ! W atchdog Timer Setting 4.1 OVERVIEW This chapter prov ides i nformation for y ou to set up a w orking system based on th e AR-B1570 CPU board. Pleas e carefully re ad the details o f[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 26 The files list and descriptions are as follow : Disk 1 Files READM E.TX T 391 09-22-00 11:17 READM E.TXT GEODEW ~1 <DIR> 09-22-00 10:53 Geode w in9x W INCED~1 <DIR> 09-22-00 10:53 W inCE driver Descriptions 1. GEODE w i n9x Includes aut o-execution prog ram that w ill setup/instal l Geode M edia drivers in [...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 27 4.3.1 Watchdog Timer Setting The w atchdog timer is a circuit that maybe be used from your program softw are to detect crash or hang up. The W atchdog timer is automatically disabled after reset. Once you enabled the w atchdog timer, your program should trigger the watchdog timer ev ery time before it times out. After [...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 28 5. BIOS CONSOLE This ch apter descri bes the AR -B1570 BIOS men u disp lays and ex plains how to perfor m common tasks ne eded t o get up and running, an d presents detailed ex planations of the ele ments found in e ach of the BIOS menus. The following topics are cov ered: ! BIOS Setup Overv iew ! Standard CMO S Setup [...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 29 5.2 STANDA RD CMOS SETUP The <Standar d CMO S Setup> option al lows you to re cord s ome basic system har dware c onfiguration a nd set the system clock an d error handli ng. If the CPU board is alrea dy installed i n a w orking system, you w ill not need t o select this option anymore. ROM PCI/IS A BIOS (2A 434A[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 30 You have tw o ways to boot up the system: 1. W hen VGA as primary and monochrome as secondary, the selection of the video ty pe is “ VGA Mode”. 2 . When monochro me as prima ry and VGA as seco ndary, t he selection o f the video ty pe is “Monochro m e Mode”. Halt On This option determines whether the com puter [...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 31 5.3 BIOS FEA TURES SETUP The <BIOS FEAT URES SETUP> option c onsists of configuratio n entries tha t allow you to improv e your sys tem performance, or let you set up some sy stem feat ures according to your pref erence. Some entries her e are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settin[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 32 Memo ry Parity Check An approach that generates and checks parity on each memory transfer and prov ides an interrupt if an error is found. This item is to <Disabled> or <Enabled> this function. Typematic Rate Setting To enable ty pemati c rate and t ypematic d elay pr ogramming . If you d isable th e typema[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 33 5.4 CHIPSET FEA TURES SETUP This opt ion contro ls the c onfiguratio n of the board’s chip set. Contr ol keys for thi s screen are th e same as for t he previous screen. This selection is automatic. ROM PCI/IS A BIOS (2A 434AVF) CHIPSET FEATUR ES SETUP AW ARD SOFTWARE, INC. Esc: Quit F1: Help F5: Old Values ↑↓→[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 34 5.5 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI/IS A BIOS (2A 434AVF) PNP/PCI C ONFIGU RATION AW ARD SOFTWARE, INC. PCI I RQ Active d By : Level Esc: Quit F1: Help F5: Old Values ↑↓→← : Select Item PU/PD/+/-: Modify (Shift) F2: Color PNP OS Ins talled Resources Controlled By Reset Configuration Rate : NO : Auto : Disabled F6[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 35 5.7 INTEGRA TED PERIPHERALS This section is designed to configure the peripheral features. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2 A434AVF) INTEGRATED PERIPHERAL S AW ARD SOFTWARE, INC. Multiple Monitor Support Video Memory Size : : No Onboard : 2.5M Esc: Quit F1: Help F5: Old Values ↑↓→← : Select Item PU/PD/+/-: Modify (Shift) F2[...]

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    AR-B1570 User ’ s G uide 36 Multiple M onitor Support This is to determine the highest priority that the monitor supports. <PC I First> is the default setting. The other tw o choices are <No Onboard> and <M /B First>. 5.8 PA SSWORD SETTING This BIOS Setup has an optional p assword featur e. The system ca n be con figured so th a[...]