Advantech PCA-6144V User manual

PCA-6144V

Half-size 486 CPU Card

with SVGA Controller

This document is copyrighted, 1996, by Advantech Co., Ltd. All

rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd., reserves the right to make

improvements to the products described in this manual at any time

without notice.

No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or

transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written

permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this

manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Advan-

tech Co., Ltd. assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any

infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result

from its use.

Acknowledgements

AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Award is a trademark of Award Software International, Inc.

IBM, PC AT and VGA are trademarks of International Business

Machines Corporation.

Microsoft Windows®and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation.

SMC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation.

TGUI 9440 is a trademark of Trident MicroSystems, Inc.

Cyrix is a trademark of Cyrix Corporation.

Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation.

PartNo.2006144010 2ndEdition

Printed in Taiwan May 1996

A Message to the Customer....

Advantech Customer Services

Each and every Advantech product is built to the most exacting

specifications to ensure reliable performance in the unusual and

demanding conditions typical of industrial environments. Whether

your new Advantech equipment is destined for the laboratory or

the factory floor, you can be assured that it will provide the

reliability and ease of operation for which the name Advantech has

come to be known.

Your satisfaction is our number one concern. Here is a guide to

Advantech’s customer services. To ensure you get the full benefit

of our services, please follow the instructions below carefully.

Technical Support

We want you to get the maximum performance from your prod-

ucts. If you run into technical difficulties, we are here to help. But

please consult this manual first.

If you still can’t find the answer, gather all the information or

questions that apply to your problem and, with the product close at

hand, call your dealer. Our dealers are trained and ready to give

you the support you need to get the most from your Advantech

products. In fact, most problems reported are minor and are able to

be easily solved over the phone.

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engineers every business day. We are always ready to give advice

on application requirements or specific information on the

installation and operation of any of our products.

Product warranty

Advantech warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each of its

products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship

for one year from the date of purchase.

This warranty does not apply to any products which have been

repaired or altered by other than repair personnel authorized by

Advantech, or which have been subject to misuse, abuse, accident

or improper installation. Advantech assumes no liability as a

consequence of such events under the terms of this Warranty.

Because of Advantech’s high quality-control standards and

rigorous testing, most of our customers never need to use our

repair and replacement service. If an Advantech product ever does

prove defective, it will be repaired at no charge during the warran-

ty period. For out-of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according

to the cost of replacement materials, service time and freight.

Please consult your dealer for more details.

If you think you have a defective product, follow these steps:

1. Collect all the information about the problem encountered (e.g.

type of PC, CPU speed, Advantech products used, other

hardware and software used etc.). Note anything abnormal and

list any on-screen messages you get when the problem occurs.

2. Call your dealer and describe the problem. Please have your

manual, product and any other information readily available.

3. If your product is diagnosed as defective, obtain an RMA

(return material authorization) number from your dealer. This

allows us to process your return more quickly.

4. Carefully pack the defective product, a completely filled-out

Repair and Replacement Order Card and a photocopy of a

dated proof of purchase (such as your sales receipt) in a

shippable container. A product returned without dated proof of

purchase is not eligible for warranty service.

5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package

and ship it prepaid to your dealer.

Packing list

Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the

following materials have been shipped:

• 1 PCA-6144V CPU card

• 1 6-pin mini-DIN keyboard & PS/2 mouse adapter

• 1 Hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable (40 pin)

• 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable (34 pin)

• 1 Parallel port adapter (26 pin) and COM2 adapter (9 pin) kit

• 3 Utility disks with SVGA utility programs and drivers

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your

distributor or sales representative immediately.

Contents

Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration ........................... 1

Introduction............................................................................ 2

Specifications.......................................................................... 3

System...................................................................................... 3

I/O ............................................................................................ 3

General..................................................................................... 4

Boardlayout............................................................................ 5

Jumpers and connectors........................................................ 6

Safety precautions .................................................................. 7

Jumper settings ...................................................................... 8

How to set jumpers .................................................................. 8

CPU type select (J1 - J16)........................................................ 9

RTC data erase On/Off (J17) ................................................. 11

Parallel port IRQ select (J18) ................................................ 12

Parallel port ECP/EPP DMA channel (J20, J21)................... 12

Watchdog timer (J28)............................................................. 12

COM2 settings for RS-232/485 (J23-27) .............................. 13

Installing DRAM (SIMMs) ................................................. 14

Chapter 2 Connecting peripherals .......................... 15

Enhanced IDE connectors (CN1) ....................................... 17

Floppy drive connector (CN4)............................................. 18

Parallel port (CN7)............................................................... 18

Keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors (CN5)....................... 18

Reset switch (J29)................................................................. 19

Hard disk drive LED (D2)................................................... 19

VGA display connector (CN8)............................................. 19

Serial Ports............................................................................ 19

RS-232 connections (COM1) ................................................ 20

RS-232/485 connections (COM2) ......................................... 20

Power connectors (CN9, CN10)............................................. 21

External speaker connector (CN13)....................................... 21

Keyboard pin-header connector (CN14)................................ 22

Power LED and keylock (CN15) ........................................... 22

Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP ................................... 23

AWARD BIOS Setup............................................................ 24

Entering setup ........................................................................ 24

Standard CMOS setup ........................................................... 25

BIOS features setup ............................................................... 26

CHIPSET features setup ........................................................ 30

Power management setup....................................................... 31

Load BIOS defaults ............................................................... 32

Load setup defaults ................................................................ 32

Password setting ..................................................................... 32

IDE HDD auto detection........................................................ 33

Save & Exit setup................................................................... 33

Exit without saving ................................................................ 33

Chapter 4 SVGA Setup ............................................... 35

SVGA driver installation ..................................................... 36

Installing from Windows........................................................ 36

Screen Control...................................................................... 38

Advanced features (Virtual Screen Control).......................... 40

DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling) ................ 43

Delay Time ............................................................................. 44

Activity Select........................................................................ 44

Clock ...................................................................................... 44

Alarm ..................................................................................... 45

Password Option .................................................................... 45

Startup On/Off ....................................................................... 45

Default ................................................................................... 45

Test ......................................................................................... 45

Save ........................................................................................ 45

Display driver Uninstallation .............................................. 46

MicrosoftWindowsNT ........................................................ 47

Installation ............................................................................. 47

Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 Installation ................................ 47

Utilities installation .............................................................. 49

Utilities summary .................................................................. 50

Software drivers installation ............................................... 55

Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer .... 57

Appendix B Hardware Interrupt Information ........ 60

Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1

Hardware

Configuration

This chapter gives background informa-

tion on the PCA-6144V. It then shows you

how to configure the card to match your

application and prepare it for installation

into your PC.

Sections include:

• Card specifications

• Board layout

• Safety precautions

• Jumper settings

• Installing DRAM (SIMMs)

CHAPTER

2PCA-6144V User's Manual

Introduction

The PCA-6144V is an all-in-one single board 486 computer that includes

an on-board SVGA controller. It packs all the functions of an industrial

computer, including display capabilities, on a single half-size card. The

PCA-6144V is fully PC/AT compatible, so your software will run without

modifications.

The on-board VL-bus SVGA controller uses the Trident TGUI 9440

chipset with 1 MB video memory. This chipset, used with the local bus,

enables 32-bit graphic throughput at up to 33 MHz. The TGUI 9440 also

offers Windows graphics acceleration. These features are excellent for

display-intensive applications.

Another feature of the PCA-6144V is the inclusion of a fast VL bus

enhanced IDE controller. This controller supports mode 4, which enables

data transfer rates in excess of 16 MB/second. Up to two IDE devices can

be connected, including large hard disks (up to 8 GB), CD-ROM drives,

Tape backup drives or other enhanced IDE devices.

On-board features also include two high-speed serial ports with 16C550

UARTs, one bidirectional SPP/EPP/ECP parallel port and a floppy drive

controller. In addition to the 486's 8 KB of on-chip cache memory, the

PCA-6144V includes an extra 128 KB of second level cache memory on-

board.

If program execution is halted by a program bug or EMI, the board's 63-

level watchdog timer can automatically reset the CPU or generate an

interrupt. This ensures reliability in unmanned or standalone systems. The

timer interval of the watchdog timer is set by software, eliminating jumper

switch setting.

The PCA-6144V provides two 72-pin SIMM (Single In-line Memory

Module) sockets for its on-board system DRAM. These sockets give you

the flexibility to configure your system from 1 MB to 64 MB of DRAM

using the most economical combination of SIMMs.

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