Acrosser Technology AR-B1896 User manual

AR-B1896 User’s Guide
AR-B1896
Fanless and Dustproof Pentium M embedded
system with TV, DVI and 6 serial ports
Edition: 1.0
Book Number: AR-B1896-06.09.11

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@Copyright 2006
All Rights Reserved.
Manual first edition June 19, 2006
The information in this document is subject to change without prior
notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not
represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.
In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability
to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of
such damages.
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All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by
any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form without prior
written permission of the manufacturer.
Trademarks
AR-B1896 is registered trademarks X-Fire Acrosser, IBM PC is a
registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Technologies, Inc. Award is
registered trademarks of Award Software International, Inc. Other
product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes
only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their
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Contents
Contents................................................................ 3
Introduction ............................................................ 5
1.1 Specifications: ....................................................................... 5
1.2 What You Have ..................................................................... 6
Installation.............................................................. 7
2.1 AR-B1896’s Layout ................................................................... 7
2.2 Power Button Setting ................................................................ 9
2.3 CMOS Reset ............................................................................. 9
2.4 Power Connector ...................................................................... 9
2.4 Jumper description.................................................................. 10
Connection ........................................................... 11
3.1 Ultra ATA33/66/100 IDE Disk Drive Connector.................. 11
3.2 Serial Ports......................................................................... 12
3.3 Keyboard / Mouse Connector.............................................. 13
3.4 USB Port Connector............................................................ 14
3.5 Fan Connector..................................................................... 14
3.6 LAN RJ45 Connector .......................................................... 14
3.7 VGA Connector ................................................................... 15
3.8 Compact Flash Storage Card Socket................................. 15
3.9 PCI Slot ............................................................................... 17
3.10 Mini PCI Slot........................................................................ 17
3.11 DDR SODIMM Socket .......................................................... 17

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3.12 GPIO 18
3.13 Internal Buzzer .................................................................... 18
3.14 Reset Button........................................................................ 18
Award BIOS Setup ............................................... 19
4.1 Introduction ............................................................................. 19
4.2 Starting Setup ......................................................................... 19
4.3 Using Setup............................................................................. 20
4.4 Main Menu .............................................................................. 21
4.5 Advanced BIOS Features ....................................................... 23
4.6 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup.................................................. 25
4.7 Peripheral................................................................................ 26
4.8 PC Health................................................................................ 27
4.9 Boot 27
4.10 Exit Selecting ........................................................................ 28

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Introduction
1.1 Specifications:
•CPU : Socket for Intel 478 uFC-PGA FSB 400 MHz Pentium M &
Celeron M CPUs
•
Chipset : GMCH 852GM and ICH4 82810DB
•RAM memory : 2 DDR SO-DIMM Socket up to 1 GB/266MHz.
•
Display
: CRT, LVDS support up to 36 bit
•Chrontel CH7009
: TVout resolution up to 1024 x 768 or DVI support
up to 165Mpixel/s
•Ultra DMA 133 IDE Interface : Two PCI Enhance IDE channel.
•
CompactFlashTM interface : Supports CompactFlashTM Type II
socket for Compact Flash Disk or IBM Micro Drive.
•Series ports : six high-speed 16C550 compatible UARTs ports
•USB port : Support four USB 2.0 compatible ports.
•PCI Interface
: Two Mini PCI and one PCI slot.
•
Parallel port
: One port
•Floppy
: One port
•GPIO: 8 pin TTL compatible
•PS/2: Support keyboard and mouse
•VT1616: Audio codec with 6W amplifier.
•Watchdog timer : Time setting form 1 to 255 second System Reset
generate when CPU did not periodically trigger the timer.

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•82551QM
:One ports IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation support for
10/100 (optional 82541GI for Giga Ethernet)
•82562EZ
: One ports IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation support for
10/100
•Power Consumption : 12V/2A.
•Temperature: Use Compact Flash (-20oC-60oC), use Hard Disk 2.5”
(0-45oC)
1.2 What You Have
In addition to this User's Manual, the AR-B1896 package
includes the following items:
•AR-B1896 board
• One IDE Cable
• VGA cable
• Keyboard / Mouse Adapter Y Cable
• Two RS-232 serial ports Cable with bracket
• One power button cable
• One power Adapter

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Installation
This chapter describes how to install the AR-B1896. At first, the
layout of AR-B1896 is shown, and the unpacking information that you
should be careful is described. The jumpers and switches setting for
the AR-B1896’s configuration
2.1 AR-B1896’s Layout
Top Placement

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Bottom Placement

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2.2 Power Button Setting
Place power button cable on CN3 pin 9-10 & use Mechanical Power
Button.
•JRFT1, pin 9 - 10 : Power Button Connector
2.3 CMOS Reset
•JBAT1 : CMOS pin header
2.4 Power Connector
•DCIN2 : Power connector
Pin Description
1 12 V Power
2 Ground

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J1
2
1
JP1
2
1
2.4 Jumper description
•J1 : Banias or Dothan CPU
•JP1 : CPU Power start setting
JP1 Description
open Normal start CPU Power (default)
close Soft start CPU Power
•
••
•JRS1 : COM2 for RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485
JRS2 Description
1 - 2 RS-232
3 - 4 RS-422
5 - 6 RS-485
J1 Description
Close Support Banias CPU (default)
Open Support Dothan CPU
JRS1
2
1
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Connection
This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and
indicators to the AR-B1896 board.
3.1 Ultra ATA33/66/100 IDE Disk Drive Connector
You can attach two IDE( Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives
to the AR-B1896 IDE controller.
IDE 1 : Primary IDE Connector (40 Pins)
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
DESCRIPTION
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 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GROUND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GROUND
23 IOW# 24 GROUND
25 IOR# 26 GROUND
27 N/C 28 BALE - DEFAULT
29 N/C 30 GROUND - DEFAULT
31 INTERRUPT 32 IOCS16#-DEFAULT
33 SA1 34 N/C
35 SA0 36 SA2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND
1
2
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IDE 2 : Secondary IDE Connector (44 Pins)
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
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 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GROUND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GROUND
23 IOW# 24 GROUND
25 IOR# 26 GROUND
27 N/C 28 BALE - DEFAULT
29 N/C 30 GROUND - DEFAULT
31 INTERRUPT 32 IOCS16#-DEFAULT
33 SA1 34 N/C
35 SA0 36 SA2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND
41 +5V LOGIC 42 +5V MOTOR
43 GROUND 44 TYPE
3.2 Serial Ports
The AR-B1896 offers 6 high speeds NS16C550 compatible UARTs with
Read/Receive 16 byte FIFO serial ports.
COM1 : COM1 RS-232
COM2 : COM2 for RS-232/RS-422/RS-485
COM3 – COM6 : RS-232
1
2
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•COM1 : DB-9 Male
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD)
2 RECEIVE DATA (RXD)
3 TRANSMIT DATA (TXD)
4 DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR)
5 GROUND
6 DATA SET READY (DSR)
7 REQUEST TO SEND (RTS)
8 CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)
9 RING INDICATOR (RI)
•COM2 – COM6 : 10-pin Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD)
2 DATA SET READY (DSR)
3 RECEIVE DATA (RXD)
4 REQUEST TO SEND (RTS)
5 TRANSMIT DATA (TXD)
6 CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)
7 DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR)
8 RING INDICATOR (RI)
9 GROUND
10 NC
3.3 Keyboard / Mouse Connector
The AR-B1896 provides PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Connector.
PS/2 Mouse
KeyBoard
12
34
5
6
78
910
1112
KBM1
PS2KBM
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
DAT
NC
GND
VCC
CLK
NC
DAT
NC
GND
VCC
CLK
NC
GND
GND
GND
GND
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3.4 USB Port Connector
The AR-B1896 provides four USB port, port 1, port 2, port 3 and
port 4 .
USB1 Pin Header (Port 3 & Port 4) :
1. VCC
2. VCC
3. USB2-
4. USB3-
5. USB2+
6. USB3+
7. GROUND
8. GROUND
9. GROUND
10. GROUND
3.5 Fan Connector
The AR-B1896 provides 2 connectors for CPU cooling fan &
system fan & they can be controlled by Super I/O Chip.
•CPUF2 & CPUF3: Fan Connector for CPU & System
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 Sense
2 12 V
3 Ground
3.6 LAN RJ45 Connector
AR-B1896 is equipped with built-in 4 x 10/100Mbps Ethernet
Controller. You can connect it to your LAN through RJ45 LAN
connector. The pin assignments are as following:
1
2
3
2
1
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•LAN1, LAN2 : LAN RJ45 Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 TX+ 5. N/C
2 TX- 6. RX-
3. RX+ 7. N/C
4. N/C 8. N/C
: Link LED
: Act LED
3.7 VGA Connector
•VGA1 : 10-pin Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 RED ( R )
2 GROUND
3 GREEN (G)
4 GROUND
5 BLUE (B)
6 GROUND
7 VERTICAL SYNCHRON (VS)
8 CLOCK (CLK)
9 HORIZONTAL SYNCHRON (HS)
10 DATA (SDATA)
3.8 Compact Flash Storage Card Socket
The AR-B1896 configures Compact Flash Storage Card in IDE
Mode. This type II Socket is compatible with IBM Micro Drive.
•CFD1 : Compact Flash Storage Card Socket pin assignment
8
1
2
1
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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 GROUND 26 CARD DETECT1
2 D3 27 D11
3 D4 28 D12
4 D5 29 D13
5 D6 30 D14
6 D7 31 D15
7 CS1# 32 CS3#
8 N/C 33 N/C
9 GROUND 34 IOR#
10 N/C 35 IOW#
11 N/C 36 PULL HIGH
12 N/C 37 IRQ15
13 VCC 38 VCC
14 N/C 39 MASTER/SLAVE
15 N/C 40 N/C
16 N/C 41 RESET#
17 N/C 42 IORDY
18 A2 43 N/C
19 A1 44 PULL HIGH
20 A0 45 ACTIVE#
21 D0 46 PDIAG#
22 D1 47 D8
23 D2 48 D9
24 N/C 49 D10
25 CARD DETECT2 50 GROUND
Note: If IDE2 & CFD1 both in used, CFD1 must be as “Master” & IDE2 is as “Slave”.

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3.9 PCI Slot
•PCI1
3.10 Mini PCI Slot
•
••
•MPCI1 & MPCI2
3.11 DDR SODIMM Socket
•
••
•SODIMM1 & SODIMM2
1 123
124 2
B62
A62A1
B1
1
2
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3.12 GPIO
• CN4
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 GPIO1 6 GPIO7
2 GPIO5 7 GPIO4
3 GPIO2 8 GPIO8
4 GPIO6 9 GROUND
5 GPIO3 10 VCC
3.13 Internal Buzzer
• BZ1
3.14 Reset Button
• RST_BTN1
10
9
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Award BIOS Setup
4.1 Introduction
This chapter discusses the Setup program built into the BIOS. The Setup
program allows users to configure the system. This configuration is then
stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup
information while the power is off.
4.2 Starting Setup
The BIOS is immediately active when you turn on the computer. While
the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated in one of two
ways:
1. By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or
2. By pressing the <Del> key when the following message appears
briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self-
Test).
Press DEL to enter SETUP.
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter
Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or
pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also restart
by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys. If you do
not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an
error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to...
PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP

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4.3 Using Setup
In general, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter>
to select, use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press
<F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides more
details about how to navigate in the Setup program using the keyboard.
Key Function
Up Arrow Move to the previous item
Down Arrow Move to the next item
Left Arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar)
Right Arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar)
Esc Main Menu: Quit without saving changes
Submenus: Exit Current page to the next higher level
menu
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ key Increase the numeric value or make changes
- key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Exit Menu -- Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup
Menu -- Exit current page and return to Main Menu
F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F6 key Load the fail-safe defaults from BIOS default table
F7 key Load the optimized defaults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit