Advantech Watchdog Timer UNO-2170 User manual

Watchdog Timer
UNO-2170, UNO-2171,
UNO-205XE
User Manual

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Copyright
The documentation and the software included with this product are copy-
righted 2006 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech
Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products
described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this man-
ual 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 reli-
able. However, Advantech Co., Ltd. assumes no responsibility for its use,
nor for any infringements of the rights of third parties, which may result
from its use.
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owners.
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Printed in Taiwan September 2006

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Declaration of Conformity
CE
This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications
when shielded cables are used for external wiring. We recommend the use
of shielded cables. This kind of cable is available from Advantech. Please
contact your local supplier for ordering information.
FCC Class A
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environ-
ment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Opera-
tion of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful inter-
ference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference
at his own expense.
Technical Support and Assistance
Step 1. Visit the Advantech web site at www.advantech.com/support
where you can find the latest information about the product.
Contact your distributor, sales representative, or Advantech's customer
service center for technical support if you need additional assistance.
Please have the following information ready before you call:
- Product name and serial number
- Description of your peripheral attachments
- Description of your software (OS, version, application software, etc.)
- A complete description of the problem
- The exact wording of any error messages

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v Table of Contents
Contents
Chapter 1 Installation ....................................................... 2
Chapter 2 Configuration................................................... 8
2.1 User Interface .................................................................... 8
2.1.1 General Tag .................................................................... 9
2.1.2 Setting Tag ................................................................... 11
2.1.3 Event Log Database Operations .................................. 12
2.1.4 Abort Tag ..................................................................... 16
Chapter 3 Function API’s............................................... 18
3.1 Error Codes Returned by Functions ................................ 18
3.2 Data Structures ................................................................ 18
3.2.1 Watchdog Driver Interfaces ......................................... 19
Chapter 4 Example Call Flows....................................... 28
4.1 ElapsedTme..................................................................... 28
4.2 RebootMachine ............................................................... 29
4.3 Setlog............................................................................... 30
4.4 Setmode........................................................................... 31
4.5 TimerSpan ....................................................................... 32
4.6 WatchApplication............................................................ 33
4.7 WatchSystem................................................................... 35

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CHAPTER
1
Installation
This chapter introduces how to install
UNO-2170, UNO-2171 and UNO-205XE
Watchdog timer driver under Windows
2K/XP platform.

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Chapter 1 Installation
<Step1> Insert the UNO-2000 Driver and Utility CD in the CD-ROM, and
execute AdvWDT.exe from following path: “\\UNO-2170, UNO-2171 and
UNO-205XE\Driver\Watchdog Timer\Win2K.XP\”. Click the Next button
to install watchdog timer.

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<Step2> Enter your name and company, and press Next.
<Step3> For UNO-2170, UNO-2171 and UNO-205XE, please select
“Advantech [W83627HF] WDT” and then press the Next button
for next step.

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<Step4 > Select “Typical”, the watchdog timer driver will be installed with
the most common options. Recommended for most users.
<Step 5> Press Next to start the installation.