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COM-BT-A30 COM Express Module User’s Manual 3 Last Updated: June 17, 2019...
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Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted, 2019. All rights are reserved. The original manufacturer 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 the original manufacturer.
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Acknowledgement All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Intel, Pentium, Celeron, and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Core, Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation ...
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Packing List Before setting up your product, please make sure the following items have been shipped: Item Quantity COM-BT-A30 If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your distributor or sales representative immediately. Preface...
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About this Document This User’s Manual contains all the essential information, such as detailed descriptions and explanations on the product’s hardware and software features (if any), its specifications, dimensions, jumper/connector settings/definitions, and driver installation instructions (if any), to facilitate users in setting up their product. Users may refer to the AAEON.com for the latest version of this document.
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Safety Precautions Please read the following safety instructions carefully. It is advised that you keep this manual for future references All cautions and warnings on the device should be noted. Make sure the power source matches the power rating of the device. Position the power cord so that people cannot step on it.
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If any of the following situations arises, please the contact our service personnel: Damaged power cord or plug Liquid intrusion to the device iii. Exposure to moisture Device is not working as expected or in a manner as described in this manual The device is dropped or damaged Any obvious signs of damage displayed on the device...
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FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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China RoHS Requirement (EN) Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements in Products AAEON Main Board/ Daughter Board/ Backplane Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Component Lead Mercury Cadmium Chromium Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (Cr(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) PCB &...
List of Connectors Please refer to the table below for all of the board’s jumpers that you can configure for your application Label Function 1. Carrier Board DP/HDMI Function 2. LVDS Function 3. AT & ATX mode 4. RCT Rest setting BAT1 RTC Battery ROW A/B...
System Test and Initialization These routines test and initialize board hardware. If the routines encounter an error during the tests, you will either hear a few short beeps or see an error message on the screen. There are two kinds of errors: fatal and non-fatal. The system can usually continue the boot up sequence with non-fatal errors.
AMI BIOS Setup AMI BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM and BIOS NVRAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Entering Setup Power on the computer and press <Del>or <ESC>...
3.4.3 Advanced: USB Configuration Options summary: Legacy USB Support Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Disabled Auto Enables Legacy USB support. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. Device Name (Emulation Auto Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
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If Auto. USB devices less than 530MB will be emulated as Floppy and remaining as Floppy and remaining as hard drive. Forced FDD option can be used to force a HDD formatted drive to boot as FDD(Ex. ZIP drive) Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.4.2 CPU Smart Fan control: Manual Mode by PWM Options summary: Manual Setting Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Set Fan at fixed Duty-Cycle Min=0 Max=100 Please input Dec number. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.4.3 CPU Smart Fan control: Auto Mode by PWM Options summary: Temperature of Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Start Temperature of Start Temperature of Off 20 Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Temperature of Off Start PWM Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Start PWM Slope (PWM) 0 (PWM) 1 (PWM)
3.4.5 Advanced: Dynamic Digital IO Configuration Options summary: GPI* Direction Output Input Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Set GPIO as Input or Output GPO* Direction Output Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Input Set GPIO as Input or Output Output Level Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Set GPIO Output as Hi or Low.
3.4.6 Advanced: Power Management Options summary: Power Mode ATX Type Optimal Default, Failsafe Default AT Type Select power supply mode. Restore on Power Last State Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Loss Always On Always Off Power failure feature / AC Power Loss feature. RTC wake system Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
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Fixed Time : System will wake on the hr::min::sec specified. Dynamic Time : System will wake on the current time + Increase minute(s). Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.7 Advanced: Trusted Computing Options summary: Security Device Disable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Support Enable Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
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Options summary: Security Device Disable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Support Enable Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. Pending operation None Optimal Default, Failsafe Default TPM Clear Schedule an Operation for the Security Device.
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Enable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Storage Hierarchy HELP . Endorsement Disable Hierarchy Enable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Endorsement Hierarchy HELP . Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.8.1 Serial Port 9 Configuration Options summary: Use This Device Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable or Disable this logical device. Possible: Use Automatic Settings Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IO=2D8h; IRQ=11; DMA; IO=2C8h; IRQ=11; DMA; Allows user to change Device’s Resource settings. New settings will be reflected on This Setup Page after System restarts.
3.4.8.2 Serial Port 10 Configuration Options summary: Use This Device Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable or Disable this logical device. Possible: Use Automatic Settings Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IO=2C8h; IRQ=10; DMA; IO=2D8h; IRQ=10; DMA; Allows user to change Device’s Resource settings. New settings will be reflected on This Setup Page after System restarts.
3.5.1.1 North Bridge: Display Control Configuration Options summary: DVMT Pre-Allocated Optimal Default, Failsafe Default 128M 160M … 512M Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (Fixed) Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device. DVMT Total Gfx Mem 128MB 256MB Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Select DVMT 5.0 Total Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device.
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Primary IGFX Boot VBIOS Default Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Display LVDS DP/HDMI Select the Video Device which will be activated during POST. This has no effect if external graphics present. Secondary boot display selection will appear based on your selection. VGA modes will be supported only on primary display LVDS Panel Type 640x480, 60Hz 800x480, 60Hz...
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Panel Mode Single Channel Dual Channel Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Single Channel / Dual Channel. Data enable polarity Active Low Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Active High Active High / Low . LVDS Backlight Level 100% Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Select Backlight brightness of LVDS. LVDS Backlight Type Normal Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
3.5.2 Chipset: South Bridge Options summary: XHCI Mode Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Disabled Mode of operation of xHCI controller. Audio Controller Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Disabled Control Detection of the Azalia device. Disabled = Azalia will be unconditionally disabled. Enabled = Azalia will be unconditionally Enabled.
Setup submenu: Security Change User/ Supervisor Password You can install a Supervisor password, and if you install a supervisor password, you can then install a user password. A user password does not provide access to many of the features in the Setup utility. If you highlight these items and press Enter, a dialog box appears which lets you enter a password.
Setup submenu: Boot Options summary: Quiet Boot Disabled Enabled Default Enables or Disables Quiet Boot option. Option ROM Messages Force BIOS Default Keep Current Set display mode for Option ROM Launch PXE OpROM Disabled Default Enabled Controls the execution of LAN PXE OpROM. Chapter 3 –...
Driver Download/Installation Drivers for the COM-BT-A30 can be downloaded from the product page on the AAEON website by following this link: https://www.aaeon.com/en/p/modulescom-express-modules-com-bt Download the driver(s) you need and follow the steps below to install them. Step 1 – Install Chipset Driver Open the Step1 - Chipset folder followed by SetupChipset.exe Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically...
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Step 4 – Install xHCI Driver Open the STEP4 - xHCI folder Open the Setup.exe file in the folder Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically Step 5 – Install Intel Sideband Fabric Device Driver Open the Step5 – Intel Sideband Fabric Device folder Open the Setup.exe file in the folder Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically...
Watchdog Timer Initial Program Table 1 : Embedded BRAM relative register table Default Value Note Index 0x284(Note1) BRAM Index Register Data 0x285(Note2) BRAM Data Register Logical Device Number 0xA8(Note3) Watch dog Logical Device Number Function and Device Number 0x00(Note4) Watch dog Function/Device Number Table 2 : Watchdog relative register table Option BitNum...
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************************************************************************************ // Embedded BRAM relative definition (Please reference to Table 1) #define byte EcBRAMIndex //This parameter is represented from Note1 #define byte EcBRAMData //This parameter is represented from Note2 #define byte BRAMLDNReg //This parameter is represented from Note3 #define byte BRAMFnDataReg //This parameter is represented from Note4 #define void EcBRAMWriteByte(byte Offset, byte Value);...
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************************************************************************************ VOID Main(){ // Procedure : AaeonWDTConfig // (byte)Timer : Time of WDT timer.(0x00~0xFF) // (boolean)Unit : Select time unit(0: second, 1: minute). AaeonWDTConfig(); // Procedure : AaeonWDTEnable // This procudure will enable the WDT counting. AaeonWDTEnable(); ************************************************************************************ Appendix A – Watchdog Timer Programming...
DIO Programming COM-BT-A30 utilizes AAEON chipset as its Digital I/O controller. Below are the procedures to complete its configuration which you can develop customized program to fit your application. Appendix C – Programming Digital I/O...
Digital I/O Register Table 1 : Embedded BRAM relative register table Default Value Note Index 0x284(Note1) BRAM Index Register Data 0x285(Note2) BRAM Data Register Logical Device Number 0xA2(Note3) Watch dog Logical Device Number Input/Output DIO Input/Output Function/Device Function and Device 0x00(Note4) Number Number...