NOTICE
The drivers and utilities for Octagon products, previously provided
on a CD, are now in a self-extracting zip file located at the Octagon
Systems web site on the product-specific page. Download this file to a
separate directory on your hard drive, then double click on it to extract
the files. All references in this manual to files and directories on the CD
now refer to files in the Utilities zip file.
Summary of 2430
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Notice the drivers and utilities for octagon products, previously provided on a cd, are now in a self-extracting zip file located at the octagon systems web site on the product-specific page. Download this file to a separate directory on your hard drive, then double click on it to extract the files....
Page 2: 2430 Super Vga Video Card
2430 super vga video card 2430 super vga video card – 1 copyright copyright 1994-2003—octagon systems corporation. All rights reserved. However, any part of this document may be reproduced, provided that octagon systems corporation is cited as the source. The contents of this manual and the specific...
Page 3: Important!
2430 super vga video card – 2 important! Please read before installing your product. Octagon's products are designed to be high in performance while consuming very little power. In order to maintain this advantage, cmos circuitry is used. Cmos chips have specific needs and some special requirements ...
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2430 super vga video card – 3 ■ approximately 20% of the returned cards are problem-free. These cards, typically, have the wrong jumper settings or the customer has problems with the software. This causes frustration for the customer and incurs a testing charge from octagon. ■ of the remaining 80% o...
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2430 super vga video card – 4 ■ improper power causes catastrophic failure - if a card has had reverse polarity or high voltage applied, replacing a failed component is not an adequate fix. Other components probably have been partially damaged or a failure mechanism has been induced. Therefore, a fa...
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2430 super vga video card – 5 ■ hot insertion - plugging cards into the card cage with the power on will usually not cause a problem. (octagon urges that you do not do this!) however, the card may be damaged if the right sequence of pins contacts as the card is pushed into the socket. This usually d...
Page 7: Description
2430 super vga video card – 6 description the 2430 super vga card is a small, low power, video card that supports a wide variety of crt and panel displays for high performance applications. The 2430 has 1 mb of video display memory. The 2430 interfaces easily with standard vga monitors with analog i...
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2430 super vga video card – 7 equipment you will need the following equipment (or equivalent): • 2430 svga video card and utility disk • pc control card with a pc/104 interface • *vga compatible monitor with cable or flat panel display with cable • pc smartlink • your pc *note: if you are using an a...
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2430 super vga video card – 8 warning: the 2430 svga video card contains static– sensitive cmos components. The greatest danger occurs when the card is plugged into another card. The 2430 card becomes charged by the user, and the static discharges to the system. To avoid damaging your card and its c...
Page 10: Programming The 2430 Eeprom
2430 super vga video card – 9 decode 29c256 ext bios flat panel data data address display memory 65540 svga controller pc/104 bus bios enable/disable analog vga filter db-15 j3 dc-dc converter w2 50-position idc j2 j1 r11dc adj dc polarity 2430 crt adapter j4 w1 figure 2—2430 functional diagram prog...
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2430 super vga video card – 10 to program the 2430 the following instructions assume you are using the 2430 in a micro pc system. 1. Make sure power to the 2430 is off. 2. Set jumper w1[2–3] on the 2430. This disables the bios on the 2430 and allows you to use the serial port on your control card. B...
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2430 super vga video card – 11 7. To program the 2430 for the appropriate monitor/display, type the following: :pgmvideo :stndd.Dat the designator is the read/write drive where you transferred the files from your pc. The *.Dat file should be changed to reflect the type of display you are using. 8. E...
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2430 super vga video card – 12 analog monitor 1. The db–15 connector supports an analog vga color or monochrome monitor. Install the db-15 connector at j1 and attach it securely with the stand-offs provided. (see figure 3.) plug the cable supplied with your monitor directly into the db-15 connector....
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2430 super vga video card – 13 analog connector: j1 pin # function 1 red 2 green 3 blue 4 digital gnd 5 analog gnd 6 analog gnd 7 analog gnd 8 digital gnd 9 nc 10 nc 11 nc 12 nc 13 h sync 14 v sync 15 nc 2. Make sure the bios jumper is enabled — w1[1–2]. 3. Configure and program your control card fo...
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2430 super vga video card – 14 flat panel display 1. The dc to dc converter is used to supply a dc voltage for the bias voltage required on some flat panel displays. This voltage must be set prior to connecting the display. A bios for the panel must already be programmed in the eeprom. 2. Configure ...
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2430 super vga video card – 15 flat panel connector: j2 pin # function pin # function 1 vddsafe (+5v) 2 +5vsafe 3 veesafe 4 nc 5 enabkl 6 gnd 7 m 8 de 9 gnd 10 lp 11 flm 12 gnd 13 sfclk 14 gnd 15 pnl0 16 pnl1 17 gnd 18 pnl2 19 pnl3 20 gnd 21 pnl4 22 pnl5 23 gnd 24 pnl6 25 pnl7 26 gnd 27 pnl8 28 pnl9...
Page 17: Technical Data
2430 super vga video card – 16 5. Make sure the bios jumper is enabled — w1[1–2]. 6. Configure and program your control card for use with a video card and monitor. Refer to your control card user’s manual. 7. Power on your micro pc system. 8. A bios and dos message similar to the following should ap...
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2430 super vga video card – 17 rom bios c000:0h—c000:7fffh video memory 1 mb display memory at a000h—bfffh monitor type analog rgb db–15 connector vga monochrome and vga color. Flat panel 50–position idc connector supports lcd, el and plasma flat panels. Flat panel mating connector use thomas & bett...
Page 19: Pc Bus Pinouts
2430 super vga video card – 18 pc bus pinouts pc/104 “a” pin # description pin # description a1 iochchk* a17 sd14 a2 sd7 a18 sd13 a3 sd6 a19 sd12 a4 sd5 a20 shah a5 sd4 a21 sa10 a6 sd3 a22 sa9 a7 sd2 a23 sa8 a8 sd a24 sa7 a9 sd0 a25 sa6 a10 iochrdy a26 sa5 a11 aen a27 sa4 a12 sa19 a28 sa3 a13 sa18 a...
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2430 super vga video card – 19 pc/104 “b” pin # description pin # description b1 gnd b17 dack1* b2 resetdrv b18 drq1 b3 +5v b19 refresh* b4 irq9 b20 sysclk b5 nc b21 irq7 b6 drq2 b22 irq6 b7 nc b23 irq5 b8 endxfr* b24 irq4 b9 nc b25 irq3 b10 ( key ) b26 dack2* b11 smemw* b27 tc b12 smemr* b28 bale b...
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2430 super vga video card – 20 pc/104 “c” pin # description pin # description c0 gnd c10 memw* c1 sbhe* c11 sd8 c2 la23 c12 sd9 c3 la22 c13 sd10 c4 la21 c14 shed c5 la20 c15 sd12 c6 la19 c16 sd13 c7 la18 c17 sd14 c8 la17 c18 sd15 c9 memr* c19 ( key ) * = active low pc/104 “d” pin # description pin #...
Page 22: Flat Panel Co
2430 s u per v g a v ideo c a rd – 21 flat panel co nnecto r reference the follow ing t able r e fer e nc es t h e func ti onal nomenc lat u re for pins of t h e v a ri ous flat panels t h at c a n be dr iv en by t h e 2430 ca rd. Fla t p a nel co nnec to r summa r y 2430 video card corres p onding ...
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2430 s u per v g a v ideo c a rd – 22 fla t p a nel co nnec to r summa r y c o nt inue d 2430 video card corres p onding flat panel signal names fl a t pa ne l c o nne c to r : j2 pi n # f unc ti o n mo no si ng le pa nel mo no dd 8-b it mo no dd 16-b it co lo r tft 16-b it co lo r tft 18/24-b it co...
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2430 s u per v g a v ideo c a rd – 23 fla t p a nel co nnec to r summa r y c o nt inue d 2430 video card corres p onding flat panel signal names fl a t pa ne l c o nne c to r : j2 pi n # f unc ti o n mo no si ng le pa nel mo no dd 8-b it mo no dd 16-b it co lo r tft 16-b it co lo r tft 18/24-b it co...
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2430 s u per v g a v ideo c ar d – 24 fla t p a nel co nnec to r summa r y c o nt inue d 2430 video card corres p onding flat panel signal names fl a t pa ne l c o nne c to r : j2 pi n # f unc ti o n mo no si ng le pa nel mo no dd 8-b it mo no dd 16-b it co lo r tft 16-b it co lo r tft 18/24-b it co...