PCI WATCHDOG TIME CARD

SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING

8.1 I/O Address
ADDRESS
SPECIFICATION
Base + 00H
Enable or Refresh Watch Dog (READ)
Base + 01H
Disable Watch Dog (READ)
Base + 04H
Down Counter Byte 0
Base + 05H
Down Counter Byte 1
Base + 06H
Down Counter Byte 2
Base + 07H
Select Clock Source and Power ON/OFF

1. Base + 00H
Read Base + 00H to enable watch dog counter.
2. Base + 01H
Read Base + 01H to disable watch dog counter.
3. Base + 04, 05, 06
The down counter is a 18 bits register, where byte 2 is MSB, byte 0 is LSB. Only two bits is available in byte 2
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4. Base + 07H
Bit 0 to bit 3 are used to select counter Frequency, bit 4 is used to turn ON/OFF power control box, bit 5 is used to enable/ disable Reset signal

A. S3 to S0
0 = 1 / 2048
1 = 1 / 1024
2 = 1 / 512
3 = 1 / 256
4 = 1 / 128
5 = 1 / 64
6 = 1 / 32
7 = 1 / 16
8 = 1 / 8
9 = 1 / 4
10 = 1 /2
B. Bit 4
0 = Turn ON power control box.
1 = Turn OFF power control box.
C. Bit 5
0 = Enable reset signal
1 = Disable reset signal


8.2 Enable Watch Dog Counter

1. Preset down counter (Write value to Base +4, 5, 6)
2. Preset clock frequency (Write value to Base +7)
3. Enable watch dog counter (Read Base+0)
If you want disable down counter, please read base +1.
If you want set power ON/OFF, please write to bit 4 of Base+7.
If you want enable reset signal, please write to bit 5 of Base +7
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