KOUWELL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

KW-556B

Data bus:

16-bit, ISA

Size:

Half-length, full-height card

Hard drive supported:

Two IDE (AT) Interface drives

Floppy drives supported:

Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive

J1

15-pin game port - internal

J2

10-pin serial port (COM2/3/4) - internal

J3

40-pin IDE(AT) Interface connector

J4

10-pin serial port (COM1/3/4) - external

J5

25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2/3) - external

J6

2-pin connector - Drive active LED

JP1

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Parallel Port interrupt request IRQ7 enabled

JP21

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Parallel Port interrupt request IRQ5 enabled

JP21

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Hard drive enabled

JP2, JP3

closed

 

Hard drive disabled

JP2, JP3

open

SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION

Port 1 (J5)

Port 2 (J3)

JP4

JP5

JP6

JP7

JP8

JP9

»

COM1

COM2

Open

Open

Open

Open

Open

Open

 

COM1

COM3

Closed

Open

Closed

Open

Open

Closed

 

COM1

COM4

Open

Closed

Open

Open

Open

Closed

 

COM1

Disabled

Open

Open

Open

Open

Open

Closed

 

Disabled

COM2

Open

Open

Open

Open

Closed

Open

 

COM3

COM2

Closed

Open

Open

Open

Closed

Open

 

COM3

COM4

Closed

Closed

Open

Open

Closed

Closed

 

COM3

Disabled

Closed

Open

Open

Open

Closed

Closed

 

Disabled

COM4

Open

Closed

Open

Open

Closed

Closed

 

COM4

COM2

Open

Closed

Open

Closed

Closed

Open

 

Disabled

Disabled

Open

Open

Open

Open

Closed

Closed

SERIAL PORT INTERRUPT SELECT

Port 1 (J5)

Port 2 (J3)

JP13

JP14

JP15

JP16

»

IRQ4

IRQ4

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 2 & 3

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

 

IRQ3

IRQ3

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 2 & 3

Pins 1 & 2

 

IRQ5

IRQ5

Pins 2 & 3

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

 

IRQ9

IRQ9

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 2 & 3

Note:Pins designated should be in the closed position.

PARALLEL PORT CONFIGURATION

LPT

JP17

JP18

»

1

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

2

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

3

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

FLOPPY DRIVE INTERFACE CONFIGURATION

Floppy Drive

Support 2nd Floppy

JP19

JP20

»

Enabled

Enabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 open

Pins 1 & 2 closed

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