KOUWELL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

KW-559AH

Data bus:

32-bit VL-bus

Size:

Three-quarter length, half-height card

Hard drive supported:

Two IDE(AT) drives

Floppy drives supported:

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

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

40-pin IDE(AT) connector

CN1

34-pin cable connector - floppy drive

CN2

16-pin game port

CN3

10-pin serial port 2 - internal

CN4

10-pin serial port 1 - internal

CN5

25-pin parallel port - external

CN6

4-pin connector - drive active LED

JP1

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Parallel port IRQ 7 select

JP3/G

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Parallel port IRQ 5 select

JP3/G

Pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Floppy drive interface enabled

JP3/H

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Floppy drive interface disabled

JP3/H

Pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Parallel port is bi-directional

JP4

Open

 

Parallel port is uni-directional

JP4

Closed

PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

LPT

JP3/E

JP3/F

»

LPT1 (378h)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

LPT2 (278h)

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

LPT3 (3BCh)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION

COM

JP3/A

JP3/B

»

COM1 (3F8h)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

COM3 (3E8h)

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

COM4 (2E8h)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION

COM

JP3/C

JP3/D

»

COM2 (2F8h)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

COM3 (3E8h)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

COM4 (2E8h)

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION

IRQ

JP7/A

JP7/B

JP7/C

JP7/D

JP7/E

 

IRQ3

2 & 3

Open

Open

Open

Open

»

IRQ4

Open

2 & 3

Open

Open

Open

 

IRQ5

Open

Open

2 & 3

Open

Open

 

IRQ9

Open

Open

Open

2 & 3

Open

 

IRQ12

Open

Open

Open

Open

2 & 3

Note: Pins designated must be in the closed position.

SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION

IRQ

JP7/A

JP7/B

JP7/C

JP7/D

JP7/E

»

IRQ3

1 & 2

Open

Open

Open

Open

 

IRQ4

Open

1 & 2

Open

Open

Open

 

IRQ5

Open

Open

1 & 2

Open

Open

 

IRQ9

Open

Open

Open

1 & 2

Open

 

IRQ12

Open

Open

Open

Open

1 & 2

Note: Pins designated must be in the closed position.

IDE DRIVE SPEED SELECTION

Setting

JP2/A

JP2/B

 

Speed 0 / Slow

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Speed 2

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Speed 4

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Speed 6 / Fast

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

GAME PORT SELECTION

Setting

JP5

JP6

»

Enabled

Closed

Closed

 

Disabled

Open

Open