KOUWELL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

KW-557

Data Bus

16-bit ISA

Card Size

Half-height, half-length card

Hard Drives supported

Two IDE (AT) drives

Floppy drives supported

Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

Function

Location

40-pin IDE(AT) connector

J1

10-pin serial port 1

J5

34-pin cable connector - floppy drive

J2

25-pin parallel port - external

J6

16-pin game port

J3

4-pin connector - drive active LED

JP1

10-pin serial port 2

J4

 

 

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Label

Position

»

Floppy drive primary address is 3F0h

JP11

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Floppy drive secondary address is 370h

JP11

Pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Floppy drive interface enabled

JP14

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Floppy drive interface disabled

JP14

Pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Parallel port IRQ 7 select

JP16

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Parallel port IRQ 5 select

JP16

Pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Game port enabled

JP21

Closed

 

Game port disabled

JP21

Open

»

IDE(AT) interface enabled

JP15

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

IDE(AT) interface disabled

JP15

Pins 2 & 3 closed

»

IDE primary address is 1F0h

JP10

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

IDE secondary address is 170h

JP10

Pins 1 & 2 closed

PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

JP7

»

LPT1 (378h)

Pins 1 & 3, 4 & 6 closed

 

LPT2 (278h)

Pins 1 & 3, 2 & 4 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 3 & 5, 4 & 6 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

JP5

»

COM1 (3F8h)

Pins 1 & 3, 2 & 4 closed

 

COM2 (2F8h)

Pins 1 & 3, 4 & 6 closed

 

COM3 (3E8h)

Pins 2 & 4, 3 & 5 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 3 & 5, 4 & 6 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

JP6

 

COM1 (3F8h)

Pins 1 & 3, 4 & 6 closed

»

COM2 (2F8h)

Pins 1 & 3, 2 & 4 closed

 

COM4 (2E8h)

Pins 2 & 4, 3 & 5 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 3 & 5, 4 & 6 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION

IRQ

JP13/1

JP13/2

JP13/3

JP13/4

JP13/5

 

IRQ3

Open

1 & 2

Open

Open

Open

»

IRQ4

Open

Open

1 & 2

Open

Open

 

IRQ5

Open

Open

Open

1 & 2

Open

 

IRQ9

Open

Open

Open

Open

1 & 2

 

IRQ12

1 & 2

Open

Open

Open

Open

Note: Designated pins should be in closed position.

SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION

IRQ

JP13/1

JP13/2

JP13/3

JP13/4

JP13/5

»

IRQ3

Open

2 & 3

Open

Open

Open

 

IRQ4

Open

Open

2 & 3

Open

Open

 

IRQ5

Open

Open

Open

2 & 3

Open

 

IRQ9

Open

Open

Open

Open

2 & 3

 

IRQ12

2 & 3

Open

Open

Open

Open

Note: Designated pins should be in closed position.

PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION

Setting

JP9

JP12

»

Uni-directional

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

EPP

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

ECP

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Bi-Directional (EPP/ECP)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

PARALLEL PORT DMA SELECTION

Setting

JP17

JP18

 

1

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

»

3

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed