KOUWELL ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
KW-557A
Card Type | Hard drive controller card |
Hard Drives supported | Two IDE (AT) drives |
Floppy drives supported | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |
Data Bus | 16-bit ISA |
Card Size | Half-length, full-height card |
CONNECTIONS | |||
Function | Location | Function | Location |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive | J1 | 10-pin serial port 2 - internal | J5 |
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector | J2 | 25-pin parallel port - external | J6 |
16-pin game port | J3 | 2-pin connector - drive active LED | LED1 |
10-pin serial port 1 - internal | J4 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Label | Position | |
» | IDE(AT) interface enabled | JP1/A | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
IDE(AT) interface disabled | JP1/A | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
» | Factory configured - do not alter | JP1/B | Reserved |
» | Floppy drive interface enabled | JP1/C | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Floppy drive interface disabled | JP1/C | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
» | Floppy drive order is normal (A:, B:) | JP1/D | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Floppy drive order is reversed (B:, A:) | JP1/D | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
» | Floppy drive primary | JP1/E | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Floppy drive secondary | JP1/E | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
» | Game port enabled | JP4 | Closed |
Game port disabled | JP4 | Open |
DACK SELECTION | |||
DACK | W1/F | W1/G | W1/H |
1 (printer) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | Open |
3 (printer) | Open | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open |
3 (FDC) | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open |
2 (FDC) | Open | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
DMA CHANNEL SELECTION | |||
Channel | JP2/G | JP2/H | JP2/I |
1 (printer) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | Open |
3 (printer) | Open | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open |
3 (FDC) | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open |
2 (FDC) | Open | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP2/E | JP2/F |
LPT1 (378h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
LPT2 (278h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT3 (3BCh) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Disabled | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP2/A | JP2/B |
COM1 (3F8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4 (2E8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP2/C | JP2/D |
COM2 (2F8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4 (2E8h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||||
IRQ | JP3/A | JP3/B | JP3/C | JP3/D | JP3/E | JP3/F | JP3/G | JP3/H | JP3/I |
IRQ3 | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4 | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ5 | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ7 | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open |
IRQ15 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. |
SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||||
IRQ | JP3/A | JP3/B | JP3/C | JP3/D | JP3/E | JP3/F | JP3/G | JP3/H | JP3/I |
IRQ3 | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4 | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ5 | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ7 | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open |
IRQ15 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. |
PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||
IRQ | JP3/J | JP3/K |
IRQ5 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open |
IRQ7 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open |
IRQ12 | Open | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
IRQ15 | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP3/L | JP3/M |
Standard | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
ECP | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
EPP | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |