
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

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                                CONNECTIONS

       Function           Location          Function           Location

  40-pin IDE(AT)             J1        10-pin serial port         J5
  connector                            1

  34-pin cable               J2        25-pin parallel            J6
  connector - floppy                   port - external
  drive

  16-pin game port           J3        4-pin connector -         JP1
                                       drive active LED

  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         JP11         Pins 1 & 2
      370h                                                    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

