
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

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                                CONNECTIONS

        Function          Location           Function           Location

  34-pin cable connector     J1       10-pin serial port 2 -       J5
  - floppy drive                      internal

  40-pin primary IDE(AT)     J2       25-pin parallel port -       J6
  connector                           external

  16-pin game port           J3       2-pin connector -           LED1
                                      drive active LED

  10-pin serial port 1 -     J4
  internal

                        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:,       JP1/D        Pins 2 & 3
      A:)                                                     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            Open                Open
                       closed

  3 (printer)           Open             Pins 1 & 2            Open
                                          closed

    3 (FDC)             Open             Pins 2 & 3            Open
                                          closed

    2 (FDC)             Open               Open             Pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

                           DMA CHANNEL SELECTION

    Channel           JP2/G              JP2/H                JP2/I

  1 (printer)       Pins 1 & 2            Open                Open
                     closed

  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

