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Table a.1: watchdog timer registers – Advantech AIMB-258 User Manual

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Table A.1: Watchdog Timer Registers

Address of register (2E) Attribute

Read/Write

Value (2F) and description

87 (hex)

-

Write this address to I/O address port 2E
(hex) twice to unlock the W83627UHG

07 (hex)

write

Write 08 (hex) to select register of
watchdog timer.

30 (hex)

write

Write 01 (hex) to enable the function of
the watchdog timer. Disabled is set as
default.

F5 (hex)

write

Set seconds or minutes as units for the
timer.

Write 0 to bit 3: set second as counting unit. [default]
Write 1 to bit 3: set minute as counting unit.
F6 (hex)

write

0: stop timer [default]
01~FF (hex): The amount of the count,
in seconds or minutes, depends on the
value set in register F5 (hex). This num-
ber decides how long the watchdog
timer waits for strobe before generating
an interrupt or reset signal. Writing a
new value to this register can reset the
timer to count with the new value.

F7 (hex)

read/write

Bit 6: Write 1 to enable keyboard to reset
the timer, 0 to disable.[default]
Bit 5: Write 1 to generate a timeout sig-
nal immediately and automatically
return to 0. [default=0]
Bit 4: Read status of watchdog timer, 1
means timer is ""time out""."

AA (hex)

-

Write this address to I/O port 2E (hex)
to lock the watchdog timer.2.