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FabiaTech FB2504 User Manual

FabiaTech FB2504 User Manual

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FabiaTech Corporation
IPC Solution
Website:
http://www.FabiaTech.com
Email:
support@FabiaTech.com
ISA CPU Card
Low Power Series
FB2504
User's Manual
APR 2008
Version: 1.2
Part Number: FB2504

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  • Page 1 FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website: http://www.FabiaTech.com Email: support@FabiaTech.com ISA CPU Card Low Power Series FB2504 User’s Manual APR 2008 Version: 1.2 Part Number: FB2504...
  • Page 2 FabiaTech shall not be reliable for technical or editorial errors or omissions, which may occur in this document. FabiaTech shall not be reliable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content FB2504 User’s Manual ........................i Table of Content ............................iii Chapter 1 Introducing the FB2504 System Board.................. 1 Overview...............................1 Layout..............................2 Specifications ............................3 Packing List ............................4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ......................5 Before Installation ..........................5 Hardware Features..........................6 P1, P2: Selecting CPU Base Clock and PCI Clock............7  ...
  • Page 4 DIMM1: SoDIMM Socket ....................18   J17 & JP1: Compact Flash Socket and Master/Slave Select ........18   J10: AMR Connector .....................19   FB4641: Provides Audio and USB Board ..............19   BUS1: PC/104 Connector ....................20   Chapter 3 Installing CRT ........................21 CRT DISPLAY............................21 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ..........................
  • Page 5 Real-Time Clock and Non-Volatile RAM................60 CMOS RAM Map ........................62 I/O Port Address Map ......................63 Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) ....................64 DMA Channel Map.........................65 DMA Controller 2 ........................65 Serial Ports..........................66 Parallel Ports ..........................70 Appendix..............................73 Dimension ............................73...
  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introducing The Fb2504 System Board

    Chapter 1 Introducing the FB2504 System Board Overview The FB2504 is a Ultra low voltage Celeron all–in-one half size ISA CPU card. This user’s manual provides information on the physical features, installation, and BIOS setup of the FB2504. Built to unleash the total potential of the INTEL ULV Processor, the FB2504 is a single board computer capable of handling today’s demanding requirements.
  • Page 8: Layout

    FabiaTech Corporation Layout LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 BUS1 CN10 CN11...
  • Page 9: Specifications

    FabiaTech Corporation Specifications Supports 400 MHz Ultra Low Voltage CPU. (INTEL ULV CPU) Compact size slot card with ISA expansion bus. VIA VT8601+VT82C686B chipset and 256KB or above L2 cache inside the CPUs. On-board 32MB SDRAM and 1 So-DIMM socket for up to 544MB maximum.
  • Page 10: Packing List

    Verify the accessories in the package according to the packing list and see if there is anything missing or incorrect package is included. • If the cable(s) you use to install the FB2504 is not supplied from us, please make sure the specification of the cable(s) is compatible with the FB2504 system board.
  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation To set up a FB2504 system board, complete the description Chapter 2 and Chapter 3. This chapter introduces the system board connectors, jumper settings and then guides you to apply them for field application.
  • Page 12: Hardware Features

    FabiaTech Corporation Hardware Features The following list is for the setup of the connectors and jumpers of the FB2504. Item Description 34-pin 2.54mm floppy connector (IDC). 26-pin 2.0mm parallel port connector (IDC). 40-pin 2.54mm IDE 1 hard disk connector (IDC).
  • Page 13: P1, P2: Selecting Cpu Base Clock And Pci Clock

    FabiaTech Corporation P1, P2: Selecting CPU Base Clock and PCI Clock LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 BUS1 CN10 CN11 The following lists the switch settings of CPU Base Clock and PCI clock. CPU Base Clock PCI Clock Remark Open Close 100.0Mhz...
  • Page 14: J3: Reset Header

    J3 is a 2-pin header for connecting to system reset button. Shorting the circuit of the 2 pins makes the hardware reset and FB2504 restart system. It is similar to power off the system and then power it on again.
  • Page 15: Cn10, Cn11: Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation CN10, CN11: Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN11 is a standard PS/2 type keyboard connector, so any PS/2 type keyboard can plug into directly without extra adapter cable. CN10 provides PS/2 mouse interface, use the included mouse adapter cable to connect between CN8 and standard PS/2 mouse.
  • Page 16: Cn8: Rj45 Lan Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation CN8: RJ45 LAN Connector The CN8 contain LAN twist pair signals and LAN accesses indicator signal is RJ45 type connector with 2 LED indicators. The down side LED (orange) indicates data which is being accessed and the up side LED (green) indicates on-line status. (When lighted indicates on-line and off indicates off-line).
  • Page 17: Db2, Cn9: Rs232 Serial Ports 1,2 Connectors And Jumpers

    FabiaTech Corporation The following table lists the pin description of CN3, CN6. Signal Signal -RESET GROUND DATA 7 DATA 8 DATA 6 DATA 9 DATA 5 DATA 10 DATA 4 DATA 11 DATA 3 DATA 12 DATA 2 DATA 13...
  • Page 18 FabiaTech Corporation Serial Port 2 (CN9, SW1, J1, J16 and SW1) Serial port 2 is designed for multiple proposes. It could be RS-232C, RS-422 or RS-485 by selecting SW1 or changing the setting in BIOS setup program, and SW1-4 is use to enable or disable terminator if RS-485 mode is selected.
  • Page 19: J5: Temperature Sensor Header

    FabiaTech Corporation J1: 5-pin Infrared Header J1 provides infrared signals of serial port 2. The infrared signal is used to interface with Infrared modules. LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 Pin 1: VCC Pin 2: N.C. BUS1 Pin 3: IRRX...
  • Page 20: Cn2: 26-Pin Parallel Port Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation CN2: 26-pin Parallel Port Connector The included printer interface cable is used to transfer 26-pin connector into standard DB25 connector. LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 BUS1 CN10 CN11 CN2 DB-25 Signal CN2 DB-25 Signal -STROBE -AUTO FORM FEED...
  • Page 21: Cn1: Floppy Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation CN1: Floppy Connector The included floppy drive interface cable is used standard 34-pin connector. The following table shows signal connections 34-pin connectors. LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 CN1 –Floppy connector BUS1 CN10 CN11 34-pin Signal 34-pin...
  • Page 22: J12 & Jp2: External Battery Connector And Battery Select Jumper

    FabiaTech Corporation J12 & JP2: External Battery Connector and Battery Select Jumper J12 is used to connect an external battery pack if on-board Lithium battery is empty, and please setting JP2 properly of in-board battery or external battery .You can use JP2 to clear CMOS data.
  • Page 23: J15: Power Connector (6-Pin 2.5Mm Jst)

    FabiaTech Corporation J15: Power Connector (6-pin 2.5mm JST) J15 is the power connector for FB2504 is used with stand-alone applications. LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 Note: This power connector is ideal for standalone applications. Signal BUS1 Ground CN10...
  • Page 24: J7: Ttl I/O Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation J7: TTL I/O Connector LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 TTL Lines Bit Location Output Line 0 Bit 6 of 84eh Output Line 1 Bit 7 of 84eh Input Line 0 Bit 6 of 84ah BUS1 Input Line 1...
  • Page 25: J10: Amr Connector

    FB4641: Provides Audio and USB Board The J3, J4, and J5 connectors on FB4641 are 2-way Line-In, mono Microphone input, and 2-way Lineout respectively. You can connect J1, CN2 cable from FB2504 J10 to J6. The following figure shows these Audio connectors on FB4641 board:...
  • Page 26: Bus1: Pc/104 Connector

    FabiaTech Corporation BUS1: PC/104 Connector LED1 J2 J8 J3 J5 J9 J4 BUS1 – BUS A & B BUS1 – BUS C & D BUS1 CN10 CN11 PC/104 A&B Pin Signal Signal Signal Signal -IOCHK SA14 Ground -DACK1 SA13 RSTDRV...
  • Page 27: Chapter 3 Installing Crt

    This chapter describes the configuration and installation procedure CRT display. CRT DISPLAY The FB2504 supports a CRT colored monitor and a LCD. It can be connected to create a compact video solution for the industrial environment. 8MB simulated VRAM allows a maximum CRT resolution of 1280X1024 with 64K colors DB1: CRT connector The CRT is use to a standard CRT connector (DB1).
  • Page 28 FabiaTech Corporation...
  • Page 29: Chapter 4 Bios Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 4 BIOS Setup This chapter describes the BIOS setup. Overview BIOS is a program located on a Flash memory chip of a circuit board. It is used to initialize and set up the I/O peripherals and interface cards of the system, which includes time, date, hard disk drive, the PCI bus and connected devices such as the video display, diskette drive, and the keyboard.
  • Page 30: Bios Functions

    FabiaTech Corporation BIOS Functions On the menu, you can perform the following functions 1. Standard CMOS Setup 2. Advanced CMOS Setup 3. Advanced Chipset Setup 4. Power Management Setup 5. PCI/ Plug and Play Setup 6. Peripheral Setup 7. Hardware Monitor Setup 8.
  • Page 31: Keyboard Convention

    FabiaTech Corporation Keyboard Convention On the BIOS, the following keys can be used to operate and manage the menu: Item Function To exit the current menu or message Page Up/Page Down To select a parameter To display the help menu if you do not know the...
  • Page 32: Standard Cmos Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation STANDARD CMOS SETUP This section describes basic system hardware configuration, system clock setup and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore. Date & Time Setup Highlight the <Date>...
  • Page 33 FabiaTech Corporation the master and slave jumpers, please refer to the hard disk’s installation descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings. You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during boot up. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type.
  • Page 34: Advanced Cmos Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation ADVANCED CMOS SETUP This section describes the configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries here are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settings.
  • Page 35 FabiaTech Corporation –3 Boot Device These fields determine where the system attempts to look for the boot drive priority for an operating system. The default procedure is to check the hard disk, and then the floppy drive, and last the CDROM.
  • Page 36 FabiaTech Corporation Available options: On, Off Default setting: On Floppy Drive Swap The field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap A, B setting, otherwise leave on the default setting of Disabled (No Swap). This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature.
  • Page 37 FabiaTech Corporation Default setting: Absent Password Check This field enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is executed. If Always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time and the BIOS Setup Program executes and the computer is turned on. If Setup is chosen, the password prompt appears if the BIOS executed.
  • Page 38 FabiaTech Corporation C000, 32k Shadow - E800, 32k shadow These fields control the location of the contents of the 32KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location. If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area, this area is made available to the local bus. The settings are: 1.
  • Page 39: Advanced Chipset Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This section describes the configuration of the board’s chipset features. Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD SPD represents Serial Presence Detect. It is an 8-bit, 2048 bits EEPROM, built on the SDRAM for 100 MHz frequencies. If the installed SDRAM supports SPD function, select SPD.
  • Page 40 FabiaTech Corporation AGP Mode This field select AGP transfers video data. Available Options: 1x, 2x and 4x Default setting: 4x AGP Aperture Size This field specifies the system memory size that can be used by the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP).
  • Page 41 FabiaTech Corporation OnChip VGA Frame Buffers Size This field is share memory architecture (SMA) for frame buffer memory. SMA allows system memory to be efficiently share by the host CPU and allocated depending on user preference, application requirements, and total size of system memory.
  • Page 42: Power Management

    FabiaTech Corporation POWER MANAGEMENT ACPI Aware O/S This filed specifies allow you enable Advanced Configuration and Power Management. When you use Windows/0S standby mode can set to enable. Available Options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Disable Power Management /APM Select Enabled to activate the chipset Power Management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features.
  • Page 43 FabiaTech Corporation Hard Disk Power Down Mode This field specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired. Available Options: Disabled, Standby, Suspend Default setting: Disabled Standby Time Out (Minute) This field specifies the length of a period of system inactivity (like hard disk or video) while in full power on state.
  • Page 44 FabiaTech Corporation Available Options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Disabled RTC Alarm Date This field specifies the date of the RTC alarm. Available Options: 1, 31 Default setting: 15 RTC Alarm Hour This field specifies the hour of the RTC alarm.
  • Page 45: Pci/Plug And Play

    FabiaTech Corporation PCI/PLUG AND PLAY Plug and Plug Aware O/S Set to Yes to inform BIOS that the operating system can handle Plug and Play (PnP) devices. Available Options: Yes, No Default setting: No PCI Latency Timer This field specifies the latency timings (in PCI clock) PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion bus.
  • Page 46 FabiaTech Corporation PCI VGA Palette Snoop When Enabled is selected, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device. Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit.
  • Page 47 FabiaTech Corporation IRQ 3 –15 When I/O resources are controlled manually, you can assign each system interrupt as one of the following types, based on the type of device using the interrupt: ISA/EISA devices comply with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific interrupt (Such as IRQ5 for COM1).
  • Page 48: Peripheral Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation PERIPHERAL SETUP This section describes the function of peripheral features. OnBoard FDC This field enables the floppy drive controller on the FB2504. Available Options: Disabled, Enabled and Auto Default setting: Auto OnBoard Serial Port 1 These fields select the I/O port address for each Serial port. Refer to Table 2-2.
  • Page 49 FabiaTech Corporation OnBoard Parallel Port This field selects the I/O port address for parallel port. Available Options: Auto, Disabled, 378, 278, and 3BCH Default setting: Auto EPP Version This field specifies the EPP version for the Parallel Port Mode specification used in the system and is not configurable.
  • Page 50 FabiaTech Corporation IDE Connection Cable This field specifies the select IDE use 40-pin or 40pin-80 conductor cable that can be applied when using UltraDMA/66/100 devices on CN3 IDE hard disk connector. Available Options: 40-pin, 80-pin Default setting: 40-pin OnBoard AC’97 Audio This field specifies the internal Audio Control.
  • Page 51: Hardware Monitor Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Hardware Monitor Setup On the Hardware Monitor Setup screen, you can set up or monitor the system temperature, CPU voltage, and VIA C3 CPU Ration and CPU fan speed… System Hardware Monitor In this field, you can monitor or detect the followings items. These items are view-only and cannot be changed.
  • Page 52: Password Setup

    FabiaTech Corporation Password Setup There are two security passwords: Supervisor and User. Supervisor is a privileged person that can change the User password from the BIOS. According to the default setting, both access passwords are not set up and are only valid after you set the password from the BIOS.
  • Page 53: Chapter 5 Driver And Utility

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 5 Driver and Utility The enclosed diskette includes FB2504 VGA, Audio, system and LAN drivers. To install and configure you FB2504 system, you need to perform the following steps. VIA 4 In 1 Driver WIN 98/2000/XP Driver Installs VIA Chipset, IRQ Routing, AGP Driver and PCI IDE Bus Master 4in 1Driver.
  • Page 54: Vga Driver For Win98/Winme

    FabiaTech Corporation VGA Driver for WIN98/WINME Step 1: To install the VGA driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>VGA>Vt8601t>Win98Me. If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device, copy the VGA driver from the CD ROM to a 1.44” diskette.
  • Page 55: Bios Flash Utility

    FabiaTech Corporation BIOS Flash Utility In the <UTILITY> directory, there is the FLASH845.EXE file. Step 1: Use the AMIFLASH.COM program to update the BIOS setting. Step 2: And then refer to the chapter “BIOS Setup”, as the steps to modify BIOS.
  • Page 56: Watchdog Timer

    This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, including disabled, enabled, and trigger functions. The FB2504 is equipped with a programmable time-out period watchdog timer. You can use your own program to enable the watchdog timer. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, the program should trigger the I/O every time before the timer times out.
  • Page 57: Watchdog Timer Setting

    FabiaTech Corporation Watchdog Timer Setting The watchdog timer is a circuit that may be used from your program software to detect system crashes or hang-ups. LED1 on this CPU board is the watchdog timer indicator, which is located at the upper-left corner above the USB connector.
  • Page 58: Watchdog Timer Enabled

    FabiaTech Corporation Watchdog Timer Enabled To enable the watchdog timer, you have to output a byte of timer factor to the watchdog register whose address is 76H. The following is a BASICA program, which demonstrates how to enable the watchdog timer and set the time-out period at 28 seconds.
  • Page 59: Programming Rs-485

    FabiaTech Corporation Programming RS-485 The majority communicative operation of the RS-485 is in the same of the RS-232. When the RS-485 precedes the transmission, which needs control the TXC signal, and the installing, steps are as follows: Step 1: Enable TXC...
  • Page 60 Disable TXC (transmitter control), the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 just sets “0”. NOTE: Control the FB2504 CPU card’s DTR signal to the RS-485's TXC communication. Send out one character (Transmit) Step 1: Enable TXC signal, and the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 just sets “1”.
  • Page 61 FabiaTech Corporation Step 4: Disabled TXC signal, and the bit 0 of the address of offset+4 sets “0” Receive data The RS-485’s operation of receiving data is in the same of the RS-232’s. Basic Language Example a. Initial 86C450 UART OPEN “COM1:9600,m,8,1”AS #1 LEN=1...
  • Page 62 REM Read one character from COM1: buffer INPSTR$=INPUT$(1,#1) RETURN NOTE: The example of the above program is based on COM1 (I/O Address 3F8h). The RS-485 of the FB2504 uses COM2. If you want to program it, please refer to the BIOS Setup for COM2 address setup.
  • Page 63: Chapter 6 Technical Reference

    FabiaTech Corporation Chapter 6 Technical Reference This section outlines the errors that may occur when you operate the system, and also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems. Topic include: Trouble Shooting for Error Messages Technical Reference Trouble Shooting for Error Messages The following information informs the error messages and troubleshooting.
  • Page 64 FabiaTech Corporation CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR This error informs that the CMOS has corrupted. When the battery runs weak, this situation might happen. Please check the battery and change a new one when necessary. DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color. This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in BIOS Setup.
  • Page 65 FabiaTech Corporation KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT When this situation happens, please check keyboard attachment and no keys being pressed during the boot. If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard, set the error halt condition in BIOS Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD.
  • Page 66: Technical Reference

    Technical Reference Real-Time Clock and Non-Volatile RAM The FB2504 contains a real-time clock compartment that maintains the date and time in addition to storing configuration information about the computer system. It contains 14 bytes of clock and control registers and 114 bytes of general purpose RAM.
  • Page 67 FabiaTech Corporation Address Description Low expansion memory byte High expansion memory byte 19-2D Reserved 2E-2F 2-byte CMOS checksum Low actual expansion memory byte High actual expansion memory byte Date century byte Information flags (set during power on) 34-7F Reserved for system BIOS...
  • Page 68: Cmos Ram Map

    FabiaTech Corporation CMOS RAM Map Register Description 00h -10h Standard AT-compatible RTC and Status and Status Register data definitions 11h – 13h Varies Equipment Bits Number of Floppy Drives 1 Drive 2 Drives Bits Monitor Type Not CGA or MDA 01 40x25 CGA...
  • Page 69: I/O Port Address Map

    FabiaTech Corporation I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses, which also becomes the identity of the device. There is a total of 1K-port address space available. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used on the Industrial CPU Card.
  • Page 70: Interrupt Request Lines (Irq)

    FabiaTech Corporation Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) There are a total of 15 IRQ lines available on the Industrial CPU Card. Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on the Industrial CPU Card.
  • Page 71: Dma Channel Map

    FabiaTech Corporation DMA Channel Map The equivalent of two 8237A DMA controllers is implemented in the FB2504 board. Each controller is a four-channel DMA device that will generate the memory addresses and control signals necessary to transfer information directly between a peripheral device and memory.
  • Page 72: Serial Ports

    FabiaTech Corporation Serial Ports The ACEs (Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE2) are used to convert parallel data to a serial format on the transmit side and convert serial data to parallel on the receiver side. The serial format, in order of transmission and reception, is a start bit, followed by five to eight data bits, a parity bit (if programmed) and one, one and half (five-bit format only) or two stop bits.
  • Page 73 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 2: Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt (ELSI) Bit 3: Enable MODEM Status Interrupt (EDSSI) Bit 4: Must be 0 Bit 5: Must be 0 Bit 6: Must be 0 Bit 7: Must be 0 Interrupt Identification Register (IIR) Bit 0: “0”...
  • Page 74 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 6: Set Break Bit 7: Divisor Latch Access Bit (DLAB) MODEM Control Register (MCR) Bit 0: Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Bit 1: Request to Send (RTS) Bit 2: Out 1 (OUT 1) Bit 3: Out 2 (OUT 2)
  • Page 75 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 5: Data Set Ready (DSR) Bit 6: Ring Indicator (RI) Bit 7: Received Line Signal Detect (RSLD) Divisor Latch (LS, MS) Bit 0: Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1: Bit 1 Bit 9 Bit 2: Bit 2...
  • Page 76: Parallel Ports

    FabiaTech Corporation Parallel Ports Register Address Port Address Read/Write Register Base + 0 Write Output data Base + 0 Read Input data Base + 1 Read Printer status buffer Base + 2 Write Printer control latch Printer Interface Logic The parallel portion of the SMC37C669 makes the attachment of various devices that accept eight bits of parallel data at standard TTL level.
  • Page 77 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 7: This signal may become active during data entry, when the printer is off-line during printing, or when the print head is changing position or in an error state. When Bit 7 is active, the printer is busy and cannot accept data.
  • Page 78 FabiaTech Corporation Bit 5: Direction control bit. When logic 1, the output buffers in the parallel port are disabled allowing data driven from external sources to be read; when logic 0, they work as a printer port. This bit is write-only.
  • Page 79: Appendix

    FabiaTech Corporation Appendix Dimension Unit: mm...

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