ICOP-6053
Embedded 386SX PC/104 All-in-One CPU
Module with 2S/ DOC/ 4M RAM onboard/
Ethernet
User’s Manual
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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
Chapter 0
Startup
0 . 1 Packing List . . . 1 0 . 2 Specifications . . . 2 0 . 3 Component Location . . . 3Chapter 1
Introduction
1 . 1 Features. . . 4 1 . 2 Specifications . . . 5 1 . 3 DiskOnChip . . . 7 1.4 Netwok Interface……… ………8Chapter 2
Installation
2 . 1 Jumper Settings . . . 9 2.1.1 ICOP-6053 ………10 2 . 2 Connectors. . . 11 2.2.1 ICOP-6053 . . . 112 . 3 DiskOnChip/ Flash ROM Disk . . . 12
2.3.1 Setting Up a DiskOnChip 2000 Flah Disk . . . 12
2.3.2 Setting Up a Flash Disk . . . 14
2 . 4 Watchdog Timer . . . 15
Chapter 3
Network Interface
3 . 1 Introduction. . . 223 . 2 Software Support . . . 22
C h a p t e r 0
Startup
0.1 Packing List
Product Name Function Package
ICOP-6053 Embedded 386SX PC/104 All-in-One CPU Module l ICOP-6053 Embedded 386SX PC/104 All-in-One CPU Module
l Utility and Drivers Diskette x 1 l FDD cable x 1
l HDD cable x 1 l RS232 cable x 2
l Printer cable with bracket x 1 l AT KB/ PS2 Mouse Y-cable x 1
0.2 Specifications
Features ICOP-6050
Chipset DM&P(ALi) M6117D
Processor 386SX-40 on-die
Multi I/O Chip ALi 5113
BIOS AMI BIOS
Watchdog Timer From 30.5ìs to 512 seconds
Bus Interface PC/104 standard compliant
RAM 4MB onboard
Display X
Enhanced IDE Port 1 Floppy Connector 1
Flash Disk /
DiskOnChip Socket 1 Nerwork chipset Realtek 8019AS Network interface RJ45
Serial Port RS232 X 1, RS232/485 X 1 Parallel Port 1
Power Requirement +5V @0.8A Board Weight 105g
0.3 Component Location
ICOP-6053 Parallel Port FDD Port Keyb. Mouse Cont. COM1 COM2 EIDE Port +5V/GND RJ45 conn. Keyb. conn.
C h a p t e r 1
Introduction
1.1 Features
l P C / 1 0 4 ( 9 6 x 9 0 m m ) E m b e d d e d C P U M o d u l e
l P C / 1 0 4 c o n n e c t o r
l DM&P (ALi) M6117D Embedded CPU, 100% compatible with 386SX-40
C P U
l 4MB EDO RAM onboard
l E n h a n c e d I D E d e v i c e s a n d F D D i n t e r f a c e l O n e B i -d i r e c t i o n a l P a r a l l e l P o r t l R S -2 3 2 i n t e r f a c e l R S -2 3 2 / 4 8 5 i n t e r f a c e l W a t c h d o g t i m e r l S o c k e t f o r F l a s h o r D i s k O n C h i p l O n b o a r d K e y b o a r d , M o u s e h e a d e r l O n b o a r d E t h e r n e t , c o m p a t i b l e w i t h N E 2 0 0 0 l S i n g l e v o l t a g e + 5 V p o w e r c o n n e c tor l O p e r a t i n g t e m p e r a t u r e f r o m -2 0 ~ + 6 0 ° C
1.2 Specifications
• Embedded CPU: D M & P ( A L i ) M 6 1 1 7 D i s a n i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f a n I N T E L c o m p a t i b l e 3 8 6 S X-4 0 C P U , R e a l t i m e c l o c k , a w a t c h d o g t i m e r a n d A L i ’ s M 1 2 1 7 B c h i p s e t
• BIOS: Y 2 K c o m p l i a nt AMI system BIOS
• DRAM Memory: 4MB EDO DRAM onboard
• Bus Interface: P C / 1 0 4 • Data Bus: 1 6 -b i t • Bus Speeds: P C / 1 0 4 - 8 MHz ( a b o v e v a l u e s a r e d e f a u l t s , b u s s p e e d s a r e p r o g r a m m a b l e u p t o 1 6 M H z ) • DMA Channels: 7 • Interrupt Levels: 1 5 • Enhanced IDE: s u p p o r t s o n e p o r t a n d u p t o t w o h a r d d r i v e s o r E n h a n c e d I D E d e v i c e s o f P I O m o d e 4 . B I O S e n a b l e d / d i s a b l e d
• Watchdog Timer: generates either a RESET, NMI or an IRQ when your
a p p l i c a t i o n l o s e s c o n t r o l o v e r t h e s y s t e m . O p t i o n a l l y t h e w a t c h d o g c a n
t r i g g e r a u s e r specified interrupt. The watchdog is configurable from 30.5ìs
t o 5 1 2 s e c o n d s ( i n 3 0 . 5ìs s e g m e n t s )
• R e a l-time Clock: included in M6117D with onboard lithium battery backup for 10 years of data retention. CMOS data backup of BIOS setup and BIOS default.
• Keyboard and Mouse Connectors:
External 6 pin Mini DIN for AT -k e y b o a r d , P S / 2 M o u s e Internal 5 -pin header for AT -keyboard
Internal 5 -pin header for PS/2 -m o u s e
High Speed Multi I/O
• Chipset: A L i 5 1 1 3 o r S M S C F D C 3 7 C 6 6 9
• Serial ports: o n e h i g h s p e e d R S -2 3 2 p o r t , o n e h i g h s p e e d R S -2 3 2 / 4 8 5 port (jumper selectable). Both with 16C550 UART and 16 byte FIFO. BIOS e n a b l e d / d i s a b l e d
• Floppy Disk Drive Interface: s u p p o r t s u p t o t w o f l o p p y d r i v e s , 5 ¼ “ ( 3 6 0 K B o r 1 . 2 M B ) a n d 3 ½ “ ( 7 2 0 K B , 1 . 4 4 M B ) . B I O S e n a b l e d / d i s ab l e d
• Bi-directional Parallel Port: s u p p o r t s S P P , E P P a n d E C P m o d e . B I O S e n a b l e d / d i s a b l e d
Environmental and Power
• Power Requirements: s i n g l e v o l t a g e + 5 V
• Board Dimensions: 9 0 ( L ) x 9 6 ( W ) m m .
• Board Weight: 105 g
1.3 DiskOnChip 2000 Flash Disk
Flash Disk DiskOnChip
®2000
• Package: S i n g l e C h i p F l a s h D i s k i n 3 2 -p i n D I P J E D E C
• Capacity: 1 -144 MByte capacity
• Data Reliability: E C C / E D C e r r o r c o r r e c t i o n
1.4 Network Interface
• Chipset: R e a l t e k 8 0 1 9 A S s i n g l e c h i p
• Type: 10BASE-T
• Connectors: o n b o a r d R J -4 5 a n d B N C c o n n e c t o r s
• Monitoring LEDs: network ready indicator, network activity indicator
C h a p t e r 2
Installation
2.1 Jumper Settings
CONT3 J6 J3 U5 SP1 J5 J8 J9 J7 Cont1 U5 J11 J10 J4 J1 J2 Cont22.1.1 ICOP- 6053
J 6 R S -2 3 2 / 4 8 5 s e l e c t i o n f o r C O M 2 1 -2 : R S -2 3 2 m o d e ( J 9 a c t i v e ) 2 -3 : R S -4 8 5 m o d e ( J 5 a c t i v e ) J 3 1 -2 : RESET SWITCH 3 -4 : P o w e r L E D 5 -6 : IDE LED2.2 Connectors
2.2.1 ICOP- 6053
J 1 P C / 1 0 4 b u s 6 4 -p i n J 2 P C / 1 0 4 b u s 4 0 -p i n J 4 P o w e r c o n n t c o t r J 5 COM2 RS-4 8 5 J 7 P a r a l l e l p o r t J 8 COM1 RS-2 3 2 J 9 COM2 RS-2 3 2 J 1 0 IDE connector J 1 1 R J 4 5 c o n n e c t o r Cont1 AT-keyboard, PS/2 m o u s e c o n n e c t o r Cont2 k e y b o a r d c o n n e c t o r Cont3 F l o p p y D i s k c o n n e c t o r SP1 Buzzer U5 D i s h O n C h i p / F l a s h D i s k s o c k e t COM1 COM1 RS-2 3 2 COM2 COM2 RS-2 3 2 P 1 P a r a l l e l P o r t2.3 DiskOnChip/EPROM/Flash ROM Disk
2.3.1 Setup a DiskOnChip
®2000 Flash Disk
Installation Instructions
1. Make sure the ICOP-6 0 5 X i s p o w e r e d O F F
2. Plug the DiskOnChip 2000 device(s) into its socket. Verify the direction is c o r r e c t ( p i n 1 o f t h e D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 i s a l i g n e d w i t h p i n 1 o f t h e s o c k e t ) 3 . S e t a d d r e s s f o r b o t h D i s k O n C h i p a n d F l a s h D i s k d e v i c e s a s b e l o w i n s t r u c t i o n s :
Step1: Enter to AMI BIOS Setup Utility while system power on Step2: Enter to “Advanced Chipset Setup”
Step3: Select “GPCS Function” to “Enable” ( F o r D i s k O n C h i p )
Step4: Setect “GPCS0 Command” to “MEMR/W 8 b i t ” Step5: Select “GPCS0 Start Address” to “0C8000 HEX” Step6: Select “GPCS0 Size” to “8 KBYTE” (goto Step 10) ( F o r F l a s h D i s k )
Step4: Setect “GPCS0 Command” to “MEMR/W 8bit” Step5: Select “GPCS0 Start Address” to “0E0000 HEX” Step6: Select “GPCS0 Size” to “64 KBYTE”
S t e p 7 : S e l e c t “ G P C S 1 C o m m a n d “ t o “ I O W 8 b i t ”
Step8: Select “GPCS1 Start Address” to “000100 HEX” Step9: Select “GPCS1 Size” to “2 BYTE”
Step10: Save changed and exit. 4 . P o w e r u p t h e s y s t e m 5 . D u r i n g p o w e r u p y o u m a y o b s e r v e t h e m e s s a g e s d i s p l a y e d b y t h e D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 w h e n i t s d r i v e r s a r e a u t o m a t i c a l l y l o a d e d i n t o s y s t e m ’ s m e m o r y 6 . A t t h i s s t a g e t h e D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 c a n b e a c c e s s e d a s a n y d i s k i n t h e s y s t e m
7. If the DiskOnChip 2000 is the only disk in the system, it will appear as the f i r s t d i s k ( d r i v e C : i n D O S )
8 . I f t h e r e a r e m o r e d i s k s b e s i d e s t h e D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 , t h e D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 w i l l a p p e a r b y d e f a u l t a s t h e l a s t d r i v e , u n l e s s i t w a s p r o g r a m m e d a s f i r s t d r i v e . ( p l e a s e r e f e r t o t h e D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 u t i l i t i e s u s e r m a n u a l )
9 . I f y o u w a n t t h e D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 t o b e b o o t a b l e : a - c o p y t h e o p e r a t i n g system files into the DiskOnChip by using the standard DOS command (for e x a m p l e : s y s d : ) b - The DiskOnChip should be the only disk in the systems o r s h o u l d b e c o n f i g u r e d a s t h e f i r s t d i s k i n t h e s y s t e m ( c : ) u s i n g t h e DUPDATE utility F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 t e c h n o l o g y , v i s i t M -Systems Web s i t e http:// www.m-s y s . c o m w h e r e y o u c a n f i n d U t i l i t i e s M a n u a l , D a t a S h e e t s a n d A p p l i c a t i o n N o t e s . I n a d d i t i o n , y o u c a n f i n d t h e l a s t e d D i s k O n C h i p 2 0 0 0 S / W U t i l i t i e s .
2.3.2 Setting up a Flash Disk
B e f o r e y o u c a n u s e t h e I C O P -605X’s Flash disk you will have to initialize it using a software utility called “PC104.EXE”. This program can be found o n the utility disk in the subdirectory “A: \FLASH”
- C o n n e c t a k e y b o a r d a n d f l o p p y d i s k I C O P -6 0 5 X t o t h e P C / 1 0 4 b u s a n d b o o t-u p y o u r s y s t e m .
- r u n P C 1 0 4 . E X E ( t h i s i s a D O S c o m m a n d l i n e u t i l i t y )
ICOP-605X FLASH disk initialize program V1.0 FLASH manufacturer : (1)ATMEL (2)SST
Input manufacturer number (1,2) : 1
Input quantity of FLASH (1,2) : 2
Simulation disk:
(1)DISK-A (2)DISK-B (3)DISK-C (4)DISK-D
Input manufacturer number (1,2,3,4) : 1
FLASH-DISK initialize finish.
( T e x t i n b o l d s h o u l d b e e n t e r e d b y u s e r )
- A f t e r r u n n i n g t h e P C 1 0 4 . E X E c o n f i g u r a t i o n p r o g r a m r e b o o t t h e s y s t e m , while holding down the left “Ctrl” key. This will bring you to the “Flash Disk Utility”
- “CHANGE CURRENT DISK NUMBER” lets you select the drive you want to a s s i g n t o t h e d i s k , e i t h e r A, B, C or D
- “CHANGE FLASH DISK SIZE” lets you select the amount of Flash EPROM c h i p s t h a t a r e o n b o a r d .
- m a k e s e l e c t i o n s a n d r e b o o t t h e s y s t e m a f t e r c l o s i n g t h e p r o g r a m Your disk can now be formatted and setup with normal DOS commands such a s
FORMAT, FDISK, COPY, SYS etc.
Note : when assigning the solid state disk as either C or D, you first
2.4
Watchdog Timer
T h e w a t c h d o g t i m e r u s e s a 3 2 . 7 6 8 K H z f r e q u e n c y s o u r c e w i t h a 2 4 -bit c o u n t e r . I t s t i m e r a n g e s t r e tches from 30.5 ms to 512 sec. with a resolution of 30.5 ms. When the watchdog times out a System RESET, NMI or IRQ can b e i n v o k e d . W a t c h d o g t i m e r c o n t r o l a n d t h e 2 4 -b i t c o u n t e r i t s e l f o c c u p y 6 consecutive 8 -b i t a d d r e s s l o c a t i o n s .
W h e n f u n c t i o n i n g p r o p e r l y the system resets the watchdog timer periodically t o p r o h i b i t t h a t i t t i m e s o u t . I f t h e w a t c h d o g t i m e r t i m e s o u t , i t w i l l R E S E T t h e s y s t e m , o r g e n e r a t e a n d N M I o r I R Q , d e p e n d i n g o n i t s c o n f i g u r a t i o n .
Watchdog or System Timer
A n o t h e r g r e a t a p p l i c a t i o n i s t o generate a periodic IRQ signal. Under DOS e n v i r o n m e n t , t h e 8 2 5 4 , s y s t e m t i m e r 0 , w i l l g e n e r a t e I R Q 0 e v e r y 5 4 . 9 m s . T h e w a t c h d o g i s l i k e s y s t e m t i m e r 0 . I t c a n b e p r o g r a m m e d t o p e r i o d i c a l l y g e n e r a t e a c o n f i g u r a b l e I R Q . I t m a y b e c l e a r t h a t t h e s e l e c t e d I R Q, will be n o l o n g e r a v a i l a b l e t o t h e s y s t e m .
Configuring the Watchdog Timer in the BIOS
The M6117D watchdog configuration register can be controlled by software o r c a n b e s e t u p i n t h e B I O S . T o d o s o g o t o B I O S S e t u p ’ s “ A d v a n c h e d C h i p s e t S e t u p ”
W a t c h d o g F u n c t i o n = E n a b l e / D i s a b l e
Watchdog Signal = RESET, NMI or IRQ 3/4/5/6/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 W a t c h d o g T i m e r = 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 1 6 / 3 2 / 6 4 / 1 2 8 / 2 5 6 / 5 1 2 S e c o n d s T h e B I O S s e t u p o n l y o f f e r s a l i m i t e d a m o u n t o f t i m e-out values. More a h i h e r r e s o l u t i o n o f t i m e o u t v a l u e s r e f e r t o t he next paragraph “Configuring the Watchdog Timer by Software” Note that in case of using the BIOS setup, t h e w a t c h d o g s t a r t s c o u n t i n g t h e m o m e n t i t p a s s e s t h e B I O S s e t u p . T h i s m e a n s t h a t i f y o u s e t t h e t i m e-out period to 1 second, the system will keep r e b o o t i n g b e f o r e b e i n g a b l e t o l o a d o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m o r s o f t w a r e ! A f t e r y o u h a v e f i n n i s h e d c o n f i g u r i n g y o u w a t c h d o g t i m e r r e a d “ T i m e o u t S t a t u s & R e s e t - INDEX 3CH” on page 12 and look at the example on page 1 5 t o f i n d o u t h o w t o p r i o d i c a l l y r e s e t i n g t h e t i m eo u t s t a t u s t o p r e v e n t t h e watchdog timer from invoking a RESET, NMI or IRQ.
Configuring the Watchdog Timer by Software
Chipset configuration registersa r e u s e d t o c o n t r o l t h e w a t c h d o g f u n ctions and/or display its current status. Enable/Disable watchdog - INDEX 37H
Bit Value Action
7 reserved Do not modify the value of these bits! 6 0
1
Disable watchdog timer Enable watchdog timer
5-0 Other function Do not modify the value of these bits!
Watchdog time out action - INDEX 38H
Bit Value Action
7-4 0000 No output signal 0001 IRQ3 0010 IRQ4 0011 IRQ5 0100 IRQ6 0101 IRQ7 0110 IRQ9 0111 IRQ10 1000 IRQ11 1001 IRQ12 1010 IRQ14 1011 IRQ15 1100 NMI 1101 S y s t e m R E S E T 1110 No output signal 1111 No output signal
3-0 Other function Do not modify the value of these bits!
Index 3Bh 3Ah 3 9 h
B i t s D7……D0 D7……D0 D7……D0 counter [ V S B………. ………... ………. . L S B ]
F o r e x a m p l e
Index 3Bh 3Ah 3 9 h Time out
00h 00h 01h 30.5ì s 00h 00h 02h 61ì s 00h 01h 00h 7.8 ms 00h 02h 00h 15.6 ms 01h 00h 00h 2 s 02h 00h 00h 4 s FFh FFh FFh 512 s
Timeout Status & Reset - INDEX 3CH
Bit Value Action
7 0 1
Timeout has not occurred Timeout has occured 6
5 1 0
Reset timer Has no meaning
4-0 Other function, do not modify these bits
Programming the watchdog
To perform any operation on the M6117D configuration registers you always h a v e t o u n l o c k f i r s t a n d l o c k t h e r e g i s t e r s a f t e r w a r d s
Unlock configuration register Lock configur ation register
mov al, 013h mov al, 013h
out 22h, al out 22h, al
nop nop
mov al, 0c5h mov al, 000h
out 23h, al out 23h, al
nop nop
nop nop
Read the value of a configuration register For example, read INDEX 3Ch :
Unlock c onfiguration register
mov al, 03ch out 22h, al nop nop in al, 23h nop nop push ax
Lock configuration register
pop ax ;AL - result
Write data to configuration register For example, write 0FFh to INDEX 3Bh :
Unlock configuration register
mov al, 03bh out 22h, al nop nop mov al, 0ffh out 23h, al nop
nop
Lock configuration register W a t c h d o g P r o g r a m E x a m p l e
W e u s e t h e f o l l o w i n g s e q u e n c e t o i n i t i a l i z e t h e w a t c h d o g t i m e r : ( 1 ) U n l o c k c o n f i g u r a t i o n r e g i s t e r .
( 2 ) D i s a b l e w a t c h d o g t i m e r b y s e t t i n g I N D E X 3 7 H B i t 6 t o ‘ 0’. (3) Set the expected counter value to INDEX 3BH, 3AH, 39H. ( 4 ) S e l e c t t i m e o u t a c t i o n f r o m I N D E X 3 8 H B i t 7 -4 .
( 5 ) E n a b l e w a t c h d o g t i m e r b y s e t t i n g I N D E X 3 7 H B i t 6 t o ‘ 1 ’ . ( 6 ) L o c k c o n f i g u r a t i o n r e g i s t e r .
E x a m p l e : S e t t i m e o u t t o 1 2 8 s e c t o g e n e r a t e a s y s tem RESET. ; Please use MASM to compiler the following program ; Execute under DOS environment
dosseg
. model small . stack 100h .code
main proc
mov ax, 0c513h ; Unlock config. register call writechip
mov ax, 03737h ; Disable watchdog timer call readchip
and al, 10111111b xchg ah, al
call writechip
mov ax, 0403bh ; Set the expected counter ; value
call writechip ; to [400000h]
call writechip mov ax, 00039h call writechip
mov ax, 03838h ; Select “system reset” as ; timeout action call readchip and al, 00001111b or al, 11010000b xchg ah, al call writechip
mov ax, 03737h ; Enable watchdog timer call readchip
or al, 01000000b xchg ah, al call writechip
mov ax, 00013h ; Lock config. register call writechip mov ax, 04c00h int 21h main endp readchip proc out 22h, al nop nop in al, 23h nop nop ret
readchip endp writechip proc out 22h, al nop nop xchg ah, al out 23h, al nop nop xchg ah, al ret writechip endp end main
Reset watchdog timer
R e s e t s t h e w a t c h d o g t i m e r p e r i o d i c a l l y to prevent timeout.
mov ax, 0c513h ; Unlock configuration ; register
call writechip
mov ax, 03C3Ch ; Reset watchdog timer ; counter
call readchip
or al, 00100000b ; The counter is reset at xchg ah, al ; out 23h, al
call writechip
mov ax, 00013h ; Lock configuration ; register
call writechip
C h a p t e r 3
Network Interface
3.1 Introduction
The Realtek RTL -8019AS 10Mbps Ethernet controller board supports both 10BASE-T a n d C o a x 1 0 B a s e-2 ‘ B N C ’ c o n n e c tors, and allows direct connec-tion to your 10Mbps Ethernet based Local Area Network for full interacconnec-tion w i t h l o c a l s e r v e r s , w i d e a r e a n e t w o r k s s u c h a s t h e I n t e r n e t .
I / O a n d I R Q s e t t i n g s c a n b e d o n e b y s o f t w a r e w i t h t h e s u p p l i e d u t i l i t y s o f t w a r e , o r i t c a n b e s e t f o r P l u g a n d P l a y c o m p a t i b i l i t y . T h e c o n t r o l l e r s u p p o r t s : F u l l -Duplex Ethernet function to double channel bandwidth, auto m e d i a d e t e c t i o n .
3.2 Software Support
On -b o a r d E E P R O M ( 9 3 C 4 6 ) p r o g r a m m i n g S e t u p / D i a g n o s t i c p r o g r a m f o r D O S
Help utility for e a s y i n s t a l l a t i o n
RPL boot ROM for Novell Netware, Microsoft NT NDIS2 (DOS,OS/2,Lantastic,WFW3.1¡K¡K)
NDIS3,NDIS4,NDIS5 for WIN95,98,NT3.51,4.0,5.0,WFW3.11
N e t w a r e 1 6 -bit ODI driver for DOS,OS/2 and 32-bit ODI driver for Netware 3.x,4.x,5.0 Server
Packet d river for UNIX Client SCO Unix driver
Linux driver
Warranty
T h i s p r o d u c t i s w a r r a n t e d t o b e i n g o o d w o r k i n g o r d e r f o r a p e r i o d o f o n e y e a r f r o m t h e d a t e o f p u r c h a s e . S h o u l d t h i s p r o d u c t f a i l t o b e i n g o o d working orderat any time during this period, we will, at our option, replace or r e p a i r i t a t n o a d d i t i o n a l c h a r g e e x c e p t a s s e t f o r t h i n t h e f o l l o w i n g t e r m s . This warranty doesnot apply to products damaged by misuse, modifications, a c c i d e n t o r d i s a s t e r . V e n d o r a s s u m e s n o l i a b i l i t y f o r a n y d a m a g e s , l o s t p r o f i t s , l o s t s a v i n g s o r a n y o t h e r i n c i d e n t a l o r c o n s e q u e n t i a l d a m a g e resulting from the use, misuse of, orinability to use this product. Vendor will n o t b e l i a b l e f o r a n y c l a i m m a d e b y a n y o t h e r r e l a t e d p a r ty. Return a u t h o r i z a t i o n m u s t b e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e v e n d o r b e f o r e r e t u r n e d m e r c h a n -dise will be accepted. Authorization can be obtained by calling or faxing the vendor and requesting a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. R e t u r n e d g o o d s s h o u l d a l w a y s b e a c c o m p a n i e d b y a c l e a r p r o b l e m d e s c r i p t i o n .