Power/Watchdog Related Commands

General Information About Power/Watchdog Related Inputs/Outputs

The iLCD Controllers allow most port pins to be assigned as digital or analog inputs, outputs (pull down or push/pull) or keyboard columns via iLCD Manager XE. All commands referring to port pins below refer to the logical port name, not the physical port pin name.

The logical port names dealing with Power/Watchdog related Inputs/Outputs are as follows:

Port Name	Inputs/Outputs
ARES	watchdog reset output
APWR	PC power off output
ASPWR	disconnect PC's power switch output
APSWI	input from the PC's power switch

If a port function is not previously defined via iLCD Manager XE, the corresponding command is inactive. So, for example, when running the watchdog the ARES function must be assigned to a physical port pin via iLCD Manager XE to enable the pin to go high when the watchdog triggers.

Find following commands in this chapter as well as in the corresponding category when using the parameter completion feature of iLCD Manager XE: