GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:

The PIA-372 is a stand-alone device that independently can monitor the hardware/software state of your system. It's most simple function is to report POST codes during boot up of the system. Built-in logic together with a serial interface let the module be controlled remotely through a modem over a standard dialup connection.

Diagnostic information is send through the dialup connection and matched with a BIOS database to give clear text information rather than codes. The remote user can reset the main system by issuing commands remotely through the dialup connection.

Besides hardware diagnostics, the module can surveil a running system by montitoring the systems I/O channels. It can either monitor the systems standard I/O ports or can use non-assigned I/O ports as interfaces to transfer information between software and diagnostic module.

The ability to remotely debug a running system has a wide field of application. Already in the development stage of a system this can be extremely helpful. However the most important feature of remote debugging is that it will reduce the maintenance costs and after sales service costs of a system dramatically since an engineer can dial-in a system and debug it from his own workplace.