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PCI-6871 Users’ Manual
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Appendix A  Programming the Watchdog 
Timer
A.1  Supported Input Timing Modes
In order to program the watchdog timer, you must write a program which 
writes I/O port address 443 (hex). The output data is a value of time inter-
val. The value range is from 01 (hex) to 3E (hex), and the related time 
interval is 1 sec. to 62 sec.
Data
Time Interval
01
1 sec.
02
2 sec.
03
3 sec.
04
4 sec.
.
.
.
3E
62 sec.
After data entry, your program must refresh the watchdog timer by 
rewriting the I/O port 443 (hex) while simultaneously setting it.  
When you want to disable the watchdog timer, your program 
should read I/O port 443 (hex).