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  • Page 1 VMT12 User Manual Rugged Vehicle Mount Terminal...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.1 Check the package ................2-1 2.2.1 VMT12 general view .............2-2 2.2 General View of the VMT12............2-2 2.2.2 VMT12 input / output ports view ........2-3 2.3 Starting the VMT12 & OS installation ..........2-4 2.3.1 Power on the VMT12with power adapter......2-4 2.3.2 Operating system installation ..........2-5 2.4.
  • Page 3 3.3.1 Jumper and Connector Location ..........9 3.3.2 Board Dimension ..............10 Chapter 4. BIOS Settings ................12 4.1 Entering Setup ................. 13 4.2 Main Setup ..................13 4.2.1 System time / System date ............ 14 4.3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup ............14 4.3.1 CPU Configuration ..............
  • Page 4 5.3.3 SUSI Utilities ................45 5.3.4 SUSI Installation ..............46 5.3.5 SUSI Sample Programs ............48...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction Congratulations on purchasing the VMT12 Vehicle Mount Terminal (VMT), a ® Microsoft Windows XP Rugged VMT. Its special combination of features makes it perfect for using in a wide range of applications. These features as: High Quality 12.1" LED Backlit Panel with T/s, 1024 x 768 Resolution Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz Processor...

  • Page 6: User And Product Safety

    1.2 User and Product Safety Never use strong pressure onto the screen or subject it to severe impact, as the LCD panel could become cracked and possibility cause personal injury. If the LCD panel is broken, never touch the liquid inside because the liquid irritates the skin.

  • Page 7: Product Labeling

    1.5 Product Labeling The VMT has several labels as showed in Figure 1-1 to 1-2. A. VMT12 Figure 1-1 Product Labeling (Front side view) Label nr. Description LCD panel protection film Keypad for power, brightness control buttons Table 1-1 Front labeling Figure 1-2 Product Labeling (Back side view) Label nr.

  • Page 8: System Specifications

    1.6 System Specifications The VMT12 detailed specifications as follows. Unless otherwise noted, all the specifications are subject to change without prior notification. Table 1-3 System Specification VMT12 Processor Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz CPU Memory 1 x 200-pin SODIMM, Max 2GB DDR2 667...

  • Page 9: Environment Standard

    VMT12 Wide-range Input: 9~30VDC Power System Power Consumption: 35W typ. Dimensions (L x W x H): 320 x 260 x 63mm Dimensions and Weight Weight: 4.25Kg Color Black 1.7 Environment Standard Table 1-4 Environment Standards Operating Temperature -30~70℃ Mounting VESA Mount, Vehicle Mount Humidity 10～95%（Non-condensing）...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2. Getting Started

    2.1 Check the package Open the package and check all the parts are inside without shortage and damage: A. VMT12 Figure 2-1 Inside the package VMT12 Vehicle Terminal AC-DC Power Adapter 24VDC/5A Power Cord WiFi TNC Type Antenna DC-DC Power Adapter 24VDC/3A...

  • Page 11: General View Of The Vmt12

    2.2 General View of the VMT12 2.2.1 VMT12 general view Figure 2-2 VMT12 front side view Figure 2-3 VMT12 back side view...

  • Page 12: Vmt12 Input / Output Ports View

    2.2.2 VMT12 input / output ports view Figure 2-4 VMT12 input/output ports view A: COM2 (RS-232/422/485) B: 2 x USB2.0 C: 2 x RJ-45 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet D: COM1 (RS-232) E: VGA F: DC Power Jack (9~30VDC)

  • Page 13: Starting The Vmt12 & Os Installation

    2.3 Starting the VMT12 & OS installation Before using the VMT12, perform the basic procedure of power on through the following steps. 2.3.1 Power on the VMT12 with power adapter 1. Connect the Power cord to the Power adapter. 2. Plug in the connector of the power adapter.

  • Page 14: Operating System Installation

    Figure 2-6 Operating system installation 2.3.3 Driver installation The VMT12 comes with a User’s Manual and Driver CD that contains most of the drivers and utilities of your needs. 1. Following the step by step to install Driver (Please refer Vehicle TerminalàVMT12àDriver) include: Graphic, Chipset, VGA, Audio, LAN and...

  • Page 15: Handling The Vmt12

    2.4. Handling the VMT12 Press the Power button to turn on the VMT12. If the VMT12 does not power on, 2.4.1 Starting the VMT12 check the power adapter has been connected normally and you should try again. When the VMT12 is powered on, it’s operating system starts up.
  • Page 16 select Control Panel from the menu. Figure 2-9 PenMount Monitor Menu 2. PenMount Control Panel opens. You will be able to see the icon of Penmount 6000 USB under Device tab. In the Device tab, you can see the devices detected on your system. Select a device and press the Configure button to configure it.
  • Page 17 3. Click the “Standard Calibration” to start standard calibration. Figure 2-11 Calibrate Tab Figure 2-12 Standard Calibrate Window NOTE: The older the touchscreen gets, the more Advanced Mode calibration points you need for an accurate calibration. Use a stylus for Advanced Calibration for greater accuracy.
  • Page 18 Advanced Calibration. Figure 2-13 Calibrate Tab Figure 2-14 Advanced Calibrate Window Table 2-1 Advanced Tab Check this function to have touch panel linearity comparison graph appear when you finish Advanced Calibration. The black lines reflect the ideal linearity Plot Calibration Data assumed by PenMount’s application program while the blue lines show the approximate linearity calculated by PenMount’s application program as the result of user’s...
  • Page 19 Turn off EEPROM storage This function disables the write-in of calibration data in Controller. This function is enabled by default. 5. Setting tab, you can do some configuration for the touchscreen. Figure 2-15 Setting Tab Ø Operation Mode This mode enables and disables mouse’s ability of dragging on-screen icons—useful for configuring POS terminals.
  • Page 20 Ø Beep Sound Table 2-3 Beep Sound Enable Beep turns beep function on and off. Sound Beep on beep occurs when pen comes down. Pen Down Beep on beep occurs when pen is lifted up. Pen Up Beep on beep occurs when comes down and is lifted up. both Beep modifies sound frequency.
  • Page 21 accommodating the difference of each touch panel. Figure 2-16 Edge Compensation Tab 7. About tab, This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and driver version Figure 2-17 About Tab 2-12...

  • Page 22: Setting Up Wireless Lan

    2.4.3 Setting Up Wireless LAN The Summit Client Utility (SCU) is an application designed for end users and administrators of mobile devices that use a Summit radio module. Using SCU, an end user can: Disable the radio (turn it off) and enable the radio (turn it on) View the contents of configuration profiles, or profiles, each of which houses the RF, security, and other settings for the radio Select the profile to be used to connect to a WLAN...
  • Page 23 Main Tab Figure 2-18 Main Tab Enable/Disable Radio: When the radio is enabled, selecting this button disables it; when the radio is disabled, selecting this button enables it. Active Profile: You can view the name of the active profile and, using the selection list, select a different profile.
  • Page 24 Profile Tab Profile settings are radio and security settings that are stored in the registry as part of a configuration profile. When a profile is selected as the active profile on the Main tab, the settings for that profile become active. An administrator can define up to 20 profiles, edit them, and delete them on the Profile tab in SCU.
  • Page 25 APs, with each row showing an AP’s SSID, its received signal strength indication (RSSI), and whether or not data encryption is in use (true or false). You can sort the list by clicking on the column headers. If you are authorized as an administrator, select an SSID in the list, and tap Commit, you return to the Profile tab to create a profile for that SSID.
  • Page 26 Status Tab The Status tab provides status information on the radio. Active profile Radio’s status: Down (not recognized), Disabled, Not Associated, Associated, or [EAP type] Authenticated Client info: Name, IP address, and MAC address AP info: Name, IP address, MAC address, beacon period, and DTIM interval Connection info: Channel, data rate, transmit power, signal strength, and signal quality Figure 2-20 Status Tab...
  • Page 27 Diags Tab Figure 2-21 Diags Tab (Re)connect: Disable and enable the radio, apply or reapply the current profile, and attempt to associate and authenticate to the wireless LAN, logging all activity in the output area at the bottom. Release/Renew: Obtain a new IP address through DHCP release/renew, and log all activity in the output area at the bottom.
  • Page 28 Global Tab Global settings include: Radio and security settings that apply to all profiles Settings that apply to SCU itself An administrator can define and change most global settings on the Global Settings Tab in SCU. Figure 2-22 Global Tab The default setting for each global setting ensures reliable operation in most environments.

  • Page 29: Using Hspa (3.5G) Wireless Wan

    2.4.4 Using HSPA (3.5G) Wireless WAN The HSPA PCI Express Mini Card is a compact, lightweight, wireless UMTS-based for VMT12, point-of-sale devices, telemetry products and other modem. It provides EDGE, GPRS, GSM, WCDMA, HSDPA and HSUPA connectivity machine-to-machine and vertical applications over several radio frequency...
  • Page 30 2. Open the front panel, and insert the User's SIM card to slot, make sure the User's SIM card has applied the 3G service. Note: You must turn off the before inserting the SIM card. 2-21...
  • Page 31 3. Turn on the VMT12, then booting into OS. 4. Check the device manager without any question mark. the VMT12 will connect to the internet. 5. Double Click the "Sierra Wireless Watcher" and Click Button "Connect", then 6. To tap “?” can get help information for each program.

  • Page 32: Gps Setting

    2.4.5 GPS Setting Turn on the VMT12, booting into OS. Setup connection Double click the "VisualGPS.exe" application program icon on the desktop. Start test in "Visual GPS", setting COM port (COM3) and baud rate (9600bps) use for GPS module. 2-23...
  • Page 33 After start test, the NMEA output messages are display on the Command Monitor Window. And you can see more gps information on the other windows such as Azimuth and Elevation window “Signal Quality Window”, “ ” and so on. NMEA monitor window The NMEA monitor window will allow you to monitor the data from the GPS receiver in real time.
  • Page 34 Signal Quality Window The Signal Quality Window uses the GPGSV NMEA message to extract the signal to noise ratio (SNR C/No) which is specified as a number from 0 - 99 dB. Depending on the number of satellites in view, the number of SNR bars will vary. At the top of each SNR bar, the raw SNR value is displayed.
  • Page 35 The color of the text for each satellite indicates whether the satellite is used in the position solution. When the text is in red, the satellite is used in the solution. When the text is in gray, the satellite is not used in the solution. In stationary or static applications it is necessary to place the antenna where it can get a clear view of the sky.
  • Page 36 Navigation Window The Navigation Window displays position data from the GPS receiver. This data includes latitude, longitude and altitude. Survey Window The Survey Window is one of the more interesting windows of VisualGPS. This window will log latitude, longitude and altitude displaying data graphically. The Survey Window is split into three frames.

  • Page 37: Bluetooth Setting & Using

    2.4.6 Bluetooth Setting & Using Turn on the VMT12, booting into OS. Start BlueSoleil Double click the "BlueSoleil Space" application program icon on the desktop. Make your Bluetooth devices discoverable, Double-click "Central Sun" icon in BlueSoleil window. Then your Bluetooth devices will be found and listed on the orbit in BlueSoleil window.
  • Page 38 Double-click your Bluetooth device icon to search services. Available services will be highlighted by service icons located on top of the BlueSoleil window. Double click a service icon to initiate a connection. You might be prompted to enter a passkey to authenticate. Enter the same passkey on both sides, or enter the specific one provided by the device manufacture on your computer side only.

  • Page 39: Help

    2.4.7 Help To tap “?” can get help information for each program. 2-30...

  • Page 40: Chapter 3. H/W Installation

    Chapter 3. H/W installation 3.1 Jumpers 3.1.1 Jumper list Table 3-1 Jumper List COM2 Setting AT / ATX Power SEL Clear CMOS Panel Voltage SEL 3.1.2 Jumper Settings Table 3-2 J2: COM2 Setting Part Number 1653003260 Footprint HD_3x2P_79 Description PIN HEADER 3*2P 180D(M) 2.0mm SMD SOUARE PIN Setting Function (1-2)
  • Page 41 Table 3-4 J4: Clear COMS Part Number 1653003101 Footprint HD_3x1P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 3*1P 180D(M) 2.0mm DIP SQUARE W/O Pb Setting Function (1-2) Normal (2-3) Clear CMOS Table 3-5 J5: PAN VOL SEL Part Number 1653003101 Footprint HD_3x1P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 3*1P 180D(M) 2.0mm DIP SQUARE W/O Pb Setting Function (1-2)

  • Page 42: Jumper Description

    3.1.3 Jumper Description Cards can be configured by setting jumpers. A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electric circuit. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them.

  • Page 43: Connectors

    3.2 Connectors 3.2.1 Connector list Table 3-6 Connector list Audio SATA SATA GPIO HDD & PWR LED 12V AT Power Input COM3/COM4 AT/ATX Power Input MIO 2.0 CN10 CN11 SMBus CN12 COM2 CN13 Inverter Power Output CN14 Internal USB CN15 Internal USB CN16 18 bits LVDS Panel...

  • Page 44: Connector Settings

    Use the ATX power cable (PN: 1700000265 ATX-20P (M)/12P (F) 10 CM) to connect CN8, it's changed from 12 pin to 20 pin, and provides 5 V and 12 V and other PS_ON signals. The VMT12 Motherboard provides 4 serial ports (COM1, COM3 & COM4: 3.2.2.7 COM Port Connector (CN7, CN12,CN26)
  • Page 45 RS-232; COM2: RS-232/422/485) in one DB-9 connector (CN26) for COM1 and one 7*2P pin header (CN12) for COM2 and one 10*2P pin header(CN7) for COM3 & COM4. It provides connections for serial devices (a mouse, etc.) or a communication network. You can find the pin assignments for the COM port connector in Appendix A.
  • Page 46 VMT12 Motherboard can provide +5 V and +12 V and signal to LCD 3.2.2.10 Inverter Power Connector (CN13) inverter board via CN13. 3.2.2.11 USB Connectors (CN14, CN15, CN24, CN25) The board provides up to six USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports. This gives complete Plug and Play, and hot attach/detach for up to 127 external devices.
  • Page 47 3.2.2.14 Power Switch Connector (CN20) One 2 x 1 pin wafer box (CN20) for power switch. VMT12 Motherboard can support LPT via CN21. LPT (Line Print 3.2.2.15 LPT Connector (CN21) Terminal) is the original, yet still common, name of the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers.

  • Page 48: Mechanical

    3.3 Mechanical 3.3.1 Jumper and Connector Location Figure 3-1 Jumper and Connector layout (Component side) Figure 3-2 Jumper and Connector layout (Solder side)

  • Page 49: Board Dimension

    3.3.2 Board Dimension Figure 3-3 Board Dimension layout (Component side)
  • Page 50 Figure 3-4 Board Dimension layout (Solder side) Figure 3-5 Board Dimension layout (Coastline)

  • Page 51: Chapter 4. Bios Settings

    AMIBIOS has been integrated into many motherboards for over a decade. With the AMIBIOS Setup program, you can modify BIOS settings and control the VMT12 Motherboard BIOS setup screens. various system features. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the...

  • Page 52: Entering Setup

    4.1 Entering Setup Turn on the computer and check for the “patch" code. If there is a number assigned to the patch code, it means that the BIOS supports your CPU. If there is no number assigned to the patch code, please contact an Advantech application engineer to obtain an up-to-date patch code file.

  • Page 53: System Time / System Date

    HH:MM:SS format. 4.3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the VMT12 Motherboard setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item.

  • Page 54: Cpu Configuration

    4.3.1 CPU Configuration Figure 4-4 CPU Configuration Setting Max CPUID Value Limit This item allows you to limit CPUID maximum value. Execute-Disable Bit Capability This item allows you to enable or disable the No-Execution page protection technology. Hyper Threading Technology This item allows you to enable or disable Intel®...

  • Page 55: Ide Configuration

    4.3.2 IDE Configuration Figure 4-5 IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration This item allows you to select Disabled / Compatible / Enhanced. Legacy IDE Channels When set to Enhanced mode you can select IDE or AHCI mode. When select Compatible mode you can select SATA only / SATA pri, PATA sec or PATA only.

  • Page 56: Super I/O Configuration

    Hard Disk Write Protect Disable/Enable device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) This item allows you to select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI device(s). 4.3.3 Super I/O Configuration Figure 4-6 Super I/O Configuration Serial Port1 / Port2 / Port3 / Port 4 address This item allows you to select serial port1 ~ port4 of base addresses.

  • Page 57: Hardware Health Configuration

    4.3.4 Hardware Health Configuration Figure 4-7 Hardware health configuration H/W Health Function This item allows you to control H/W monitoring. Temperature & Voltage show CPU/System Temperature Vcore / +3.3Vin / +5Vin / +12Vin / VBAT...

  • Page 58: Acpi Settings

    4.3.5 ACPI Settings Figure 4-8 ACPI Settings...
  • Page 59 4.3.5.1 General ACPI Configuration Figure 4-9 General ACPI Configuration Suspend mode Select the ACPI state used for system suspend. Report Video on S3 Resume This item allows you to invoke VA BIOS POST on S3/STR resume.
  • Page 60 4.3.5.2 Advanced ACPI Configuration Figure 4-10 Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI Version Features This item allows you to enable RSDP pointers to 64-bit fixed system description tables. ACPI APIC support Include APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list. AMI OEMB table Include OEMB table pointer to R(x)SDT pointer lists.
  • Page 61 4.3.5.3 Chipset ACPI Configuration Figure 4-11 Chipset ACPI Configuration Energy Lake Feature Allows you to configure Intel's Energy Lake power management technology. APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Enable/Disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ. USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 Enable/Disable USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4. High Performance Event Timer Enable/Disable High performance Event timer.

  • Page 62: Ahci Configuration

    4.3.6 AHCI Configuration Figure 4-12 AHCI Configuration AHCI Port0 / Port1 While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE device.

  • Page 63: Apm Configuration

    4.3.7 APM Configuration Figure 4-13 APM Configuration Power Management/APM Enable or disable APM. Power Button Mode Power on, off, or enter suspend mode when the power button is pressed. The following options are also available. Restore on AC power Loss Use this to set up the system response after a power failure.
  • Page 64 Resume On Ring Enable / Disable RI to generate a wake event. Resume On PME# Enable / Disable PME to generate a wake event. Resume On RTC Alarm Enable / Disable RTC to generate a wake event.

  • Page 65: Event Log Configuration

    4.3.8 Event Log Configuration Figure 4-14 Event Log Configuration View Event Log View all unread events on the event Log. Mark all events as read Mark all unread events as read. Clear Event Log Discard all events in the event Log.

  • Page 66: Mps Configuration

    4.3.9 MPS Configuration Figure 4-15 MPS Configuration MPS Revision This item allows you to select MPS reversion.

  • Page 67: Smbios Configuration

    4.3.10 Smbios Configuration Figure 4-16 Smbios Configuration Smbios Smi Support SMBIOS SMI wrapper support for PnP function 50h-54h.

  • Page 68: Usb Configuration

    4.3.11 USB Configuration Figure 4-17 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Enables support for legacy USB. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. USB 2.0 Controller Mode This item allows you to select HiSpeed(480Mbps) or FullSpeed (12Mpbs). BIOS EHCI Hand-Off This is a workaround for OS without EHCI hand-off support.
  • Page 69 >>> USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Figure 4-18 USB Mass storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay Number of sends POST wait for the USB mass storage device after start unit command. Emulation Type If Auto, USB devices less than 530MB will be emulated as a floppy drive and the remaining as hard drive.

  • Page 70: Advanced Pci/Pnp Settings

    4.4 Advanced PCI/PnP Settings Select the PCI/PnP tab from the VMT12 Motherboard setup screen to enter the Plug and Play BIOS Setup screen. You can display a Plug and Play BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in this section.
  • Page 71 set to No will not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an IRQ. Palette Snooping This item is designed to solve problems caused by some non-standard VGA card. PCI IDE BusMaster When set to enabled BIOS uses PCI busmastering for reading/writing to IDE drives.

  • Page 72: Boot Settings

    4.5 Boot Settings Figure 4-20 Boot Setup Utility 4.5.1 Boot settings Configuration Figure 4-21 Boot Setting Configuration...
  • Page 73 Quick Boot This item allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system. Quiet Boot If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays normal POST messages. If Enabled, an OEM Logo is shown instead of POST messages. AddOn ROM Display Mode Set display mode for option ROM.

  • Page 74: Security Setup

    4.6 Security Setup Figure 4-22 Password Configuration Select Security Setup from the VMT12 MOTHERBOARD Setup main BIOS setup menu. All Security Setup options, such as password protection and virus protection are described in this section. To access the sub menu for the following items, select the item and press <Enter>:...

  • Page 75: Advanced Chipset Settings

    4.7 Advanced Chipset Settings Figure 4-23 Advanced Chipset Settings...

  • Page 76: North Bridge Chipset Configuration

    4.7.1 North Bridge Chipset Configuration Figure 4-24 North Bridge Configuration DRAM Frequency This item allows you to manually change DRAM frequency. Configure DRAM Timing by SPD This item allows you to enables or disable detection by DRAM SPD. Memory Hole This item allows you to free 15MB-16MB of memory size for some ISA devices.
  • Page 77 Figure 4-25 Video function configuration DVMT Mode Select Displays the active system memory mode. DVMT/FIXED Memory Specify the amount of DVMT / FIXED system memory to allocate for video memory. Boot Display Device Select boot display device at post stage. Flat Panel Type This item allows you to select which panel resolution you want.

  • Page 78: South Bridge Chipset Configuration

    4.7.2 South Bridge Chipset Configuration Figure 4-26 South Bridge Configuration USB Functions Disabled, 2 USB Ports, 4 USB Ports, 6 USB Ports or 8 USB Ports. USB 2.0 Controller Enables or disables the USB 2.0 controller. Internal LAN controller Enables or disables the internal LAN controller. Internal LAN Bootroom Enables or disables internal LAN boot.

  • Page 79: Exit Option

    4.8 Exit Option Figure 4-27 Exit Option 4.8.1 Save Changes and Exit When you have completed system configuration, select this option to save your changes, exit BIOS setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect. Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu and press <Enter>.

  • Page 80: Discard Changes And Exit

    Select Discard Changes from the Exit menu and press <Enter>. 4.8.3 Load Optimal Defaults The VMT12 Motherboard automatically configures all setup items to optimal settings when you select this option. Optimal defaults are designed for maximum system performance, but may not work best for all computer applications.

  • Page 81: Chapter 5. S/W Introduction & Installation

    Chapter 5. S/W introduction & installation 5.1 S/W Introduction The mission of Advantech Embedded Software Services is to "Enhance quality of life with Advantech platforms and Microsoft Windows embedded technology.” We enable Windows embedded software products on Advantech platforms to more effectively support the embedded computing community.

  • Page 82: Value-Added Software Services

    5.3 Value-Added Software Services Software API: An interface that defines the ways by which an application program may request services from libraries and/or operating systems. Provides not only the underlying drivers required but also a rich set of user-friendly, intelligent and integrated interfaces, which speeds development, enhances security and offers add-on value for Advantech platforms.

  • Page 83: Software Apis

    5.3.2 Software APIs 5.3.2.1 The GPIO API General Purpose Input/Output is a flexible parallel interface that allows a variety of custom connections. It allows users to monitor the level of signal input or set the output status to switch on/off a device. Our API also provides Programmable GPIO, which allows developers to dynamically set the GPIO input or output status.
  • Page 84 (screen) on/off in an embedded device. 5.3.2.5 The Watchdog API A watchdog timer (abbreviated as WDT) is a hardware device which triggers an action, e.g. rebooting the system, if the system does not reset the timer within a specific period of time. The WDT API in SUSI provides developers with functions such as starting the timer, resetting the timer, and setting the timeout value if the hardware requires customized timeout values.
  • Page 85 The BIOS Flash utility allows customers to update the flash ROM BIOS version, or use it to back up current BIOS by copying it from the flash chip to a file on customers’disk. The BIOS Flash utility also provides a command line version and API for fast implementation into customized applications.
  • Page 86 describes how to install SUSI and related software on a specific operating system. Please refer to the subsection matching your operating system. 5.3.4.1 Windows XP In windows XP, you can install the library, drivers and demo programs onto the platform easily using the installation tool--The SUSI Library Installer.
  • Page 87 just copy the programs and the library onto a compact flash card. Express Installation: You can use Advantech CE-Builder to load the library into the image. n First, you click the My Component tab. n In this tab, you click Add New Category button to add a new category, eg.
  • Page 88 Windows CE and Windows XP are not compatible with each other. SusiDemo.exe is an executable file and it requires the shared library, Susi.dll, to demonstrate the SUSI functions. The source code of SusiDemo.exe also has two versions, i.e. Windows CE and Windows XP, and must be compiled under Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows XP or under Microsoft Embedded Visual C++ 4.0 on Windows CE.
  • Page 89 When the application is executed, it will display GPIO information in the GPIO INFORMATION group box. It displays the number of input pins and output pins. You can click the radio button to choose to test either the single pin function or multiple pin functions. The GPIO pin assignments of the supported platforms are located in Appendix B.
  • Page 90 – Key in the value either '0' or '1' in (R/W) Result field to write the output pin you chose above step. – Click the WRITE GPIO DATA button to write the GPIO output pin. n Test Write Multiple Output Pins –...
  • Page 91 – Key in the register offset in Register Offset field. – Key in the desirous of data in Result field to write to the device. – Click the WRITE A BYTE button and then the data will be written to the device through I2C.
  • Page 92 – Click the WRITE SMBus DATA button and then the data will be written to the device through SMBus. n Read a word – Click the radio button- Access a word. – Key in the slave device address in the Slave address field. –...
  • Page 93 divided by commas, for example, 0x50,0x60,0x7A. – Click the WRITE SMBus DATA button and all of the data will be written to the device through the SMBus. Display Control When the application is executed, it will display two blocks of VGA control functions.
  • Page 94 When the application is executed, it will display watchdog information in the WATCHDOG INFORMATION group box. It displays max timeout, min timeout, and timeout steps in milliseconds. For example, a 1~255 seconds watchdog will has 255000 max timeout, 1000 min timeout, and 1000 timeout steps.
  • Page 95 0. For More detail PCM-9362 software API user manual, please contact your dealer or Advantech AE. We also include these manuals in this CD. WETIF Industrie EDV Telefon DE +49 8142 448976-1 Telefon AT +43 664 2868223 Senserstraße 3...

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