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Safety Precautions Before getting started, please read the following important safety precautions. User should not modify any unmentioned jumper setting without Axiomtek FAE’s instruction. Any modification without instruction might cause system to become damage The tBOX330-870-FL does not come equipped with an operating system. An operating system must be loaded first before installing any software into the computer.
Classification Degree of production against electric shock: not classified Degree of protection against the ingress of water: IP40 Equipment not suitable for use in the presence of a flammable anesthetic mixture with air or with oxygen or nitrous oxide. Mode of operation: Continuous General Cleaning Tips You may need the following precautions before you begin to clean the computer.
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Cleaning Tools: Although many companies have created products to help improve the process of cleaning your computer and peripherals users can also use household items to clean their computers and peripherals. Below is a listing of items you may need or want to use while cleaning your computer or computer peripherals.
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If the computer equipments need the maintenance or are beyond repair, we strongly recommended that you should inform your Axiomtek distributor as soon as possible for the suitable solution. For the computers that are no longer useful or no longer working well, please contact your Axiomtek distributor for recycling and we will make the proper arrangement.
Series User’s Manual CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION This chapter contains general information and detailed specifications of the tBOX330-870-FL. The Chapter 1 includes the following sections: General Description System Specification Dimensions I/O Outlets Package List General Description ™...
Series User’s Manual Weight 5.5kg (12.12lb) without package 6.5kg (14.33lb) with package Dimensions 288.5mm(W) x 211.3mm(D) x 85.75mm(H) NOTE: All specifications and images are subject to change without notice. 1.2.4 Driver CD Content ...
Series User’s Manual I/O Outlets The following figures show you I/O outlets on front view of the tBOX330-870-FL. Front View Front View Drawing Rear View Rear View Drawing Introduction...
Foot pad x4 Wall-mount Brackets DIO female connector HDD/SSD (optional) CFast (optional) Express Mini Card Module (optional) If you can not find this package or any items are missing, please contact Axiomtek distributors immediately. Introduction...
Series User’s Manual CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION The tBOX330-870-FL is convenient for your various hardware configurations, such as HDD ™ (Hard Disk Drive), CFast card and mini PCIe card. The chapter 2 will show you how to install the hardware.
Series User’s Manual Installing the Express Mini Card Step 1 Turn off the system, and unplug the power cord. Step 2 Turn the system upside down to locate screws at the bottom, loosen screws to remove the bottom cover.
Series User’s Manual CHAPTER 3 CONNECTOR Connectors Connectors are connected the CPU board with other parts of the system. Loose or improper connection might cause problems. Make sure all connectors are properly and firmly connected before your turn on the system.
Series User’s Manual 3.1.2 Serial Port Connector The COM1~COM3 port connector is a standard DB-9 connector.The pin assignment of RS- 232/RS-422/RS-485 is listed on the following table. If you need COM port to support RS-422 or RS-485, please set it up in BIOS settings.
Series User’s Manual 3.1.4 LED Indicators Status\LED ACT( L1~L4) LINK(L1~L4) POWER LAN Linked Bright 100Mbps Green LED Yellow LED 1000Mbps Flash HDD Active Bright Power on 3.1.5 DC Power Input connector There are three pins of the DC-in connector as below table...
Series User’s Manual 3.1.7 Digital I/O Connector The tBOX330-870-FL is supported an isolated 4-in/4-out Digital I/O (DIO) Signal Signal EXT POWER COM+ OUT0 OUT1 OUT2 OUT3 COM- NOTE: Please refer to Appendix B for more information about Digital I/O 3.1.8...
Series User’s Manual 3.1.9 PCI-Express Mini Card Connector The PCI Express Mini Card connectors are supported 1x PCI Express lane and 2x USB 2.0 lanes. A PCI Express Mini Card can be applied either PCI Express or USB 2.0. It’s very helpful that we designed USB 2.0 and PCI Express lane in the same slot once it was been an inteface migration.
Series User’s Manual ™ 3.1.10 CFast Socket ™ The tBOX330-870-FL is equipped with a CFast slot via SATA lane, and supported DMA mode. The socket is especially designed to avoid incorrect installation of the ™ CFast card. Please make sure the system power is off while you are installing/ ™...
Series User’s Manual 3.1.12 USB2.0 Stack ports Pin Signal USB Port 0 Pin Signal USB Port 6 USB VCC USB VCC (+5V level) (+5V level) USB #0_D- USB #6_D- USB #0_D+ USB #6_D+ Ground (GND) Ground (GND) 3.1.13 CANBus Connector Signal N.C.
Series User’s Manual 3.1.15 Remote switch Connector Remote switch is ideal for a remote botton which can act as an ATX power on/off botton. Signal Description Low Active. Act as PC’s ATX switch when external switch installed (Pin 3 Active)
Series User’s Manual CHAPTER 4 AMI BIOS SETUP UTILITY This chapter provides users with detailed description about how to set up basic system configuration through the AMI BIOS setup utility. Starting To enter the setup screens, follow the steps as below: Turn on the computer and press the <Del>...
Series User’s Manual Navigation Keys The BIOS setup/utility uses a key-based navigation system called hot keys. Most of the BIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process. These keys include <F1>, <F10>, <Enter>, <ESC>, <Arrow> keys, and so on.
Series User’s Manual Main Menu System Time/Date Use this option to change the system time and date. Highlight System Time or System Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values through the keyboard. Press the <Tab> key or the <Arrow>...
Series User’s Manual Advanced Menu The Advanced menu allows users to set configuration of the CPU and other system devices. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub menus: ►...
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Series User’s Manual ACPI Settings Select options for the ACPI Configuration, and change the value of the selected option. A description of the selected item appears on the right side of the screen. ACPI Sleep State Allow you to select the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) state to be used for system suspend.
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Series User’s Manual CPU Configuration This screen shows the CPU Configuration. AMI BIOS Setup Utility...
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Series User’s Manual SATA Configuration Set SATA configuration. SATA Controller(S) Enable or disable the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled) SATA Mode Choose the SATA operation mode. Here are the options for your selection, IDE Mode, AHCI Mode.
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Series User’s Manual USB Configuration This screen shows the USB Device. This is for supporting USB device on legacy OS, the system will automatically detect any USB device is connected with the computer and enable USB legacy mode. AMI BIOS Setup Utility...
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Series User’s Manual NCT6106D Super IO Configuration Set up options for the Super IO Configuration, and change the value of the selected option Serial Port 0-3 configuration 1. Serial port: This option used to select RS-232/422/485 function. AMI BIOS Setup Utility...
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Series User’s Manual NCT6106D H/W Monitor This screen shows the Hardware Health Configuration. WatchDog Configuration After the system stopped working for a while, it will be reset automatically by the Watchdog Timer. You may set up Watchdog Timer in system reset mode by this option.
Series User’s Manual Chipset Menu The Chipset menu allows users to change the advanced chipset settings. AMI BIOS Setup Utility...
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Series User’s Manual System Agent (SA) Configuration 1. Graphics Configuration This option allows users to change the integrated graphic device settings. Primary IGFX Boot Display Select the video device which will be activated during POST. DVMT Pre-Allocated Pre-allocated memory is the small amount of system memory made available at boot time by the system BIOS for video.
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Series User’s Manual 2. Memory Configuration This screen shows the memory information. AMI BIOS Setup Utility...
Series User’s Manual Boot Menu The Boot menu allows users to change boot options of the system. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub menus: Setup Prompt Timeout Set the timeout for idle time of booting post while system power on.
Series User’s Manual Security Menu The security menu allows users to change the security settings for the system. Supervisor Password This item indicates whether a supervisor password has been set. It will show “Installed” while the password has been set, or show “Not Installed”.
Series User’s Manual Save & Exit Menu This option allows users to operate optimized settings, customized settings and restore default settings for system configuration. Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes, select this option to leave Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect.
Series User’s Manual APPENDIX A WATCHDOG TIMER What is Watchdog Timer The integrated W atchdog Timer can be set up by programming. There are 1~255 levels available. As long as the vaule of timer is set, after enabli ng, the countdown of the value is starting.
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Series User’s Manual Sample of Watchdog application Assume there is program A which needs to maintain running in a system. T he value of W atchdog Timer must be set bigger than the running time of program A. Then, after the running time of program A is finished, either to disable or to reset watchdog timer.
Series User’s Manual APPENDIX B DIGITAL I/O Digital I/O Specification Digital Input: Input channels: 4, sink/source type Input voltage: 0 to 30VDC at 25Hz Input level for dry contacts: Logic level 0: close to ground Logic level 1: open Input level for wet contacts: Logic level 1: +/-3VDC max.
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Series User’s Manual Digital Input Wiring DRY contact Logic level 0: close to ground Logic level 1: open EXT_POWER XIN1 XIN2 XIN3 XIN4 DIO_GND WET contact Logic level 1: +/-3VDC max. Logic level 0: +/- 10VDC min. to +/-30VDC max...
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