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Advantech ARK-1370 User Manual

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  • Page 1 ARK-1370 All-In-One, Ultra compact Embedded Box Computer User Manual...
  • Page 2 No part of this man- ual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reli- able.
  • Page 3 Product Warranty (2 years) Advantech warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each of its prod- ucts will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any products which have been repaired or...

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications when shielded cables are used for external wiring. We recommend the use of shielded cables. This kind of cable is available from Advantech. Please contact your local supplier for ordering information.
  • Page 5 Visit the Advantech web site at www.advantech.com/support where you can find the latest information about the product. Contact your distributor, sales representative, or Advantech's cus- tomer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance. Please have the following information ready before you call: –...

  • Page 6: Packing List

    Packing List • 1 x ARK-1370 Unit • 1 x Driver and Utility CD for ARK-1370 series V1.10 (P/N: 2066137000) • 1 x 2-P Phoenix to DC-Jack Power Cable (P/N: 1700001394) • 1 x DB-9 Male to Mic_in, Ln_Out, Ln_In, Audio Cable (P/N: 1700006011) •...

  • Page 7: Safety Instructions

    Safety Instructions Read these safety instructions carefully. Keep this User Manual for later reference. Disconnect this equipment from any AC outlet before cleaning. Use a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray detergents for clean- ing. For plug-in equipment, the power outlet socket must be located near the equipment and must be easily accessible.
  • Page 8 Wird das Gerät über einen längeren Zeitraum nicht benutzt, sollten Sie es vom Stromnetz trennen. Somit wird im Falle einer Überspan- nung eine Beschädigung vermieden. Durch die Lüftungsöffnungen dürfen niemals Gegenstände oder Flüssigkeiten in das Gerät gelangen. Dies könnte einen Brand bzw. elektrischen Schlag auslösen. ARK-1370 User Manual viii...
  • Page 9 Entsorgen Sie Batterien nach Anweisung des Herstell- ers. Der arbeitsplatzbezogene Schalldruckpegel nach DIN 45 635 Teil 1000 beträgt 70dB(A) oder weiger. Haftungsausschluss: Die Bedienungsanleitungen wurden entsprechend der IEC-704-1 erstellt. Advantech lehnt jegliche Verantwortung für die Richtigkeit der in diesem Zusammenhang getätigten Aussagen ab.
  • Page 10 CPU card or other cards while the PC is on. Disconnect power before making any configuration changes. The sudden rush of power as you connect a jumper or install a card may damage sensitive electronic components. ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    Figure 1.1 Chassis Dimensions........6 Chapter 2 Hardware Functionality ........8 Introduction of ARK-1370 External I/O Connectors..8 Figure 2.1 ARK-1370 front metal face plate external I/ O connectors .......... 8 Figure 2.2 ARK-1370 rear metal face plate I/O con- nectors ............ 8 ARK-1370 front side external I/O connectors ....
  • Page 12 Figure 5.1 Advanced Chipset features screen..44 5.1.2 Display type ..............45 5.1.3 Dual Independent Display ..........45 Figure 5.2 AMD LX800 Graphics Controller Proper- ties - Devices........45 Chapter 6 Full Disassembly Procedure ......48 Introduction ..............48 ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 13 Figure 6.1 Unscrew the 6 screws on the bottom side... Figure 6.2 Unscrew the 4 screws on the front side frame ............ 49 Figure 6.3 Unscrew the 2 screws on the front face plate Figure 6.4 Unscrew the 4 Hex-bolt on the front face plate............
  • Page 14 ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 15 Overview This chapter gives background infor- mation on ARK-1370. It shows you ARK-1370 overview and specifica- tions. Sections include: • Introduction • Hardware Specifications • Safety Precautions • ARK-1370 Series Model and Packing List • Chassis Dimension...

  • Page 16: Chapter 1 Overview

    Ultra-Compact dimensions of 189 x 41 x 136.5 mm (7.44” x 1.61” x 5.37”) • Supports VESA mounting holes (100mm x 100 mm), which allow direct assembly of ARK-1370 to any display device, making video intensive applications conveniently accessible. (Optional) • Supports Desktop/Wall/Din Rail Mounting under space critical installation conditions.

  • Page 17: Comprehensive Communication And Connective Capaci- Ty

    Capacity • A wide range of communications interfaces (Four USB, two RS- 232 and Ethernet). A PC card slot enables ARK-1370 to become an ideal solution for diversified applications, such as: – Data communication gateway for navigation and transportation –...
  • Page 18 Others • Watchdog Timer: 255 levels timer interval, setup by software • Keyboard/Mouse: One PS/2 Port to support PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard. Storage • SSD Interface: 1 x CompactFlash socket for Type I/II Compact- Flash disk ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 19 Mechanical specifications • Construction: Aluminum Alloy housing • Mounting: VESA*/Desk/wall mounting • Dimension (W x H x D): 189 x 41 x 136.5 mm (7.44” x 1.61” x 5.37”) • Weight: 1 KG Power Supply • Output Rating: 25 W, ATX •...

  • Page 20: Chassis Dimensions

    1.4 Chassis Dimensions Figure 1.1: Chassis Dimensions ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 21 Hardware Functionality This chapter shows how to set up ARK- 1370’s hardware functions, including con- necting peripherals, switches and indica- tors. Sections include: • Introduction of External I/O connec- tors • COM connectors • USB connectors • PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector •...

  • Page 22: Hardware Functionality

    1370. The following sections give you detail information about function of each I/O connector. USB1 USB3 PS/2 USB2 USB4 COM1 COM2 Figure 2.1: ARK-1370 front metal face plate external I/O connectors HDD LED PCMCIA PWR LED DC IN 9V~35V AUDIO...

  • Page 23: Ark-1370 Front Side External I/O Connectors

    2.2 ARK-1370 front side external I/O connectors 2.2.1 COM Connector ARK-1370 provides two D-sub 9-pin connectors, which offers RS-232/ 422/485 serial communication interface ports. Please see the BIOS set- ting. Figure 2.3: COM connector Table 2.1: COM standard serial port pin assignments...

  • Page 24: Usb Connector

    2.2.2 USB Connector ARK-1370 provides four USB connectors, which give complete Plug & Play and hot swapping for up to 127 external devices. The USB interface complies with USB UHCI, Rev. 2.0. The USB interface can be disabled in the system BIOS setup. Please refer to Table. 2.2 for its pin assign- ments.

  • Page 25: Ps2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    PS2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector ARK-1370 provides a PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector. A 6-pin mini- DIN connector is located on the front metal face plate of ARK-1370. ARK-1370 comes with an adapter to convert from the 6-pin mini-DIN connector to two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connection.

  • Page 26: Ethernet Connector (Lan)

    2.2.4 Ethernet Connector (LAN) ARK-1370 is equipped with an Intel 82551QM Ethernet controller that is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3u 10/100Base-T CSMA/CD standards. The Ethernet port provides a standard RJ-45 jack connector with LED indicators on the front side to show its Active/Link status (Green LED) and Speed status (Yellow LED).

  • Page 27: Ark-1370 Rear Side External I/O Connectors

    2.3.2 LED Indicators There are two LEDs on ARK-1370 front metal face plate for indicating system status: PWR LED is for power status and flashes in green color; and the HDD LED is for hard disk and compact flash disk status, which flashes in red color.

  • Page 28: Pcmcia Expansion Slot

    ARK-1370 comes with a PCMCIA slot for PC card expansion. 2.3.5 AUDIO Connector ARK-1370 provides a D-sub 9-pin connector for AC97 stereo Audio out- put. There are Speaker_Out, Mic_In and Line_In, (The connector can be attached to 3 phone jacks via an audio cable: P/N:1700006011 which is...

  • Page 29: Vga Connector

    2.3.6 VGA Connector ARK-1370 provides a high resolution VGA interface via D-sub 15-pin connector to support a VGA CRT monitor. It supports display resolution up to 1600 x 1200 @ 75-Hz and up to 64 MB shared memory. Figure 2.9: VGA connector Table 2.7: VGA connector pin assignment...

  • Page 30: Power Input Connector

    2.3.7 Power Input Connector ARK-1370 comes with a two pin header that carries 9~35 VDC external power input. Figure 2.10: Power Input Connector Table 2.8: Power connector pin assignments Signal Name +9~35VDC ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 31 Hardware Installation and Upgrade This chapter introduces how to initial- ize ARK-1370. Sections include: • Jumpers and Connectors • Setting Jumpers • LCD Power Jumper Setting • Installing the DDR SDRAM Memory Module • Inserting a Compact Flash Card •...

  • Page 32: Chapter 3 Hardware Installation And Upgrade

    Hardware Installation and Upgrade 3.1 Jumpers and Connectors ARK-1370 Box Computer consists of a PC-based computer that is housed in an Aluminum alloy casting chassis. Any maintenance or hard- ware upgrades can be easily completed by removing the front or the rear face plate.

  • Page 33: Setting Jumpers

    3.2 Setting jumpers You can configure your ARK-1370 to match the needs of your applica- tion by setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electrical switch. 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 34: Lcd Power Jumper Setting (Cn14)

    3.3 LCD Power Jumper setting (CN14) ARK-1370 series of embedded box computer provide a jumper - CN14 located on the internal carrier board for selecting the LCD signal power of 5V or 3.3V. When you connect your LVDS LCD panel display, you need to set up this CN14 for LCD power setting selection for your LVDS panel display.

  • Page 35: Installing The Ddr Sdram Memory Module

    64 MB to 1 GB of DDR SDRAM memory. Please see Chap- ter 6 for the installation procedure. 3.5 Inserting the Compact Flash card ARK-1370 provides one Compact Flash slot for Type I/II Compact Flash disk. Please see Chapter 6 for the insertion procedure. 3.6 Connecting Power Connect ARK-1370 to a 9~35 V power source.
  • Page 36 ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 37 Award BIOS Setup...

  • Page 38: Chapter 4 Award Bios Setup

    Then enter the "Setup" screen to modify the data. If the "CMOS checksum error..." message appears again and again, please check to see if you need to replace the battery in your system. ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 39: 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 Advantech’s applications engineer to obtain an up-to-date patch code file.

  • Page 40: Main Menu

    This setup page includes all the items of Power Management features. • PnP/PCI Configurations This setup page includes PnP OS and PCI device configuration. • PC Health Status This setup page includes the system auto detect CPU and system temper- ature, voltage, fan speed. ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 41: Standard Cmos Features

    • Load Optimized Defaults This setup page includes the Load System Optimized value, for best per- formance configuration. • Set Password Establish, change or disable password. • Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit BIOS setup. •...

  • Page 42: Total Memory

    • Extended Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of extended memory (above 1MB in CPU’s memory address map) installed in the system. • Total Memory This item displays the total system memory size. ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 43: Advanced Bios Features

    4.2.3 Advanced BIOS Features • Blank Boot [Disabled] This item allows the user to choose blank screen when the system boots. • Post Beep [Enabled] This item allows the user to enable a beep sound during POST test status. • Virus Warning [Disabled] This item allows the user to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE...
  • Page 44 This item allows the user to choose the summary screen to be either dis- played or not on boot up. The options are Enable or Disable. • Cyrix 6X86/MII CPUID [Enabled] This item allows the user to control BIOS enabled or disabled CPUID for CPU Cyrix/MII. ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 45: Advanced Chipset Features

    4.2.4 Advanced Chipset Features Note: The “Advanced Chipset Features” option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset for fine tuning sys- tem performance. It is strongly recommended only technical users make changes to the default settings. • CPU Frequency [Auto] This item enables users to set the CPU Host clock by system automatic detection or manually.
  • Page 46 This item provides Flat panel function for the user to adjust. • Onboard Audio [Enabled] This item sets onboard audio to enabled or disabled • Overcurrent Reporting [Disabled] This item sets USB overcurrent reporting function. BIOS default is set to Disabled. ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 47: Integrated Peripherals

    4.2.5 Integrated Peripherals • On-Chip IDE Channel 1 This item enables chipset IDE device 1 controller. • Master Drive PIO Mode [Auto] This item allows users to adjust master IDE mode. BIOS default value is set to “Auto”. • Slave Drive PIO Mode [Auto] This item allows users to adjust slave IDE mode.
  • Page 48 Port). The BIOS default value is set to “Normal”. • EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] This item allows the user to change the EPP Mode for the parallel port. The BIOS default value is set to “EPP1.7”. • ECP Mode Use DMA ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 49: Power Management Setup

    This item allows the user to change the DMA channel for the parallel port. The BIOS default value is set to “3”. 4.2.6 Power Management Setup Note: This “Power management Setup” option configures system to the most energy efficient while operating in a manner consistent with your computer style.
  • Page 50 Time (HH:MM:SS) Alarm (0-23): (0-59) : 0-59) • IRQ Wakeup Events [Press Enter] This item allows the user to control wakeup from which IRQ event. • PWRON After PWR-Fail [Off] This item allows the user to select the power fail function. ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 51: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    4.2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations Note: This “PnP/PCI Configurations” option is setting up the IRQ and DMA (both PnP and PCI bus assignments. • PNP OS Installed [No] This item allows the user to determine if the PNP function is installed or not.

  • Page 52: Pc Health Status

    Current System Temp [Show Only] This item displays current system and CPU temperature. • Current CPU1 Temperature [Show Only] This item displays current CPU temperature. • Vcore [Show Only] • +2.5V [Show Only] • +3.3V [Show Only] ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 53: Load Optimized Defaults

    Note: “Load Optimized Defaults” loads the default system values directly from ROM. If the stored record created by the Setup program should ever become corrupted (and therefore unusable). These defaults will load automatically when you turn ARK-1370 on. Chapter 4...

  • Page 54: Set Password

    <Enter>. When you see “Enter Password”, enter the desired password and press <Enter>. At the “Confirm Password” prompt, retype the desired password, then press <Enter>. Select Save to CMOS and EXIT, type <Y>, then <Enter>. ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 55 To Change Password Choose the “Set Password” option from the CMOS Setup Utility main menu and press <Enter>. When you see “Enter Password”, input the existing password and press <Enter>. You will see “Confirm Password”. Type it again, and press <Enter>.

  • Page 56: Save & Exit Setup

    CMOS. Type “N” will return to BIOS Setup Utility. 4.2.12 Quit Without Saving Note: Type “Y” will quit the BIOS Setup Utility and without- saving to CMOS. Type “N” will return to BIOS Setup Utility. ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 57 PCI XGA/LCD Setup This chapter details the software con- figuration information. It shows you how to configure the card to match your application requirements. The AWARD System BIOS is covered in Chapter 4. Sections include: • CMOS setting for panel type •...

  • Page 58: Chapter 5 Pci Xga/Lcd Setup

    5.1.1 CMOS setting for panel type ARK-1370 BIOS and custom drivers are located in a 512 KB Flash ROM device, designated U1 on system motherboard of ARK-1370. A single Flash chip holds the system BIOS, VGA BIOS and network Boot ROM image.

  • Page 59: Display Type

    5.1.2 Display type ARK-1370 can be set in one of three configurations: on a Flat Panel (LVDS), on a CRT, or on Panel & CRT (both dual independent displays). The system is initially set to “Panel & CRT”. 5.1.3 Dual Independent Display...
  • Page 60 ARK-1370 User Manual...
  • Page 61 Full Disassembly Procedure This chapter details the system disas- sembly procedure for installation and maintenance.

  • Page 62: Chapter 6 Full Disassembly Procedure

    Users should be aware that Advantech Co., Ltd. takes no responsibility whatsoever for any problems or damage caused by the user disassembly of ARK-1370. Make sure the power cord of ARK- 1370 is unplugged before you start disassembly.

  • Page 63: Frame

    Unscrew the 4 screws on the front side frame. Figure 6.2: Unscrew the 4 screws on the front side frame Unscrew the 2 screws on the front face plate. Figure 6.3: Unscrew the 2 screws on the front face plate Chapter 6...

  • Page 64: Figure 6.4 Unscrew The 4 Hex-Bolt On The Front Face Plate

    Unscrew the 4 Hex-bolt on the front face plate. Figure 6.4: Unscrew the 4 Hex-bolt on the front face plate Unscrew the 4 screws on the rear side frame. Figure 6.5: Unscrew the 4 screws on the rear side frame ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 65: Figure 6.7 Unscrew The 6 Hex-Bolt On The Rear Face Plate

    Unscrew the 2 screws on the rear face plate. Figure 6.6: Unscrew the 2 screws on the rear face plate Unscrew the 6 Hex-bolt on the rear face plate. Figure 6.7: Unscrew the 6 Hex-bolt on the rear face plate Chapter 6...

  • Page 66: Figure 6.8 Pull Out The Carrier Board From The Alumi Num Case

    Pull out the carrier board from the Aluminum case. Figure 6.8: Pull out the carrier board from the aluminum case Remove the CF card anti-shock holder. Figure 6.9: Remove the CF card anti-shock holder ARK-1370 User Manual...

  • Page 67: Figure 6.10 Remove The Cf Card

    Remove the CF card. Figure 6.10: Remove the CF card Turn over the carrier board, remove the DRAM module. Figure 6.11: Turn over the carrier board and remove the DRAM module Chapter 6...
  • Page 68 ARK-1370 User Manual...

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