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  • Page 1 EBOX-336x Series User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 DMP Electronics reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice. The software described herein is governed by the terms of a separated user license agreement or label sticker.
  • Page 3 Trademarks Acknowledgment The EBOX-336x Series is the registered trademarks of DMP Electronics Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and AMI are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation and American Megatrends Inc. in the United States and/or other countries respectively. Other brand names, product names or trade names appearing in this document are the properties and registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Safety Information WARNING  Do not expose EBOX to rain or moisture, in order to prevent shock and fire hazard.  Never install EBOX in wet locations.  Do not open the cabinet to avoid electrical shock. Refer to your nearest dealer for qualified personnel servicing.
  • Page 5 Regulatory FCC Class A Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 6: Product Description

    DMP and Users in pursuant of trading. Product Description: With this product, herewith also known as EBOX-336x Series, which is a simplified and economical design of an embedded device for Special Purpose Personal Computing. The basic specifications of this product is comprised of the x86 technology design, and with onboard 1GB/ 2GB DDR3 System memory, VGA display, USB, COM ports, and LAN Interfaces.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 02 Unpacking your EBOX Mini PC Chapter 2 05 EBOX-336x Series Overview 07 System Specifications 08 Peripherals Connecting Chapter 3 10 BIOS Reconfiguring 11 Drivers Installation guide 14 Additional information 14 Disable TRIM function 15 Screen rotation...
  • Page 8 Chapter...

  • Page 9: Unpacking Your Ebox Mini Pc

    Unpacking Your EBOX Mini PC Congratulation! You have just acquired EBOX-336x Series, please check the following items: Packing List: Q’ty Item No. Description EBOX-336x Series VESA PC Max. 22.5 watts External Power Adaptor, Vin: 100~240V AC 50/60Hz, Volt: +15V DC @ 1.5A Max.
  • Page 10 The VESA® FDMI™ Standard defines mounting interfaces, hole patterns and associated cable/power supply locations for LCD monitors, plasma displays and other flat panel devices. The EBOX-336x Series is designed to fit this standard to make monitor attachment quickly and easily.
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  • Page 12: Ebox-336X Series Overview

    LED flashes when the system is accessed SATA storage or SD Card. C: Line Out EBOX-336x Series default audio in Line out. Note: Mic in instead Line out can be optional. D: USB 2.0 ports For connection to devices with USB interface (HDD, CD/DVD-ROM drive, Flash drive, etc.)

  • Page 13: Back Panel

    Back Panel A: DC Power Jack B: VGA port C: Power switch D: USB 2.0 ports E: RJ-45 LAN Jack LAN 1 is 10/100 Mbps. F: RJ-45 LAN Jack LAN 2 is 1Gbps. (Optional) G: Wireless Antenna connector (Optional) H: COM port COM1 &...

  • Page 14: System Specifications

    Windows 7 Home/ Pro. 2GB DDR3 (32-bit DRAM bus, EBOX-3362 Series) Windows 7 Embedded Windows XP Home/ Pro. ※ For Windows 7 users, EBOX-336x Series Windows XP Embedded support 32-bit version only, 64-bit version does not support. Windows Embedded CE...

  • Page 15: Peripherals Connecting

    Peripherals Connecting the Power Adaptor A: DC Power Jack To use EBOX-336x Series immediately, please attach the supplied adapter for the power source. See the left diagram for visual connection. Connect the DC power jack of the power adaptor to the DC Input of EBOX-336x Series.
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  • Page 17: Bios Reconfiguring

    Press <Tab> move to Boot menu to find default setting as below: Set up the boot device order, press <F10> and select “Save Settings and Exit”, press “Y” to save the changes. EBOX-336x Series will restart accordingly to the new setup.

  • Page 18: Drivers Installation Guide

    3. Wireless USB wifi Dongle driver (Optional) 4. Audio driver (for windows XP only) Note: Please download EBOX-336x Series drivers from EBOX Support Page For Windows 7 or WES7 OS, install the XMPlay for audio player download here. VGA driver: Unzip the downloaded file and double click the setting .exe file then “Next”...
  • Page 19 Ethernet driver: Download corresponding Ethernet drivers from EBOX-336x Series driver page and unzip. Find the yellow question mark of Ethernet in the Device Manager under the control panel/ system. Select “Update Driver Software” and choose the unzipped driver folder path, then click “ Install this driver software anyway ”...

  • Page 20: Audio Driver

    Audio driver: Unzip the downloaded file and double click the setting .exe file, then “Next” as below to install. After the installation completed, the Device Manager will update and show the correct device.

  • Page 21: Additional Information

    Additional information Disable TRIM function: For Windows 7 and WES7 OS, the system will set TRIM function enable automatically, however, EBOX-336x Series does not support TRIM function hardware. Please disable TRIM function manually by follow ing steps: Open command prompt as Administrator. Excute fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify to check TRIM status.

  • Page 22: Screen Rotation

    Screen rotation: After VGA driver installation completed, type “Customize icons” in search bar. Adjust Utility Application to “Show icon and notifications”. A blue icon = Graphic Utility appears on screen, double click it. In Graphic Utility, go to Rotation section. Select the direction of rotation then press Apply to test and OK to save the changes.

  • Page 23: Turn Off The Display Function Setting

    From the options, you can set the amount of idle time. EBOX-336x Series does not support sleep function, it cannot wake up after sleep. To avoid the unwakeable sleep, please disable function by setting “Put the computer to sleep” to “Never”.

  • Page 24: Bios Acpi Setting

    BIOS ACPI setting: For Windows XP or XPe OS users, please set ACPI Aware O/S to [No], steps as below: Boot up EBOX unit and press <Del> to get into BIOS menu. Move to “advanced” and select “ACPI configuration” then press ENTER. Press ENTER.on “ACPI Aware O/S”...

  • Page 25: Pxe Diskless Boot Setting

    PXE Diskless boot setting: Boot up EBOX unit and press <Del> to get into BIOS menu. Select “Boot” then move to “Boot Settings Configuration” and press ENTER. Move to “Boot From LAN” and choose “Used INT 19h” then press “F10” to save the setting and exit.
  • Page 26 PXE Diskless boot additional setting: EBOX-336x model with three or four COM ports required additional BIOS setting for PXE diskless boot. Users have to set COM5 and COM6 interface security “Disable” temporary in order to release IRQ resource for PXE diskless boot fuction. Boot up EBOX unit and press <Del>...
  • Page 27 To resume the default setting: Select “Security” then move to “I/O Interface Security” and press ENTER. Enable “COM5 port” and “COM6 port “ interface then press “F10” to save setting and exit. Or move to EXIT and select “load Optimal Defaults” then press “F10” to save the setting.

  • Page 28: Canbus Information

    CANbus information: In EBOX-336x CANbus Series, the serial port (COM4) has been adapted for CANbus use. And the CANbus is onboard, it doesn't need extra external power. PIN assignmnet: J14: COM - 9-pin D-Sub Connector (CANbus) Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name CANL...

  • Page 29: Linux Installation Guide

    Linux Installation guide For Debian7.0/ Ubuntu10.04 Regarding the system installation of Debian7.0/ Ubuntu10.04, please follow the steps and suggestions to complete the system installation on the EBOX-336x Series platform. The following is a brief instruction, users may configure it according to their specific needs.
  • Page 30  During the installation process, the system would ask users to create partitions for the operating system. Following example is using entire disk for the beginner. Choose “Guided - use entire disk”.  Select “Yes” to create the partition.  Then the system would keep asking you few questions for configuration, suggestions were attached as follow.
  • Page 31 For Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk: Answer YES to complete the installation as last procedure.  When it's completed, the disc tray will eject with pop-up message, press continue to restart and be ready to enjoy the new system! The Debian7.0 The Ubuntu10.04...
  • Page 32 2. Install the VGA driver (Console mode)  Switch to console mode by pressing key <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <F1>, then copy the VGA driver rdc_drv.so to the driver folder /usr/lib/xor/modules/drivers/, please refer to Linux support page for most updated drivers. ...
  • Page 33 3. The system configuration: Enable the Auto login System / Administration / Login Screen Execute the utility “Login Screen” and enter the password to process it Set the Log in as “user account” automatically. Disable the power saving mode when system idle, System / Preference / Screensaver Unmarked the option “Active the screensaver when computer is idle”...
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  • Page 35: Onboard Connectors Summary

    Onboard Connectors Summary Summary Table for EBOX PCB Board Description Type of Connections Pin nbrs. SODIMM-SOC-200P-1.8V SODIMM socket 200 Pin 200-pin SATA SATA socket 7-pin USB1 (Front) USB connector 4-pin USB2 (Front) USB connector 4-pin USB3 (Back) USB connector 4-pin USB4 (Inside or Back) USB connector 4-pin...
  • Page 36  Front Connectors Outline A: SD Card Slot B: USB C: Line out D: COM or GPIO port E: COM, GPIO or CANbus port F: CF Card Slot G: Power & HDD H: Mic in *EBOX 336x Models are all with Auto Power On feature, do NOT have front Reset Button.
  • Page 37  Rear Connectors Outline B: VGA C: 1 Gbps LAN A: DC Power Jack D: 10/100 Mbps LAN E: GPIO or COM ports I: G-LAN, RJ-45 LAN2 F: Printer port G: Power Switch H: 10/100 Mbps LAN I: USB I: G-LAN, RJ-45 LAN2 J: 1 Gbps LAN K: 10/100 Mbps LAN I: G-LAN, RJ-45 LAN2...

  • Page 38: Pin Assignments

    Pin Assignments For standard version : J16: Power SW - Push Button Switch Pin # Status J15: DC-IN (15V) - 2-pin Jack Pin # Signal Name +15V Input J5, J6, J8: USB2.0 (180 J7: USB2.0 (90 Horizontal Type Pin # Signal Name Vertical Type Pin #...
  • Page 39 J11 (COM1), J12 (COM2): RS-232/ RS-485/ RS-422, 9-pin D-Sub Connector Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name DCD/ RS-485- / 422TX- RXD/ RS-485+ / 422TX+ TXD/ 422RX+ DTR1/ 422RX- J13 (COM3), J14 (COM4): RS-232, 9-pin D-Sub Connector Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name...
  • Page 40 For 8-bit GPIO version with RS-232 port : J11 (COM1): GPIO P4, 9-pin D-sub Connector Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name PORT 40 PORT 44 PORT 41 PORT 45 PORT 46 PORT 42 PORT 47 PORT 43 J12 (COM2): GPIO P5, 9-pin D-Sub Connector Pin # Signal Name Pin #...
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  • Page 42: Taking Care Of Your Ebox

    Series uses high-frequency radio signal and may interface with radio or TV reception causing interference or poor signal display. When this happens, relocate the EBOX-336x Series by a suitable distance away from the set. Do not drop the EBOX-336x Series from the working table nor place heavy objects on top of it.

  • Page 43: Cleaning Your Vesa Pc

    Using Cables for Connection To avoid the problem, use only the specified interface cables in your accessory bag. The supplier will not be responsible for the connection arising from the other unspecified peripheral equipment. Do not use cut or damaged cables for connection. Cleaning Your VESA PC Clean the VESA PC with a soft dry cloth to lightly moistened with a mild detergent solution.

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    A. VESA PC does not start – Make sure the EBOX-336x Series is properly secured and plugged into a power source before it is turned on. Make sure the power indicator shows the power is on. See section 2 for more information about “EBOX-336x Series Overview”.
  • Page 45 Go to “Exit” menu using the Direction keys <↑↓> and choose the option “Load Optimal Defaults”, then press <Enter>. A message dialog appears as seen below, hit “Y” key and presses <Enter> to save and recover to the factory setting. “Load Optimal Defaults (Y/N)? Y”...
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  • Page 47: Terms And Condition

    The Purchaser must pre-pay shipping for any defective system or parts returned under the warranty. DMP Electronics Inc. shall not be liable for risk of loss or damage during shipment of your returned system or parts if you fail to insure the shipment.

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