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Product Warranty (2 years) EFCO warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each of its products 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 altered by persons other than repair personnel authorized by EFCO, or which have been subject to misuse, abuse, accident or improper installation.
If an EFCO product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out-of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, service time, and freight.
Safety Instructions Please read the following safety instructions carefully. It is advised that you keep this manual for future references. 1. All cautions and warnings on the device should be noted. 2. Make sure the power source matches the power rating of the device. 3.
18. DO NOT LEAVE THIS DEVICE IN AN UNCONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STORAGE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 0° C (32°F) OR ABOVE 50°C (122°F) TO PREVENT DAMAGE. FCC Statement FCC Class A: 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.
1.1 Introduction EFCO Brilliant series of industrial panel computer featured with the latest Intel Bay Trail solution and rich I/O. We are offering five sizes of touchscreen panel which including 12.1", 15", 17", 19"and 21.5". Fanless with multi-touch solution for perfect industrial application For Brilliant 15, it is designed with 15"XGA industrial-grade LCD flat panel with fanless...
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HDD temperature ♦ 0°C - +40°C(32°F -104°F) Relative Humidity ♦ Operation 10% ~ 90% Mechanical Dimension (W x D x H) ♦ 364.1 mm x 296.1 mm x 68.9 mm Packing dimension (W x D x H) ♦ 510 mm x 360 mm x 127 mm Weight (net/gross) ♦...
2.2.2 Power ON/OFF Button The TPC-5215 has a Power On/Off button with LED indicator. Using the Power button, the device can be switched on, suspended, shut down immediately, or shut down with the delay of 4 seconds. Photo_3 – Power Button 2.2.3 Power Input Connector...
2.2.6 USB Connector TPC-5215 provides six (4 x USB 2.0 & 2 x USB 3.0) USB interface connectors. The interface is compliant with USB UHCI, Rev. 2.0 & 3.0. Both connectors are Plug and Play compatible, allowing you to connect or disconnect a device whenever you want, without turning off the computer.
1Gbps connection Table_4 – LAN LED State 2.2.8 VGA Connector TPC-5215 provides a high resolution VGA interface through a 15-pin D-sub connector in order to support a VGA CRT monitor. The maximum resolution is 1920 x 1080. Signal Name Signal Name...
Photo_10 – High definition video output Connector 2.2.10 COM Port TPC-5215 provides five COM port headers. The product supports RS232/422/485 on COM1 port. Please refer to below table for the pin definition. And COM2, 3, 4, 6 only support (RS232).
Dual Channel DDR3L (low voltage). The memory max up to 8GB. Photo_13 – Memory Slot 2.3.3 SATA 1 Connector_② The TPC-5215 provides an SATA ports. The SATA ports support data rates up to 3GB/s. Signal Name Signal Name Table_8 – SATA Connector Pin Assignments Photo_14 –...
Photo_17 – Jumper setting 2.4 Hardware Install and Upgrades Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. 2.
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Photo_18 – Power connector 2. Remove the system unit cover 8 (M3 x 4mm) screws. Photo_19 – system unit cover 8 screws location 3. Open system unit cover. Photo_20 – Open real chassis...
Please to pay heed the SATA cables. The cable be hook at real chassis. 4. Align a SO-DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the SO-DIMM matches the break on the slot. Firmly insert the SO-DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends fully snap back in place and the SO-DIMM is properly seated.
Photo_22 – Half-size PCI Express Mini Card slot 3. Replace the system cover. If machine have install Full-size mPCIe card, please remove Full-size mPCIe card first. Then can see the Half-size mPCIe slot. 2.4.3 Full-Size PCI Express Mini Card Installation 1.
If want to remove or replace device, please unlock (M2 x 4mm) screws first. 2.4.4 HDD replace or upgrade 1. Before installing any device, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Photo_24 –...
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Photo_26 – Open real chassis 4. Remove 4 (M3 x 4mm) screws to add or replace HDD. Photo_27 – HDD location 5. Replace the system cover.
2.5 Panel-mount Installation To mount the panel onto a wall, you will need a strong mounting surface, screws, along with the mounting brackets. Please take a look at the illustration below before starting to mount the panel. 1. Prepare a 328.5mm x 265.4mm opening on the surface to be mounted. Photo_28 –...
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3. There is a funnel-shaped track inside each of the mount holes on the panel. Insert each mount into the holes from the wide end of the track and push it towards the narrow end to secure. Do this for all the mounts. Photo_30 –...
3.1 BIOS Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> or <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines.
3.2 UEFI Menu Bar and Navigation Keys EFCO TPC-5215 BIOS setup screen is composed of the menu bar, left frame and right frame. The menu bar is shown below: Item Description Main To set up the system time/date information Advanced...
3.3 Main When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. The system time and date item can be change. The Main BIOS Setup page screen is shown below. Photo_32 – Main Setting...
3.4 Advanced In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, Storage Configuration, Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology, Super IO Configuration, ACPI Configuration and USB Configuration. Photo_33 – Advanced Setting Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.
3.4.1 CPU Configuration Photo_34 – Advanced_CPU Configuration photo Intel SpeedStep Technology: Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology. Processors can switch between multiple frequencies and voltage points to enable power saving. Enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system stability or compatibility issues with some power supplies.
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consumption. No-Execute Memory Protection: No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection.
3.4.2 Chipset Configuration Photo_35 – Advanced_Chipset Configuration photo DRAM Voltage: Configure the Voltage for the DRAM. Primary Graphics Adapter: This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. Share Memory: Configure the size of memory that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up.
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Please make sure your panel type at right setting. Wrong setting would let panel no display. If panel no display, please connect external monitor then reboot the system. Onboard HD Audio: Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature.
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1024x768 / 24-bit / 1-ch / LED 1600x900 / 18-bit / 2-ch / LED 1366x768 / 24-bit / 1-ch / LED 1920x1080 / 24-bit / 2-ch / LED 800x600 / 24-bit / 1-ch / LED 640x480 / 24-bit / 1-ch / LED 1024x768 / 18-bit / 1-ch / LED VBIOS Default (Default...
3.4.3 Storage Configuration Photo_36 – Advanced_Storage Configuration photo SATA Controller(s): Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature. SATA Mode Selection: Use this to select SATA mode. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does not have these advantages.
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Function Item Select Item Enabled (Default setting) SATA Controller(s) Disabled IDE Mode SATA Mode Selection AHCI Mode (Default setting) Disabled (Default setting) SATA Aggressive Link Power Mgmt Enabled Disabled (Default setting) Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T Enabled Table_14 – Advanced_Storage Configuration setting SATA2_1: Photo_37 –...
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Hot Plug: Enable or disable Hot Plug for this port. Function Item Select Item Disabled (Default setting) External SATA Enabled Enabled Hot Plug Disabled (Default setting) Table_15 – SATA2_1 setting SATA2_2 / mini-SATA: Photo_38 – SATA2_1 setting photo External SATA: Enable SATA safe removal notifications. Please note that the SATA device will be downgraded to SATA2.
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Function Item Select Item Disabled (Default setting) External SATA Enabled Enabled Hot Plug Disabled (Default setting) Enabled SATA LPM PLL Shutdown Disabled (Default setting) Table_16 – SATA2_2 / mini-SATA setting...
3.4.4 Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Photo_39 – Advanced_Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology photo Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology: Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology. Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology keeps your e-mail and social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. updated automatically while the computer is in sleep mode.
3.4.5 Super IO Configuration Photo_40 – Advanced_Super IO Configuration photo COM1 Configuration: Use this to set parameters of COM1. Select COM1 port type: [RS232], [RS422] or [RS485]. COM2 Configuration: Use this to set parameters of COM2. COM3 Configuration: Use this to set parameters of COM3. COM4 Configuration: Use this to set parameters of COM4.
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COM1 Configuration Function Item Select Item Disabled Serial Port Enabled (Default setting) RS232 (Default setting) Type Select RS422 RS485 Table_18 – Advanced_Super IO Configuration_COM1 Setting COM2/3/4/6 Configuration Function Item Select Item Disabled Serial Port Enabled (Default setting) Table_19 – Advanced_Super IO Configuration_COM2/3/4/6 Setting LPT1 Port Configuration Function Item Select Item...
WDT Timeout Reset Function Item Select Item Disabled (Default setting) WDT Timeout Reset Enabled Table_22 – Advanced_Super IO Configuration Setting 3.4.6 ACPI Configuration Photo_41 – Advanced_ACPI Configuration photo Suspend to RAM: Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend -to-RAM feature ACPI HPEL Table: Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table.
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the system from the power-soft-off mode. PCIE Devices Power On: Use this item to enable or disable PCIE devices to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode. CIR Power On: Use this item to enable or disable CIR to power on the system. RTC Alarm Power On: Use this item to enable or disable RTC (Real Time Clock) to power on the system.
3.4.7 USB Configuration Photo_42 – Advanced_USB Configuration photo USB Controller: Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller. USB 3.0 Controller: Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 3.0 controller. If you enable “CSM “, USB 3.0 controller will be disabled when you select [Auto].
Function Item Select Item Enabled (Default setting) USB Controller Disabled Enabled Disabled USB 3.0 Controller Auto (Default setting) Smart Auto Enabled (Default setting) Legacy USB Support Auto UEFI Setup Only Table_24 – Advanced_USB Configuration Setting 3.4.8 Instant Flash Photo_43 – Advanced_Instant Flash photo...
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Save UEFI files in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to update your UEFI. Please note that your USB storage device must be FAT32/16/12 or NTFS file system. Only root directory is working on NTFS drive.
3.5 H/W Monitor In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. Photo_44 – H/W Monitor photo CPU_FAN1 Setting: This allows you to set CPU_FAN1’s speed.
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Automatic Mode Full On (Default setting) CHA_FAN1 Setting Automatic Mode Disabled (Default setting) Case Open Feature Enabled Table_25 – H/W Setting...
3.6 Security In this section, you may set, change or clear the supervisor/user password for the System. Photo_45 – Security photo Supervisor Password: Set or change the password for the administrator account. Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility.
3.7 Boot In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Photo_46 – Boot photo Boot Option #1: Set the system boot order. Hard Drive BBS Priorities: Set the order of the legacy devices in this group. Fast Boot: Fast Boot minimizes your computer’s boot time.
3. If you are using an external graphics card, the VBIOS must support UEFI GOP in order to boot. Boot From Onboard LAN: Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Setup Prompt Timeout: This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key.
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Photo_47 – Boot_CSM photo Function Item Select Item Disabled (Default setting) Enabled Do not launch Launch PXE OpROM policy UEFI only Legacy only (Default setting) Do not launch Launch Storage OpROM policy UEFI only Legacy only (Default setting) Do not launch Launch Video OpROM policy UEFI only Legacy only...
3.8 Exit Photo_48 – Exit photo Save Changes and Exit: Exit system setup after saving the change. “F10” key can be used for this operation. Discard Changes and Exit: Exit system setup without saving any change. “ESC” key can be used for this operation. Discard Changes: Discard changes done so far to any of the setup options.
4.1 Driver Installation The TPC-5215 comes with a product DVD. That contains user's manual and all drivers to help your setup product. Insert the DVD and follow the steps in the auto run program to install the drivers. In case the program does not start, follow the sequence below to install the drivers.
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Step 6 – Install Audio Driver 1. Open the “STEP6 – 06.Audio” folder followed by “Setup.exe”. 2. Follow the instructions. 3. Drivers will be installed automatically. Step 7 – Install COM Driver 1. Open the “STEP7 – 07.COM” folder and followed by “NuvSerial v1.0.2011.1109 (WHQL).exe”.