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– A complete description of the problem – The exact wording of any error messages TREK-688 User Manual...
The equipment has been dropped and damaged. The equipment has obvious signs of breakage. CAUTION: The computer is provided with a battery-powered real-time clock cir- cuit. There is a danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace TREK-688 User Manual...
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D) Circuit Overloading - Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on over current protection and supply wiring. Appropriate consid- TREK-688 User Manual...
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To avoid any possible accident, please following instructions to operate this unit. 25. CAUTION : Only the qualified engineer by Advantech Co.,Ltd can perform the installation in a vehicle. Improper installation can injure the operator or damage the vehicle and/or TREK-688 computer system.
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Then Fuse Box secured to connector. Insert the female connector of Fuse Box to the male connector of TREK-688 vehicle system. Connect the Orange wire to the vehicle`s ignition switch. Ensure the wiring connections created are sufficiently insulated from each other.
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Transport: carry the unit with both hands and handle with care. Maintenance: to properly maintain and clean the surfaces, use only approved products or clean with a dry applicator. CFast: Turn off the power before inserting or removing CFast storage cards.
Figure 1.1 TREK-688 dimensions..........5 Chapter System Setup ........7 A Quick Tour of the TREK-688 Computing Box ........8 Figure 2.1 Front view of TREK-688 ..........8 Figure 2.2 Rear view of TREK-688 ..........8 2.1.1 Installing CFast & SIM card…............9 2.1.2...
Chapter General Information This chapter gives background information on the TREK-688 Premium In- Vehicle Computing Box. Sections include: Introduction General Specifications Dimensions TREK-688 User Manual...
STD-810G and 5M3 standard. Its special power protection surges from impacting the system. Guarding against damage from transient car power. TREK-688 combined with variety of I/O connectors can be connected to devices like TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System), Rear view Camera ( for parking monitoring) and CAN Bus devices.
1 x High Speed Full RS 232, DB 9 (Pin 9 = Ring, 12V/5V @ 0.5A is BOM optional by jumper setting) 2 x Giga LAN, with 8 pin M12 connector Video / Audio input 16 ch Video inputs, Video Compression: support H.264, MJPEG TREK-688 User Manual...
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*2: Support dual independent audio streams. (i.e. The Line Out interface in "Smart Display Port" and "Generic I/O Port" are driven by different Audio codecs.) *3: The connector type on box side is Female RP SMA connector. (i.e. Female connector body (outside threads) with a male inner pin contact.) TREK-688 User Manual...
Chapter System Setup This chapter details system setup on TREK-688 Sections include: A Quick Tour of the Computer Installation Procedures Running the BIOS Setup Pro gram...
2.1 A Quick Tour of the TREK-688 Computing Box Before starting to set up the In-Vehicle Computing Box, take a moment to become familiar with the locations and functions of the controls, drives, connectors and ports, which are illustrated in the figures below.
Release 2pcs screws of each HDD/SDD Tray and pull out the tray. Remove 8pcs screws of HDD/SSD tray top cover and take out the HDD/SSD frame. Insert HDD/SSD into the frame and fix by 4pcs screws. Fix HDD/SSD tray top cover by 8pcs screws. TREK-688 User Manual...
“ignition” mark. Note! Ignition on/off setting: The TREK-688 supports an ignition on/off function so that you can power on/off the TREK-688 via the ignition signal/volt- age and connect the TREK-688 vehicle ignition switch. Table 2.1: Pin Definition of Power Cord...
CMOS RAM and compares them to the equipment check conducted during the power on self-test (POST). If an error occurs, an error message is displayed on screen, and the user is prompted to run the setup program. TREK-688 User Manual...
Chapter Switches Setting and Connectors This chapter explains how to set up the In-Vehicle Computing Box hardware, including instructions on setting and how to set switches and read indicators. Sections include: Setting Switches Indicators introduction I/O connectors pin assignment...
I/O DB9 PIN 9 select (ON TOP LATOUT) 3.1.2 Switches Location 3.1.3 Switches setting 3.1.3.1 MiniPCIe (WWAN) Power Voltage Setup (SW2) 3.1.3.2 MiniPCIe (WWAN) Support WWAN Module Setup (SW3) For standard MiniPCIe (for WLAN) Support LTE/3.5G Module (for WWAN) (Default) TREK-688 User Manual...
GPS activity. This LED is controlled directly by the GPS chips.(Orange color) LAN Activity The LAN activity indicator is a green LED, and flashes to show Indicator LED the activity of the LAN data transportation. (Green color) TREK-688 User Manual...
System is in NORMAL mode Red LED flashing Boot loader mode F/W can be update 3.3 I/O Connectors Pin Assignment 3.3.1 Power connector Table 3.1: Power connector Signal Signal Ground Power input (9~32VDC) Acc ignition input 3.3.1.1 Power in Jack Cable TREK-688 User Manual...
+12 V output (+/- 5%, max 1A) +12 V output (+/- 5%, max 1A) Power Ground Power Ground Power Ground Power Ground RS232 TXD2 # RS232 RXD2 # RS232 RTS2 Power Button Input # Audio Ground Mono. Line-out TREK-688 User Manual...
All new TREK x86 computing box (e.g. TREK 688, TREK 674) can share the same one Generic I/O cable. However, there are some pin assignment different on TREK 688 and TREK 674. Connector type: D-SUB Conn. 26P 1.27mm 90D(F) DIP MCR26FL33 Table GIO Connector Pin Assignment Signal Depiction Signal Depiction TREK-688 User Manual...
BNC JACK (E) PHONE JACK (F) PHONE JACK (G) LINE OUT CVBS In MIC_IN Depiction Depiction Depiction CVBS In (NC)* MIC_IN LINE OUT GND (NC)* MIC_GND Audio GND P.S TREK 688 doesn`t support CVBS In function. 3.3.10 LAN Connector TREK-688 User Manual...
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Connector type: M12 A-coding Jack GT234102-01080 female 8P Table LAN Connector Pin Assignment Signal Depiction Signal Depiction LAN TRP0P LAN TRP2N LAN TRP0N LAN TRP1N LAN TRP1P LAN TRP3P LAN TRP2P LAN TRP3N TREK-688 User Manual...
Chapter Software Demo Utility Setup This appendix explains the soft- ware demo utility for TREK-688 Sections include: Introduction How to Set up Demo Utility...
Introduction Advantech has developed demo utilities based on Advantech provided SDK APIs to let user test the functions on TREK-688. This document describes the usage of each demo utilities and also provide a basic concept of the application development on TREK-688.
4.2.2 Mode Control In this page, you can toggle “AT Mode” and “Keep Alive Mode”. Press “Save Default” to set current settings as default value of VPM(Vehicle Power Management) controller. Press “Load Default” to load the default values. 4.2.3 Low Voltage Protection You can enable/disable and set the pre boot/post boot low voltage protection threshold in this page.
4.2.4 Event Delay 4.2.4.1 Power control mechanism TREK 688 provides VPM (Vehicle Power Management) features to fulfill specific requirements. The basic mechanism is shown in the following figure. TREK-688 User Manual...
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The power of system can be controlled with the following events: Ignition ON The ignition signal can be used to power on or shutdown the system. When the system is in an OFF state and the ignition is turned ON, the VPM controller will countdown a delay period (ON_DELAY). Once it counts to zero, the system will be powered on.
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The delay time counted after an power off event is triggered. VPM will force power off the machine if the hard delay time is counted down to zero. Press “Save Default” to set current value as default value. Press “Load Default” to load the stored default values. TREK-688 User Manual...
4.2.5 Alarm In this page, you can set the time and set alarm wakeup time to VPM controller and enable/disable the alarm as a system wakeup source. Press “Save Default” to set current value as default value. Press “Load Default” to load the stored default values.
0. You can press “Trigger” button while watchdog is counting to reset the count down time and keep it counting. Press “Save Default” to set current value as default value. Press “Load Default” to load the stored default values. TREK-688 User Manual...
4.2.7 G-Sensor In this page, you can enable/disable the G sensor. Also, you can set G sensor as a system wakeup source and set the threshold to trigger system wakeup.
4.2.10 Digital I/O In this page, you can monitor the digital input status and enable/disable digital output. DI1 default is normal digital input and can be set as dedicated reverse signal input. TREK-688 User Manual...
When first open VCIL demonstration app, you will see a port selection windows as following. Please select the VCIL port path and press Connect button. VCIL port path in different platforms have different nodes. The common path at Window is COM7. TREK-688 User Manual...
To use CAN / J1939 / OBD2 / J1708 / J1587 protocol on each port, please click on corresponding tab to switch to the page of specific protocol, then you can send/read message on specific port by setting the detail items. TREK-688 User Manual...
4.4 Smart Display Demonstration The smart display demonstration application demonstrate the usage of MRM SDP API which is a lightweight interface between OS (Operating system) and SDP (Smart Display Co Processor) allow user to control the font end display, backlight setting, hotkey, peripheral control, etc. 4.4.1 Information In this page, the demo application shows the current status and basic information.
4.4.2 Backlight In this page, you can set the levels for backlight, the brightness for each level and the current brightness level. TREK-688 User Manual...
Reserve gear Enable/disable auto switch of display. If enabled, the display will be switched to camera view if reverse gear detected and switched to LVDS view if reverse gear absent. Enable/disable power of front end USB port. TREK-688 User Manual...
4.5 GPS Demonstration The GPS demonstration application demonstrate the usage of MRM GPS API which is a lightweight interface between OS (Operating system) and GPS module allows user to easily get GPS information. 4.5.1 Port selection When first open GPS demonstration app, you will see a port selection windows as following. Please select the GPS port path and press Connect button.
In this page, the demo application shows the current GPS status. GPS Status Function demonstration selection Satellite location Information 4.5.3 NEMA In this page, the demo application shows the incoming NMEA code. Check ' Save to file ' to logging the NMEA code to file. TREK-688 User Manual...