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User Manual ARK-2231R-S9A1E ARK-2231R Rolling Stock Fanless Computer...
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This package contains a hard-copy user manual in Chinese for China CCC certification purpose, Please download the latest English user manual and drivers on website: http://www.advantech.com.tw/products/1-flnuyz/ark-2231r/mod_93058347-799f-4ffd- 812e-701bbf617c3c Please disregard the printed Chinese copy of the user manual if the product is not to be sold and/or installed in China.
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No part of this manual 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 reliable. How- ever, Advantech Co., Ltd.
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Test criteria: EN50155 Tx/ EN50121-3-2(EMC)/ IEC61373 (Shock) Technical Support and Assistance 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 customer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance.
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Before setting up the system, check that the items listed below are included and in good condition. If any item does not accord with the table, please contact your dealer immediately. 1 x ARK-2231R-S9A1E unit 1 x Hard copy user manual (Simplified Chinese) ...
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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 cleaning. For plug-in equipment, the power outlet socket must be located near the equip- ment and must be easily accessible.
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CAUTION: Always completely disconnect the power cord from your chassis whenever you work with the hardware. Do not make connections while the power is on. Sensitive electronic components can be damaged by sudden power surges. CAUTION: Always ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the motherboard, backplane, or add-on cards.
It also provides wireless communication (GPS/G-sensor/Wi-Fi/3G) for excellent connectivity, has high graphics capability (up to 1080p @120fps) for video previews, has great expansion capability and comes with integrated software for manageability and security. ARK-2231R-S9A1E I/O Overview Remote Control DC INPUT USB 3.0 USB 2.0...
AMK-R100E I/O Overview SSD/HDD AMK-R104E I/O Overview SSD/HDD Features Intel® Atom E3845 1.91 GHz SoC Extension layer with 8 PoE ports to support mainstream IP cameras Diverse communication abilities, ex. WWAN, WLAN Built-in GPS and G-Sensor for GIS application ...
Overview of Hardware Installation & Upgrading Warning! Do not remove the ruggedized aluminum covers until verifying that no power is flowing within the computer. Power must be switched off and the power cord must be unplugged. Take care in order to avoid injury or damage to the equipment.
Installing storage 2.3.1 Installing 2.5" SSD or HDD First Layer can support one SSD and the extension Layer can support another. 2.3.2 Installing mSATA Storage Remove bottom cover 4 screws on the bottom side and 4 screws on both sides. ARK-2231R User Manual...
Insert a full size mSATA storage in the place marked. Installing Optional Modules 2.4.1 Installing WLAN module Remove the bottom cover 4 screws and the 4 screws on both sides. ARK-2231R User Manual...
Insert the full size WLAN module in the place marked. 2.4.2 Installing WWAN module Remove the bottom cover 4 screws and 4 screws on both sides. ARK-2231R User Manual...
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Insert the full size WWAN module in the place marked. ARK-2231R User Manual...
Chapter Jumper and Switch Settings This chapter explains how to set up ARK-2231R Series hardware, including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripher- als, and how to set switches and read indicators. Be sure to read all the safety pre- cautions before beginning the installation procedure.
Setting Jumpers and Switches It is possible to configure the In-Vehicle Computing Box to match the needs of the application by resetting the 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.
Jumper Lists 3.2.1 Main Board Jumpers & Switches LCD Power / Auto Power on mPCIe & mSATA selection Clear CMOS Jumper Settings 3.3.1 Main Board 3.3.1.1 Auto Power On Setting (J1) Table 3.1: LCD Power / Auto Power on (J1) Setting Function (1-2)
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3.3.1.3 Clear CMOS (BH1) How to clear CMOS: (Follow these steps) 1. Turn off system power. 2. Unplug CR2032 battery cable on BH1. 3. Wait for 15secs, or short BH1 pin1-2. 4. Connect battery cable on BH1. 5. Turn on system power. ARK-2231R User Manual...
ARK-2231R I/O Connectors 4.1.1 ARK-2231R-S9A1E Front I/O View HDMI USB 2.0 Audio ON/OFF Optional I/O SSD/HDD 4.1.2 ARK-2231R-S9A1E Rear I/O View Remote Control DC INPUT USB 3.0 USB 2.0 ARK-2231R I/O Pin Definition 4.2.1 VGA Connector The ARK-2231R provides a high resolution VGA interface connected by a D-sub 15- pin connector to support a VGA CRT monitor.
Table 4.1: VGA Connector Pin Assignments Signal Name Signal Name Green Blue DDC Date H-SYNC V-SYNC DDC Clock 4.2.2 USB Connector The ARK-2231R provides up to three USB interface connectors - 2 x USB 2.0 (one is M12 connector) & 1 x USB 3.0 (water proof connector), which give complete Plug & Play.
Table 4.3: Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments Signal Name Signal Name LAN_M0+ LAN_M0- LAN_M1+ LAN_M1- LAN_M3+ LAN_M3- LAN_M2+ LAN_M2- 4.2.4 HDMI Connector ARK-2231R provides 1 x lockable HDMI port which resolution can support up to 4K at 24 Hz. Figure 4.4 HDMI Connector Table 4.4: HDMI / Display Port Connector Pin Assignments Signal Name Signal Name...
Table 4.5: DIO Connector Signal Name Signal Name GPIO_0 GPIO_1 GPIO_2 GPIO_3 GPIO_4 GPIO_5 GPIO_6 GPIO_7 Figure 4.5 DIO Connector 4.2.6 COM Connector ARK-2231R provides two D-sub 9-pin connectors, which offers 2 x RS-232/422/485 serial communication ports. Figure 4.6 COM Port Connector Table 4.6: COM Connector Pin Assignments RS-232 RS-422...
4.2.7 System Audio Connector ARK-2231R offers stereo audio ports via D SUB connector of Line-out, Mic-in & Line- in. The audio chip controller is by Realtek ALC888, High Definition Audio. Figure 4.7 System Audio Connector Table 4.7: Audio Connector Pin Assignments Audio Signal Name LINEOUT_L LINEOUT_R...
4.2.10 Remote Control ARK-2231R provides one set remote control signal for customer extend power, reset, HDD LED and System LED. Figure 4.10 Remote Control Table 4.8: Remote Control Pin Definition Signal Name Power LED +5V HDD LED +5V HDD LED Active PWR_SW RST_SW 4.2.11...
Introduction AMIBIOS has been integrated into many motherboards for over a decade. With the AMIBIOS Setup program, you can modify BIOS settings and control the various sys- tem features. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the ARK-2231R BIOS setup screens. Figure 5.1 Setup program initial screen AMI's BIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration.
Entering Setup Turn on the computer and then press <F2> or <DEL> to enter the Setup menu. 5.2.1 Main Setup When you first enter the BIOS Setup Utility, you will enter the Main setup screen. You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab. There are two Main Setup options.
5.2.2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the ARK-2231R setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
5.2.2.1 ACPI Settings Figure 5.4 ACPI Setting Enable ACPI Auto Configuration This item allows users to enable or disable BIOS ACPI auto configuration. Enable Hibernation This item allows users to enable or disable hibernation. ACPI Sleep State This item allows users to set the ACPI sleep state.
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5.2.2.2 Super IO Configuration ARK-2231R User Manual...
Figure 5.5 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration This item allows users to configure serial port 1. Serial Port 2 Configuration This item allows users to configure serial port 2. ARK-2231R User Manual...
5.2.2.4 S5 RTC Wake Settings Figure 5.7 S5 RTC Wake Settings Wake system from S5 Enable or disable system wake on alarm event. ARK-2231R User Manual...
5.2.2.5 Serial Port Console Redirection Figure 5.8 Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection This item allows users to enable or disable console redirection for Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS). Console Redirection This item allows users to configuration console redirection detail settings. ARK-2231R User Manual...
5.2.2.6 CPU Configuration Figure 5.9 CPU Configuration Setting Limit CPUID Maximum Disabled for Windows XP. Execute Disable Bit XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when com- bined with a supporting OS (Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2, RedHat Enterprise 3 Update 3.) ...
5.2.2.7 PPM Configuration Figure 5.10 PPM Configuration CPU C state Report Enable/Disable CPU C state report to OS. Max CPU C-state This option controls Max C states that the processor will support. S0ix Enable/Disable CPU S0ix state. ARK-2231R User Manual...
5.2.2.8 IDE Configuration Figure 5.11 IDE Configuration Serial-ATA (SATA) Enable / Disable Serial ATA. SATA Test Mode Test Mode Enable / Disable. SATA Speed Support SATA Speed Supports Gen1 or Gen2. SATA Mode Select IDE / AHCI. ...
5.2.2.9 CSM Configuration Figure 5.12 CSM Configuration CSM Support Enable/Disable CSM support. GateA20 Active Upon Request - GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services otherwise GA20 cannot be disabled; this option is useful when any RT code is executed above 1 Option ROM Messages ...
5.2.2.10 USB Configuration Figure 5.13 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Enables support for legacy USB. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. XHCI Hand-Off This is a workaround for OS without XHCI hand-off support.
5.2.3 Chipset Select the Chipset tab from the ARK-2231R setup screen to enter the Chipset BIOS Setup screen. You can display a Chipset BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in this sec- tion.
5.2.3.1 North Bridge Figure 5.16 North Bridge Intel IGD Configuration Config Intel IGD settings. Graphics Power Management Control Graphics Power Management Control options. LCD Control LCD Control. Max TOLUD Maximum value of TOLUD. ARK-2231R User Manual...
5.2.3.3 Graphics Power Management Control Figure 5.18 Graphics Power Management Control RC6 (Render Standby) Check to enable render standby support. ARK-2231R User Manual...
5.2.3.4 LCD Control Figure 5.19 LCD Control Primary IGFX Boot Display Select the video device which will be activated during POST. This has no effect if external graphics are present. Secondary boot display selection will appear based on your selection. VGA modes will be supported only on the primary dis- play.
5.2.3.5 South Bridge Figure 5.20 South Bridge LAN1 Control Enable or disable the LAN1. LAN1 PXE OpROM Enable or disable boot option for LAN1 controller. LAN2 Control Enable or disable the LAN2. LAN2 PXE OpROM Enable or disable boot option for LAN2 controller. ...
5.2.3.6 Azalia HD Audio Figure 5.21 Azalia HD Audio Audio Controller Control Detection of the Azalia device. Disabled = Azalia will be unconditionally disabled. Enabled = Azalia will be unconditionally Enabled. Auto = Azalia will be enabled if present, disabled otherwise. ...
5.2.3.7 USB Configuration Figure 5.22 USB Configuration XHCI Mode Mode of operation of xHCI controller. USB2 Link Power Management Enable/Disable USB2 Link Power Management. USB 2.0 (EHCI) Support Controls the USB EHCI (USB 2.0) functions. One EHCI controller must always be enabled.
5.2.4 Security Figure 5.24 Security Select Security Setup from the MIO-3260 Setup main BIOS setup menu. All Security Setup options, such as password protection and virus protection, are described in this section. To access the sub menu for the following items, select the item and press <Enter>.
5.2.5 Boot Settings Figure 5.25 Boot Setup Utility Setup Prompt Timeout This item allows users to select the number of seconds to wait for setup activa- tion key. Bootup NumLock State Select the Power-on state for Numlock. Quiet Boot If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays normal POST messages.
5.2.6 Save & Exit Figure 5.26 Save & Exit Save Changes and Exit When users have completed system configuration, select this option to save changes, exit BIOS setup menu and reboot the computer if necessary to take effect of all system configuration parameters. ...
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Restore User Defaults Users can select this option to restore user defaults. Boot Override This item allows users to choose boot device. ARK-2231R User Manual...
Watchdog Timer Sample Code Watchdog function: ;The SCH3114 Runtime base I/O address is A00h ;Setting WatchDog time value location at offset 66h ;If set value "0", it is mean disable WatchDog function. Superio_GPIO_Port = A00h mov dx,Superio_GPIO_Port + 66h mov al,00h out dx,al .model small .486p...
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;==================================================== mov dx,SCH3114_IO + 68h mov al,01h out dx,al .exit ARK-2231R User Manual...
Intel® TXE Driver Installation For Windows 7, the Windows update KB2685811 must be installed before TXE driver installation. Notice: For more information about KB2685811, please download the relevant update information from the official Microsoft website, or access the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38423 Note! ...