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Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Preface Safety Precautions Before installing and using the equipment, please read the following precautions: Put this equipment on a reliable surface during installation. Dropping it or letting it fall could cause damage. The power outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Preface Technical Support and Assistance 1. Visit the Tangent Inc website at www.tangent.com where you can find the latest information about the product. 2. Contact your distributor, our technical support team or sales representative for technical support if you need additional assistance.
Featuring with completely cable-less designed, high functional, one-piece housing design, and anti- vibration, Rugged Mini E1 is a ruggedized system that can operate in harsh environments and is easy to install and maintain. A build in over voltage protection (OVP), over current protection (OCP), reserve voltage protection, and wide range DC power input makes Rugged Mini E1 a safety system for all industrial applications.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 1: Product Introductions 1.3 System I/O 1.3.1 Rugged Mini E1 Front Panel LAN port ATX power on/off switch Used to connect the system to a local area Press to power-on or power-off the system...
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 2: Switches and Connectors 2.2 Connector / Switch Definition List of Connector / Switch Connector Location Definition AT_ATX1 AT / ATX Power Mode Switch CLR_CMOS1 Clear BIOS Switch PWR_SW1 Power Switch PWR_LED1 Power LED Status...
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual 3.1 BIOS Introduction The system BIOS software is stored on EEPROM. The BIOS provides an interface to modify the configuration. When the battery is removed, all the parameters will be reset.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 3.2 Main Setup Press <Del> to enter BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. The Main setup screen is showed as following when the setup utility is entered. System Date/Time is set up in the Main Menu.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual 3.3 Advanced Setup 3.3.1 ACPI Settings ■ Enable ACPI Auto Configuration This item allows you to enable or disable BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration. ■ Enable Hibernation This item allows you to enable or disable system ability to hibernate.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual 3.3.2 Super IO Configuration This setting allows you to select options for the Super IO Configuration, and change the value of the selected option. ■ Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port This item allows you to enable or disable serial port.
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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual ■ Serial Port 2 Configuration Serial Port This item allows you to enable or disable serial port. Change Settings This item allows you to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port.
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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual ■ Serial Port 4 Configuration Serial Port This item allows you to enable or disable serial port. Change Settings This item allows you to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port.
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Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 4: BIOS Setup ■ Serial Port 6 Configuration Serial Port This item allows you to enable or disable serial port. Change Settings This item allows you to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 3.3.3 Hardware Monitor These items display the current status of all monitored hardware devices/ components such as voltages and temperatures. 3.3.4 Serial Port Console Redirection ■ Console Redirection These items allows you to enable or disable COM1~COM6 console redirection.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 3.3.5 CPU Configuration ■ Intel Virtualization Technology Virtualization enhanced by Intel Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple Virtual systems.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 3.3.6 PPM Configuration ■ CPU C state Report Enables or disables support for CPU's power-saving functions. ■ Enhanced C state Enables or disables Intel CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function, a CPU power-saving function in system halt state.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual 3.3.7 SATA Configuration ■ SATA Speed Support Change the SATA Speed. Select <Gen1> or <Gen2> speed. ■ SATA Mode This item allows you to select IDE or AHCI Mode. ■ Serial – ATA Port 0 This item allows you to enable or disable Serial-ATA Port 0.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual 3.3.9 CSM Configuration ■ CSM Support Enables or disables UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support Module) to support a legacy PC boot process. ■ Boot option filter This item allows you to select which type of operating system to boot.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual 3.3.10 USB Configuration ■ Legacy USB Support Allows USB keyboard/ mouse to be used in MS-DOS. ■ XHCI Hand-off Determines whether to enable XHCI (USB3.0) Hand-off feature for an operating system without XHCI (USB3.0) Hand-off support.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual 3.4 Chipset 3.4.1 North Bridge This section provides information on the installed memory size and memory/onboard graphics-related configuration options.
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Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 3: BIOS Setup ■ Intel IGD Configuration This section provides onboard graphics-related configuration options. IGD Turbo Enable This item allows you to enable or disable IGD Turbo. GFX Boost This item allows you to enable or disable GFX Boost.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 3.4.2 South Bridge ■ Azalia HD Audio Control detection of the Azaliadevice. Audio Controller Enabled: Azalia will be unconditionally enabled. Disabled: Azalia will be unconditionally disabled. ■ USB Configuration ...
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Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 3: BIOS Setup ■ PCI Express Configuration PCI Express Port 1 (mPCIE1) This item allows you to enable or disable PCI Express Port 1 (mPCIE1) in the Chipset. Speed Change the PCIe Port Speed. Select <AUTO> ,<Gen 2> or <Gen 1>...
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 3.5 Security Security menu allow you to change administrator password and user password settings. 3.5.1 Administrator Password This item allows you to set Administrator Password. 3.5.2 User Password This item allows you to set User Password.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 3.6 Boot This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. 3.6.1 Setup Prompt Timeout This item sets number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 3.6.2 Bootup NumLock State This item selects the keyboard NumLock state.
Rugged Mini E1 | User’s Manual Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 3.7 Save & Exit This setting allows you to configure the boot settings. 3.7.1 Save Changes and Reset This item allows you reset the system after saving the changes. 3.7.2 Discard Changes and Reset Select this option to quit Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration.
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