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AEC-6977 Fanless Embedded Box PC User’s Manual 3 Last Updated: January 13, 2017...
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AAEON assumes no liabilities resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. AAEON reserves the right to make changes in the product design without notice to its users.
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Acknowledgement All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Intel, Pentium, Celeron, and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Atom is a trademark of Intel Corporation ...
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Packing List Before setting up your product, please make sure the following items have been shipped: Item Quantity AEC-6977 Phoenix power connector M3 x 4mm screws 6# -32 x 10mm screws Wallmount bracket Product DVD with User’s Manual (in pdf) and drivers ...
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(if any), its specifications, dimensions, jumper/connector settings/definitions, and driver installation instructions (if any), to facilitate users in setting up their product. Users may refer to the AAEON.com for the latest version of this document. Preface...
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All cautions and warnings on the device should be noted. All cables and adapters supplied by AAEON are certified and in accordance with the material safety laws and regulations of the country of sale. Do not use any cables or adapters not supplied by AAEON to prevent system malfunction or fires.
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As most electronic components are sensitive to static electrical charge, be sure to ground yourself to prevent static charge when installing the internal components. Use a grounding wrist strap and contain all electronic components in any static-shielded containers. If any of the following situations arises, please the contact our service personnel: Damaged power cord or plug Liquid intrusion to the device iii.
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FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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China RoHS Requirement (EN) Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements in Products AAEON Embedded Box PC/ Industrial System Poisonous or Hazardous Substances or Elements Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Component Lead Mercury Cadmium Chromium Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (Cr(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) PCB &...
Specifications System Intel® 3rd Generation Core™ i/ Celeron® Pr°Cessor Pr°Cessor (FCBGA1023) 204-pin DDR3 1066/1333 MHz SODIMM x 2, System Memory up to 16 GB Intel® QM77 Chipset CFast™ x 1 Storage SSD/HDD: SATA 6.0 Gb/s x 2 (SATA 0, 2), SATA 3.0 Gb/s x 2 (SATA 2, 3), support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 USB 3.0 x 2...
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LED for power status x 1 Front Indicators LED for HDD status x 1 PCIe[x1] x 2 (optional) Expansion Slot PCI x2 (optional, limited to 2.1A@12V) Mini card x2 (optional) SIM x 1 (optional) Windows ® OS Support ...
List of Jumpers Please refer to the table below for all of the system’s jumpers that you can configure for your application Label Function Clear CMOS Clear ME Inverter Power Selection LVDS Port Backlight Lightness Control Mode Selection LVDS Voltage Selection RS-232/422/485 Selection COM6 +12V/+5V/RING Selection JP11...
2.3.1 Clear CMOS Jumper (JP1) Function Normal (Default) Clear CMOS 2.3.2 Clear ME (JP2) Function Normal (Default) Clear ME 2.3.3 Inverter Power Selection (JP3) Function +12V (Default) 2.3.4 LVDS Port Backlight Lightness Control Mode Selection (JP4) Function PWM MODE VR MODE (Default) Chapter 2 –...
2.3.5 LCD Voltage Selection (JP5) Function +3.3V (Default) 2.3.6 Isolation COM2 RS232/RS485/RS422 selection (JP8) Function RS232 1-2,3-4,5-6 close RS422 3-4 close , 1-2 5-6 open RS485 5-6 close , 1-2 3-4 open 2.3.7 COM6 +12V/+5V/Ring Selection (JP9) Function +12V Ring (Default) 2.3.8 COM5 +12V/+5V/Ring Selection (JP11) JP11 Function...
List of Connectors Please refer to the table below for all of the system’s connectors that you can configure for your application Label Function Front Panel Connector 4-pin ATX Power +12V Connector CN6 ~ CN7 LAN / USB Connector CFast™ Connector CN10 COM3 RS-232 Box Header CN11...
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Label Function FAN1~ FAN2 4 Pin Fan Connector AUDIO1 AUDIO Connector Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.4.1 SATA Power (PWR1~PWR2) Signal +12V 2.4.2 Front Panel Connector (CN4) Signal Signal Power On Button (-) Power On Button (+) HDD LED (-) HDD LED (+) SPEAKER(-) SPEAKER(+) Power LED (-) Power LED (+) Reset Switch (-) Reset Switch (+) 2.4.3 LVDS Connector (CN17) Signal Signal...
RS-422 Signal Signal TXD- RXD+ TXD+ RXD- Ground RS-485 Signal Signal Ground 2.4.6 RS-232 Box Header (COM3) Signal Signal Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.4.7 RS-232 Box Header (COM4) Signal Signal 2.4.8 USB Box Header (USB3~USB4) Signal Signal USBD- USBD+ USBD+ USBD- Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
Unfasten the six screws on the bottom lid and three screws on the front and rear panel. Place the HDD to the HDD bracket and fasten the four screws to the bottom lid of the AEC-6977. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Fasten the screws on the front and rear panels, and the brackets of AEC-6977. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
Memory Card Installation Unfasten the six screws on the bottom lid and three screws on the front and rear panel. Insert the thermal pad to the memory slot first. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Remove the Release Paper (Liner) from the Heatsink module. Line up the left leg of the Heatsink module with the round hole on the RAM card and the right leg with the edge of the RAM card as the following graphic shows. Then combine the Heatsink with the RAM card.
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Insert the combined RAM module to the mainboard. (Single RAM) (Dual RAM) Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Fasten the screws on the front and rear panels, and the brackets of AEC-6977. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
PCI Card Installation Unfasten the six screws on the bottom lid and three screws on the front and rear panel. Insert the PCI bracket and fasten the two screws to fix the PCI bracket. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Install a hold-down bracket to fix the PCI Card and make sure the PCI Card installs properly. Then, use two screws to fix the hold-down bracket. Fasten the screws on the front and rear panels, and the brackets of AEC-6977. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
System Test and Initialization The system uses certain routines to perform testing and initialization. If an error, fatal or non-fatal, is encountered, a few short beeps or an error message will be outputted. The board can usually continue the boot up sequence with non-fatal errors. The system configuration verification routines check the current system configuration against the values stored in the CMOS memory.
AMI BIOS Setup The AMI BIOS ROM has a pre-installed Setup program that allows users to modify basic system configurations, which is stored in the battery-backed CMOS RAM and BIOS NVRAM so that the information is retained when the power is turned off. To enter BIOS Setup, press <Del>...
3.4.1 ACPI Settings Options summary: Suspend mode Suspend Disabled S1 only (CPU Stop Clock) S3 only (Suspend to RAM) Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.3 Advanced: S5 RTC Wake Settings (Fixed Time) 3.4.3.1 S5 RTC Wake Settings: Wake system with Fixed Time Options summary: Wake system with Fixed Time Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enabled En/Disable System wake on alarm event. When enabled, System will wake on the hr:min:sec specified Wake up day 0-31...
3.4.3.2 S5 RTC Wake Settings: Wake system with Dynamic Time Options summary: Wake system with Dynamic Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Time Enabled En/Disable System wake on alarm event. When enabled, System will wake on current time + Increases minutese(s) Wake up day Default 1 Select 1-5...
3.4.4 Advanced: CPU Configuration Options summary: Intel Virtualization Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Technology Enabled When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.5.3 SATA Configuration: RAID Options summary: SATA Controllers Disabled Default Enabled En/Disable SATA Controller. SATA Mode Default AHCI RAID IDE: Configure SATA controllers as legacy IDEAHCI: Configure SATA controllers to operate in AHCI mode Port x Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default En/Disable SATA Port.
3.4.7 Advanced: AMT Configuration Options summary: Intel AMT Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default En/Disable Intel Active Management Technology BIOS Extension. Note: iAMT H/W is always enabled. This option just controls the BIOS extension execution. If enabled, this requires additional firmware in the SPI device. Un-configure ME Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
3.4.8 USB Configuration Options summary: Legacy USB Support Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Disabled Auto Enables BIOS Support for Legacy USB Support. When enabled, USB can be functional in legacy environment like DOS. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected xHCI Mode Smart Auto Auto...
3.4.9 Advanced: Super IO Configuration Options summary: Power Saving Function Disabled Default Enabled Enable to reduce power consumption in system off state. When Enabled, only power button can power-up system. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.9.1 Super IO Configuration: Serial Port 1 Configuration Options summary: Serial Port Disabled Enabled Default Allows BIOS to En/Disable correspond serial port. Change Settings Auto Default IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3.4 IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4; Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port resource. Chapter 3 –...
3.4.9.2 Super IO Configuration: Serial Port 2 Configuration Options summary: Serial Port Disabled Enabled Default Allows BIOS to En/Disable correspond serial port. Change Settings Auto Default IO=2F8h; IRQ=3; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4; IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4; IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4; IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4; Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port resource. Chapter 3 –...
3.4.9.3 Super IO Configuration: Serial Port 3 Configuration Options summary: Serial Port Disabled Enabled Default Allows BIOS to En/Disable correspond serial port. Change Settings Auto Default IO=3E8h; IRQ=10; IO=3E8h; IRQ=10,11;; IO=2E8h; IRQ=10,11; IO=2D0h; IRQ=10,11; IO=2D8h; IRQ=10,11; Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port resource. Chapter 3 –...
3.4.9.4 Super IO Configuration: Serial Port 4 Configuration Options summary: Serial Port Disabled Enabled Default Allows BIOS to En/Disable correspond serial port. Change Settings Auto Default IO=2E8h; IRQ=10; IO=3E8h; IRQ=10,11;; IO=2E8h; IRQ=10,11; IO=2D0h; IRQ=10,11; IO=2D8h; IRQ=10,11; Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port resource. Chapter 3 –...
3.4.9.5 Super IO Configuration: Serial Port 5 Configuration Options summary: Serial Port Disabled Enabled Default Allows BIOS to En/Disable correspond serial port. Change Settings Auto Default IO=2D0h; IRQ=5; IO=3E8h; IRQ=5; IO=2E8h; IRQ=5; IO=2D0h; IRQ=5; Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port resource. Chapter 3 –...
3.4.9.6 Super IO Configuration: Serial Port 6 Configuration Options summary: Serial Port Disabled Enabled Default Allows BIOS to En/Disable correspond serial port. Change Settings Auto Default IO=2D8h; IRQ=5; IO=3E8h; IRQ=5; IO=2E8h; IRQ=5; IO=2D0h; IRQ=5; Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port resource. Chapter 3 –...
3.4.11 Advanced: Digital IO Options summary: DIO_P#5~8 Direction Default Allows BIOS to select high/low voltage level to output to corresponding DIO ping. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.5.1 Chipset: PCH-IO Configuration Options summary: Power Mode ATX Type Default AT Type Select Power Supply Mode. Power Mode Power Off Default Power On Last State Select AC power state when power is re-applied after a power failure. PCH LAN Controller Enabled Default Disabled...
3.5.2 Chipset: System Agent (SA) Configuration Options summary: Primary IGFX Boot VBIOS Default Default Display HDMI Select the Video Device which will be activated during POST. DVMT Pre-Allocated Default 128M 160M 192M 224M 256M 288M 320M 352M 284M Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
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416M 448M 480M 512M 1024M Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (Fixed) Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device. DVMT Total Gfx Mem 128M 256M Default Select DVMT5.0 Total Graphic Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device. Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
Setup submenu: Security Change User/Administrator Password You can set a User Password once an Administrator Password is set. The password will be required during boot up, or when the user enters the Setup utility. Please Note that a User Password does not provide access to many of the features in the Setup utility. Select the password you wish to set, press Enter to open a dialog box to enter your password (you can enter no more than six letters or numbers).
Product CD/DVD The AEC-6977 comes with a product DVD that contains all the drivers and utilities you need to setup your product. Insert the DVD and follow the steps in the autorun program to install the drivers. In case the program does not start, follow the sequence below to install the drivers.
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Note 2: If the OS is Windows® XP , you have to install the driver of dotNet Framework first. Simply click on dotnetfx35.exe located in .Net Framwork folder. Step 3 – Install LAN Driver Open the Step 3 - LAN folder and select your OS Open the .exe file in the folder Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically...
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Step 8 – Install TPM Driver Open the Step 8 - TPM folder and select your OS Open the Setup.exe file in the folder Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically Step 9 – Install Serial Port Driver (Optional) For Windows 7: Change User Account Control settings to Never notify Reboot and log in as administrator...
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Open the Step 9 - Serial Port Driver (Optional) folder and run patch.bat as administrator Chapter 4 – Driver Installation...
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For Windows 8 and Windows 10: Open the Step 9 - Serial Port Driver (Optional) folder and select your OS Open the patch.bat file in the folder Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically Chapter 4 – Driver Installation...
Setting RAID OS installation to setup RAID Mode Driver CD ->Step 6 - RAID&AHCI” Step 1: Copy the files below from “ to Disk Step 2: Connect the USB Floppy (disk with RAID files) to the board Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 3: The setting procedures “ In BIOS Setup Menu” A: Advanced -> SATA Configuration -> SATA Mode -> RAID Mode Step 4: The setting procedures “In BIOS Setup Menu” B: Advanced -> Launch Storage OpROM -> Enabled Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 5: The setting procedures “In BIOS Setup Menu” C: Boot -> Boot Option #1 -> DVD-ROM Type Step 6: The setting procedures “In BIOS Setup Menu” D: Save & Exit -> Save Changes and Exit Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 7: Press Ctrl-I to enter MAIN MENU Step 8: Choose “1.Create RAID Volume” Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 11: Choose “Y” Step 12: Choose “5. Exit” Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 13: Choose “Y” Step 14: Setup OS Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 15: Press “F6” Step 16: Choose “S” Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 17: Choose “Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller” Step 18: It will show the model number you select and then press “ENTER” Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 19: Setup is starting Windows Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
Setting AHCI OS installation to setup AHCI Mode Driver CD ->Step 6 - RAID&AHCI” Step 1: Copy the files below from “ to Disk Step 2: Connect the USB Floppy (disk with AHCI files) to the board Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 3: The setting procedures “ In BIOS Setup Menu” A: Advanced -> SATA Configuration -> SATA Configuration -> SATA Mode -> AHCI Mode Step 4: The setting procedures “In BIOS Setup Menu” B: Boot -> Boot Option #1 -> DVD-ROM Type Appendix C –...
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Step 5: The setting procedures “In BIOS Setup Menu” C: Save & Exit -> Save Changes and Exit Step 6: Setup OS Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 7: Press “F6” Step 8: Choose “S” Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 9: Choose “Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller” Step 10: It will show the model number you select and then press “ENTER” Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
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Step 11: Setup is loading files Appendix C – Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports...
DIO Programming AEC-6977 utilizes FINTEK F81866 chipset as its Digital I/O controller. Below are the procedures to complete its configuration and the AAEON initial watchdog timer program is also attached based on which you can develop customized program to fit your application.
Digital I/O Sample Program ************************************************************************************ // SuperIO relative definition (Please reference to Table 1) #define byte SIOIndex //This parameter is represented from Note1 #define byte SIOData //This parameter is represented from Note2 #define void IOWriteByte(byte IOPort, byte Value); #define byte IOReadByte(byte IOPort); // Digital Input Status relative definition (Please reference to Table 2) #define byte DInput1LDN // This parameter is represented from Note3 #define byte DInput1Reg // This parameter is represented from Note4...
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************************************************************************************ // Digital Output control relative definition (Please reference to Table 3) #define byte DOutput1LDN // This parameter is represented from Note27 #define byte DOutput1Reg // This parameter is represented from Note28 #define byte DOutput1Bit // This parameter is represented from Note29 #define byte DOutput1Val // This parameter is represented from Note30 #define byte DOutput2LDN // This parameter is represented from Note31 #define byte DOutput2Reg // This parameter is represented from Note32...
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************************************************************************************ VOID Main(){ Boolean PinStatus ; // Procedure : AaeonReadPinStatus // Input : Example, Read Digital I/O Pin 3 status // Output : InputStatus : 0: Digital I/O Pin level is low 1: Digital I/O Pin level is High PinStatus = AaeonReadPinStatus(DInput3LDN, DInput3Reg, DInput3Bit); // Procedure : AaeonSetOutputLevel // Input : Example, Set Digital I/O Pin 6 level...
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