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IPPC-7157 Series 15" XGA TFT LCD Pentium D/ Pentium 4/ Celeron D Industrial Panel PC with 7 x PCI/PCIe Slots and Membrane Keypad User Manual...
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Copyright notice This document is copyrighted 2007, by Advantech Co. Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to alter the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this man- ual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech.
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FCC Class A Note: 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environ- ment.
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• 1 x IPPC-7157 Workstation • 1 x Accessory Box, with: • CD ROM for IPPC-7157 Series DRV • Registration and 2 year Warranty card • Startup manual of AIMB-762 mother board •...
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Additional Information and Assistance Step 1. Visit the Advantech web site at www.advantech.com where you can find the latest information about the product. Step 2. Contact your distributor, sales representative, or Advantech's cus- tomer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance.
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Safety Instructions 1. Read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User's Manual for later reference. 3. Disconnect this equipment from any AC outlet before cleaning. Use a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray detergents for cleaning. 4. For plug-in equipment, the power outlet socket must be located near the equipment and must be easily accessible.
Contents Chapter 1 General Information ........2 Introduction ............... 2 Specifications ..............3 1.2.1 General ................3 1.2.2 System Hardware ............3 1.2.3 LCD Display ..............4 1.2.4 Touchscreen (Optional) ..........4 1.2.5 Environment ..............5 Dimensions................ 5 Chapter 2 System Setup............ 8 A Quick Tour of IPPC-7157 ..........
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Frequency/Voltage Control ..........59 4.10 Load Optimized Defaults ..........60 4.11 Set Password ..............60 4.12 Save & Exit Setup ............61 4.13 Exit Without Saving ............61 Appendix A LCD Specifications........64 IPPC-7157 LCD Specifications ........64 Appendix B Pin Assignments ..........66 ATX Power Connector 1 (CN1) ........
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General Information This chapter gives background information on the IPPC-7157 series Sections include: • Introduction • Specifications • Dimensions...
Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Introduction The IPPC-7157 is an all new designed workstation with 15" TFT LCD and 7 expansion slots. With the new ID Design, IPPC-7157 will be a brand new front panel workstation from existed AWS series.The IPPC- 7157 support ATX industrial mother board and standard motherboard.
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System Setup This chapter details system setup for the IPPC-7157 Series. Sections include: • A Quick Tour of IPPC-7157 • Installing a CPU & CPU Cooler • Installing Optional Disk Drives • Rack Mounting...
Chapter 2 System Setup 2.1 A Quick Tour of IPPC-7157 Before you start the computer, please follow these procedures to set up the system. 1. Check and adjust jumpers on the motherboard (see Chapter 3) 2. Install SDRAM 3. Install CPU & CPU Cooler 4.
2.1.1 PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard If you wish to use a full-size desktop keyboard and PS/2 mouse with your Workstation, follow these instructions: Be sure the workstation is turned off. Reattach the original 2 black PS/2 keyboard & mouse cables if they are already connected on the right side of the chassis.
2.1.3 Serial COM Ports There are two serial COM ports on the I/O at the right side of worksta- tion. You can easily attach a serial device to the Workstation, such as an external modem or mouse. Follow these instructions: Make sure the Workstation and any other peripherial devices you may have connected to the Workstation are turned off.
2.1.6 Ethernet To install Ethernet for your system: 1. Connect the Ethernet cable. 2. Turn on the Workstation. 3. Run the Ethernet driver in the Mother Board Disc to connect up to the program: "E:\Drv_LAN\Intel 82573\Autorun.exe" 2.1.7 Adjusting the LCD Brightness The LCD OSD control key is located behind the front panel module, you have to open the front panel to access it.
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2.1.8 System On/Off The IPPC-7157 has 1 system on/off switch, located inside the chassis. Chapter 2...
2.2 Installing a CPU & CPU Cooler The CPU can be upgraded to improve system performance. The 7157 provides Socket 478 architecture which supports Pentium 4 CPU up to 2.8 GHz, and Celeron up to 2.5 GHz. While installing or upgrading the CPU, CPU cooler must be correctly removed.
2.3 Installing Optional Disk Drives The IPPC-7157 provides spaces for two 3.5" hard disk drives, one CD- ROM drive, & one 3.5" floppy disk drive within the chassis. Front-facing FDD & CD-ROM have already been installed. You can access them after opening the front LCD panel.
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Touchscreen This chapter contains information on the touchscreen, its installation and configuration. Sections include: • Introduction • Installing Windows 2000/X Drivers • Configuring PenMount Drivers • Uninstalling PenMount Drivers...
Chapter 3 Touchscreen 3.1 Introduction The IPPC-7157 Series’ optional touchscreen uses advanced 8-wire resis- tive technology. It provides more accurate sensing capacity than other technologies. The touchscreen is specially designed for tough industrial environments, and has been approved to FCC Class B standards.
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When the system first detects the controller board, a screen appears that shows “Unknown Device.” Do not use this hardware wizard. Press Cancel. Find the Setup.exe in the PenMount Universal Driver Folder: "D:\Touchscreen Drivers\PenMount Windows Universal Driver V1.0.1018_v1.0.0.2Beta" Appendix 3...
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The screen displays the installation wizard for the PenMount soft- ware. Click “Next”. A License Agreement appears. Click “I accept…” and then proceed to next step.” The “Ready to Install the Program” screen appears. Select “Install.” IPPC-7157 User Manual...
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If a pop-up windows shows “Hardware Installation.” Select “Con- tinue Anyway” then proceed. The “InstallShield Wizard Completed” appears. Click “Finish.” Appendix 3...
3.3 Configuring PenMount Drivers Upon rebooting, the computer automatically finds the new 9000 control- ler board. The touch screen is connected but not calibrated. Follow the procedures below to carry out calibration. After installation, click the PenMount Monitor icon “PM” in the menu bar.
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NOTE: The older the touch screen, the more Advanced Mode calibration points you need for an accurate calibration. Use a stylus during Advanced Calibration for greater accuracy. Appendix 3...
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Plot Check this function and a touch panel linearity com- Calibration parison graph appears when you have finished Data Advanced Calibration. The blue lines show linearity before calibration and black lines show linearity after calibration. Appendix 3...
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Draw Tests or demonstrates the PenMount touch screen operation. The display shows touch location. Click Draw to start. Touch the screen with your fin- ger or a stylus and the drawing screen registers touch activity such left, right, up, down, pen up, and pen down. Touch the screen with your finger or a stylus and the drawing screen reg- isters touch activity such left, right, up, down, pen up, and pen down.
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Multiple Monitors Multiple Monitors supports from two to six touch screen displays for one system. The PenMount drivers for Windows 2000/XP support Multiple Monitors. This function supports from two to six touch screen displays for one system. Each monitor requires its own PenMount touch screen control board, either installed inside the display or in a central unit.
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When the mapping screen message appears, click OK. Touch each screen as it displays “Please touch this monitor.” Fol- lowing this sequence and touching each screen is called mapping the touch screens. IPPC-7157 User Manual...
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Touching all screens completes the mapping and the desktop reap- pears on the monitors. Select a display and execute the ‘Calibration’ function. A message to start calibration appears. Click OK. “Touch this screen to start its calibration” appears on one of the screens.
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Note: 1. If you used a single VGA output for multiple monitors, please do not use the Multiple Monitors function. Just follow the regular procedure for calibration on each of your desktop monitors. 2. The Rotating function is disabled if you use the Multiple Monitors function.
About This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and driver version. 3.3.2 PenMount Monitor Menu Icon The PenMount monitor icon (PM) appears in the menu bar of Windows 2000/XP when you turn on PenMount Monitor in PenMount Utilities. PenMount Monitor has the following functions. Beep Turns beep on or off.
3.3.3 PenMount Rotating Functions The PenMount driver for Windows 2000/XP supports several display rotating software packages. Please see Chapter 5 for more information. The PenMount drivers for Windows 95, Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000/XP, as well as Windows 98 USB and Windows Me/2000/XP sup- port display rotating software packages such as: •...
3.4 Uninstalling PenMount Drivers Exit the PenMount monitor (PM) in the menu bar. Go to Settings, then Control Panel, and then click Add/Remove program. Select PenMount Universal Driver 1.0 and click the Remove button.. Select ‘Yes’ and “Close” to remove the PenMount Universal Driver, and reboot the system.
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Award BIOS Setup This chapter details the Award BIOS Setup. Sections include: • Award BIOS Setup • CMOS Setup Utility • Advanced BIOS Features • Advanced Chipset Features • Integrated Peripherals • Power Management Setup • PnP/PCI Configuration • PC Health Status •...
This is because the BIOS is revised and updated from time to time. If in doubt, check Advantech's website for the latest BIOS versions and related information. 4.2 CMOS Setup Utility A setup program, built into the system BIOS, is stored in the CMOS RAM that allows the configuration settings to be changed.
Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Password Integrated Peripherals Save & Exit Setup Power Management Setup Exit without Saving PnP/PCI Configurations Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, hard disk Type…...
Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date informa- tion. This field is for information only. Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field (date, month, year). Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the desired value into the field.
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Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer. The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically. The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem, but you do not select it in setup. Halt On During the power-on self-test (POST), the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error.
Total Memory This option shows system memory capacity. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items. 4.3 Advanced BIOS Features Advanced BIOS Features improves your system performance or sets up system features according to your preference. Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as follows: Choose“Advanced BIOS Features”from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.
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Virus Warning When enabled, you receive a warning message if a program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive. You should then run an antivirus program. Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector, not the entire hard drive.
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First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The choices: Floppy; LS/ZIP; HDD; SCSI; CDROM; Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchanging without any physical connection and modification on the cables.
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Typematic Rate (Chars / Sec) When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate (the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, or 30 characters per second. Typematic Delay (Msec) Choices: 250;...
4.4 Advanced Chipset Features Advanced Chipset Features is used to modify the values of chipset buff- ers. These buffers control the system options. Run the Advanced Chipset Features as follows: 1. Choose “Advanced Chipset Features” from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear.
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SDRAM Cycle Length Select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 or 3. The system designer already set the values. Do not change the default value unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU. Bank Interleave Please use default setting.
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AGP– 4X Mode This item allows you to enable AGP-4X mode. The choices are: Dis- abled, Enabled AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force. Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection. This field is recom- mended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system.
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CPU to PCI Write Buffer When this field is Enabled, writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buff- ered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus. When Disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle.
4.5 Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals option allows you to get some information inside your system when it is working. Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as follows: Choose“Integrated Peripherals”from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.
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OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support from two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the first and/or the second IDE inter- face. Select Disabled to inactivate an interface if you install a primary and/or second add-on IDE interface.
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Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive controller (FDC) install- ing in the system board and you want to use it. If you install add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The choices: Enabled;...
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Onboard Paralle Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes. The choices: SPP; EPP; ECP; ECP + EPP. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.
4.6 Power Management Setup POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system’s power saving functions. Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as follows: Choose“Integrated Peripherals”from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.
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• Power Management: This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes. This table describes the power management modes for your reference: Maximum power savings. Only Available for SL CPUs. Max Saving Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.
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Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical V/H SYNC + Blank and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to video buffer. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
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• HDD & FDD: When HDD & FDD is ON, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system. • PCI Master: When PCI Master is ON, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system. •...
4.7 PnP/PCI Configuration PnP/PCI Configuration allows you to modify the system’s power saving functions. Run the PnP/PCI Configuration as follows: Choose“PnP/PCI Configuration”from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.
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IRQ Resources Press Enter. Please refer to the list below: Ite m H e lp IR Q - 9 a s s i g n e d to P C I/ IS A P n P M e n u L e v e l DMA Resources Press Enter.
4.8 PC Health Status This section helps you to get more information about your system includ- ing CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltage. It is recommended that you contact your mainboard supplier to get proper values about the set- ting of the CPU temperature. Run the PC Health Status as follows: Choose“PC Health Status”from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear.
4.9 Frequency/Voltage Control Run the Frequency/Voltage Control as follows: Choose“Frequency/Voltage Control”from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. A u to D e c t D IM M / P C I C lk E n a b le d Ite m H e lp...
4.10 Load Optimized Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: “ Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N ” “Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”. Pressing “Y”...
4.12 Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Setup allows you to save all modifications you have speci- fied into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears: “Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N) ? Y “ “Y”...
However, it may con- tain a few defective pixels which may not always illuminate. With current technology, it is impossi- ble to completely eliminate defective pixels. Advantech is actively working to improve this technology. IPPC-7157 User Manual...
Appendix B Pin Assignments B.1 ATX Power Connector 1 (CN1) Table B.1: AT Power connector 1 (CN1) Signal Signal 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V -12V PS-ON PW-OK 5VSB IPPC-7157 User Manual...
B.6 FDD Connector (CN9) Table B.6: FDD connector (CN9) Signal Signal Vcc(+5V) Step Index Vcc(+5V) Write data Drive select Vcc(+5V) Write enable Disk change Track 0 Write protect Motor on Read data Direction Density select Side 1 select Appendix B...
B.10 COM1 RS-232 serial port (CN10) Table B.10: COM1 RS-232 serial port (CN10) Signal Signal RI (RI/+5V/+12V) B.11 COM2 (CN11) Table B.11: COM2 (CN11) Signal RS-422 RS-485l DATA- DATA+ RI (RI/+5V/+12V) Appendix B...
Appendix C Keyboard Translator C.1 Overview The keyboard translator is an interface that switches the signal from the membrane keypad to the standard AT keyboard. There are six connectors on the board. On top of the board, there are two connectors linking two flat cables to the membrane keypad (as shown in Fig.
Caution: Keyboard Translator(KBT-2002) can't be programmed through the USB keyboard. The step of programming the Macro Key(M1~M10) on the front panel: Open the front panel door, use a PS/2 keyboard connect to the reserved external keyboard terminal of KBT-2002 which on the back of front panel (see figure below).
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C.3 Keyboard Translator Maintenance (KBT-2002) Below is the procedure of replacing the keyboard translator while needed: Switch off the power, and detach the main power cord. Unscrew the screws on front panel and open the front panel door of IPPC-7157. The Keyboard Translator will be located on the back of the front panel, behind the mylar protect.
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