Fanless robust computing system with 4 pci/pcie slots, 3rd gen. intel core i7/ i5/ i3 mobile processor (106 pages)
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USER USER ECS-9000 Manual Manual Intel ® Xeon ® /Core ™ i7/i5/i3 Fanless Embedded System Workstation-grade, Rugged, -40°C to 75°C Extended Temperature 1.5.0 Edition 20190726...
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Record of Revision Version Date Page Description Remark 11/25/2016 Official Release 05/09/2017 Update 06/15/2017 37-38,103-123 Update 02/02/2018 2-22 Update 11/16/2018 Remove M2DOM 07/26/2019 Update...
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This manual is released by Vecow Co., Ltd. for reference purpose only. All product offerings and specifications are subject to change without prior notice. It does not represent commitment of Vecow Co., Ltd. Vecow shall not be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of the product or documentation or any infringements upon the rights of third parties, which may result from such use.
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ECS-9000, 6 GigE LAN with 2 SFP, 2 Front-access SSD Tray, ECS-9000-6FR 6 USB 3.0, 4 COM, 3 SIM, 16 GPIO ECS-9000, 6 GigE LAN with 2 SFP, 6 USB 3.0, 4 COM, 3 SIM, ECS-9000-6F 16 GPIO ECS-9000, 4 GigE LAN, 2 Front-access SSD Tray, 6 USB 3.0,...
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Part Number Description ® 6th Gen Intel Core™ i7-6700TE Processor (8M Cache, up to i7-6700TE 3.40GHz) ® 7th Gen Intel Core™ i5-7500 Processor (6M Cache, up to i5-7500 3.80GHz, 65W) ® 7th Gen Intel Core™ i5-7500T Processor (6M Cache, up to i5-7500T 3.30GHz, 35W) ®...
1.5.7 Dimensions of ECS-9000-4R 1.5.8 Dimensions of ECS-9000-4G 1.5.9 Dimensions of ECS-9000-2R 1.5.10 Dimensions of ECS-9000-2G CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ECS-9000 2.1 Packing List 2.2 Front Panel I/O Functions 2.3 Rear Panel I/O and Functions 2.4 Main Board Expansion Connectors...
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2.5 Main Board Jumper & Deep Switch Settings 2.6 Ignition Control CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SETUP 3.1 How to Open Your ECS-9000 3.2 Installing CPU 3.3 Installing DDR4 SO-DIMM Modules 3.4 Installing Mini PCIe Card 3.5 Installing Antenna Cable 3.6 Installing CFast Card 3.7 Installing SIM Card...
HD Graphics P630/630/P530/530 supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 2.0 API, onboard DVI-I, DVI-D and DisplayPort display interface for Ultra HD 4K resolution, ECS-9000 offers new generation CPU performance, power efficiency, and graphics performance; PCIe 3.0 (8GT/ s), Multiple SATA III (6Gbps), USB 3.0 (5Gbps), PoE (1Gbps) LAN and multiple wireless connections make seamless high-speed data conveying possible.
• Full function SUMIT A, B expansion (Optional) • 16 Isolated DIO (Optional) • 6V to 36V DC Power Input with 80V Surge Protection • Configurable Ignition Power Control 1.3 Product Specification 1.3.1 Specifications of ECS-9000-9R System ® ® Processor...
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Expansion Mini PCIe 3 Mini PCIe Socket : • 2 Full-size for PCIe/USB/External SIM Card/mSATA • 1 Half-size for PCIe/USB 3.0/External SIM Card Graphics ® Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics P630/630/P530/530 Interface • DVI-I : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz •...
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Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mechanical Dimensions (WxDxH) 260mm x 175mm x 79mm (10.24"...
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Graphics ® Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics P630/630/P530/530 Interface • DVI-I : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DVI-D : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DisplayPort : Up to 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz Storage SATA 2 SATA III (6Gbps) mSATA...
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Software Support Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mechanical Dimensions (WxDxH) 260mm x 175mm x 79mm (10.24" x 6.89" x 3.11") Weight 3.8 kg (8.38 lb) Mounting • Wallmount by mounting bracket • DIN Rail Mount (Optional) • 2U Rackmount (Optional) Environment Operating Temperature 35W TDP CPU :...
2.1 Packing List Item Description ECS-9000 Fanless Embedded System (According to the configuration of you order, the ECS-9000 series may contain SSD/HDD and DDR4 SO-DIMM. Please verify these items if necessary.) ECS-9000-9GD/PoE/6F/4G/2G accessory box, which contains ● Vecow Drivers & Utilities DVD ●...
2.2 Front Panel I/O Functions In Vecow ECS-9000 series family, all I/O connectors are located on front panel and rear panel. Most of the general connections to computer device, such as USB, LAN Jack, Display, DVI-D, Display Port and any additional storage, are placed on the front panel.
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Flash card. It is implemented by a SATA III Port from CM236 PCH. Be sure to disconnect the power source and unscrew the CFast socket cover before installing a CFast card. The ECS-9000 does not support the CFast hot swap and PnP (Plug and Play) functions. It is necessary to remove power source first before inserting or removing the CFast card.
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2.2.7 DisplayPort Reset DVI-D LAN 2 LAN 1 SIM 1 SIM 2 SIM 3 WLAN CFast DVI-I Onboard Display Port support auxiliary channel dual mode, connection supports up to 4096 x 2304 resolution at 60Hz. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ECS-9000...
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There are 4 USB 3.0 connections available supporting up to 5GB per second data rate in the front side of ECS-9000. It also compliant with the requirements of Super Speed (SS), high speed (HS), full speed (FS) and low speed (LS).
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Moreover, both of LAN 1 and LAN 2 supports Wake on LAN and Pre-boot functions. The pin-outs of LAN 1 and LAN 2 are listed as follows: Pin No. 10/100 Mbps 1000Mbps E_TX+ MDI0_P E_TX- MDI0_N E_RX+ MDI1_P ---- MDI2_P ----- MDI2_N E_RX- MDI1_N ----- MDI3_P ------ MDI3_N GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ECS-9000...
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SIM 3 WLAN CFast DVI-I There are 2 audio connectors, Mic-in and Line-out, in the front side of ECS-9000. Onboard Realtek ALC892 audio codec supports 5.1 channel HD audio and fully ® complies with Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia) specifications. To utilize the audio function in Windows platform, you need to install corresponding drivers for both Intel CM236 chipset and Realtek ALC892 codec.
You could turn on or off the system power by using this contact. This terminal block supports dual function of soft power-on/ power-off (instant off or delay 4 second), and suspend mode. Pin No. Definition Pin No. Definition Ignition External Power Button V+ External Power Button V- GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ECS-9000...
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LAN 6 On / Off Power Switch There are 4 RJ45 connectors in the rear side of ECS-9000. It supports IEEE 802.3at (PoE ) Power over Ethernet (PoE) connection delivering up to 37W/ 54V per port and 1000BASE-T GigE data signals over standard Ethernet Cat ®...
PoE LED LED Color PoE Status LED 3 - 6 Solid Green PoE On 2.4 Main Board Expansion Connectors 2.4.1 Top View of ECS-9000 Main Board With Connector Location M2 CN1 FAN1 SATA2 SATA1 CN14 Battery Mini PCIe 1 SATA3...
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2.4.2 Bottom View of ECS-9000 Main Board With Connector Location CN10 2.4.3 Miscellaneous Pin Header 2.0mm 2x4p header This pin header can be used as a backup for following functions, hard drive LED indicator, reset button, power LED indicator, and power-on/off button, which already can be accessed by front panel and top panel.
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POWER LED PWR_LED_N FP_PWR_BTN_IN POWER BUTTON Ground 2.4.4 SATA III Connector There are 3 onboard high performance Serial ATA III (SATA III) on ECS-9000. It supports higher storage capacity with less cabling effort and smaller required space. SATA1 SATA2 SATA3...
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2.4.5 SATA Power Connector The ECS-9000 also equip with a SATA power connector. The one port supports 5V (up to 2A) and 12V (up to 2A) current to the hard drive or SSD. The pin assignments of J3, J4 are listed in the following table: Pin No.
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Standard full length Mini PCIe slot: Mini PCIe 1 Mini PCIe 2 Mini PCIe 3 Pin Out: Pin No. Function Pin No. Function Reserved +3.3Vaux Reserved Reserved +1.5V Reserved Reserved Reserved +3.3Vaux Reserved +3.3Vaux USB_D+ USB_D- PETp0 PETn0 SMB_DATA GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ECS-9000...
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Pin No. Function Pin No. Function +12V (1.5A max) Fan speed sensor Fan PWM 2.4.13 LPC Port 80 Header ECS-9000 provides a LPC Port 80 Header for debug card. CN37 Pin out: Pin No. Function Pin No. Function SERIRQ LFRAME# +3.3V...
2.5 Main Board Jumper & Deep Switch Settings 2.5.1 Top View of ECS-9000 With Jumper and Deep Switch CN14 The figure below is the top view of the system board, and it shows the location of the jumpers and the switches.
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2.5.5 PoE Power ON Select Jumper Setting Function PoE power on at standby power ready PoE power on after system power on (Default) 2.5.6 CMOS & ME Clear Jumper Setting Function *Normal (Default) Clear CMOS GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ECS-9000...
The built-in MCU monitors the ignition signal and turns on/off the system according to pre-defined on/off delay periods. 2.6.1 Adjust Ignition Control Modes ECS-9000 series provides 16 modes of different power on/off delay periods adjustable via SW5 switch. The default rotary switch is set to 0 in ATX/AT power mode.
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Note: 1. DC power source and IGN share the same ground. 2. ECS-9000 supports 6V to 36V wide range DC power input in ATX/AT mode. In Ignition mode, the input voltage is fixed to 12V/24V for car battery scenario.
SYSTEM SETUP 3.1 How to Open Your ECS-9000 3.1.1 ECS-9000-R Series Step 1 Remove front panel six KHS#6-32 screws then pick up front panel. Step 2 Remove rear panel five KHS#6-32 screws. SYSTEM SETUP...
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3.1.2 ECS-9000-F/G/PoE Serise Step 1 Remove front panel six KHS#6-32 screws then pick up front panel. Step 2 Remove rear panel five KHS#6-32 screws. SYSTEM SETUP...
3.6 Installing CFast Card Step 1 Remove two F-M3x4 screws on CFast Card and SIM Card cover from the front panel. Step 2 Remove CFast Card and SIM Card cover. SYSTEM SETUP...
3.7 Installing SIM Card Step 1 Remove two F-M3x4 screws on CFast Card and SIM Card cover from the front panel. Step 2 Remove CFast Card and SIM Card cover. SYSTEM SETUP...
3.9 Mounting Your ECS-9000 3.9.1 Wall Mount Bracket Step 1 Ensure the screw holes on the right and left side of the upper case match the ones on ECS-9000 wall mount bracket. SYSTEM SETUP...
BIOS SETUP 4.1 BIOS Settings Figure 4-1: Entering Setup Screen BIOS provides an interface for users to check and change system configuration. The BIOS setup program is accessed by pressing the <Del> key when POST display output is shown. BIOS SETUP...
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4.3.1 ACPI Settings Figure 4 3-1: ACPI Settings Enable Hibernation Enables or Disables system's ability to hibernate (OS/S4 sleep state). This option may not be effective with some OS. ACPI Sleep State Selects the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the SUSPEND button is pressed.
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Serial Port 3 Configuration Set parameters of serial port 3 (COM3). Serial Port 4 Configuration Set parameters of serial port 4 (COM4). 4.3.6 Hardware Monitor Figure 4 3-6: Hardware Monitor Settings The IT8786 SIO features an enhanced hardware monitor providing thermal, fan speed, and system voltages' status monitoring.
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CPU C state Enable or Disable CPU C states. Enhanced C-states Enable/Disable C1E. When enabled, CPU will switch to minimum speed when all cores enter C-State. Package C State limit Package C State limit. Intel TXT(LT) Support Enables or Disables Intel (R) TXT (LT) support. 4.3.9 Intel TXT Information Figure 4 3-9: Intel TXT Information Display Intel TXT information.
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4.3.12 CSM Configuration Figure 4 3-12: CSM Settings CSM Support Enable/Disable CSM support GateA20 Active UPON REQUEST - GA20 can be Disabled using BIOS services. ALWAYS - do not allow GA20 to be Disabled; this option is useful when any RT code is executed above 1MB.
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4.4.4 Memory Information Figure 4-4-4: Memory Information Displays memory information. 4.4.5 PCH-IO Configuration Figure 4-4-5: PCH-IO Settings PCH LAN Controller Enable or Disable onboard NIC. Wake on LAN Enable or Disable integrated LAN to wake the system. (The Wake on LAN cannot be Disabled if ME is on at Sx state.) Serial IRQ Mode Configure serial IRQ mode.
4.6 Boot Figure 4-6: BIOS Boot Menu Setup Prompt Timeout Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535 (0xFFFF) means indefinite waiting. Bootup NumLock State Select the keyboard NumLock state. Quiet Boot Enables or Disables Quiet Boot option. Boot Option #x Sets the system boot order.
APPENDIX A : Isolated DIO Guide A.1 Function Description The ECS-9000 offers a 16-bit DIO (Isolated/Non-Isolated) 20-pin terminal block connector, a watchdog timer, and a 4-port PoE. Isolated DIO pins are fix by Hardware design that cannot change in/out direction in runtime process.
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DO Reference Circuit: Sink Mode Device DIO Connector (NPN, Default) 6-48V DC DIO_VDC (Pin 20) DO (Pin11-18) DIO_GND (Pin10,19) Source Mode Device DIO Connector (PNP) 6-48V DC DIO_VDC (Pin 20) DO (Pin11-18) DIO_GND (Pin10,19) A.3 Software Package Contain Distribution folder include x32 and x64 versions, use batch file for installation.
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Execute DIO demo tool (ECS9K.exe). Sample ECS9K.exe, as shown below: DIO1 group: Isolate check button: DIO type of DIO configuration, isolated/non-isolated, defined in ECS-9000 series user manual. Read button: Set DIO configuration to get DI/DIO input state. DO type check button: User setting, DO type of DIO configuration to setup 8 pins - Source/Sink.
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DO/DIO output text: User setting, DO/DIO output state by hexadecimal bitmask - on/off. Use for Write button activate. DO/DIO writable text: User setting, DO/DIO writable of DIO configuration by hexadecimal bitmask - yes/no. Use for Read (DIO)/Write button activate. DI/DIO input text (read only): DI/DIO input state by hexadecimal bitmask –...
APPENDIX B : Software Functions B.1 Driver API Guide In Runtime folder, on ECS9K.h: _DLL_IMPORT_ definition is used on LoadLibrary API for ECS9K.dll. ECS9K_EXPORTS definition is used on ECS9K.dll building. Otherwise, that is used to compile with ECS9K.lib. BOOL Initial(BYTE Isolate_Type, BYTE DIO_NPN) Initial machine for DIO, watchdog timer, and PoE Isolate_Type: DIO type 1: Isolated DIO;...
Please select SATA device to RAID mode on BIOS menu. Advanced → SATA Configuration → SATA Mode Selection C.2 OS Installation ECS-9000 is featured with seven SATA, include two internal SATA, two mSATA, 1 SATA DOM, and 1 CFast. You can select one of SATA ports for OS installation We used CFast card for Windows 10 OS installation as an example.
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C.6 Create RAID Volume on “Rapid Storage Technology” Software ECS-9000 is featured with seven SATA storage devices for RAID volume, so there are three options for choose on this page. Let’s take RAID 1 as example, please select ”RAID 1”.
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C.7 Disk Management : Partition the Disk After RAID 1 volume created, you can see the figure of SATA device allocation. You will find “Volume_0000” in SATA device at BIOS menu. To start Disk Management tool, select "initialize disk." Then add “Logical Device” for Windows access. C.8 If One SATA HDD on RAID Volume is Out-of-use After RAID 1 volume created, you can see the figure of SATA device allocation.
APPENDIX D : Power Consumption Testing Board ECS-9000 16GB x2 USB-1 USB Keyboard Logitech K120 USB-2 USB Mouse Microsoft 1113 USB-3 USB Flash Transcend 3.0 8GB USB-4 USB Flash Transcend 3.0 8GB CFAST Transcend CFX600 SATA 0 Transcend SSD370 64GB...
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™ D.2 Intel® Core i5-6500TE@2.3GHz (6M Cache, 4.0GHz) Power on and boot to Win7 (64-bit) Idle Status : Standby Mode CPU usage less 3% Power Input Current Consumption Current Consumption Core™ i5- 1.057A 06.34W 3.497A 20.98W 6500TE Core™ i5- 0.693A 06.24W 2.263A 20.37W...