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User Manual EPD Control Board EPD-132 Wireless ePaper Display Solution...
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Because of Advantech’s high quality-control standards and rigorous testing, most of our customers never need to use our repair service. If an Advantech product is defec- tive, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out- of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, service time and freight.
FOR COUNTRY CODE SELECTION USAGE (WLAN DEVICES) Note: The country code selection is for non-US model only and is not available to all US model. Per FCC regulation, all Wi-Fi product marketed in US must fixed to US operation channels only. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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XXXyyyLPDzzzz-x」 字樣。 Technical Support and Assistance Visit the Advantech website at http://support.advantech.com 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. Please have the following information ready before you call: –...
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Wi-Fi dipole antenna, 5dBi 2.4/5GHz 1750006043-01 RF SMA cable, L=150mm 1750008816-01 Antenna magnetic base, L=100mm 1700015038 FPC Cable 10P-0.5mm 7.9cm for DCU2.0 1700029192-01 60cm Micro USB with 5P(M) for power report 9696053RS00 EPD-053R A101-1 daughter board with Switch and LED EPD-132 Board User Manual...
The equipment has been dropped and damaged. The equipment has obvious signs of breakage. DISCLAIMER: This set of instructions is given according to IEC 704-1. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Equipment L'équipement est tombé et a été endommagé. Equipment L'équipement présente des signes évidents de rupture. AVERTISSEMENT: Cet ensemble d'instructions est donné conformément à la norme CEI 704-1. Advantech décline toute responsabilité quant à l'exactitude des déclara- tions contenues dans le EPD-132 Board User Manual viii...
Introduction The EPD-132 is a module which supports the ultra-low power 2.4GHz RF wireless protocol integrated with the 13.3" R/B/W & B/W EPD in an ARM Cortex-M4 proces- sor. Users may use this kit to experience how wireless modules deliver images to e- Paper and how e-Paper displays images.
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24 bits / BMP format for EPD-132B 24 bits / BMP format for EPD-132R and the color only support below range. Red: (255,0,0) Black: (0,0,0) White (255, 255, 255) EPD-132 Board User Manual...
The EPD is a device with ePaper, EPD controller and wireless connectivity. Advantech provides a total solution. From the system architecture, EPD-132 is at the end node of the system. Developers can apply Advantech WISE-3610W to connect to the ePaper manager which is installed in Advantech Embedded Computer / ARK2250L.
This section provides board level PCBA and Panel mechanical size. EPD-132 PCBA with following spec. PCBA: 108 x 122 x 3.9 mm PCB thickness: 3 mm ± 10% Module input voltage: 5V DC-in Connector current rating: 0.5A / Power contact ...
Humidity: 60% RH+-10%RH, Non-condensing Note! If the panel module has been put in low temperatured between 0~-25 °C for a while, we recommend to leave it between 20 to 30 °C for 4 days before assembly. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
39-pin FPC to connect to e-paper panel ALERT 10-pin FFC to connect to daughter board FFC_GPIO 10-pin FFC connector for external GPIO DEBUG 10-pin FFC connector SWTEST For software test PWR_ON1 4-pin DIP Switch Legend: v = yes, - = no. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
MISO (or SDI on a master) connects to MISO (or SDO on a slave). Slave Select is the same functionality as chip select and is used instead of an addressing concept. Pin names are always capitalized as in Slave Select, Serial Clock, and Master Output Slave Input. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
2.1.10 PWR_ON1 Table 2.14: SWTEST PIN_NAME PIN_NAME NC: only for SW testing usage NC: only for SW testing usage EVK_MODE# W_DISABLE: WiFi power on/off BM22 mode EVK mode WIFI power ON WIFI power OFF EPD-132 Board User Manual...
The FPC from the ePaper display Release the rotary latch of the connector on the control board Blend the FPC carefully to the control board direction Insert the FPC into the connector on control board EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Check if the connection is correct and tight. Below Item 2: Connected Wi-Fi antenna to the mainboard Below item 5: Connected IO daughter to the mainboard Below item 6: Connected power cable to the mainboard USB (CN3) EPD-132 Board User Manual...
Daughter board: LED & Button Behavior The daughter board: 9696053RS00 can work with EPD-132. 2.2.1 Button behaviors If RED LED (LED2) light up and click the button, system can turn off LED light If no led light and click the button, the system screen can change to next page.
External vertical system can operate the whole EPD system as below list: 1) ePaper manager GUI can perform command to control WISE-3610W (gate- way). 2) ePaper manager can perform command to control EPD-132 (EPD device). 3) ePaper manager can deliver the image /Firmware EPD device through WISE Gateway.
Control EPD-132 through commands from ePaper manager. EPD-132 wireless can connect to WISE-3610W directly. EPD-132 wireless connects to Intranet AP, then WISE-3610W acts as a gate- way to control EPD-132 Supports MQTT broker Server . 3.2.3...
EPD-132 with ePaper Manager Solution Previously, we have go through EPD-132 function as an end device. To build up a solution, we need a gateway to connect to our CMS: ePaper manager. Indeed, ePa- per Manager provides complete solution to help you import tag data, design tag tem- plates and manage tags easily.
Preparation 4.2.1 Hardware Component List Advantech Embedded Computer: ARK-2250L Advantech IoT Gateway: WISE-3610W & Advantech EPD devices. 4.2.2 Software Component List Window7 Professional version for ARK2250L ePaper Manager Installation & License on ARK2250L 500 connection License on ARK2250L. Recommend Browser: Chrome version 75.0.3770.100 (official version) (64-bit) Recommend FTP Server: FileZilla Server version 0.9.60 beta...
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First, you will need to install ePaper manager on ARK-2250L. ePaper Manager Installation Double click the EPD ServerSetup_1.0.0.exe file to start installation process on the server-side computer. Follow the instructions in the setup wizard. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Windows hotfix of KB2999266 is required to run this software. Please download one from Microsoft website and execute it. (https://www.microsoft.com/zh-TW/download/ confirmation.aspx?id=49093). Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53840) Please click the next button if you no need to change the default installation path. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Please check your public IP or domain name and fill it in. Please change the port number if need. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Please fill in the password and confirm password for PostgreSQL database. Please fill in the password and confirm password for MongoDB database. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Please fill in the password and confirm password for root administrator to login the server. Please click the install button to start installation. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Please allow to access the installation of erl.exe. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Please allow to access the installation of epmd.exe. Click the Finish button to exit the Setup Wizard. You will get a register key from our sales package. You will need to enable the key after installation of ePaper manager. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Before you start transmitting the image to the Electronic Paper Display (EPD) or offering Firmware upgrades, you need to setup ARK2250L as an FTP server. Click the startup icon to launch Filezilla. Start configuring your FTP server. Add user account. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Add password for user. Add the shared folders and set the property of the directories and files. Add the FTP Server to OTA Storage. You should make shure that the shared folders are available. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Open Windows firewall setting and click allow a program or feature through Win- dows firewall. Make sure to allow FileZilla Server and FileZilla Server Interface to pass the Windows firewall. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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How to configure your FTP server on ePaper manager Click Storage button to add a FTP storage for OTA and image delivery. Click Add (+) button on the left-upper corner. Select the FTP option. Finish the configuration form and click Confirm. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Port: 21 Account Name: [Your FTP account] Password: [Your FTP password] Root Path: [Your root path] You will see an item in the Storage Management table. Open up the FTP port of the firewall in the OS. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
Open WISE-3610W management web page: Open a web browser (Chrome is suggested) and enter the IP Address http://192.168.1.1 or http://advan- tech.local/ Login: The default user name and password are root and ePaper. Click the Login button to open the web-based configuration page. Build networking connection. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Ethernet WAN Backhaul Connection: Connect an Ethernet cable to exiting backhaul router and ISP cable modem or Internet service provider xDSL / FTTx modem. Select WAN for NorthBond backhaul connection and choose Protocol > DHCP Client EPD-132 Board User Manual...
Setup the ePaper management server IP as shown below. 4.2.5 EPD-132 Setup and Connect to ARK with ePaper Manager This explains how the router joins with the WISE-3610W (gateway). Users can understand what performance can be reached using our specification. The user can also change some parameters to fit their requirements.
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WISE-3610w login as shown below (root/ePaper) Power on EPD-132 a. Plug the Micro USB to provide the power. EPD-132 join the network with SSID: a. Setup the SSID to join the network with APP in one device, refer to Chapter 4.3.
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Configure Wi-fi setting through BLE BLE-WiFi introducer service is a demonstration to setup SSID and password to join a network by smart phone. EPD-132 will be paired via a BLE GATT server with the smartphone.Then you can start your Wi-Fi security setting.
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Step 3: If the connection is successful, you can see the picture below. Press the "CUSTOM SERVICE" button. Note! You need to remove bluetooth pairing with "WiFiInt" from bluetooth set- ting when you can not connect to a device. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Step 4: Find the UUID: ACA0EF7C-EEAA-48AD-9508-19A6F6B356 for SSID char- acteristic. Step 5: Find the UUID: 40B7DE33-93E4-4C8B-A876-D833B415A6CE for Password characteristics then procedure as Step4. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
Setup the batch file WISE-3610W installer i. See chapter 4.2.6 4) EPD-132 will report status every 1 mins (adjustable) 4.2.6 Setup the Batch File WISE-3610W Installer 1) EPD Connection Setting EPD Connection Setting feature is for users to wirelessly setup the group EPD SSID/ Password/IP and connect to a dedicated Router /gateway.
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Button "delete": The setting Items of the EPD are deleted directly after clicking the button. d. Button "Reload Setting" : All EPD settings must choose the "Reload Setting" button for the system to apply it. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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As shown in the red box below, EPD nodes have four attributes representing EPD Mac address, AP SSID, AP password and gateway IP address respectively, and users should follow the format below . EPD-132 Board User Manual...
Step 01: click "EPD Connection Setting" ->" EPD Setting"-> "Add EPD Node "on web page Step 02: Fill in the corresponding information of the EPD Mac address, AP SSID, AP Password, Gateway IP then save & apply. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Step 03: Click Reload setting button 2) EDP import Installer SOP. Follow these 2 steps to import the file. Step 01: Click "EPD import"->choose file->Append EPD-132 Board User Manual...
EPD device mac address. Target Item description data which needs to contain a unique ID as the key, e.g. StopID. Target Item ID as the key, e.g. StopID. EPD device screen typesetting as in the EPD image template. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
4.3.2 Add Group & Device into ePaper Manager Legal ePaper device joins the network Create group & edit group information Add Group EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Add Gateway / EPD device to Group. Add Device into a Device Group 1) Click Device List on the side bar menu, and select the device group you want to add devices. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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2). Click add button on the top-left corner. 3). Choose the Hierarchical view. (If you have finished the White List Setting previously, you will see the devices grouped under a gateway.) EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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4). Open the hierarchy until you see the device. Change the show number in order to select all devices under this gateway. 5). Select all by clicking the checkbox above. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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6).Click the finish button to finish the selection. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Set Gateway Encrypted Key 1).Click Device List on the side bar menu, and select the device group with the router. 2). Find the gateway device, and change to edit mode by clicking the edit but- ton. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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3). Click the name of gateway device to enter edit mode. 4.) Fill in the Encrypted Key (32-characters with A-Z and 0-9), and then click send to finish the configuration. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
Its value comes from imported data, you can choose what column of data needs to be shown. Image – You can upload colorful images and it will automatically be transferred to red, black and white. Shape EPD-132 Board User Manual...
If you upload Excel or CSV to the system directly, the system will auto transfer the format to JSON. Example1: i. Vertical application scheduling sends data to ePaper manager server ii. Click ITEM Data in the left-side navigation bar and click the left side button in the page as shown below. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
After importing data and making the template, we can combine them for regular data auto updates. 1) Select the Item Group from Item Data 2) Click on the component, you can select values at the right Drop-down menu EPD-132 Board User Manual...
EPD devices name Panel type Data page in device Electricity Connecting status Last update time 2) Action Action: Schedule – User needs to setup EPD device data delivery schedule: EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Select EPD Device: select device to receive the schedule. Set Tag Template: select EPD Template from the list. Working Page: select which page in the EPD device. User may setup the schedule date and time from system. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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1. Select binding data icon. 2. Select data to bind. Note! User can import data and binding data into the EPD device via this web page. We also offer a mobile APP to bind device data and EPD. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Please check your device linked with internet. Launch the app by click the icon. Enter the server location, account, and password to sign in e-Paper Manager. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Enter your Tag Code and Item Code information to bind. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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User with the PWS-472 device can scan a barcode to quickly bring the Tag Code and Item Code information into the fields. A Bind Success! information window will show up. Click the transmit button to transmit the image to the tag device. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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A Transmit success! information window will show up. 4. Binding the template: EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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5. There are 4 actions for you to select. Preview: Current EPD device image preview Refresh: Re-flash image Transmit: Transmit image Un-bind the EPD device and Item EPD-132 Board User Manual...
2) Target Item Product: Get a physical Bus StopID as associate attribute 3) User need to associate the items above, the association is outlined in 4.2.7 above. 4) Bus Arriving Data needs to be included: field name: StopID and data: Stop0001 EPD-132 Board User Manual...
Restful API. EPD device gets data every min to update bus info from ePaper manager. 4.3.9 Clear Events and Data of MongoDB Click Setting – System on the side bar menu, and Click the Clear Data Button. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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1.) Open the Clear Device Events section. 2.) System automatically clearance. Change the Enable switch to ON, and select which days and how often the system will begin the clearance, and then click save button to finish configuration. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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3.) Clear events manually. Select the clearance date (Reminder: the events between the date and before will be cleared), and click the Delete button to begin to clear data. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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1.) Open the Clear Operation/System Events section. 2.) System automatically clearance. Change the Enable switch to ON, and select which days and how often the ystem will begin clearance, and then click save button to finish this configuration. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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3.) Clear events manually. Select the clearance date (Reminder: the events between the date and before will be cleared), and click the Delete button to begin to clear data. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Clear device data: 1.) Open the Clear Device Data section. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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2.) Automatic System clearance. Change the Enable switch to ON, and select which days and how the often system will begin the clearance, and then click save button to finish this configuration. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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3.) Clear events manually. Select the clearance date (Reminder: the data between the date and before will be cleared), and click the Delete button to begin to clear data. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
1. Device status: Provides EPD device status in system. 2. Battery status: Shows battery status on EPD device. 3. EPD Device: Show image update status. 4. schedule task effective schedule task: User can select current schedule in the system EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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EPD device search Controller Search criteria Account/ Group/Connecting Status/ EPD Device Mode Properties Name / Panel type/ total page /Connecting status / Update Status EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Available Target Product and Data User can manually bind/unbind ITEM DATA to the EPD device 1. Click the eye image icon. 2. Select the bind icon.l 3. System will pop-up another page for Available Target Product and Data. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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2. User can Transmit image to EPD device 3. If user have click "transmit" or "re-flash" for the device, then the system keep busy , not response from device side. User can click "reset" to cancel the execution. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Import ITEM Data Support CSV, EXCEL , JASON Format Add new data into current item Working Group 1. User can perform different working group in the same system. 2. User can add new group by click "Add" icon. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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2. User can click icon at the right to select more fields: monitoring and Get/Set Data. Template User may add, save, delete Template Provides image tool Label / Text / Image / Shape / Barcode / Qrcode EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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EPD device. Template name: EPD Size ITEM DATA group Image direction Background color Display orientation Schematic view 1.EPD controller should setup the binding template. 1. Select on component 2. Right side shows the component properties. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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1. Select on component 2. right side shows the component properties. 3.select the field “Value” and drop down menu shows data field from item data. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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White List Setting File format Epd-023,053 white list setting. User needs to import the device list and then the device can join the network. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Upgrade Select upgrade device Package File preparing for the upgrade Storage FTP & File path setting EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Setting Role Definition as below Super admin: Admin: Device admin: Account & Group Set the device into group. Email Service 1.Click System button under the Setting list EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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2.Click Email Service, and fill in the following form. 3.Setting successfully. 4.Add email account list for this service. Click Account button under the Set- ting List. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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5.Add an admin account. Click Save button. Email will send to this local user when event occurs. Add EPD connection number license. Clear Data User can query the event by clicking the calendar. EPD-132 Board User Manual...
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Event User can query the event by clicking the calendar. Document User manual Restful API Release Notes EPD-132 Board User Manual...
The Acquisition of Information Since ePaper is not a plug and play device, Advantech WISE-EC Design-in Services help customers to reduce the time and work involved with designing new ePaper devices. Advantech handles the complexities of technical research and provides...
TX power / mask / RF harmonic tuning / RX sensitivity When a product moves into the design stage, Advantech will supply a design guide of the EPD device for reference as well as Antenna selection & schematic review. The...
Therefore the customer has to learn from trial and error and finally get the best solution with the least effort. Advantech's team has com- pleted total standard HW/SW solution to do performance fine tune, driver integration and application-specific customization.
Warranty Period Advantech branded off-the-shelf products and 3rd party off-the-shelf products used to assemble Advantech Configure to Order products are entitled to a 2 years complete and prompt global warranty service. Product defect in design, materials, and work- manship, are covered from the date of shipment.
(Dead-on-Arrival). The DOA Cross-Shipment excludes any shipping damage, cus- tomized and/or build-to-order products. For those products which are not DOA, the return fee to an authorized ADVANTECH repair facility will be at the customers' expense. The shipping fee for reconstructive products from ADVANTECH back to customers' sites will be at ADVANTECH's expense.
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"Attn. RMA Service Department". All products must be returned in properly packed ESD material or anti-static bags. ADVANTECH reserves the right to return unrepaired items at the customer's cost if inappropriately packed. Besides that, "Door-to-Door" transportation such as speed post is recommended for delivery, otherwise, the sender should bear additional charges such as clearance fees if Air-Cargo is adopted.
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If a product has been repaired by ADVANTECH, and within three months after such a repair the product requires another repair for the same problem, ADVANTECH will do this repair free of charge. However, such free repairs do not apply to products which have been misused, abused, or subjected to unauthorized disassembly/modification;...
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