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  • Page 1 User Manual ARK-1551 Fanless Embedded Box PC...
  • Page 2 This product contains a hard copy of the Chinese user manual for China CCC certification purposes. A PDF of the English user manual is included on the accompanying CD. Please disregard the hard copy of the Chinese user man- ual if the product is not sold and/or installed in China. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 3 The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2020 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to improve the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd.
  • Page 4 Product Warranty (2 Years) Advantech warrants the original purchaser that all of its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any products that have been repaired or altered by persons other than repair personnel authorized by Advantech, or products that have been subject to misuse, abuse, accident, or improper installation.
  • Page 5 Technical Support and Assistance Visit the Advantech website at www.advantech.com/support to obtain the latest product information. 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 calling: –...
  • Page 6 70 dB (A). The equipment should only be installed in a restricted access area. DISCLAIMER: These instructions are provided according to IEC 704-1 specifi- cations. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any state- ments contained herein. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 7 ARK-1551 is intended to be powered by a UL Listed dc source suitable for use at Tma 55 °C/ 131 °F minimum. ARK 1551’s output is rated 12-24 , 7.5- 3.75A min., ES1. If further assistance is needed, please contact Advantech for more information.
  • Page 8 CEI 704-1. Advantech décline toute responsabilité quant à l'exactitude des déclarations contenues dans ce. Pour les modèles ARK-1551 est destiné à être alimenté par Source cc réper- toriée UL à courant continu adaptée à une utilisation à Tma 55 degrés C min. et la sortie est nominale 12-24 Vdc, 7,5-3,75 A min., ES1, si vous avez besoin...
  • Page 9 Power cable 3-pin 183cm, EU type (for 96PSA-A120W24T2-3) 1702031801 Power cable 3-pin 183cm, UK type (for 96PSA-A120W24T2-3) 1700000237 Power cable 3-pin 183cm, PSE type (for 96PSA-A120W24T2-3) 1700023855-01 1M lockable HDMI cable 1700023856-01 3M lockable HDMI cable AMK-V004E VESA mounting kit AMK-R004E DIN-rail mounting kit ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 10 ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    Chipset ...................... 3 1.3.1 Functional Specifications .............. 3 1.3.2 WISE-PaaS/DeviceOn ..............4 Mechanical Specifications................. 5 1.4.1 System Dimensions ..............5 Figure 1.1 ARK-1551 Mechanical Dimensions ......5 1.4.2 Weight................... 5 Power Requirements................. 5 1.5.1 System Power................5 1.5.2 RTC Battery .................. 5 Environmental Specifications ..............
  • Page 12 Save & Exit ................. 66 Appendix A Watchdog Sample Code....67 Watchdog Timer Sample Code............... 68 Appendix B SUSI API Introduction....... 69 SUSI API Introduction ................70 B.1.1 Watchdog API................70 B.1.2 Hardware Monitor API ..............70 ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 13: Chapter 1 General Introduction

    Chapter General Introduction This chapter details background information on the ARK-1551 series...

  • Page 14: Introduction

    -20 °C ~ 55 °C (-4 ~ 131 °F), making it an excellent choice for diverse environments. ARK-1551 features 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 2,1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI, 4 x COM, 1 x DIO, 2x Intel® GbE LAN, ARK-1551 also provides one full-size miniPCIe slot and 1 M.2 2230 E Key slot for device integration.

  • Page 15: Display

    Supports mSATA socket (shared with miniPCIe) USB Interface USB host interface with support for up to 4 x USB 3.1 Gen2 ports All ports are High-Speed, Full-Speed, and Low-Speed capable Supports legacy keyboard/mouse software BIOS UEFI 256 Mbit  ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 16: Wise-Paas/Deviceon

    1 x 3V/210 mAh battery with wire  1.3.2 WISE-PaaS/DeviceOn Sequence Control Supported Watchdog Timer Multi-level WDT, programmable 1 ~ 255 sec/min Hardware Monitor CPU temperature/input current/input voltage Power Saving Deep sleep S5 mode System Information Running HR/boot record ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 17: Mechanical Specifications

    Mechanical Specifications 1.4.1 System Dimensions L x W x D: 195 x 55 x 140 mm (7.68 x 2.16 x 5.52 in) Figure 1.1 ARK-1551 Mechanical Dimensions 1.4.2 Weight 1.9 kg (4.19 lb) Power Requirements 1.5.1 System Power Minimum Power Input: 12 ~ 24 ...

  • Page 18: Environmental Specifications

    1.6.5 Shock Tolerance When the system is equipped with an SSD/mSATA: 30 G, IEC 60068-2-27, half  sine, 11 ms duration 1.6.6 Safety Certification UL, CB, CCC, BSMI  1.6.7 EMC Certification CE, FCC, CCC, BSMI  ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 19: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter Hardware Installation This chapter details instructions for installing ARK-1551 hardware and external I/O...

  • Page 20: Introduction

    2.2.1 Jumper Description ARK-1551 can be configured to satisfy specific application requirements by setting jumpers. A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electric circuit. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them.

  • Page 21: Jumper Locations

    2.2.3 Jumper Locations Figure 2.1 Jumper Location (Top) Figure 2.2 Jumper Location (Bottom) ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 22: Jumper Settings

    (1-2): Normal Jumper Setting (2-3): Clear CMOS COM 1 RS422/RS485 Fail Safe Mode Part Number 1600000402 Description DIP SW SMD 8P SPST P=1.27mm W=5.4mm KHS42E Default Setting (1):OFF (2):OFF (3):OFF (4):OFF Jumper Setting (8):ON (7):ON (6):ON (5):ON ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 23 COM 2 RS422/RS485 Fail Safe Mode Part Number 1600000402 Description DIP SW SMD 8P SPST P=1.27mm W=5.4mm KHS42E Default Setting (1):OFF(2):OFF(3):OFF(4):OFF Jumper Setting (8):ON(7):ON(6):ON(5):ON ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 24: System I/O

    System I/O Front View Rear View External I/O 2.4.1 Power On/Off Button ARK-1551 features a Power On/Off button with an LED indicators on the top side that show On status (Green LED) Figure 2.3 Power On/Off Button ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 25: Power Input Connector

    2.4.3 Ethernet Connector (LAN) ARK-1551 is equipped with Intel® I210 Ethernet controllers and Intel® I219 Ethernet controllers that are fully compliant with IEEE 802.3u 10/100/1000 Mbps CSMA/CD standards and connected to LAN1 and LAN2. The Ethernet port provides a standard RJ45 jack connector with LED indicators on the front side to show its Active/Link sta- tus (Green LED) and Speed status (Yellow LED).

  • Page 26: Usb 3.1 Connector

    USB0_SSTX- USB0_SSTX+ 2.4.5 Audio Connector ARK-1551 features one phone jack connector that support stereo Line Out or Mic In audio ports. The audio chip is controlled by ALC892 and compliant with the Azalea standard. Figure 2.6 Audio Connector ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 27: Com Connector

    2.4.6 COM Connector ARK-1551 provides one 9-pin D-sub connector, which supports RS232/422/485 serial communication interface ports. Default setting is RS-232, if you want to use RS-422/ 485, you can find the BIOS manual to change setting. Figure 2.7 COM Connector Table 2.4: COM Connector Pin Definition...

  • Page 28: Hdmi Connector

    2.4.7 HDMI Connector ARK-1551 offers one integrated 19-pin receptacle connector HDMI 1.4b interfaces. The HDMI link supports resolutions up to 4096x2160@30Hz. Figure 2.8 HDMI Connector Table 2.5: HDMI Connector Pin Definition Signal Name HDMI_TX2+ HDMI_TX2- HDMI_TX1+ HDMI_TX1- HDMI_TX0+ HDMI_TX0- HDMI_CLK+...

  • Page 29: Gpio

    2.4.8 GPIO ARK-1551 offers a 8-bit GPIO, please refer to the pin definition. Table 2.6: GPIO Connector Pin Definition Signal Name DI/O bit 0 DI/O bit 1 DI/O bit 2 DI/O bit 3 DI/O bit 4 DI/O bit 5 DI/O bit 6 DI/O bit 7 2.4.9...

  • Page 30: Power Switch Connector

    Figure 2.10 Power Switch Connector Pin Assignments Table 2.8: Power Switch Connector Pin Assignments Signal Name Power Button In 2.4.11 LED Indicators ARK-1551 provides one LED on the front panel that indicates the storage status and system power status. Figure 2.11 LED Indicators ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 31: Antenna Socket

    2.4.12 Antenna Socket ARK-1551 reserves four antenna sockets for installing wireless device antennas. Each antenna socket is labeled “ANT” for easy identification. Figure 2.12 Front I/O ANT Placement Figure 2.13 Rear I/O ANT Placement ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 32: Installation

    Loosen the screws marked in red and take out the hard drive tray. Install the hard drive on the tray (screws are included in the accessory box). Secure the screws on the hard drive tray and put the tray back into the system unit. ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 33: Ram Installation

    2.5.2 RAM Installation Remove top cover screws * 4pcs. Remove top cover and locate memory socket. Install memory. (Memory is optional, not standard in shipment) ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 34: Minipcie Module Installation

    2.5.3 miniPCIe Module Installation Unscrew two screws on both sides of ARK-1551. Unscrew 1 screw on the bottom cover of ARK-1551. Open bottom cover of ARK-1551. ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 35: Installation

    Replace bottom cover and secure the bottom cover screws. And secure the screws on two sides of system. 2.5.4 M.2 Installation Unscrew two screws on both sides of ARK-1551. Unscrew 1 screw on the bottom cover of ARK-1551. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 36 Open bottom cover of ARK-1551. Put the M.2 module onto theM.2 slot (M2), and fasten the one screws back onto the M.2 module. The M.2 module can be WWAN module or others. But only one M.2 module allows installing in same time.

  • Page 37: Optional Adapter Installation

    To install an optional adapter, connect the adapter wires to the 3-pin phoenix connector provided in the accessory box. Connect the wires to the correct +, -, and GND pins and fix in place using a screwdriver. Connect the 3-pin phoenix connector to the DC In port. ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 38: Wall Mount Installation

    2.5.6 Wall Mount Installation Unscrew the 4 screws on both sides of ARK-1551. Screw wall mount brackets on both sides of ARK-1551. ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 39: Chapter 3 Bios Settings

    Chapter BIOS Settings This chapter details BIOS config- uration data set up...

  • Page 40: Introduction

    All configuration data is stored in battery-backed CMOS to ensure the setup information is retained when the power is turned off. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the ARK-1551 BIOS setup screens ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 41: Entering Bios Setup

    System Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values via the keyboard. Press the <Tab> key or the <Arrow> keys to move between fields. The date must be entered in MM/DD/YY format, and the time must be entered in HH:MM:SS for- mat. ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 42: Advanced Bios Setup

    The options for any of the Advanced BIOS Setup items can be displayed by highlighting the item using the <Arrow> keys. The Advanced BIOS Setup page is shown below ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 43 When Enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capability provided by Vanderpool Technology. Active Processor Cores  This item allows users to set how many processor cores should be active.  Enable/Disable AES (Advanced Encryption Standard). MachineCheck  Enable/Disable Machine Check. MonitorMWait  Enable/Disable MonitorMWait. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 44 3.2.2.2 Power & Performance CPU - Power Management Control  CPU - Power Management Control Options. GT - Power Management Control  GT - Power Management Control Options. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 45 Intel® Speed Shift Technology  Enable/Disable Intel® Speed Shift Technology support. HDC Control  Enable/Disable Intel® HDC. Turbo Mode  Enable/Disable processor turbo mode. View/Configure Turbo Options  View and Configure Turbo Options. CPU Lock Configuration  CPU Lock Configuration. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 46 View/Configure Turbo Options Energy Efficient P-state  Enable/Disable Energy Efficient P-state feature. Package Power Limit MSR Lock  Enable/Disable locking of Package Power Limit settings. Energy Efficient Turbo  Enable/Disable Energy Efficient Turbo feature. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 47 CPU Lock Configuration CFG Lock  Configure MSR 0xE2[15], CFG Lock bit. Overclocking Lock  Enable/Disable Overclocking Lock (BIT 20) in FLEX_RATIO(194) MSR. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 48 GT - Power Management Control RC6(Render Standby)  Check to enable render standby support. Maximum GT frequency  Maximum GT frequency limited by user. Disable Turbo GT frequency  Enabled/Disabled Turbo GT frequency. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 49 When Disabled ME will be put ME into Temporarily Disabled Mode. Manageability Features State  Enable/Disable Intel® Manageability features. ME Unconfig on RTC Clear  When Disabled, ME will not be unconfigured on RTC Clear. Firmware Update Configuration  Configure Management Engine Technology Parameters. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 50  This item allows users to enable or disable hibernation ACPI Sleep State  This item allows users to set the ACPI sleep state Lock Legacy Resources  This item allows users to lock legacy device resources ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 51 3.2.2.5 Embedded Controller Configuration EC Hardware Monitor  This section shows system health status. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 52 Case Open Counter Clear  ARK-1551 features with case open record feature. This item allows users to clear record of case open. Power Saving Mode  This item allows users to set board's power saving mode when off. WatchDog Timer ...
  • Page 53 The items and options for configuring Serial Port 2, Serial Port3 and Serial Port 4 are the same as that for Serial Port 1. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 54 Physical Presence Spec Version  Select to Tell O.S. to support PPI Spec Version 1.2 or 1.3. Device Select  TPM 1.2 will restrict support to TPM 1.2 devices, TPM 2.0 will restrict support to TPM 2.0 devices. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 55 ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 56 This item allows users to enable or disable Wake On Alarm Event. If the Fixed- Time option is selected for this item, the system will wake at the hr:min:sec specified. If the DynamicTime option is selected, the system will wake at the cur- rent time + specified minute(s). ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 57 Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection  This item allows users to enable or disable console redirection for Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection Settings  This item allows users to configure the console redirection settings ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 58 3.2.2.10 Intel® TXT Information Intel® TXT Information  Display Intel® TXT information. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 59 Maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the Host Controller. 'Auto' uses default value: for a Root port it is 100 ms, for a Hub port the delay is taken from Hub descriptor. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 60 3.2.2.12 CSM Configuration ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 61  Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM. Video  Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Video OpROM. Other PCI devices  Determines OpROM execution policy for devices other than Network, Storage, or Video. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 62 3.2.2.13 NVMe Configuration This item shows NVMe device information. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 63 3.2.2.14 Network Stack Configuration Network Stack  Enable/Disable UEFI Network Stack. ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 64: Chipset Configuration

    3.2.3 Chipset Configuration Select the Chipset tab from the ARK-1551 setup screen to enter the Chipset BIOS Setup screen. You can display a Chipset BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in this sec- tion.
  • Page 65  Memory Configuration Parameters. Graphics Configuration  Graphics Configuration Parameters. VT-d  VT-D capability. Above 4GB MMIO BIOS assignment  Enable/Disable above 4GB Memory Mapped IO BIOS assignment. X2APIC Opt Out  Enable/Disable X2APIC Opt Out Bit. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 66 Memory Configuration Max TOLUD  Maximum Value of TOLUD. Memory Scrambler  Enable/Disable Memory Scrambler support. Force ColdReset  Force ColdReset OR Choose MrcColdBoot mode. Memory Remap  Enable/Disable Memory Remap above 4GB. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 67 VDD Enable  Enable/Disable VDD. PM Support  Enable/Disable PM Support. PAVP Enable  Enable/Disable PAVP. Cdynmax Clamping Enable  Enable/Disable Cdynmax Clamping Enable. Cd Clock Frequency  Select the highest Cd clock frequency supported by this platform. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 68 ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 69 Enable or Disable onboard LAN's PXE option OpROM. PCIE Wake  Enable or Disable PCIE to wake the system from S5. State After S3  Specify what state to go to when power is re-applied after a power failure (G3 state). ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 70 ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 71 Indicates the maximum speed the SATA controller can support. Software Feature Mask Configuration  RST Legacy ROM/RST UEFI Driver will refer to the SWFM configuration to enable/disable the storage feature. Aggressive LPM Support  Enabled PCH to aggressively enter link power state. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 72 ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 73 USB Configuration XHCI Disable Compliance mode  Option to disable Compliance Mode. USB Port Disable Override  Selectively Enable/Disable the corresponding USB Port from reporting a Device Connection to the Controller. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 74 Enable will lock bytes 38h-3Fh in the lower/upper 128-byte bank of RTC RAM. BIOS Lock  Enable or Disable the PCH BIOS Lock Enable feature. Force Unlock on all GPIO pads  Enable or Disable the Force Unlock on all GPIO pads feature. ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 75 HD Audio Configuration HD Audio  Control Detection of the HD-Audio device. Disabled = HDA will be uncondition- ally disabled. Enabled = HDA will be unconditionally Enabled. ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 76: Security

    3.2.4 Security Select Security Setup from the ARK-1551 Setup main BIOS setup menu. All Security Setup options, such as password protection and virus protection are described in this section. To access the sub menu for the following items, select the item and press <Enter>:...

  • Page 77: Boot

    Boot Option #1  Sets the system boot order. Fast Boot  Enables or disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to launch active boot option. Has no effect for BBS boot options.  ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 78: Save & Exit

    This item allows users to save all configuration changes as user defaults Restore User Defaults  This item allows users to restore the system configuration options to the user default settings Boot Override  This item allows users to enable or disable the boot priority override function ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 79: Appendix A Watchdog Sample Code

    Appendix Watchdog Sample Code...

  • Page 80: Watchdog Timer Sample Code

    EC_ EC_Data_Port mov al, 57h ; Watch dog event flag. out dx,al mov dx, EC_Data_Port mov al, 04h ; Reset event. out dx,al mov dx, EC_Command_Port mov al,28h ; start WDT function. out dx,al .exit ARK-1551 User Manual...

  • Page 81: Susi Api

    Appendix SUSI API Introduction...

  • Page 82: Susi Api Introduction

    However, due to the inaccuracy of many commercially available hardware monitoring chips, Advantech has developed a unique scheme for hardware monitoring that uses a dedicated micro-processor with algorithms specifically designed for providing accu- rate, reliable, real-time data.
  • Page 83 ARK-1551 User Manual...
  • Page 84 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, such as electronically, by photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © Advantech Co., Ltd. 2020...

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