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COPYRIGHT NOTICE This document is copyrighted 2006, by Acnodes Corp. All rights are reserved. Acnodes Corp. reserves the rights to alter the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice. This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are reserved.
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Prior to installing, moving, and modifying the panel PC, make sure the power is turned off and the power cord is disconnected. Do not apply voltage levels that exceed the specified voltage range. so will cause fire or an electrical shock. Electric shocks can occur if the panel is opened.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE Maintain and Cleaning Note the following precautions before starting to clean the panel PC. When cleaning any single part or component of the computer, please read and understand the details below fully. However, the Acnodes Corp.
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Although many companies have created products to help improve the process of cleaning Panel PCs and peripherals, users can also use household items to clean their computers and peripherals. Below is a list of some items that may be needed or used when cleaning the panel PC or panel PC peripherals.
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LCD should the need arise for adding a functionality. wrist strap and an anti-static work pad is recommended. Avoid dust and debris or other static-accumulating materials in the work area. The use of a grounded ACNODES ® Corp.
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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL WARNING! Warnings appear where overlooked details may cause damage to the equipment or result in personal injury. Warnings should be taken seriously. The word “warning” is written as “WARNING,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by text in italics.
INTRODUCTION... 17 1.1 PC 5150 Flat P PC O ANEL VERVIEW 1.1.1 PC 5150Model Variation... 18 1.1.2 PC 5150 Flat Panel PC Applications... 18 1.1.3 PC 5150 Flat Panel PC Features... 18 1.2 PC 5150E XTERNAL VERVIEW 1.2.1 General Description... 19 1.2.2 Front Panel ...
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2.5.1 OEM Options ... 36 2.5.2 Internal Slots ... 36 2.5.3 Internal Peripheral Device Connectors ... 36 2.5.4 External Peripheral Device Connectors ... 37 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ... 39 3.1 I NSTALLATION RECAUTIONS 3.2 P REINSTALLED OMPONENTS 3.3 I NSTALLATION AND ONFIGURATION 3.4 U ...
1.1 PC 5150 Flat Panel PC Overview The PC 5150 Flat panel PC is a flexible, multi-functional flat panel PC that can be applied in diverse operational environments and implemented in multi-faceted applications. The PC 5150comes fully kitted with a high-performance motherboard, CPU, power supply unit and a host of other peripheral interface connectors.
1.2 PC 5150External Overview 1.2.1 General Description The PC 5150 Flat panel PC is a rectangular cubic structure that comprises of a screen, rear panel, top panel, bottom panel and two side panels (left and right). An aluminum frame surrounds the front screen. The rear panel provides screw holes for a wall-mounting bracket, and an arm mounting interface.
Figure 1-1: PC 5150 Front View 1.2.3 Rear Panel The rear panel provides access to fan ventilation vents and four retention screw holes that support a wall-mounting bracket. The retention screw holes are circled in Figure 1-2. Figure 1-2: PC 5150Rear View 1.2.4 Top Panel...
Figure 1-3: PC 5150Top View 1.2.5 PC 5150Bottom Panel The bottom panel shown in Figure 1-4 has the following interfaces: 1 x Power input connector „ 1 x Power switch „ 4 x USB connectors „ 1 x Reset button „...
An aluminum frame surrounds the 15” TFT LCD screen. This aluminum frame has 12 small screw holes that are used when the flat panel PC is mounted into a rack-mounting bracket. These screws are circled in Figure 1-7. ACNODES ® Corp.
15” TFT LCD screen. Below the metal sheet is a circuit board that is connected to the screen and the motherboard. 1.4 PC 5150 Specifications 1.4.1 Preinstalled Hardware Components The PC 5150 Flat panel PC has the following preinstalled components: 1 x Motherboard „ 1 x 15” TFT LCD screen „...
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One slim type CD drive bay One slim type FDD bay Input voltage: 100~240V AC, 50~60 Hz Output Rating: 180W Output voltage: 3.3V@16.8A, 5V@12A,12V@10A, -12V@0.8A, 5VSB@2A Panel, Arm, Wall, or Rack/Cabinet Silver (PANTONE PMS-8001) 0~50 °C 5 ~ 95%, non-condensing ACNODES ® Corp.
Vibration Shock Dimensions Net/Gross Weight Environment Table 1-2: PC 5150Specifications 1.4.3 PC 5150Motherboard Specifications The PC 5150comes with a EMBEDED motherboard. The technical specifications of the motherboard are listed in Table 1-3. SPECIFICATION DETAIL Socket-478 base Intel Pentium 4 / Pentium 4-M / Celeron D Northbridge 852GME Southbridge...
Table 1-3: Motherboard Specifications 1.4.4 Flat Panel Screen The PC 5150 comes with a 15” TFT LCD monitor at the front of the flat panel PC (see Figure 1-1). The specifications for the LCD monitor are shown in Table 1-4 below.
Table 1-4: 15” TFT LCD Monitor Specifications 1.4.5 Power Supply The PC 5150 Flat panel PC comes with an 180W AC-DC 1U, RoHS compliant ATX power supply. The PSU has an MTBF greater than 100,000 hours. The maximum power output for the PSU is shown below.
Efficiency GENERAL MTBF Temperature Dimension Table 1-5: Power Supply Specifications 1.5 Dimensions The dimensions of the PC 5150 Flat panel PC are shown in Figure 1-8 below. 50A Max for 115VAC 80A Max for 230VAC +3.3V +12V 0.3A 0.3A 1.5A 16.8A...
EMBEDED , please refer to the EMBEDED user guide. 2.2 CPU Support The EMBEDED installed in the PC 5150 supports socket 478, Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron D FSB 533 MHz CPU. 2.3 On-board Chipsets 2.3.1 Northbridge and Southbridge Chipsets...
The latest AC '97 implementation delivers 20-bit audio for enhanced sound „ quality and full surround sound capability. LAN Connect Interface (LCI) provides network solutions for 10/100 Mbps „ Ethernet and 10/100 Mbps Ethernet with LAN manageability Dual Ultra ATA/100 controllers „...
Enhanced Rapid Pixel and Texel Rendering: Optimized visual quality and „ performance from the addition of hardware to support of texel formatting, bicubic filter, color blending accuracy, and video mixing render, resulting in is integrated on the Intel® 852GME Northbridge chipset. The ACNODES ® Corp.
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optimized visual quality and performance. Zone Rendering 2 : Enhances the performance of zone rendering by using „ larger zones and new commands that improve graphics pipeline efficiency. Dynamic Video Memory v2.0: Increases total system performance by „ optimizing the efficiency of AGP dynamic video memory by increasing its size of Video RAM allocation to 96 MB.
Many of the peripheral device connectors listed below are not connected to any devices. These connectors are reserved for OEM customizations. For a customized option, please contact the vendor, reseller or Acnodes sales representative. 2.5.2 Internal Slots The slots listed below can all be found on the EMBEDED motherboard.
1 x ATX 12V power connector „ 1 x ATX power connector „ 2 x Audio connectors „ 1 x DIO connector „ 3 x Fan connectors „ 1 x FDD connector „ 2 x IDE device connectors „ 1 x IrDA connector „...
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PC 5150 Flat Panel PC THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ACNODES ® Corp.
3.1 Installation Precautions When installing the PC 5150, please follow the precautions listed below: Power turned off: When installing the PC 5150 make sure the power is off. Failing to turn off the power may cause severe injury to the body and/or damage to the system.
WARNING! The front side LCD screen has a protective plastic cover stuck to the screen. Only remove the plastic cover after the PC 5150 Flat panel PC has been properly installed. This ensures the screen is protected during the installation process.
3.4.1 Packing List The PC 5150 Flat panel PC is shipped with the following components: 1 x Carton „ 1 x Power cord „ 1 x Screw kit „ 1 x HDD IDE cable (44 pin + 2 x 40 pin) „...
The back cover is secured to the chassis with nine retention screws, eight on the rear panel and one on the bottom panel. (See Figure 3-1) Remove the nine retention screws and lift the cover off the PC 5150. Type...
If the “CMOS Settings Wrong” message displays during the boot up process, try to correct the fault by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu. following: Enter the correct CMOS setting „ Then do one of the ACNODES ® Corp.
Load Optimal Defaults „ After one of the above has been done, save the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu. DESCRIPTION 1-2 closed Normal (Default) 2-3 closed Clear CMOS Table 3-3: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings 3.5.4 COM2 Port RS232/422/485 Selection (JP10, JP20) The COM Port jumper configures the COM2 serial port.
COM3 RI PIN Use Voltage +5V Table 3-10: COM3 RI Voltage Selection Jumper Use JP14 and JP16 to set pin 9 of COM4 as signal RI or voltage source. JP16 2-3 closed COM4 RI PIN Use RI DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION ACNODES ® Corp.
1-2 closed COM4 RI PIN Use Voltage Table 3-11: COM4 RI and Voltage Selection Jumper JP14 2-3 closed COM4 RI PIN Use Voltage +12V 1-2 closed COM4 RI PIN Use Voltage +5V Table 3-12: COM4 RI Voltage Selection Jumper 3.5.6 CPU Voltage Setting (S3) Two different types of CPU can be used on the EMBEDED motherboard.
Step 1: Remove the back cover. See Section 3.5.1 above. Step 2: The HDD bracket is attached to the elevated platform by four retention screws. Remove the four retention screws from the elevated platform. (See Figure 3-2) Figure 3-2: HDD Retention Screws DESCRIPTION ACNODES ® Corp.
Step 3: Attach the HDD bracket to the HDD. To do this, align the four retention screw holes in both side of HDD bracket with the retention screw holes on the side of the HDD. Insert four retention screws into the bracket on both sides of the HDD. Step 4: Install the HDD into the PC 5150by aligning the retention screw holes in the base of the HDD bracket with the retention screw holes on the elevated platform.
CD drive adapter with the retention screw holes on the rear side of the CD drive. Step 2: Place two spacers between the CD drive and CD drive adapter. Step 3: Insert two retention screws and secure the adapter to the CD drive (Figure 3-5) ACNODES ® Corp.
Figure 3-5: CD Drive Adapter Installation Step 4: The CD drive blank plate assembly is attached to the rear panel by two retention screws (Figure 3-6). Figure 3-6: CD Drive Retention Screws Step 5: Remove the two retention screws from the bottom panel and slide the CD drive blank plate assembly toward the PCI riser card until it can be lifted out of the chassis (Figure 3-7).
The two screws (black M2*3) shown in the left image of Figure 3-9 are different from the two screws (silver M2*2) shown in the right. Please secure the correct screws into the CD drive according to the images shown ACNODES ® Corp.
Figure 3-9. Step 8: Slide the CD drive into the PC 5150 and align the two retention screw holes in the side of the CD drive bracket with the retention screw holes on the bottom panel. Step 9: Reinsert the two previously removed retention screws.
The four mounting methods are fully described below. 3.7.1 Wall Mounting To mount the PC 5150 Flat panel PC onto a wall, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Select the location on the wall for the wall-mounting bracket. Step 2: Carefully mark the locations of the four bracket screw holes on the wall.
Step 6: Insert the four monitor mounting screws provided in the wall mounting kit into the four screw holes on the real panel of the monitor and tighten until the screw shank is secured against the rear panel (see Figure 3-12). Step 7: Align the mounting screws on the monitor rear panel with the mounting holes on the bracket.
Step 0: Figure 3-13: Secure the Chassis 3.7.2 Panel Mounting To mount the PC 5150 Flat panel PC into a panel, please follow the steps below. NOTE: The maximum panel thickness should be no more than 6mm.
Step 2: Cut out a section from the panel that corresponds to the rear panel dimensions of the PC 5150. Take care that the panel section that is cut out is smaller than the overall size of the metal frame that surrounds the PC 5150but just large enough for the rear panel of the PC 5150to fit through (see Figure 3-14).
Figure 3-16: Tighten the Panel Mounting Clamp Screws 3.7.3 Arm Mounting The PC 5150 is VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) compliant and can be mounted on an arm with a 100mm interface pad. To mount the PC 5150on an arm, please follow the steps below.
Step 4: Secure the PC 5150to the interface pad by inserting four retention screws through the mounting arm interface pad and into the PC 5150 Flat panel PC. 3.7.4 Cabinet and Rack Installation The PC 5150 Flat panel PC can be installed into a cabinet or rack. To do this, please...
Step 1: The back of the aluminum frame surrounding the PC 5150 Flat panel PC has 12 retention screw holes for a cabinet/rack installation bracket. NOTE: When purchasing the cabinet/rack installation bracket make sure it is compatible with both the PC 5150 Flat panel PC and the rack/cabinet into which the PC 5150is installed.
Step 5: Slide the PC 5150 Flat panel PC with the attached rack/cabinet bracket into a rack or cabinet. (See Figure 3-19) Figure 3-19: Install into a Rack/Cabinet Step 6: Once the PC 5150 Flat panel PC with the attached rack/cabinet bracket has been properly inserted into the rack or cabinet, secure the front of the rack/cabinet bracket to the front of the rack or cabinet.
PS/2 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. 3.8.5 Parallel Port Connection The parallel port is typically connected to a printer, but can also be connected to other parallel devices. ® Extreme Graphics icon, ACNODES ® Corp.
4.2 Motherboard Replacement A user cannot replace a motherboard. If the motherboard fails it must be shipped back to ACNODES to be replaced. If the system motherboard has failed, please contact the system vendor, reseller or an ACNODES sales person directly.
Step 1: Remove the PC 5150 from its mount (panel, wall, rack, arm, etc.). Step 2: The back cover is secured to the chassis with nine retention screws, eight on the rear panel and one on the bottom panel.
Step 1: Remove the back cover. See Section 4.3.1 above. Step 2: Locate the DIMM. It is on the motherboard near the top of the PC 5150 Flat screen PC. Push the white clips on the side of the DIMM down. The DIMM is...
Step 1: Remove the back cover. See Section 4.3.1 above. Step 2: Detach the elevated platform. See Section 4.3.2 above. Step 3: Remove and remove the elevated platform from the PC 5150. Step 4: Disconnect the PSU power cable connectors from the motherboard (Figure 4-8) ep 0: ACNODES ®...
Figure 4-8: PSU Motherboard Connector Step 5: The PSU module is secured to the PC 5150 Flat panel PC with four retention screws, two connect to the metal sheet at the back of the 15”TFT LCD screen (Figure 4-9) and the other two are inserted through the bottom panel and into the PSU module (Figure 4-10).
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Step 9: Place the new PSU module into the PC 5150 Flat panel PC. Step 10: Secure the new PSU module to the PC 5150 Flat panel PC by reinserting the two retention screws into the metal plate behind the 15” TFT LCD screen and the two retention screws through the bottom panel of the PC 5150 Flat panel Step 11: Reattach the elevated platform removed in Step 2.
ELETE key when the “Press Del to enter SETUP” ELETE key is pressed, restart the computer and try ELETE to select, use the “+” and “-“ keys to NTER to quit. Navigation keys are shown in. Function ACNODES ® Corp.
F2 /F3 key Change color from total 16 colors. forward. F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu Table 5-1: BIOS Navigation Keys 5.1.3 Getting Help When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item appears.
Build Date: Date the current BIOS version was made Processor: Displays auto-detected CPU specifications „ Type: Names the currently installed processor Speed: Lists the processor speed Count: The number of CPUs on the motherboard Current BIOS version Installed BIOS ID ACNODES ® Corp.
System Memory: Displays the auto-detected system memory. „ Size: Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields: Î System Time [xx:xx:xx] Use the System Time option to set the system time. Manually enter the hours, minutes and seconds.
PC 5150 Flat Panel PC USB Configuration (see Section 5.3.9) „ BIOS Menu 2: Advanced 5.3.1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) to view detailed CPU specifications and configure the CPU. ACNODES ® Corp.
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BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) lists the following CPU details: Manufacturer: Lists the name of the CPU manufacturer „ Brand String: Lists the brand name of the CPU being used „ Frequency: Lists the CPU processing speed „...
Disables legacy OSes that cannot support CPUs with extended CUPID functions from booting up Enables legacy OSes that cannot support CPUs with extended CUPID functions to boot up Disables the use of hyper threading Enables the use of hyper threading ACNODES ® Corp.
BIOS Menu 4: IDE Configuration Î IDE Configuration [P-ATA Only] Use IDE Configuration option to setup the configuration of the hard drive interfaces. Î Disabled Î P-ATA Only EFAULT Î S-ATA Only Î P-ATA & S-ATA Î S-ATA Running Enhanced Mode [Yes] Use S-ATA Running Enhanced Mode option to select whether the S-ATA interface is running in enhanced mode or legacy mode.
IDE channels. ./P1-4 Set the physical ports (PO/PI) to be 3 EFAULT Set the physical ports (PO/PI) to be 4 The S-ATA interface cannot be configured as RAID drive. The S-ATA interface can be configured as RAID drive. ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] The Hard Disk Write Protect BIOS option protects the hard disks from being overwritten. This menu item is only effective if the device is accessed through the BIOS. Î Disabled EFAULT Î Enabled Î IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] The IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) BIOS option specifies the maximum time (in seconds) the AMI BIOS will search for IDE devices.
IDE disk drive are used to detect the type of IDE cable used. The motherboard onboard IDE controller detects the type of IDE cable used. The IDE disk drive to detects the type of IDE cable used. ACNODES ® Corp.
BIOS Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration Î Auto-Detected Drive Parameters The “grayed-out” items in the left frame are IDE disk drive parameters automatically detected from the firmware of the selected IDE disk drive. The drive parameters are listed as follows: Device: Lists the device type (e.g.
This option specifies an ATAPI Removable Media Device. These include, but are not limited to: Î Î LS-120 BIOS is prevented from using the LBA mode control on the specified channel. BIOS auto detects the LBA mode control on the specified channel. ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Block (Multi Sector Transfer) [Auto] Use the Block (Multi Sector Transfer) to disable or enable BIOS to auto detect if the device supports multi-sector transfers. Î Disabled Î Auto EFAULT Î PIO Mode [Auto] Use the PIO Mode option to select the IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller.
BIOS auto detects HDD SMART support. Prevents BIOS from using the HDD SMART feature. Allows BIOS to use the HDD SMART feature Prevents the BIOS from using 32-bit data transfers. Allows BIOS to use 32-bit data transfers on supported hard disk drives. ACNODES ® Corp.
BIOS Menu 6: Floppy Configuration Î Floppy A [1.44 MB 3½”] The Floppy A configuration option determines the types of the floppy drive installed in the system. The following configuration options are available. Disabled (default) „ 360 KB 5¼” „ 1.2 MB 5¼”...
Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Use the Serial Port2 Address option to select the Serial Port 2 base address. Î Disabled Î 2F8/IRQ3 EFAULT Î 3E8/IRQ4 Î 2E8/IRQ3 Î Serial Port2 Mode [Normal] Use the Serial Port2 Mode option to select the Serial Port2 operational mode. Î...
Î 200h Digital I/O address is 200h Î 220h Digital I/O address is 220h Î 240h Digital I/O address is 240h Î 260h Digital I/O address is 260h Î 280h Digital I/O address is 280h EFAULT Î Serial Port3 Address [3E8] Use the Serial Port3 Address option to select the base addresses for serial port 3 Î...
No base address is assigned to serial port 5 Serial port 5 I/O port address is 3E8 Serial port 5 I/O port address is 2E8 Serial port 5 I/O port address is 2F0 Serial port 5 I/O port address is 2E0 ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Serial port 5 IRQ address is 10 Î Serial port 5 IRQ address is 11 EFAULT Î Serial Port6 Address [2E0] Use the Serial Port6 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 6. Î Disabled Î Î...
System Temperature Fan Speeds: The CPU cooling fan speed is monitored. „ Fan1 Speed Fan2 Speed Fan3 Speed Voltages: The following system voltages are monitored „ Vcore Disables the health monitoring function Enables the health monitoring function ACNODES ® Corp.
+1.50V +3.30V +5.00V +12.0V 5VSB 5.3.6 ACPI Configuration The ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 9) configures the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and Power Management (APM) options. BIOS Menu 9: ACPI Configuration 5.3.6.1 General ACPI Configuration Use the General ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 10) to select the ACPI state when the system is suspended.
Use the Advanced ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 11) to select the ACPI state when the system is suspended. The system enters S1(POS) sleep state. The system appears off. The CPU is stopped; RAM is refreshed; the system is running in a low power mode. ACNODES ® Corp.
BIOS Menu 11: Advanced ACPI Configuration [Advanced\ ACPI Configuration] Î ACPI 2.0 Features [No] Use the ACPI 2.0 Features option to enable the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) features. By enabling this feature the system RSDP (Root System Description Pointer) is able to obtain physical addresses for other 64-bit fixed system description tables.
IRQ" interrupt event is made via the APIC. Pointers to the AMI OEMB table are not provided in the RSDT and the XSDT Pointers to the AMI OEMB table are provided in the RSDT and the XSDT ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Disabled EFAULT Î Enabled 5.3.7 MPS Configuration Use the MPS Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 12) to select `he multi-processor table. BIOS Menu 12: MPS Configuration Î MPS Revision [1.4] Use the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) for OS option to specify the MPS version to be used.
Remote access configuration options shown below appear: Î Serial Port Number Î Serial Port Mode Î Flow Control Î Redirection after BIOS POST Î Terminal Type Î VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support These configuration options are discussed below. ACNODES ® Corp.
BIOS Menu 13: USB Configuration Î USB Configuration The USB Configuration field shows the system USB configuration. The items listed are: Module Version: x.xxxxx.xxxxx „ Î USB Devices Enabled The USB Devices Enabled field lists the USB devices that are enabled on the system Î...
USB function support six USB ports USB function support eight USB ports Legacy USB support disabled Legacy USB support enabled Legacy USB support disabled if no USB devices are connected USB 2.0 controller enabled USB 2.0 controller disabled ACNODES ® Corp.
may cause the system to malfunction. BIOS Menu 14: PCI/PnP Configuration Î Plug & Play O/S [No] Use the Plug & Play O/S BIOS option to specify whether system plug and play devices are configured by the operating system or the BIOS. Î...
PCI devices are informed that an ISA based Graphics device is installed in the system so the ISA based Graphics card functions correctly. This does not necessarily indicate a physical ISA adapter card. The graphics chipset can be mounted on a PCI card. Always ACNODES ® Corp.
Î PCI IDE Bus-Master [Disabled] Use the PCI IDE Bus-Master BIOS option to enable or prevent PCI IDE bus-mastering. Î Disabled EFAULT Î Enabled Î Off-Board PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] Use the Off-Board PCI/ISA IDE Card BIOS option to select the Off-Board PCI/ISA IDE Card.
Board PCI IDE adapter card. Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 6. The specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Available EFAULT Î Reserved Available DMA Channels are: DM Channel 0 „ DM Channel 1 „ DM Channel 3 „ DM Channel 5 „ DM Channel 6 „ DM Channel 7 „ Î Reserved Memory Size [Disabled] Use the Reserved Memory Size BIOS option to specify the amount of memory that should be reserved for legacy ISA devices.
PC 5150 Flat Panel PC BIOS Menu 15: Boot 5.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 16) to configure advanced system boot options. ACNODES ® Corp.
BIOS Menu 16: Boot Settings Configuration Î Quick Boot [Enabled] Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer speed up the boot process. Î Disabled Î Enabled EFAULT Î Quiet Boot [Disabled] Use the Quiet Boot BIOS option to select the screen display when the system boots. Î...
The system forces third party BIOS to display during system boot. The system displays normal information during system boot. PS/2 mouse support is disabled and prevented from using system resources. Allows the system to use a PS/2 mouse. ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Auto EFAULT 5.5.2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu (BIOS Menu 17) to specify the boot sequence from the available devices. Possible boot devices may include: FLOPPY DRIVE „ „ CD/DVD „ BIOS Menu 17: Boot Device Priority Setting The system auto-adjusts PS/2 mouse support.
The boot sequence from the available devices is selected. If the “1st Drive” option is selected a list of available FDDs is shown. Select the first FDD the system boots from. If the “1st Drive” is not used for booting this option may be disabled. BIOS Menu 18: Removable Drives ACNODES ® Corp.
5.6 Security Use the Security menu (BIOS Menu 19) to set system and user passwords. BIOS Menu 19: Security Î Change Supervisor Password Use the Change Supervisor Password to set or change a supervisor password. The default for this option is Not Installed. If a supervisor password must be installed, select this field and enter the password.
Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction. BIOS Menu 20: Chipset 5.7.1 North Bridge Configuration Use the North Bridge Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 21) to configure the north bridge chipset. ACNODES ® Corp.
BIOS Menu 21: North Bridge Chipset Configuration Î DRAM Frequency [Auto] Use the DRAM Frequency option to specify the DRAM frequency or allow the system to automatically detect the DRAM frequency. Î 200MHz Î 266MHz Î 333MHz Î Auto EFAULT Î...
DRAM timing parameters are manually set using the DRAM sub-items DRAM timing parameter are set according to the DRAM Serial Presence Detect (SPD) Memory is not reserved for ISA expansion cards Between 15MB and 16MB of memory is reserved for ISA expansion cards EFAULT ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enable, 8MB] Use the Internal Graphic Mode Select option to specify the amount of system memory that can be used by the Internal graphics device. Î Disable Î Enable, 1MB Enable, 4MB Enable, 8MB EFAULT Enable, 16MB Î...
Î OnBoard AC97 Audio [Auto] Use the OnBoard AC97 Audio option to enable or disable the AC’97 CODEC. Î Auto EFAULT Î Disabled 5.8 Power The Power menu (BIOS Menu 23) allows the advanced power management options to be configured. BIOS Menu 23: Power Î...
The video can be turned off in the Suspend mode The hard disk cannot be turned off in the Suspend or Standby mode The hard disk can be turned off in the Standby mode The hard disk can be turned off in the Suspend mode EFAULT ACNODES ® Corp.
2 Min „ 4 Min „ 8 Min „ 10 Min „ 20 Min „ 30 Min „ 40 Min „ 50 Min „ 60 Min „ Î Suspend Time Out [Disabled] The Suspend Time Out option specifies what length of time without activity on certain components will place those components in a suspended state.
If it was off, it remains off. Wake event not generated by an incoming call Wake event generated by an incoming call Wake event not generated by PCI PME controller activity Wake event generated by PCI PME controller activity ACNODES ® Corp.
Î Disabled EFAULT Î Enabled 5.9 Exit Use the Exit menu (BIOS Menu 24) to load default BIOS values, optimal failsafe values and to save configuration changes. BIOS Menu 24:Exit The real time clock (RTC) cannot generate a wake event If selected, the following appears with values that can be selected: Î...
Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program. Î Load Optimal Defaults Use the Load Optimal Defaults option to load the optimal default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. F9 key can be used for this operation. ACNODES ® Corp.
The PC 5150 Flat panel PC motherboard comes with a number of peripheral interface connectors and configuration jumpers listed in Chapter 2. The pin outs for these connectors are listed below: A.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector EMBEDED board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain driver connector cable.
A.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector Four IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives can be attached to the EMBEDED IDE controller. IDE1, IDE2: Primary, Secondary IDE Connector Description RESET# DATA 7 DATA 6 DATA 5 DATA 4 DATA 3 DATA 2 DATA 1 DATA 0...
The EMBEDED offers six high speed NS16C550 compatible UARTs with Read/Receive 16 byte FIFO serial port (COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4/COM5/COM6) COM1: Serial Port 2x5 pin header Connector Description Description DATA 0 DATA 2 DATA 4 DATA 6 ACKNOWLEDGE PAPER EMPTY AUTO FORM FEED # INITIALIZE Description ACNODES ® Corp.
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CN20A: Serial Port DB-9 Male Connector (COM1) Description DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD) RECEIVE DATA (RXD) TRANSMIT DATA (TXD) DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR) GROUND (GND) DATA SET READY (DSR) REQUEST TO SEND (RTS) CLEAR TO SEND (CTS) RING INDICATOR (RI) COM2: Serial Port 2 x 5 Pin Header Connector COM2 Support three modes: RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 (For 2 x 5 pin header connector) RS-232 Mode...
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RTX+ CN20B: Serial Port DB-9 Male Connector (COM2) COM2 supports three modes: RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 (via DB-9 Connector) RS-232 Mode Description RS-422 Mode Description TXD- TXD+ RS-485 Mode Description RTX- Description Voltage Description Description Voltage Description ACNODES ® Corp.
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RTX+ COM3: Serial Port 2x5 Pin Header Connector Description COM4: Serial Port 2x5 Pin Header Connector Description CN22: Serial Port DB-9 Male Connector (COM4) Description DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD) RECEIVE DATA (RXD) TRANSMIT DATA (TXD) DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR) GROUND (GND) DATA SET READY (DSR) REQUEST TO SEND (RTS) CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)
EMBEDED provides one keyboard and one mouse box header connector, as well as external keyboard & Mouse connectors. CN23A (Purple): Extended Keyboard 6-pin Mini Din Connector Description KB DATA KB CLOCK CN23B (Green): Extended Mouse 6-pin Mini Din Connector Description Description ACNODES ® Corp.
Description MS DATA MS CLOCK CN16: 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector Description KB CLOCK KB DATA CN15: PS/2 Mouse 5-pin Header Connector Description MS CLOCK MS DATA A.6 External Switches and Indicators CN8: Multi Panel Description SPEAKER Description POWER-VCC KEYLOCK...
Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) interface. FIR or ASKIR model in the Peripheral Setup COM2 in BIOS. Then the normal RS-232 COM2 will be disabled. ATX POWER CONTROL ATX 5VSB ATX 5VSB To use the IrDA port, configure the ACNODES ® Corp.
IR1: IrDA Connector Description IR-RX IR-TX A.9 VGA Connector The EMBEDED provides one DB-15 female connector and one built-in 10-pin VGA box header connector that can be connected directly to a monochrome CRT monitor as well as high resolution color CRT monitor. VGA1: DB-15 Female VGA Connector Description BLUE...
BIOS. These connectors can supply 12V/500mA to the cooling fans. FAN1: CPU Fan Connector Description Linear control Fan Sensor FAN2: System Fan Connector PC 5150 Flat Panel PC Description N/C (or MDX2-) RX- (or MDX1-) N/C (or MDX3+) N/C (or MDX3-) MDX2- MDX1-...
CN2: Audio LINE OUT (2.54mm) Description LINEOUT_L CN24: Audio Jack Color Description MIC IN BLUE LINE IN GREEN SPEAK OUT A.15 Digital Input / Output CN6: Digital Input / Output Description CLK2M LCD_VDD LCD_VDD Description CD IN_R Description LINE OUT_R Description ACNODES ® Corp.
This connector supports the ATX power. Functions such as modem Ring on, and wake-up LAN and soft power off are supported. PW1: ATX-12V Power Connector Description +12V NOTE: The power from PW1 should support at least 6.5A GROUND Description 3.3V 3.3V Power good 5VSB +12V Description +12V ACNODES ® Corp.
PC 5150 Flat Panel PC Appendix B BIOS Configuration Options...
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32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] ...86 Floppy A [1.44 MB 3½”]...87 On Board Floppy Controller [Enabled] ...88 Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] ...88 Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] ...89 Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]...89 Parallel Port Address [378] ...89 ./P1-4 .] ...80 ACNODES ® Corp.
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Parallel Port Mode [Normal]...90 Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]...90 Digital I/O Address [280h] ...90 Serial Port3 Address [3E8]...91 Serial Port3 IRQ [11] ...91 Serial Port4 Address [2E8]...91 Serial Port4 IRQ [10] ...92 Serial Port5 Address [2F0] ...92 Serial Port5 IRQ [11] ...92 Serial Port6 Address [2E0]...93 Serial Port6 IRQ [10] ...93 H/W Health Function [Enabled] ...94...
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PC 5150 Flat Panel PC PCI Latency Timer [64] ... 104 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] ... 104 Palette Snooping [Disabled] ... 104 PCI IDE BusMaster [Disabled] ... 105 OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] ... 105 IRQ# [Available]... 106 DMA Channel# [Available] ...
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PC 5150 Flat Panel PC Resume on PME# [Disabled] ... 122 Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled]... 122 RTC Alarm Date (Days) ... 123 System Time ... 123 Save Changes and Exit ... 124 Discard Changes and Exit ... 124 Discard Changes... 124...
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To install the touch panel software driver, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Insert the driver CD that came with the PPC-3712 into the CD drive. Step 2: Once the CD drive is installed, the screen in Figure C-1 appears. ACNODES ® Corp.
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Figure C-1: Driver CD Pop Up Screen Step 3: Select the operating system installed on the system from the menu on the left side of the screen. NOTE: The following description is for driver installation using a Windows 2000 OS. If a different OS is installed, please refer to the driver user manual for the relevant OS.
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Figure C-3: Welcome Screen Step 6: To continue the installation process click N Step 7: An Install PS/2 interface driver screen appears (Figure C-4). It is not necessary to install the PS/2 interface driver. To continue click N ACNODES ® Corp.
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Figure C-4: Install PS/2 Interface Driver Step 8: Four point calibration options are then selected. Four point calibrations can be done every time a user boots up, during the next time the system boots or never. Select if and when a four-point calibration should be done. Click N continue.
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Step 10: The user is then prompted to select a file directory in which the touch kit controller is installed (Figure C-7). The default directory is “C:\Program Files\TouchKit.” If a different folder must be used, select browse and then select the folder. Once the folder is selected, click Next to continue. ACNODES ® Corp.
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Figure C-7: Controller Installation Directory Step 11: The user is then prompted to select a file directory in which the program icons are saved (Figure C-8). The default folder is “TouchKit.” If a different folder must be used, select a folder from the list shown. Once the folder is selected, click to continue.
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PC 5150 Flat Panel PC Figure C-8: Program Icon Directory Step 12: The program then starts installing (Figure C-9). Figure C-9: Installing Step 13: Once the program is finished installing, the user is prompted to restart the ACNODES ® Corp.
computer now or to restart the computer later (Figure C-10). Select when the computer should be restarted and click F procedure. Figure C-10: Installation Complete C.3 Touch Panel Driver Configuration To configure the touch panel driver options, refer to the TouchKit user manual located on the driver installation CD.
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