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User Manual ARK-2121F Fanless Embedded Box PC...
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This package contains a hard-copy user manual in Chinese for China CCC certification purposes, and please download the latest English user manual and driver on below website: http://www2.advantech.com/products/ark-2000_series_embedded_box_pcs/ ark-2121f/mod_eb8fd822-1cca-4006-8ac1-def225eb4f59.aspx. Please disregard the Chinese hard copy user manual if the product is not to be sold and/or installed in China. 甲類警語:...
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The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2015 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice.
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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.
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Technical Support and Assistance Visit the Advantech web site at www.advantech.com/support 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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Plug, 0 ~ 40° C for Home and Office Use 1700001524 Power cable 3-pin 180 cm, USA 170203183C Power cable 3-pin 180 cm, Europe 170203180A Power cable 3-pin 180 cm, UK AMK-R004E DIN-rail mounting kit AMK-V004E VESA mounting kit 1652003635 10 PIN DIO connector ARK-2121F User Manual...
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RESTRICTED ACCESS AREA: The equipment should only be installed in a Restricted Access Area. DISCLAIMER: This set of instructions is given according to IEC 704-1. Advan- tech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein. ARK-2121F User Manual...
9-36VDC, wide temperature range -20 ~ 70° C, diverse expandability options, and structural strengthening. ARK-2121F enlarges the surface of the top cover and conductive cyl- inder to create maximum cooling effects for optimized cooling efficiency. It also pro- vides rich I/O interfaces: up to 6 x USB, 2 x GbE, 6 x COM, and supports high capacity 2.5”...
4.0 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-2121F User Manual...
Figure 1.1 ARK-2121F Mechanical dimension drawing 1.4.2 Weight 2.3 kg (5.06 lb) Power Requirement 1.5.1 System Power Minimum power input: – ARK-2121F: DC 9 - 36 V, 5 A - 1.2 A 1.5.2 RTC Battery Lithium 3 V/210 mAH ARK-2121F User Manual...
2.2.1 Jumper Description You may configure ARK-2121F to match the needs of your application 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.
Figure 2.1 Jumper Layout 2.2.4 Jumper Setting At Mother Board Auto Power On Setting Part Number 1653002101 Footprint HD_3x2P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 2*1P 180D(M)SQUARE 2.0mm DIP W/O Pb Setting Function Power On by power button (1-2)* Auto Power On (default) ARK-2121F User Manual...
Clear CMOS Part Number 1600000071 Footprint SW_3P_CJS-1201TA1 Description CJS-1201TA1 Setting Function NC (Default) RTC_TEST# GND (Clear CMOS) Connectors 2.3.1 ARK-2121F External I/O Connectors ARK-2121F: Figure 2.2 ARK-2121F IO connectors drawing ARK-2121F User Manual...
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ARK-2121F provides four D-sub 9-pin connectors, which offers 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 setting in Chapter 3.4.2 for ARK-2121F. The RS-422/485 mode of ARK-2121F COM1~COM6 can be supported via BIOS set- ting.
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2.3.1.2 Ethernet Connector (LAN) ARK-2121F is equipped with two Ethernet controllers that are fully compliant with IEEE 802.3u 10/100/1000 Mbps CSMA/CD standards. LAN1, LAN2 are all equipped with Intel i210 Ethernet controller. The Ethernet port provides a standard RJ-45 jack connector with LED indicators on the front side to show its Active/Link status (Green LED) and Speed status (Yellow LED).
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USB_data- USB_data+ 2.3.1.5 VGA Connector The ARK-2121F provides a high resolution VGA interface connected by a D-sub 15- pin connector to support a VGA CRT monitor. It supports display resolutions of up to 2048 x 1152. Figure 2.7 VGA Connector Table 2.6: VGA Connector Pin Assignments...
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2.3.1.6 Power Input Connector ARK-2121F comes with a two pins header that carries 9 ~ 36 VDC external power input. Figure 2.8 Power Input Connector Table 2.7: Power connector Pin Assignments Signal Name +9 - 36 V 2.3.1.7 Power ON/OFF Button ARK-2121F comes with a Power On/Off button, that supports dual functions of Soft Power -On/Off (Instant off or Delay 4 Second), and Suspend.
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2.3.1.9 DIO Connector ARK-2121F offer 8 PIN Isolated DIO and 2 PIN Ground. Type: 0~3 PIN; DI; 4~7 PIN DO: 8~9 PIN Ground. Input Voltage: 0 to 30 VDC at 25 Hz *Isolation level: 3kV Digital Output levels for Wet contacts: ...
Installation 2.4.1 HDD Installation Unscrew the six screws on the bottom cover. Slide the 2.5" SATA HDD into the HDD bay on the bottom cover. ARK-2121F User Manual...
Screw the four screws on the side of HDD bracket. The screws are used to fix the HDD on the bracket. (The screws are in the accessory box.) Recover the bottom cover and screws. 2.4.2 Memory Installation Unscrew the four screws on the top cover. ARK-2121F User Manual...
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Unscrew the four screws on the right and left side of top cover Remove the top cover Install DDR3L memory in to the system Recover the top chassis. ARK-2121F User Manual...
2.4.3 mSATA Installation Unscrew the six screws on the bottom cover. Put the mSATA module in mSATA slot (CN16) Screw 2 screws on the mSATA module. ARK-2121F User Manual...
BIOS Setup With the AMIBIOS setup program, you can modify BIOS settings and control the var- ious system features. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the ARK-2121F BIOS setup screens. Figure 3.1 Setup program initial screen AMI's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration.
Date using the <Arrow> keys. Enter new values through the keyboard. Press the <Tab> key or the <Arrow> keys to move between fields. The date must be entered in MM/DD/YY format. The time must be entered in HH:MM:SS format. ARK-2121F User Manual...
Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the ARK-2121F setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
Enable Hibernation 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 devices' resources. ARK-2121F User Manual...
Set Parameters of Serial Port 1 (COMA). Serial Port 2 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 2 (COMB). Serial Port 3 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 3 (COMC). Serial Port 4 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 4 (COMD). ARK-2121F User Manual...
This page display all information about system Temperature/Voltage/Current. EC Power Saving Mode This item allows users to set board’s power saving mode when off. EC Watch Dog Function This item allows users to select EC watchdog timer. 3.4.4 S5 RTC Wake Settings ARK-2121F User Manual...
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 This item allows users to configuration console redirection detail settings. ARK-2121F User Manual...
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Enable the mid level cache(L2) prefetching of adjacent cache lines. Intel Virtualization Technology When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology. Power Technology Enable the power management features. ARK-2121F User Manual...
3.4.7 PPM Configuration CPU C state Report Enable/Disable CPU C state report to OS. Max CPU C-state This option controls Max C state that the processor will support. ARK-2121F User Manual...
SATA Mode Select IDE / AHCI. Serial-ATA Port 0 / Port1 Enable / Disable Serial ATA Port0 / Port1. SATA Port 0 / Port1 HotPlug Enable / Disable SATA Port0 / Port1 hotplug function. ARK-2121F User Manual...
Storage 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-2121F User Manual...
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-2121F User Manual...
Select AC power state when power is re-applied after a power failure. Serial IRQ Mode Configure Serial IRQ Mode. Global SMI Lock Enable or Disable SMI lock. BIOS Read/Write Protection Enable or Disable BIOS SPI region read/write protect. ARK-2121F User Manual...
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Enabled = Azalia will be unconditionally Enabled. Auto = Azalia will be enabled if present disabled otherwise. Azalia HDMI Codec Enable/Disable internal HDMI codec for Azalia HDMI Port B Enable/Disable HDMI Port B HDMI Port C Enable/Disable HDMI Port C ARK-2121F User Manual...
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Control the USB EHCI (USB 2.0) functions. One EHCI controller must always be enabled. USB Per Port Control Control each of the USB ports (1~4). Enable: Enable USB per port; Disable: Use USB port X settings. ARK-2121F User Manual...
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3.5.2.3 PCI Express Configuration PCI Express Port0 / Port2 Enable or Disable the PCI Express Port0 / Port 2 in the Chipset. Speed Configure PCIe Port Speed. ARK-2121F User Manual...
Security Setup Select Security Setup from the ARK-2121F Setup main BIOS setup menu. All Secu- rity Setup options, such as password protection is described in this section. To access the sub menu for the following items, select the item and press <Enter>: ...
This means the default boot selec- tion is not automatically started by the firmware. Bootup NumLock State Select the keyboard NumLock state. Quiet Boot Enables or disables Quiet Boot option. Boot Option #1 Sets the system boot order. ARK-2121F User Manual...
This item allows you to save the changes done so far as user defaults. Restore User Defaults This item allows you to restore the user defaults to all the options. Boot Override Boot device select can override your boot priority. ARK-2121F User Manual...
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