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Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Revision History Version Description Date V1.0 First release Nov. 23, 2022 1. Modified Wi-Fi AP mode test steps V1.1 2. Added LED indicator (HA) and WDT debugging Jan.
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Table of Contents Foreword ............................1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................5 Product Overview ......................6 Terminology ........................6 Block Diagram ........................7 Specifications ........................
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Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.1.2 Serial port ........................26 3.1.3 USB interface ........................27 Ethernet .......................... 28 3.2.1 1Gbps Ethernet jack ....................... 28 3.2.2 10Gbps SFP port ......................28 Wi-Fi ..........................
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Email: sales@vantrontech.com Symbology This manual uses the following signs to prompt users to pay special attention to relevant information. Caution for latent damage to system or harm to personnel Attention to important information or regulations VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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The use or placement of the operation tools shall comply with the code of practice of such tools to avoid short circuit of the Product. Cut off the power before inspection of the Product to avoid human injury or product • damage. VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Clean with a damp cloth • Do not try to clean exposed electronic components unless with a dust collector Power off and contact Vantron technical support engineer in case of the following faults: The Product is damaged • The temperature is excessively high •...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
The Board implements an M.2 B-Key slot for 4G/5G cellular communication. The integrated technologies and pre-validated solutions of VT-SBC-C3558R enable industrial, energy, aerospace, robotics, public sector, and other customers with demanding edge IoT workloads to easily extract value from data, reduce time to market, and innovate new connected technologies faster.
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 1.3 Block Diagram VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
RAM, storage capacity, and other configurations of the board. 1.8 Environmental Specifications VT-SBC-C3558R works at a temperature ranging from 0℃ to +50℃ and is designed to work and be stored at relative humidity of 10% to 85% for non-condensing purpose. VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 2 CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
F_Panel connector RS485 termination resistor RS232/485 DC in (21) Micro SIM slot (16) (20) (20) Reset Console indicator indicator ON/OFF 6 x Ethernet jack 2 x USB 2.0 2 x SFP (22) DDR4 SO-DIMM socket VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
GB RAM. 2.2.2 eMMC Flash VT-SBC-C3558R provides an eMMC 5.0 flash with 32GB capacity by default. It is used as the default boot and storage device. There are additional two SATA 3.0 connectors and an M.2 B-Key (2280) on the Board for users to expand the storage capacity.
2.4.1 J66 Power jack (1) VT-SBC-C3558R implements a power jack that supports wide input voltage range to supply power for the Board. The recommended input power is 19V @3.24A DC. Specification: 2.5mmD, 5.5mmD, 5A, 24V, M, Lock, RA, -20~70℃, THR, RoHS...
Console port with an RJ45 to USB adapter. The software device name of the Consoles port is /ttyS2. Specification: Retention: 7.7kg, Durability: 750 mating cycles mini, 0 LED, F-SHLD, F, RA, IND, THR, RoHS Pinout description: Name Type Description CONSOLE_TXD1_R RS232 TX Ground CONSOLE_RXD1_R RS232 RX VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
(optional) (default) 2.4.6 J51 SFP connectors + cage (6) VT-SBC-C3558R offers an expansion option to customers to have two 10Gb SFP connectors with cages in stacked configuration. The SFP connectors support hot plug for data transmission. Specification: SFP + CAGE, RA, WDT, THR, RoHS VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.4.7 J71 RS232 & RS485 (7) VT-SBC-C3558R offers an RS232 & RS485 connector which is connected to the host PC via a USB to serial converter. RS232 corresponds to node /ttyS0 and RS485 to node /ttyS1 in the software environment.
Ground +V12S +12VDC POWER 2.4.11 J52 M.2 B-Key (11) VT-SBC-C3558R implements an M.2 B-Key (2280) slot, supporting SATA bus to connect an SSD card for storage expansion. Specification: KEY B, 75P, 0.5mm, 6.4mmH, WDT, SMT, RoHS VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual...
| Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.4.12 J60 M.2 E-Key (12) VT-SBC-C3558R implements an M.2 E-Key (2242) slot, supporting PCIe x1 bus to connect a Wi-Fi or supporting USB 2.0 to connect a Bluetooth...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.4.15 J69/J70 Power connector (15) VT-SBC-C3558R offers two power connectors to supply 12V DC to the board. One could be used as the backup power supply in case of any failure on the other.
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Note: Unless CMOS is being cleared (only to be done in the G3 power state) or the battery is low, the signal input must always be high when all other RTC power planes are on. VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Description SATA LED+ 3.3VDC SATA LED Power SYSTEM LED+ 3.3VDC SYSTEM LED Power SATA LED- SATA LED Signal SYSTEM LED- SYSTEM LED Signal Ground PBTN_IN# Power Button Signal Input SYS_REST# Reset Button Signal Input Ground VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 3 FIRST-USE DEBUGGING VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
1. Connect the Console port of the Board to an Ubuntu host using an RJ45 to USB adapter; 2. Power up the Board; 3. Test if the Console port works properly. # echo "this is console com" > /dev/ttyS2 this is console com VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.1.2 Serial port VT-SBC-C3558R offers a connector that consists of an RS232 and an RS485, corresponding to ttyS0 and ttyS1 as to the device names, respectively. Please refer to 2.4.7 for the pinout description of the connector.
Display details of the partitions on the USB device: $ fdisk -l Mount a USB device to a specified directory (e.g., /mnt): $ mount /dev/xxx /mnt Check the mounted content: $ ls /mnt Unmount the USB device: $ umount /dev/xxx VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
2. Test the bandwidth of the network by sending 1000MB of data to the iperf server (Ubuntu host). # iperf -c 192.168.9.171 -n 1000M //replace the IP address with that of the iperf server (Ubuntu host) VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
| Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.3 Wi-Fi VT-SBC-C3558R implements an M.2 E-Key (2242) slot, supporting PCIe x1 bus to connect a Wi-Fi or supporting USB2.0 to connect a Bluetooth...
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172.20.10.2 udhcpc: lease of 172.20.10.2 obtained, lease time 86400 ip: RTNETLINK answers: File exists /etc/udhcpc.d/50default: Adding DNS 172.20.10.1 6. Add a default route; # route add default gw 172.20.10.1 VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
# ifconfig wlan0 192.168.100.2 up 1. Open the hostapd.conf file; # vi hostapd.conf 2. Edit the SSID and password for the Board; # vi hostapd.conf interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 ssid=vt-sbc-c3558-AP hw_mode=g channel= 11 dtim_period= 1 rts_threshold=2347 fragm_threshold=2346 auth_algs=3 wpa= 1 VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr f0:57:a6:26:8e:91 and ssid "vt-sbc-c3558-AP" IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED wlan0: AP-ENABLED root@vt-sbc-c3558r:~# pcieport 0000:00:09.0: AER: Multiple Corrected error received: id=0048 pcieport 0000:00:09.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=0048(Receiver ID) pcieport 0000:00:09.0: device [8086:19a4] error status/mask=00000001/00002000...
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 480M |__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M |__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M 2. Enable the Bluetooth service; # hciconfig hci0 up # hciconfig VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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# dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/bt_test.txt bs=1M count=10 conv=fsync 10+0 records in 10+0 records out 10485760 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.107421 s, 97.6 MB/s # ls /root/ -lh total 10M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10M Mar 31 08:30 bt_test.txt VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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[CHG] Transfer /org/bluez/obex/client/session0/transfer0 Transferred: 824027 (@242KB/s 00:38) [CHG] Transfer /org/bluez/obex/client/session0/transfer0 Transferred: 1058318 (@234KB/s 00:39) [CHG] Transfer /org/bluez/obex/client/session0/transfer0 Transferred: 1308767 (@250KB/s 00:35) ..[CHG] Transfer /org/bluez/obex/client/session0/transfer0 Transferred: 10485760 (@242KB/s 00:00) [CHG] Transfer /org/bluez/obex/client/session0/transfer0 Status: complete [DEL] Transfer /org/bluez/obex/client/session0/transfer0 [2C:48:81:F9:9B:26]# VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
[2C:48:81:F9:9B:26]# 3.5 Cellular Network VT-SBC-C3558R implements an M.2 B-Key (3042) slot, supporting PCIe x1/USB 3.0 bus to connect a 4G/5G cellular module for wireless communication. Before you set up the cellular network, please insert a cellular module to the M.2 B-Key slot, install the antennas and plug in an activated SIM card.
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# minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB2 -b 115200 Welcome to minicom 2.7.1 OPTIONS: I18n Compiled on Mar 23 2023, 12:01:16. Port /dev/ttyUSB2, 09:47:34 Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys AT+CPIN? check if the SIM card is inserted +CPIN: READY VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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5. Figure out the name of the RNDIS adapter/network interface (often after "USB interface" or "Ethernet gadget"); # dmesg | grep usb …….. [ 9.164534] cdc_ether 2-1:1.4 usb0 6. Get up usb0; # ifconfig usb0 up VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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64 bytes from 39.156.66.14 (39.156.66.14): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=70.4 ms 64 bytes from 39.156.66.14 (39.156.66.14): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=82.2 ms 64 bytes from 39.156.66.14 (39.156.66.14): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=70.9 ms 64 bytes from 39.156.66.14 (39.156.66.14): icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=69.6 ms VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.6 SATA VT-SBC-C3558R implements two SATA 3.0 connectors for expansion of the storage. Before you debug the SATA connectors, please use a SATA power splitter to connect an SSD card to either of the SATA 3.0 connectors and the SATA power connector next to it.
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.7 M.2 SSD VT-SBC-C3558R implements an M.2 B-Key (2280) slot, supporting SATA bus to connect an SSD card for storage expansion. Before you debug the slot, please insert an SSD card to the slot. Please refer to 3.6 for the commands that might be used for the debugging.
1. Open the watchdog and set timeout to 1 min; # ec_wdt_tools -T 1 -t 1 enable ec watchdog, timeout:1 min 2. Close the watchdog; # ec_wdt_tools -T 0 disable ec watchdog 3. Feed the watchdog. # ec_wdt_tools -T 2 feed ec watchdog VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
2. Turn off the bypass indicator. # gpio_tools -T 0 -s 0 3.10.2 HA indicator The HA indicator is below the bypass indicator. 1. Turn on HA_LED; # gpio_tools 1 2. Turn off HA_LED. # gpio_tools 0 VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM UPGRADE VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
6. Use the dd command to write the image file to the USB flash drive; 7. Synchronize the data to the USB flash drive (sync); 8. Unplug the USB flash drive and re-plug it to the Ubuntu host; VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
4. Plug the bootable USB flash drive into the USB 2.0 interface of the Board, then insert a USB keyboard into the USB 2.0 interface of the Board; 5. Power up the Board and press ESC repeatedly to enter BIOS setup when the following image shows up; VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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8. If the system starts properly from the USB flash drive, the system will show “install”, suggesting that image flashing is about to start; 9. Press Enter or leave it for about 5 seconds, and the system will start to flash the image; VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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11. The system is supposed to be installed to the eMMC flash, so input mmcblk0 as the install target and wait for the completion of the process; 12. After completion, unplug the USB flash drive first and then press Enter as indicated, and the system will reboot automatically. VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 5 DISPOSAL AND PRODUCT WARRANTY VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
& electronic waste recycling/disposal center. Proper disposal of this sort of waste helps avoid harm and adverse effect upon surroundings and people’s health. Please contact local organizations or recycling/disposal center for more recycling/disposal methods of related products. VT-SBC-C3558R | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
CUSTOMER’s location and no Product so inspected shall be returned to VANTRON unless the cause for the rejection or defect is determined to be the responsibility of VANTRON. VANTRON shall in turn provide the CUSTOMER turnaround shipment on defective Product within fourteen (14) working days upon its receipt at VANTRON.
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