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Cat. No. V06-EN-02
NSA1_-TX01B-E/S-E
NSA1_-TX1_B-E/S-E
NSA-CPU_-E
NSA-TY_B/S
DyaloX Industrial PC
QUICK START GUIDE

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  • Page 1 Cat. No. V06-EN-02 NSA1_-TX01B-E/S-E NSA1_-TX1_B-E/S-E NSA-CPU_-E NSA-TY_B/S DyaloX Industrial PC QUICK START GUIDE...
  • Page 3 Quick Start Guide DyaloX Industrial PC...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Content This Quick Start guide provides you a quick introduction to the DyaloX Industrial PC. All general topics are introduced and the most used items are explained briefly. Page Introduction ........................2 Hardware........................... 2 Specifications of all the DyaloX models ..............3 Communication ports ....................
  • Page 6: Introduction

    1. Introduction The Omron DyaloX Industrial PC is an industrial designed PC platform specifically created for operating 24/7 in even the most demanding industrial environments. The DyaloX also features an Omron designed RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) solution in which a built-in RAS board, interfaced by RAS utility software, continually monitors and logs the status of the IPC.
  • Page 7: Specifications Of All The Dyalox Models

    2.1 Specifications of all the DyaloX models...
  • Page 9: Communication Ports

    2.2 Communication ports Pinning of the male RS-232C connector (COM port 1 and 2). Pin No. Signal Carrier Detect Receive Send Data Terminal Ready Signal ground Data Set Ready Request To Send Clear To Send Ring Indicator...
  • Page 10 ON: Disables the actions. OFF: Enables the actions. [Default setting: OFF] UPS Power Interrupt Signal Connector This port can be used to notify the DyaloX IPC that a UPS has become active and starts to supply the power. Pin No.
  • Page 11: Software

    2. The Main Setting Screen will be displayed. Note: You must enter a password if one has been set. 3. Use the Down, Left, or Right Arrow Key to go to the next item and use the Enter Key to select the item.
  • Page 12 Priority of the Boot Removable Devices Specifies the priority in the search for Device Hard Drive a startup device. CD-ROM Drive Network Boot Note: Press the Enter Key to show additional devices when the setting has a plus (+) sign.
  • Page 13: Windows Xp Embedded

    When you enable EWF for a certain volume you prevent any data to be saved to the storage disk. Instead all data is saved to the RAM. This means when you reboot the IPC the data is lost.
  • Page 14: Available Tools

    The Event Selector is a simple tool to switch the pointer from the left to the right (mouse click) touch function. This tool can show a small window to easily use it and it can display an icon in the toolbar.
  • Page 15: Ras

    RAS stands for Reliability, Availability and Serviceability and is a specific OMRON designed solution for the DyaloX to make it a true Industrial PC. Inside the DyaloX Industrial PC series, a separate board, interfaced by embedded RAS utility software, continually monitors the motherboard.
  • Page 16 Failure Notification The Failure Notification function reports a failure when it occurs or after the system recovers from the failure. It notifies the user of a failure with a pop-up message that allows the user to immediately identify the situation.
  • Page 17: Ras Utility Software

    (temperature, voltage, etc.) in memory. The logs are saved in the RAS Board memory even if the Industrial PC cannot start due to a failure, so the user can analyze the log based on the information stored in the RAS memory in order to identify the cause of the failure. The RAS Utility includes Filter and Find functions to analyze logs.
  • Page 18 RAS Utility cannot communicate with the RAS Board. Check the status of the RAS service (OMRON RAS Scheduler). Note: You can check the status of the RAS service by [Control Panel] - [Administrative Tools] - [Services]. The following Failures are detected and notified by RAS...
  • Page 19 Choose “Yes” to upload the latest log file from the RAS board. This will take 1 or 2 minutes. Choose “No” if you do not want to look at the log files. You can always upload them at a later time.
  • Page 20 Shows the RAS detected an error to be recovered by an operator. Failure Shows the RAS detected a serious error such as an Alive Error. Note: You can change a message of the RAS status in [RAS Utility Settings] - [Others]. RAS Utility Toolbar buttons Icon...
  • Page 21 After you uploaded the log files from the RAS board you can view those log files here. This window allows you to filter all the log files and even find a specific error in the files. Beside the RAS log files it also allows you to view the Windows Event log files that are logged...
  • Page 22 4.2.1 RAS Settings To change the default behavior of RAS, you have to change some settings as explained here. In the RAS utility go to the “Settings” menu and choose “RAS Settings”. The following window appears: Click an icon in the list to show the specific page.
  • Page 23 Shutdown Failure occurs. Note: The Startup Monitoring is active even during the BIOS setup! Therefore, disable the Startup Monitoring to configure the BIOS settings. With Dip Switch pin no. 8 on the RAS Board you can disable RAS monitoring functions.
  • Page 24 Any text up to 20 characters 03-03-2006 Beside the RAS settings there are also some RAS Utility settings. In the RAS Utility settings you can configure the Thresholds and UPS settings. The RAS Utility settings can be found from the “Settings” menu by choosing “RAS Utility Settings”.
  • Page 25: Restore Image With Usb Stick

    The image file that will be restored is located on the USB stick and when you create an image it will also be saved to the USB stick by default. It is advised that you create a backup of this...

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