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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. 27, 2023 V1.1 Added wiring description to the I/Os Dec. 19, 2023 V1.2 Updated the networking section in Ubuntu Apr.
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 Product Feature ......................6 Terminology/Acronym ....................7 Unpacking ........................8 Specifications ......................
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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.10 Pairing with a Bluetooth Device ................35 4.11 Micro SD Card ......................36 4.12 System time and RTC time ..................36 4.13 Watchdog Timer ...................... 37 4.14 Video ........................
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Product name and PO number; • • Complete description of the problem; Error message you received, if any. • Vantron Technology, Inc. Address: 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538 Tel: (650) 422-3128 Email: sales@vantrontech.com Regulatory Information The Product is designed to comply with: •...
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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions General Safety Instructions The Product is supposed be installed by knowledgeable, skilled persons familiar with local and/or international electrical codes and regulations. For your safety and prevention of damage to the Product and other equipment connected to it, please read and observe carefully the following safety instructions prior to installation and operation.
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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 • •...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION IBOXJT2 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Product Overview IBOXJT2 is an intermediate option of Vantron edge AI embedded industrial computer family. It is powered by the NVIDIA® JetsonTM TX2 NX core module that features NVIDIA PascalTM GPU with 256 CUDA® cores, capable of delivering up to 1.33 TFLOPS compute performance—approximately 2.5 times the performance of Vantron IBOXNANO, an entry-...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Terminology/Acronym Please refer to the table below for acronyms or terminologies used in this document, especially for those included in the pinout description of the device.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 1.4 Unpacking The Product has been carefully packed with special attention to quality. However, should you find any component damaged or missing, please contact your sales representative in due time.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 1.5 Specifications IBOXJT2 NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX, Dual-core NVIDIA Denver 2 64-bit processor (2GHz) + Quad-core Arm Cortex-A57 MPCore processor (2GHz) AI performance 1.33 TFLOPS...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 1.6 Product Layout 1.6.1 Front view I/O description: Name Description Turns on when the device is powered on Blinks when the device experiences a fault...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Name Description Audio jack 3.5mm audio jack for device debugging Reset button < 3s: Restart the device; 3s~10s: factory reset Power terminal 3-pin x 3.81mm, for connecting 12V~36V DC power source...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 1.7 Operating System IBOXJT2 is running Ubuntu 18.04 operating system. 1.8 Mechanical Dimensions • 190mm × 140mm × 50.7mm (With mounting brackets) 1.9 Power Supply IBOXJT2 is designed to work with 12V ~ 36V DC power input via the power terminal on the front of the device.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED IBOXJT2 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.1 Device Installation Before you proceed with the configuration of IBOXJT2, follow the steps below to finish hardware connection. 1. Make sure the mounting surface is flat, for instance, a wall or a desktop;...
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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 6. Unscrew the cover plate for the Micro SIM slot and the Micro SD slot; 7. Insert an activated Micro SIM card into the Micro SIM slot with the gold-colored contacts facing down and the cut-off corner facing in;...
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14. Insert the terminal end of the female DC power connector into the power terminal of the device and the other end into a 12V/24V DC power adapter; If you are using the DC power connector supplied by Vantron Red wire: + Black wire: - 15.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.2 Using the Device IBOXJT2 is running Ubuntu system. To access the GUI of the device, follow the steps below to connect it to a mouse, keyboard and monitor.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 3 HARWARE DESCRIPTION IBOXJT2 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions This section briefs on the hardware definition and connector/interface description. Power Input IBOXJT2 is designed to work with 12V~36V DC power input with OVP/OCP protection.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions HDMI IBOXJT2 offers an HDMI 2.0 port (Type-A) with resolution up to 3840 x 2160 @60Hz for delivering high-definition video and high-resolution audio.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Micro USB The Micro USB port supports USB 2.0 OTG. Users can flash images of the device via this port. 3.10 RS232/RS485 & CAN The device integrates two isolated RS232/RS485 connectors and a CAN bus on one terminal, with a pitch of 3.81mm.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.11 DI & DO The device integrates four digital input (DI) and digital output (DO) channels respectively on one terminal. The DI channels are used for receiving external switch quantity or digital signals and the DO channels are used for controlling the field devices.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 3.12 GPIO & I The device integrates 6 GPIOs and an I C bus on one terminal, for interfacing with peripherals and transferring data.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE SETUP IBOXJT2 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
1. Tap on the cog icon on the top right corner of the screen ( 2. Select the “About This Computer” option; 3. The general information of the device is displayed as follows, with “vantron” as the default device name;...
3. Scroll down to the bottom and tap on the User Accounts option; 4. The default user is “vantron”, you can add new users using the + button on the bottom left or delete an existing user using the - button. The History button allows you to check the login history of the user.
None A serial communication program named as “uart_test” is included in the release package of the device provided by Vantron (directory: /tools). Please copy this tool to the filesystem (e.g., in the current directory: /home/vantron) for the serial port debugging.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.4 USB Insert a USB flash drive to any of the USB interface on the device, and input the following commands to test the functionality.
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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Commands for DI_1: # echo 232 > /sys/class/gpio/export export the port # echo in > /sys/class/gpio/gpio232/direction set the port as an input # cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio232/value...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Commands for DO_2: # echo 237 > /sys/class/gpio/export # echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio237/direction # echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio237/value # echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio237/value Commands for DO_3: # echo 238 >...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions # ip link set can0 down disable the CAN bus # ip link set can0 type can bitrate 500000 set the bitrate to 500000...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.9 Networking You can tap on the network icon ( ↑↓ ) to view the network connectivity of the device. You can otherwise access the network settings from Settings > Network.
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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.9.3 4G/5G For 4G/5G communication, follow the steps set out in 2.1 to insert the activated Micro SIM card and install the 4G/5G antennas. Then, proceed with the steps below to configure the cellular network.
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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 7. Run the ifconfig command to check the network interface information; 8. Use the ping command to test the connectivity. IBOXJT2 | User Manual...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.10 Pairing with a Bluetooth Device 1. Tap on the Bluetooth icon ( ) and select the Bluetooth Settings option; 2. In the Bluetooth device setup window, tap on the + icon and available Bluetooth devices will be displayed;...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 4.11 Micro SD Card Once you insert a Micro SD card into the device following the steps set out in 2.1, the directory of the Micro SD card will automatically display on the desktop. You can also use the df -h command to display information about the disk space usage on the filesystems.
Once the watchdog timer is enabled, if the watchdog is not fed within 65 seconds, the device will automatically restart. 4.14 Video To play a video file, please copy it to the filesystem (e.g., in the current directory: /home/vantron) and play it using gst-play-1.0. # gst-play-1.0 test.mp4 test.mp4 is the name of the video file IBOXJT2 | 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 WARRANTY IBOXJT2 | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Disposal When the device comes to end of life, you are suggested to properly dispose of the device for the sake of the environment and safety.
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.
Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions Appendix Regulatory Compliance Statement This product has been determined to be compliant with the applicable standards, regulations, and directives for the countries where the product is marketed.
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Vantron Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions IC Statement This device complies with ISED’s licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2.
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