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Advantech ECU-579 Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Manual ECU-579 Series IEC 61850-3 Power Substation 2U Rackmount Server with ® ® Intel Xeon Scalable Processor...
  • Page 2 No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. The information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable.

  • Page 3: Product Warranty (2 Years)

    Product Warranty (2 years) Advantech warrants the original purchaser that each of its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any products that have been repaired or altered by persons other than repair personnel authorized by Advantech, or products that have been subject to misuse, abuse, accident, or improper installation.

  • Page 4: Technical Support And Assistance

    Technical Support and Assistance Visit the Advantech website at www.advantech.com/support to obtain the latest product information. 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 calling: –...

  • Page 5: Safety Instructions

    3.5 mm screw. The equipment does not include a power cord and plug. DISCLAIMER: This set of instructions is given according to IEC 704-1. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 6: Consignes De Sécurité

    CEI 704-1:1982 ne doit pas dépasser 70 dB (A). AVIS DE NON-RESPONSABILITÉ: Cet ensemble d'instructions est donné conformé- ment à la norme CEI 704-1. Advantech décline toute responsabilité quant à l'exacti- tude des déclarations contenues dans le présent document. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    System Hardware ................. 3 1.2.3 I/O Interface .................. 4 1.2.4 Environment.................. 4 Function Block Diagram ................4 Figure 1.1 ECU-579 Series Product Function Block....4 Safety Precautions ..................5 Chassis Dimensions.................. 6 Figure 1.2 ECU-579 Chassis Dimensions ........6 Chapter Hardware Specifications .....7...
  • Page 8 2.9.1 Compatible with Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors ....21 Table 2.10:Tested 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Proces- sors List ..............21 2.10 Memory ....................22 2.10.1 Memory Configurations............... 22 Table 2.11:DIMM Configurations..........22 2.10.2 Validated Memory............... 23 Table 2.12:DIMM Configurations..........23 2.11 TPM ......................
  • Page 9 Programming the Watchdog Timer ............86 Table A.1: .................. 86 Table A.2: .................. 86 Appendix B Maintenance - RTC Battery....89 Maintenance - RTC Battery..............90 Appendix C Maintenance - Fan Modules....93 Maintenance - Fan Modules..............94 Table C.1: .................. 94 Appendix D Maintenance - Fan Filter Sponge ..95...
  • Page 10 ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Overview

    Chapter Overview This chapter provides an overview of the ECU-579 Series specifica- tions. Sections include:  Introduction  Hardware Specifications  Safety Precautions  Function Block Diagram  Chassis Dimensions  Packing List...

  • Page 12: Introduction

    To meet the perfor- mance requirements of modern distributed software applications—which demand rapid processing—Advantech offers the ECU-579. This solution is designed for advanced, server-level data concentrators and protocol converters in scenarios such as substation automation, energy management, secondary communication, and con- trol.

  • Page 13: Hardware Specifications

    Hardware Specifications 1.2.1 General Certifications: CE, FCC Class A, IEC 61850-3, IEEE 1613, CB/UL  Dimensions (W x D x H): 440 x 460 x 88 mm  Enclosure: SECC & Aluminum  Mounting: 2U 19” Rackmount  Power Requirements: ...

  • Page 14: I/O Interface

    PCIEX1 Gen1 LAN3 Conn. Intel I210IT PORT6 NC-SI FAN*5 Conn. LAN2 PCIEX1 Gen1 LAN2 Conn. Intel I210IT PORT5 CPU Power CPLD VR13 LAN1 PCIEX1 Gen1 LAN1 Conn. Intel I210IT PORT4 Figure 1.1 ECU-579 Series Product Function Block ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 15: Safety Precautions

    Caution! Always ground yourself to remove any static electric charge before touching the ECU-579 series. Modern electronic devices are very sensi- tive to static electric charges. Use a grounding wrist strap at all times.

  • Page 16: Chassis Dimensions

    Chassis Dimensions Figure 1.2 ECU-579 Chassis Dimensions ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 17: Chapter 2 Hardware Specifications

    Chapter Hardware Specifications Sections include:  Overview  Front Elements (LED, FAN, SATA Slots)  Power Input  Ethernet Interface (On-Board)  Display Interface  USB  Expansion Functions  Storage (SATA, M.2)  Processors  Memory  TPM  Platform Features Description ...

  • Page 18: Overview

    Overview 2.1.1 ECU-579 LED and Interface Figure 2.1 ECU-579 Front Panel Figure 2.2 ECU-579 Rear Panel Front Elements 2.2.1 LED Indicators The LEDs on the front panel can be divided into 4 groups. 2.2.1.1 System Status Indicators SATA Table 2.1: Definition of System Status Indicators Status Description Green...
  • Page 19 2.2.1.3 Programmable LED The ECU-579 Series products provide 8 programmable LED indicators which are convenient for users to control the programmable LED state (green, off) using API programming. They can be used to indicate and edit the machine’s operating status.
  • Page 20 2.2.1.4 Slot LED The Slot LED is different according to the corresponding expansion card. Here, we take the LED definition of UNOP-1514RE/PE as an example to show how it is defined. Other LEDs are defined according to the description of the relevant expan- sion card and manual.

  • Page 21: Fan Modules

    2.2.2 Fan Modules The ECU-579 has four hot-swappable fan modules at the front. Each of the fan mod- ules carries a high performance fan for optimized air flow. Each fan module is secured by two thumbscrews. We have a unique patent design to ensure no loss of fan air volume, even if one of the fan modules is broken.

  • Page 22: Disk Bay

    2.2.3 Disk Bay ECU-579 supports four hot-swappable 2.5” HDDs/SSDs at the front. Follow these steps below to install an HDD: Remove the baffle on the right of the front panel, and pull out the disk tray. Figure 2.4 Removing the SATA Baffle ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 23 Fix the SATA disk onto the tray and push it back into the disk bay. Then attach the baffle in front of the SATA bay. Figure 2.5 Fixing the SATA Disk onto the Disk Tray ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 24: Power Input

    Power Input The ECU-579 Series products support redundant power input for both A/C and D/C. Table 2.5: Power Input AC/DC Voltage Range Power Rating Pin Assignment AC (For ECU-579-SSDA/SSDB) 100-240 V 10-5A 100-240 V DC (For ECU-579-SSDB only) 11.5-4A DC (For ECU-579-SSDC only)

  • Page 25: Ethernet Interface

    2 Hz Blinking green Power supply FW update mode (0.25s: OFF, 0.25s: green) Ethernet Interface The ECU-579 Series products are equipped with Intel® 4 x Gigabit LAN. LAN1 port is shared with the IPMI function. 2.4.1 MAC Address You can identify MAC addresses according to the labels placed on Ethernet connec- tors as shown below.

  • Page 26: Display Interface

    DVI driver. Due to hardware limitation, VGA and DVI cannot output simultaneously under Linux OS. https://www.advantech.com/zh-tw/support/details/faq?id=1-2EHZGTG If you want to use the DVI port as the primary display during the BIOS stage (POST), please follow these steps: Go to “Platform Configuration →...

  • Page 27: Usb Ports

    Through the interface card, the ECU-579 Series can also use standard PCI cards, PCIe cards, mini-PCI cards, as well as PCI-104 cards. Due to the ECU-579 Series being an embedded system, the power provided for the expansion slot is limited.

  • Page 28: Pcie Expansion Cards

    2.7.1.2 Proprietary PCI/PCIe Card List Below is the list of proprietary cards compatible with ECU-579: Table 2.8: Proprietary PCI/PCIe Card List ECU Standard P/N Description ECU-P1618D-AE 8-port RS-232/422/485 serial port card ECU-P1628D-AE 8-port isolated RS-232/422/485 serial port card ECU-P1524PE-GAE 2-port SFP Gigabit Ethernet Card with HSR/PRP ECU-P1761A-AE 4-ch Digital input 4-ch relay output card with IRIG-B ECU-P1524PE-AE...
  • Page 29 PCIe x8 x16 x16 Figure 2.10 PCIe Card Position on the Main Board 2.7.2.2 PCIe Expansion Card List The tested PCIe expansion list is as follows: Table 2.9: PCIe Expansion Card List Part Number Description ECU-P1522LPE-A 2-port SFP Gigabit Ethernet Card with HSR/PRP PCIE-1130PS-00A1E 4-ports 1G fiber NIC (RJ45) with Intel I350 PCIE-1131PS-00A1E...

  • Page 30: Storage (Sata, M.2)

    Storage (SATA, M.2) 2.8.1 SATA Disks ECU-579 provides 4 slots for 2.5” SATA disks which support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10. 2.8.2 M.2 Storage The M.2 2280 connector supports both SATA and PCIe SSD devices for higher read/ write speeds. M2_2280_1 Figure 2.11 M.2 Connector Position on the Main Board ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 31: Processors

    Processors ® ® 2.9.1 Compatible with Intel Xeon Scalable Processors ® ® ECU-579 is equipped with one CPU socket to support Intel Xeon Platinum/Gold/ Silver/Bronze Scalable series processors. ® Table 2.10: Tested 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon Scalable Processors List Test Item Description Result Shared...

  • Page 32: Memory

    2.10 Memory ECU-579 has 12 x 288-pin memory slots for DDR4 2133/2400/2666 MHz memory modules with a maximum total capacity of 768 GB (maximum 64 GB for each DIMM). ECU-579 supports registered DIMM memory modules. 2.10.1 Memory Configurations A total of 12 DDR4 DIMMs are supported on the ECU-579 equally spread over one processor socket with a total capacity of up to 768 GB.

  • Page 33: Validated Memory

    DIMMB1 DIMMF2 DIMMF1 DIMMC2 DIMMC1 2.10.2 Validated Memory Advantech has tested a list of RAM for your reference, and these are verified as com- patible with ECU-579 under our test. Table 2.12: DIMM Configurations Test Item Description Result Remark Speed...

  • Page 34: Tpm

    2.11 ECU-579 supports Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) technology. TPM is designed to provide hardware-based security-related functions. TPM is a microchip designed to provide basic security-related functions primarily involving encryption keys. TPM is usually installed on the motherboard of a computer, and communicates with the rest of the system using a hardware bus.

  • Page 35: Watchdog

    To get the driver and test case for Windows and Linux operating systems, you can visit the official Advantech website on the ECU-579 product page to download the driver with the test sample.

  • Page 36: Available Accessories

    To enable the IPMI function, you need to set it up in BIOS. First, enter the IP of the ECU-579 LAN1 you are using or use DHCP mode to get the IP address automati- cally. Then enter the IP address to initialize the IPMI network interface to start remote ®...

  • Page 37: Chapter 3 Initial Setup And Configuration

    Chapter Initial Setup and Configuration Sections include:  Jumper Indication  Installing Components (CPU, RAM, SATA, PCIe Cards)  Replacing Components...

  • Page 38: Jumper Positions

    Jumper Positions ECU-579 has 7 jumpers in case you need to implement certain functions. Table 3.1: Jumper List Jumper Position Name Function JME1 Intel® ME update PSON1 AT mode: 1-2 short / ATX mode: 2-3 short (default) JTHR_SEL1 Thermal sensor on board (default): 1-2 short / external: 2-3 short JWDT1 Watchdog enable: 1-2 short (default) / disable: 2-3 short JCMOS1...

  • Page 39: Installing Components

    Installing Components When setting up the ECU-579, it is essential to begin by installing basic components such as the CPU and RAM. This chapter includes pictures with detailed instructions to guide you through the installation process. Start by opening the chassis. Unscrew the points indicated in the image below. Figure 3.2 Open the Chassis ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 40: Installing The Cpu

    3.2.1 Installing the CPU To install the CPU, you need to take off the wind scooper and unscrew the cooling fin. Figure 3.3 Taking Off the Wind Scooper ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 41 Figure 3.4 Taking Off the Cooling Fin Pay attention to ensure the orientation of the CPU is consistent with that of the CPU bracket and the cooling fin. Install the CPU into the CPU bracket and then re-attach the cooling fin. Then install the CPU bracket back onto the main board. Remove the dust cover on the CPU socket.
  • Page 42 Insert CPU on CPU clip and align pin 1 mark, then latch both notch A and B on the CPU, and notch A and B on the CPU clip. Install the CPU clip assembly on the heatsink as a processor heatsink module. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 43 Place the processor heatsink module on the CPU socket on the motherboard and align the triangle mark printed on the motherboard. Tighten the screws in sequence 1-2-3-4 by using a T30 Torx screwdriver. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 44: Installing Ram

    3.2.2 Installing RAM Memory performance is affected by different DIMM configurations. For optimal mem- ory interleaving, be sure to install identical DIMM types with the same size, speed, and number of ranks on the memory slots corresponding to the correct processor. 3.2.3 RAM Installation Position Note!
  • Page 45 To replace a DIMM module, extract the DIMM module by pushing the DIMM socket latches outward. As the latches flip completely open, the DIMM module will be auto- matically extracted from the socket. Pull the DIMM module out vertically. There can be a maximum of 12 RAM cards installed in the ECU-579 with 6 cards on each side of the cooling fins.

  • Page 46: Installing Storage Disks Using Sata And M.2

    3.2.4 Installing Storage Disks Using SATA and M.2 First remove the baffle as shown in the picture below. Pull out the disk tray. Figure 3.6 Removing the HDD Baffle Use the screws in the accessory box to fix the hard disk onto the tray, and push it into the disk drawer.
  • Page 47 Figure 3.7 Attaching the Hard Disk You may add one M.2 hard disk in the position shown below. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 48: Installing A Proprietary Pci/Pcie Card

    Figure 3.8 Installing an M.2 Disk into Position 3.2.5 Installing a Proprietary PCI/PCIe Card You can install one proprietary PCI/PCIe card without opening the chassis on the back panel in the position shown below after removing the baffle. You can find the proprietary card list in Section 2.7.1.

  • Page 49: Installing A Low-Profile Pcie Card

    3.2.6 Installing a Low-Profile PCIe Card You can install 4 low-profile PCIe cards in most in the positions shown below. Figure 3.10 Low-Profile PCIe Card Installation Position ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 50 ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 51: Chapter 4 Ami Bios

    Chapter AMI BIOS...

  • Page 52: Introduction

    Introduction With the AMI BIOS Setup program, you can modify BIOS settings and control the special features of your computer. The Setup program uses a number of menus for making changes and turning the special features on or off. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the ECU-579 setup screens.

  • Page 53: Bios Setup

    BIOS Setup 4.2.1 Main Menu Press <Del> during bootup to enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility; the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. The Main BIOS setup screen has two main frames.

  • Page 54: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    4.2.2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the ECU-579 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>...

  • Page 55: Trusted Computing

    4.2.2.1 Trusted Computing Security Device Support  Enables or disables BIOS support for security devices. Note! Purchase Advantech’s LPC TPM module to enable TPM function. P/N: PCA-TPM-00B1E. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 56 4.2.2.2 ACPI Settings Enable Hibernation  Enable or disable the hibernation feature. Lock Legacy Resources  Enable or disable the lock legacy resources feature. PowerOn By Modem  Enable or disable the power on by modem feature. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 57 4.2.2.3 IT8528 EC Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration  – Serial Port Enable or disable serial port 1. – Change Settings To select an optimal setting for serial port 1. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 58 Serial Port 2 Configuration  – Serial Port Enable or disable serial Port 2. – Change Settings To select an optimal setting for serial port 2. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 59 4.2.2.4 IT8528 HW Monitor Watchdog Timer  Enable or disable the watchdog timer function. CPU Warning Temperature  Enable or disable the CPU warning temperature threshold. When the system reaches the warning temperature, the speaker will beep. CPU ACPI Shutdown Temperature ...
  • Page 60 4.2.2.5 Serial Port Console Redirection ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 61: Usb Configuration

    4.2.2.6 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support  This is for supporting USB device under a legacy OS such as DOS. When choosing "Auto", the system will automatically detect if any USB device is plugged into the computer and enable USB legacy mode when a USB device is plugged, or disable USB legacy mode when no USB device is attached.
  • Page 62 Device Reset Time-out  Selects the USB device reset time-out value. [10,20,30,40 sec] ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 63 Device Power-up Delay  This item appears only when Device power-up delay item is set to [manual]. Mass Storage Devices  Default is "Auto" to enumerate mass storage devices according to media format. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 64 4.2.2.7 PCI Subsystem Settings Above 4G Decoding  Enable or Disable 64-bit capable devices to be decoded in above 4G address space (Only if system supports 64-bit PCI decoding) Note! Some graphics or GPU cards need to enable 4G decoding. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 65 4.2.2.8 UEFI Network Stack Configuration Enable or disable UEFI network stack function. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 66: Csm Configuration

    4.2.2.9 CSM Configuration CSM Support  Enable or disable UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support Module) to support a leg- acy PC boot process. GateA20 Active  This items is useful when RT code is executed above 1MB. When it's set as "Upon Request", GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services.
  • Page 67 Option ROM Messages  To "Force BIOS or keep current" to set the display mode for Option ROM. Boot option filter  Change UEFI/legacy ROM priority for boot option. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 68 Network  Control the execution of UEFI and legacy PXE OpROM. Storage  Control the execution of UEFI and legacy storage OpROM. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 69: Platform Configuration

    4.2.2.10 Driver Health 4.2.3 Platform Configuration ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 70: Pch Configuration

    4.2.3.1 PCH Configuration PCH Devices  This item is to set up IO controller hub devices. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 71 – Restore AC Power Loss Specify what state to go to when power is re-applied after a power failure (G3 state). – PCH CRID Enable or disable PCH compatibility revision ID (CRID) functionality. – Case Open Warning Enable or disable the chassis intrusion monitoring function. When enabled and the case is opened, the warning message will show in POST screen.
  • Page 72 PCH SATA Configuration  – SATA Controller Enable or disable SATA devices. – Configure SATA as Set as AHCI or RAID when SATA Controllers are enabled. – Support ALPM ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 73 Enable or disable Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) protocol for Advanced Host Controller Interface-compliant (AHCI) Serial ATA (SATA) devices. – SATA Port 0~7 Enable or disable SATA port 0~7. – Hot Plug Port 0~7 Designates SATA port 0~7 as hot pluggable. –...
  • Page 74 – LAN4 Controller Enable or disable Intel I210 controller support. – LAN4 PXE OpROM Enable or disable Boot option for Intel I210 controller. M.2 Slot SATA Configuration  – sSATA Controller Enable or disable sSATA/M.2 devices. – sSATA M.2 Port Enable or disable sSATA/M.2.
  • Page 75 PCI Express Configuration  – PCIe M.2 Slot Enable or disable the PCI Express root port. – PCIe Speed Configure PCI Express speed. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 76: Socket Configuration

    4.2.3.2 Server ME Configuration This page shows the Server ME configuration information. 4.2.4 Socket Configuration ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 77 4.2.4.1 Processor Configuration Per-Socket Configuration  Use this to select how many processor cores you want to activate when you are using a dual or quad core processor. Hyper-threading [All]  Enable or disable Intel Hyper Threading technology.  Enable or disable Intel Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX) for IA-32 processors ®...

  • Page 78: Memory Configuration

    DCU Mode  Change the data cache unit mode. AES-NI  This item is enables or disables CPU advanced encryption standard instruc- tions. 4.2.4.2 Memory Configuration Numa  Enable or disable non uniform memory access (NUMA). Memory Technology  Display memory topology with DIMM population information. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 79: Iio Configuration

    4.2.4.3 IIO Configuration Socket0 PCIe Configuration  PCIe port bifurcation control and select target link speed as Gen1, Gen2, Gen3. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 80 Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d)  Enable or disable Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 81 PCI-E ASPM Support (Global)  Sets the ASPM level to disable, per port or L1 state only. 4.2.4.4 Advanced Power Management Configuration ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 82 CPU P State Control  ECU-579 User Manual...
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  • Page 84 CPU C State Control  ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 85 ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 86 Package C State Control  Memory Power & Thermal Configuration  ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 87: Server Management

    4.2.5 Server Management BMC Support  Enable or disable interfaces to communicate with BMC. Wait for BMC  If enabled, motherboard will wait 30 ~ 60 seconds until BMC module boots up completely. After that, the normal BIOS post screen will be displayed. If disabled, motherboard will not wait for BMC module's response.
  • Page 88 4.2.5.1 System Event Log SEL Components  Enable or disable all features of system event logging during boot. Erase SEL  Choose options for erasing SEL. When SEL is Full  Choose options for reactions to a full SEL. Log EFI Status Codes ...
  • Page 89 4.2.5.2 BMC Self Test Log Erase Log  Erase log options. When Log is Full  Select the action to be taken when log is full. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 90 4.2.5.3 BMC Network Configuration Configuration Address Source  Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically (by BMC). Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase. ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 91: Security

    4.2.6 Security ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 92 Note! With AC power & Battery. Short CMOS1 Jumper: Date/Time & Password: Keep Setting: reset to default AC power and CMOS battery are removed. Short CMOS1 Jumper: Date/Time: reset to default Password: Keep Setting: reset to default ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 93: Boot

    4.2.7 Boot Setup Prompt Timeout  Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. Bootup NumLock State  Select the keyboard NumLock state as "On" or "Off". Quiet Boot  Enable or disable quiet boot option. Boot Option Priorities ...

  • Page 94: Save & Exit

    4.2.8 Save & Exit Save Changes and Exit  Exit system setup after saving the changes. Discard Changes and Exit  Exit system setup without saving any changes. Save Changes and Reset  Reset the system after saving changes. Discard Changes and Reset ...

  • Page 95: Appendix A Programming The Watchdog Timer

    Appendix Programming the Watchdog Timer...

  • Page 96: Watchdog Timer Overview

    The ECU-579’s watchdog timer can be used to monitor system software operation and take corrective action if the software fails to function within the programmed period. This section describes the operation of the watchdog timer and how to pro- gram it. Watchdog Timer Overview The watchdog timer is built in to the EC controller IT8528E.
  • Page 97 Wait IBF clear 0x29A, BIT1, = 0 Write 0x57 to 0x299 port Watchdog Event Wait IBF clear 0x29A, BIT1, = 0 Write 0x04 to 0x299 port (Warm) Reset event Wait IBF clear 0x29A, BIT1, = 0 Write 0x28 to 0x29A Start watchdog Wait 1 ~ 9...
  • Page 98 ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 99: Appendix B Maintenance - Rtc Battery

    Appendix Maintenance - RTC Battery...

  • Page 100: Maintenance - Rtc Battery

    Maintenance - RTC Battery A CMOS battery is inside ECU-579 and needs to be maintained and changed when it runs out of power. Battery Model: BR2032 (P/N: 1760000131-11) Battery Lifecycle: The CMOS battery will be consumed when the system is powered off. The lifecycle of the battery will vary with different conditions.
  • Page 101 Changing the battery. To change the battery, please prepare a new BR2032 and following the instruc- tion below. Step 1: Open the chassis of the system by losing the screws marked in red. Step 2: Remove the RTC battery on the board marked in red and change with the new battery.
  • Page 102 ECU-579 User Manual...

  • Page 103: Appendix C Maintenance - Fan Modules

    Appendix Maintenance - Fan Modules...

  • Page 104: Maintenance - Fan Modules

    Maintenance - Fan Modules The ECU-579 has four hot-swappable fan modules at the front. Each of the fan modules carries a high performance fan for optimized air flow. Each fan module is secured by two thumbscrews. FAN Model: FDA126038BX-051 (P/N: 98R35790001) FAN Lifecycle: Refer to the MTTF table below with different use conditions.

  • Page 105: Appendix D Maintenance - Fan Filter Sponge

    Appendix Maintenance - Fan Filter Sponge...

  • Page 106: Maintenance - Fan Filter Sponge

    Maintenance - Fan Filter Sponge The ECU-579 has four hot-swappable fan modules at the front. Each fan has a filter sponge inside to filter the air. FAN Filter Sponge: FILTER Sponge 30PPI (P/N: 2130020965T000) Changing the FAN filter. Step 1: Remove the FAN module by losing the screws. Step 2: Remove the 2 thumb screws marked in red.
  • Page 107 Step 4: Open the cover and replace the fan filter. ECU-579 User Manual...
  • Page 108 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, such as electronically, by photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © Advantech Co., Ltd. 2025...