TPC-1260G 12.1” TFT LCD Display Touch Panel Computer with Transmeta™ Crusoe™ 5800 1 GHz CPU User Manual...
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No part of this man- ual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reli- able.
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Product Warranty (1 year) Advantech warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each of its prod- ucts will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any products which have been repaired or...
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This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications when shielded cables are used for external wiring. We recommend the use of shielded cables. This kind of cable is available from Advantech. Please contact your local supplier for ordering information.
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TPC-1260GX-A5 • 8 x Panel mounting clampers • 8 x Panel mounting screws • 1 x 3-Pin power connector • 1 x TPC-1260G support CD • 1 x CompactFlash to IDE adapter board Safety Instructions Read these safety instructions carefully.
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The sound pressure level at the operator's position according to IEC 704- 1:1982 is no more than 70 dB (A). DISCLAIMER: This set of instructions is given according to IEC 704-1. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein. TPC-1260G User Manual...
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Wichtige Sicherheishinweise 1. Bitte lesen sie Sich diese Hinweise sorgfältig durch. Heben Sie diese Anleitung für den späteren Gebrauch auf. Vor jedem Reinigen ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen. Ver- wenden Sie Keine Flüssig-oder Aerosolreiniger. Am besten dient ein angefeuchtetes Tuch zur Reinigung. Die NetzanschluBsteckdose soll nahe dem Gerät angebracht und leicht zugänglich sein.
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Der arbeitsplatzbezogene Schalldruckpegel nach DIN 45 635 Teil 1000 beträgt 70dB(A) oder weiger. Haftungsausschluss: Die Bedienungsanleitungen wurden entsprechend der IEC-704-1 erstellt. Advantech lehnt jegliche Verantwortung für die Richtigkeit der in diesem Zusammenhang getätigten Aussagen ab. TPC-1260G User Manual viii...
TPC-1260G provides a powerful I/O interface for easily communicat- ing with other devices. The I/O interface includes serial ports, a paral- lel port, Ethernet and USB 2.0 support. TPC-1260G also supports the expansion slot PC/104-Plus. This makes it easy to expand with the required PC/104-Plus modules.
• Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 50° C (32 ~ 122° F) (Ambient) • VR Control: Brightness Adjustable • Backlight: 1 CCFL • Backlight Life Time: 20,000 hours Note There might be several bright or dark pixels on the LCD. This phenomenon is normal in today’s LCD manufacturing. TPC-1260G User Manual...
Make sure the waterproof gasket is in position before installing TPC-1260G into the panel opening. Install the TPC-1260G into the panel opening. Find the eight clampers and eight long screws in the accessory pack. Hook the clampers to the holes around the four sides of the bezel.
1.9 Dimensions and Cutout • Weight: 2.2 kg (without HDD) • Dimensions: 311 x 237 x 75.85 mm (W x H x D) • Cutout: 302 x 228 mm (suggested) Figure 1.6: Dimensions Chapter 1...
Chapter 2 System Setup You can easily get TPC-1260G started by following the below steps. • Step 1: Unpack the TPC-1260G package. Check the packing list at the beginning of this manual to make sure all items have been included.
• Step 2: Install a CompactFlash card containing Windows CE, embed- ded Windows XP or another operating system. Figure 2.2: Install CompactFlash Memory Card Warning It is suggested to turn OFF system power as you plug in or pull out the memory card, even though the CompactFlash memory is hot swappable.
2.5. Then, click the tab “Calibrate” to calibrate by selecting standard calibration or advanced calibration. Note This calibration is for Windows 2000. If your operating system is Windows CE .NET, the detailed procedure is described in section 4.1.4. TPC-1260G User Manual...
CN25 FLAT PANEL DISPLAY CONNECTOR CN27 INVERTER CONNECTOR CN30 FLAT PANEL DISPLAY CONNECTOR (FOR 48 BITS PANEL) USB CONNECTOR UJP1 INTERNAL USB 1.1(1*4) CLEAR CMOS JUMPER POWER BUTTON DDR CONNECTOR RESET T/S CONNECTOR INTERNAL RS-232 FUSE CONNECTOR TPC-1260G User Manual...
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Windows CE This chapter shows how to use Win- dows CE with TPC-1260G. Sections include: • TPC Utilities • Networking • Application Program Development...
Chapter 4 Windows CE Figure 4.1: Windows CE for TPC-1260G Note The default Windows CE version for TPC-1260G is the English version. Please contact local Advantech representatives for local language support. TPC-1260G User Manual...
4.1 TPC Utilities There are several utilities built into the Windows CE .NET of TPC series. 4.1.1 Soft-Keyboard TPC-1260 provides a software keyboard built into the standard TPC- 1260 Windows CE .NET OS. Upon boot-up, a small keyboard icon will appear on the status bar.
Figure 4.4. Figure 4.4: Display Properties Note TPC-1260G doesn’t provide a screen saving function. It will not turn off backlight even though the user enables the above settings. This fea- ture will be enabled in the coming version.
Click the “Advanced” button to activate the advanced backlight utility as shown in Figure 4.5. Click the “+” button to increase the LCD brightness, or the “-“ button to decrease the LCD brightness. You can also click the slider, hold it, and move it to the designated value and then release the button.
IP. The “Ping” button is used to test the connection with the specified IP address. Figure 4.8: Network Utility To get more detailed IP information click “Advanced...”. This will dis- play the default gateway, DHCP server, WINS and DNS server addresses as shown in Figure 4.8 below. TPC-1260G User Manual...
Figure 4.9: Advanced Network Watchdog Timer A watchdog timer automatically resets TPC-1260G if the system freezes. A program that does not respond in time will make the watchdog restart the machine automatically. This is useful for systems that are not fre- quently monitored, but need to be restarted quickly if anything is wrong.
Click the “Add” button to insert a file to the star- tup. If you would like to remove the file from the startup or the combo box, please click “Delete”. Note Do NOT try to add a Non-Executable file into the startup program. TPC-1260G User Manual...
Reboot: Reboot TPC-1260G by clicking the “Reboot” button. Once this button is clicked, the dialog below will be displayed. Figure 4.12: Reboot There are two additional ways to reboot the system. One is to click the small machine icon on the status bar and the other is to execute a com- mand, reboot.exe, through the command line program.
Figure 4.15 after the “Backup” button is clicked. The default filenames are AdvSystem.hv and AdvUser.hv. If the two files already exist in the selected folder, the pop-up window will show and ask whether the user want to replace the file. Figure 4.15: Registry Backup TPC-1260G User Manual...
If you want to restore the registry data, press the “Restore” button and then select the folder where the registry data was saved. A reboot is required after the registry data is restored. Figure 4.16: Registry Restore If you want to have the default contents of the registry, please click the “Load Default”...
4.1.4 Advantech Tools There are several useful programs in the Advantech program. Please go to “Start”, “Programs”, “Advantech” to run the tools as shown in Figure 4.17. The tools include: “ActiveSync”, “Registry Editor”, “Registry Saver”, “Remote Display Application”, "Touch Screen Calibration", “TPC CE Notepad”, “TPC Configurator”...
Figure 4.19: Touch Screen Calibration Utility ActiveSync This program synchronizes data and monitors the connection between TPC-1260 and a host computer. Click the “Active Sync” button to make an ActiveSync connection. For more information on how to make an ActiveSync connection, please refer to the “ActiveSync User Guide of TPC”.
It works with the Windows CE Remote Dis- play Host application. The connection is through the network, thus the network function of the host machine and TPC-1260G must work prop- erly. Users can see the display of TPC-1260G and control TPC-1260G from a host machine via the remote display application.
Figure 4.22: Connect Once the connection is successfully established, you can see the display of TPC-1260G and control it from the host machine as shown in Figure 4.23. Figure 4.23: Remote Display Host Application with the display of TPC- 1260G...
TPC Configurator is an integrated utility to configure the basic settings of TPC-1260G. Please refer to section 4.1.3. TPC Version Information TPC Version Information shows the version information of the operating system in TPC-1260G as shown in Figure 4.25. Figure 4.25: TPC Version Information TPC-1260G User Manual...
For example, double click the PCI-GETCEB1 icon to configure. Note PCI-GETCEB1 is the device name of the net- work device on the TPC-1260G Figure 4.27: Selected Connection Chapter 4...
4. Select “Name Server” tab. Figure 4.29: Setting Name Servers 5. Press ‘Start’ in the task bar of Windows and select “Run”. Execute “regsave” to save the registry settings to the storage card. Figure 4.30: Save Registry TPC-1260G User Manual...
4.2.2 Network via Serial Port This section introduces how to build the connection between a TPC prod- uct and a host PC via Microsoft ActiveSync. ActiveSync Setting Procedure 1. Insert the TPC CD into the CD-ROM drive of the host PC. 2.
“regsave” to save the registry settings to a storage card. Figure 4.33: Save Registry Setting the Communication Environment of the Host 1. Double click the icon for ActiveSync on your host computer. Figure 4.34: Microsoft ActiveSync 2. Select “File”->”Connection Settings” Figure 4.35: Select Connection Setting TPC-1260G User Manual...
3. Configure the connection setting. Figure 4.36: Configure Connection Setting 4. A window will pop up after you press “Get Connected”. Figure 4.37: Get Connected Chapter 4...
Figure 4.39: Connection on the TPC 8. Once the TPC and the host PC are connected, a window will pop up as shown below on the host computer. Select “No” and then press “Next”. Figure 4.40: Connection on the Host PC TPC-1260G User Manual...
9. Select “Explore” in the Microsoft ActiveSync window, the window, Mobile Device, will pop up to display the file resources and information of TPC. For example, you could click the icon “My documents” to see the contents stored in TPC. Figure 4.41: Exploring the TPC 4.3 Application Program Development 4.3.1 System Requirements for Developers...
Install the TPC Software Development Kit for eMbedded Visual C++ from the support CD-ROM. Install Microsoft ActiveSync from the support CD-ROM. Build the connection between the host and TPC via ActiveSync. For further information about ActiveSync, please refer to section 5.2.2. Execute eMbedded Visual C++. TPC-1260G User Manual...
Select “File”->”New” to open a new project. Select your project type in the left side of the window and enter the new project name/ location in the right side of the window. Figure 4.42: Starting a New Project Note For the CPU type, Win32 (WCE X86) must be selected.
Figure 4.43: Selecting After you complete the configuration procedure, you can start to develop your application. Press “Build” to compile your program to an .exe file and download it to TPC. Figure 4.44: Compiling your Program TPC-1260G User Manual...
Appendix A Serial Port Settings The serial port COM5 on TPC-1260G is adjustable. It can be set to RS- 232, RS-422 or RS-485. This port is designed with auto data flow control capability. In other words, the TPC-1260G can automatically detect the data flow direction at this port when the two-wired RS-485 communica- tion is activated.
Step 2: Replace the damaged fuse with a new one Step 3: Replace the fuse cover Figure B.1: Fuse Replacement Warning Do NOT replace the fuse unless it is damaged. Do NOT replace the fuse with a different rated fuse. TPC-1260G User Manual...
Appendix C Watchdog Timer Program- ming There is a built-in watchdog timer in Windows CE 4.2 for TPC-1260G. You can access it through the WIN32 API. TPC-1260G provides a WDT driver to allow users to enable/disable the watchdog timer. The driver name is “WDT1:”.
C.1.1 Parameters • hDevice [in] Handle to the device that is to perform the operation. Call the Cre- ateFile function to obtain a device handle. • dwIoControlCode [in] Specifies the control code for the operation. This value identifies the specific operation to be performed and the type of device on which the operation is to be performed.
WDT driver, your application must trigger the watchdog once during the watchdog timer period. If your application has not triggered at the specified period, the device will reboot automatically. lpInBuffer: unused. nInBufferSize: unused. lpOutBuffer: unused. nOutBufferSize: unused. TPC-1260G User Manual...
C.2.4 IOCTL_WDT_GETTIMEOUT: Gets the Watchdog time setting. lpInBuffer: unused. nInBufferSize: unused. lpOutBuffer: The DWORD points to your watchdog time setting. The Watchdog time setting is just a number. 0 means 2 seconds, 1 means 5 seconds, 2 means 10 seconds, 3 means 15 seconds, 4 means 30 seconds, 5 means 45 seconds and 6 means 60 seconds.
// assign the WDT driver name wsprintf(szClassName, TEXT("WDT1:")); // Open the WDT driver m_hWDT = CreateFile(szClassName, GENERIC_READ GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL); if ( m_hWDT == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) { DebugMsg(CString("WDT driver fail")); return; DWORD dwTemp; DWORD nIndex=2; TPC-1260G User Manual...
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// Set the Watchdog Timer as 10 seconds. Number 2 means 10 seconds. DeviceIoControl(m_hWDT, IOCTL_WDT_SET_TIMEOUT, &nIndex, sizeof(nIndex), NULL, 0, &dwTemp, NULL); // Enable the Watchdog timer DeviceIoControl(m_hWDT, IOCTL_WDT_ENABLE, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, &dwTemp, NULL); While (1) { // do your job here. Sleep(8000);...
Please follow this assembly procedure to use the CompactFlash slot to connect with a CD-ROM drive. Connect the IDE cable to the adapter board. Figure D.1: Adapter Board and IDE Cable Figure D.2: Connect the Adapter Board with the IDE Cable TPC-1260G User Manual...
Note Pin 1 is marked red Insert the adapter board into the CompactFlash slot. Figure D.3: CompactFlash Slot Figure D.4: Insert the Adapter Board into the CF slot Figure D.5: Inserted Adapter Board Appendix D...
Note Please make sure Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 is installed before you install the USB 2.0 driver on Windows 2000. Service Pack 1 must be installed on Windows XP before you install the USB 2.0 driver. TPC-1260G User Manual...
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