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Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted, 2006 by Heisei Electronics Co., Ltd. The information provided in this document has been carefully checked for accuracy at the time of publication. No representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose.
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Unpacking the Q-POS After unpacking the Q-POS carton, check to make sure all the following items are included and in good condition. Q-POS system Accessories: AC Power Cable Utility CD with drivers and user guide Pair of keys for opening front panel Make sure that all of the items listed above are present.
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Important Safety Precautions 1. Before getting started, read these instructions and save them for later reference. 2. Turn off the Q-POS before cleaning. Clean with a damp or dry cloth only. Do not spray any liquid cleaner directly on the screen. 3.
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12. If the Q-POS is equipped with a touch panel, avoid using sharp or metallic objects to operate the touch panel. Scratches on the touch panel may cause mal-calibration or serious damage to the panel. 13. The LCD panel display is not resistive to shock or vibration. If re-assembling the Q-POS, make sure the LCD panel is properly and securely installed.
1. I NTRODUCTION 1.1 General Information HEISEI's latest Q-POS 815 series compact platform is a fashionable and powerful P4 POS system designed with a 15" TFT LCD and 5-wire Touch Panel. The Q-POS features a robust IPC single board, supplying power and utilizing features of peripherals connected through any of its host of IO ports: RS-232, Power USB (24V &...
6 x COM Ports: 1,2,4: RS-232 9pin D-SUB male, +5/+12V output by jumper, COM 5 (Normal); COM 3: Reserved for Touch Screen, COM 6: on board 1 x LPT 25-pin D-SUB Connector 6 x USB 2.0 (2 USB on rear bezel, 1 USB on front Q-POS 815...
User’s Guide 1.3 Dimensions The chassis sizes (in mm) are shown below. 1-1: Q-POS IGURE RONT IMENSIONS WITH OPTIONAL YBRID EADER ON FRONT RIGHT SIDE 1-2: Q-POS IGURE IGHT IMENSIONS Q-POS 815...
(6) COM 5 (10) Ethernet LAN (14) COM 2 (3) USB 24V (7) PS/2 Mouse (11) COM 1 (15) COM 4 (4) Upgrade Slot (8) PS/2 Keyboard (12) Parallel Port 2-5: Q-POS R IO P IGURE ONNECTOR ORTS Q-POS 815...
Be sure to keep the screws in a secure place. Metal main board cover-plate 2-6: Q-POS R 2-7: M IGURE YSTEM IGURE AIN BOARD WITH CPU, F ANEL WITH AN INSTALLED AN AND INSTALLED Q-POS 815...
Push them outward until they separate from the two vertical posts. Due to the space restrictions of the system panel, it is extremely important to carefully move aside any cables which may be obstructing the DDR slot on the main board. Holding the memory Q-POS 815...
DVD or CD-ROM and HDD can be installed. First install the slim type DVD or CD-ROM in the bottom of the interior frame. Slim CD-ROM 2-10: I IGURE NSTALLING DVD / CD-ROM 2-10 Q-POS 815...
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DVD / CD-ROM to make room for the HDD to rest on top. IDE cables carefully tucked 2-11: IGURE UCKING THE IDE C ABLES IDE cables carefully folded 2-12: IGURE OLDING THE IDE C ABLES HDD carefully seated on top of the folded IDE 2-13: IGURE cables INAL NSTALLATION 2-11 Q-POS 815...
The BIOS memory has lost power and the configuration information has been erased. The BIOS setup program is stored in ROM, which can be accessed by pressing <DEL> key on the keyboard immediately when the system is powered on. 2-12 Q-POS 815...
The Q-POS Utility CD includes software for the Audio driver, Hybrid Card Reader, LAN driver, Touch Screen (drivers), USB 2.0 driver (Win XP requires SP1 or later), VGA Display drivers and Wireless LAN. 2-13 Q-POS 815...
Flex-845E main board: J2: External Speaker Connector Signal Name Signal Name L_OUT_R L_OUT_L HP_IN JP1: Select Clock (1-2=CPU Clock, 2-3=100Mhz) *Default 1-2 FBS Clock CPU Clock (default) 100Mhz JP2: LVDS Panel Power Select LVDS Panel Power 3.3V (default) 3-14 Q-POS 815...
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Signal Name Ground Out3 Out1 Out2 Out0 Int3 Int1 Int2 Int0 JP12: COM3 RS232 +5V / +12V Power Setting Pins [1-2] shorted = Standard COM Port; [5-6] = +12V; [3-4] = +5V Signal Name Signal Name (Default) (Default) 3-15 Q-POS 815...
Below are the functions and values of the connectors found on the Flex-845E main board: CN1: Connector Signal Name Signal Name Ground PW-ON Ground Reset_SW IDE_LED- IDE_LED+ Power_LED+ Power_LED- LAN_LED- LAN_LED+ CN2: 26-pin Slim TYPE Floppy Connector, supports 1 x Slim Floppy Disk Drive (FDD). 3-16 Q-POS 815...
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Ground Ground CD Audio L CN7: USB Connectors The following table shows the pin outs of the USB pin headers connectors. Overall, the one pin header supports four USB ports (USB 2.0 compliant). Signal Name Signal Name 3-18 Q-POS 815...
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2.0 compliant). Signal Name Signal Name USB1- USB2- USB1+ USB2+ Ground Ground J1: Internal Speaker Connector Signal Name SPK_LN SPK_LO SPK_RN SPK_RO AU1: Line In, Line Out, & Microphone Connector Port Function Line In Line Out Microphone 3-19 Q-POS 815...
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RXD, Receive data RTS, Request to send TXD, Transmit data CTS, Clear to send DTR, Data terminal RI, Ring indicator ready Ground No Connect COM6 (Optional) Signal Name Signal Name DCD, Data carrier DSR, Data set ready detect 3-20 Q-POS 815...
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Signal Name Ground Ground DCD, Data carrier RXD, Receive data detect TXD, Transmit data DTR, Data terminal ready DSR, Data set ready RTS, Request to send CTS, Clear to send RI, Ring indicator MODEM SP MODEM RESET Ground 3-21 Q-POS 815...
The software application can be updated to handle new card formats or user protocol changes after installation. Smart Card Interface: • Automatic recognize and access 5V/3V/1.8V (Class A, B, C) smart card • Short-circuit protection • Reads from and Writes to all ISO7816-1/2/3 4-26 Q-POS 815...
The Q-POS features six serial COM ports used to support internal components. Two are located inside the system for the touch screen controller and an additional connection, and four are in the rear IO panel, ready to connect to a wide range of serial devices. COM 1, 4-27 Q-POS 815...
VGA resolution has to be set to 1024 x 768 also. Connecting to an analog monitor is easy by plugging in the VGA D-SUB 15-pin connector to the RGB interface. Some software applications operate only in 800x600 resolution. If 4-28 Q-POS 815...
2-6 and locate the PC99 color coded audio ports to the left of the CPU fan. Please note that the audio driver must be installed first before audio devices will function. 4-29 Q-POS 815...
COM ports for operation. Since the Customer Display Pole requires a +12VDC RS-232 connection, set the corresponding I/O COM port voltage output on pin-9 to +12V. Please refer to the manufacture’s reference guide for installation. 4-30 Q-POS 815...
CMOS RAM and compare them to the equipment check conducted during the power on self-test (POST). If any error or mismatch occurs, an error message will display on the screen and the computer will prompt the setup program to run again. 5-31 Q-POS 815...
Load the Fail safe default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 key Load the Optimize default F8 key Reserved F9 key Reserved F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only in Main Menu 5-32 Q-POS 815...
Award BIOS Setup Main Menu Power on the computer and press <DEL> immediately to run the AWARD BIOS setup. The setup main menu will appear: Use the arrow keys to move among the items and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. 5-33 Q-POS 815...
Setup, or just to Setup. & E : Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit ETUP setup. : Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit ITHOUT AVING setup. 5-34 Q-POS 815...
The categories identify the types of hard disk from drive C to F that have been installed in the computer. There are two types: auto type, and user definable type. User type is user-definable; Auto type will 5-35 Q-POS 815...
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3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte 2.88M, 3.5" 3.5 inch double-sided drive; 2.88M byte Video The category selects the default video device Options: EGA/VGA/CGA40/CGA80/Mono Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is 5-36 Q-POS 815...
5.4.3 Advanced BIOS Features If the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES option is selected from the main menu, the screen below will appear. The following sample screen consists of the default values for the Q-POS. 5-37 Q-POS 815...
Q-POS. 5.4.5 Integrated Peripherals If the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option is selected from the main menu, the screen below will appear. The following sample screen consists of the default values for the Q-POS. 5-38 Q-POS 815...
The following sample screen consists of the default values for the Q-POS. 5.4.7 PnP/PCI Configuration If the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION option is selected, the following sample screen displays default values for the Q-POS. 5-39 Q-POS 815...
User’s Guide 5.4.8 PC Health Status PC HEALTH STATUS auto detects the system’s temperature, voltage, and fan speed. 5.4.9 Frequency Voltage Control This setup page is for the CPU, SDRAM and PCI frequency setting. 5-40 Q-POS 815...
Windows Logo Testing, but the product has been fully tested and to complete the installation of the driver, click “Continue Anyway.” After the software is installed, click yes to restart the Q-POS. After the system is restarted, open the Hybrid Reader Utility to test 6-41 Q-POS 815...
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1. In the selection menu, the VK52XX model should appear for selection. 2. When the two green LEDs are lit and the following screen is showing, the system is ready for operation. Swipe a card with the stripe facing away from the Q-POS either upwards or downwards. 6-42 Q-POS 815...
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4. If the reader identifies a bad reading or no data in any of the tracks, a character ‘F’ (bad reading) or ‘N’ (no data) will replace a string characters as above description. The following example shows track 2 is bad and tracks 1 and 3 are good. 6-43 Q-POS 815...
OS. After rebooting, the screen is best displayed at resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. To change the resolution, click the right mouse button on the desktop, and select Properties. Go to the Settings page, and change the Screen 6-44 Q-POS 815...
AES algorithm for enhanced data protection during wireless transmission. To install the WLAN adapter in Windows operating systems, locate and run the [ setup.exe ] program found on the Q-POS Utility CD in the “WLAN” sub-directory. 6-45 Q-POS 815...
When the screen is touched, the conductive coating makes electrical contact with the coating on the glass. The voltages produced are the analog representation 7-46 Q-POS 815...
Excellent image clarity with high light transmission • Extremely fast and sensitive • Excellent durability, resistant to deep scratches and abrasion • Activated by a finger, gloved-hand or soft stylus • Inherently stable, drift-free operation • Dirt and splash sealing capability 7-47 Q-POS 815...
The driver software scales the absolute coordinates received from the touch screen controller into translated screen coordinates, using the calibration points obtained with the video alignment program included 7-48 Q-POS 815...
• Do not confuse display problems with touch screen problems, as the two issues are unrelated. • Software problems are determined by a basic hardware functionality test. If the hardware transmits touch coordinates 7-49 Q-POS 815...
Windows, MonitorMouse for Windows, MonitorMouse for DOS, the ELODEV driver, a conflict with another device, or the touch screen hardware. The best approach to software troubleshooting is to remove the layers of software one by one, 7-50 Q-POS 815...
No touch data: When no touch data is reported, the problem may be the touch screen, controller, or cabling. If the controller power-on diagnostics or diagnostic LED’s do not identify the problem, substitute individual system components if they are available. 7-51 Q-POS 815...
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