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  • Page 1 User Manual ARK-4180...
  • Page 2 Warranty Period ADVANTECH aims to meet the customer’s expectations for post-sales service and support; therefore, in addition to offering 2 years global warranty for ADVANTECH’s standard products, a global extended warranty service is also provided for customers upon request. ADVANTECH customers are entitled to a complete and prompt repair service beyond the standard 2 years of warranty.
  • Page 3 ADVANTECH Repair Service Department. For those products which are not DOA, the return fee to an authorized ADVANTECH repair facility will be at the customers’ expense. The shipping fee for reconstructive products from ADVANTECH back to customers’ sites will be at ADVANTECH’s expense.
  • Page 4 Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Technical Support and Assistance For more information about this and other Advantech products, please visit our web- site at: http://www.advantech.com/ http://www.advantech.com/ePlatform/ For technical support and service, please visit our support website at: http://support.advantech.com.tw/support/...

  • Page 5: Packing List

    1 User’s notes of Phoebus Operation 1st Ed – 1 Registration and 1 year Warranty card Rev. A – Wire 9P 20 cm D-SUB TO AT POWER ARK-4180/80 use (p/n: 1700003933) – Cable DSUB15(F) to 4*USB 15 cm for ARK-4180 (p/n: 1700005456) –...
  • Page 6 ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    1.3.4 Environmental Specifications............7 Chapter Installation........9 Introduction ..................... 10 Figure 2.1 ARK-4180 Front I/O Panel........10 Figure 2.2 ARK-4180 Rear I/O Panel ........10 2.1.1 LAN: Ethernet Connector............11 Table 2.1: Ethernet Connector ..........11 2.1.2 USB Connector ................11 Table 2.2: USB Connector............
  • Page 8 4.3.4 SUSI Sample Programs.............. 37 Chapter Extension I/O Installation ....45 PC/104 ....................46 Figure 5.1 PC/104 ..............46 DIMM Card....................46 Figure 5.2 DIMM Card ............... 47 Chapter Full Disassembly Procedure.... 49 Introduction ..................... 50 ARK-4180 User Manual viii...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 General Introduction

    Chapter General Introduction This chapter gives background information on the PCM-4180. Sections include: Introduction Specifications...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Advantech uses special brackets on the aluminum enclosure itself so that additional enclosures can also be stacked making this most flexible rugged solution on the market. The core stacking modules uses Advantech standard CPU board: PCM-4180 w/PCI expansion slot which support for two RS- 232, six USB 2.0, audio line-in, line-out, single LAN and CF type I;...

  • Page 11: Product Specifications

    LVDS: Two Hirose connectors support up to 2 channel LVDS LCD Panel (inter- nal pin header) Note! If you need to pull out the internal pin header/connector, or need to mod- ify an enclosure connector; please ask the regional support team for the modification process. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 12: Chipset

    CompactFlash Card Type I. Socket: 50-pin CompactFlash Card Type I connector (Internal) AC97 Audio Link Intel 82855GME/ICH4 controller chip supports: AC97 2.0 compliant. Supports Line in, Line out. Connectors: audio: 2 x PHONE JACK 3P 180D connector. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 13 Parallel Port Winbond W83627HF (LPC Super I/O) support One Parallel Port. SPP/EPP (1.7,1.9)/ECP (IEEE 1284 Compliant) mode Connector: 1 x D-sub 25-pin connector. Keyboard/Mouse Winbond W83627HF supports. Connectors PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse interface Connector: 1 x MiniDIM connector. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 14: Mechanical Specifications

    Mechanical Specifications 164±0.2 [6457±8] 160.5±0.2 [6319±8] 146±0.2 [5748±8] 111±0.2 [4370±8] 107.16 [4219] 10 [394] 10 [394] 10 [394] 10° 0.25 164±0.2 [6457±8] 144±0.2 [5669±8] 70±0.2 [2756±8] 10 [394] 35±0.1 [1378±4] 72±0.1 [2835±4] 82±0.1 [3228±4] Figure 1.1 ARK-4180 Dimensions ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 15: Electrical Specifications

    Standard products (0 ~ 60° C) Relative humidity: 95% @ 60° C Phoenix products (-20 ~ 80° C) Relative humidity: 95% @ 60° C Platinum Phoenix products (-40 ~ 85° C) Relative humidity: 95% @ 60° C ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 16 ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 17: Chapter 2 H/W Installation

    Chapter H/W Installation...

  • Page 18: Introduction

    Introduction The following two figures show the connectors on ARK-4180. The following sections give you detailed information about function of each peripheral. LAN LED USB2 ON / OFF LAN USB1 DC_INPUT PWR LED LINE_IN RESET LINE_OUT PARALLEL_PORT Figure 2.1 ARK-4180 Front I/O Panel...

  • Page 19: Lan: Ethernet Connector

    2.1.1 LAN: Ethernet Connector The ARK-4180 is equipped with an Intel 82562EM Ethernet LAN controller that is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3u 10/100Base-T standards. The Ethernet port pro- vides a standard RJ-45 jack on board, and with LED indicators on the front IO panel.

  • Page 20: Power Connector

    2.1.3 Power Connector The ARK-4180 comes with a DB-15 pin connector for AT external power input. Please use the DB-15 to AT power cable (P/N: 1700003933) to connect with the AT power supply. Or order power adapter (P/N:1757001117) separately which is AC 65W adaptor 100~240V WO/PFC ARK-4153/70/80.

  • Page 21: Parallel

    PIO_PD0 LPT_ERR# PIO_PD1 LPT_INIT# PIO_PD2 LPT_SLIN# PIO_PD3 PIO_PD4 PIO_PD5 PIO_PD6 PIO_PD7 LPT_ACK# LPT_BUSY LPT_PE LPT_SLCT 2.1.6 RS-232 Interface (COM1~COM2) The ARK-4180 offers two standard RS-232 serial communication interface ports: COM1 and COM2 with a DB-9 pin connector. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 22: Table 2.6: Com1.2 Connector

    2.1.7 VGA Display Connector The ARK-4180 provides a VGA controller (Intel 855/852 GME, supports a single 1.5V accelerated graphics port interface) for a high resolution VGA interface. It supports CRT Mode: 1280 x 1024 @ 32bpp (60Hz),1024 x 768 @ 32bpp (85Hz); LCD/Simul- taneous Modes: 1280 x 1024 @ 16bpp(60Hz), 1024 x 768 @16bpp(60Hz) and up to 32 MB shared memory.

  • Page 23: Ps/2 Keyboard And Mouse Connector

    2.1.8 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector The ARK-4180 provides a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connector. A 6-pin mini- DIN connector is located on the rear panel of the ARK-4180. The ARK-4180 comes with an adapter to convert from the 6-pin mini-DIN connector to two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connection.
  • Page 24 ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3 Bios Settings

    Chapter BIOS Settings...

  • Page 26: Bios Introduction

    The modular, adaptable AwardBIOS 6.0 supports the broadest range of processors, third-party peripherals and popular chipsets including: Intel, AMD, nVidia, and VIA processors, from 386 through Pentium, and AMD Geode to K7 and K8. Advantech also provides utilities to easily select and install features that suit the customers own designs.

  • Page 27: Bios Setup

    BIOS Setup The ARK-4180 series system has build-in AwardBIOS with a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system fea- tures. The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS RAM of the motherboard.
  • Page 28 This setup page is to Load system optimized values, which configure the system for best performance. Set Password Establish, change or disable password. Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit BIOS setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit BIOS setup. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 29: Standard Cmos Features

    The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other errors. (Default value) All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 30: Advanced Bios Features

    Select boot device priority by CDROM. Select boot device priority by ZIP. USB-FDD Select boot device priority by USB-FDD. USB-ZIP Select boot device priority by USB-ZIP. USB-CDROM Select boot device priority by USB-CDROM. USB-HDD Select boot device priority by USB-HDD. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 31 The Enabled setting copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM to improve performance. Full Screen Logo Show [Enabled] Show full screen logo during post stage, and the Logo picture can be customized. Small Logo (EPA) Show [Enabled] Show EPA logo during system post stage. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 32: Advanced Chipset Features

    This item reserves 15MB-16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require the setting. Memory from 15MB-16MB will be unavailable to the system because of the expansion cards can only access memory at this area. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 33: Integrated Peripherals

    This item enables users to set the Onboard device status, including enabling USB, AC97, MC97 and LAN devices. Super IO Device This item enables users to set the Super IO device status, including enabling floppy, COM, LPT, watchdog timer select and control GPIO and Power fail status. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 34: Power Management Setup

    Min Saving Minimum power management. Suspend Mode=1 hr. Max Saving Maximum power management. Suspend Mode=1 min. User Define Allows user to set each mode individually. Suspend Mode= Disabled or 1 min ~1 hr. Video Off Method [DPMS] ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 35 This item allows users to enable and key in Date/time to power on system Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Enable alarm function to power on system. Data (of month) Alarm 1-31 Time (HH:MM:SS) Alarm (0-23): (0-59): 0-59) ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 36: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    The item is designed to solve problems caused by some non-standard VGA cards. A built-in VGA system does not need this function. INT Pin 1~8 Assignment [Auto] The interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to a device connected to the PCI interface on your system. 3.2.8 Frequency/Voltage Control ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 37: Load Optimized Defaults

    Load Optimized Defaults loads the default system values directly from ROM in the event that the stored record created by the Setup program should ever become corrupted (and therefore unusable). These defaults will load automatically when you turn the PCM-9566 series system on. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 38: Set Password

    Select Set Password again, and at the “Enter Password” prompt, enter the new password and press <Enter>. At the “Confirm Password” prompt, retype the new password, and press <Enter>. Select Save to CMOS and EXIT, type <Y>, then <Enter>. To Disable Password ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 39: Save & Exit Setup

    Select Save to CMOS and EXIT, type <Y>, then <Enter>. 3.2.11 Save & Exit Setup Note! Typing “Y” will quit the BIOS Setup Utility and save user setup value to CMOS. Typing “N” will return to BIOS Setup Utility. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 40: Quit Without Saving

    3.2.12 Quit Without Saving Note! Typing “Y” will quit the BIOS Setup Utility without saving to CMOS. Typing “N” will return to BIOS Setup Utility. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 41: Chapter 4 S/W Installation

    Chapter S/W Installation...

  • Page 42: S/W Introduction

    S/W Introduction The mission of Advantech Embedded Software Services is to "Enhance quality of life with Advantech platforms and Microsoft Windows® embedded technology." We enable Windows® Embedded software products on Advantech platforms to more effectively support the embedded computing community. Customers are freed from the hassle of dealing with multiple vendors (Hardware suppliers, System integrators, Embedded OS distributor) for projects.

  • Page 43: Susi Application Library

    The benefit of using SUSI is portability. The same set of APIs is defined for different Advantech hardware platforms. Also, the same set of APIs is implemented in different Operating Systems including Windows XP and Windows CE.

  • Page 44: Susi Installation

    However, due to the inaccuracy among many commercially available hardware mon- itoring chips, Advantech has developed a unique scheme for hardware monitoring - achieved by using a dedicated micro-processor with algorithms specifically designed for providing accurate, real-time and reliable data content; helping protect your sys- tem in a more reliable manner 4.3.3...

  • Page 45: Susi Sample Programs

    Windows CE In Windows CE, there are three ways to install the SUSI Library, you can install it manually or use Advantech CE-Builder to install the library or just copy the programs and the library onto a compact flash card.
  • Page 46 You can click function tabs to select test functions respectively. Some function tabs will not show on the test application if your platform does not support such functions. For a complete support list, please refer to Appendix A. We describe the steps to test all functions of this application. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 47 – Click the radio button- Multiple-Pins. – Key in the pin number from '0x01' to '0x0F' to choose the multiple pin num- bers to write the value of the output pin. The pin numbers are ordered bit- ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 48 Key in the register offset in the Register Offset field. – Key in the desired data in the Result field to write to the device. – Click the WRITE A BYTE button and then the data will be written to the device through I ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 49 Result field. Write a word – Click the radio button- Access a word. – Key in the slave device address in the Slave address field. – Key in the register offset in the Register Offset field. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 50 You can test the functionalities of VGA control as follows: Screen on/off control – Click the radio button ON or push the key F11 to turn on the panel screen. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 51 Before the timer counts down to zero, you can reset the timer by clicking the REFRESH button. After you click this button, the Time-out Countdown field will display the value of the SET TIMEOUT field. If you want to stop the watchdog timer, you just click the STOP button. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 52 When the Monitor application is executed by clicking the button, hardware monitoring data values will be displayed. If certain data values are not supported by the platform, the correspondent data field will be grayed-out with a value of 0. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 53: Chapter 5 Extension I/O Installation

    Chapter Extension I/O Installation...

  • Page 54: Pc/104

    The module release levers will return to their upright position when the DIMM card is completely seated in the socket. The pegs on the tips of the release levers should align with the notches on both ends of the DIMM card. ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 55: Figure 5.2 Dimm Card

    Motched ends of memory module DIMM Module release levers Figure 5.2 DIMM Card ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 56 ARK-4180 User Manual...

  • Page 57: Chapter 6 Full Disassembly Procedure

    Chapter Full Disassembly Procedure This chapter details the system disassembly procedure for setting up the jumpers and for mainte- nance.

  • Page 58: Introduction

    Ltd. takes no responsibility whatsoever for any problems or damage caused by the user disassembly of the ARK-4180 embedded box computer. Make sure the power cord of the ARK-4180 embedded box computer is unplugged before you start disas- sembly. Unscrew the 6 screws on the Top side, the red mark indicates M3 screws and the yellow mark indicates M2 screws.
  • Page 59 Unscrew the 4 x M3 screws on the top cover. Unscrew the 2 x M2 screws on the top cover. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 60 The top cover removed. Unscrew the 6 screws on the bottom cover; red for M3 and yellow for M2. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 61 The bottom cover removed. Pull the cable from the CPU board and I/O daughter board carefully. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 62 Unplug the memory from the memory socket and pull out the CF card. Unscrew the screws on the sides of the heatsink. ARK-4180 User Manual...
  • Page 63 Remove the heatsink and PC/104 CPU board from the enclosure. Unscrew the connector screws on the panel board. ARK-4180 User Manual...
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  • Page 66 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permis- sion of the publisher. All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © Advantech Co., Ltd. 2008...

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