Lga1700 intel core i9/i7/i5/i3/pentium picmg 1.3 single host board with vga/dp/hdmi/dvi-d/m.2/(ecc/non-ecc) ddr5 u-dimm/sata3.0/usb3.2/2.5gbe (106 pages)
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User Manual PPC-6150A/6170A Intel® Core i5 processor based microcomputer, with 15"/17" color TFT LCD display, four additional GbE ports...
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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. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. How- ever, Advantech Co., Ltd.
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.
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.
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Disconnect power before making any configuration changes. The sudden rush of power as you connect a jumper or install a card may damage sensitive elec- tronic components. Power Warning The power is fit for areas with an altitude of 5000 M below. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Chapter General Information This chapter gives background information on PPC-6150A/6170A panel PC. Sections include: Introduction Specifications Dimensions...
Introduction Advantech PPC-6150A/6170A are Intel Core i5 processor based panel PCs with 15" and 17" color LCD respectively. They feature powerful computing capability, modular design, excellent connectivity and four additional GbE ports, almost fit for any appli- cation. In addition, they are also humanized information machine, which is highly rep- resented by the user-friendly interface.
65 W (test system: Windows7 32bit) Power (i5-3610ME) 50 W (test system: Windows XP 32bit) 60 W (test system: Windows XP 32bit) Output Power 150 W (Max.) Input Voltage 100-240 Vac, 50/60 Hz, 4 A ~ 2 A PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
10 ~ 95% @ 40° C (non-condensing) Shock 10 G peak acceleration (11 msec duration) Vibration 5 ~ 500 Hz 1 G RMS Certification Specifications 1.2.6 BSMI, CE, FCC Class A Safety CB, CCC, BSMI, UL IP 1.2.7 Front Panel IP Grade IP65 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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@2.70 GHz Windows 2.5” XP 32bit IO: COM Port RS232 loopback x5: USB3.0 device x5 Note2: PPC-6150A's power test conditions are as follows (for reference only, powers differ from different peripheral configurations) Test Test Power Test Configuration Software System...
Dimensions PPC-6150A: Unit: mm Figure 1.1 PPC-6150A dimensions Fixed VESA screw specification: M4; screw depth: 7.5 mm (Max).. Warning! Use suitable mounting apparatus to avoid risk of injury. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
PPC-6170A: Figure 1.2 PPC-6170A dimensions Fixed VESA screw specification: M4; screw depth: 7.5 mm (Max).. Warning! Use suitable mounting apparatus to avoid risk of injury. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Figure 2.1 Front panel Light sense LAN LED HDD LED POWER LED LAN LED Status HDD LED POWER LED LAN1 LAN2 Power Off (S5) Off Yellow Green Yellow Yellow Power On (S0) Green (working, blink) (working, blink) (working, blink) PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Figure 2.2 Side view Red rectangle indicates VESA screw hole. Air outlet Antenna hole Panel Mount Bracket hole (10 in PPC-6170A, 8 in PPC-6150A) Slim type optical drive bay Loudspeaker (dual) Air inlet Note! Fixed VESA specification: M4; screw depth: 7.5 mm (Max).
J: USB 3.0 x 1 K:DIO / RS-232 (by swapping pin header) L: Isolated RS-232/422/485 (selected through BIOS) M: RS-232 x 1 N: Gigabit Ethernet x 4 (Intel i350) Note! Wire clasp dimension: 9 mm x 3.5 mm. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
When using HDMI interface, please purchase cables of above 9 mm long (see Figure 2.4), or imperfect contact may happen. Length: above 9mm Figure 2.4 Please insert the cable by the right ride. (See Fig 2.5) Figure 2.5 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Install Memory Card Remove rear cover of the panel PC. (See Fig 2.6) Figure 2.6 After removing rear cover Remove the two screws of the riser card (see Fig 2.7), and pull out the card. Figure 2.7 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
(see Fig 2.8) and the one in I/O stop plate. Figure 2.8 Remove the reinforced board. (see Fig 2.9) Figure 2.9 Remove CPU fan cable and the 4 screws in CPU cooler and take out the CPU cooler. Figure 2.10 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
(see Fig 2.11), then install the CPU cooler to complete the memory installation. Figure 2.11 Install ODD Remove the four screws as shown in Fig 2.12, and take out the HDD2 bracket. Figure 2.12 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Take out ODD module, fix it onto the iron bracket, and connect the ODD cable to the corresponding interface.(See Fig 2.13) Figure 2.13 Install HDD 2.5.1 Install HDD1: Please follow the procedures 1-4 in Section 2.3. Take down the HDD hold-down clamp. (See Fig 2.14) Figure 2.14 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Take out the 4 screws, lock HDD onto the U type bracket (screws can be found in the accessory box, 4 x M3X4), and insert HDD cable into HDD module. (See Fig 2.16) Figure 2.16 Return to the original position. (See Fig 2.17) Figure 2.17 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
2.5.2 Install HDD2 Please follow the procedures 1-4 in Section 2.3. Take out the U type bracket, 4 black washers, 4 transparent washers and 2 HDD hold-down clamps (with black foams attached). (See Fig 2.19) Figure 2.19 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
U card is fixed in the U iron bracket, or HDD may be damaged easily. Figure 2.20 Take out 4 M3*4 screws, fix the HDD lock onto U type iron bracket, and insert the power cable. (See Fig 2.21) Figure 2.21 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Lock the hold-down clamp onto U type iron bracket with the 4 M3*4 screws, and fix the HDD onto HDD2 iron bracket. Figure 2.22 Connect the HDD cable. (See Fig 2.23) Figure 2.23 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
(The following installation procedures are only for professional technicists’ reference. The screws needed in this process can be found in the accessory box. Please follow the procedures in Section 2.3. Untie USB cable, and then remove the cable and two screws in MIO mainboard. Figure 2.24 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Unplug the cables beside the IO as shown below, and remove the 2 hexagonal screws in VGA of I/O back plate. Then vertically pull out MIO board. (See Fig 2.25) Figure 2.25 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Mini SATA by BIOS, please refer to "BIOS Con- figuration" chapter for the details. Figure 2.26 2.6.2 Install Wireless LAN Long Card First take down wireless LAN card antenna bracket. (See Fig 2.27) Figure 2.27 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Fixed the antenna onto the bracket. (See Fig2.28) Figure 2.28 Lock the bracket with antenna onto M/B frame, the wiring method is shown as Fig 2.29. The antenna receiver is locked onto the antenna terminal. (See Fig 2.30) Figure 2.29 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
LAN card into MIO-5290 CN28 slot. Note! Long card and Mini SATA slot share one slot. Users need to configure the port as PCIE by BIOS, please refer to "BIOS Configuration" chapter for the details. Figure 2.31 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Follow the procedures in Section 2.6.2, and install the antenna to the machine. Take out one M2 X 6 screw from the accessory box, and lock the short card into MIO-5290 CN29 card slot. (See Fig 2.33) Figure 2.33 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Procedure 3-6, then check if all cables are correctly connected, which is shown as Fig2.35, 2.36 and 2.37 respectively. Lock the cooler onto MIO mainboard and connect the MIO fan cable. (See Fig 2.35) Figure 2.35 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Lock the reinforced board and connect the fan cable, and check if the left sys- tem fan cable is connected well. (See Fig 2.37) Figure 2.37 Lock the reinforced board, riser card and rear cover to complete the installation. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Insert the riser card into the slot, and lock the two screws.(See Figure 2.38) Figure 2.38 Remove the card slot back plate, and insert the needed card (See Fig 2.33), then fixed the screws and return back the rear cover. Figure 2.39 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Lock the power cable bracket onto the machine which is shown as the figure below. 2 M3X5 2 screws Figure 2.42 When using power bracket, please select the power cable with correct con- necter. The dimension of the bracket is shown as below: PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Chapter Jumper Configuration Sections include: Jumper & Connectors Peripheral COM Port & DIO Switch and Pin Definitions Peripheral DIO and COM Port Switch Touchscreen Control Source Configuration...
Image P17 External COM PORT & DIO Switch and PIN Definition (Open the rear cover before configuration) Figure 3.4 COM ports K:DIO / RS-232 (by swapping pin header) L: Isolated RS-232/422/485 (selected through BIOS) M: RS-232 x 1 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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8 bit parallel input and output port. Control signal is SMBUS. External COM PORT & DIO PIN definition: Ports Functions RS232 RS422 RS485 422_TXD- 485_Data- 422_TXD+ 485_Data+ GPIO4 422_RXD+ GPIO0 422_RXD- GPIO5 GPIO1 GPIO6 GPIO2 GPIO7 GPIO3 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Configure the external port as COM port. (See Fig 3.6) a. Configure JP1 and JP2 as shown in Fig 3.6. (This configuration will change touchscreen's control source as USB, and the system needs to reinstall touch- screen driver.) Figure 3.6 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Figure 3.7 Touchscreen Control Source Configuration (Open the rear cover first) Use COM port to control touchscreen. (Default) Take down DIO cable, and configure JP&JP2 as shown in Fig 3.8, then insert the DIO cable. Figure 3.8 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Use USB to control touchscreen. Take down DIO cable, and configure JP&JP2 as shown in the figure below, then insert the DIO cable. Figure 3.9 PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
User manual: E-record of the user manual for this machine. Please follow the instructions to install the drivers. The drivers in the accompanied CD-ROM may not be the latest version, if needed, please find it at: http://www.advantech.com.cn/ PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
BIOS Setup 4.2.1 Enter BIOS Start the computer and press "Delete" key to enter BIOS. Press "F4" to save and exit after any configuration, or the configuration won't be saved in BIOS. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
4.2.2 ATX & AT Mode Setup Select “PCH-IO Configuration” under “Chipset”. Configure “Restore AC Power Loss” as “Power On”. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
4.2.3 Display Brightness Adjustment Select “Chipset” under “Brightness Control”. A.Manual Adjustment Mode “LCD Brightness Control” is configured as “Manual Mode” by default. Select “Brightness Manual Control” under “Brightness Control”, and there will be 6 options: PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
B. Auto Sensor Adjustment Mode “LCD Brightness Control” is configured as "Dynamic Mode", that is, auto sensor adjustment mode. Then the machine will automatically adjust the LCD brightness from sensor points. 4.2.4 COM 232/422/485 Port Select “Advanced” under “Super IO Configuration”. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Then Select “Serial Port 2 Configuration”. Then you can select the operation mode of COM2 by "Serial Port2 Mode". PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Enter and select Mini PCIE type. Mini Card: CN28 is of Mini PCIE interface. M-SATA: CN28 is of Mini SATA interface. 4.2.6 RAID Function Configuration Select "SATA Configuration" under "Advanced". PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Then select "RAID" in "SATA Mode Selection". 4.2.7 PCIE/RI Wakeup Select “Chipset” under “PCH-IO Configuration”. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Select “Wake on PCIE/RI” as “Enabled” under “PCH-IO Configuration”. Open wake on LAN function in the system. A. Open wake on LAN function in windows 7. Right click “Computer” and select “Manage” to enter management interface, then select “Device Manager”. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Select “Network adapters”, and 2 network devices will appear. Select any device with wake on LAN function, and right click to select “Properties”. Select “Power Management”, and remember to check “Wake on Magic Packet” and “Wake on Magic Packet from power off state”. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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B. Open wake on LAN function in windows XP. Right click “Computer” and select “Manage” to enter management interface, then select “Network adapters”, and 2 network devices will appear. Select any device with wake on LAN function, and right click to select “Properties”. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Select “Power Management”, and remember to check “Wake on Magic Packet” and “Wake on Magic Packet from power off state”. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
The size of PCI and PCIE card can not exceed 208 mm long, and 105 mm wide. The total current load provided by the expansion slot is as follows: 12 V 3.3 V -12 V 100 mA PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
Windows XP Dual HDD RAID System Installation Procedures Enter BIOS and set SATA mode as RAID. Please press “Ctrl+I” to enter RAID screen during bootup. Select “Create RAID Volume” to create RAID. Users can choose RAID0 or RAID1 mode here. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Select “Create Volume” after mode configuration, and you’ll be reminded that RAID HDD data will be erased. Press “Y” to confirm selecting RAID mode. Select “Exit” and press “Y” to exit the screen. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Then it will boot from CD-ROM. Press “F6” to wait loading RAID driver. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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You can press “S” to select the driver when “loading driver” appears. Please select “Intel (R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller” and press “Enter” to continue. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Press “Enter” to continue. Press “Enter” to prepare installing system. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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Press “F8” to agree starting installation. It will appear the total HDD size after RAID configuration, then you can create partition by your favorite. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
XP. Users need to configure dual HDD as RAID mode and then start installation. It will continue introducing from the above step 5 here. Continue with Step 5, boot from CD-ROM, and continue installation according to the instructions. It will appear the HDDs with RAID successfully configured. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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You can create partition by your favorite and continue installation. Click “Next” to continue and complete the installation. PPC-6150A/6170A User Manual...
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