Wall Mounting ..........................3-3 VESA Mounting ........................... 3-4 Wiring Requirements ........................... 3-5 Grounding the MPC-2240 Series ......................3-5 Powering on/off the MPC-2240 Series ....................3-6 SavvyTouch Display Control Buttons ....................3-6 Connecting Data Transmission Cables ....................3-7 Connecting to the Network ......................3-7 Connecting to a Serial Device .......................
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Display Control Interface ........................6-1 Connecting to Display Control Interface ....................6-2 UART Command Format ........................6-3 Command Format Description ....................... 6-4 Downloading RGB Files ........................6-5 Regulatory Approval Statement ......................A-1 Display UART Commands ........................B-1 OSD Control Command ........................B-2 BRI (Brightness Minimum Value) ....................
Moxa’s innovative SavvyTouch display controls. The MPC-2240 series of panel computers are compliant with key industrial marine standards, such as IEC 60945-4, IEC 61174, IEC 61162, DNV2.4, and IACS E10, verifying their resilient durability in marine operations.
Introduction Overview The MPC-2240 Series panel computer range is a flexible all-in-one PC & monitor solution, designed for type approved use in industrial marine environments where reliability and durability are key requirements. MPC-2240 panel computers feature Smart OSD Control, LED backlight technology, full dimming and multi-power all as standard.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Introduction MPC-2240 Series Hardware Specifications Computer CPU: lntel Celeron® Processor 1047UE (2M Cache, 1.40GHz), TDP 17 watts (standard model only, for other options, refer to MPC-2240 Available Option Table on P.1-5) OS: N/A (For other options, refer to MPC-2240 Available Option Table on P.1-5)
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Introduction Base Serial Standard: RS-422 Optical Isolation Protection: ±6 kV contact discharge, ±8 kV air discharge Voltage Differential: -15 V to + 15 V Baudrate: 4800 bps Data Bits: 8 Stop Bits: 1, 1.5, 2 Parity: None...
Hardware Introduction MPC-2240 computers are compact, well-designed, and hardened for industrial marine applications. Intelligent SavvyTouch display control buttons allow end users to easily locate and manipulate control buttons in low light environments, or to receive immediate system hardware reports to aid in troubleshooting system failures. and The MPC-2240 features a reliable and stable hardware platform with multiple serial ports, for connecting a wide variety of data devices.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Hardware Introduction Dimensions SavvyTouch Display Control Buttons The MPC-2240 comes with SavvyTouch display controls situated in the lower right corner of the screen. These intelligent buttons will light up automatically when your fingers draw near. Refer to the following table for more information on each button.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Hardware Introduction Real Time Clock The embedded computer’s real-time clock is powered by a lithium battery. We strongly recommend that you NOT replace the lithium battery on your own. If the battery needs to be changed, please contact the Moxa RMA service team.
Wall Mounting VESA Mounting Wiring Requirements Grounding the MPC-2240 Series Powering on/off the MPC-2240 Series SavvyTouch Display Control Buttons Connecting Data Transmission Cables Connecting to the Network Connecting to a Serial Device ...
Hardware Connection Description Installation and Handling Notes Before installing and mounting the MPC-2240 panel computer, please read the following notes: 1. The MPC-2240 series is designed for mounting on a desktop, wall, or an FDMI/VESA interface. Please refer to the relevant mechanical drawings in the next few sections for detailed instructions on each method.
Wall Mounting The MPC-2240 Series comes with 14 optional clamp mounts that allow for installation onto a wall (where space has been cut out to accommodate the rest of the hardware) or into computing stations where a flush mount is desired.
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Hardware Connection Description FDMI/VESA Mounts The MPC-2240 series also comes with an optional VESA mount assembly. Six flat head screws and four round head screws are required to fasten the VESA mounting bracket. See the figure below for detailed screw specifications and torque values.
25°C. Doing so will increase the life of your display and minimize service costs. Grounding the MPC-2240 Series Before you power on the MPC-2240 Series, first ground it. Proper grounding and wire routing help limit the effects of noise due to electromagnetic interference (EMI).
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1 second. It takes about 10 to 30 seconds for the system to boot up. To power off the MPC-2240 Series, touch and hold the MENU button for 4 seconds; depending on your OS’s power management settings you may enter standby, hibernation, or system shutdown mode (the available choices may be configured using your operating system’s power management settings).
This section describes how to connect the MPC-2240 panel computer to serial devices and the network. Connecting to the Network Plug your network cable into the MPC-2240 Series’ Ethernet port. The other end of the cable should be plugged into your Ethernet network. When the cable is properly connected, the LEDs on the embedded computer’s Ethernet port will glow to indicate a valid connection.
For Windows 64-bit platforms, the examples may be found at: <Software DVD>\example\MPC-2240\x64\Release\UartMode Connecting NMEA 0183 Devices The MPC-2240 Series comes with eight NMEA 0183 ports on the bottom panel. Check the following figures for the location of these ports and the pin assignments. Connecting Speakers or Headphones The MPC-2240 panel computer comes with standard 3.5 mm monaural line-in and line-out ports for connecting...
Connecting to USB Devices The MPC-2240 Series comes with 4 USB 2.0 ports on the bottom face of the computer. The ports may be used, among other things, for an external flash disk or hard drive for storing large amounts of data. You can also use these USB ports to connect to a keyboard or a mouse.
Adjusting Screen Properties This chapter describes how to install the VGA driver and the touch driver for touch screen models. After installing the drivers, you may use the software tools to adjust display resolution and touch screen features of the MPC-2240. The following topics are covered in this chapter: ...
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function Installing the VGA Driver The steps below describe how to install the MPC-2240 VGA driver for Windows Embedded Standard 7. 1. On the software CD that shipped with your computer, go to the Driver folder and select Win7. Then, select either 32-bit or 64-bit, according to your platform.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 4. Click Next to start the installation. 5. Click Yes for the license agreement. 6. Click Next to continue.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 7. The installation will start. Wait until it finishes. 8. Click Next to continue.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 9. Select Yes, and then click Finish to complete the VGA driver installation. 10. The MPC-2240 will restart, and you will now be able to adjust the display resolution with the tool provided by Intel.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 3. Adjustments may be made to resolution, refresh rate, and image rotation. Maintain Display Scaling should be selected, so that the display can be maximized and fit the screen. Click Apply when finished.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 2. Select eGalaTouch_7_Vista_XP_2K_5.11.0.9126 folder. 3. Select eGalaxTouch_5.11.0.9126 folder. 4. Select setup in the folder for the installation. 5. Click Next to continue.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 6. You do not need to check Install PS/2 interface drive. Click Next to continue. 7. Check Install RS232 interface drive. Click Next to continue. 8. You may select the time to do touch screen calibration and then click Next to continue.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 9. To enable the touch screen, make sure your touch controller’s USB cable is plugged in the MPC-2240. Click OK to continue. 10. You may check Support Mulit-Monitor System, and then click Next to continue.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 12. Click Next to continue. 13. You may check Create a eGalaxTouch Utility shortcut on desktop. Click Next to continue. 14. The installation will start, and wait until it finishes. 4-10...
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 15. When finished, click Yes. You can do the 4 point calibration for the touch function. 16. Four circles with crosshairs will appear in each of the four corners. One by one, touch the circle where the crosshairs meet and hold until the screen displays an OK.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Adjusting Display Resolution and Touch Function 4. Click OK to complete the calibration. 4-12...
BIOS Setup This chapter describes the BIOS settings of the MPC-2240 marine panel computer. The BIOS is a set of input/output control routines for peripherals. The BIOS is used to initialize basic peripherals and helps boot the operating system before the operating system is loaded. The BIOS setup allows the user to modify the system configurations of these basic input/output peripherals.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Entering the BIOS Setup Utility To enter the BIOS setup utility, press the F2 key while the system is booting up. The main BIOS Setup screen will appear. Select SCU to enter the BIOS Configuration screen.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Main Information The main page indicates the system information, such as model name, BIOS version, and CPU type. User may view the basic system hardware information in the page. Advanced Settings The “Advanced Features” screen will appear when choosing the “Advanced” item from the main menu.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Boot Configuration This item allows users to configure the default value of Numlock. Option: On (default), Off. Peripheral Configuration This item allows you to configure the parallel port. Parallel Port This item allows you to configure the parallel port.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Mode This setting allows you to configure the mode for the parallel port. Options: SPP (default), EPP, ECP, EPP+ECP HDC Configuration The host drive controller may be configured for IDE (legacy default), or AHCI mode.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup SATA Port 0 to 1 - HotPlug This item allows you to enable/disable hotplug capabilities (the ability to remove the drive while the computer is running) for installed storage drives. Options: Disable (default), Enabled Video Configuration This item allows you to configure the integrated graphics device (IGD) for things like memory allocation (DVMT) and monitor types (Boot Type).
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup IGD—DVMT Size This item allows you to configure the maximum amount of memory DVMT will use when allocating additional memory for the internal graphics device. Options: 256 MB (default), 128 MB, Max IGD – Boot Type This item allows you to select the video device which will be activated during POST.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Chipset Configuration This item allows you to configure the chipset settings. Power ON after Power Fail This item allows you to enable/disable the computer form automatically powering up after a system crash. Options: ON (default), OFF, Last State...
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Hardware Monitor This item allows you to view stats like CPU and system temperature, voltage levels, and other chipset information. Please note that the CPU fan will not start until the temperature is above 80 degrees Celsius.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Set Supervisor Password This item allows you set the supervisor password. Select and then enter the password, and then confirm the password again. To delete the password, enter Set Supervisor Password and then enter the old password; then, leave the new password fields blank, and press enter.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Boot Settings The section allows users to configure boot settings. Boot Type This item allows you to enable/disable quick boot function. Options: Dual Boot Type (default), Legacy Boot Type, UEFI Boot Type. PXE Boot to LAN This item allows you to enable/disable PXE boot to LAN function.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Options: Disabled (default), Enabled Boot Delay Time This item allows you to configure the delay time value for users to input hot key during POST time. Options: 0 Second (default), 3 Seconds, 5 Seconds, 10 Seconds...
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Exit Settings The section allows users to exit the BIOS environment. Exit Saving Changes This item allows you to exit the BIOS environment and save the values you have just configured. Options: Yes (default), No Save Change Without Exit This item allows you to save changes without exiting the BIOS environment.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup Save Custom Defaults This item allows you to save the current BIOS values as a “custom default” that may be reverted to at any time by the “load custom defaults” selection just above. Options: Yes (default), No Discard Changes This item allows you to discard all settings you have just configured.
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2. Copy the file to the Bootable USB Disk. Step 3: Run the upgrade program on the MPC-2240 Series Panel Computer 1. Reboot the computer, press F2 while booting up to go to the Boot Manager 2.
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware BIOS Setup 6. When the upgrade is finished, the computer will automatically reboot. You may check the BIOS version in Main page of the BIOS Setup ATTENTION Do NOT switch off the power supply during the BIOS upgrade, since doing so may cause the system to crash.
Display Control Interface The MPC-2240 comes with a UART interface that gives system designers a convenient means of coding custom software controls for the display panel. This chapter describes the details of the UART control interface and the format of the available commands. The following topics are covered in this chapter: ...
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display Control Interface Connecting to the UART Control Interface The control interface of the MPC-2240 is accessed over the COM3 serial port. A Telnet terminal (like Moxa’s Moxa’s PComm terminal emulator, or PuTTY) should be used to communicate with the display.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display Control Interface 4. Now you may enter a command in the HEX field, and click Start Send to send the command. This example is to query the firmware version on the scalar board. Example: Querying the scalar board’s firmware version...
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display Control Interface Command Format Details ATTN (Attention) This byte is used to identify a start of message, and it can be one of three values: ATTN Description 0x07 Command (ASCII BELL) packet 0x06 Acknowledge (ASCII ACK) packet...
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display Control Interface IHCHK = 0xFF – [the sum of bits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] If a message is received with an incorrect checksum, the display will resend the message with the attention code (byte 0) set to NAK, unless it is a broadcast message in RS-485, in which case there will be no NAK.
Regulatory Approval Statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
UART Commands for Display Control This appendix defines serial data communication protocol and UART commands that engineers can use to program system controls for the MPC-2240 panel computer. OSD Control Command BRI (Brightness Minimum Value) BRL (Set LED Brightness of Touch Keypad) ...
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MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display UART Commands UART Control Commands BRI: Set the Minimum Brightness for the Display Panel This command sets the minimum brightness value, from 0x00 (0%) to 0x31 (100%). LEN=one byte. Example: Command to set 30% brightness. 0x07...
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display UART Commands BZZ: Buzzer Control Users can send this command to turn the buzzer on or off. The default value is OFF. If the data and data checksum of sending are incorrect, the data field of replying is current buzzer status.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display UART Commands Send ETC to query elapsed time: 0x07 0xFF 0x45 0x54 0x43 0x00 0x1D ACK 99999 hours GMB: Glass Display Control - Minimum Brightness This command is to set the minimum value limit for the brightness of touch keypad LED to make sure that the LED indicators are still visible if they was previously adjusted down to a very low value.
MPC-2240 Series Hardware Display UART Commands AD?: Query AC Input Power Detect Function Status If the MPC-2240 supports AC power input, users can use command is to query AC Input Power Detect Function Status. 0x00 AC Input Power Detect is OFF...
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