Fanless industrial compact size panel pc (92 pages)
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AEx-P526 User Manual Release Date Revision Apr. 2013 V1.0 ® 2013 Aplex Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Published in Taiwan Aplex Technology, Inc. 15F-1, No.186, Jian Yi Road, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City 235, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-82262881 Fax: 886-2-82262883 E-mail: aplex@aplex.com.tw...
Disclaimer This information in this document is subject to change without notice. In no event shall Aplex Technology Inc. be liable for damages of any kind, whether incidental or consequential, arising from either the use or misuse of information in this document or in any related materials.
10. If the equipment is not used for a long time, disconnect it from the power source to avoid damage by transient over-voltage. 11. Never pour any liquid into an opening. This could cause fire or electrical shock. 12. NEVER OPEN THE EQUIPMENT. FOR SAFETY REASONS, ONLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL SHOULD OPEN THE EQUIPMENT. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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The equipment has been dropped and damaged. The equipment has obvious signs of breakage. 14. DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STORAGE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW -30° C OR ABOVE 70° C. IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT. AEx-P526 User Manual...
15" TFT-LCD Max. resolution 1024 x 768 Max. color 262K/16.2M Luminance(cd/m²) View angle(H°/V°) 160/140 Contrast 800:1 Backlight lifetime(hrs) 50000 Touch Screen Type Resistive type Interface Light transmission (%) Power Power input Mechanical Construction 316 Stainless Steel 1.5mm AEx-P526 User Manual...
Operating -10℃ to 60℃ temperature(°C) Storage temperature(°C) -30℃ to 70℃ Storage humidity 10 to 90% @ 40°C, non- condensing Certification CE/FCC class A, ATEX 95 /EN60079:11 Operating System Support Windows 7, Windows Embedded Standard 7 1.2 Dimensions AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Figure 1.1: Dimensions of AEx-P526 AEx-P526 User Manual...
The AEx-P526 comes with a 15-inch high-brightness TFT LCD and base on Atom N2600 platform, space for one 2.5-inch HDD, resistive touch screen and AC power input. Furthermore, the chassis is made of stainless steel 316 with an ultra slim profile with M12 connectors and total IP65 protection.
9 w/5V/12V/Ring select Serial 1 x RS232 port, DB9 connector for external (COM2) pin 9 w/5V/12V/Ring select 1 x RS422/485 header via CN2 (COM3) 2 x UART via CN3 (COM5,COM6) Digital I/O 8-bit digital I/O Pin header via CN2 AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Software programmable 1 – 255 second by Super I/O Timer Operating: -20℃ to 70℃ Temperature Storage: -40℃ to 85℃ Humidity 5% - 95%, non-condensing, operating Power 12V /0.95A (Intel Atom N2600 processor with 2GB DDR3 Consumption DRAM) EMI/EMS Meet CE/FCC class A AEx-P526 User Manual...
GbE ports, 3-COM ports and one Mini PCIE configuration, one VGA port, one HDMI port, one LVDS interface. To satisfy the special needs of high-end customers, CN1 and CN2 and CN3 richer extension functions. The product is widely used in various sectors of industrial control. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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2.2.1 Jumpers Setting and Connectors Board Top Figure 2.2: Jumpers and Connectors Location_ Board Top Board Bottom Figure 2.3: Jumpers and Connectors Location_ Board Bottom AEx-P526 User Manual...
Pin1 DC+9V~32V Pin2 Ground Pin3 6. VGA1: (CRT 2.0mm Pitch 2X6 Pin Header), Video Graphic Array Port, Provide 2x6Pin cable to VGA Port. Signal Name Pin# Pin# Signal Name CRT_RED Ground CRT_GREEN Ground CRT_BLUE Ground CRT_H_SYN CRT_DDCDAT AEx-P526 User Manual...
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OFF: (option) Pin1, Pin2, Pin3, Pin4 RS485 OFF: (option) Pin1, Pin2, Pin3, Pin4 10. RS-422: (Switch),COM1 setting, it provides selectable RS232 or RS422 or RS485 serial signal output. Function RS_422 Pin# RS232 OFF: Pin1, Pin2, Pin3, Pin4 AEx-P526 User Manual...
DTR (Data Terminal Ready) Ground DSR (Data Set Ready) RTS (Request To Send) CTS (Clear To Send) JP1 select Setting (RI/5V/12V) BIOS Setup: Advanced/W83627UHG Super IO Configuration/Serial Port 1 Configuration【RS-232】 RS422 (option): Pin# Signal Name 422_RX+ 422_RX- 422_TX- 422_TX+ Ground AEx-P526 User Manual...
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(2.0mm Pitch 2x3 Pin Header),COM2 jumper setting, pin 1~6 are used to select signal out of pin 9 of COM2 port. JP2 Pin# Function Close 1-2 COM1 RI (Ring Indicator) (default) Close 3-4 COM1 Pin9=+5V (option) Close 5-6 COM1 Pin9=+12V (option) AEx-P526 User Manual...
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RI (Ring Indicator) 16. LED3: LED STATUS. Green LED for Touch Power status. 19 SATA1: SATA Connectors, one SATA connectors are provided, with transfer (SATA 7Pin+15Pin), speed up to 3.0Gb/s. 20 SD1: (SD card socket),Secure Digital Memory Card socket. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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ACTIVE LED (yellow) respectively located at the left-hand and right-hand side of the Ethernet port indicate the activity and transmission state of LAN. 26. BUZ1: Onboard buzzer. 27 LED1: LED STATUS. Green LED for Motherboard Power status. AEx-P526 User Manual...
BIOS Date: 12/17/2012 02:22:46 Ver: 7106V002 Press 〈DEL〉or〈F2〉to enter setup After optimizing and exiting CMOS Setup, the POST screen displayed for the first time is as follows and includes basic information on BIOS, CPU, memory, and storage devices. AEx-P526 User Manual...
↑↓ : Select Item System Language [English] Enter: Select System Date [Sun 01/01/2012] +/- : Charge Opt. System Time [00:00:08] F1 : General Help F2: Previous Values Access Level Administrator F3:Optimized Defaults F4:Save and Exit ESC Exit AEx-P526 User Manual...
Enter: Select +/- : Charge Opt. F1 : General Help F2: Previous Values F3:Optimized Defaults F4:Save and Exit ESC Exit Version 2.15.1226. Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends , Inc. 3.4.1 PCI Subsystem Settings PCI Bus Driver Versio V2.05.02 AEx-P526 User Manual...
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[Disabled] [Enabled] Enable Hibernation: [Enabled] [Disabled] ACPI Sleep State: [Both S1 and S3 available for OS to choose from ] [Suspend Disabled] [S1 only(CPU Stop Clock) ] [S3 only (Suspend to RAM) ] Lock Legacy Resources: [Disabled] AEx-P526 User Manual...
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1 Drive ,1 keyboard Legacy USB Support: [Enabled] [Disabled] EHCI Hand-off: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB hardware delays a USB transfer time-out: [20 sec] [10 sec] [5 sec] [1 sec] Device reset time-out: [20 sec] [10 sec] [30 sec] [40 sec] AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Serial Port 6 Configuration Power Failure [Keep last state] [Always off] [Always on] 3.4.8 W83627UHG HW Monitor PC Health Status System temperature1 : +38 System Speed VCORE : +0.968 V +12V : +12.302 V +3.3V : +3.320 V AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Console Redirection Settings 3.4.10 PPM Configuration PPM Configuration EIST: [Enabled] [Disabled] CPU C state Report [Enabled] [Disabled] Enhanced C state [Enabled] [Disabled] CPU Hard C4E [Enabled] [Disabled] CPU C6 state [Enabled] [Disabled] C4 Exit Timing [Fast] [Default] [Slow] AEx-P526 User Manual...
Version 2.15.1226. Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends , Inc. 3.5.1 Host Bridge ►Memory Frequency and Timing ►Intel IGD Configuration ******* Memory Information ******* Memory Frequency 800 MHz(DDR3) Total Memory 2048 MB DIMM#0 Not Present DIMM#1 2048 MB Memory Frequency and Timing MRC Fast Boot [Enabled] AEx-P526 User Manual...
If ONLY the User’s password is set, then this Is a power on password and must be entered to Is a power on password and must be entered to Boot or enter Setup. In Setup the User will AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Advanced BIOS Features. If Security Option is set to System, you will be requested to enter the password before system boot and when entering BIOS setup; if Security Option is set to Setup, you will be requested for password for entering BIOS setup. AEx-P526 User Manual...
BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset North Bridge Chipset Configuration ENABLE: Allow Memory Remap Feature Remapping of [Enabled] Over lapped PCI Memory PCI MMIO Allocation: 4Gb To 3072MB Above the total Memory Hole Physical memory [Disabled] DISABLE: Do not allow AEx-P526 User Manual...
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[Level7] Note: Panel support PWM Function. Backlight Control Mode: [DC] [PWM] Backlight Image Adaptation: [VBIOS-Default] [BIA Disabled] [BIA Enabled at Level1] [BIA Enabled at Level2] [BIA Enabled at Level3] [BIA Enabled at Level4] [BIA Enabled at Level5] AEx-P526 User Manual...
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[Yes] [No] Discard Changes and Ext Exit Without Saving Quit without saving? [Yes] [No] Save Changes and Reset Save & reset Save Configuration and reset? [Yes] [No] Discard Changes and Reset Reset Without Saving Reset without saving? AEx-P526 User Manual...
Exit Exit Options Exit system setup Save Changes and Exit after saving the changes Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used For this operation Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults ← Select Screen AEx-P526 User Manual...
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F7 key can be used for this operation) [OK] [Cancel] Load Optimized Defaults: Load Optimized Defaults? F9 key can be used for this operation) [OK] [Cancel] Load Fail-Safe Defaults: Load Fail-Safe Defaults? F9 key can be used for this operation) [OK] [Cancel] AEx-P526 User Manual...
VGA driver, LAN drivers, Audio driver Installation instructions are given below. Important Note: After installing your Windows operating system (Windows XP), you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the installation of drivers. AEx-P526 User Manual...
4.1 Intel Chipset Driver To install the Intel chipset driver, please follow the steps below. Step 1. Select Intel (R) Chipset NM10 Express from the list Step 2. Click Next to setup program. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 3. Read the license agreement. Click Yes to accept all of the terms of the license agreement. Step 4. Click Next to continue. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 5. Click Next. Step 6. Select Yes, I want to restart this computer now. Click Finish, then remove any installation media from the drives. AEx-P526 User Manual...
4.2 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator driver To install the VGA drivers, follow the steps below to proceed with the installation. Step 1.Select Intel(R) VGA Chipset Driver. Step 2. Select Installs driver and application files. Click Next. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 3. Select I agree. Click Install. Step 4. Click Continue Anyway. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 5. Click Continue Anyway. Step 6. Click Yes to restart your computer. AEx-P526 User Manual...
4.4 Realtek ALC662 HD Audio Codec Driver Installation To install the Realtek ALC662 HD Audio Codec Driver, please follow the steps below. Step 1. Select Realtek AL662 Audio Codec Driver from the list Step 2. Click Next to continue. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 3. Click Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Click Finish to complete the installation. AEx-P526 User Manual...
If you have an older version of the PenMount Windows 2000/XP driver installed in your system, please remove it first. Follow the steps below to install the PenMount DMC6000 Windows 2000/XP driver. Step 1. Insert the product CD, the screen below would appear. Click touch panel driver. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 2. Click Next to continue. Step 3. Read the license agreement. Click I Agree to agree the license agreement. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 4. Choose the folder in which to install PenMount Windows Universal Driver. Click Install to start the installation. Step 5. Wait for installation. Then click Next to continue. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 6. Click Continue Anyway. Step 7. Click Finish to complete installation. AEx-P526 User Manual...
‘Advanced Calibration’ adjusts aging touch screens. Standard Calibration Click this button and arrows appear pointing to red squares. Use your finger or stylus to touch the red squares in sequence. After the fifth red point calibration is complete. To skip, press ‘ESC’. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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-calibration 0 ( Standard Calibration) Dmcctrl.exe - calibration ($) 0= Standard Calibration 4=Advanced Calibration 4 9=Advanced Calibration 9 16=Advanced Calibration 16 25=Advanced Calibration 25 Step 1. Please select a device then click “Configure”. You can also double click the device too. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 2.Click “Standard Calibration” to start calibration procedure NOTE: The older the touch screen, the more Advanced Mode calibration points you need for an accurate calibration. Use a stylus during Advanced Calibration for greater accuracy. Please follow the step as below: AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Step 3.Come back to “PenMount Control Panel” and select Tools then click Advanced Calibration. Step 4. Select Device to calibrate, then you can start to do Advanced Calibration. NOTE: Recommend to use a stylus during Advanced Calibration for greater accuracy. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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About This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and driver version. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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Please note once you turn on this function the rotating function is disabled. Enable the multiple display function as follows: 1. Check the Enable Multiple Monitor Support box; then click Map Touch Screens to assign touch controllers to displays. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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2. When the mapping screen message appears, click OK. 3. Touch each screen as it displays “Please touch this monitor”. Following this sequence and touching each screen is called mapping the touch screens. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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3. If you change the resolution of display or screen address, you have to redo Map Touch Screens, so the system understands where the displays are. About This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and this driver version. AEx-P526 User Manual...
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PenMount Monitor Menu Icon The PenMount monitor icon (PM) appears in the menu bar of Windows 2000/XP system when you turn on PenMount Monitor in PenMount Utilities. PenMount Monitor has the following function AEx-P526 User Manual...
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2. Choose the rotate function (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) in the 3rd party software. The calibration screen appears automatically. Touch this point and rotation is mapped. NOTE: The Rotate function is disabled if you use Monitor Mapping AEx-P526 User Manual...