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APC-3514/3714/3914 Panel PC User Manual Release Date Revision July. 2011 V1.0 ®2011 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.
Packing List Accessories (as ticked) included in this package are: AC Power Cable Driver & Manual CD Disk Other.___________________(please specify) Safety Precautions Follow the messages below to prevent your systems from damage: Avoid your system from static electricity on all occasions. Prevent electric shock.
1.3 Installation of HDD There are the 17 screws to deal with when enclosing or removing the chassis. Get the HDD screwed to the bracket with the four screws as shown by the arrows in the picture. Now slide the HDD into the bracket as shown in the picture.
1.4 Installation of PCI Add on Shown in the picture are the two PCI expansion slots as circled. They can be inserted with any addon for expanded functions. Now slide the addon into the PCI slot, making sure the golden part faces the slot. When both parts that are interfaced together come into the right contact, slightly push the addon into the rail of the slot.
1.5 Brief Description of the APC-3514/3714/3914 The APC-3514/3714/3914 is a fanless and compact panel-mount industrial PC, which comes with a 15 inch (luminance of 300 cd/m²) / 17 inch (luminance of 350 cd/m²) / 19 inch (luminance of 350 cd/m²) TFT LCD.
1.6 Panel Mounting of the APC-3514/3714/3914 The APC-3514/3714/3914 panel PC is designed to be panel-mounted as shown in Figure 1.6 just carefully place the unit through the hole and tighten the given 8 screws from the rear to secure the mounting.
2.2 Installing the Memory The motherboard comes with one 200-pin Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) sockets. A DDR2 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR DIMM but has a 200-pin footprint compared to the 184-pin DDR DIMM.
1. Unlock a SO-DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2. Align a SO-DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the SO-DIMM matches the break on the socket. 3. Firmly insert the SO-DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the SO-DIMM is properly seated.
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You do not need to clear the RTC when the system hangs due to overclocking. For system failure due to overclocking, use the C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) feature. Shut down and reboot the system so the BIOS can automatically reset parameter settings to default values.
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(JCOMPWR1, JCOMPWR2) 3. COM2 RI, +12V and +5V Power Select This jumper allows you to select COM2 RI, +5V and +12V power. Set JCOMPWR1 to pins 2-4 and JCOMPWR2 to pins 2-4 to select +5V power. And set JCOMPWR1 to pins 4-6 and JCOMPWR2 to pins 2-4 to select +12V power.
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(JCOMPWR3, JCOMPWR4) 5. COM4 RI, +12V and +5V Power Select This jumper allows you to select COM3 RI, +5V and +12V power. Set JCOMPWR3 to pins 2-4 and JCOMPWR4 to pins 2-4 to select +5V power. And set JCOMPWR3 to pins 4-6 and JCOMPWR4 to pins 2-4 to select +12V power.
2. Serial connector. This 9-pin COM1 port is for serial devices. 3. DVI connector—for APC-3264 only. (herein ignore this for APC-3514/3714/3914) 4 & 5. LAN (RJ-45) port. This port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.
LAN port LED indications ACT/ LINK LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description No link 10Mbps connection Orange Linked Orange 100Mbps connection Blinking Data activity Green 1Gbps connection 6. Line In port (light blue). This port connects a tape, CD, DVD player, or other audio sources. 7.
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It is recommended that you connect a high-definition front panel audio module to this connector to avail of the motherboard’s high definition audio capability. APC-3X14 User Manual...
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2. Serial Port connectors (9-pin COM3, COM4) This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. 3. CPU, Power and Chassis fan connectors (3-pin CHA_FAN) The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350mA~740mA (8.88W max.) or a total of 1A~2.22A (26.64W max.) at +12V.
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4. Digital Audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT) This connector is for the S/PDIF audio module to allow digital sound output. Connect one end of the S/PDIF audio cable to this connector and the other end to the S/PDIF module. The S/PDIF out module is purchased separately. 5.
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6. Primary IDE connector (40-1 pin IDE1) These connectors are for Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal cables. There are three interfaces on each Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal cable: blue, black, and gray. Connect the blue interface into the motherboard’s IDE connector, then select one of the following modes to configure your hard disk drive(s).
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7. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later before using Serial ATA. 8.
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9. Audio Amplifier connectors (4-pin JAMP1) An amplifier connector is an electronic amplifier that amplifies low-power audio signals (signals composed primarily of frequencies between 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz, the human range of hearing) to a level suitable for driving loudspeakers and is the final stage in a typical audio playback chain. 10.
Chapter 3__________________BIOS Setup Managing and updating your BIOS 3.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the dirve. b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>. Windows®...
3.2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable firmware chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section “2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS.” Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup”.
Return to the main menu from a sub-menu or prompts you to quit the setup program 1, 2 Move to the item in the left or right hand 3, 4 Move to previous or next item Brings up a selection menu for the highlighted field Enter Moves the cursor to the first field + or PgUp...
3.3 BIOS menu screen When you enter the BIOS, the following screen appears. The BIOS menu screen displays the items that allow you to make changes to the system configuration. To access the menu items, press the up/down/right/left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted, then press [Enter] to open the specific menu.
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3.3.1 Standard CMOS Features The Standard CMOS Features screen gives you an overview of the basic system. 3.3.1.1 Date [Day, xx/xx/xxxx] The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. 3.3.1.2 Time [xx:xx:xx] The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>, based on the 24-hour clock. 3.3.1.3 IDE Channel 0/1 Master / Slave IDE HDD Auto-Detection...
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2 Capacity: Capacity of currently installed hard disk 2 Cylinder: Number of cylinders 2 Head: Number of heads 2 Precomp: Write precomp 2 Landing Zone: Landing zone 2 Sector: Number of sectors 3.3.1.4 Video This category detects the type of adapter used for the primary monitor that must match your video display card and monitor.
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3.3.2 Advanced BIOS Features The “Advanced BIOS Features” screen appears when choosing the “Advanced BIOS Features” item from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu. It allows the user to configure the RX945G according to his particular requirements. Below are some major items that are provided in the Advanced BIOS Features screen.
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3.3.2.1 CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal The Delay Prior To Thermal BIOS feature controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor's automatic mode. It allows you to determine when the Pentium 4's Thermal Monitor should be activated in automatic mode after the system boots. For example, with the default value of 16 Minutes, the BIOS activates the Thermal Monitor in automatic mode 16 minutes after the system starts booting up.
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Hard Disk Boot Priority Set hard disk boot device priority. CH0 S. Primary SATA channel with Master Device. It will show the device model / type when SATA HDD or CD ROM connected. Bootable Add-in Cards "Bootable add-in cards" is an item on the HDD boot priority list. 3.3.2.2 Virus Warning Enables or disables the virus warning.
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Enable Enable cache Disable Disable cache 3.3.2.4 Hyper Threading Technology System will detect automatically and show up when you installed the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with HT Technology. Set to “Enabled” for faster system performance. 3.3.2.5 Quick Power On Self Test This allows the system to skip certain tests to speed up the boot-up procedure.
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The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct Setup password is not entered at the prompt. To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable security.
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3.3.3 Advanced Chipset Features 3.3.3.1 DRAM Clock/Drive Control When select to “BySPD”, the DRAM timing parameters are set according to DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect). When disabled, one can manually set the DRAM timing parameters through the sub items below. Set to “BySPD”...
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Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. 3.3.3.9 Memory Hole At 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves 15 MB to 16 MB memory address space for ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting.
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3.3.4 Integrated Peripherals APC-3X14 User Manual...
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3.3.4.1 OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support IDE DMA transfer access To Enable/Disable the IDE DMA transfer access...
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On-Chip SATA Controller To select Serial ATA mode. The choices are “Native IDE” / “RAID” / “AHCI” / “Legacy IDE”. SATA Port Speed Settings PATA IDE Mode SATA Port 3.3.4.2 Onboard Device Azalia Audio Select Select [Disabled] if you do not want to use Azalia audio. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] Audio Amplifier Amplifier Gain(dB)
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3.3.4.3 SuperIO Device POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password The system will ask for a password, after entering the correct password the keyboard can then be used. Hot Key Power ON Awaken the system by pressing the hot key button. The choices are “Ctrl-F1”, “Ctrl-F2”, “Ctrl-F3” to “Ctrl-F8”.
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3.3.4.7 Serial Port 3/4 Use IRQ 3.3.4.8 USB Device Setting USB Controller This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature USB 2.0 Controller Enable the USB 2.0 controller USB Keyboard Support...
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3.3.5 Security Chip Configuration 3.3.5.1 TPM Support The choices are “Enabled” and “Disabled”. 3.3.5.2 TPM Current Status This item shows you the current TPM status. 3.3.5.3 TPM Status The choices are “No Change” / “Clear” / “Enable & Activate” / “Deactivate & Disable”. APC-3X14 User Manual...
3.3.6 Power Management Setup The power management setup controls the single board computer's “green” features to save power. The following screen shows the manufacturer’s defaults. 3.3.6.1 ACPI Function The choices are “Enabled” and “Disabled”. 3.3.6.2 ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend) or S3/STR(Suspend To RAM).
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3.3.6.5 Video Off Method Use this to select the method to turn off the video. The choices are “Blank Screen”, “V/H SYNC+ Blank”, and “DPMS”. 3.3.6.6 Video Off In Suspend When the system is in suspend mode, the video will turn off. The choices are “No” and “Yes”.
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3.3.7 PnP/PCI Configurations 3.3.7.1 Imit Display First 3.3.7.2 Reset Configuration Data The default is “Disabled”. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) if you have installed a new add-on card, and system configuration is in such a state that the OS cannot boot. 3.3.7.3 Resources Controlled By The commands here are “Auto(ESCD)”...
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3.3.8 PC Health Status 3.3.8.1 Shutdown Temperature 3.3.8.2 CPU Warning Temperature 3.3.8.3 Current SYSTEM Temperature This item shows you the current system temperature. 3.3.8.4 Current CPU1 Temperature This item shows you the current CPU temperature. 3.3.8.5 CPU Fan Speed This item shows you the current CPU fan speed. 3.3.8.6 System Fan Speed This item shows you the current system fan speed.
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3.3.9 Frequency/Voltage Control 3.3.9.1 Auto Detect PCI Clk This allows you to enable or disable auto detect PCI clock. The choices are “Enabled” and “Disabled”. 3.3.9.2 Spread Spectrum This setting allows you to reduce EMI by modulating the signals the CPU generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves.
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3.3.10 Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance for your system to operate. Press <Y> to load the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. APC-3X14 User Manual...
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3.3.11 Set Supervisor Password You can set password to be able to enter/change the options of setup menus. Follow these steps to change the password. Choose the “Set Password” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu and press <Enter>. The screen displays the following message: Please Enter Your Password Press <Enter>.
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3.3.12 Set User Password You can set password to be able to enter/change the options of setup menus. Follow these steps to change the password. Choose the “Set Password” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu and press <Enter>. The screen displays the following message: Please Enter Your Password Press <Enter>.
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3.3.13 Save & Exit Setup If you select this and press <Enter>, the values entered in the setup utili- ties will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the chipset. The processor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system.
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3.3.14 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> lets you exit the setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones. APC-3X14 User Manual...
Chapter 4__________Installation of Drivers This chapter describes the installation procedures for software and drivers under the Windows XP. The software and drivers are included with the motherboard. The contents include Intel Chipset , VGA Driver, Network Adapter, AC’97 Audio Driver Installation. Important Note: After installing your Windows operating system (Windows XP), you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the...
INF support for Intel chipset components. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation Under Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP 1. Insert the Aplex product CD that comes with the board . 2. Click “ Intel® Chipset software installation Utility “ 3. When the Welcome screen appears, please click “ Next “ to Continue.
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4. Click “Yes” to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. 5. On Readme information screen, click “Next” to continue the installation. APC-3X14 User Manual...
4.2 VGA Driver installation To install the VGA Driver follow the steps below to proceed with the installation. Step 1. Insert the Aplex product CD That comes with the board. Step 2. Click “ Intel® VGA Chipset “ Step 3. When the Welcome screen appears , click “Next” to continue.
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Step 4. Click “Yes” to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. Step 5. On Readme information screen, click “Next” to continue the installation APC-3X14 User Manual...
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Step 6 Setup Progress APC-3X14 User Manual...
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Setp 7. Click “Finish” , The Setup process is now complete. APC-3X14 User Manual...
4.3 Intel LAN Drivers installation Follow the steps below to complete the installation of the Intel LAN drivers. Step 1. Insert the Aplex product CD That comes with the board. Step 2. Click “Intel® Network Adapter “ APC-3X14 User Manual...
4.4 AC97 Codec Audio Driver installation To install the Realtek ALC888 codec Driver follow the steps below to proceed with the installation. Step 1. Insert the Aplex product CD That comes with the board. Step 2. Click “Realtek ALC888 ‘ Sound system “...
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Step 4. When the Welcome screen appears, click “Next” to continue. Step 5 Setup status APC-3X14 User Manual...
Chapter 5 Touch Screen Installation This chapter describes how to install drivers and other software that will allow your PenMount 6000 Controller Board to work with different operating systems. NOTE: PenMount USB drivers support up to 15 USB controllers. 5.1 Introduction to Touch Screen Controller Board PenMount 6300 USB control board is a touch screen control board designed for USB interface and specific for 4, 5, 8-wire touch screens.
When the system first detects the controller board, a screen appears that shows “Unknown Device”. Do not use this hardware wizard. Press Cancel. 2. Insert the Aplex product CD install setup.exe. the screen below would appear. Click touch panel driver APC-3X14 User Manual...
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3. A License Agreement appears. Click “I accept…” and “Next” APC-3X14 User Manual...
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4. Ready to Install the Program. Click “Install” 5. Installing APC-3X14 User Manual...
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6. The “Install Shield Wizard Completed” appears. Click “Finish”. APC-3X14 User Manual...
5.2.2 Software Functions Upon rebooting, the computer automatically finds the new 6000 controller board. The touch screen is connected but not calibrated. Follow the procedures below to carry out calibration. 1. After installation, click the PenMount Monitor icon “PM” in the menu bar. 2.
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Advanced Calibration Advanced Calibration uses 4, 9, 16 or 25 points to effectively calibrate touch panel linearity of aged touch screens. Click this button and touch the red squares in sequence with a stylus. To skip, press ESC’. Command Calibration Command call calibration function.
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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: 3.Come back to “PenMount Control Panel”...
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Select “Device” to calibrate, then you can start to do “Advanced Calibration”. APC-3X14 User Manual...
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NOTE: Recommend to use a stylus during Advanced Calibration for greater accuracy. Setting APC-3X14 User Manual...
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About This panel displays information about the PenMount controller and driver version. APC-3X14 User Manual...
Multiple Monitors Multiple Monitors supports from two to six touch screen displays for one system. The PenMount drivers for Windows 2000/XP support Multiple Monitors. This function supports from two to six touch screen displays for one system. Each monitor requires its own PenMount touch screen control board, either installed inside the display or in a central unit.
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2. When the mapping screen message appears, click “OK” 3. Touch each screen as it displays “Please touch this monitor. Press ‘S’ to skip” Following this sequence and touching each screen is called mapping the touch screens. 4. After the setting procedure is finished, maybe you need to calibrate for each panel and controller NOTES: 1.
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4. If you more monitor mapping one touch screen, Please press ‘S’ to skip mapping step. Tools Draw Tests or demonstrates the PenMount touch screen operation. Advanced Calibration Enable Advanced Calibration function Right Button Icon Enable right button function. The icon can show on Desktop or System Tray (menu bar).
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About You can see how many devices of PenMount controller that are plugged to your system 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 APC-3X14 User Manual...
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PenMount Rotating Functions The PenMount driver for Windows 2000/XP supports several display rotating software packages. Windows Me/2000/XP support display rotating software packages such as: • Portrait’s Pivot Screen Rotation Software • ATI Display Driver Rotate Function • nVidia Display Driver Rotate Function •...
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