Aplex APC-3215, User Manual

Page 1: ... Release Date _ Revision Oct 2007 V0 1 2005 Aplex Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Published in Taiwan Aplex Technology Inc 9F 5 No 2 Jian Pa Road Chung Ho City Taipei County Taiwan Tel 886 2 82262881 Fax 886 2 82262883 E mail aplex aplex com tw URL www aplex com tw ...

Page 2: ...perated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference 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...

Page 3: ...ent your systems from damage Avoid your system from static electricity on all occasions Prevent electric shock Don t touch any components of this card when the card is power on Always disconnect power when the system is not in use Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices For instance when you connect a jumper or install any cards a surge of power may damage the electronic components o...

Page 4: ... Chapter 2 Hardware 2 1 Mainboard 18 2 2 Installations 19 2 2 1 Installing CPU 19 2 2 2 Installing Memory 20 2 2 3 Installing Jumper 20 2 2 4 Connectors on Mainboard 23 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 BIOS Setup 38 BIOS Introduction 38 BIOS Setup 38 Standard CMOS Setup 40 Advanced BIOS Features 43 Advanced Chipset Features 46 Integrated Peripherals 49 Power Management Setup 53 PnP PCI Configuration 56 PC...

Page 5: ... 68 5 2 Windows 2000 XP USB Driver Installation for 5000 Boards 68 5 3 Uninstall Windows 2000 XP USB Driver 81 Figures Figure 1 1 APC 3213 Dimensions 8 Figure 1 2 APC 3513 Dimensions 9 Figure 1 3 APC 3713 Dimensions 10 Figure 1 4 APC 3913 Dimensions 11 Figure 1 5 Front View 16 Figure 1 6 Rear View 16 Figure 1 7 Panel Mounting 17 Figure 2 1 Mainboard Overview 18 Figure 2 2 Installation of CPU 19 Fi...

Page 6: ... Front Bezel Touch Screen Type 8 Wire Resistive optional Serial Port 1 x COM Port USB Port 4 x USB2 0 Port Serial ATA Parts ICH7M Built in SATA controller supports 2 ports 1394 Port TI TSB43LV22 dual port Storage 1 x 2 5 HDD or 1 x CF by TB 405 Optional 1 x Slim CD ROM DVD Combo Keyboard Mouse 1 x PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors Digital I O 4 in 4 out optional BIOS Award 4Mbit BIOS support ACPI...

Page 7: ...emperature 0 60 32 140 Storage Temperature 20 80 68 176 Relative Humidity 10 90 non condensing Vibration 5 17Hz 0 1 double amplitude displacement 17 640Hz 1 5G acceleration peak to peak Shock 10G acceleration peak to peak 11 millimeters ...

Page 8: ...APC 3x15 User Manual 8 1 2 Dimensions Figure 1 1 Dimensions of the APC 3215 ...

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Page 12: ...he bracket where the CD ROM is placed underneath On top of the bracket is where the HDD is placed To remove the CD ROM the HDD has to be removed first Now slide the HDD into the bracket as shown in the picture After that connect the HDD to the 44 pin black IDE by means of the cable making sure the red stripe of the cable is connected to the pin 1 of the connector of the HDD CD ROM Both of 2 at the...

Page 13: ...APC 3x15 User Manual 13 The red circles shown in the picture are the screws that put the CD ROM in place The arrows shown are where the HDD which is just placed on top of the CD ROM is tightened ...

Page 14: ...ns 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 This shows the addon is already completely connected After sliding the addon into the PCI expansion slot get the two screws as circled tightened to finish the connection ...

Page 15: ...APC 3x15 User Manual 15 To finish the job just fasten the 8 screws as shown in the picture Both of 2 at the right side ...

Page 16: ... 2 33GHz processor The industrial panel PC also features two PCI expansion slots one COM port four USB 2 0 ports one 2 5 HDD one slim CD ROM DVD Combo Universal AC power of 100 240V etc It is ideal for use as a PC based controller for Automotive Logistic Process Materials Handling and Kiosk applications Figure 1 5 Front View of APC 3215 3515 3715 3915 Figure 1 6 Rear View of APC 3215 3515 3715 391...

Page 17: ... 3915 The APC 3215 3515 3715 3915 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 Figure 1 6 Panel mounting of the APC 3215 3515 3715 3915 ...

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Page 19: ... comes with a screw to secure the processor As shown in the left picture below loosen the screw first before inserting the processor Place the processor into the socket by making sure the notch on the corner of the CPU corresponds with the notch on the inside of the socket Once the processor has slide into the socket fasten the screw Refer to the figures below Figure 2 2 Installation of CPU Note E...

Page 20: ... to hold the DDR2 module in place when the DDR2 module touches the bottom of the slot 3 To remove the DDR2 module press the clips with both hands Figure 2 3 Installation of Memory Module 2 2 3 Installing the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MB899 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for you...

Page 21: ...1 IMPORTANT NOTE When the system boots without the CRT being connected there will be no image on screen when you insert the CRT VGA cable To show the image on screen the hotkey must be pressed Figure 2 4 Location of Jumpers ...

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Page 23: ...tors FAN1 System Fan Power Connector FAN2 CPU Fan Power Connector IDE1 IDE Connector FDD1 Floppy Drive Connector J14 ATX Power Supply Connector J1 IrDA Connector J2 Digital I O J3 System Function Connector J4 TV OUT S VIDEO Composite Connector J5 TV OUT Y Pr Pb Connector J6 USB5 6 Port Pin Header J7 COM2 Serial Port J8 Wake On LAN Connector J9 J10 LVDS Connectors 1st channel 2nd channel J11 LCD Ba...

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Page 38: ...t for standards devices such as disk drives serial ports and parallel ports It also adds virus and password protection as well as special support for fine tuning the chipset controlling the entire system BIOS Setup The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system configurations and settings The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you on the computer the Aw...

Page 39: ... bottom of the Main Menu just below the control key section there is another section displaying information on the currently highlighted item in the list Note If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that reset your system to its default Warning It is strongly recommended that you avoid making any changes t...

Page 40: ... fails or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory was lost or damaged At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu If you need any help in each item field you can press the F1 key It will display the relevant information to help you The memory display at the lower right hand side of the menu is read only It will adjust automatically according to the memory changed The fo...

Page 41: ...n manually You will be asked to enter the following items CYLS Number of cylinders HEAD Number of read write heads PRECOMP Write precompensation LANDING ZONE Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors The Access Mode selections are as follows CHS HD 528MB LBA HD 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing Large for MS DOS only Auto Remarks The mainboard supports two serial ATA ports and are represented...

Page 42: ...o errors The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected All erros Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted All but Keyboard The system boot will not be halted for a keyboard Error it will stop for all other errors All but Diskette The system boot will not be halted for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All but Dis...

Page 43: ...us Warning If this option is enabled an alarm message will be displayed when trying to write on the boot sector or on the partition table on the disk which is typical of the virus CPU L1 and L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external ca...

Page 44: ...to Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek This feature controls whether the BIOS checks for a floppy drive while booting up If it cannot detect one either due to improper configuration or its absence it will flash an error message Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to activate the NumLock function after you power up the system Gate A20 Option This field allows you to select how Gate A20 is worked Gate A...

Page 45: ...upport for multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability The default setting is 1 4 OS Select for DRAM 64MB This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAMmemory when used with OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 If you are using Windows 95 98 without a floppy disk drive select Enable...

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Page 60: ...rivers are included with the motherboard The contents include Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility VGA Drivers Installation AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation and Intel PRO LAN Drivers Installation I Important Note After installing your Windows operating system Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the install...

Page 61: ...to enable Plug Play INF support for Intel chipset components Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000 XP 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel R I945GMChipset Drivers 2 Click Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility 3 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue ...

Page 62: ...allation process 5 On Readme Information screen click Next to continue the installation 6 The Setup process is now complete Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect When the computer has restarted the system will be able to find some devices Restart your computer when prompted ...

Page 63: ...rs follow the steps below to proceed with the installation 1 Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel R I945GM Chipset Drivers 2 Click Intel R I945GM Chipset Family Graphics Driver 3 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue ...

Page 64: ... the computer as promted and for changes to take effect IMPORTANT NOTE When you have restarted the computer your computer screen will be blank At this point press CTRL ALT F1 simultaneously if you are using CRT monitor If you are using LVDS LCD panel press CTRL ALT F3 If you are using DVI monitor press CTRL ALT F4 ...

Page 65: ...steps below to install the Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel R I945GMChipset Drivers 2 Click Realtek AC 97 Codec Audio Driver 3 Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect ...

Page 66: ...the steps below to complete the installation of the Intel PRO LAN drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel R I945GMChipset Drivers then Intel R PRO LAN Network Drivers 2 Click Install Base Software to continue ...

Page 67: ...D that comes with the motherboard Click LAN Card andthen Marvell LAN Controller Driver 2 Click Next when the InstallShield Wizard welcome screen appears 3 Click Next to agree with the license agreement 4 Click Next when the Readme Information screen appears to proceed with the drives installation process 5 When the Installation is complete click Finish for the changes to take effect ...

Page 68: ...djustable baud rate thus making easy for customers to select different touch screens without changing the control board The size of the board is 25 by 60mm and it has two connectors and one dipswitch on board Figure 5 1 Bird s Eye View of Control Board 5 2 Windows Me 2000 XP USB Driver Installation for 5000 Boards Before installing the Windows Me 2000 XP USB driver software you must have the Windo...

Page 69: ...he steps below to install the PenMount Windows Me 2000 XP USB driver 5 2 1 Insert the Aplex product cd install setup exe the screen below would appear Click touch panel driver IMPORTANT Before installing the driver software you must plug the board into a USB port ...

Page 70: ...anual 70 5 2 2 The screen displays InstallShield Wizard to install the PenMount Windows Me 2000 XP driver Click Next to begin installing the PenMount USB driver to system 5 2 3 The license agreement appears Click Next ...

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Page 72: ...installed Configuring the PenMount Windows Me 2000 XP USB Driver Upon rebooting the computer automatically finds the new 5000 USB controller board The touch screen is connected but not calibrated Follow the procedures below to carry out calibration 5 2 6 1 After installation click the PenMount Monitor icon PM in the menu bar 5 2 6 2 When the PenMount Control Panel appears click Calibrate ...

Page 73: ...on 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 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 ...

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Page 75: ...earity comparison graph appears when you have finished Advanced Calibration The blue lines show linearity before calibration and black lines show linearity after calibration Draw Tests or demonstrates the PenMount touch screen operation The display shows touch location Click Draw to start ...

Page 76: ...APC 3x15 User Manual 76 Touch the screen with your finger or a stylus and the drawing screen registers touch activity such left right up down pen up and pen down Click Clear Screen to clear the drawing ...

Page 77: ...for configuring POS terminals Stream Mode Select this mode and the mouse functions as normal and allows dragging of icons Point Mode Select this mode and the mouse only provides a click function and dragging is disabled eep Sound Mode Enable Beep Sound turns beep function on and off Beep on Pen Down beep occurs when pen comes down Beep on Pen Up beep occurs when pen is lifted up Beep on both of Pe...

Page 78: ...ion about the PenMount controller and driver version PenMount Monitor Menu Icon The PenMount monitor icon PM appears in the menu bar of Windows Me 2000 XP system after the Windows Me 2000 XP USB driver is installed PenMount Monitor has the following functions ...

Page 79: ...The PenMount driver for Windows Me 2000 XP supports several display rotating software packages Please see Chapter 5 for more information The PenMount drivers for Windows 95 Windows 98 Me Windows 2000 XP as well as Windows 98 USB and Windows Me 2000 XP support display rotating software packages such as Portrait s Pivot Screen Rotation Software ATI Display Driver Rotate Function nVidia Display Drive...

Page 80: ... 1 Install the rotation software package 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 ...

Page 81: ...1 Exit the PenMount monitor PM in the menu bar 2 Remove the PenMount USB driver from Start Control Panel Add Remove Programs Select PenMount USB and click Remove 3 Click Yes to confirm removal of the driver and the PenMount Windows 98 USB driver is completely removed from the system ...