Vantron IBOX3588 Edge AI, User Manual

Page 1: ...n your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual www vantrontech com IBOX3588 Edge AI Embedded Industrial Computer User Manual Version 1 0 Chengdu Vantron Technology Co Ltd All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...your success Embedded in your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual www vantrontech com Revision History No Version Description Date 1 V1 0 First release Sep 26 2022 ...

Page 3: ...st Computer 16 2 3 Turning on off the Device 17 2 4 First time Setup Guide applicable to Android OS 17 CHAPTER 3 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 18 3 1 Power input 19 3 2 ON OFF button 19 3 3 Ethernet jack 20 3 4 USB 2 0 Ethernet jack 20 3 5 USB 3 0 20 3 6 USB Type C 21 3 7 HDMI port 21 3 8 Micro SD Micro SIM slots 21 3 9 Serial connectors 21 3 10 CAN 22 3 11 GPIO 23 3 12 M 2 slots 23 3 13 Antenna connectors...

Page 4: ...lashing 36 CHAPTER 5 DEBIAN SYSTEM INTRODUCTION 37 5 1 Introduction to the System 38 5 1 1 User and password 38 5 1 2 System login 38 5 2 System Settings 39 5 2 1 Language setup 40 5 2 2 Time and date setup 42 5 3 Network Configuration 43 5 4 Image Flashing in Ubuntu 44 5 4 1 Prerequisites 44 5 4 2 Image flashing 44 CHAPTER 6 DISPOSAL AND WARRANTY 46 6 1 Disposal 47 6 2 Warranty 48 Appendix Regula...

Page 5: ...ntained herein at any time without prior notice An up to date version of this manual is available at www vantrontech com The trademarks in this manual registered or not are properties of their respective owners Under no circumstances shall any part of this user manual be copied reproduced translated or sold This manual is not intended to be altered or used for other purposes unless otherwise permi...

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Page 7: ...erwise modify the Product Such action may cause heat generation ignition electronic shock or other damages including human injury and may void your warranty Keep the Product away from heat source such as heater heat dissipater or engine casing Do not insert foreign materials into any opening of the Product as it may cause the Product to malfunction or burn out To ensure proper functioning and prev...

Page 8: ...fore cleaning the Product Do not use spray detergent Clean with a damp cloth Do not try to clean exposed electronic components unless with a dust collector Power off and contact Vantron technical support engineer in case of the following faults The Product is damaged The temperature is excessively high Fault is still not solved after troubleshooting according to this manual Do not use in combustib...

Page 9: ...Vantron Embedded in your success Embedded in your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual 5 www vantrontech com CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ...

Page 10: ...logy there definitely will be a rising demand for AI based products from the industrial control market including but not limited to industrial robots automated control drones etc The industrial computer offers two Gigabit Ethernet ports supports 2 4GHz 5GHz Wi Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 0 and provides an M 2 slot for 4G 5G expansion to keep communication uninterrupted It also supports 8K video decoding ...

Page 11: ...refully packed with special attention to quality However should you find any component damaged or missing please contact your sales representative in due time Accessories 1 x IBOX3588 1 x Power adapter 1 x Power cable 2 x Wi Fi BT antenna 4 x 4G 5G antenna Optional Actual accessories might vary slightly from the list above as the customer order might be different from the standard configuration op...

Page 12: ...Built in CPU fan connector SIM card slot 1 x SIM card slot Micro SD card slot 1 x Micro SD card slot RTC Supported Watchdog Supported Expansion M 2 slot 1 x M 2 M Key 2260 2280 PCIe 3 0 x 4 for SSD 1 x M 2 B Key 2242 3052 USB3 0 SATA3 0 for 4G 5G SSD GPIO 4 x GPIO on the Phoenix terminal CAN 2 x CAN on the Phoenix terminal System Control Button 1 x ON OFF button long press to reset LED 1 x LED ind...

Page 13: ...Vantron Embedded in your success Embedded in your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual 9 www vantrontech com 1 4 Block Diagram ...

Page 14: ... vantrontech com 1 5 Product Layout 1 5 1 Front view 1 5 2 Back view CAN GPIO RS485 RS232 Installation bracket Installation bracket Cellular antenna Cellular antenna Wi Fi BT antenna Wi Fi BT antenna Cellular antenna Installation bracket Installation bracket ETH ETH HDMI USB 3 0 USB Type C USB 2 0 Micro SD Micro SIM slots Cellular antenna Power button ...

Page 15: ...een Debian and Android operating systems before placing an order 1 7 Mechanical Dimensions 161 9mm x 141mm x 45 9mm Enclosure only 190mm x 141mm x 45 9mm With installation brackets 1 8 Power Supply and Consumption IBOX3588 works with 12V 24V DC power input supplied by a DC connector The power consumption of the Device is largely dependent on the RAM storage capacity peripherals and other configura...

Page 16: ...Vantron Embedded in your success Embedded in your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual 12 www vantrontech com CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED ...

Page 17: ...re you proceed with the configuration of IBOX3588 follow the steps below to finish hardware connection 1 Position the Device on a desired place for instance a wall or a desktop 2 Align the screws M4 x 6 M4 x 8 recommended to the screw holes reserved on the mounting bracket and mark the position of the screws on the wall or the desktop 3 Drill four screw holes on the marks made in the prior step ...

Page 18: ...ntrontech com 4 Place the Device back and adjust the position of the bracket if needed then use a screwdriver to tighten the screws and secure the device 5 Insert an active SIM card and a Micro SD card if any into the corresponsive slots with the gold colored contacts facing down 6 Install the antennas to the antenna connectors and tighten the connectors ...

Page 19: ...User Manual 15 www vantrontech com 7 When necessary plug one end of an Ethernet cable into the Ethernet jack of IBOX3588 and the other to a live Ethernet port 8 Connect the female connector plug of the power adapter to the power connector of IBOX3588 and the round end to the adapter 9 Plug in the power adapter to power on the Device ...

Page 20: ...ace and the other end to a host computer 2 Connect the mouse and keyboard to the USB interfaces on the Device for easier operation 3 To use the Device as an ADB device use a USB cable to connect the host computer and the USB Type C interface on the Device If you connect a touch monitor other than a host computer remember to use the data cable included in the package of the touch monitor to connect...

Page 21: ...ess the ON OFF button once to turn off the display 2 Press the ON OFF button and hold for 2 seconds to call the power menu and click Power off to turn off the device orderly 3 Press the ON OFF button and hold for about 5 seconds to turn off the device directly 4 When necessary unplug the power adapter from the power connector of IBOX3588 or the outlet to force shutdown The actions might vary with ...

Page 22: ...Vantron Embedded in your success Embedded in your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual 18 www vantrontech com CHAPTER 3 HARWARE DESCRIPTION ...

Page 23: ... supply with OVP OCP protection Specification of the power connector 1 x 3 pin 3 81mm ANYTEK OQ 3 81 3P 90D W F Pinout description Pin Signal Description 1 GND Ground 2 VDC Power input 3 VDC Power input 3 2 ON OFF button Button definition Android OS Action with power connected Description Short press Turn on off the display if any Turn on the device if it is previously turned off Press and hold fo...

Page 24: ...e Press and hold for 5 seconds Power off There is an LED indicator on the ON OFF button When the Device is connected to a live power source the indicator will turn solid green 3 3 Ethernet jack IBOX3588 implements two Ethernet jacks Specification RJ45 supporting 10M 100M 1000M Base T4 Each Ethernet jack has two LED indicators to indicate the link act status of the network The following is ETH1 3 4...

Page 25: ... Verizon pre certified and you may consult your sales executive for the module name before applying a SIM card from the carrier 3 9 Serial connectors IBOX3588 implements two RS232 RS485 multiplex connectors on a phoenix terminal and four on board RS232 RS485 multiplex connectors The two multiplex connectors on the phoenix terminal are named as UART4 and UART7 corresponding to nodes dev ttyS7 and t...

Page 26: ...rontech com 3 10 CAN IBOX3588 implements two CAN connectors on a phoenix terminal Specification 2 x 3 x 3 81mm GOLTEN 15EGTRHM 3 81 06P 14 00AH Pinout description Pin Signal Description 1 CAN0_H High level CAN0 bus line 2 CAN0_L Low level CAN0 bus line 3 GND Ground 4 CAN1_H High level CAN1 bus line 5 CAN1_L Low level CAN1 bus line 6 GND Ground Pin 1 Pin 4 ...

Page 27: ...O6_5V GPIO 5V Level 4 GPIO5_5V GPIO 5V Level 5 VCC_5V0 5V power output 6 GND Ground 3 12 M 2 slots IBOX3588 offers two M 2 slots including an M 2 M Key slot 2260 2280 that supports PCIe 3 0 x4 for SSD expansion and an M 2 B Key slot 2242 3052 that supports SATA 3 0 for SSD expansion or USB 3 0 for 4G 5G module connection The slots can be configured before shipment upon request from customers 3 13 ...

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Page 29: ...tively To test if the serial connectors function properly use a USB to serial adapter to connect a serial connector of the Device and the host computer first then use a serial tool for the serial debugging Or you can short the two serial connectors and use one connector for transmitting data and the other for receiving data This approach saves your efforts of connecting the Device and the host com...

Page 30: ... World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual 26 www vantrontech com 3 Open another terminal and use UART7 to receive data gpioset gpiochip7 6 0 gpioset gpiochip7 7 1 cat dev ttyS7 4 The result will be printed as shown above ...

Page 31: ...ceive data gpioset gpiochip7 4 0 gpioset gpiochip7 5 1 cat dev ttyS4 UART7 Transmit data gpioset gpiochip7 6 0 gpioset gpiochip7 7 1 echo Test string dev ttyS7 Receive data gpioset gpiochip7 6 0 gpioset gpiochip7 7 1 cat dev ttyS7 RS485 mode UART4 Transmit data gpioset gpiochip7 4 1 gpioset gpiochip7 5 0 echo Test string dev ttyS4 Receive data gpioset gpiochip7 4 0 gpioset gpiochip7 5 0 cat dev tt...

Page 32: ...tting and receiving of the connectors input the following commands to check if the connectors can write and read data CAN0 transmitting receiving data ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 125000 cansend can0 500 1E 10 12 22 candump can0 Check the status of CAN0 ip details link show can0 CAN1 transmitting receiving data ip link set can1 up type can bitrate 125000 cansend can1 500 1E 10 12 22 candum...

Page 33: ...to check if the settings are valid You can check the status of the GPIOs cat sys kernel debug gpio The following is a summary of the commands for setting the high low level of the GPIO pins GPIOs GPIO5 High level gpioset gpiochip8 4 1 Low level gpioset gpiochip8 4 0 GPIO6 High level gpioset gpiochip8 5 1 Low level gpioset gpiochip8 5 0 GPIO7 High level gpioset gpiochip8 6 1 Low level gpioset gpioc...

Page 34: ...ny abnormality the Device will reboot when it reaches preset time 1 Open system conf vi etc systemd system conf 2 Use the up and down arrows to navigate to Runtime and Reboot options and set the frequency for watchdog kicking e g 1600ms and device reboot interval upon an abnormality e g 2 minutes 3 Enable the watchdog with the following command and the Device will reboot within 2 minutes when ther...

Page 35: ... computer running Windows 7 or later A USB cable Type A to Type C 4 5 2 ADB Setup 1 Follow the steps in Section 2 2 to connect the host computer and the Device with the USB cable 2 Use the cursor and keyboard to navigate to Settings About AIV the name may vary with the device Build number of the Device click the build number consecutively seven times to enable Developer options 3 Go back to Settin...

Page 36: ...3588 User Manual 32 www vantrontech com 6 Click in sequence Advanced Environment Variables Path Edit and click New in the pop up 7 Copy the path of adb exe as mentioned in step 4 and click OK to confirm 8 Press Win R and input cmd in the dialogue box 9 Input adb version in the command prompt to check if the ADB tool is installed ...

Page 37: ...played under the command the Device is an ADB device and you can copy the serial number squared as shown above of the Device for installation of an app 4 Input the following command line to install the app adb s serial number install APP path 5 The installation will be executed after the command line is input and the result of installation will be displayed below 6 The newly installed app will be ...

Page 38: ...er running Windows 7 or later A USB cable Type A to Type C 4 6 2 ADB setup Follow the steps set out in 4 3 2 to finish ADB setup If the Device is running Debian system you don t need to turn on the developer options for ADB setup 4 6 3 Driver installation 1 Unzip the release package sent from Vantron and open the folder 2 Navigate to the following directory SW DriverAssitant_vxxx DriverAssitant_vx...

Page 39: ...e_vxxx RKDevTool to install the RK Device Tool 7 Connect the Device and the host computer via the USB cable Normally a message suggesting the existence of an ADB device will show up at the bottom of the tool window in about 10 seconds 8 Input adb shell in the command prompt so that you can execute shell commands on the Device 9 Enter reboot loader in ADB shell to enter the Loader mode and the Devi...

Page 40: ... bottom 4 6 4 Image Flashing 1 Click Upgrade Firmware tab in the RK Device Tool window the second tab at the top of the window and then Firmware button 2 Select update img from the directory SW Image and click Open and the details of the firmware will be automatically populated in the firmware information box 3 Click Upgrade button next to Firmware button and the device will start to download the ...

Page 41: ...antron Embedded in your success Embedded in your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual 37 www vantrontech com CHAPTER 5 DEBIAN SYSTEM INTRODUCTION ...

Page 42: ...ult user after bootup User linaro Password linaro You can use the sudo su command to switch to the root user no password 5 1 2 System login 1 Connect the Device with the host computer using an HDMI cable or using an HDMI to VGA adapter if necessary 2 Power on the Device and the system will log in to linaro as the default user 3 Right click the mouse in an empty area to open the property dialogue o...

Page 43: ...og out option Log out restart shut down suspend the Device or switch the user while saving the session for future logins The menu bar on the top of the screen allows the user to Change the brightness and power settings of the Device Adjust the system volume and sound settings Add the Device to a Wi Fi network and pair it with a Bluetooth device Switch between different workspaces Other system sett...

Page 44: ...e env grep LANG 3 Run the following command to call the locale configuration page en_US UTF 8 refers to the locale for the target language that you wish to switch to export LANG en_US UTF 8 4 Use the following command to re configure the locales dpkg reconfigure locales 5 Use the up and down arrows on the keyboard to move to the target locale press Space in front of the target locale en_US UTF 8 f...

Page 45: ...h com 6 Use the up and down arrows to select the locale from the list that you wish to use as the default locale for the system then press Tab to move the cursor to the left option Yes and Enter to confirm your choice 7 Wait a few seconds for the locale to take effect 8 Input reboot to restart the system and use locale a to check if the locale is set as default ...

Page 46: ...ications on the top left corner of the screen or right click the mouse in an empty area of the screen to call the menu 1 Click System Time and Date to open the Time and Date settings page 2 Click Unlock and enter the password linaro before editing 3 Click Time zone and select your own time zone from the list 4 Choose to synchronize the time with the Internet server or fill in the time manually 5 C...

Page 47: ...d the Wi Fi antennas before connecting to an existing wireless network 1 To join to a Wi Fi network click the network icon dual host Wi Fi icon on the menu bar and search for the target network in the list 2 To check the current network connection you can move the cursor to the network icon and right click the mouse to select Connection Information 3 To edit the network configurations you can righ...

Page 48: ... 5 4 2 Image flashing 1 Connect the Device with the host computer via the USB cable 2 Open the Terminal and input the following command line to install ADB tool sudo apt get install adb y 3 Check if the Device is connected to the Ubuntu host via ADB adb devices l 4 Run adb shell to execute shell commands on the Device 5 Enter reboot loader and the Device will reboot automatically and enter the loa...

Page 49: ... right click the mouse in an empty area and click Open in Terminal to execute the subsequent commands in the new Terminal 8 Input the following command line in the Terminal to download the upgrade image sudo upgrade_tool uf update img 9 Input the password to download the system image 10 The system will start upgrading once the download finishes and the Device will reboot automatically when the upg...

Page 50: ...Vantron Embedded in your success Embedded in your better life World leading provider of embedded IoT products and solutions IBOX3588 User Manual 46 www vantrontech com CHAPTER 6 DISPOSAL AND WARRANTY ...

Page 51: ...posal in conformity with local regulations Please ensure that the abandoned batteries are disposed of according to local regulations on waste disposal Do not throw batteries into fire or put in common waste canister as they are explosive Products or product packages labeled with the sign of explosive should not be disposed of like household waste but delivered to specialized electrical electronic ...

Page 52: ...e CUSTOMER for non warranty repair VANTRON will provide this service as long as the components are available in the market and the CUSTOMER is requested to place a purchase order up front Parts repaired will have an extended warranty of 3 months Returned Products Any Product found to be defective and covered under warranty pursuant to Clause above shall be returned to VANTRON only upon the CUSTOME...

Page 53: ... does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to ...