ARK-3384 Wireless Enabled, Audio and Three USB Port Fanless Embedded Box Computer User Manual
Copyright The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2006 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable.
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Declaration of Conformity CE This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications when shielded cables are used for external wiring. We recommend the use of shielded cables. This kind of cable is available from Advantech. Please contact your local supplier for ordering information. FCC Class A Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Document Feedback To assist us in making improvements to this manual, we would welcome comments and constructive criticism. Please send all such - in writing to: support@advantech.com Packing List ARK-3384 Series Model There are two sub-models in ARK-3384 series listed below: Model Number Description ARK-3384-1S0A2E ULV Celeron M 1.0 GHz Embedded Box Computer, with one VGA, one LVDS, three USB 2.0, two COM, AC97 Audio, one Fast Ethernet, one 802.11b/g Wireless LAN ARK-3384-1S4A2E ULV Pentium M 1.
Safety Instructions 1. Please read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Please keep this User‘s Manual for later reference. 3. Please disconnect this equipment from AC outlet before cleaning. Use a damp cloth. Don‘t use liquid or sprayed detergent for cleaning. Use moisture sheet or clothe for cleaning. 4. For pluggable equipment, the socket-outlet shall near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. 5. Please keep this equipment from humidity. 6.
e. The equipment has been dropped and damaged. f. The equipment has obvious signs of breakage Warning! THIS COMPUTER IS PROVIDED WITH A BATTERY-POWERED REAL-TIME CLOCK CIRCUIT. THERE IS A DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS INCORRECTLY REPLACED. REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME OR EQUIVLENT TYPE RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURE. DISCARD USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS. Wichtige Sicherheishinweise 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Bitte lesen sie Sich diese Hinweise sorgfältig durch.
12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Durch die Lüftungsöffnungen dürfen niemals Gegenstände oder Flüssigkeiten in das Gerät gelangen. Dies könnte einen Brand bzw. elektrischen Schlag auslösen. Öffnen Sie niemals das Gerät. Das Gerät darf aus Gründen der elektrischen Sicherheit nur von authorisiertem Servicepersonal geöffnet werden. Wenn folgende Situationen auftreten ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen und von einer qualifizierten Servicestelle zu überprüfen: – Netzkabel oder Netzstecker sind beschädigt.
Safety Precaution - Static Electricity Follow these simple precautions to protect yourself from harm and the products from damage. 1. 2. To avoid electrical shock, always disconnect the power from your PC chassis before you work on it. Don't touch any components on the CPU card or other cards while the PC is on. Disconnect power before making any configuration changes. The sudden rush of power as you connect a jumper or install a card may damage sensitive electronic components.
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Contents Chapter 1 Overview ...........................................................2 1.1 1.2 Introduction ....................................................................... 2 Features ............................................................................. 2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.3 Hardware Specification ..................................................... 3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.3.4 1.3.5 1.3.6 1.3.7 1.3.8 1.3.9 1.3.10 1.3.11 1.4 Wireless Enabled, IEEE 802.11b/g Compliant............
2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.3.5 2.3.6 2.3.7 2.3.8 2.3.9 Chapter Power Input Connector ................................................. 13 Figure 2.5 Power Input Connector........................... 13 Table 2.3 Power connector pin assignments........... 13 COM1 Connector.......................................................... 14 Figure 2.6 COM 1 connector ................................... 14 Table 2.4 COM1 standard serial port pin assignments 14 COM2 Connector....................................
3.7 3.8 3.9 Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive (HDD) .................... 25 Connecting Power ........................................................... 25 Installation of Din Rail Mounting ................................... 25 Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Chapter 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 ................................................................ 25 ................................................................ 26 ......
4.5.2 4.5.3 4.5.4 4.5.5 4.5.6 4.5.7 4.5.8 4.5.9 4.5.10 4.5.11 4.5.12 4.5.13 4.5.14 4.5.15 4.5.16 CAS Latency Time ....................................................... 37 Active to Precharge Delay ............................................ 37 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay ...................................... 37 DRAM RAS# Precharge............................................... 37 DRAM Data Integrity Mode......................................... 38 MGM Core Frequency.........................................
4.7.15 4.7.16 4.7.17 4.7.18 4.7.19 4.8 PnP/PCI Configurations .................................................. 49 4.8.1 4.8.2 4.8.3 4.8.4 4.9 Chapter Auto Detect PCI CLK................................................... 51 Spread Spectrum ........................................................... 51 CPU Host/3V66/PCI Clock .......................................... 51 Figure 4.13 Frequency/Voltage Control .................... 51 Load Optimized Defaults .............................................
Figure 6.1 Directory of Audio Driver ...................... 62 Figure 6.2 AC97 Audio Driver Installation ............. 63 Figure 6.3 Installation Complete of AC97 Audio Driver........................................................... 63 Chapter 7 Ethernet Setup................................................66 7.1 7.2 Introduction ..................................................................... 66 Installation of Ethernet driver ......................................... 66 7.2.
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CHAPTER 1 Overview This chapter gives background information on the ARK-3384. It shows you the ARK-3384 overview and specifications.
Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction The ARK-3384 is a wireless fanless embedded box computer that combines wireless LAN, one 10/100Base-T Fast Ethernet, three USB 2.0 ports, two serial ports, digital LVDS & analog VGA/CRT display interfaces. The ARK-3384 is supplied with AC’97 dual output 6W stereo audio in a rugged, compact chassis for multimedia intensive and data communication based applications. The fanless operation provides noise protection to the platform when deployed in external environments.
1.2.3 • Highly Scalable Performance with Low Power Consumption Scalable Low Voltage and Ultra Low Voltage Pentium M class processor system delivers high computing performance with low power consumption Fanless operation with low power consumption in aluminum sealed construction. that accepts a wide input voltage range from 12 ~ 24 V DC Accepts a wide range of ATX-supported DC power inputs for maximum flexibility • • 1.2.
• • • BIOS: 4 Mbit Flash BIOS, supports Plug & Play Power Management: Supports ATX, APM Rev 1.2 and ACPI System Memory - One 200 pin SO-DIMM socket - Support DDR SDRAM Up to 1 GB 1.3.2 • Display Chipset Integrated graphics built-in Intel® 852GM GMCH, or Intel® 855GME GMCH, utilizing Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 technology • Display Memory - Dynamic video memory allocation up to 64 MB • Display Interface support - CRT Interface - 36-bit LVDS interface 1.3.
- Integrated USB 2.0 controller built-in Intel® FW82801DB I/O Controller Hub 4 (ICH4) Chipset • COM Interface - Supports three USB 2.0 Ports 1.3.7 • • 1.3.8 • • • Storage Supports a drive bay space for 2.5’’ HDD Supports a CompactFlash socket for Type I/II CompactFlash disk 1.3.
- When system is equipped with Compact Flash Disk only: 5G, IEC 68-2-64, random, 5~500Hz, 1 Oct./min, 1hr/axis. - When system is equipped with 2.5-inch hard disk: 1G, IEC 68-2-64, random, 5~500Hz, 1 Oct./min, 1hr/axis.
69.20 69.00 8.00 4.00 4.00 1.4 Chassis Dimensions 5.00 10.00 14.00 137.25 31.38 14.00 10.00 224.00 232.00 240.00 252.50 264.50 8.00 7.81 3.50 53.00 5.00 69.20 78.50 132.25 137.25 8.20 61.20 69.20 5.96 71.66 71.36 2.66 8.00 Figure 1.
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CHAPTER 2 Hardware Functionality This chapter shows how to set up the ARK-3384’s hardware functions, including connecting peripherals, switches and indicators.
Chapter 2 Hardware Functionality 2.1 Introduction of ARK-3384 External I/O Connectors The following two figures show the external I/O connectors on ARK3384. The following sections give you detailed information about the functions of each I/O connector. Figure 2.1: ARK-3384 front metal face plate external I/O connectors Figure 2.
2.2 ARK-3384 front metal face plate external I/O connectors 2.2.1 Power ON/OFF Button The ARK-3384 comes with a Power On/Off button, that supports the dual functions of Soft Power -On/Off (Instant off or Delay 4 Second), and Suspend. 2.2.2 LED Indicators There are two LEDs on the ARK-3384 front metal face plate for indicating system status: PWR LED is for power status and flashes in red color; and HDD LED is for hard disk and compact flash disk status, which flashes in green color. 2.2.
Table 2.1: LVDS Connector Pin Assignment Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2.2.4 Signal Name LVDS_CLKBP GND LVDS_YAP0 LVDS_YAP1 LVDS_YAP2 LVDS_CLKAP +3.3 or +5V GND LVDS_YAP3 LVDS_YBP0 LVDS_YBP1 LVDS_YBP2 LVDS_YBP3 Pin 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Signal name LVDS_CLKBM LVDS_YAM0 LVDS_YAM1 LVDS_YAM2 LVDS_CLKAM GND +3.
Table 2.2: LCD Backlight Connector Pin Assignment Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Signal name +12V GND BKLTEN VBR +5V LVDS_DCLK LVDS_DDAT Reserved Reserved 2.3 ARK-3384 rear metal face plate external I/O connectors 2.3.1 Power Input Connector The ARK-3384 comes with a Phoenix connector that carries 12~24 VDC external power input. 2 1 Figure 2.5: Power Input Connector Table 2.
2.3.2 COM1 Connector The ARK-3384 provides a D-sub 9-pin connector, which offers one standard RS-232 serial communication interface port of COM1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Figure 2.6: COM 1 connector Table 2.4: COM1 standard serial port pin assignments Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2.3.3 Signal Name DCD RxD TxD DTR GND DSR RTS CTS RI COM2 Connector The ARK-3384 provides a D-sub 9-pin connector, which offers one RS232/422/485 serial communication interface port of COM2. The default setting of COM1 is RS-232.
Table 2.5: COM2 standard serial port pin assignments Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RS-232 Signal Name DCD RxD TxD DTR GND DSR RTS CTS RI RS-422 Signal Name TxTx+ Rx+ RxGND NC NC NC NC RS-485 Signal Name DATADATA+ NC NC GND NC NC NC NC Note: NC represents “No Connection” 2.3.4 Audio Connector The ARK-3384 offers AC97 stereo Audio ports by three phone jack connectors: Speaker_Out, Mic_In and Line_In, Table 2.6: Line_In connector Line-In Connector Footprint Phone Jack 3.
1 8 Figure 2.8: Ethernet connector Table 2.9: RJ-45 Connector pin assignments Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2.3.6 10/100BaseT Signal Name XMT+ XMTRCV+ NC NC RCVNC NC Reset Button Press the "Reset" button to activate the reset function. 2.3.7 PS2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector The ARK-3384 provides a PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector. A 6-pin mini-DIN connector is located on the rear metal face plate of the ARK3384.
Table 2.10: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector pin assignments 4. 5. 6. 2.3.8 VCC PS2_KBCLK PS2_MSCLK VGA Connector The ARK-3384 provides a high resolution VGA interface by a D-sub 15pin connector to support a VGA CRT monitor. It supports VGA and VESA, up to 1600 x 1200 @85-Hz resolution and up to 32 MB shared memory. Pin assignments for the VGA display are detailed below. 5 1 10 6 15 11 Figure 2.10: VGA connector Table 2.11: VGA connector pin assignment Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2.3.
The ARK-3384 provides three connectors for USB, which give complete Plug & Play and hot swapping capability for up to 127 external devices. The USB interface complies with USB UHCI, Rev. 2.0. The USB interface can be disabled in the system BIOS setup. Please refer to Table 2.12 for pin assignments. The USB connectors are universal connectors used for connecting many different digital devices.
CHAPTER 3 Hardware Installation and Upgrade This chapter introduces how to initialize the ARK-3384. Sections include: • • • • • • Jumpers and Connectors Installing the DDR SDRAM Memory Module Inserting a Compact Flash Card Installing the 2.
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation and Upgrade 3.1 Jumpers and Connectors The ARK-3384 Embedded Box Computer consists of a PC-based computer that is housed in an aluminum top cover, a metal bottom case with accessible bottom cover and Front/ Rear metal Face plate. Your HDD, SDRAM DIMM, are all readily accessible by removing the bottom cover. Any maintenance or hardware upgrades can be easily completed after removing the top cover, and front with rear metal face plates.
A pair of needle-nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application, contact your local distributor or sales representative before you make any changes. 3.
Table 3.2: LCD Power Setting (J6) Close pins 1-2 2-3 Function +5V* +3.3V (*): means default setting of the jumper/function Please also refer to Chapter 9 of “Full Disassembly Procedure”. The default setting of J6 is 5V. 3.5 Installing the DDR SDRAM Memory Module The ARK-3384 provides one 200-pin SODIMM (Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module) socket and supports 2.5 V DDR SDRAM. You can install from 64 MB up to 1 GB of DDR SDRAM memory.
Figure 3.1: 3.6.3 Remove the CF carrier. 3.6.4 Place the Compact Flash card with your OS or application program into a CF carrier. Figure 3.
Figure 3.3: 3.6.5 Insert the CF carrier back and assemble with 2 screws to the CF Door located on rear face plate of the ARK-3384 Figure 3.4: Note: The Compact Flash socket is allocated as Secondary IDE Master.
3.7 Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive (HDD) You can attach one enhanced Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) hard disk drive to the ARK-3384's internal controller which uses a PCI localbus interface. The advanced IDE controller supports faster data transfer and allows the IDE hard drive to exceed 528 MB. The following are instructions for installation: 3.7.1 Remove the power cord. 3.7.2 Unscrew the four screws from bottom cover of the ARK-3384. 3.7.3 Remove the bottom cover of the ARK-3384. 3.7.
ii. Find the DIN Rail Mounting Kit in the ARK-3384 accessory box. This kit has 2 pieces: an L DIN Rail Mounting Module (Left) and a R DIN Rail Mounting Module (Right). L Din Rail Mounting Module R Din Rail Mounting Module Figure 3.6: iii. Attach the L-Din Rail Mounting module and R-Din Rail Mounting module to the ARL-3380 unit. Figure 3.
Left Figure 3.8: Right Figure 3.
iv. The sample DIN-Rail below Figure 3.10: v. Install the ARK-33383 unit to the rail, please make sure the hook of the Din-Rail mounting kit on the ARK-33383 unit will contact with the tooth of the DIN-Rail firmly. Left Hook Rail Tooth Figure 3.
Rail Tooth Hook Right Figure 3.12: vi. Push the Hook Switch to fix the mounting between ARK-33383 unit and DIN-Rail. Left Push Hook Clip Figure 3.
Hook Clip Push Right Figure 3.14: Right Side View vii. Below, the ARK-33383 unit mounted on the rail with DIN-Rail mounting kit Figure 3.
CHAPTER 4 Award BIOS Setup
Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4.1 Introduction Award’s BIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed memory (CMOS RAM) so that it retains the setup information when the power is turned off. 4.1.1 CMOS RAM Auto-backup and Restore The CMOS RAM is powered by an onboard button cell battery. When you finish BIOS setup, the data in CMOS RAM will be automatically backed up to Flash ROM.
Figure 4.1: Award BIOS Setup initial screen 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Choose the “Standard CMOS Features” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu, and the screen below will be displayed. This menu allows users to configure system components such as date, time, hard disk drive, display, and memory. Figure 4.
4.4 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 ARK-3384 according to his particular requirements. Below are some major items that are provided in the Advanced BIOS Features screen. A quick booting function is provided for your convenience. Simply enable the Quick Booting item to save yourself valuable time Figure 4.3: Advanced BIOS features screen 4.4.
POST procedures. 4.4.5 First/Second/Third/ Boot Other Device The BIOS tries to load the OS with the devices in the sequence selected. Choices are: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, LAN, Disabled. 4.4.6 Swap Floppy Drive Logical name assignments of floppy drives can be swapped if there is more than one floppy drive. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.” 4.4.7 Boot UP Floppy Seek Selection of the command “Disabled” will speed the boot up.
4.4.14 APIC Mode APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. The default setting is Enabled. 4.4.15 MPS Version Control For OS This option is specifies the MPS (Multiprocessor Specification) version for your operating system. MPS version 1.4 added extended configuration tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability. The default setting is 1.4. 4.4.
Figure 4.4: Advanced Chipset features screen 4.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable This option refers to the method by which the DRAM timing is selected. The default is By SPD. 4.5.2 CAS Latency Time You can configure CAS latency time in HCLKs as 2 or 2.5 or 3. The system board designer should set the values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU. 4.5.
4.5.6 DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select ECC if your memory module supports it. The memory controller will detect and correct single-bit soft memory errors. The memory controller will also be able to detect double-bit errors though it will not be able to correct them. This provides increased data integrity and system stability. 4.5.7 MGM Core Frequency This field sets the frequency of the DRAM memory installed. The default setting is Auto Max 266MHz. 4.5.
