Changing the System Board *Special Note: An anti-static workplace with proper grounding is required when changing the System Board. First remove the back cover. There are 3 screws that hold the system board in place that will need to be removed. (see photo below) Three screws to remove System Board J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
After the screws are removed the system board can be unplugged from its connector. While using the I/O bracket to pull on, slide the board out towards the bottom of the unit as shown. When reinstalling the system board make sure the locking tabs on the bottom of the board lock into their mating slots. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Adding Memory Note: An anti-static workplace with proper grounding is required when adding memory. Remove the back cover. You can now access the two memory sockets, the order in which the memory is populated does not matter. The J2 680 supports up to 16GB of memory in two sockets. Memory type is 240 DIMM DDR3 1066/1333. Memory sockets Changing the Processor To change the processor, first start by working in an anti-static workplace with proper grounding.
Accessing the HDD/SDD Drives Remove cover screw then remove cover Remove or insert drive as needed The HDD/SSD may be hot swapped when in a RAID 1 configuration. In non-RAID 1 configurations the unit should be powered down before changing a drive or data may be lost. No physical damage will happen to the HDD if inserted or removed with power on. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Entering the BIOS Setup To enter the BIOS Setup, turn on or reboot the 680 and press the DEL key after the BIOS sign-on screen appears. The main menu of the BIOS setup will be displayed, this can take a few seconds. If the supervisor password is set, you must enter it here. The area on the right side of the screen displays a help window for the current screen or BIOS option. BIOS setting should only be change by qualified personal as changing some setting can cause the system not to function properly.
Advanced Settings This menu contains settings to control a number of system functions. Most these settings are self-explanatory. Advanced Setting Screen Launch PXE ROM This setting enables the built- in PXE LAN remote boot rom. This allows the system to run as a diskless workstation, or to be able to download a drive image to a blank drive. When enabled, a message screen will appear and Shift-F10 can be typed to access the PXE ROM options. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
SATA Configuration In this screen the SATA hard drives can be set to work in one of three modes, SATA, RAID or AHCI. When set to SATA, the SATA drive works the same as a normal IDE HDD. This is the IDE compatible mode and default BIOS setting. The other two selections are RAID and AHCI modes. Please see the separate section in the manual for RAID Setup for further information on using RAID and AHCI modes. SATA Configuration Screen J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Peripheral Power and LCD Brightness Configuration This submenu allows for the enabling of power for the serial ports, default cash drawer pulse timing and default LCD brightness level and power for a J2 supplied VGA port monitor. Power enable for serial Ports LCD Brightness Setting J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Power Configure Screen Power Configure Screen Restore on AC Power Loss The 680 has three options should AC power become lost and then restored. There is Power Off (stay turned off), Power On (turn on when AC restored), or Last State. The Last State setting will cause the unit to turn on if it was on when AC power was lost or it will stay off if the unit was off when AC power was lost. Wake on LAN Wake on LAN is enabled by default but can be disabled in this screen.
Boot Settings If more than one bootable device is in the system the boot order can be set in this menu. If a bootable USB storage device is plugged in at boot up the 680 will boot from that device by default. If this is not desired the boot order can be changed here. A list of detected drives will be displayed with the current boot order. Boot Settings Screen Display OEM Logo The BIOS can display two types of OEM logos on boot up. The default is a small J2 logo in the upper left hand corner.
Exit Options After making any changes to the BIOS settings, the changes can be saved from this screen. Any changes can be discarded as well or the factory BIOS defaults can be loaded. Typ setting to the factory defaults. It should be noted that to save changes to the BIOS setup the F10 key can be typed from any screen to save the BIOS changes. It is not necessary to exit setup from this screen. To discard any BIOS setup changes you can type the ESC key from any screen to exit.
Chipset Driver Installation The chipset driver is needed to get the full potential from the 680 chipset. It should be loaded before other drivers and first thing after booting. The drivers can be downloaded from the J2 web site: http://www.j2retailsystems.com/support/680/Chipset/. After extracting the drivers to a temporary folder, run Setup. Just answer Next or Yes to all the screen prompts and the drivers will install.
Audio Driver Installation The Audio Drivers can be downloaded from the J2 web site at: http://www.j2retailsystems.com/support/680/Audio/. After extracting the driver to a temporary folder, run Setup, and then follow the instructions below: First Audio setup screen Just click on Next to install the Audio driver. Second Audio setup screen Check the Codec Driver box, and then click Next. Answer Next to any more dialog boxes, then Finish.
LAN Driver Installation The LAN drivers can be downloaded from the J2 web site: http://www.j2retailsystems.com/support/680/LAN/. After extracting the driver to a temporary folder, run Setup. Just answer Next or Yes to all the screen prompts and the driver will install. LAN driver install screen J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Resistive Touch Screen Driver Installation The Touch Drivers can be downloaded from the J2 web site at: http://www.j2retailsystems.com/support/680/Touch/. When run, the diver will display a welcome screen, at this point just press next for the next few screens. When you get to this screen check both RS232 and USB options and click next. Just click till this screen and then click next and the driver will finish installing. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Click finish at the screen. The driver will then detect the port the touch screen is on (normally COM6) then ask you to reboot the system. After rebooting the touch should be working. Calibration is not needed as this is done at the factory. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Multi-Touch Projected Capacitive Touch Driver No touch driver needs to be loaded for the PCT touch screen because it uses the Microsoft built in pen and touch driver, No calibration is needed for the projected capacitive touch screen. The driver options can be accessed via the Windows control panel. The built in Windows pen and touch driver is present in XP, Vista and all versions Windows 7. The first page of options allows for the change how your finger or stylus interacts with the screen.
The other four option tabs are shown below for reference. They are self-explanatory in most case and additional information can be obtained through the Windows help function. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Optional Multi-Touch Projected Capacitive Touch Driver In addition to the Windows built in standard touch driver J2 also supplies and optional touch driver that is used when multi-monitor touch support is needed. This driver works with Windows XP and later version of Windows. The driver can be downloading from J2 web site. To install just extract the zip file where you wish to run it from and run setup. When asked to install PS/2 or RS-232 driver answer no, the PCT controller is a USB device.
the touch on beep, double click function and right mouse button emulation. for a PCT screen. A draw test is provided to verily the operation and calibration of the touch screen. The J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
OPOS drivers The OPOS driver for the 680 supports the Cash Drawer ports, the optional MSR, the optional 2x20 character Customer Display, and the optional iButton reader. The OPOS driver may be downloaded from the J2 web site at: http://www.j2retailsystems.com/support/680/. Just run the OPOS setup.exe file to install. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
J2 has a standard program that works with all its POS products, called J2 Health. This program is used in either a standalone mode or in conjunction with J2 remote monitor/asset tracking software. The J2 Health program monitors different aspects of the POS hardware to ensure the hardware is running within specification. For the J2 680 it monitors critical system voltages, as well as system and CPU temperatures. Installation The utility can be downloaded from the J2 web site: http://support.j2rs.
As can be seen above, when running on the J2 680 the J2 Health program displays critical system voltages and system and CPU Core temperatures. For other J2 POS systems, J2 Health may display more or less information. An example would be the J2 680 unit, which in addition to the above information would also display the fan speed of the two J2 680 fans. Logging to File The J2 Health program can log the health data to a file in the csv text format for related problems.
Registry Entries The J2 Health program creates registry entries for the different health values. Dynamic values are updated at the user defined interval, which is by default 5 seconds. Other software may use these registry entries to access the J2 health information. J2 680 Health keys are shown below: J2 Remote Monitoring Software J2 now offers a full remote monitoring and asset tracking solution that works in conjunction with J2 Health to ensure the highest uptime possible of your POS hardware.
The J2 SMI BIOS Info program allows for the reading of all populated BIOS DMI/SMI information. With some J2 products including the J2 680, this information also includes dynamic system health information. Normally this dynamic DMI health information BIOS is only supported on very high end servers. Now J2 brings this feature to POS hardware. The J2 SMI BIOS Info program will run on any J2 POS hardware or for that fact on any PC hardware. It can display all DMI/SMI information on a formatted form.
J2 has a generic cash drawer test utility that works on all J2 products, including the new J2 680 computer. Installation The utility can be downloaded from the J2 web site: http://support.j2rs.com/Utilities/ To install just unzip anywhere and run as you wish to download the utility form. Operation etting to test the cash drawer(s). (see example below) virtual serial ports program. The virtual serial port program must be installed with the cash drawer virtual serial ports set to Comm 10 & 11.
Virtual serial ports can be used for the cash drawers, virtual 2x20 line display on the optional 10.1 LCD, Smart UPS, MSR and iButton. To open virtual serial cash drawer send a bell character to the Com port it is assigned too. the drawer may be obtained by reading the status bits of its COM port. The drawer open/close status will be reflected on the CTS and RI bits, either bit may be used.
RAID Overview The 680 uses the Intel Matrix Storage Technology to allow the two internal 2.5 inch hard drives to be configured as a RAID array. The 680 supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and Intel Matrix RAID which combines the benefits of two RAID volumes in a single RAID array. If you are not currently familiar with RAID arrays Intel has a good white paper on the subject at: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/applnots/310855.htm There are a number of benefits to using the RAID feature. Protection is one benefit.
Enabling RAID in the BIOS The Intel manual for the Intel Matrix Storage Manager covers this same information given below in more detail and can be downloaded from the J2 web site. The documentation below is tailored for the 680 only. Link: http://www.j2retailsystems.com/support/680/RAID/ Perform the following steps to enable the RAID option in the system BIOS: 1. Enter the BIOS Setup program by pressing the DEL key after the BIOS sign-on screen appears. 2.
Perform the following steps to install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver during operating system setup: 1. Press the F6 key when prompted in the status line with the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver message. This message appears at the beginning of Windows XP setup (during text-mode phase). Note: Nothing will happen immediately after pressing F6. Setup will temporarily continue loading drivers.
If a hot spare is available, all that needs to be done is to swap the bad drive with the hot spare. Be sure to change the correct drive. SATA Ports 0 corresponds to the HDD 0, the top drive in the HDD bay and SATA Ports 1 corresponds to the HDD 1, the bottom drive in the HDD bay. Power to the system does not need to be turned off, and the system will still operate. First remove the bad drive. After removing the bad drive insert the hot spare into the 680.
The RAID will now rebuild an image of the good drive to the hot spare. Rebuilding Rebuilt The RAID has now mirrored the drive and the system is now protected for a drive failure. Note: more information on using the 680 RAID function. (Available September 2008) J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
In addition to the foam packing inserts, the following contents should be found in the 680 shipping carton. Standard Items 1: System with Power Supply and AC cord 2: Cable Well Cover 3: Printer Power Port Cable : COM Port Colored Coded Cable Labels J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Overview The 680 can be ordered with a 3 track MSR. This MSR is the same as used on the J2 580/615/625/630 POS systems. The MSR mounts on the right side of the 680 and uses a front facing MSR slot. This allows the 680 unit to be placed side by side, or in tight spaces, and still be able to swipe the card. The MSR appears to the software as a wedge type MSR with all data from the MSR being sent to the keyboard port. The MSR configuration utility can be down loaded from J2 web site.
Installing the 680 MSR The 680 MSR is installed by first removing the two rubber plugs for the option attachment point as shown below. Remove Rubber plugs Then remove the MSR cover plate on the right back side of the unit by removing the two screws, as shown. Remove MSR cover plate J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Connect the cable together as shown add secure the static ground wire with screw provided as shown. Attach cables Attach the MSR using the two screws at the locations shown below. Mounting MSR You may now power up the 680 and the MSR should be working. For a quick test you can open Notepad and swipe a card, the information should appear in Notepad. You can now run the J2 MSR utility if you need any custom settings for the MSR. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Overview A 2 line by 20 character VFD customer side display is available optional for the J2 680. This customer display is the same as used on the J2 580/615/625/630 POS systems. The J2 680 has the same options as available on the J2 580/615/625/630 POS systems. Secondary display of 10 inch, 12 inch 4:3 and 10.1 inch 16:9 displays are available. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
This option is the same as available on the J2 580/615/625/630 POS systems. This reader uses the Digital Personal module. This option is the same as available on the J2 580/615/625/630 POS systems. Available Q2 2012 Available Q2 2012 This option is the same as available on the J2 580/615/625/630 POS systems. This bracket can be uses when not using a VESA mount. The J2 680 has the same options as available on the J2 580/615/625/630 POS systems. J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
Contact Information European Office J2 Retail Systems Ltd. J2 House Clayton Road, Birchwood Warrington WA3 6RP United Kingdom 44 (0) 1925 817003 Phone 44 (0) 1925 811989 Fax USA Office J2 Retail Systems Inc. 9251 Irvine Boulevard Irvine CA 92618 USA Australian Office J2 Retail Systems Pty Ltd Unit 6 83/85 Boundary Road Mortdale NSW 2223 Australia 02 9584 5222 Phone 02 9584 1500 Fax Web site http://www.j2retailsystems.com J2 680 System Manual Version 1.
FCC Statement 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
