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ARK-2121 User Manual

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2.4.2

Memory Installation..................................................................... 15

2.4.3

mSATA Installation ..................................................................... 17

Chapter

3

BIOS Settings

.................................... 19

3.1

BIOS Setup ............................................................................................. 20

Figure 3.1 Setup program initial screen..................................... 20

3.2

Entering Setup ........................................................................................ 20

3.3

Main Setup.............................................................................................. 20

Figure 3.2 Main setup screen .................................................... 21

3.3.1

System date / System time ......................................................... 21

3.4

Advanced BIOS Features Setup............................................................. 21

Figure 3.3 Advanced BIOS features setup screen .................... 22

3.4.1

ACPI Settings ............................................................................. 22
Figure 3.4 ACPI Setting............................................................. 22

3.4.2

Super I/O Configuration .............................................................. 23

3.4.3

Embedded Controller Configuration ........................................... 24

3.4.4

S5 RTC Wake Settings............................................................... 24

3.4.5

Serial Port Console Redirection.................................................. 25

3.4.6

CPU Configuration...................................................................... 26
Figure 3.5 Intel Fast Flash Standby........................................... 26

3.4.7

PPM Configuration...................................................................... 27

3.4.8

IDE Configuration ....................................................................... 28

3.4.9

CSM Configuration ..................................................................... 29

3.4.10 Trusted Computing ..................................................................... 30
3.4.11 USB Configuration ...................................................................... 30

3.5

Security Configuration............................................................................. 31
3.5.1

Chipset Configuration ................................................................. 32

3.5.2

North Bridge................................................................................ 33

3.5.3

Intel IGD Configuration ............................................................... 34

3.5.4

South Bridge ............................................................................... 35

3.5.5

Azalia HD Audio.......................................................................... 36

3.5.6

USB Configuration ...................................................................... 37

3.5.7

PCI Express Configuration ......................................................... 38

3.6

Boot Settings........................................................................................... 39

3.7

Security Setup......................................................................................... 40

3.8

Save & Exit ............................................................................................. 41

Appendix A

Watchdog Timer Sample Code

........ 43

A.1

EC Watchdog Timer sample code .......................................................... 44

Summary of Contents for ARK-2121

Page 1: ...User Manual ARK 2121 Fanless Embedded Box PC...

Page 2: ...ontains a hard copy user manual in Chinese for China CCC certifica tion purposes and there is an English user manual included as a PDF file on the CD Please disregard the Chinese hard copy user manual...

Page 3: ...rnational Inc VIA is a trademark of VIA Technologies Inc IBM PC AT PS 2 and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Cor poration Intel and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation Mic...

Page 4: ...essages you get when the problem occurs 2 Call your dealer and describe the problem Please have your manual product and any helpful information readily available 3 If your product is diagnosed as defe...

Page 5: ...ages Warnings Cautions and Notes Packing List Before installation please ensure the following items have been shipped 1 x ARK 2121 unit 1 x Registration and 2 years Warranty card 1 x China RoHS 1 x 2...

Page 6: ...for ARK 338X 1700001949 Power cable 2 pin 180 cm UK for ARK 338X AMK R004E DIN rail mounting kit AMK V004E VESA mounting kit MOS 1120Y 0201E Isolated RS 232 2 Ch DB9 MOS 1120Y 1401E Non Isolated RS 23...

Page 7: ...nings this could cause fire or electrical shock 13 Never open the equipment For safety reasons only qualified service personnel should open the equipment 14 If one of the following situations arises g...

Page 8: ...ARK 2121 User Manual viii...

Page 9: ...ation 7 2 1 Introduction 8 2 2 Jumpers 8 2 2 1 Jumper Description 8 2 2 2 Jumper List 9 Table 2 1 Jumper List of Main Board 9 2 2 3 Jumper Location 9 Figure 2 1 Jumper Layout 9 2 2 4 Jumper Setting 9...

Page 10: ...roller Configuration 24 3 4 4 S5 RTC Wake Settings 24 3 4 5 Serial Port Console Redirection 25 3 4 6 CPU Configuration 26 Figure 3 5 Intel Fast Flash Standby 26 3 4 7 PPM Configuration 27 3 4 8 IDE Co...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 1 General Introduction This chapter gives background information on ARK 2121 series...

Page 12: ...cooling efficiency It also pro vides rich I O interfaces up to 4 x USB 2 x GbE 4 x COM and supports high capacity 2 5 HDD up to 1 TB The RS 232 422 485 COM port mode can easily be changed via BIOS se...

Page 13: ...ion Interface Supports1 x MiniPCIe with SIM holder Supports 1 x iDoor expansion Software API Advantech iManager SUSI 4 0 and SUSIAccess Remote Device Management technology 1 2 2 Display Controller Int...

Page 14: ...software BIOS AMI 16Mb Flash BIOS via SPI Serial ports COM1 COM2 Supports RS 232 COM3 COM4 Supports RS 232 422 485 and change mode under BIOS setting COM3 COM4 RS 485 supports Auto flow control COM co...

Page 15: ...133 0 5 2 Unit mm Inch Figure 1 1 ARK 2121 Mechanical dimension drawing 1 4 2 Weight 2 3 kg 5 06 lb 1 5 Power Requirement 1 5 1 System Power Minimum power input ARK 2121L DC 9 36V 4A 1A 1 5 2 RTC Bat...

Page 16: ...w speed 0 7 m sec 1 6 2 Relative Humidity 95 40 C non condensing 1 6 3 Storage Temperature 40 85 C 40 185 F 1 6 4 Vibration during Operation When the system is equipped with SSD mSATA 3Grms IEC 60068...

Page 17: ...Chapter 2 2 H W Installation This chapter introduces external IO and the installation of ARK 2121 hardware...

Page 18: ...o connect them To close a jumper you connect the pins with the clip To open a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper will have three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you would connect either...

Page 19: ...1 Jumper List of Main Board J2 Auto Power On Setting SW2 Clear CMOS J2 Auto Power On Setting Part Number 1653002101 Footprint HD_3x2P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 2 1P 180D M SQUARE 2 0mm DIP W O Pb S...

Page 20: ...ault setting is RS 232 if you want to use RS 422 485 you can find the BIOS setting in Chapter 3 4 2 for ARK 2121L The RS 422 485 mode of ARK 2121L COM3 COM4 can be supported via BIOS set ting The sett...

Page 21: ...connector with LED indicators on the front side to show its Active Link status Green LED and Speed status Yellow LED Figure 2 4 Ethernet connector Table 2 2 COM Connector Pin Assignments RS 232 RS 422...

Page 22: ...Most digital devices con form to this standard The USB interface supports Plug and Play Figure 2 6 USB connector 2 3 1 5 VGA Connector The ARK 2121L provides a high resolution VGA interface connected...

Page 23: ...ts dual functions of Soft Power On Off Instant off or Delay 4 Second and Suspend Figure 2 9 Power Button 2 3 1 8 LED Indicators There are two LEDs on ARK 2121L front metal face plate for indicating sy...

Page 24: ...ARK 2121 User Manual 14 2 4 Installation 2 4 1 HDD Installation 1 Unscrew the six screws on the bottom cover 2 Slide the 2 5 SATA HDD into the HDD bay on the bottom cover...

Page 25: ...ion 3 Screw the four screws on the side of HDD bracket The screws are used to fix the HDD on the bracket The screws are in the accessory box 4 Recover the bottom cover and screws 2 4 2 Memory Installa...

Page 26: ...ARK 2121 User Manual 16 2 Unscrew the four screws on the right and left side of top cover 3 Remove the top cover 4 Install DDR3L memory in to the system 5 Recover the top chassis...

Page 27: ...17 ARK 2121 User Manual Chapter 2 H W Installation 2 4 3 mSATA Installation 1 Unscrew the six screws on the bottom cover 2 Put the mSATA module in mSATA slot CN16 3 Screw 2 screws on the mSATA module...

Page 28: ...ARK 2121 User Manual 18...

Page 29: ...Chapter 3 3 BIOS Settings...

Page 30: ...rs to modify the basic system configuration This information is stored in flash ROM so it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off 3 2 Entering Setup Turn on the computer and then pr...

Page 31: ...ghlight System Time or Sys tem Date using the Arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in MM DD YY format Th...

Page 32: ...ARK 2121 User Manual 22 Figure 3 3 Advanced BIOS features setup screen 3 4 1 ACPI Settings Figure 3 4 ACPI Setting...

Page 33: ...Sleep State This item allows users to set the ACPI sleep state Lock Legacy Resources This item allows users to lock legacy devices resources 3 4 2 Super I O Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration...

Page 34: ...are Monitor This page display all information about system Temperature Voltage Current EC Power Saving Mode This item allows users to set board s power saving mode when off EC Watch Dog Function This...

Page 35: ...dTime system will wake on the hr min sec specified 3 4 5 Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection This item allows users to enable or disable console redirection for Microsoft Windows Emerg...

Page 36: ...ting OS Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows XP SP2 SuSE Linux 9 2 RedHat Enterprise 3 Update 3 Hardware Prefetcher Enable the mid level cache L2 streamer prefetcher Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Enable the...

Page 37: ...2121 User Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Settings 3 4 7 PPM Configuration CPU C state Report Enable Disable CPU C state report to OS Max CPU C state This option controls Max C state that the processor will su...

Page 38: ...al ATA SATA Enable Disable Serial ATA SATA Speed Support SATA Speed Support Gen1 or Gen2 SATA Mode Select IDE AHCI Serial ATA Port 0 Port1 Enable Disable Serial ATA Port0 Port1 SATA Port 0 Port1 HotPl...

Page 39: ...for Option ROM INT19 Trap Response BIOS reaction on INT19 trapping by Option ROM IMMEDIATE execute the trap right away POSTPONED execute the trap during legacy boot Boot option filter This option con...

Page 40: ...al 30 3 4 10 Trusted Computing Trusted Computing Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device OS will not show Security Device TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available 3 4 11...

Page 41: ...support The EHCI owner ship change should claim by EHCI driver USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enable Disable USB Mass Storage Driver Support USB transfer time out Time out value for control Bulk and...

Page 42: ...2121 User Manual 32 TXE Unconfiguration Perform Revert TXE settings to factory defaults 3 5 1 Chipset Configuration North Bridge Details for North Bridge items South Bridge Details for South Bridge it...

Page 43: ...33 ARK 2121 User Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Settings 3 5 2 North Bridge Intel IGD Configuration Config Intel IGD Settings Max TOLUD Maximum Value of TOLUD...

Page 44: ...modes will be supported only on primary display DVMT Pre Allocated Select DVMT 5 0 Pre Allocated Fixed Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device DVMT Total Gfx Mem Select DVMT 5 0 Tota...

Page 45: ...s or disables the high precision timer LAN1 Controller Enable or Disable the LAN1 LAN2 Controller Enable or Disable the LAN2 PCIE Wake Enable or Disable PCIE to wake the system from S5 Restore AC Powe...

Page 46: ...ce Disabled Azalia will be unconditionally disabled Enabled Azalia will be unconditionally Enabled Auto Azalia will be enabled if present disabled otherwise Azalia HDMI Codec Enable Disable internal H...

Page 47: ...to choose Windows 8 X Windows 7 XHCI Mode Mode of operation of xHCI controller USB 2 0 EHCI Support Control the USB EHCI USB 2 0 functions One EHCI controller must always be enabled USB Per Port Cont...

Page 48: ...ARK 2121 User Manual 38 3 5 7 PCI Express Configuration PCI Express Port0 Port2 Enable or Disable the PCI Express Port0 Port 2 in the Chipset Speed Configure PCIe Port Speed...

Page 49: ...indicates that the default boot selection is to be initiated immediately on boot A value of 65535 0xFFFF indicates that firm ware will wait for user input before booting This means the default boot s...

Page 50: ...setup menu All Security Setup options such as password protection is described in this section To access the sub menu for the following items select the item and press Enter Change Administrator User...

Page 51: ...allows you to rest system setup without saving any changes Save Changes This item allows you to save changes done so far to any of the options Discard Changes This item allows you to discard changes d...

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Page 53: ...Appendix A A Watchdog Timer Sample Code...

Page 54: ...v dx EC_Command_Port mov al 89h Write EC HW ram out dx al mov dx EC_Command_Port mov al 5Fh Watchdog reset delay time low byte 5Eh is high byte index out dx al mov dx EC_Data_Port mov al 30h Set 3 sec...

Page 55: ...45 ARK 2121 User Manual Appendix A Watchdog Timer Sample Code...

Page 56: ...tions are subject to change without notice No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic photocopying recording or otherwise without prior written permis sion of...

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