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User Manual

ARK-3403

Summary of Contents for ARK-3403

Page 1: ...User Manual ARK 3403 ...

Page 2: ...tallation 7KH PDQXIDFWXUHU assumes no liability under the terms of this warranty as a consequence of such events Because of WKH PDQXIDFWXUHU s high quality control standards and rigorous testing most of our customers never need to use our repair service If a product is defecWLYH it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period For out of warranty repairs you will be billed a...

Page 3: ...ich case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense FCC Class B Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate rad...

Page 4: ...eedback To assist us in making improvements to this manual we would welcome comments and constructive criticism Please send all such in writing to WKH PDQXIDFWXUHU Warning Warnings indicate conditions which if not observed can cause personal injury Caution Cautions are included to help you avoid damaging hardware or losing data e g There is a danger of a new battery exploding if it is incorrectly ...

Page 5: ...any liquid into an opening This may cause fire or electrical shock 13 Never open the equipment For safety reasons the equipment should be opened only by qualified service personnel 14 If one of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equip...

Page 6: ...amage 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 elec tronic components ...

Page 7: ... 1 ARK 3403 Front view 6 Figure 2 2 ARK 3403 Rear view 6 2 2 ARK 3403 front side external I O connectors 7 2 2 1 Power ON OFF Button 7 Figure 2 3 Powers ON OFF Button 7 2 2 2 Reset Button 7 Figure 2 4 Reset Button 7 2 2 3 LED Indicators 7 Figure 2 5 LED Indicators 7 2 2 4 Audio Connector 7 Figure 2 6 Audio jack connectors 7 2 2 5 COM Connector 8 Figure 2 7 COM port connector 8 Table 2 1 COM standa...

Page 8: ...tion 18 Figure 2 21Removable PCI Installation 18 2 8 Mini PCIe installation 19 Figure 2 22Mini PCIe Card Installation 19 2 9 Antenna installation 19 Figure 2 23Antenna installation 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Settings 21 3 1 BIOS Introduction 22 Figure 3 1 Setup program initial screen 22 3 2 Entering BIOS Setup 22 3 3 Main Setup 23 Figure 3 2 Main setup screen 23 3 3 1 System time System date 23 3 4 Advance...

Page 9: ... Configuration 38 Figure 3 24Video function configuration 39 3 8 2 South Bridge Chipset Configuration 40 Figure 3 25South Bridge Configuration 40 3 9 Exit Option 41 Figure 3 26Exit Option 41 3 9 1 Save Changes and Exit 41 3 9 2 Discard Changes and Exit 41 3 9 3 Load Optimal Defaults 41 3 9 4 Load Fail Safe Defaults 42 Chapter 4 Software installation 43 4 1 Driver Installation 44 4 1 1 Chipset driv...

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Page 11: ...Chapter 1 1 General Introduction This chapter gives background Information on ARK 3403 series ...

Page 12: ...on for EMI shock vibration cold and heat but also passive cooling for quiet fanless operation The ARK 3403 answers this demand by offering 6 x USB 2 0 ports 2 x Giga LAN port audio function 4 x COM ports and 2 PCI expansion slots packed into a small rugged unit and powered by an Intel Atom D510 processor It also supports a wide range of input voltage from 12 VDC to 24 VDC The ARK 3403 Compact Embe...

Page 13: ...ive bay space for 2 x SATA 2 5 HDD Watchdog Timer 255 level timer interval setup by software I O Interface 2 x RS 232 2 x RS 232 422 485 port w RS 485 auto flow control USB 6 x USB ports Compliant with USB 2 0 Audio Line out Mic in Line in Ethernet 2 x 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet controller support Wake On LAN Expansion 1 Slot PCI and 1 Slot PCIe X 1 2 Slots PCIe x 1 Optional 2 Slots PCI Optional 2 ...

Page 14: ...r flow 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 loading during operation With CompactFlash Disk 5 Grms IEC60068 2 64 random 5 500 Hz 1 Oct min 1 hr axis With 2 5 inch hard disk 1 Grms IEC60068 2 64 random 5 500 Hz 1 Oct min 1 hr axis 1 6 5 Shock during operation With CompactFlash Disk 50 G IEC60068 2 27 half sine 11 m...

Page 15: ...Chapter 2 2 Hardware Installation This chapter introduces external IO and the installation of ARK 3403 Hardware ...

Page 16: ...ARK 3403 User Manual 6 2 1 ARK 3403 I O indication Figure 2 1 ARK 3403 Front view Figure 2 2 ARK 3403 Rear view ...

Page 17: ... has a Reset button on front side Press the button to activate the reset function Figure 2 4 Reset Button 2 2 3 LED Indicators There are two LED on ARK 3403 front metal face plate for indicating system status Thermal LED is for system thermal alarm status and HDD LED is for HDD com pact flash disk status Figure 2 5 LED Indicators 2 2 4 Audio Connector ARK 3403 offers stereo audio ports by three ph...

Page 18: ... can find the select item in the BIOS setup Figure 2 7 COM port connector Note NC represents No Connection 2 2 6 e SATA Connector ARK 3403 has a 7 pin external connector for e SATA device That is fully compliant with SATA I SATA II standards its can be access with external SATA I SATA II device then up to 300MB sec Figure 2 8 e SATA connector Table 2 1 COM standard serial port pin assignments RS 2...

Page 19: ...onform to this standard The USB interface supports Plug and Play which enables you to connect or disconnect a device when ever you want without turning off the computer Figure 2 9 USB connector 2 2 8 Compact Flash Card ARK 3403 is equipped with an external CF card You can find the installation in Chapter 2 5 2 3 ARK 3403 rear side external I O connectors 2 3 1 Power Input Connector ARK 3403 comes ...

Page 20: ...hernet controller that is fully compliant with IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000Base T CSMA CD standards The Ethernet port provides a standard RJ 45 jack connector with LED indicators on the front side to show its Active Link status Green LED and Speed status Yellow LED Figure 2 12 RJ 45 Ethernet connector Table 2 4 VGA Connector pin assignments Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GN...

Page 21: ...S LCD Display via external cable The system also provides power of 3 3V Figure 2 13 LVDS connector Table 2 6 CN35 LVDS Connector Pin Assignment Pin Signal Name Pin Signal name 1 N C 14 N C 2 GND 15 LVDS_YAM0 3 LVDS_YAP0 16 LVDS_YAM1 4 LVDS_YAP1 17 LVDS_YAM2 5 LVDS_YAP2 18 LVDS_CLKAM 6 LVDS_CLKAP 19 GND 7 3 3 20 3 3 8 N C 21 N C 9 N C 22 N C 10 N C 23 N C 11 N C 24 N C 12 N C 25 N C 13 N C 26 N C ...

Page 22: ...ntrol Provides BKLTEN signal that inverter Module requires for inverter on off control Provides 12V 5V as the Inverter Power Source The additional VBR signal pin could be connected to LCD s Inverter that allows the user to achieve bright ness adjustment through customer s software utility Figure 2 14 LCD backlight connector Table 2 7 CN34 LCD Backlight Connector Pin Assignment Pin Signal name Pin ...

Page 23: ...munication interface port If you want to use LPT port you can find the Pin assignment as following Figure 2 15 LPT connector Table 2 8 CN29 LPT Connector Pin Assignment Pin Signal Name Pin Signal name 1 STROBE 14 ALF 2 PD0 15 ERROR 3 PD1 16 INIT 4 PD2 17 SLCTIN 5 PD3 18 GND 6 PD4 19 GND 7 PD5 20 GND 8 PD6 21 GND 9 PD7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 PE 25 GND 13 SLCT ...

Page 24: ... to use DIO port you can find the Pin assignment as following Figure 2 16 DIO connector Table 2 9 CN32 DIO Connector Pin Assignment Pin Signal Name Pin Signal name 1 DIO0 0 14 DIO1 0 2 DIO0 1 15 DIO1 1 3 DIO0 2 16 DIO1 2 4 DIO0 3 17 DIO1 3 5 DIO0 4 18 DIO1 4 6 DIO0 5 19 DIO1 5 7 DIO0 6 20 DIO1 6 8 DIO0 7 21 DIO1 7 9 GND 22 GND 10 GND 23 GND 11 GND 24 GND 12 5V 25 5V 13 5V ...

Page 25: ...ware Installation 2 4 Memory Installation 1 Remove top screws and heatsink 2 Remove the heatspreader by unscrewing the 5 screws 3 Insert the memory module into the SODIMM socket 4 Reverse steps to reassemble Figure 2 17 Memory installation ...

Page 26: ...socket 3 Reverse steps to reassemble Figure 2 18 CF card installation 2 6 HDD installation 2 6 1 Internal fixed HDD installation 1 Remove 4 retaining screws and the bottom cover 2 Install the 2 5 inch SATA HDD with 4 HDD screws 3 Connect the SATA signal cable and power cable Reverse steps to reassemble Figure 2 19 Internal fixed HDD installation ...

Page 27: ...able HDD installation 1 Loosen door screw and open front CF HDD door 2 Attach the 2 5 inch SATA HDD on the loader with 4 HDD screws 3 Slide in HDD loader along the rails to the end and fix with lever screw 4 Close door and fasten Figure 2 20 Removable HDD installation ...

Page 28: ... 4 bottom screws and bottom cover 2 Remove the riser card module 3 Insert the PCI extension card into the PCI slot of the riser card module 4 Reattach the riser card module 5 Replace bottom cover and secure with the 4 screws Figure 2 21 Removable PCI Installation ...

Page 29: ...CIe card into the Mini PCIe socket and latch into place Figure 2 22 Mini PCIe Card Installation 2 9 Antenna installation 1 Remove top screws and heatsink Refer Chapter 2 1 2 Pass the internal antenna cable jack through the antenna hole on the rear panel and fix it in place with the matching nut 3 Attache the external antenna 4 Reattach heatsink Figure 2 23 Antenna installation ...

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Page 31: ...Chapter 3 3 BIOS Settings This chapter introduces how to set BIOS configuration data ...

Page 32: ...screen AMI s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This information is stored in NVRAM area so it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off 3 2 Entering BIOS Setup Turn on the computer and check for the patch code If there is a number assigned to the patch code the on board CPU is supported by current BIOS If there is no n...

Page 33: ...ll the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be configured options in blue can The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accom pany it 3 3 1 System time System date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight...

Page 34: ...on the following pages Figure 3 3 Advanced BIOS features setup screen 3 4 1 CPU Configuration Max CPUID Value Limit This item allows you to limit CPUID maximum value Execute Disable Bit Capability This item allows you to Enable or Disable the No Execution page protection technology Hyper Threading Technology This item allows you to Enable or Disable Intel Hyper Threading technology Intel SpeedStep...

Page 35: ...tus of auto detection of IDE device Type Select the type of SATA driver Not Installed Auto CD DVD ARMD LBA Large Mode Enables or Disables the LBA mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Enables or disables data multi sectors trans fers PIO Mode Select the PIO mode DMA Mode Select the DMA mode S M A R T Select the smart monitoring analysis and reporting technology 32Bit Data Transfer Enables or disables 3...

Page 36: ...port1 port6 IRQs Auto Flow Control Port1 Port2 This item allows you to enable or disable auto flow control function When Dis abled auto flow control is RS232 Parallel Port Address This item allows you to select parallel port base addresses Parallel Port Mode This item allows you to select parallel port mode Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to select parallel port IRQ LPT FDD Switch This func...

Page 37: ...Health Configuration Figure 3 6 Hardware Health Configuration H W Health Function This item allows you to enable or disable H W monitoring Temperature Voltage show CPU System Temperature Vcore 3 3Vin 5Vin 12Vin VBAT 3 4 5 ACPI Configuration Figure 3 7 ACPI Settings ...

Page 38: ...ect the ACPI states used for system suspend Report Video on S3 Resume This item allows you to invoke VA BIOS POST on S3 STR resume 3 4 5 2 Advanced ACPI Configuration Figure 3 9 Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI Version Features This item allows you to enable RSDP pointers to 64 bit fixed system description tables ...

Page 39: ...CPI Configuration Energy Lake Feature Allows you to configure Intel s Energy Lake power management technology APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Enable Disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ USB Device Wakeup From S3 S4 Enable Disable USB Device Wakeup from S3 S4 High Performance Event Timer Enable Disable High performance Event timer ...

Page 40: ...ation Figure 3 11 Advanced ACPI Configuration AHCI Ports0 Port1 Port2 While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This dis plays the status of auto detected IDE devices 3 4 7 APM Configuration Figure 3 12 APM Configuration ...

Page 41: ...stem after failure and the Last State returns the system to the status just before power failure Video Power Down Mode Power down video in suspend or standby mode Hard Disk Power Down Mode Power down Hard Disk in suspend or standby mode Standby Time Out Go into standby in the specified time Suspend Time Out Go into Suspend in the specified time Resume On Ring Enable Disable RI to generate a wake e...

Page 42: ...events on the event Log Mark all events as read Mark all unread events as read Clear Event Log Discard all events in the event Log 3 4 9 MPS Configuration Figure 3 14 South Bridge ACPI Configuration MPS Revision This item allows you to select MPS reversion ...

Page 43: ...er 3 BIOS Settings 3 4 10 Smbios Configuration Figure 3 15 South Bridge ACPI Configuration SMBIOS SMI Support SMBIOS SMI wrapper support for PnP function 50h 54h 3 4 11 USB Configuration Figure 3 16 South Bridge ACPI Configuration ...

Page 44: ...plug USB FDD Support A dummy FDD device is created that will be associated with the hot plugged FDD later Auto option creates this dummy device only if there is no USB FDD present USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Figure 3 17 USB Mass storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command Emulation Type If...

Page 45: ...to Yes and if you install a Plug and Play operating system the operating system con figures the Plug and Play device not required for boot PCI Latency Timer Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA When set to Yes will assign an IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ When set to No will not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an IRQ ...

Page 46: ...se by PCI PnP devices When set to Reserved the specified DMA will be reserved for legacy ISA devices Reserved Memory Size Use to set size of reserved memory block for legacy ISA device 3 6 Boot Settings Figure 3 19 Boot Setup Utility 3 6 1 Boot Settings Configuration Figure 3 20 Boot Setting Configuration ...

Page 47: ...Support Select support for PS 2 Mouse Wait For F1 If Error Wait for the F1 key to be pressed if an error occurs Hit DEL Message Display Displays Press DEL to run Setup in POST Interrupt 19 Capture This item allows option ROMs to trap interrupt 19 Bootsafe function This item allows you to enable or disable bootsafe function 3 7 Security Setup Figure 3 21 Password Configuration Select Security Setup...

Page 48: ...oot sector Virus protection The boot sector virus protection will warn if any program tries to write to the boot sector 3 8 Advanced Chipset Settings Figure 3 22 Advanced Chipset Settings 3 8 1 North Bridge Configuration Figure 3 23 North Bridge Configuration ...

Page 49: ...r to use as the primary boot device Internal Graphics Mode Select Select the amount of system memory used by the internal graphics device 3 8 1 1 Video Function Configuration Figure 3 24 Video function configuration DVMT Mode Select Displays the active system memory mode DVMT FIXED Memory Specify the amount of DVMT FIXED system memory to allocate for video memory Boot Display Device Select boot di...

Page 50: ...LAN Boot Enables or disables GbE LAN boot GbE Wake Up From S5 Enables or disables GbE LAN wake up from S5 function HDA Controller Enables or disables the HDA controller SMBUS Controller Enables or disables the SMBUS controller Intel 82583V LAN2 Enables or disables the LAN2 controller Intel 82583V LAN Boot Enables or disables Intel 828583V LAN boot SLP_S4 Min Assertion Width This item allows you to...

Page 51: ...ut making any permanent changes to the system configuration 1 Select Exit Discarding Changes from the Exit menu and press Enter The fol lowing message appears Discard Changes and Exit Setup Now Ok Cancel 2 Select Ok to discard changes and exit Discard Changes 3 Select Discard Changes from the Exit menu and press Enter 3 9 3 Load Optimal Defaults The ARK 3403 automatically configures all setup item...

Page 52: ...ption Fail Safe Defaults are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance Select Fail Safe Defaults if your computer is experi encing system configuration problems 1 Select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The fol lowing message appears Load Fail Safe Defaults OK Cancel 2 Select OK to load Fail Safe defaults ...

Page 53: ...Chapter 4 4 Software installation This chapter introduces driver installation ...

Page 54: ...403 User Manual 44 4 1 Driver Installation 4 1 1 Chipset driver installation 1 Change folder address to Driver 00 PCH And double click to execute infinst_autol exe 2 Click Next button to go to the next step ...

Page 55: ...45 ARK 3403 User Manual Chapter 4 Software installation 3 Click Yes to accept License Agreement 4 Click Next to exit Readme File Information window ...

Page 56: ... restart this computer now and click Finish bottom The computer will restart automatically Then the driver installation is complete 4 1 2 Graphic driver installation 1 Change folder address to Driver 01 Graphic And double click to execute setup exe ...

Page 57: ...47 ARK 3403 User Manual Chapter 4 Software installation 2 Click Next button to skip through welcome window 3 Click Yes to accept License Agreement ...

Page 58: ...ARK 3403 User Manual 48 4 Click Next to exit Readme File Information window 5 Click Next button to continue ...

Page 59: ...ct Yes I want to restart this computer now and click Finish button The computer will restart automatically Then the driver installation is completed 4 1 3 Audio driver installation 1 Change folder address to Driver 02 Audio And double click to execute WDM_R192 exe ...

Page 60: ...ser Manual 50 2 Click Next button to skip welcome message 3 Select Yes I want to restart this computer now and click Finish button The computer will restart automatically Then the driver installation is completed ...

Page 61: ... ARK 3403 User Manual Chapter 4 Software installation 4 1 4 LAN driver installation 1 Change folder address to Driver 03 LAN And double click to execute Auto run exe 2 Select Install Drivers and Software ...

Page 62: ...ARK 3403 User Manual 52 3 Click Next button to go to the next step 4 Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next button ...

Page 63: ...Chapter 4 Software installation 5 Select Drivers Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Advanced Net works Services by default setting And click Next button to go to the next step 6 Click Install button to start Installation ...

Page 64: ...ARK 3403 User Manual 54 7 The network driver installation is complete Click Finish button to exit Install Shield ...

Page 65: ...Appendix A A Function Settings ...

Page 66: ... Figure A 1 Top View A B Table A 1 ATX AT Mode switch JP1 ATX AT Mode switch Footprint 2x1 Pin Setting Function 1 2 AT Empty ATX Mode default Table A 2 Clear CMOS JP2 Clear CMOS Footprint 3x1 Pin Setting Function 1 2 Normal default 2 3 Clear CMOS ...

Page 67: ...ction Settings CD Table A 3 COM1 COM2 RS232 422 485 select CN17 CN11 RS232 422 485 select Footprint 9x2 Pin Setting Function 5 6 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 RS232 3 4 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 RS422 1 2 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 RS485 RS232 RS422 RS485 ...

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Page 69: ...Appendix B B Application Notes ...

Page 70: ...n 2 2 has PME Power Management Events What this means is that PCI cards can send and receive PME via the PCI socket directly without the need for a WOL cable Laptops powered by the Intel 3945 chipset or newer with explicit BIOS support allow waking up the machine using wireless 802 11 protocols This is called Wake on Wireless LAN WoWLAN Wake on LAN must be enabled in the Power Management section o...

Page 71: ...he operating system The magic packet is sent on the data link or OSI 2 layer and broadcast to all NICs within the network of the broadcast address Therefore it does not matter whether the remote host has a fixed or dynamic IP address OSI 3 layer In order for Wake on LAN to work parts of the network interface need to stay on This increases the standby power used by the computer If Wake on LAN is no...

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