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User Manual

ARK-DS520

Graphic-Optimized Digital 
Signage Player Powered by 
NVIDIA GT218

Summary of Contents for ARK-DS520

Page 1: ...User Manual ARK DS520 Graphic Optimized Digital Signage Player Powered by NVIDIA GT218...

Page 2: ...Software International Inc IBM PC AT PS 2 and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Cor poration Intel and ATOM are trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered t...

Page 3: ...ages 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 defecti...

Page 4: ...ftware operating system version application software etc A complete description of the problem The exact wording of any error messages Warnings Cautions and Notes Warning Warnings indicate conditions...

Page 5: ...se 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 equip...

Page 6: ...ptions Part Number Description Part Number Description 1702002600 3 pin power cord US 1700018705 3 pin power cord EU 1702031801 3 pin power cord UK 1702031836 3 pin power cord AU 1700000237 3 pin powe...

Page 7: ...0 Rear View 6 2 2 ARK DS520 Front Side External I O Connectors 6 2 2 1 Power ON OFF Button 6 Figure 2 3 Power ON OFF Button 6 2 2 2 USB 1 4 Connectors 7 Figure 2 4 USB 1 4 Connectors 7 Table 2 1 USB 1...

Page 8: ...ure 3 8 Hardware Health Configuration 21 Figure 3 9 ACPI Settings 22 Figure 3 10General ACPI Configuration 22 Figure 3 11Advanced ACPI Configuration 23 Figure 3 12Chipset ACPI Configuration 23 Figure...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 1 General Introduction This chapter gives background information on ARK DS520 series...

Page 10: ...em inte gration and applications 1 2 Product Features 1 2 1 General Intel Atom D525 1 8 GHz Intel Atom N455 1 66 GHz Rich video I O combination supports dual display e g 2 x VGA VGA HDMI HDMI DVI Supp...

Page 11: ...dard IEEE 802 3z ab 1000 Base T or IEEE 802 3u 100 Base T compliant Expansion miniPCIe 2 sockets Resolution VGA up to 2048 x 1536 at 60 Hz DVI D single link 1600 x 1200 at 60 Hz HDMI Up to 1920 x 1080...

Page 12: ...onmental Specifications 1 6 1 Operating Temperature 0 C 40 C 32 104 F 1 6 2 Relative Humidity 95 40 C non condensing 1 6 3 Storage Temperature 20 70 C 4 167 F 1 6 4 Vibration Loading During Operation...

Page 13: ...Chapter 2 2 Hardware Installation This chapter introduces external I O and the installation of ARK DS520 Hardware...

Page 14: ...igure 2 2 ARK DS520 Rear View 2 2 ARK DS520 Front Side External I O Connectors 2 2 1 Power ON OFF Button ARK DS520 has a power ON OFF button on the front side Push this button to turn the system ON an...

Page 15: ...0 The USB interface supports Plug and Play which enables you to connect or disconnect a device without turning off the computer Figure 2 4 USB 1 4 Connectors 2 2 3 COM 1 2 Connector ARK DS520 provide...

Page 16: ...onnectors 1 x LAN connector on the front side 1 x LAN connector on the rear side they are fully compliant with IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000 Base T CSMA CD standards The Ethernet port provides a stan dard R...

Page 17: ...ternal power input Figure 2 8 Power Input Connector 2 3 2 DVI D Connector Figure 2 9 DVI D Connector Table 2 4 DVI D Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name 1 TMDS Data2 2 TMDS Data2 3 GND 4 NC 5 NC...

Page 18: ...o device to this port HDMI technology can support a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080p but the actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor being used Figure 2 10 HDMI Connector Table 2 5 HDMI C...

Page 19: ...connected by a D sub 15 pin connector to support VGA CRT compatible monitors It supports display reso lutions of up to 2048 x 1536 60 Hz Figure 2 11 VGA 1 2 Connector Table 2 6 VGA 1 2 Connector Pin...

Page 20: ...on front and rear panels and 2 fixing screws inside the chassis 3 Insert the memory into memory socket 4 Reverse the above mentioned steps to assemble the system Figure 2 12 Memory Installation 2 4 2...

Page 21: ...rd into CF card socket 3 Assemble back the Mini PCIe cover with the screws Figure 2 14 CF Card Installation 2 4 4 Mini Card SIM Card Installation 1 Remove the Mini PCIe cover by loosening the 3 fixing...

Page 22: ...loosening the 5 fixing screws 2 Remove the heatsink by loosening the 4 fixing screws on front and rear I O pan els and 2 fixing screws inside the chassis 3 Fix the antenna onto the front I O panel 4...

Page 23: ...Chapter 3 3 BIOS Settings This chapter introduces how to set BIOS configuration data...

Page 24: ...on is stored in battery backed CMOS 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 assi...

Page 25: ...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...

Page 26: ...such as CPU configuration to go to the sub menu for that item You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the Arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in th...

Page 27: ...IDE Configuration This item allows you to select Disabled Compatible Enhanced Legacy IDE Channels When set to Enhanced mode you can select IDE or AHCI mode When selecting Compatible mode you can selec...

Page 28: ...accessed through BIOS IDE Detect Time Out Sec This item allows you to select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI device s 3 2 2 3 AHCI Configuration Figure 3 6 AHCI Configuration AHCI Port0 Por...

Page 29: ...ress This item allows you to select Serial Port1 Port2 base addresses 3 2 2 5 Hardware Health Configuration Figure 3 8 Hardware Health Configuration H W Health Function This item allows you to control...

Page 30: ...ngs General ACPI Configuration This item allows you to control hardware monitoring Figure 3 10 General ACPI Configuration Suspend mode Select the ACPI state used for system suspend Report Video on S3...

Page 31: ...em allows you to enable RSDP pointers to 64 bit fixed system descrip tion tables ACPI APIC support Include APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list AMI OEMB table Include OEMB table pointer to R x SDT...

Page 32: ...imer 3 2 2 7 APM Configuration Figure 3 13 APM Configuration Power Management APM Enable or disable APM Restore on AC Power Loss Use this to set up the system response after a power failure The Off se...

Page 33: ...les support for legacy USB Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected USB 2 0 Controller Mode This item allows you to select HiSpeed 480 Mbps or FullSpeed 12 Mbps BIOS EHCI Ha...

Page 34: ...nd Play operating system the operating system configures Plug and Play devices not required for bootup 3 2 3 3 PCI Latency Timer Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register 3 2...

Page 35: ...ilable to be used by PCI PnP devices When set to Reserved will be reserved for use by legacy ISA devices 3 2 3 10 Reserved Memory Size This item allows you to reserve the size of memory block for lega...

Page 36: ...Mouse 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 Captu...

Page 37: ...o check the quantity of hard disk drives 3 2 5 Security Setup Figure 3 20 Password Configuration Select Security Setup from the ARK DS520 Setup main BIOS setup menu All Secu rity Setup options such as...

Page 38: ...to write to the boot sector 3 2 6 Advanced Chipset Configurations Figure 3 21 Advanced Chipset Settings 3 2 6 1 North Bridge Chipset Configuration Figure 3 22 North Bridge Chipset Configuration DRAM F...

Page 39: ...ontroller Enables or Disables the Lan2 controller Resume On LAN2 Enables or Disables resume on Lan2 HAD Controller Enables or Disables the HAD controller SMBUS Controller Enables or Disables the SMBUS...

Page 40: ...any permanent changes to the system configuration 1 Select Exit Discarding Changes from the Exit menu and press Enter The following message appears Discard Changes and Exit SetupNow OK Cancel 2 Selec...

Page 41: ...select this option 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...

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Page 43: ...Chapter 4 4 Software Installation This chapter introduces driver installation...

Page 44: ...ARK DS520 User Manual 36 4 1 Driver Installation 4 1 1 Chipset Driver Installation 1 Change folder address to Drivers Chipset And double click to execute infinst_autol exe...

Page 45: ...37 ARK DS520 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 2 Click Next button to proceed 3 Click Yes to accept the License Agreement...

Page 46: ...ARK DS520 User Manual 38 4 Click Next to exit Readme File Information window 5 Click Next button to continue...

Page 47: ...Software Installation 6 Click Finish button to go on the next step 7 Select Yes I want to restart this computer now and click Finish at the bottom The computer will restart automatically and the driv...

Page 48: ...K DS520 User Manual 40 4 1 2 Graphic Driver Installation 1 Change folder address to Drivers VGA and double click Setup exe 2 Select the path you want to install Click OK button to continue installatio...

Page 49: ...41 ARK DS520 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 3 Click Next button to skip through welcome window 4 Click Yes to accept the License Agreement...

Page 50: ...restart my computer now and click Finish at the bottom The computer will restart automatically and the driver installation will be com plete 4 1 3 LAN Driver Installation 1 Change folder address to Dr...

Page 51: ...DS520 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 2 Click the Next button to proceed to the next step 3 Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next button to accept License Agre...

Page 52: ...ARK DS520 User Manual 44 4 Select Drivers Intel R PROSet for Windows Device Manger Advanced Net work Services and click Next button 5 Click Install button to continue installation...

Page 53: ...Software Installation 6 The network driver installation is now complete Click the Finish button to exit InstallShield 4 1 4 LAN Driver Installation RTL 1 Change folder address to Drivers LAN RTL And...

Page 54: ...ARK DS520 User Manual 46 2 Click Next button to proceed to the next step 3 Click Install button to continue installation...

Page 55: ...4 Software Installation 4 The network driver installation is now complete Click the Finish button to exit InstallShield 4 1 5 Audio Driver Installation 1 Change folder address to Drivers Audio And dou...

Page 56: ...nual 48 2 Click Next button to skip welcome message 3 Select Yes I want to restart this computer now and click Finish at the bot tom The computer will restart automatically and the driver installation...

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Page 58: ...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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