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Small Cube System

Fanless Series

FX5321

User’s Manual

MAR 2010

Version: 1.1

Part Number: FX5321

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Page 1: ...FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website http www fabiatech com Email support fabiatech com Small Cube System Fanless Series FX5321 User s Manual MAR 2010 Version 1 1 Part Number FX5321 ...

Page 2: ...rnishing performance or use of this document Trademarks Trademarks brand names and products names mentioned in this publication are used for identification purpose only and are the properties of their respective owners Technical Support If you have problems or difficulties in using the system or setting up the relevant devices and software that are not explained in this manual please contact our s...

Page 3: ...Connectors 11 Connecting the DC Power and Power Switch 13 Power LED Indicator 14 Jumper Setting 14 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 17 Overview 17 BIOS Functions 18 Keyboard Convention 19 Main Setup 20 Advanced Setup 21 CPU Configuration 21 IDE Configuration 22 SuperIO Chipset Configuration Win627 Super IO Chipset 25 Hardware Health Configuration 26 APM Configuration 27 USB Configuration 28 PCIPnP Setup 30 Bo...

Page 4: ...Driver 47 BIOS Flash Utility 47 Watchdog Timer 48 Watchdog Timer Setting 49 Watchdog Timer Enabled 50 Watchdog Timer Trigger 50 Watchdog Timer Disabled 51 Programming RS 485 52 Send out one character Transmit 53 Send out one block data Transmit the data more than two characters 53 Receive data 53 Basic Language Example 53 Chapter 5 Technical Reference 55 Trouble Shooting for Post Beep and Error Me...

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Page 6: ... of the Intel Atom N270 Processor Able to support 1 6 GHz CPU this unit supports 10 100 1000 Base TX LAN ports audio 4 USB ports and 1 So DIMM socket supports up to 2GB DDR2 RAM and a VGA controller Each FX5321 has one port for I O communications One RS 232C port is available The FX5321 is perfect for ATM machines KIOSK point of sales point of information gaming and infotainment measurement techno...

Page 7: ...mory 1 200Pin So DIMM Max DDR2 533 1GB 2GB Display DVI I Watchdog Timer Yes Multi I O One RS232 RS422 RS485 Storage One SATA HDD and CF USB 2 0 Four Audio Ear Phone Line In And MIC In RJ45 LAN port 10 100 1000 Mbps One Realtek RTL8111C Operating Temperature 0 50 32 122 Storage Temperature 20 60 4 140 Dimensions Unit mm 102 D x 50 4 W X 145 H ...

Page 8: ...FabiaTech Corporation 3 Layout Antenna Antenna OFF DC IN 12V 24V ON SWITCH DC IN RESET POWER KB MOUSE LAN DVI ANTENNA ANTENNA USB EAR PHONE LINE IN MIC COM ...

Page 9: ...e RS 232 RS422 RS485 port with DB9 Three Audio connectors for Earphone out and Line In Microphone In One PCIe Mini card socket modules especially for WLAN GPRS module One DC In plug connector and one terminal block with power switch One push button reset switch Storage Bay One Compact Flash socket for Compact Flash modules One SATA 2 5 hard disk space Power requirement 12 24V DC 1 65A maximum 0 86...

Page 10: ... make sure the specification of the cable s is compatible with the FX5321 system Note after you install the FX5321 it is recommended that you keep the diskette or CD that contains drivers and document files and keep the document copies or unused cables in the carton for future use The following lists the accessories that may be included in your FX5321 package Some accessories are optional items th...

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Page 12: ...following descriptions 1 Before removing the cover shut down the operation System and disconnect power switch to off and unplug AC to DC Adapter cable 2 Install any connector Compact Flash and hard disk is sure that the power is disconnected or power switch to off from the system If not this may damage the system 3 The ESD Electricity Static Discharge may be created from human body that touches th...

Page 13: ...ove the front and back cover The following figure will guide you how to install 2 5 HDD inside Compact Flash modules and DDR2 RAM module the FX5321 and how to install the FX5321 fixers Please see the spots circled a Unscrew front cover and Installing Compact Flash b Unscrew back cover and Installing Hard Disk ...

Page 14: ... may extend additional memory to FX5321 See as following figure and rear pictures The So DIMM socket supports 512MB to 2GB of DDR2 RAM modules Note Use caution when handling the hard disk to prevent damage to SATA connector as you inserted hard disk Be careful with the orientation when installing connectors ...

Page 15: ...rd module and SIM card to FX5321 Connect the antenna cable from backside antenna hole to GPRS module and installing the SIM card to SIM socket See as following figure e Installing the DIN Rail fixers or universal fixers on FX5321 Please refer to the down side figure for installing the FX5321 with DIN Rail adapter ...

Page 16: ...DC IN 12V 24V ON SWITCH DC IN RESET POWER KB MOUSE LAN DVI ANTENNA ANTENNA USB EAR PHONE LINE IN MIC COM 1 A female DVI I socket is provided DVI Single TMDS Data Link 0 Link 1 CRT signals 2 Connecting the COM port The DB9 COM1 is standard serials port connector The following tables show the signal connections of these connectors DB 9 RS 232 Signal 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 G...

Page 17: ...ine and off indicates off line 4 Connecting the USB Ports The FX5321 supports a four port USB connector Any USB device can be attached to USB ports with plug and play supported 5 Connecting the Audio Microphone In Line in Earphone out RJ45 LAN RJ45 LAN 1 TPTX 5 FBG 2 TPTX 6 TPRX 3 TPRX 7 FBG 4 FBG 8 FBG USB 1 4 Signal 1 USBV 2 USBD 3 USBD 4 USBG RJ45 connector 1 Front View 8 Front View 1 4 EAR Pho...

Page 18: ...de pictures 1 DC Power Connector Use external 2 pin apart able terminal block Please see the spots circled Since the switch does include a power switch plugging its power adapter into a power outlet or DC into DC power connector then switch power to on when you final installed system hardware device 2 DC DC Power Jack Use External AC DC power adapter Please see the spots circled DC 12V 24V 40VA mi...

Page 19: ...ystem booting Power LED Indicator The Power LED has two status Off for inactive operation and light for activity when power switch to ON Jumper Setting The COM1 is designed for multiple proposes Use JP1 of the transfer board selects RS 232 RS422 or RS 485 of COM1 Please see the b transfer board spots circled and J1 of CPU board is used to select clear CMOS data a CPU board J1 ...

Page 20: ... board JP1 b1 COM1 R232 422 485 Selection The DB9 COM1 is standard serial port connector The following tables show the signal connections of DB9 and serial port 1 is designed for multiple proposes Use JP1 selects the RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 DB 9 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD RX 485 7 RTS TX 3 TXD RX 485 8 CTS TX 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Metal Case Ground Note Changing the setting in BIOS setup...

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Page 22: ...led firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system The BIOS default values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability In the worst situation the user may have corrupted the original settings set by the manufacturer All the changes you make will be saved in the system RAM and will not ...

Page 23: ...tion IDE Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration APM Configuration USB Configuration 3 PCIPnP 4 Boot Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives CD DVD Drivers 5 Security Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection 6 Chipset ...

Page 24: ...ystem according to optimal setting with pre defined values This is also the factory default setting of the system when you receive the board Load Fail Safe Default to configure the system in fail safe mode with predefined values Keyboard Convention On the BIOS the following keys can be used to operate and manage the menu Item Function ESC To exit the current menu or message Page Up Page Down To se...

Page 25: ... is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS System Date Time Setup Highlight the Date field and then press the Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Highlight the Time field and then press the Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the hour minute and second format The user can bypass the date and time prompts by creating...

Page 26: ...p option by highlighting it using the Arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section The Advanced BIOS Setup screen is shown below The sub menus are described on the following pages CPU Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the CPU information Use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the sele...

Page 27: ...reen is shown below ATA IDE Configuration This item specifies the ATA IDE channels used by the onboard PATA SATA IDE controller depend on the operation system OS that installed When installed DOS WIN95 98 ME Will can set to compatible mode And set to Enhanced mode if you are using native OS like Windows XP 2k Available Options Disabled Compatible and Enhanced Default setting Compatible Legacy IDE ...

Page 28: ...h the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the USER option PIO MODE PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to affect a transfer to or from the disk drive...

Page 29: ...o fine tune the settings to allow for faster boot times Adjust this setting until a suitable timing that can detect all IDE disk drives attached is found Available Options 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 Default setting 35 ATA PI 80 Pin Cable Detection Set this option to select the method used to detect the ATA PI 80 pin cable The use of an 80 conductor ATA cable is mandatory for running Ultra ATA 66 Ul...

Page 30: ...erial Port 1 Address These fields select the I O port address for each Serial port Available Options Disabled 3F8H IRQ4 3E8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ4 and 2E8H IRQ3 Default setting 3F8H IRQ4 COM Port Mode Selection These fields item can select RS 232 RS 422 and RS 485 of select port 1 Available Options RS 232 RS 422 and RS485 Default setting RS 232 ...

Page 31: ...FabiaTech Corporation 26 Hardware Health Configuration On the Hardware Monitor Setup screen you can monitor the system temperature CPU voltage and VCC voltage ...

Page 32: ...ions Disabled and Enabled Default setting Enabled Video Power Down Mode This field specifies the power conserving state that video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired Available Options Disabled and Suspend Default setting Disabled Hard Disk Power Down Mode This field specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified p...

Page 33: ...is screen to select options for the USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Legacy USB Support refers to the USB mouse and USB keyboard support Normally if this option is not enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard will not become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded When this option is enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard can ...

Page 34: ...nfigures the USB 2 0 controllers in High speed 480Mbps or Full speed 12Mbps Available Options HiSpeed and FullSpeed Default setting FullSpeed BIOS ECHI Hand Off This is a workaround for OS without ECHI Hand Off support The ECHI ownership change should claim by ECHI driver Available Options Enabled and Disabled Default setting Enabled ...

Page 35: ...ting it using the Arrow keys All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in this section The Plug and Play BIOS Setup screen is shown below Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM during system boot Available Options Yes No Default setting No Plug and Plug Aware O S Set to Yes to inform BIOS that the operating system can handle Plug and Play PnP devices Available Options Yes No Default setting No ...

Page 36: ...er on the PCI local bus have bus mastering capability Available Options Enabled Disabled Default setting Disabled IRQ 3 15 When I O resources are controlled manually you can assign each system interrupt as one of the following types based on the type of device using the interrupt Available Specified IRQ is available to the used by PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified IRQ is reserved for used by Lega...

Page 37: ...e of the screen such as Boot Device Priority to go to the sub menu for that item You can display a Boot BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the Arrow keys All Boot Setup options are described in this section Select an item on the Boot Setup screen to access the sub menu for Boot Setting Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard disk drives Removable Drivers ...

Page 38: ...will not configure its drive 2 BIOS will not wait for 0 5 seconds after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive 3 You cannot run BIOS Setup at system boot since there is no delay for the Hit Del To run Setup message Available Options Disabled Enabled Default setting Enabled Boot Up Num Lock This field is used to activate the Num Lock function upon system boot If the setting is on after a boot the ...

Page 39: ...ion cards and therefore the PS 2 mouse will not function Available options Disabled Enabled and Auto Default setting Auto Wait for F1 If Error AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by Press F1 to continue If this field is set to Disabled the AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the F1 key after an error message Available options Disabled Enabled Default setting Disabled Hit DEL Message Displa...

Page 40: ...st Second Third Hard Disk Boot Device Set the boot device options to determine the sequence in which the computer checks which device to boot from The settings are Removable Dev Hard Drive or ATAPI CDROM Note When you select a boot category from the boot menu a list of devices in that category appears For example if the system has three hard disk drives connected then the list will show all three ...

Page 41: ... disk drives in the system To access this screen select Hard disk drives on the Boot Setup screen and press Enter Removable Drives Use this screen to view the removable drives in the system To access this screen select removable drives on the Boot Setup screen and press Enter ...

Page 42: ...Password Change User Password Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection To set the password please complete the following steps 1 Select Change Supervisor Password 2 Type the desired password up to 6 character length when you see the message Enter New Supervisor Password 3 Then you can go on to set a user password up to 6 character length if required Note that you cannot configure the User ...

Page 43: ...am executes and the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if the BIOS executed Available options Setup Always Default setting Setup Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is disabled Enabled Set this value to prevent the Boot Sector Virus Protection This is the default setting...

Page 44: ...FabiaTech Corporation 39 Chipset Setup This section describes the configuration of the board s chipset features North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration ...

Page 45: ...n DRAM Frequency This specifies the SDRAM memory clock frequency Available Options Auto 400MHz and 533MHz Default setting Auto Configure DRAM Timing by SPD SPD represents Serial Presence Detect It is an 8 bit 2048 bits EEPROM built on the SDRAM for 100 MHz frequencies If the installed SDRAM supports SPD function select SPD If not you can select based on other access time of the SDRAM Available Opt...

Page 46: ...d back to the system once the requesting application has been terminated Fixed mode is non contiguous page locked memory allocated during driver initialization to provide a static amount of memory Available Options Fixed Mode Combo Mode and DVMT Mode Default setting DVMT Mode DVMT FIXED Memory This field specifies allows you to select the maximum amount of graphics memory to be shared with the sys...

Page 47: ...io function USB Function Select Enabled if a USB device is installed to the system If Disabled are selected the system will not be able to use a USB device Available Options Disabled and Enabled Default setting Enabled USB 2 0 Controller This field is select Enabled or Disabled the USB 2 0 controllers Available Options Disabled and Enabled Default setting Enabled Audio Controller This field specif...

Page 48: ...LAN Controller This field specifies the Enabled or Disabled of the onboard LAN chip Available Options Disabled and Enabled Default setting Enabled LAN Boot ROM Controller This field specifies the PXE boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Available Options Disabled and Enabled Default setting Disabled ...

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Page 50: ...o install the 945GSE driver insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device and enter DRIVER SysChip ICH7 Step 2 Execute Setup exe file Step 3 The screen shows the SETUP type Press any key to enter the main menu Step 4 As the setup is completed the system will generate the message as follows Yes I want to restart my computer now Installation is done No I will restart my computer later System must be rest...

Page 51: ...L PANEL group Step 6 Adjust the Refresh Rate Font size and Resolution Audio Driver WIN 2000 XP Driver Step 1 To install the AUDIO driver insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device and enter DRIVER AUDIO ALC888 WIN2K XP Step 2 Execute SETUP exe file Step 3 The screen shows the SETUP type Press any key to enter the main menu Step 4 As the setup is completed the system will generate the message as foll...

Page 52: ...he LAN driver from the CD ROM to CF Step 2 Execute setup exe file BIOS Flash Utility In the UTILITY directory there is the Afu409 EXE file Step 1 Use the Afu409 EXE program to update the BIOS setting Step 2 And then refer to the chapter BIOS Setup as the steps to modify BIOS Step 3 Now the CPU board s BIOS loaded with are the newest program user can use it to modify BIOS function in the future whe...

Page 53: ...er You can use your own program to enable the watchdog timer Once you have enabled the watchdog timer the program should trigger the I O every time before the timer times out If your program fails to trigger or disable this timer before it times out e g because of a system hang up it will generate a reset signal to reset the system The time out period can be programmed to be set from 1 to 255 seco...

Page 54: ...e set to non zero value to watchdog counter and start to count down again If your program fails to trigger the watchdog timer before time out it will generate a reset pulse to reset the system The factor of the watchdog timer time out constant is approximately 1 second The period for the watchdog timer time out is between 1 to FF timer factors If you want to reset your system when watchdog times o...

Page 55: ...ogical Device 8 of watchdog timer Out dx al Mov dX 2eh Mov al 0f5h Set second as counting unit Out dx al Mov dx 2fh In al dx Or al c0 Trigger P W LED And al not c8h Set Second And al c8h Set Minute Out dx al Mov dx 2eh Mov al 0f6h Out dx al Mov dx 2fh Mov al 28h Set timeout interval as 28seconds and start counting Out dx al Exit extended function mode Mov dx 2eh Mov al 0aah Out dx al Watchdog Time...

Page 56: ...e 8 configuration register CRF5 Bit 3 Sec Min CRF6 Bit 0 7 Count Mov al 07h Out dx al Mov dx 2fh Mov al 08h Select Logical Device 8 of watchdog timer Out dx al Mov dX 2eh Mov al 0f5h Set second as counting unit Out dx al Mov dx 2fh In al dx And al not c8h Set Second or Minute Out dx al Mov dx 2eh Mov al 0f6h Out dx al Mov dx 2fh Mov al 00h Set Watchdog Timer Disabled Out dx al Exit extended functi...

Page 57: ...empty Step 4 Disable TXC Note Please refer to the section of the Serial Ports in the Chapter 5 Technical Reference for the detail description of the COM port s register Initialize COM port Step 1 Initialize COM port in the receiver interrupt mode and or transmitter interrupt mode All of the communication protocol buses of the RS 485 are in the same Step 2 Disable TXC transmitter control the bit 0 ...

Page 58: ...ut one block data Transmit the data more than two characters Step 1 Enabled TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 just sets 1 Step 2 Send out the data Write all data to the offset 0 of the current COM port address Step 3 Wait for the buffer s data empty Check transmitter holding register THRE bit 5 of the address of offset 5 and transmitter shift register TSRE bit 6 of the address of...

Page 59: ...REM Disabled transmitter by resetting DTR 80 OUT H3FC INP H3FC AND HEF 90 RETURN c Receive one character from COM1 10 REM Check COM1 receiver buffer 20 IF LOF 1 256 THEN 70 30 REM Receiver buffer is empty 40 INPSTR 50 RETURN 60 REM Read one character from COM1 buffer 70 INPSTR INPUT 1 1 80 RETURN NOTE The RS 485 of the FX5321 uses COM1 If you want to program it and hardware setup please refer to t...

Page 60: ...e components and connectors are in proper position and firmly attached If the errors still exist please contact with your distributor for maintenance POST BEEP Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS setup z One indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep fo...

Page 61: ...and firmly attached 3 The correct hard drive type is selected in BIOS Setup ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER When this error occurs ensure the following things 1 The cord is exactly installed in the bus 2 The correct hard drive type is selected in BIOS Setup 3 Whether all of the jumpers are set correctly in the hard drive FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER ERROR OR NO CONTROLLER PRESENT When you cannot...

Page 62: ...ory fields MEMORY VERIFYING ERROR It indicates an error verifying a value is already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip OFFENDING ADDRESS MISSING This message is used in connection with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated REBOOT ERROR When this error occurs tha...

Page 63: ... Corporation 58 Technical Reference Physical and Environmental Temperature Operating 0 C 50 C Relative humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Surface Temperature of Chassis 5 C to 45 C W HDD 0 C to 50 C W CF card only ...

Page 64: ...n the ACE a completed MODEM control capability and a processor interrupt system that may be software tailored to the computing time required to handle the communications link The following table is a summary of each ACE accessible register DLAB Port Address Register Receiver buffer read 0 Base 0 Transmitter holding register write 0 Base 1 Interrupt enable X Base 2 Interrupt identification read onl...

Page 65: ...errupt Identification Register IIR Bit 0 0 if Interrupt Pending Bit 1 Interrupt ID Bit 0 Bit 2 Interrupt ID Bit 1 Bit 3 Must be 0 Bit 4 Must be 0 Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 Line Control Register LCR Bit 0 Word Length Select Bit 0 WLS0 Bit 1 Word Length Select Bit 1 WLS1 WLS1 WLS0 Word Length 0 0 5 Bits 0 1 6 Bits 1 0 7 Bits 1 1 8 Bits Bit 2 Number of Stop Bit STB Bit 3 Parity ...

Page 66: ... 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 Line Status Register LSR Bit 0 Data Ready DR Bit 1 Overrun Error OR Bit 2 Parity Error PE Bit 3 Framing Error FE Bit 4 Break Interrupt BI Bit 5 Transmitter Holding Register Empty THRE Bit 6 Transmitter Shift Register Empty TSRE Bit 7 Must be 0 MODEM Status Register MSR Bit 0 Delta Clear to Send DCTS Bit 1 Delta Data Set Ready DDSR Bit 2 Training Edge Ring Indicator TER...

Page 67: ...ivisor Latch LS MS LS MS Bit 0 Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1 Bit 1 Bit 9 Bit 2 Bit 2 Bit 10 Bit 3 Bit 3 Bit 11 Bit 4 Bit 4 Bit 12 Bit 5 Bit 5 Bit 13 Bit 6 Bit 6 Bit 14 Bit 7 Bit 7 Bit 15 Desired Baud Rate Divisor Used to Generate 16x Clock 300 384 600 192 1200 96 1800 64 2400 48 3600 32 4800 24 9600 12 14400 8 19200 6 28800 4 38400 3 57600 2 115200 1 ...

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Page 69: ...FabiaTech Corporation 64 b FX5321 DIN Rail 35 72 REF for h 15 18 REF for h 7 5 10 5 REF 18 2 Rail Adapter Din Rails On 35mm EN 50022 1977 35 27 7 5 27 15 ...

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