Kontron OPS-compliant Media Player KOPS800 & DSEK-12
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6 BIOS
6.1 UEFI
BIOS
The Kontron OPS-compliant media player KOPS800 uses a UEFI BIOS version 2.2 compliant with a boot loader.
Some of the benefits of the Kontron OPS-compliant media player KOPS800 include:
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Fast
boot
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Static boot device override
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Support of LED, Push Button, GPIO bits through ACPI Tables
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You can update the Firmware using a Flash utility.
6.2
Boot Loader Support
The boot loader is the power up firmware that loads first “main” executable block of code (bare bones BSP). The
boot loader supports the following:
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USB-Keyboard during boot
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Booting from HDD/SDD connected to SATA or USB port
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Booting from Optical drive connected to SATA port
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Booting from either MicroSD
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Support Custom settings saved with Password
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Change boot order sequence by pressing hardware button at power on.
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Ability to update the BIOS/Firmware from the BIOS EFI Shell & DOS, Linux command line utility.
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Ability to save BIOS Configuration into a persistent Store USB/SATA/MicroSD. Through BIOS EFI
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Ability to load and save BIOS Configuration into a persistent Store USB/SATA/MicroSD. Through BIOS EFI
Shell or DOS, Linux CLI
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Serial Port Redirection through USB7
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Com port redirection to USB Port
6.3 BIOS
Operation
& Adding Drivers
The Kontron OPS-compliant media player KOPS800 uses the Kontron COMe-bIP6 COM Express basic form factor
pin-out type 6 computer-on-module. Please refer to the user’s manual for that board to better understand standard
BIOS operation and how to make changes. The computing board uses the AMI® Aptio, which is located in an
onboard SPI serial flash memory. You can update the Firmware using a Flash utility.
6.4
Determining the BIOS Version
The AMI® Aptio version is displayed in the main menu of the setup utility.
» BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends
» Core Version: x.x.x.x
