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BL50S – Box PC for Storage
Applications (AMD)

20BL50S00 E2

– 2014-12-10

User Manual

Configuration example

Summary of Contents for BL50S

Page 1: ...BL50S Box PC for Storage Applications AMD 20BL50S00 E2 2014 12 10 User Manual Configuration example...

Page 2: ...case an AMD Radeon HD 6310 into a single embedded device The use of the Embedded G Series makes for high scalability in CPU single dual core and graphics performance various Radeon GPUs or none at all...

Page 3: ...ttles 5 Gigabit Ethernet 4 port Ethernet switch and one uplink port 2 USB 2 0 PSU connector 10V 50 4V 1 DisplayPort 2 antenna connector cutouts for PCI Express Mini Card 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 2 SA Adapter cut...

Page 4: ...Two external shuttles for 2 5 SATA HDD SSD drive SATA Revision 2 x support Transfer rates up to 300 MB s 3 Gbit s Hot pluggable with independent devices Status LEDs Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6310 Maximum...

Page 5: ...rv tagged frames Layer2 based 801 1Q VLAN ID packet routing IEEE 802 1p Port based authentication on registered MAC Address Lists Power over Ethernet support IEEE 802 3af IEEE 802 3at Type 1 VLAN port...

Page 6: ...EN 50155 power interruption class S2 Ignition signal at the front Power consumption 14 4 W with T48N CPU with Windows 7 operating system and 1 Gb Ethernet connection Mechanical Specifications Dimensio...

Page 7: ...5 2 Electrical Safety EN 50153 EN 50155 EMC Conformity Automotive ECE R10 E mark ISO 10605 ESD EMC Conformity Railway EN 50121 3 2 BIOS InsydeH2O UEFI Framework Software Support Windows 7 Windows Embe...

Page 8: ...GHz Single Core 18W AMD T24L 1000 MHz Single Core 5W Memory Up to 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM system memory SATA hard disk solid state drive mounted within housing Graphics Maximum resolution depending on GPU 256...

Page 9: ...ble on request As the product concept is very flexible there are many other configuration possibilities Please contact our sales team if you do not find your required function in the options Please no...

Page 10: ...ions whenever you work on your computer Power down and unplug your computer system when working on the inside Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or circuitry Use a gr...

Page 11: ...also provides additional information for special applications and configurations of the system The manual does not include detailed information on individual components data sheets etc A list of lite...

Page 12: ...e hyperlink links to specific elements and information within this document italics Folder file and function names are printed in italics bold Bold type is used for emphasis mono A monospaced font typ...

Page 13: ...tially on the whole or any part of the contents of the publication Conditions for Use Field of Application The correct function of MEN products in mission critical and life critical applications is li...

Page 14: ...sub assemblies are not subject to product compliance In other words Since MEN does not deliver ready made products to end users the WEEE directive is not applicable for MEN Users are nevertheless reco...

Page 15: ...unting the BL50S 34 2 3 1 Installing the BL50S in a 19 Rack 35 2 4 Connecting an Earthing Cable 37 2 5 Electrical Connection 37 2 6 Starting up the System 38 2 7 Installing Operating System Software 3...

Page 16: ...Mini Card Interface 59 3 12 1 Connection of PCI Express Mini Cards 59 4 Controlling the System via SMBus 62 4 1 SMBus Overview 62 4 2 SMBus Register Description 63 5 Using the BL50S with MDIS5 Softwa...

Page 17: ...Express Mini card 27 Figure 9 Mounting distances required for the box PC 34 Figure 10 PSU connector at BL50S front 39 Figure 11 Connection of power pins from PSU 40 Figure 12 Ignition behavior 40 Fig...

Page 18: ...Table 10 Default switch configuration at startup 52 Table 11 Power over Ethernet configuration 53 Table 12 Ethernet status LEDs 54 Table 13 Pin assignment of the HD audio interface 55 Table 14 Signal...

Page 19: ...hows the BL50S front without antennas and flexible SA Adapters Figure 2 The BL50S front interfaces 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 Hard Disk Shuttles 5 Gigabit Ethernet 4 port Ethernet switch and one uplink port 2...

Page 20: ...rd slot on board bottom 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Connector for 5 Ethernet interfaces USB interface 1 DisplayPort I O Board SA Adapter connector for RS232 RS422 485 IBIS or CAN S...

Page 21: ...roller Boot Flash Power Supply F 1 PCI Express Mini Card Slot 2 SIM Card Slots F F F 2 Antenna Slots F PCIe USB SD Card Slot B SATA Slot B SATA Slot B CAN GPIO SA F B UART UART SA F B FPGA Switch Devi...

Page 22: ...o the chassis Article number Gives the product s family and model This is also MEN s ordering number To be complete it must have 9 characters Revision number Gives the design revision of the product S...

Page 23: ...HF antenna cable with U FL connector to RP SMA connector as an accessory SD card The BL50S is equipped with one SD card slot MEN provides a 4 GB SD card as an accessory other memory sizes are availab...

Page 24: ...ectors for connection of two SA Adapters for RS232 RS422 485 GPS IBIS or CAN functionality MEN pro vides a range of standard adapters with different functionality Refer to Chapter 2 2 6 Installing an...

Page 25: ...purpose remove the system s bottom panel fixed by ten M3x8 TX8 Torx screws Figure 6 Screw positions on the bottom of the BL50S To access the SD card slot remove the rear panel of the unit fixed by si...

Page 26: ...Getting Started MEN Mikro Elektronik GmbH 26 20BL50S00 E2 2014 12 10 Figure 7 Screw positions at the rear of the BL50S...

Page 27: ...rewed onto the board Carry out the following steps to install a PCI Express Mini card Untighten and remove the screws from the spacers highlighted in red Figure 8 Installing a PCI Express Mini card In...

Page 28: ...o break out the cover of the antenna slot using a screw driver or a similar tool There is one mounting clip for fixing the antenna cable on the BL50S s PCB highlighted in red in the following drawing...

Page 29: ...lling SA Adapters remove the front panel by loosening the eleven screws marked in red in the following pictures Be careful not to lose the small metal plates between the front panel and the SATA holde...

Page 30: ...LEDs They are only loosely attached Break out the covers of the front panel slots Make sure that the adapter matches the standard dimensions for SA Adapters Remove the two front panel screws of the SA...

Page 31: ...in connectors on the BL50S Press the SA Adapter firmly onto the BL50S Very carefully align the front panel with the front connectors the Ethernet connector and the LEDs Screw the front panel back onto...

Page 32: ...d between the PCB and the top of the housing Insert the SD card into the slot with the contacts facing to the PCB and the cut edge to the right side Make sure that it clicks into place properly To eje...

Page 33: ...t a 30 angle Make sure that all the contacts are aligned properly and the card is firmly con nected to the mSATA connector Align the spacers and the holes and insert the screws into the spacers from a...

Page 34: ...oles for installation Use M5 countersink head screws Do not install the system near any heat sources e g radiators heat registers Keep the system away from liquids Avoid exposure to dripping or splash...

Page 35: ...er 2 2 2 Opening the BL50S on page 25 Remove five of the screws fastening the front panel highlighted in red in the following picture Do not remove the front panel Install the two heats sinks supplied...

Page 36: ...d with the corresponding holes in the bottom plate of the mounting kit Press the BL50S down onto the bottom plate Screw the BL50S onto the kit s bottom plate using the ten screws removed before Fix th...

Page 37: ...ng cable has to be connected to the earthing stud before any other connections For disassembling the system the earthing cable has to be detached last Ensure that the box PC is completely configured a...

Page 38: ...can make configurations in BIOS Observe the installation instructions for the respective software 2 7 Installing Operating System Software The board supports Windows 7 and Linux 2 8 Installing Driver...

Page 39: ...upplied with a nominal input voltage of 24 VDC and 36 VDC 10 to 50 4 V input voltage range via a 3 pin COMBICON connector You can find pin 1 at the left see Figure 10 PSU connector at BL50S front The...

Page 40: ...rned off the input voltage is not switched off at once but can be supplied for a user defined time shut down delay so that the operating system of the BL50S can shut down in a controlled way Figure 12...

Page 41: ...d to the power input pin pin 1 In this case the BL50S is starting up as soon as the supply voltage is connected and switched off as soon as the supply voltage is disconnected without a delay for shutt...

Page 42: ...Windows For a detailed description of the functionality of the driver and for downloading the software please refer to the drivers documentation on MEN s website Model Clock Speed No of Cores Cache M...

Page 43: ...14 4 W in a configuration with a T48N CPU with Windows 7 operating system and 1 Gb Ethernet connection The system is designed for a maximum operating temperature of 70 C 85 C for 10 minutes The minimu...

Page 44: ...an be implemented using application software 3 4 2 Status LEDs Four LEDs signal the status of each SATA port The behavior of the hot plug the locate and the activity LEDs can be programmed via softwar...

Page 45: ...tle by moving it completely to the left side LED Description Color Function SATA1 1 SATA 1 Hot plug Error red default off SATA1 2 SATA 1 Locate yellow default off SATA1 3 SATA 1 Activity orange defaul...

Page 46: ...BL50S Make sure that there are no write or read processes on the disk Slide the shuttle out of the slot If there already is a hard disk in the BL50S loosen the four screws fixing the hard disk to the...

Page 47: ...ory by default Other values can be set using a BIOS item in the sub menu Video Configuration possible settings 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB or 512 MB 3 4 5 Boot Flash The BL50S is equipped with a boot Flash co...

Page 48: ...le at the front panel The maximum supported resolution is 2560x1600 at 60 Hz The interface offers AUX channel support and hot plug detection Connector type 20 pin DisplayPort receptacle Mating connect...

Page 49: ...raphics interfaces The maximum resolution depends on the adapter used Supported interfaces include HDMI Single link DVI Dual link DVI VGA Signal Direction Function GND Ground DP_AUX DP_AUX in out Bi d...

Page 50: ...t connection Connector types 4 pin USB Series A receptacle according to Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 1 0 Mating connector 4 pin USB Series A plug according to Universal Serial Bus Speci...

Page 51: ...g male A coded MEN offers a starter kit including an M12 to RJ45 adapter for making the Ethernet interfaces available on standard Ethernet connectors Table 8 Pin assignment of Ethernet front panel con...

Page 52: ...ration of the Switch The BL50S loads the following standard configuration for all ports at startup Table 10 Default switch configuration at startup By using a customer specific configuration EEPROM th...

Page 53: ...ration 3 8 1 Ethernet Status LEDs The BL50S provides a total of ten Ethernet status LEDs two for each Ethernet channel They signal the link and activity status different LED behavior can be implemente...

Page 54: ...ctivity yellow on when Ethernet communication on Rx or Tx L Port 2 link green on when connection established A Port 3 activity yellow on when Ethernet communication on Rx or Tx L Port 3 link green on...

Page 55: ...ector at the front panel Table 13 Pin assignment of the HD audio interface Table 14 Signal mnemonics of the HD audio interface 9 AUDIO_IN_R 5 AUDIO_SPDIF 8 AUDIO_GND 4 AUDIO_IN_L 7 AUDIO_OUT_R 3 AUDIO...

Page 56: ...s Figure 16 Status and user LEDs on the BL50S s front panel highlighted in red The following table shows a list of all status and user LEDs with their functionality or default state Table 15 Status an...

Page 57: ...ted or completely powered off if system is in error condition and error code is n See the following table for supported error codes Table 16 Error codes signaled by Status LED flashes Error Code Descr...

Page 58: ...unctionality for CAN bus functionality a special product version is required If you use the 08SA15 00 SA Adapter with SGPIO functionality in slot 1 you have to change a setting in the FPGA to switch f...

Page 59: ...et Either micro SIM card A or micro SIM card B can be connected to the PCI Express Mini Card By default the PCI Express Mini card is connected to micro SIM card A 3 12 1 Connection of PCI Express Mini...

Page 60: ...d 46 LED_WPAN 43 GND 44 LED_WLAN 41 3 3Vaux 42 LED_WWAN 39 3 3Vaux 40 GND 37 GND 38 USB_D 35 GND 36 USB_D 33 PETp0 34 GND 31 PETn0 32 SMB_DATA 29 GND 30 SMB_CLK 27 GND 28 1 5V 25 PERp0 26 GND 23 PERn0...

Page 61: ...Express differential reference clock PERn0 PERp0 in PCI Express receive signals PETn0 PETp0 out PCI Express transmit signals Auxiliary Signals CLKREQ in Clock request PERST out Reset for the Mini Car...

Page 62: ...ntrolled using the SMBus and two I O expanders Two I O expanders and a system EEPROM are connected to the SMBus Figure 18 SMBus overview MEN offers a driver for accessing the SMBus See MEN s website B...

Page 63: ...s of the I O Expander with hard coded offset 0b 0100 and chosen address bits 0b 0100 A2 A1 A0 R W With address bits 0b 0100 010 R W Windows address R W 0 0b 0100 0100 0x44 Linux address 0b 0010 0010 0...

Page 64: ...lt value is 1 and the locate LED is off 4 Out SATA_2_ERROR _HP_LED 1 LED to show the life status of the connected HDD SSD and is used to show if the storage device is removed by software from the syst...

Page 65: ...to show the life status of the connected HDD SSD and is used to show if the storage device is removed by software from the system and can be ejected SATA 0 The LED can be enabled by setting this bit t...

Page 66: ...ignal to reset the watchdog Setting this bit to 0 generates a falling edge The falling edge results in a reset of the watchdog For every watchdog reset the bit must be set in sequence 1 0 to generate...

Page 67: ...1 Enable bit for the corresponding user LED User LED 0 The LED is enabled on 1 The LED is disabled off default value 0 Out USR_LED A 1 Enable bit for the corresponding user LED LED is activated by set...

Page 68: ...s Table 23 Functions of GPIO controller instance 1 For details about installation and usage of MDIS5 please refer to the respective MDIS5 user manual See MEN s website for detailed information and doc...

Page 69: ...following commands For Windows For Linux Interface Multiplexer mux_if0 The interface multiplexer 0 is used to change the serial interface 1 X1 from UART default setting to SGPIO required if you want...

Page 70: ...t cloth Take care that no liquid gets inside the system 6 2 Fuse Protection Current rating 8A Voltage rating 350 VDC Type Slow blow Size 5 x 20 MEN part number 5475 0026 Figure 19 Position of the fuse...

Page 71: ...Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSMA CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications 1996 IEEE www ieee org Charles Spurgeon s Ethernet Web Site Extensive information about E...

Page 72: ...Mikro Elektronik GmbH 72 20BL50S00 E2 2014 12 10 7 1 6 USB 7 2 Dimensions of the BL50S Box PC In the following you can find a drawing of the exact dimensions of the box PC USB Implementers Forum Inc...

Page 73: ...0 72 3 92 3 112 3 132 3 152 3 8 6 36 6 43 6 50 6 77 5 107 9 135 9 159 346 2 390 2 75 2 144 Z Y X 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 Z 3 1 PIN 1 20 R3 40 11 40 6 80 7 2 21 9 Y 3 1 X 3 1 PIN 1 Manufacturer number 09BL50S00...

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