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TC-963 

Based on Intel Atom Processor Network Digital Signage Platform 

 

 

 

 

Chapter General Information

 

 

1.1 Introduction

 

TC-965   is   an   Intel

®

Atom   processor   based   platform   ideal   for   a   broad   range   of 

high-definition  video  media  PC  systems  from  consumer  set-top-boxes  to  HD  media  digital 

signage players.It based  on  NORCO

’s signature fanless enclosure-ICE FIN,with high efficient 

heatpipe design. A high performance Intel N270 Atom processor based 1080p HD platform. It 

has  a  built-in  ultra  low  power  HD  AVC/VC-1/MPEG-2  hardware  decoder,  capable  of  full  HD 

real-time  decoding  of  H.264,  VC-1  media  contents  at  up  to  40Mbps  as  well  as  playback  of 

Blu-ray. Playing back of 1080p H.264 HD video with the TC-965 uses less than 30% of the 

2.5W Atom N270 CPU, 1080p WMV HD content uses even less. 

Using  this  compact  and  easy-to-use network  device,  the  users  can  control, manage  and 

program the transmission of the multi-media contents through Ethernet.In the applications that 

can’t provide wired connection of  ethernet, WLAN function can be  used; while TV function is 

needed, we can  also choose TV tuner and  HDMI to  provide the high definition video.With CF 

and hot-swappable SD card slot, this network digital signage platform will offer great facility to 

the network based digital advertisements. 

 

 

1.2 Features

 

 

●Compact & Robust Form Factor

 

 

It based on NORCO

’s signature fanless enclosure-ICE FIN, with high efficient heatpipe 

design.The small  foot-print  and  low-profile case  design  of  TC-965 series  was  designed  to 

facilitate different types of mounting and installation. 

 

 

●Onboard Intel Atom Processor

 

Onboard  low-consume 

、 

high   performance  Intel

®

Atom  N270   1.6G   processor,   Power 

consumption  is  only  2.5W.With  a  high-speed  Intel  945GSE  chipset  embedded  platform 

constitutes the best solution. 

 

 

●Easy mounting with Plasma or LCD panel

 

Provide  TV-OUT

S-VIDEO

HDMI  and  VGA  Ports,  Can  connect  a  variety  of  different 

display devices. 

Summary of Contents for TC-965

Page 1: ...TC 965 Embedded MiniPC User s guide ...

Page 2: ...power source 4 Before connecting or disconnecting any signal line first turn off all power resources and disconnect the power cord from power source 5 To help avoid possible damage to system boards wait at least 30 seconds after turning off the computer before re turning on the computer 6 Use cross head screwdriver to operate A magnetic screwdriver is recommended magnet to collect screws Do not le...

Page 3: ...eyboard Mouse Connector MS KB 8 2 4 Rear Panel I O Connectors 9 2 4 1 Audio Jack LINE OUT LINE IN MIC IN 9 2 4 2 Three In One card reader Socket SD SLOT 9 2 4 3 CF Card Slot CF SLOT 9 2 4 4 High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI 9 2 4 6 S VIDEO Connector S VIDEO 10 2 4 7 TV OUT Connector TV OUT 11 2 4 8 Power input connector POWER 11 2 5 Inside connectors 12 2 5 1 IRDA interface IRDA 12 2 5 2 U...

Page 4: ...ures 30 4 4 Integrated peripherals 33 4 4 1 OnChip IDE Device 34 4 4 2 Onboard Device 35 4 4 3 Super IO Device 36 4 4 4 USB Device Setting 38 4 5 Power Management Setup 39 4 6 PnP PCI Configurations 42 4 7 PC Health Status 43 4 8 Frequency Voltage Control 44 4 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults 45 4 10 Load Optimized Defaults 46 4 11 Set Supervisor Password 46 4 12 Set User Password 47 4 13 Save Exit Setup...

Page 5: ... package completely as the following item checklist first if you find any components lost or damaged please contact your retailer TC 965 User s Manual Drive Disk Antenna Power cord Power adapter HDTV Stick Optional Wall Mount Screw 1pcs 1pcs 1pcs 1pcs 1pcs 1set 1set 1set 13pcs ...

Page 6: ...Chapter 1 General Information ...

Page 7: ...rol manage and program the transmission of the multi media contents through Ethernet In the applications that can t provide wired connection of ethernet WLAN function can be used while TV function is needed we can also choose TV tuner and HDMI to provide the high definition video With CF and hot swappable SD card slot this network digital signage platform will offer great facility to the network b...

Page 8: ...2 5W Support FSB for 533MHz Chipshet Intel 945GSE ICH7M BIOS 8M SPI BIOS supports Plug Play APM 1 2 System memory 1x 200Pin DDRⅡ SO DIMM socket support ECC DDR SDRAM Up to 2GB DDRⅡ400 533MHz DRAM Display Chipset Integrated graphics built in Intel GMA950 Memory Dynamic share 224MB system memory for graphic memory BIOS Setup Display Interface VGA HDMI S VIDEO TV OUT VGA standard DB15 interface Rear ...

Page 9: ...port HD 7 1 CH I O I O Chipset Winbond W83627HG Serial Port 1x DB9 Serial port Face Support RS232 mode USB 1x Dual USB ports 2x USB2 0 ports KB Mouse support PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Face Power Supply Single power 12V input Watchdog 255 levels hardware reset function Mechanical Construction Metal housing NORCO Proprietary ICE FIN housing Mounting Easy Mounting Kits for LCD or Plasma Dimension ...

Page 10: ...TC 963 Based on Intel Atom Processor Network Digital Signage Platform 4 1 4 Dimensions Diagram Dimension 245mm W x156mm H x66 5mm D 9 65 x 6 14 x 2 62 ...

Page 11: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Functionality ...

Page 12: ...Chapter2 Hardware Functionality 2 1 External I O Connectors 1 TC 965 Front Panel Diagram 2 TC 965 Rear Diagram 2 2 Internal Structure ...

Page 13: ...ovides a D sub 9 pin connector which offers one RS 232 serial communication interface port for COM Pin Definition 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 2 3 2 USB Port USB The TC 965 provides 2 connectors for USB interface which gives complete Plug Play ...

Page 14: ...rning off the computer Pin Definition 1 VCC 2 USB_P 3 USB_P 4 GND 2 3 3 Ethernet connector LAN The TC 965 is equipped with an REALTEK 8111C WOL supported Fast Ethernet controller that is fully compliant with IEEE 802 3u 10 100Base 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 s...

Page 15: ...use Connector MS KB The TC 965 provides a PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector Green is the mouse connector purple is the keyboard connector MS Definition Pin 5V 7 GND 8 NC 9 MS_DATA 10 MS_CLK 11 GND 12 KB Definition Pin 5V 1 GND 2 NC 3 KB_DATA 4 KB_CLK 5 GND 6 ...

Page 16: ...10 MS 3 MS 4 11 12 SD 4 MS 5 13 14 SD 3 MS 6 15 16 MS 7 SD 2 17 18 MS 8 MS 9 19 20 SD 1 MS 10 21 22 SD 9 2 4 3 CF Card Slot CF SLOT Provide one standard Compact Flash Socket support TYPEⅠand TYPEⅡ CF card 2 4 4 High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI TC 965 provides 1 HDMI interface which can provide 5Gbps data transmission speed It can transmit high definition video signal and audio signal with...

Page 17: ... SHELL5 25 26 SHELL6 SHELL7 27 28 SHELL8 SHELL9 29 30 SHELL10 SHELL11 31 2 4 5 VGA Connector VGA The TC 965 provides a high resolution VGA interface by a D sub 15 pin connector to support a VGA CRT monitor Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Red 6 GND 11 NC 2 Green 7 GND 12 SDA 3 Blue 8 GND 13 HSYNC 4 NC 9 5V 14 VSYNC 5 GND 10 GND 15 SLC 2 4 6 S VIDEO Connector S VIDEO TC 965 provide...

Page 18: ...ides 1 TV OUT interface supportive for video output Video playing can be displayed on TV screen on the condition that user need to connect video interface to TV through video output wire alone without other devices 2 4 8 Power input connector POWER The TC 965 comes with a connector that carries 12 VDC external power input Signal Name Pin 12V 1 GND 2 GND 3 ...

Page 19: ...nnectors 2 5 1 IRDA interface IRDA This board provides a group of IrDA pins supports IrDA version1 0 SIR or SHARP ASK IR protocol infrared ray data transmission function Pin Definition 1 5V 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX ...

Page 20: ...B The board provides 1group 2x4Pin USB Ports This interface is configured to connect the host with WIFI wireless LAN Definition Pin Definition e VCC 1 2 GRELED USB data3 3 4 USB data4 USB data3 5 6 USB data4 GND 7 8 GND ...

Page 21: ...g system power LED cable and these pins pin 1 is LED anode when system power switch on power LED on When system power switches off power LED off 2 IDE LED Pins J4 pin3 pin4 for HDD LED As a rule there is a HDD LED on the panel of chassis while HDD is reading or writing LED will flash shows that HDD is running Connect HDDLED on chassis panel and these pins pin3 is LED anode 3 Power switch button LE...

Page 22: ...7 pin8 for RESET Connect this pins and RESET switch on panel of chassis with cable When system can not work on reset can make system restart without turning on off the power thereby it can prolong system serviceable life 5 Power On Off Control Pins J4 pin9 pin10 for PWRSW Connect these two pins with bounce switch on panel of chassis can switch on or switch off power ...

Page 23: ...Chapter 3 Hardware Installation ...

Page 24: ...three pins will be shown as 1 2 to represent pin1 pin2 connected and 2 3 to represent pin2 pin3 connected 3 1 1 Clear CMOS JCC This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock RTC RAM in CMOS you can clear the CMOS memory of date time and system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data the onboard button cell battery powers the RAM data in CMOS which include setup information such as s...

Page 25: ...hen power switch on or it harm to the motherboard 3 1 2 BIOS protect Jumper JAV The BIOS of the montherboard is contained in the Flash ROM If the jumper JAV is set as dosed you will be unable to flash the BIOS However in this status the system BIOS is protected from being attacked by serious virus such CIH virus ...

Page 26: ...talling a DDRⅡ SDRAM SODIMM into the TC 965 is detailed below please follow these steps carefully 1 Turn 0ff power Remove the power line first 2 Twist off the screws of host bottom and front panel remove the top cover 3 Twist off the screws of HDD bay take out the 2 5 HDD bay 4 Insert the RAM into the slot with a lean angle and make sure the gold finger of the RAM is in aligning with the slot Push...

Page 27: ... hard drive will be fixed in the HDD bay 5 Put the installed HDD bay into chassis tighten screws 6 After completing installation of Hard disk get the motherboard fixed inside the chassis and connect all the signals Lines 3 4 Installing Wall Mount TC 965 in line with standard VESA MOUNT Can be achieved wall mount function Please follow the following steps to install Assemble Rail 1 Take out the wal...

Page 28: ...3 5 Connecting Power 1 Insert the plug to the male connecter on the rear of the computer 2 Insert the other plug to the power strip ...

Page 29: ...Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ...

Page 30: ...ter the order format Example Afudos 7852I100 bin P B C N X Remarks 1 Upgrading BISO may cause your system crash so please operate carefully 2 Please use the upgrading program in the CD ROM provided by us 3 Please do not power off or reboot the system when upgrading otherwise the BIOS maybe be damaged 4 Please backup your BIOS before upgrading Award BIOS Description Awards BIOS ROM has a built in s...

Page 31: ...S Setup Utility Main screens are as follows Award BIOS on the map is the main menu Main Menu 12 set to provide the functions and two out of the way the user needs according to their own set of corresponding projects The following BIOS settings will be explained the various items 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup The CMOS RAM is powered by an onboard button cell battery When you finish BIOS setup the data in...

Page 32: ...evices Please make sure that the specifications of the IDE devices are comply with the content of the device list If not the device will be fail In the main menu we have another auto detection function item to facilitate the settings If the HDD interface is SCSI please select Not Installed 1 LBA Large HDD LBA Large mode On Off mode switch Currently HDD that size is bigger than 540MB should turn on...

Page 33: ... IDE devices as Master Slave Video Select EGA or VGA display option item EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On The item determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up No Errors The system boot will not stop for any error All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard err...

Page 34: ...f CPU has reached the preset temperature by the factory the clock of the motherboard will be delayed The temperature device is activated and the detector inside the CPU is also activated to maintain the limit of temperature of CPU This can be set to 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32 Min Thermal Management ...

Page 35: ...l be activated when the hard mode detector turn hot from cool Option 0 8375 V Default 0 8375 1 6000 Limit CPUID Maxval Set CPU ID MaxVal Max is 3 In WinXP it is set as Disabled Option Disabled Default Enabled C1E Function CPU C1E Funcion option Option Auto default Execute Disable Bit Set if the CPU is protected by hardware antivirus Option Disabled Enabled Default Virtualization Technology Set if ...

Page 36: ...evices can not be amendment 4 2 3 Hard Disk Boot Priority The above mentioned items are the order of boot devices can not be amendment Virus Warning If enabled a warning message and alarm beep activates if someone attempts to write here The commands are Enabled or Disabled CPU L3 Cache ...

Page 37: ...P HDD SCSI CDROM LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device If this option is set as Enabled system can be booted from other devices if it is fail to boot from the first second or third device Options Disabled Prohibited Enabled Default Boot Up NumLock Status This item allows the user to activate the Number Lock key at system boot The default is On Gate A20 Option Normal A pin in keyboard controller contr...

Page 38: ...ith OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Report NO FDD For WIN95 If you are using Windows 95 98 without a floppy disk drive select Enabled to release IRQ6 This is required to pass Windows 95 98 s SCT test You should also disable the Onboard FDC Controller in the Integrated Peripherals screen when there s no floppy drive in the system If you set t...

Page 39: ...hange specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU The default is Auto DRMARAS to CAS Delay This option allows you to insert a delay between the RAS Row Address Strobe and CAS Column Address Strobe signals This delay occurs when the DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Reducing the delay improves the performance of the DRAM The default is Auto DRAM RAS Precharge This option sets ...

Page 40: ...hing of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Video BIOS Cacheable The Setting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h C7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order...

Page 41: ...ing On Chip Frame Buffer Size This item allows the user to adjust on chip graphics of memory buffer Optional for 1MB 8MB default DVMT Mode This item allows the user to adjust Intel s Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT Bios provides three options to choose DVMT FIXED and Both DVMT FIXED Memory Size This item allows the user to adjust DVMT FIXED graphics memory size Boot Display This item allows t...

Page 42: ...Panel Number These fields allow you to select the LCD Panel type The setting values for these ports are 640 x 480 18bit SC 800 x 600 18bit SC 1024 x 768 18bit SC 1280 x 1024 24bit SC 1400 x 1050 18bit SC 1024 x 768 24bit SC 1600 x 1200 24bit SC 4 4 Integrated peripherals ...

Page 43: ...cable as a cable detect mechanism to determine if a UDMA IDE or standard IDE cable is installed The default setting is Enabled IDE Primary SecondaryMaster Slave PIO Four IDE PIO Programable Input and Output options can allow you toassign PIO mode 1 4 for each IDE device Mode 0 to 4 provides the increasing performance In Auto mode the system will auto detect the best working mode Settings Auto Mode...

Page 44: ... SATA Prohibited Auto Detect SATA device by BIOS Combined Mode Simulate the IDE setting Enhanced Mode Allow to use all IDE and SATA connection interface SATA Only use SATA only SATA PORT Speed Setting This option is used to set the speed of SATA ports Option Disabled Force GEDⅠ Force GEDⅡ PATA IDE Mode Select this option to set the mode of the parallel IDE interface default setting for Secondary 4...

Page 45: ...y is use shortcut of Ctrl F11 or ALT F12 If the keyboard is too old the boot of the computer may fail Mouse Left and Mouse Right is use mouse to start the computer some PS 2 mice probably don t support this option Options Button Only Keyboard 98 Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right KB Power ON Password If this is setted as Password in POWER ON Function you can use this to set the password for the bootin...

Page 46: ... function The choices Half Full Use IR Pins Please refer to your IR equipment setting the correct signal TxD and RxD Option RxD2 TxD2 IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port This field sets the address of the on board parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ7 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 or Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port make sure there is no conflict in the address assignme...

Page 47: ...elect DMA channel 1 DMA channel 3 or Disable Leave this field on the default setting 4 4 4 USB Device Setting USB 1 0 Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The choices are Enabled and Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This entry is used to disable enable the USB 2 0 controller only The BIOS itself may or may not have high spe...

Page 48: ...vice to boot system under DOS mode The choices are Enabled and Disabled 4 5 Power Management Setup ACPI Function This is item to activate the ACPI function If you OS support ACPI aware For example Windows 98SE 2000 ME choice Enabled Option Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows user to select sleep state when in suspend S1 POS The suspend mode is equivalent to a software power down S3...

Page 49: ...m power management Suspend Time Out 1 Min HDDPower Down 1Min Video Off Method This item allows user to determine the manner is which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This option will cause system to turn off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS default Initial display power manag...

Page 50: ... on Wake Up by PCI Card Select Enabled when the incident occurred in any PCI cards PCI cards will be issued by PME signal so that the boot system back to full status The choices Enabled Disabled default Power On by Ring When Enabled an input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words anincoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The choices Enabled default D...

Page 51: ...it to PCI slot It is recommend using the AGP display card and the graphic performance will be increase dramatically Reset Configuration Data Default is Disable Select Enable to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD if you have installed a new add on and system configuration has caused such a conflict that OS cannot boot Resources Controlled By The commands here are Auto or Manual Choosing ...

Page 52: ...tte this item should be set to Enabled INT Pin1 8 Assignment The option to connect to the computer s motherboard a PCI interface device designated IRQ allocation The choice AUTO 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Maximum Payload Size This allows you to set the PCI Express devices largest TLP Transport Layer Packet payload value The choice 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 4 7 PC Health Status Annotate Green shows the follo...

Page 53: ... temperature is too high or when the invasion occurred whether or not to issue a beep sound Option Enabled Disabled 4 8 Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio If the CPU clock ratio is not set you probably need to set the ratio of the CPU clock before the system can display properly If you are using the CPU which clock is locked you needn t to set CPU clock ratie and the system can be work ...

Page 54: ...herboard When this option is selected the host windows will prompt Load BIOS Defaults Y N Keyin Y and press Enter to execute this funciton important This function will not influence the Standard CMOS Setup Keyin Supervisor Pass word can input and revise CMOS BIOS s value and Supervisor Password is set to protect the CMOS against willful revising If IDE HDD is used by user function can get the para...

Page 55: ...tom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Press Y to load the default values setting for optimal performance system operations 4 11 Set Supervisor Password Supervisor password level is high than users you can load CMOS amend setup by supervisor also can be used to boot PC If you select this option and press enter the ...

Page 56: ...d will replace the former one Press enter again to confirm 4 12 Set User Password User Password Setting function for a setting password If you want to set the password first enter the current password to identify your password by y the screen automatically return to the main screen Enter the User Password can use the system but can not modify the contents of CMOS ...

Page 57: ...al section in memory that stays on after turning the system off The BIOS configures the system according to the Setup selection stored in CMOS when boot the computer next time The system is restarted after saving the values 4 14 Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup and the system is restarted after exiting ...

Page 58: ...Appendix ...

Page 59: ...ager 2 Right click my computer select management and go to Device Manager 3 Right click display controller in the meau of graphic card select Properties click Dirver select update driver 4 Select Show the list of all drivers which are designated locations so that choices can be made from it select next 5 Select the location of display driver click ok 6 Implement the installation restart the system...

Page 60: ...egister 2FH Data register Example Set Watchdog Timer for 48 Seconds DEBUG in DOS C debug o 2e 87 o 2e 87 Decode o 2e 2b o 2f e0 bit4 0 Select watchdog pin o 2e 07 o 2f 08 Choose register o 2e 30 o 2f 01 Activation logic devices o 2e f5 o 2f 00 Set timer units as second set as min o 2f 08 o 2e f6 o 2f 30 Set Timer Count to 48 sec Max support FF 255 when it set as 00 Watchdog function stop o 2fe aa ...

Page 61: ...pin as watchdog func outputb 0x2E 0x07 outputb 0x2F 0x08 select logical device outputb 0x2e 0x30 outputb 0x2f 0x01 active the device outputb 0x2e 0xF5 outputb 0x2f 0x00 Set timer units as second Set timer units as minute outputb 0x2f 0x08 outputb 0x2e 0xF6 outputb 0x2f 0x30 Set Timer Count to 48 sec outputb 0x2E 0xAA locked register code end ...

Page 62: ...in PC It will do hardware testing while system booting then system runs it provides an interface between OS and hardware BIOS is stored in a ROM chip BUS In a computer system it s the channels among different parts for exchanging data it s also a group of hardware line BUS here means part lines inside CPU and main components of memory Chipset Integrated chips for executing one or more function Her...

Page 63: ...ronics for connecting HDD CD ROM device IRDA Infrared Data Association for short here means infrared transmit interface to connect infrared transmit devices This sort of device transmits data by infrared light wave without connecting any cables It have been developed a standard now LAN Network interface Network grouped by correlative computers in a small area generally in a company or a building L...

Page 64: ...LPT Line print terminal The denomination reserved by DOS is used to denote universal parallel ...

Page 65: ...ce specification developed by IBM PS 2 is a DIN interface with only 6PIN it also can connect other devices like modem USB It s Universal Serial Bus for short A hardware interface adapts to low speed external devices and is always used to connect keyboard mouse etc One PC can connect 127 USB devices Max providing 12Mbit s transmit bandwidth USB supports hot swap and multi data stream namely you can...

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