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UNO-2174A/2178A

Automation Computers with 
Intel® Atom™ Processors, 
6 x USB, 8 x COM, 2 x Mini-PCIe 

User Manual

Summary of Contents for UNO-2174A

Page 1: ...UNO 2174A 2178A Automation Computers with Intel Atom Processors 6 x USB 8 x COM 2 x Mini PCIe User Manual ...

Page 2: ...for its use nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from such use Acknowledgements IBM PC AT PS 2 and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp C T is a trademark of Chips and Technologies Inc All other product nam...

Page 3: ... service time and freight Please consult your dealer for more details If you think you have a defective product follow these steps Step 1 Collect all the information about the problem encountered For example CPU speed Advantech products used other hardware and software used etc Note anything abnormal and list any on screen messages you get when the problem occurs Step 2 Call your dealer and descri...

Page 4: ...mful inter ference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Technical Support and Assistance Step 1 Visit the Advantech web site at www advantech com support where you can find the latest information about the product Contact your distributor sales representative or Advantech s customer service center for technical support if you need additional assist...

Page 5: ...ld be noted 11 If the equipment is not used for a long time disconnect it from the power source to avoid damage by transient overvoltage 12 Never pour any liquid into an opening This may cause 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 equipment check...

Page 6: ...TURER S INSTRUCTIONS 23 The sound pressure level at the operator s position according to IEC 704 1 1982 is no more than 70 dB A DISCLAIMER This set of instructions is given according to IEC 704 1 Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein ...

Page 7: ...2 RS 422 485 detection 12 2 3 3 Automatic Data Flow Control Function for RS 485 12 2 4 Terminal Resistor Setup for RS 422 485 13 2 5 RS 232 422 485 Selection 14 2 5 1 COM1 6 14 Figure 2 5 RS 232 Jumper Setting COM1 2 14 Figure 2 6 RS 232 Jumper Setting COM3 6 14 Figure 2 7 RS 485 Jumper Setting COM1 2 14 Figure 2 8 RS 485 Jumper Setting COM3 6 15 2 5 2 COM A and COM B 15 2 5 3 RS 485 Auto Flow RS ...

Page 8: ...ettings and Pin Assignments 28 A 1 System I O Address and Interrupt Assignment 28 A 2 Board Connectors and Jumpers 29 Figure A 1 Connector Jumper Locations front 29 A 3 RS 232 485 Standard Serial Port COM1 COM2 31 A 4 RS 232 485 Serial Port COM3 COM6 32 A 5 RS 232 422 485 Serial Port COM A COM B 33 A 6 Power Connector PWR 33 A 7 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector 34 A 8 USB Connector 34 A 9 VGA Dis...

Page 9: ...2 CHAPTER 1 Overview This chapter provides an overview of UNO 2174A 2178A s specifications Sections include Introduction Hardware specification Safety precautions Chassis dimensions ...

Page 10: ...178A can operate in very wide temperatures from 10 to 70 C UNO 2178A even adopts D510 dual core Atom with great computing power for heavy programs Energy Star certification ensure both UNO 2174A and UNO 2178A are very energy efficient UNO 2174A and UNO 2178A provide great expansion including 2 x Mini PCIe and SIM card support An additional daughterboard is also available for PC 104 and PCI 104 plu...

Page 11: ...ents 9 36 VDC Min 36 W Weight 2 5 kg OS Support Windows XP Win 7 WES7 WES 2009 CE 6 0 Linux System Design Fanless design with no internal cabling System Hardware CPU 2174A Intel Atom 1 6 GHz N450 2178A Intel Atom 1 6 GHz DualCore D510 Memory 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM built in Indicators LEDs for Power CF LAN Active Status Serial Tx Rx Keyboard Mouse 1 x PS 2 Storage CF 1 x front accessible type I II CF slot...

Page 12: ... Base T RJ 45 ports Built in boot ROM in flash BIOS Teaming function Wake on LAN Boot from LAN Audio 5 1 channel HD audio USB Ports 6 x USB 2 0 Printer Port 2174A 1 x DB25 print port Environment Humidity 95 40 C non condensing Operating TemperatureIEC 60068 2 2 with 100 CPU I O loading 10 70 C 14 158 F Ingress Protection IP40 Shock Protection IEC60068 2 27F 50 G wallmount 11 ms HDD 20 G wall mount...

Page 13: ... disconnect the power cord from your chassis whenever you are working on it Do not connect while the power is on A sudden rush of power can damage sensitive electronic compo nents Only experienced electronics personnel should open the chassis Caution Always ground yourself to remove any static electric charge before touching UNO 2174A 2178A Modern electronic devices are very sen sitive to static e...

Page 14: ...UNO 2174A 2178A User Manual 6 1 4 Chassis Dimensions Figure 1 1 UNO 2174A Chassis Dimensions Figure 1 2 UNO 2178A Chassis Dimensions 227 80 254 80 49 30 149 64 159 41 227 80 254 80 149 64 159 41 58 70 ...

Page 15: ...al cable Advantech P N 1700006812 SATA power cable Advantech P N 1700004712 8 PCS jumper Advantech P N 1653302122 4 COM port expansion cable UNO 2178A only P N 1700000146 Keyboard Mouse Y cable Advantech P N 1700060202 Driver DVD Warranty card If anything is missing or damaged contact your distributor or sales repre sentative immediately ...

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Page 17: ... 2178A s hardware func tions including connecting peripherals setting switches and indicators Sections include Peripherals RS 232 Interface RS 422 485 Interface LAN Ethernet Connector Power Connector PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Connector USB Connector VGA Display Connector Reset Button ...

Page 18: ...uction The following figures show the connectors on UNO 2174A 2178A The following sections give you information about each peripheral Figure 2 1 Front Panel of UNO 2174A Figure 2 2 Front Panel of UNO 2178A Figure 2 3 Rear Panel of UNO 2174A Figure 2 4 Rear Panel of UNO 2178A ...

Page 19: ...nstallation 2 3 RS 232 422 485 Interface COM A B The UNO 2174A 2178A offers two RS 232 422 485 serial communica tion interface ports COMA and COMB Please refer to Appendix A 4 for their pin assignments The default setting of COMA and COMB are RS 422 485 Please note COM A B in Microsoft Windows is showed as COM3 4 UNO 2174A or COM7 8 UNO 2178A in the device man ager after driver is installed Note I...

Page 20: ...tically detects signals to match RS 422 or RS 485 networks No jumper change required 2 3 3 Automatic Data Flow Control Function for RS 485 In RS 485 mode UNO 2174A 2178A automatically detects the direction of incoming data and switches its transmission direction accordingly So no handshaking signal e g RTS signal is necessary This lets you conve niently build an RS 485 network with just two wires ...

Page 21: ...the value of the resistors should match the characteristic imped ance of the wires used Terminal Resistor Settings COM Port Switch Pin Setting Description COM 1 2 SW 11 1 COM1 ON 120 Ohm between Data Data OFF Open Default 2 COM2 ON 120 Ohm between Data Data OFF Open Default COM A COM B SW 10 SW 9 1 ON 120 Ohm between Data Data RS 485 COM A B only Or 120 Ohm between Tx Tx RS 422 OFF Open Default 2 ...

Page 22: ... detects RS 422 or RS 485 automatically for COM A and COM B To select between RS 232 or RS 485 for COM1 COM6 adjust JCOM1 to JCOM6 accordingly For COM A and COM B the corresponding jumpers for RS 232 422 485 selection are JCOM A and JCOM B 2 5 1 COM1 6 Jumper Setting for RS 232 Interface default Figure 2 5 RS 232 Jumper Setting COM1 2 Figure 2 6 RS 232 Jumper Setting COM3 6 Jumper Setting for RS 4...

Page 23: ...15 Chapter 2 Figure 2 8 RS 485 Jumper Setting COM3 6 2 5 2 COM A and COM B Jumper Setting for RS 422 485 Interface default Jumper Setting for RS 232 Interface ...

Page 24: ... in both model is RTL8111C Ethernet controller that is fully compliant with IEEE 802 3u 10 100Base T CSMA CD standards and IEEE 802 3ab specification for 1000Mbps Ethernet The Ethernet port provides a standard RJ 45 jack on board and LED indicators on the front side to show its Link Green LED and Active Yellow LED status Table 2 1 Auto Flow Slave Master Selection SW4 DIP Switch Setting COM Port Mo...

Page 25: ...out turning off the com puter UNO 2174A UNO 2178A provides six connectors of USB inter faces which gives complete Plug Play and hot swapping for up to 127 external devices The USB interface complies with USB EHCI Rev 2 0 compliant The USB interface can be disabled in the system BIOS setup Please refer to Appendix A 8 for its pin assignments 2 10 VGA Display Connector The UNO 2174A 2178A provides a...

Page 26: ...ocation 2 13 Power Button Power Management Press the PWR button to power on or power off UNO 2174A 2178A ATX type UNO 2174A 2178A supports the ACPI Advanced Configu ration and Power Interface Besides power on off it support multiple suspend modes such as Power on Suspend S1 Suspend to RAM S3 Suspend to Disk S4 In S3 and S4 suspend mode the power consump tion can be less than 2W which meet criteria...

Page 27: ...gure the function through provided software utility 2 16 PCI Express Mini Card Socket UNO 2174A 2178A supports two sockets for PCI Express mini cards This interface is mainly target on the wireless application such as WLAN GPRS and 3G User can install the card easily by the optional kit please refer to Chapter 3 5 for the details An additional SIM card slot is used for 3G application Please note y...

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Page 29: ...Initial Setup This chapter introduces how to initial ize the UNO 2174A 2178A Sections include Inserting a CompactFlash Card Chassis Grounding Conneting Power Connecting a Hard Disk BIOS Setup and System Assignments ...

Page 30: ...tion 3 2 Chassis Grounding UNO 2174A 2178A provides good EMI protection and a stable ground ing base There is an easy to connect chassis grounding point to use Figure 3 1 Chassis Grounding Connection Please also note that system ground and chassis ground are separated in UNO 2174A 2178A Note The CompactFlash is allocated as the Second ary IDE Master by default User can change it to Primary IDE Mas...

Page 31: ... 2174A 2178A is below Please follow these steps carefully Please note the system is not compatible with 12V HDD Please use an HDD with lower power input 1 Remove the power cord 2 Unscrew the six screws from the bottom panel 3 Install the HDD on the HDD bracket 4 Connect the SATA signal cable to CN33 and connect SATA power cable to CN34 then connect the other side of the cable to the SATA hard disk...

Page 32: ... suggested module is 968EMW0021 which is a verified Wireless IEEE 802 11b g n module Antenna Please select the necessary specification according to your application One of the suggested antenna is a verified 802 11b g n 5dBi Dipole Antenna Then follow the below steps for the installation 1 Unscrew the bottom panel and open it 2 Remove the hole s on the rear panel for antenna installation 3 Install...

Page 33: ...back the bottom panel 7 Assemble the antenna on the SMA connector 3 6 BIOS Setup Press DEL in the boot up screen to enter the BIOS setup utility Please follow the instruction on the screen to do the necessary settings Please note that you can try to Load Optimized Defaults from the BIOS Setup manual if the UNO 2174A 2178A does not work properly ...

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Page 35: ...Appendix A System Settings and Pin Assignments ...

Page 36: ... No Interrupt Source NMI Parity Error Detected IRQ 0 Interval timer IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 Interrupt from controller 2 cascade IRQ 3 COM 2 IRQ 4 COM 1 IRQ 5 COM 4 IRQ 6 Diskette controller FDC IRQ 7 COM 6 IRQ 8 Real time clock IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI Compliant System IRQ 10 COM 3 IRQ 11 COM 5 IRQ 12 Microsoft PS s Mouse IRQ 13 INT from co processor IRQ 14 Primary IDE IRQ 15 Secondary IDE ...

Page 37: ...eral connectors and jumpers on the UNO 2174A 2178A board The following sections tell you how to configure the UNO 2174A 2178A hardware setting Figure A 1 shows the locations of UNO 2174A 2178A s connectors and jumpers Figure A 1 Connector Jumper Locations front ...

Page 38: ...or terminal resistor of COM A SW9 Switch for terminal resistor of COM B SW6 Switch for terminal resistor of COM 3 6 SW4 Switch for COMA COMB RS 422 master slave selection JP2 Clear CMOS BH1 Battery for RTC JCOM1 6 RS 232 485 selection for COM1 6 JCOM A RS 232 422 485 selection for COM A JCOM B RS 232 422 485 selection for COM B SATA Sata HD Data connector Power Sata HD Power connector CN29 Connect...

Page 39: ...S 232 485 Standard Serial Port COM1 COM2 Table A 3 RS 232 Standard Serial Port Pin Assignments Pin RS 232 Signal Name RS 485 Signal Name 1 DCD DATA 2 RxD DATA 3 TxD NC 4 DTR NC 5 GND GND 6 DSR NC 7 RTS NC 8 CTS NC 9 RI NC ...

Page 40: ...l Port COM3 COM6 This function is enabled through expansion cable UNO 2178A only Table A 4 RS 232 485 Serial Port Pin Assignments Pin RS 232 Signal Name RS 485 Signal Name 1 NC Data 2 RxD Data 3 TxD NC 4 NC NC 5 GND GND 6 NC NC 7 RTS NC 8 CTS NC 9 NC NC ...

Page 41: ...tor PWR Table A 5 RS 232 422 485 Serial Port Pin Assignments Pin RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 DCD TX Data 2 RxD TX Data 3 TxD RX NC 4 DTR RX NC 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR NC NC 7 RTS NC NC 8 CTS NC NC 9 RI NC NC Table A 6 Power connector pin assignments Pin 1 V 9 36VDC 2 V 3 Field Ground ...

Page 42: ...A 8 USB Connector Table A 7 Keyboard and Mouse connector pin assignments Pin Signal Name 1 KB DATA 2 MS DATA 3 GND 4 VCC 5 KB Clock 6 MS Clock Table A 8 USB connector pin assignments Pin Signal Name Cable Color 1 VCC Red 2 DATA White 3 DATA Green 4 GND Black 5 3 1 2 4 6 ...

Page 43: ...endix A A 9 VGA Display Connector Table A 9 VGA adaptor cable pin assignment Pin Signal Name 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 NC 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 NC 10 GND 11 NC 12 NC 13 H SYNC 14 V SYNC 15 NC 5 15 1 11 10 6 ...

Page 44: ... clear CMOS 3 Remove jumper JP2 1 2 3 Turn on the system The CMOS is now cleared 4 Turn on the system The BIOS is reset to its default setting A 11 System Power AT or ATX Selection JP1 UNO 2174A 2178A can set AT or ATX power mode in the bios or hard ware jumper setting Table A 10 JP2 Clear CMOS Configuration Function Clear CMOS Normal Default Table A 11 AT ATX Selection Configuration Function AT m...

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