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MPC-2121/2101 Series Panel Computer

Windows 7 User’s Manual

Version 1.0, May 2019

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Page 2: ...and or changes to this manual or to the products and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However Moxa assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements on the rights of third parties that may result from its use This product might include unintentional technical or typographical errors Changes...

Page 3: ...Serial Interface Utility 3 2 OSD 3 3 Firmware Upgrade 3 4 Light Sensor Control 3 6 Set Light Sensor Level example 3 8 4 Enabling Embedded Filters 4 1 Enhanced Write Filter 4 2 File based Write Filter 4 7 5 Examples 5 1 Watchdog Function 5 2 Enabling Watchdog Function 5 2 Serial Interface 5 3 DIO 5 4 6 System Recovery 6 1 Recovery Environment 6 2 Recovery Procedure 6 2 Saving the System to the USB ...

Page 4: ... 2121 2101 Series panel computers The panel computers come with Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Windows 7 Professional software platforms providing a simple and familiar development environment for various industrial applications Software Components ...

Page 5: ...ata Access Components Windows Backup and Restore Diagnostics Common diagnostic tools Problem reports and solutions Graphics and Multimedia MPEG DTV DVD audio decoder MPEG 2 AAC MPEG Layer 3 audio codecs MP3 MPEG4 decoders Windows Media Video VC 1 WMV codecs DirectX and Windows Device Experience Photo Viewer Remote media streaming Windows Media Player Management Group Policy Management Windows Mana...

Page 6: ...ger AZMAN Windows Security Center Active Directory Rights Management Security Base Encrypted File System EFS Embedded Features Enhanced Write Filter EWF File Based Write Filter FBWF Message Box Default Reply Registry Filter WSDAPI for NET Embedded Self Health Diagnostic Software SNMP based remote scripting layer for monitoring reporting and control ...

Page 7: ...lize the system settings on your MPC 2121 and MPC 2101 Series panel computers when you boot up the computers for the first time The following topics are covered in this chapter Overview Initializing User Settings Windows Embedded Standard 7 Windows 7 Professional ...

Page 8: ...izing User Settings Windows Embedded Standard 7 Follow these instructions to create a new account 1 When you boot the embedded computer for the first time enter a user name for this computer then click Next 2 Type the password retype the password to confirm In addition you may also type a password hint in case you forget your password If you do not want to set a password leave the field blank and ...

Page 9: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM System Initialization 2 3 3 Select the time zone and set the date and time Now you can start using the embedded computer ...

Page 10: ... new account 1 When you boot the embedded computer for the first time enter a user name for the computer then click Next 2 Type the password retype the password to confirm In addition you may also type a password hint in case you forget your password If you do not want to set a password leave it blank and click Next ...

Page 11: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM System Initialization 2 5 3 Click Skip 4 Select the time zone and set the date and time Now you can start using the embedded computer ...

Page 12: ...3 3 Utilities This chapter describes the utilities supported on the MPC 2121 2101 computers The following topics are covered in this chapter Serial Interface Mode ...

Page 13: ...the MC 2121 computer The MC 2121 supports the serial modes RS232 RS485 2 wire and RS422 RS485 4 wire Follow these steps to change the serial interface mode settings 1 From the Start menu Click All Programs Moxa mxSetSerialInterface 2 Select the port for which you want to set the mode from the Port combo box 3 Select the mode for the port 4 Click OK ...

Page 14: ...he panels are pressed To install the utility 1 Run the Software DVD driver MPC 2121 2101 W7_V1 0_Driver_Perpheral program 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to install the OSD utility 3 Close the setup program 4 After the utility is installed on the computer the setup program will ask to reboot the computer Click Yes to reboot ...

Page 15: ...htness level on the screen Firmware Upgrade The FWUpgrade utility helps you upgrade the firmware on your computer with ease The new firmware file hex file should be located in the same folder as the utility file To upgrade the firmware on your computer do the following 1 Run the Software DVD Utility FWControl FWUpgrade exe program 2 Click Select File ...

Page 16: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM Utilities 3 5 3 Select new firmware file and click Open 4 Check the updated file name and click Start Upgrade 5 Wait for the upgrade to finish ...

Page 17: ...t Sensor function ON OFF Run the program from Software DVD Utility FWControl folder and follow the instructions given below to control the light sensor Turning the Auto Brightness Function ON 1 If the Light Sensor function is off press the brightness button to show the brightness bar on the screen 2 Run the Software DVD Utility FWControl LightSensorControl exe program 3 Click Turn ON ...

Page 18: ...rned ON 5 Click on the OK button in the message box to close the program Turning the Auto Brightness Function OFF 1 Run the LightSensorControl exe program 2 Click Turn OFF 3 Wait for a message which confirms that the function has been successfully turned OFF 4 Click on the OK button in the message box to close the program ...

Page 19: ...tion get set Auto Brightness Level Value get set Auto Brightness Hold Time and get UC firmware version Run the program from the Software DVD Utility FWControl directory and follow the instructions given below System Status Type 1 to get the system status panel power status light sensor status and display output status Auto Brightness Status Type 2 to get the Auto Brightness status ...

Page 20: ...n 7 UM Utilities 3 9 Auto Brightness ON OFF Type 3 and follow the onscreen instructions to turn the Auto Brightness function ON or OFF Auto Brightness Level Value Type 4 to get the current Auto Brightness value for each level ...

Page 21: ...tilities 3 10 Auto Brightness Level Value Setting Type 5 and follow the onscreen instructions to set a value for each level Auto Brightness Hold Time Type 6 to get the Auto Brightness Hold Time by detect cycle 1 detect cycle 0 8 sec ...

Page 22: ...es Win 7 UM Utilities 3 11 Auto Brightness Hold Time Setting Type 7 and follow the onscreen instructions to set the hold time by detect cycle 1 detect cycle 0 8 sec UC Firmware Version Type 8 to get the firmware version ...

Page 23: ...4 4 Enabling Embedded Filters This chapter describes how to operate the embedded enabling features on the MPC 2121 2101 embedded computer Enhanced Write Filter File based Write Filter ...

Page 24: ...t write data to the hard disk directly it can protect the hard disk from sudden power loss The data written is cached in the overlay and made available as part of the volume This gives the appearance that the volume is writeable The overlay is an independent storage location which exists in random access memory RAM If desired the data stored in the overlay may be committed to the protected volume ...

Page 25: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 3 2 Select volume in Volume Information and then select Configure 3 Select Enable in Pending Command 4 Reboot the system 1 2 ...

Page 26: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 4 5 Check if the icon changes to lock state 6 Select Configure ...

Page 27: ...Enabling Embedded Filters 4 5 7 Select volume and select the Pending Command for your need Disable Enhanced Write Filter Follow these steps to disable the Enhanced Write Filter 1 First open right click the lock icon in the left side ...

Page 28: ... UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 6 2 Select volume in Volume Information and then select Configure 3 Select Volume and change pending command to Disable and check commit click Apply and reboot the device 4 The EWF will be disable ...

Page 29: ...his context an overlay is similar to a transparency overlay on an overhead projector Any change made to the overlay affects the picture as seen in the aggregate but if the overlay is removed the underlying picture remains unchanged FBWF provides the advanced feature than EWF to let user specify the directory to write the data to disk drive directly in our default setting the default directory is u...

Page 30: ... 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 8 2 Select Configure 3 In the configuration tab check on Filter state enabled and Cache pre allocation enabled And then select C and then select Protect and Apply 4 Reboot the system 1 4 3 2 5 ...

Page 31: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 9 5 Right click the icon 6 Click Configure ...

Page 32: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 10 7 Change to Exclusion List and select browse button 8 Select the file to exclude the protection ...

Page 33: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 11 9 Click button 10 Check if the file path has been added ...

Page 34: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 12 11 Change to Cache Content tab 12 Select the file to you want to save to physical disk and select commit 13 Reboot system to take effect 1 2 ...

Page 35: ...21 2101 Series Win 7 UM Enabling Embedded Filters 4 13 Disable File Based Write Filter To disable file based write filtering do the following 1 Double click the lock icon on the right side 2 Select Configure ...

Page 36: ...dded Filters 4 14 3 In the configuration tab uncheck Filter state enabled and Cache pre allocation enabled And then select C and then click Unprotect and Apply 4 The state after reboot will change to Unprotected Click OK and reboot the computer ...

Page 37: ...5 5 Examples The following topics are covered in this chapter Watchdog Function Enabling Watchdog Function Serial Interface DIO ...

Page 38: ...on your MPC 2121 2101 do the following 1 Create an example Watchdog folder on your system and copy the following files from the product software DVD mxdwg dll Software DVD Example Library Release x64 mxdwg Watchdog exe Software DVD Example Release x64 Watchdog 2 Run the Watchdog exe program 3 You need to press Enter every 10 seconds to prevent the system from rebooting 4 To stop the watchdog funct...

Page 39: ...o the following 1 Create an example UartMode folder on the desktop and copy the following files from the product software DVD mxsp dll Software DVD Example Library Release x64 mxsp UartMode exe Software DVD Example Release x64 UartMode 2 Run the UartMode exe program 3 Type 1 to display the current serial interface settings 4 Type 2 to set the serial interface Follow the on screen instructions ...

Page 40: ...onnect DOUT 1 to DIN 0 and DIN 1 connect DOUT 0 to DIN 2 and DIN 3 2 Create an example DIO folder on the desktop and copy the following files from the product software DVD mxdgio dll Software DVD Example Library Release x64 mxdgio DIO exe Software DVD Example Release x64 DIO 3 Run the DIO exe program 4 Type 2 to display the current DIO status Follow the on screen instructions 5 Type 1 to set DOUT ...

Page 41: ...M Examples 5 5 6 Type 2 to check the DIO status 7 Type 3 to execute the test program Enter the number of test After the test program finished the test report will be shown on the screen 100 times 2 DOUT ports 100 times 4 DIN ports ...

Page 42: ... Recovery This chapter describes the recovery process in the event of system instability The following topics are covered in this chapter Recovery Environment Recovery Procedure Saving the System to the USB Drive ...

Page 43: ... with the recovery programs and system image file Note The USB disk should be at least 8GB Recovery Procedure Step 1 Prepare your USB drive 1 Format the USB disk to the FAT32 file system 2 Run the tuxboot windows 23 exe program from the Software DVD recovery folder then select Pre Download and then click USB DISK with recovery files MPC 2121 series USB Ports ...

Page 44: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM System Recovery 6 3 3 Select the ISO file from Software DVD recovery 4 Select USB Drive type select a Drive and then click OK to continue ...

Page 45: ...oot files will be copied to your USB drive 6 When finished click Exit to stop the program 7 Copy the os_image directory from the Software DVD recovery folder to the home partimag folder on the USB drive The USB disk is now ready for use in the recover process ...

Page 46: ...hange the BIOS settings to boot from the USB disk 1 Turn on the computer and press F2 when you hear the beep sound to enter the BIOS setup menu 2 Select Boot and then select Legacy Press Enter to continue 3 Select the USB device on the computer and press Enter to continue to boot from USD device ...

Page 47: ...Restore the system from USB drive After select the USB device the system will boot from the USB disk The Pre installation Environment and the recovery utility will displayed 1 Select clonezilla live restore disk 2 Wait for the USB drive boot process to finish ...

Page 48: ...the Computer When you restart the computer you will need to wait about 5 minutes for the computer to go through two cycles of the reboot process The system configuration files will be initiated during the first boot up process Do not turn off the computer or shut down the computer while the system is restarting When the operating system has successfully launched follow the System Initialization to...

Page 49: ...ive for system recovery in case the system crashes Before saving the system image to the USB drive we suggest you remove all files under home partimag on the USB drive Boot from USB disk when the system has been launched and take the following steps 1 Select clonezilla live save disk 2 Wait for the USB drive boot process to finish ...

Page 50: ...MPC 2121 2101 Series Win 7 UM System Recovery 6 9 3 Enter y to continue 4 Wait for the process to finish ...

Page 51: ...em Recovery 6 10 5 Select 0 Poweroff so that the computer will power off when the process is finished The system image is store in the home partimag os_image folder on the USB disk keep the USB disk save for system recover in the future ...

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