Aplex APC-3098 User manual

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APC-3098/3298A/3598A
Panel PC User Manual
Release Date _ Revision
Jun. 2011 V1.0
® 2011 Aplex Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Published in Taiwan
Aplex Technology, Inc.
15F-1, No.186, Jian Yi Road, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City 235, Taiwan
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Warning!____________________________________
Safety & Warranty
1. Read these safety instructions carefully.
2. Keep this user's manual for later reference.
3. Disconnect this equipment from any outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or spray
detergents for cleaning. Use a damp cloth.
4. For pluggable equipment, the power outlet must be installed near the equipment and must be
easily accessible.
5. Keep this equipment away from humidity.
6. Put this equipment on a reliable surface during installation. Dropping it or letting it fall could
cause damage.
7. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection. Protect the equipment from overheating.
DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS.
8. Make sure the voltage of the power source is correct before connecting the equipment to the
power outlet.
9. All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.
10. If the equipment is not used for a long time, disconnect it from the power source to avoid
damage by transient over-voltage.
11. Never pour any liquid into an opening. This could cause fire or electrical shock.
12. NEVER OPEN THE EQUIPMENT. FOR SAFETY REASONS, ONLY QUALIFIED SERVICE
PERSONNEL SHOULD OPEN THE EQUIPMENT.
13. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by service personnel:
�The power cord or plug is damaged.
�Liquid has penetrated into the equipment.
�The equipment has been exposed to moisture.
�The equipment does not work well, or you cannot get it to work according to the users manual.
�The equipment has been dropped and damaged.

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�The equipment has obvious signs of breakage.
14. DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STORAGE
TEMPERATURE IS BELOW -20°C OR ABOVE 70°C. IT MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT.
This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions manual, it may cause interference to radio
communications.
It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to
FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when
operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely
to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever
measures may be required to correct the interference.
Disclaimer
This information in this document is subject to change without notice. In no event shall Aplex
Technology Inc. be liable for damages of any kind, whether incidental or consequential, arising
from either the use or misuse of information in this document or in any related materials.
Electric Shock Hazard –Do not operate the machine with its back cover removed. There are
dangerous high voltages inside.

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Table of Contents______________________
Warning!…………………………………………………………………………….……..….2
Disclaimer………………………………………………………………….…………………2
Chapter 1 Getting Started
1.1 Specifications……………………………………….……………………..6
1.2 Dimensions………………………………...………………………….......8
1.3 Brief Description…………………………………………………….……11
Chapter 2 Hardware
2.1 Mainboard………………..…….……………………………………..…..12
2.2 Jumpers and Connectors Location……………………………………...13
2.3 Jumpers Setting and Connectors……………...………………………13
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup
3.1 Operations after POST Screen..........................................................24
3.2 BIOS SETUP UTILITY..........................................................................25
3.3 System Overview..................................................................................26
3.4 Advanced Settings............................................................................... 27
3.5 Advanced PCI/PnP Settings................................................................ 33
3.6 Boot Settings....................................................................................... 36
3.7 Security Settings.................................................................................. 37
3.8 Advanced Chipset Settings.................................................................. 39
3.9 Exit Options…………………………………...…………………………….44
Chapter 4 Installation of Drivers
4.1 Intel Chipset Driver.…………………………...…………………………47
4.2 Intel Graphics MediaAccelerator Driver...…………………..…………..50
4.3 Intel 8257L Gbe LAN Device Driver………………………………….….53
4.4 Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation…….…………..…………………56
Chapter 5 Touch Screen Installation
5.1 Introduction to Controller Board..…………………………….……………58
5.2 Windows 2000/XP USB Driver Installation………………….………..….58
Figures
Figure 1.1: APC-3098 Dimensions………………………………………..…....8

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Figure 1.2: APC-3298A Dimensions……………………..……………………..9
Figure 1.3: APC-3598A Dimensions…………………….…………………….10
Figure 1.4: Front View ………………………………………………………….11
Figure 1.5: Rear View…………………………………………………………...11
Figure 2.1: Mainboard Overview………………………………………….....12
Figure 5.1 Birdeye’s View of Control Board………………..…………………58

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Chapter 1 System
1.1 Specifications
Specs
APC-3098
APC-3298A
APC-3598A
CPU
Intel Atom Z510p 1.1 GHz FSB 400 MHz, Z530p 1.6 GHz FSB 533 MHz for option
Chipset
Intel US15WP
System Memory
On board 1 GB DDR2 400 MHz
Graphic
Intel integrated Graphics GMA500
External I/O Port
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x RJ-45 LAN ports
1XDB-15, RS-232 COM2
And RS-232/422/485
COM1(default:RS-232)
1 x DC power input
2 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x RJ-45 LAN port
1XDB-9 RS-232 COM2
1XDB-9 232/422/485
COM1 (Selectable,
default:RS-232)
1 x DC power input
Standard I/O：
2 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x RJ-45 LAN port
1XDB-9 RS-232 COM2
1XDB-9 232/422/485
COM1 (Selectable,
default:RS-232)
1 x DC power input
Option：
1 x VGA DB-15 port
1 x Audio Line-out port
Display Type
8” TFT-LCD
12” TFT-LCD
15” TFT-LCD
Max. Resolution
800 x 600
800 x 600
1024 x 768
Maximum Colors
262K
262K
16.2M
Viewing Angle (Degree)
H:130/ V:110
H:140/V:110
H:160/V:130
Luminance (cd/m²)
350
Backlight Lifetime
50,000 hrs
Rating
IP65
Touch Screen Type
Resistive (optional)
Storage
1 x 2.5” SATA HDD
1 x CF slot (internal)
Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN Module via mini-PCIe (Optional)
Antennas are built-in on the Rear Panel
Power Supply
DC 9-32V
Construction and Color
Stainless steel
Dimensions (WxHxD)
250 x 209 x 65 mm
335 x 269 x 65 mm
399 x 328 x 65 mm
Operating Temperature
0~50℃
Storage Temperature
-20~60℃
Relative Humidity
10%~90%@ 40 ﾟC, (non-condensing)

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Certificate
CE/FCC Class A

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1.2 Dimensions
Figure 1.1: Dimensions of the APC-3098

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Figure 1.2: Dimensions of the APC-3298A

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Figure 1.3: Dimensions of the APC-3598A

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1.3 Brief Description of the APC-3098/3298A/3598A
The APC-3098/3298A/3598A is a fanless design panel PC, which comes with an 8-inch (luminance of
350 cd/m²)/12-inch (luminance of 350 cd/m²)/15-inch (luminance of 350 cd/m²) TFT LCD. It is powered
by an Intel Atom Z510P Processor. The industrial panel PC also features two COM ports, two USB 2.0
ports, one 2.5”HDD, one CF slot, DC power of 9~32V, etc. It is ideal for use as a PC-based controller
for Industrial Automation & Factory Automation.
Figure 1.4: Front View of APC-3098
Figure 1.5: Rear View of APC-3098

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Chapter 2 Hardware
2.1 Mainboard
Figure 2.1: Mainboard Overview

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2.2 Jumpers and Connectors Location
2.3 Jumpers Setting and Connectors
1. JP5: (2.0mm Pitch 1X2 Pin Header), ATX Power and AT Power setting jumper.
JP5
Mode
Open
ATX Power Mode
Close
AT Power Mode
2. PWR1: (5.0mm 1x2 Pin Connector),DC9V~30V System power input connector。
Pin#
Signal Name
1
+DC9V~DC30V

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2
Ground
Note:
Make sure that the voltage of power supply is DC9V~30V before power on, or it may cause
boot up failure and even system damage.
3. BAT1: (1.25mm Pitch 1X2 box Pin Header) 3.0V Li battery is embedded to provide power for
CMOS.
Pin#
Signal Name
Pin1
VBAT
PIN2
Ground
4. USB23/USB45:(Double stack USB typeA), Rear USB connector, it provides up to 4 USB2.0 ports,
speed up to 480Mb/s.
5. LAN1: (RJ45 Connector), Rear LAN port, 1 standard 10/100/1000M RJ-45 Ethernet ports are
provided. Used Intel 82574L chipset ,LINK LED (green) and ACTIVE LED (yellow) respectively
located at the left-hand and right-hand side of the Ethernet port indicate the activity and transmission
state of LAN.
6. JP485: (2.0mm Pitch 2x9 Pin Header), COM1 setting jumper, pin 1~18 are used to select signal out
of COM1 port of RS232 or RS422 or RS485 mode.
COM1 Mode
JP485 Setting
RS232
(default)
1-3 ( Close)
2-4 ( Close)
7-9 ( Close)
8-10 ( Close)
13-14 (Close)

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RS422
3-5 ( Close)
4-6 ( Close)
9-11 ( Close)
10-12 ( Close)
17-18 (Close)
RS485
3-5 ( Close)
4-6 ( Close)
15-16 (Close)
7. COM1: (Type DB9), Rear serial port, standard DB9 serial port is provided to make a direct
connection to serial devices. COM1 port is controlled by pins No.1~18 of JP485, select output
Signal RS232 or RS422 or RS485, for details, please refer to description of JP485.
Pin#
Signal Name
RS232
RS422
RS485
1
DCD# (Data Carrier Detect)
422_TX-
485_D-
2
RXD (Received Data)
422_RX-
NC
3
TXD (Transmit Data)
422_RX+
NC
4
DTR (Data Terminal Ready)
422_TX+
485_D+
5
Ground
Ground
Ground
6
DSR (Data Set Ready)
NC
NC
7
RTS (Request To Send)
NC
NC
8
CTS (Clear To Send)
NC
NC
9
RI (Ring Indicator)
NC
NC
please refer to description of JP485
8. COM3: (Type DB9), Rear serial port, standard DB9 serial port is provided to make a direct
connection to serial devices. COM1 port is controlled by pins No.1~6 of JP3 select output Signal RI
or 5V or 12v, for details, please refer to description of JP3.
Pin#
Signal Name
1
DCD# (Data Carrier Detect)

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2
RXD (Received Data)
3
TXD (Transmit Data)
4
DTR (Data Terminal Ready)
5
Ground
6
DSR (Data Set Ready)
7
RTS (Request To Send)
8
CTS (Clear To Send)
9
JP3 Setting:
Pin1-2 : RI (Ring Indicator) (default)
Pin3-4 : 5V Standby power (option)
Pin5-6: 12V Standby power (option)
9. JP3: (2.0mm Pitch 2x3 Pin Header), COM1 setting jumper, pin 1~6 are used to select signal out of
pin 9 of COM3 port.
JP3 Pin#
Function
Close 1-2
RI (Ring Indicator) (default)
Close 3-4
COM1 Pin9=+5V (option)
Close 5-6
COM1 Pin9=+12V (option)
10. JP1: (2.0mm Pitch 1x2 Pin Header), Backlight Control jumper setting for LVDS1.
Signal Name
JP1
PWM
Open
DC voltage Mode
Close
Note:
Please check first your LVDS panel backlight control by DC voltage Mode or PWM?
Panel backlight control by Level 5V.
11. INVERTER1: (2.0mm Pitch 1x6 box Pin Header), Backlight control connector for LVDS1.
Pin#
Signal Name
1
DC+12V
2
DC+12V
3
Ground
4
Ground
5
BKLT_EN
6
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Note:
Pin6 is backlight control signal, support DC or PWM mode, mode select at BIOS CMOS menu.
12. LVDS1: For 18/24 bit LVDS output connector, fully supported by Intel US15W chipset, the
interface features dual channel 18/24-bit output. Model name of the interface connector is Hirose
DF13-40DP-1.25V.
Signal Name
Pin#
Pin#
Signal Name
VCC
2
1
VCC
Ground
4
3
Ground
LA_DATAP0
6
5
LA_DATAN0
LA_DATAP1
8
7
LA_DATAN1
LA_DATAP2
10
9
LA_DATAN2
LA_DATAP3
12
11
LA_DATAN3
LA_CLKP
14
13
LA_CLKN
Ground
16
15
Ground
BKLT_EN_OUT
18
17
BKLT_CTRL
12V
20
19
12V
13. BUZ1: onboard buzzer.
14. J2: (1.27 x 2.54mm Pitch 2x30 Pin Header), Can be connected to one USB 2.0 Port and one PS/2
Keyboard port and one Mouse port and one Audio port and one SD bus and five GPIO and one SMB
bus and two RS232 Ports.
·USB1:
Expansion USB connector, it provides two USB ports via a dedicated USB cable,
Speed up to 480Mb/s.
·AUDIO:
Front Audio, An onboard Realtek ALC662 codec is used to provide high-quality audio I/O ports.
Line Out can be connected to a headphone or amplifier. Line In is used for the connection of
external audio source via a Line in cable. MIC is the port for microphone input audio.
·PS/2:
Expansion PS/2 keyboard and mouse, the port can be connected to PS/2 keyboard and mouse via
a dedicated cable for direct used.
·SD BUS:
Expansion SD bus.
·GPIO:
Five GPIO, General-purpose input/output port, it provides a group of self-programming
interfaces to customers for flexible use.
·SMB BUS:

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Expansion SMB bus.
·RS232(COM2,COM4):
Expansion serial ports are provided to make a direct connection to serial devices.
Function
Signal Name
Pin#
Pin#
Signal Name
Functio
n
USB1
5V_USB
1
2
5V_USB
USB1
USB1_N
3
4
USB1_P
Ground
5
6
Ground
PS/2 MS
MS_CLK
7
8
MS_CLK
PS/2
KB
MS_DATA
9
10
KB_DATA
5V_F_AUDIO
11
12
GND_AUD
Audio
LINE_OUT_L
13
14
LINE_OUT_R
Audio
LINE_IN_L
15
16
LINE_IN_R
MIC_IN_L
17
18
MIC_IN_R
Ground
19
20
Ground
SD bus
SD0_D2
21
22
SD0_D3
SD bus
SD0_CMD
23
24
SD0_D1
SD0_D0
25
26
D0_CLK
SD0_CD-
27
28
SD0_WP
3P3V_SDISK
29
30
3P3V_SDISK
GPIO
EXT_GPIO6
31
32
EXT_GPIO9
GPIO
EXT_GPIO2
33
34
EXT_GPIOSUS0
EXT_GPIO3
35
36
EXT_GPIO8
EXT_GPIO1
37
38
EXT_GPIO4
RS232
(COM2)
Ground
39
40
Ground
RS232
(COM2)
DSR2-
41
42
DCD2-
RTS2-
43
44
RXD2
CTS2-
45
46
TXD2
RI2-
47
48
DTR2-
5V_S0
49
50
5V_S0
RS232
(COM4)
RS232
(COM4)
DSR4-
51
52
DCD4-
RTS4-
53
54
RXD4
CTS4-
55
56
TXD4
RI4-
57
58
DTR4-
Ground
59
60
Ground
15. FP1: (2.0mm Pitch 2X5 Pin Header), Front panel connector.
Signal Name
Pin#
Pin#
Signal Name

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HD LED+
1
2
POWER LED+
HD LED-
3
4
POWER LED-
Ground
5
6
PWR_ON
RESET+
7
8
Ground
WAN LED-
9
10
WAN LED+
Pin1-3:
HDD LED, They are used to connect hard disk activity LED. The LED blinks when the
hard disk is reading or writing data.
Pin2-4:
POWER LED, They are used to connect power LED. When the system is powered on or
under S0/S1 state, the LED is normally on; when the system is under S4/S5 state, the
LED is off.
Pin5-6:
POWER on/off Button, They are used to connect power switch button. The two pins are
disconnected under normal condition. You may short them temporarily to realize system
startup & shutdown or awaken the system from sleep state.
Pin7-8:
RESET Button, They are used to connect reset button. The two pins are dis-connected
under normal condition. You may short them temporarily to realize system reset.
Pin9-10:
WAN LED, They are used to connect WAN LED.
Note:
When connecting LEDs, pay special attention to the signal polarity. Make sure that
the connector pins have a one-to-one correspondence with chassis wiring, or it may
cause boot up failure.
16. SATA_P1: (2.5mm Pitch 1x2 box Pin Header), an onboard 5V output connector is reserved to
provide power for SATA devices.
Pin#
Signal Name
1
+DC5V
2
Ground
Note:
Output current of the connector must not be above 1A.
17. SATA1/2: (SATA 7P),SATA1,SATA2 SATA Connectors, Two SATA connectors are
provided, with transfer speed up to 3.0Gb/s.

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18. JP2: (2.0mm Pitch 2x3 Pin Header), SATA1/SATA2/CF Devices Master or slave jumper setting.
SATA1/ SATA2/ CF devices can only be used two at the same time, and the Master device can be
set one only. While using SATA1/SATA2 devices at the same time, one of the devices must be
set as Master.
JP2
Devices Master
1~2 on
3~4 off
5~6 off
CF Master
1~2 off
3~4 on
5~6 off
SATA1 Master
1~2 off
3~4 off
5~6 on
SATA2 Master
19. MPCIE1: (50.95mmx30mm Socket 52Pin), mini PCIE socket, it is located at the top, it supports
mini PCI-E devices with USB2.0, SMBUS and PCI-E signal.
20. H1/H2: MPCIE1 SCREW HOLES, H1 for mini PCIE card (50.95mmx30mm Socket 52 Pin)
assemble. H2 Reserve.
21. SDVO1:(1.27 x 2.54mm Pitch 2x15 Pin Header), SDVO bus, connect SDVO to VGA
card or SDVO to LVDS card or SDVO to HDMI card or SDVO to DVI Card。