Aplex APC-3580 User manual

APC-3580 User Manual 1
APC-3580/3581 Panel PC
User Manual
ReleaseDate Revision
June 2005 V1.0
®2005 Aplex Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Published in Taiwan
Aplex Technology, Inc.
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Warning!___________________________________
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 ClassAcomputing 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
Chapter1 GettingStarted
1.1 Features…......…………….……………………………………..…..…...…5
1.2 Specifications………………………………………….………………...…..5
1.3 Brief Description of APC-3580/3581………...……………………………7
1.4 Chassis Dimensions..…………………………………………………..…..9
Chapter2 Installation
2.1 Unfastening of Back Cover……………………………………………..10
2.2 Removal of Back Cover..……………………….……………………....10
2.3 Opening of Back Cover..………………………………….…………….10
2.4 Unfastening of Inside Cover...……………………………………….....11
2.5 Removal of Inside Cover……………………………………….............11
2.6 Fastening of HDD………….…….…..……………………...………......11
2.7 Installation of HDD.….……………….…………………………..……...12
2.8 Connecting HDD Cable………………………………..…………….….12
Chapter 3 Mainboard
3.1 Specifications….…...…...……………………….………………...........13
3.2 Internal Periheral Connectors……………………………………….....17
3.3 External (Rear Panel) Connectors…………………….…….…….......32
3.4 Onboard Jumper …………………….…….…..……………..…….......36
Chapter4 AMIBIOSSetup
4.1 Introduction …………… ……………………………..……………………40
4.2 Main Menu……… ………..………………...…………………...…..41
4.3 Advanced Menu ……….……...……….………………………………….43
4.4 PCI PnP Menu………………………….………………………………….67
4.5 Boot Menu …………………………………………………………...........71
4.6 Security Menu. …………………………………………………………….74
4.7 Chipset Menu………………………………………………………………76
4.8 Power……………………………………………………………………….82
4.9 Exit……….………………………………………………………………….89

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Chapter5 Software
5.1 Available Software Drivers ...……………………………………………….91
5.2 Chipset Driver Installation ………………………………………………….91
5.3 RealTek Audio Driver Installation.………………………………………….94
5.4 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver ………………………………….98
5.5 LAN Driver Installation……..………………………………………………101
5.6 SATA - ALi RAID Driver Installation.………………………………………103
Chapter6 TouchDriverInstallation
6.1 Windows 2000/XP Driver Installation for Controller Board.……….….113
6.2 Configuring PenMount Windows 2000/XP Driver……………………..117
6.3 Uninstall PenMount Windows 2000/XP Driver…………………………124
Appendix
A Watchdog Timer…………..….…………..….……………………...…...126
B Digital I/O…………………………….…………..………………............128
C Panel/VESA Mounting………………………………..…………………131
Figures
Figure 1.1: Front View ………………………………………………..…………7
Figure 1.2: Rear View……………………………………………………………8
Figure 1.3 System Layout……………………………………………………….8
Figure 1.4: Chassis Dimensions……………………………..…………………9
Figure 3.1: Board Layout….….………………..….…………….……………..15
Figure A: VESA Mounting…………………………………………………..131

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Chapter 1_____________________________
1.1 Features
zUltra slim stainless steel sealed enclosure
zFanless thermal solution
zIntel® Celeron® M ULV 800MHz CPU up to PentiumM 1.8GHz
z15” high-brightness (380nits) TFT LCD display
zNEMA 4/IP65 compliant front panel
zVESA 75 Mounting support
zSpace for one 2.5” HDD
zOptional resistive touch screen
zDC 11~28V wide range power input
1.2 Specifications
System
CPU:
Intel® Celeron® M ULV 800MHz CPU, Intel® Pentium M CPU Max. Up to 1.8GHz
Chipset:
Intel® 855GM+ICH4
System Memory:
1 x 200-pin DDR SODIMM
HDD Drive:
1 x 2.5” slim type
Watchdog:
1~255 secs watchdog timer w/reset and NMI
I/O Ports:
2 x COM, 2 x USB, 1 x 100 base-T LAN port, 1 x PS/2 keyboard and mouse port
VGA:
Built-in Intel 852GM
Compact Flash:
1 x compact flash connector
Touch Screen (optional) :
Resistive
Mechanical Specifications

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Construction:
APC-3580: Sealed stainless steel chassis, NEMA 4X/IP65 rated front panel
APC-3581: Sealed painting metal chassis, NEMA 4X/IP65 rated front panel
Mounting:
VESA 75 mounting holes
Operating Temperature:
0~50 degrees C
Storage Temperature:
-10~75 degrees C
Vibration:
5~17Hz, 0.1” double amplitude peak to peak
Shock:
10G acceleration peak to peak (11ms)
EMC:
FCC, CE Class A
Dimensions:
383(W) x 52(D) x 316mm(H)
Weight:
6.5kgs

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1.3 Brief Description of the APC-3580/3581
Out of the ordinary, the chassis of the APC-3580 is made of stainless steel with an ultra slim profile. It
is built around the Intel® Celeron® M processor with a clock rate of 600MHz yet it is fanless. The
model comes with a 15-inch high-brightness (380 nits) TFT LCD display, a NEMA 4/IP65 compliant
front panel, space for one 2.5-inch HDD, an optional resistive touch screen, a DC 11~28V wide range
power input. This industrial panel PC also features 2 COM ports (1 reserved for touch), 4 USB ports,
one 100 base-T LAN port, and 1 PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports. It is ideal for use as a PC-based
controller for Automotive, Logistic Process, Materials Handling, and Kiosk applications.
Figure 1.1: Front View of APC-3580/3581

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Figure 1.2: Rear View of APC-3580/3581
Figure 1.3: System Layout

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1.4 Chassis Dimensions
Figure 1.4: Dimensions of the APC-3580/3581

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Chapter 2_____________________________
2 Installation
2.1 Unfastening of Back Cover
First remove the back cover by loosening the
9 screws as circled in the picture.
2.2 Removal of Back Cover
To get the back cover opened up, slightly pull
it inward as shown in the picture with your
hands and lift it up slowly.
2.3 Opening of Back Cover
Please open, with care, the back cover at 45
degrees, making sure the cables inside the
enclosure are intact. If the back cover is
swiftly opened at 90 degrees, the cables
might be ripped apart. To totally remove the
back cover from the enclosure, disconnect
the three cables as circled.
Slightly pull
inward and lift
up to remove
Slightly pull
inward and lift
up to remove

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2.4 Unfastening of Inside Cover
Unfasten the 6 screws as circled in the
picture to open the inside cover where the
system board is.
2.5 Removal of Inside Cover
To totally remove the inside cover, place one
hand at one corner of the cover as shown by
the circle in the picture, and place the other at
the other corner, and give it a push in the
direction of the arrow as shown in the picture.
2.6 Fastening of HDD
Circled in the picture are two HDD brackets
used to mount the HDD on the system board.
Before doing the mounting, place the
brackets by the sides of the HDD and tighten
them with the screws as shown by the arrows
in the picture.

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2.7 Installation of HDD
Now mount the HDD with each bracket
tightened by its side on the space found in the
system board. To put the HDD in place,
fasten the four screws as shown in the
picture.
2.8 Connecting HDD Cable
Lastly, connect one end of the HDD cable to
the IDE socket while the other end is
connected to the HDD interface, making sure
the red stripe found on the cable is correctly
connected to Pin 1.
*** Please note that to close the back cover of the Panel PC, please follow
Steps 2.5, 2.4, 2.3, 2.2 and 2.1 as shown above.
Location of DIMM Slot
The location of the DIMM slot as circled in
the picture is found on the reverse side of the
board.
DIMM Slot

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Chapter 3_____________________________
Mainboard
Thank you for choosing the socket 479 (mobile) Pentium M single board computer. The mainboard is
equipped with a high-performance processor and multi-mode I/O designed for the system
manufacturers and integrators.
In addition, the VGA controller of the board’s built-in AGP4X VGA (Intel 852GM) has 3D graphics
capability, which provides up to 2048 x 1536 x 32-color resolution. The onboard VGA shares 32MB
(max.) system DDR-SDRAM.
An advanced high-performance super AT I/O chip -- Winbond W83627HF and Fintek F81216D are
used in the mainboard. On-chip UARTs are compatible with the NS16C550. The parallel port and IDE
interface are compatible with IBM PC/AT architecture.
It has the 82551/541 LAN controller. They are fully integrated 10 base-T, 100 base-TX LAN, or 1000
base-TX solutions with high-performance networking functions and low-power consumption.
The board uses Intel® 852GM chipset, which are 100% software compatible and are of PCI 2.2
standard.
3.1 Specifications
CPU:
Socket 479 for Intel® Pentium® M CPU with 333/400MHz FSB, Max. up to 1.7GHz
Onboard ULV Intel® Celeron® M 800MHz with 512KB L2 cache
Chipset:
Intel® 852GM + ICH4
System Memory:
One 200-pin DDR SO-DIMM supporting DDR266 SDRAM up to 1GB
Display:
Display controller
Intel GMCH integrated graphics controller
Integrated AGP 4X 2D/3D engine
One VGA port for CRT monitor 1600x1200@8bpp, 1280x1024@16bpp

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48-bit LVDS port
Dual independent displays
Shared system memory of up to 32MB (DVMT)
Ethernet:
Intel 82541ER for 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet or
Intel 82551ER for 10/100Mbps Ethernet
I/O Ports:
1 x IDE port
1 x parallel port
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse support
1 x RS-232 serial port
1 x RS-232/422/485 port
2 x SATA port
6 x USB 2.0 port (4 by connector, 2 by pin header)
Audio:
AC’ 97 CODEC
Digital I/O:
4 input and 4 output (by pin header)
WDT:
Software programmable support 1~255 sec system reset
Hardware Monitoring:
CPU voltage/temperature/fan speed monitor
Power Control Function:
Meeting ACPI 1.1 specifications
Single voltage +12V only
Operating Temperature:
0˚~60℃or 32˚~140℉
Relative Humidity:
5~95%, non-condensing

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3.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors
The locations of the peripheral interface connectors are shown in Section 3.1.1. A complete
list of all the peripheral interface connectors can be seen in Section 3.1.2.
3.1.1 MOTHERBOARD Board Layout
Figure 3-1 and Figure 3-2 shows the onboard peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral
connectors and onboard jumpers.
Figure 3.1: Board Layout
3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors 3.1.3 Rear Panel Connectors
Table 3-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the MOTHERBOARD board.
Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in section 3.2 on page 41.
Connector Type Label
4-bit GPIO connector 10-pin header DIO1
ATX power button connector 2-pin header PWRON
ATX power connector 3-pin header J2
Audio connector 10-pin header AUDIO1
Battery connector 2-pin header BT1

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Board 12V power connector 4-pin header CN4
CFII connector (Secondary IDE
connector) 50-pin CN6
DDR SODIMM slot 200-pin slot J3
Inverter connector 5-pin header CN1
IR interface connector 5-pin header IR1
Fan connector 3-pin header FAN1
IDE interface connector (Primary) 44-pin header IDE1
Keyboard/Mouse connector 6-pin header KBMS1
LED connector 6-pin header CN5
LVDS connector 30-pin header LVDS1
Parallel port connector 26-pin header LPT1
PC/104+ connector 120-pin PCI slot CN3
Reset connector 2-pin header RST1
Serial ATA connector 7-pin header S_ATA1
Serial ATA connector 7-pin header S_ATA2
Serial port2 connector 14-pin header COM2
Serial port3 connector 10-pin header COM3
Serial port4 connector 10-pin header COM4
USB 2.0 internal USB connector 8-pin header USB3
Table 3-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors
Table 3-2 lists the rear panel connectors on the MOTHERBOARD board. Detailed descriptions of
these connectors can be found in Section 3.3on page 66.

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Connector Type Label
Ethernet connector RJ-45 connector J1
Keyboard/Mouse connector PS/2 connector KB/PS1
Serial port1 connector 9-pin serial port
connectors COM1
Two USB 2.0 ports USB port connectors USB1
Two USB 2.0 ports USB port connectors USB2
VGA Connector 15-pin VGA connector VGA1
Table 3-2: Peripheral Interface Connectors
3.1.3 Onboard Jumpers
Table 3-3 lists the onboard jumpers. Detailed descriptions of these jumpers can be found in
Section 3.4 on page 70.
Connector Type Label
CF card setup 2-pin header JP1
Clear CMOS 3-pin header JP4
COM2 RS232/RS422/RS485 selector 6-pin header JP2
LCD voltage selector 3-pin header JP6
PC104+ SERIRQ net to CN3 pin B1
selector 3-pin header JP5
Table 3-3: Onboard Jumpers
3.2 Internal Peripheral Connectors
Internal peripheral connectors are found on the board and are only accessible when the board is
outside of the chassis. This section has complete descriptions of all the internal, peripheral connectors
on the MOTHERBOARD board.

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3.2.1-bit GPIO Connector
CN Label: DIO1
CN Type: 2x5 pin headers
CN Location: See Figure 3-3
CN Pinouts: See Table 3-4
The General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) connector connects external devices. The GPIO connector
provides a set of configurable IO ports for either input or output.
PIN
NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 GND 2 VCC
3 OUT0 4 OUT1
5 OUT2 6 OUT3
7 IN0 8 IN1
9 IN2 10 IN3
Table 3-4: 4-bit GPIO Connector Pinouts
3.2.2 ATX Power Button Connector
CN Label: PWRON
CN Type: 1x2 pin headers
CN Location: See Figure 3-4
CN Pinouts: See Table 3-5
The ATX power button connector supports ATX power switch and enables power on/off from the
chassis.
PIN
NO. DESCRIPTION
1 Button 1
2 Button 2
Table 3-5: Power Button Connector Pinouts

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3.2.3 ATX Power Connector
CN Label: J2
CN Type: 1x3 pin header
CN Location: See Figure 3-5
CN Pinouts: See Table 3-6
This connector supports the ATX power supply.
PIN
NO. DESCRIPTION
1 5VSBY
2 GND
3 PSON
Table 3-6: Power Connector Pinouts
3.2.4 Audio Connector
CN Label: AUDIO1
CN Type: 2x5 pin headers
CN Location: See Figure 3-6
CN Pinouts: See Table 3-7
The MOTHERBOARD has a built-in AC ’97 AUDIO CODEC connector directly connected to the
MIC-IN, LINE-IN and LINE-OUT.
MOTHERBOARD Motherboard
PIN
NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 LINE_OUT-R 2 LINE_IN-R
3 GND 4 GND
5 LINE_OUT-L 6 LINE_IN-L
7 GND 8 GND
9 MIC-IN 10 NC
Table 3-7: Audio Connector Pinouts

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3.2.5 Battery Connector CN Label: BT1
CN Type: 1x2 pin header
CN Location: See Figure 3-7
The battery connector is connected to a preinstalled VARTA CR2032 3V battery
3.2.6 12V Power Connector
CN Label: CN4
CN Type: 1x4 pin header
CN Location: See Figure 3-8
CN Pinouts: See Table 3-8
Connects a power source from a power supply unit (PSU) to the MOTHERBOARD.
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 GND
2 GND
3 VCC12
4 VCC12
Table 3-8: 12V Power Connector Pinouts
3.2.6 Compact Flash Type 2 Socket
CN Label: CN6
CN Type: 50-pin
CN Location: See Figure 3-9
CN Pinouts: See Table 3-9
A CFII (compact flash type II connector) is located on the solder side of the MOTHERBOARD. The
CFII connector is for applications without external storage. The Compact Flash socket provides an
alternative to hard disk drives in applications where hard disk drives may consume too much space
and storage capacity is not a requirement. The CF card behaves like a secondary IDE master