KBox A-250 – User Guide, Preliminary Rev. 0.6
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4.9.1. DIN Rail Clip (Option)........................................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.9.2. WiFi/WLAN (Option) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5/ Thermal Considerations .................................................................................................................................................................28
5.1. Available Processors...............................................................................................................................................................................28
5.2. Convection Cooling..................................................................................................................................................................................28
5.3. Minimum System Clearance................................................................................................................................................................28
5.4. Maximum Temperatures......................................................................................................................................................................28
6/ Installation Instructions.................................................................................................................................................................29
6.1. System Mounting .....................................................................................................................................................................................30
6.2. DC Power Connection.............................................................................................................................................................................32
6.2.1. Cabling......................................................................................................................................................................................................32
7/ Starting Up...........................................................................................................................................................................................33
7.1. Connecting to DC Main Power Supply ............................................................................................................................................... 33
7.2. Operating System and Hardware Component Drivers................................................................................................................34
8/ Maintenance and Cleaning ............................................................................................................................................................ 35
9/ Technical Specifications.................................................................................................................................................................36
9.1. Mechanical Specifications..................................................................................................................................................................... 37
9.1.1. Mechanical Specifications of the KBox A-250 as Desktop...................................................................................................... 37
9.1.2. Mechanical Specifications of the KBox A-250 with Vertical Mounting Plate...................................................................38
9.1.3. Mechanical Specifications of the KBox A-250 Wall/Table Mounting Brackets .............................................................. 39
9.2. Environmental Specifications .............................................................................................................................................................40
9.3. CE Directives and Standards.................................................................................................................................................................41
10/ Standard Interfaces – Pin Assignments ...................................................................................................................................42
10.1.1. (X101) Power Input Connector.........................................................................................................................................................42
10.1.2. (X102 as ETH 1 and X103 as ETH 2) Ethernet Connectors......................................................................................................42
10.1.3. (X105, X106) USB 3.0 Ports...............................................................................................................................................................43
10.1.4. (X109) DisplayPort..............................................................................................................................................................................43
10.1.5. (X110) Serial Interface COM 1 (RS232)..........................................................................................................................................44
10.1.6. GPIO Interface ......................................................................................................................................................................................44
11/ uEFI BIOS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................45
11.1. Starting the uEFI BIOS............................................................................................................................................................................45
11.2. Setup Menus ............................................................................................................................................................................................46
11.2.1. Main Setup Menu .................................................................................................................................................................................46
11.2.2. Advanced Setup Menu.......................................................................................................................................................................48
11.2.3. Chipset Setup Menu ........................................................................................................................................................................... 53
11.2.4. Security Setup Menu.......................................................................................................................................................................... 56
11.2.5. Boot Setup Menu.................................................................................................................................................................................58
11.2.6. Exit Setup Menu...................................................................................................................................................................................60
11.3. The uEFI Shell............................................................................................................................................................................................61
11.3.1. Basic Operation of the uEFI Shell ....................................................................................................................................................61
11.4. uEFI Shell Scripting ................................................................................................................................................................................62
11.4.1. Startup Scripting..................................................................................................................................................................................62
11.4.2. Create a Startup Script......................................................................................................................................................................62
11.4.3. Examples of Startup Scripts ...........................................................................................................................................................62
11.5. Firmware Update....................................................................................................................................................................................62
11.5.1. Updating Procedure ............................................................................................................................................................................62
Appendix A: List of Acronyms.....................................................................................................................................................................64
About Kontron .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
