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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................1-1 Overview.................................................................................................................................. 1-2 Model Descriptions and Package Checklist............................................................................. 1-2 Appearance ............................................................................................
Appendix A Safe Installation Guidelines .......................................................................
1 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing a Moxa DA-710 Series x86-based industrial ready-to-run embedded computer. DA-710 computers come pre-installed with one of two embedded operating systems: • • DA-710-LX: Linux DA-710-XPE: Windows Embedded Standard 2009 This manual introduces the hardware installation, connector interfaces and BIOS setup of the DA-710. For software configuration and management, please refer to your operating system’s user manual.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Introduction Overview The DA-710 computer is based on the Intel x86 processor, supports VGA, and comes with 4 Ethernet ports, 2 RS-232 serial ports, CompactFlash, and USB. The DA-710 comes in a standard 19-inch, 4U high form factor, making it an ideal platform for industrial applications. The DA-710 comes with 4 PCI slots for inserting expansion modules.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Introduction Appearance Front View Programmable LED x 4 Power/Storage LED Indicators Ethernet LED x 4 Power 1/2 Fail LED Indicators Module A Module B LED x 16 LED x 16 Module C Module D LED x 16 LED x 16 Rackmount Ear Rackmount Ear Rear View Module Slot A VGA PS/2 Module Slot B Module Slot C RS-232 DI x 4 Serial Port x 2 DO x 4 USB 2.0 Host x 4 Expansion modules can be installed in slot A, B, C, or D.
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DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Introduction Features • Intel Celeron M 2.0 GHz processor with 533 MHz FSB • 1 x 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM socket, supporting up to 2 GB of DDR2 533 RAM. • 4 PCI slots for expansion cards • Quad 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for network redundancy • 1 CompactFlash socket, 1 EIDE connector for DOM or IED hard disk, and 2 serial ATA-150 connectors for storage expansion • 4 USB 2.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Introduction Hardware Block Diagram Power Intel Celeron M 2.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Introduction Hardware Specifications Computer CPU: OS (pre-installed): System Chipset: BIOS: FSB: System Memory: USB: Storage Built-in: Storage Expansion: HDD Support: Other Peripherals KB/MS: Intel Celeron M 2.0 GHz processor Windows Embedded Standard 2009, Linux 2.6 Intel GLE960 + ICH8M 8 Mbit SPI Serial Flash, PCI Plug & Play, ACPI function support 533 MHz 1 x 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM socket supporting DDR2 533; up to 2 GB max. (1 GB built-in) 4 x USB 2.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Introduction Digital Input Levels for Dry Contacts: ‧ Logic level 0: Close to GND ‧ Logic level 1: Open Digital Input Levels for Wet Contacts: ‧ Logic level 0: +3V max.
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2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The DA-710 Series of embedded computers are compact and rugged, making them suitable for industrial applications. The LED indicators allow users to monitor performance and identify trouble spots quickly, and multiple ports are provided for connecting a variety of different devices. The DA-710 embedded computers come with a reliable and stable hardware platform that lets you devote the bulk of your time to application development.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Placement Options Desktop Place your DA-710 on a clean, flat, well-ventilated desktop. For better ventilation, leave some space between the DA-710 and other equipment. Do not place equipment or objects on top of the DA-710, as this might damage the computer’s internal components. Rack mounting The DA-710 has rackmount supports for installing the embedded computer on a standard rack. ATTENTIONS 1.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Follow these steps to install the DA-710 on a rack. Step 1: Reviewing your components. Take the rackmount supports out of their packages. There are two packages, each of which contains 1 rackmount support, 1 rackmount hanger, 2 FMSM5X10 screws, and 8 FMSM4X6 screws. Step 2: Attaching the rackmount hanger to the support. Use 2 FMSM5X10 screws to attach the rackmount hanger to the ear of the rackmount support.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Step 3: Attaching the rackmount support to the DA-710. Use 8 FMSM4X6 screws to attach one rackmount support to one side of the DA-710. Repeat this procedure for the second support and hanger. Step 4: Installing the DA-710 to a rack. Gently slide the DA-710 onto the rack, and then use screws provided by the rack supplier to fix the rackmount support to the rail. Note that four screws are required to attach the DA-710 to the rack.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation As a final check, make sure that the four screws are firmly attached to the rack. screws screws Wiring Requirements The following common safety precautions should be observed before installing any electronic device: y Use separate paths to route wiring for power and devices. If power wiring and device wiring paths must cross, make sure the wires are perpendicular at the intersection point.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Connecting the Power To power on the DA-710 embedded computer, connect the power line to the DA-710’s AC power connector (located on the right side of the rear panel) using the power cord and then press the power button. The DA-710 offers dual power inputs for redundancy. See the following figure for detailed power cable wiring.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Wiring the Power Inputs See the following figures for how to wire power inputs PWR 1 PWR 2 +L NC N NC Power 1 Surge Ground +L N Power 2 Chasis Ground +L +L N N Chasis Ground Surge Ground AC Terminal Protection earth (Green & Yellow) Line (Black) Neutral (White) Bond Earth (Green) DC Terminal Protection earth (Green & Yellow) DC + (White) DC (Black) 2-7
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Power Input Wiring Description Refer to the following section for detailed power input wiring descriptions. Terminal Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Description Note PWR1 Line / DC + is connected to the positive (+) terminal if the power source is DC and to the Line terminal if the power source is AC.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation (dielectric strength) testing. 9 10 PWR2 Line / DC + is connected to the positive (+) terminal if the power source is DC and to the Line terminal if the power source is AC. PWR2 Neutral / DC - is connected to the negative (-) PWR2 Neutral / DC - terminal if the power source is DC and to the Neutral terminal if the power source is AC. PWR2 Line/ DC + For AC Power Input 1. PWR1 Line/ DC + should be connected to AC (Line). 2.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation HIPOT (Dielectric Strength) Testing Before performing the HIPOT test, you MUST have the jumpers removed and the braided ground cable disconnected. This is required to prevent the transient/surge suppression circuitry, which is connected to Surge Ground, from being activated during the HIPOT test. Reset Button Pressing the Reset button initiates a hardware warm reboot. This button is comparable to a desktop PC’s reset button.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Front Panel LED There are 76 LED indicators on the front panel. Information about each LED is given in the following table.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Connecting to a Display Your DA-710 embedded computer comes with a D-Sub 15-pin female connector to connect to a VGA monitor. Be sure to disconnect the power before you connect or disconnect the monitor cable. VGA 5 1 10 6 15 11 Pin No.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Connecting a PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Your DA-710 embedded computer comes with a PS/2 mini-DIN connector to connect to a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse. This 6-pin mini-DIN connector has the pin assignments shown below. PS/2 Pin No.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Connecting to a Serial Device Use a serial cable to plug your serial device into the serial port on the rear panel of the embedded computer. RS-232 Serial Port x 2 The DA-710 offers two serial ports with DB9 male connectors.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation DI/DO The DA-710 comes with a 4-ch digital input and a 4-ch digital output through terminal block which is located on the rear panel. DI x 4 DO x 4 To wire these digital inputs and outputs, refer to the following figures: Digital Input Wiring Dry Contact Wet Contact Note: If you are using wet contacts, you must connect “DI Source” to power.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Connecting USB Devices The DA-710 embedded computer has four USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel. All of the ports are UHCI, Rev 2.0 compliant and support Plug & Play and hot swapping. These ports can be used to connect USB devices, such as a keyboard, mouse, USB flash disk, and USB CD-ROM. In addition, both USB ports support system boot up, which can be activated by modifying the BIOS settings.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual LED Gigabit RJ45 Connector Color Green Orange Off Hardware Installation Description 100 Mbps Ethernet mode 1000 Mbps (Gigabit) Ethernet mode Not operating or 10 Mbps Ethernet mode The default IP addresses and netmasks of the Gigabit LAN ports are as follows: LAN 1 LAN 2 LAN 3 LAN 4 Default IP Address 192.168.3.127 192.168.4.127 192.168.5.127 192.168.6.127 Netmask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation 3. There are two clutches on both sides of the module. Click the clutches, and the memory module will pop up. Gently remove the module. 4. Carefully slide the module into the clutch at an angle, and then push downward. Make sure the module has been firmly inserted and is oriented correctly. Installing a CompactFlash Card The DA-710 embedded computer comes with a CompactFlash socket. To insert a CompactFlash card, follow these instructions. 1.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation 3. Insert the CompactFlash card into the socket, and then push upward. 4. Make sure the CompactFlash card has been firmly inserted. ATTENTION Make sure you orient the CompactFlash card in the right direction. ATTENTION The DA-710 embedded computer does not support the CompactFlash hot swap and PnP (Plug and Play) functions. You must disconnect the power source before inserting or removing the CompactFlash card.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation Installing a SATA Hard Disk The DA-710 embedded computer has two SATA connectors for installing two SATA hard disks. To install a 2.5-inch SATA hard disk, follow these instructions. 1. Disconnect the DA-710 from its power source. 2. Open the top cover of the DA-710. A hard disk bracket is located on the left side of the DA-710. 3. Remove the four screws on each corner and remove the hard disk bracket.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation 4. Install the SATA hard disk in the hard disk bracket. One bracket can hold up to 2 hard disks; you may use either the upper or lower layer on the bracket to install the hard disk. Fasten the two screws on each side of the bracket. Next, install the SATA hard disk and hard disk bracket back into the DA-710.Connect the SATA disk cable and power cable to the SATA hard disk.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual Hardware Installation ATTENTION A SATA hard disk cable and SATA power cable and hard disk bracket and the HD bracket are not included in the basic package of the DA-710 embedded computer. Any standard SATA disk and power cable can be used. Inserting and Removing Expansion Modules The DA-710 embedded computer has four expansion slots for inserting expansion modules. Expansion modules can be installed in Slot A, B, C, or D.
3 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter describes the BIOS settings of the DA-710 embedded computers. The BIOS is a set of input/output control routines for peripherals. The BIOS is used to initialize basic peripherals and helps boot the operating system before the operating system is loaded. The BIOS setup allows the user to modify the system configuration of these basic input/output peripherals.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Entering the BIOS Setup Utility To enter the BIOS setup utility, press the “Del” key while the system is booting up. The main BIOS Setup screen will appear. A basic description of each function key is listed at the bottom of the screen. Refer to these descriptions to learn how to scroll about the screen, how to select by pressing “Enter,” and how to use the other hot keys listed below.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Modifying the BIOS Main Settings Basic Configuration After entering the BIOS Setup, or choosing the “Main” option, the BIOS main menu will be displayed. Use this menu to check the basic system information such as memory and IDE hard drive. You can also use the menu for configuring basic system parameters, such as date, time, hard drive, display, and system security.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Advanced Settings Select the “Advanced” tab to display the advanced settings screen. Hard Disk Boot Priority First/Second/Third Boot Device This option allows users to select or change the drive boot priority. You may set 3 levels of priority to determine the boot up sequence for different bootable devices, such as a hard drive, CD-ROM, and removable devices. Select the order in which devices will be searched in order to find a boot device.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features When you select the “Advanced BIOS Features” option under the “Advanced” menu, the following configuration menu will appear. Quick Power on Self Test This setting allows the system to skip certain tests while the system boots up. Enable this feature to speed up the boot up process. Options: Enabled (default), Disabled. Summary Screen Show The summary screen displays system information, including CPU, memory, disk drive, and PCI devices.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Settings On-Chip Frame Buffer Size This item determines the frame buffer size for the VGA function, and will share the system memory. Options: 1 MB, 8 MB (default) DVMT Mode Sets the Dynamic Video Memory Technology operating mode. When set to “Fixed,” the graphics driver will reserve a fixed portion of the system memory as graphics memory.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup PnP/PCI Configurations Init Display First This item allows you to decide whether the PCI interface or onboard graphic chip is activated first. Options: PCI (default), Onboard Resources Controlled By The BIOS can automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. If you choose Auto, you will not be able to assign IRQ and memory base address fields manually, since the BIOS will assign them automatically.
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DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup On-Chip Channel 0 PCI IDE This option lets you enable or disable the IDE channel. Options: Disabled, Enabled (default) IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. Your operating environment also requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and system software both support Ultra DMA, select “Auto” to enable BIOS support.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup SuperIO Device Onboard Serial Port 1/2 Select the function of serial ports 1 and 2. You may disable them if you do not want to use these two ports. Options: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4 (Port 1)(default), 2F8/IRQ3 (Port 2) (default) PWRON after PWR-Fail This field determines whether your system will boot after restoring power following a power failure. If you select “On,” the system will boot after restoring power following a power failure.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Power The Power Setup Menu allows you to configure your system power-up/ power-down options. ACPI Suspend Type Select S1 (POS) to select the Power On Suspend option. Select S3 (STR) to select the Suspend to RAM option. Options: S1 (POS) (default), S3 (STR). Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Select the “Instant-Off” option if you would like the system to power down immediately after the power button is pushed.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Wake Up Control Press “Enter” to select Wake Up Control items. Wake-Up by PCI LAN This feature is allows users to wake up the system with a LAN device from a remote host. Please note that this function is only for working with the DA-LN04-RJ LAN module. Options: Disabled (default), Enabled. USB KB WakeUp from S3 (S4) This feature allows users to wake up the system with a USB-based keybord. Opitions: Disabled (default), Enabled.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Hardware Monitor CPU Warning Temperature This item sets the CPU warning temperature. When the CPU temperature is higher than this setting, the system will throttle down to 75%. When the CPU temperature is 10°C higher than this setting, the system will throttle down to 50%. Options: 80°C/176°F, 90°C/194°F (default), 100°C/212°F, Disabled. Warning Beep Sets whether a beep will sound when the CPU temperature is over the CPU warning temperature.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Load Defaults Load System Default Settings Use this option to load factory default system settings, overwriting the current BIOS settings. This option is useful for when the system is unstable. Users do not need to remember what settings were active before the system instability. Load System Turbo Settings Use this option to load system optimized settings. If the system is not stable, please load the system default settings.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Exiting the BIOS Setup To exit the BIOS setup utility, choose “Exit.” Pressing will achieve the same result. Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. A confirmation message will display before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. A confirmation message will display before proceeding.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup Upgrading the BIOS This section describes how to upgrade the BIOS. However, please note that upgrading the BIOS involves high risk of damage to your computer. We strongly recommend that you contact Moxa’s TS staff for assistance and obtain all necessary tools and files before attempting to upgrade. Step 1: Create a Bootable USB Disk. Use the HP USB Disk Format Tool. 1. Download FreeDOS system files kernel.sys and command.com from http://www.freedos.org/kernel/ 2.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup ATTENTION HP’s USB Disk Storage Format Tool is available from many web sites. Search for the phrase “HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool,” and then download the tool from one of the websites found. ATTENTION The BootFlashDOS utility can be downloaded from the following website: http://gocoding.com/page.php?al=bootflashdos. Step 2: Prepare the Upgrade Tool and BIOS Binary File. You must use the BIOS upgrade installation file to upgrade the BIOS.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup 5. Press “+” to move it up to the first priority, and press “Esc” to exit the setup menu. 6. Make sure the first boot device is Hard Disk. If it isn’t, press Enter to change it. 7. Select Exit Æ Save & Exit Setup and then press Enter. 8. Choose Y to save to the CMOS and then exit. Step 4: Run awdflash.exe to upgrade the BIOS. 1. If the BIOS Setup is correct, it will restart and boot from the USB disk. 2. Run awdflash xxxxxxx.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup ATTENTION Do NOT switch off the power supply during the BIOS upgrade, as doing so may cause the system to crash. Step 5: Load BIOS Default. 1. If the BIOS upgrade is successful, it should reboot and the following screen should appear. 2. Press DEL to open the BIOS Setup menu. 3. Select Defaults Æ Load System Default Settings and then choose Y.
DA-710 Series HW User’s Manual BIOS Setup 4. Select Exit Æ Save & Exit Setup and then press Enter to choose Y to save the settings to CMOS and exit.
A Appendix A Safe Installation Guidelines A. RTC Battery Warning CAUTION: There is a risk of explosion if a battery is replaced with an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions. B. Fuse Warning CAUTION: For continued protection against fire, replace only with same type and rating of fuse. C.
