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DA-681 Series Embedded Computer Hardware User ’ s Manual Fif th Edition, January 2010 www .moxa.com/product © 2010 Moxa Inc. All righ ts reserved. Reproducti on without perm ission is prohi bited.
DA-681 Series Embedded Computer Hardware User’s Manual Any softwa re described in t his manual is fu rnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2010 Moxa Inc.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 1-1 Overview ..................................................................................................
Exiting the BIOS Setup .......................................................................................................... 3-16 Upgrading the BIOS .................................................................................................
1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you f or purchasin g the Moxa D A-681 series x8 6-based industri al ready-to-ru n embedded computer. This manual introduces the hardware installati on, connector i nterfaces and BIOS setup of the DA-681. For software configuration and manag ement, please refer to the user’s manual for your operating sy stem.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction Overview The DA-681 comput er is based on the Intel x86 processo r and supports VGA, 6 Ethernet ports, 4 RS-232 and 8 RS-485 serial p orts with optical isolation, CompactFlash, and USB.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction Each model is shipped with following standard items: y 1 DA -681 Embedde d Computer y Quick Installation Guide y Doc umentation & Software CD .
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction Dimensions 16.75 480 11.9 462 440 31.80 6.3 44 315 337 30 30 15 Features The DA-681 Basic System has the following features: y IEC 61 850-3 certif.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction ATTENTION Refer to the “Non-standard Baudrates” section for instructions on how to calculate which baudrates are supported.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction Hardware Specifications DA-681-CE DA-681-LX DA-681-XPE Computer CPU Intel Celeron M 1 GHz processor OS (pre-instal led) WinCE 6.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction Flow Contr ol RTS/CTS, XO N/XOFF, ADDC™ (automat ic data direction control) for RS-485 Baudrate 50 bps to 9 21.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction Non-standard Baudrates Moxa’s UART ASIC, supp orts most non-st andard bau drates in the ran ge 50 bps to 921.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Introduction WARNING Communi cation between a seri al device and a Mo xa UART port m ay not work c orrectly if the serial device uses a baudrate that it not wit hin th e correct tolerance of a ba udrate calculat ed from either formula A or form ula B.
2 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The DA-681 Series of embedded computers are compact and rugg ed, making them suitable for industrial appl ications. The LED indicators allow users to monitor perfor mance and ident ify trouble spots quickly, and multiple p orts are provid ed for connecting a variety of different devices.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Placement Options Desktop Place your DA-681 on a clean, flat, well-vent ilate d desktop.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Step 2: Installing the rackmo unt ears to the DA-681. Use 6 screws t o attach one rackm ount ear to o ne side of the D A-681. Repeat t his procedure for t he ear on the othe r side of the DA-681.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation As a final check, m ake sure that the four scre ws are firmly attached t o the rack. Wiring Requirements The following common safety precautions should be observed before installing any electronic device: y Use se parate paths to r oute wiring f or power and devi ces.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Connecting the Power The DA-681 o ffers both si ngle power a nd dual powe r inputs. Use a sc rewdriver to remove the screws. Connect the power cord to t he screws and then attach the screws to the unit.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Wiring the Power Inputs For SP Models PWR 1 + L N NC NC NC NC NC NC NC Power 1 + L N Chasis Ground AC Terminal (Green & Yellow) Prote.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation For DP Models AC Terminal DC Terminal PWR 1 PWR 2 + L + L N N NC NC NC NC Chasis Ground Power 1 Power 2 + L N + L N Chasis Ground (Green .
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation For DPP-T Models AC Terminal DC Terminal PWR 1 PWR 2 + L + L N N NC NC Chasis Ground Surge Ground Power 1 Power 2 + L N + L N Surge Groun.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Power Input Wiring Description Read the following section for a detailed power input wiring description.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation supply surge grounds via a removable jumper. 8 PWR2 Surge Ground PWR2 Surge Ground is connected to the Chassis Ground via a jumper on the terminal bloc k. Surge Grou nd is used as the ground co nductor for all surge and tra nsient suppression circuitry.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation For DC Power Input The DA-681 series low vol tage DC power supply features reverse polari ty protection and dual independent inp uts. The dual power inputs allow th e connection of two DC sources with the same nominal volt age to pro vide redundant power supply inputs.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation When finished, press the Power Switch button to start the system. It will take abou t 30 to 60 seconds for y our operating system to boot up. Power Switch Reset Button Pressing the Reset button initiates a hardware warm reboot.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Connecting to a Display Your DA-68 1 embedded c omputer c omes with a D- Sub 15-pin fem ale connector to connect to the VGA monitor. Be sure to remove the p ower befo re you connect or disc onnect the monitor cable.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Use the Y-type cable to convert the mini-DIN co nnector into two 6-pin mini- DIN connectors to connect both a PS/2 keyboa rd and PS/2 m ouse at the same t ime. (The Y-type ca ble is not incl uded in the accessory package.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation 1 1 8 8 Pin No. Signal Definition 1 TX+ 2 TX- 3 RX+ 4 --- 5 --- 6 RX- 7 --- 8 --- LED Col or Description Green 100 M bps of Ethernet P or.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Upgrading the Memory Module The DA-681 e mbedded com puter support s one 200-pi n DDR2 400/5 33 SODIMM m odule, up to 1 GB. One DDR 2 SDRAM m emory module i s pre-install ed. To upgrade the DDR2 SDR AM memory m odule, follow t hese instructio ns: 1.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Gently insert the new memory into the mo dule. Make sure the direction i s correct. Push the memory all the way down to co mplete.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation Installing a CompactFlash Card The DA-681 em bedded comput er comes with a C o mpactFlash socket. T o insert a CompactFlash card, follow these instructions. 1. Disconnect the DA-681 from its power sour ce.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation ATTENTION Make sure you insert the card in the right direction. The card cannot be inserted if you insert th e card in the wrong direction. ATTENTION The DA-681 e mbedded com puter does not s upport the Co mpactFlash hot swa p and PnP (Plu g and Play) funct ions.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation 3. Use a screwdriver to remove the fo ur screws on t he hard disk brac ket. 4. Install the SA T A hard disk in the hard disk bracket. 5. Next, install the SA T A hard di sk and hard dis k bracket back into the DA-68 1.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual Hardware Installation 6. Con nect the SA T A disk cable an d po wer cable to the SA T A hard disk. ATTENTION The SATA hard disk cable and SATA power cable are not included in the basic s hipment of the DA-681 em bedded comput er.
3 3 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter describes the BIOS settings of th e DA-681 embedded computers. The BIOS is a set of input/output control ro utines for peripherals. The BIOS is used to initialize b asic peripherals and helps boot the operating syste m before the operating system is loaded.
DA-681 Series Hard w are 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 funct ion key is listed at the bottom of the screen.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Modifying the BIOS Main Settings Basic Configuration After entering the BIOS Setup, or choosing the “Main” optio n, the BIOS main menu will be displayed. Use this menu t o check the ba sic system information suc h as memory and IDE hard drive.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Advanced Settings The “Advanced Features” screen will appear when choosing the “Advan ced” item from the main menu. Hard Disk Boot Priority First/Second/Third Boot Device This option al lows users t o select or change the device boot priority .
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features When you select the “Advanced BIOS Feat ures” option under the “Adva nced” menu, the following configuration menu will appear. CPU Features Virus Warning This item allows you to choose the VIRUS wa rning feature for IDE h ard disk boot sector protection.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Typematic Rate Setting When “Enable d” both “Typematic Rate” and “Ty pematic Delay” can be configured. Typematic Rate determines the keystroke repeat rate us ed by the keyboard controller.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Execute Disable Bit Intel hardwa re-based security feature can help reduce system expos ure to viruses a nd malicious code.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup DVMT Mode Setting the DVMT operating mode. When set to “Fixed,” the graphics driver will reserve a fixed portion of the system memory as graphics memory .
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This item can be used to fix the color disp lay erro r of non-standard VGA display adaptors su ch as graphics accelerators or M PEG video cards . Options: Disabled (default), En abled PCI Latency Timer (CLK) Configure PCI Latency Time to optimize the PCI s peed.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is otherwise known as block tran sfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. Sel ect the “Enabled” option if yo ur IDE hard drive s upports bl ock mode (m ost new drives do).
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Onboard Device USB Controller This feature allows you to enab le/disable the USB controller. Options: Enabled (default), Disabled USB 2.0 Controller This feature allows you to enab le/disable the USB 2.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Onboard I/O Chip Setup Debug Port Select an addre ss and corresp onding interr upt for this de bug port.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup 3-13 Power The Power Setup Menu allows you to configure you r system power-up/ power-down optio ns. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Select the “Instant-Off” option if you would lik e the system to power down immediately after pushing the power button.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Hardware Monitor CPU Warning Temperature This item sets the CPU warning temperature. When the CPU tem perature is higher than this setting, the system will throttle down to 75%. When the CPU temperature is higher than this setting plus 10°C, the system will throttle down to 50%.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Load Defaults Load System Default Settings Use this option to load system factory default se ttin gs instead of the current BIOS settings . This option is use ful for whe n the system is unstable. Users do not nee d to remember what settings were active before the system fails.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Exiting the BIOS Setup To exit the BIOS setup utility, choose “Exit.” Pressing <ESC> will achieve the same result. Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memor y) and ex it setup.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Upgrading the BIOS This section de scribes how to upgrade the bi os. Step 1: Create a Bootable USB Disk. There are tw o recommended methods for cr eating a boota ble USB disk: Method 1: Us e HP USB Disk Form at Tool 1.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup ATTENTION HP’s USB Di sk Storage Fo rmat Tool can be downloade d from many web sites. Use the phrase “HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool” to search the Internet , and then do wnload the t ool from one of the websites that is listed.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Step 3: Set up the BIOS to Boot from the USB Disk. 1. Inse rt the USB disk. 2. Power o n and press DEL to ente r the BIO S Setu p menu . 3. Select Adva nced Æ Hard Disk Boot Priority and then press Enter .
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Step 4: Run awdflash.exe to upgrade the BIOS. 1. If t he BIOS Setup is correct, it will restart and boot from the USB disk. 2. Run awdflash xxxxxxx.Sxx from the command line to upgrade the BIOS. Replace xxxxxxx.
DA-681 Series Hard w are User’s Manual BIOS Setup Step 5: Load BIOS Default. 1. Whe n the system reboots, the user sho uld load the CMOS Setup de fault value agai n. 2. Press DEL to open t he BIOS Setup m enu. 3. Select Defaults Æ Load System Default Settin gs and then ch oose Y .
A A Appendix A Safety Installation Instructions A. RTC Battery Warning CAUTION: There is a risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions. B. Fuse Warning CAUTION: For continued protection agai nst fire, replace only with same type and rating of fuse.
B B Appendix B Regulatory Statement Approval This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the followin g two condit ions: (1) This device may not ca use harm ful interference, and (2) this de vice must accept any interference received, including interference that ma y cause undes ired operation.
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