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TPC-66 Series Intel XScale PXA T ouch Panel Computer with 5.7" CSTN/ 5.6" TFT QVGA LCD Display User Manual.
TPC-66 Series User Manual ii Copyright The documentati on and the software included with this product are copy- righted 2005 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advan tech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this ma nual at any time without notice.
iii Product W a rranty (1 year) Advantech warrants to you, the original purchas er , that each of its prod- ucts will b e free from defects in ma t erials and workman ship for one year from the date of purchase.
TPC-66 Series User Manual iv CE This product has passed the CE test for environmen tal specifications. FCC Class A This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
v 12. Never open the equi pment. For safety reasons, the equipment should be opened onl y by qualified service personnel. 13. If one of th e following situation s arises, get the equipment checked by service personnel: a. The power cord or plug is damaged.
TPC-66 Series User Manual vi Wi c h t i g e S i c h e r h e is h i n w e i s e 1. Bitte lesen sie Sich diese Hinweise sorgfältig durch. 2. Heben Sie diese An leitung für den späteren Gebrauch auf. 3. V or jedem Reinigen ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen.
vii T echnical Support and Assistance Step 1. V isit the Advantech web site at www .advantech.com/support where you can find the latest informat ion about th e product. Step 2. Cont act your dist ributor , sales representative, or Ad vantech's cus- tomer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance.
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ix Contents Chapter 1 General Information ....................................... 2 1.1 Introduction ............ ............................ ............ ........... ........ 2 1.2 Specifications ......... .................... .................... .
TPC-66 Series User Manual x Figure 4.3:T PC Configurator ...... ......... ......... ......... ...... 22 Figure 4.4:Ge neral ......... ...... ......... ......... ....... ......... ...... 22 Figure 4.5:Ne twork .......... ......... ......... ....... ...
xi Appendix A Watchdog Timer Programming................... 48 A.1 DeviceIOControl ....... ........... .................... .................... ... 48 A.2 How to Use the Control Code .... ........... ........... ............... 50 A.2.1 IOCTL _WDT_ENABLE : .
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2 CHAPTER 1 General Information This chapter gi ves background infor- mation for the TPC-66 seri es. Sections include: • Introduct ion • Specifications • LCD Specifications • T ouchscreen Spec.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 2 Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Introduction The TPC-66 series of to uch panel co mputers consist of state-of-the-art HMI (Human Machine Interfaces).
3 Chapter 1 1.2.2 I/O Port s • 3 serial ports: two RS-232 (CO M1, COM2); one RS-485 (COM4) or one RS-232(COM3) • 1 RJ-45 Ethernet port • 2 USB po rts compliant wi th USB 1.1: on e USB Host (T ype A) and one USB Client (T ype B) • 1 CompactFlash 2.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 4 1.3 LCD Specifications 1.4 T ouchscreen Specifications TPC-66SN TPC-66T Display T ype Color STN LCD TFT LCD Size (diago nal) 5.7” 5.6” Maximum Resolution 320 x 240 (QVGA) Maximum Colors 4096 256K Pixel Pitch (W x H) 0.12 x 0.
5 Chapter 1 1.5 Powe r • Input V oltage: 18 ~ 32 VDC (The fuse will become an open ci rcuit if input le vel exceeds 33 VDC) • Maximum Current: 3.15 A (T ypical 24 VDC at 0.8A) 1.6 I/O Port s Arrangement TPC-66 panel computers provi de 3 serial ports, 1 Ethernet LAN po rt and 2 USB ports.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 6 1.7 Panel Mounting There is an adhesive waterproof ga sket on the Al-Mg front bezel. Make sure the waterproof gasket is in position before installing a TPC-66 panel computer into the panel opening. 1. Install the panel computer into the panel opening.
7 Chapter 1 1.8 Exploded Diagram Figure 1.3: Assembly Exploded.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 8 1.9 Dimensions and Cutout • We i g h t : 0.8 Kg • Dimensions (WxHxD): 195 x 148 x 44.5 mm • Cutout: 188 x 141 mm (suggested) Figure 1.
2 CHAPTER 2 System Setup This chapter provides a brief explana- tion for operating th e TPC-66..
TPC-66 Series User Manual 10 Chapter 2 System Setup Y ou can quickly get up and running by following the step-by-step instructions below . 1. Open the package. Please check th e packin g list at the beginning of this manual to make sure every item is there.
11 Chapter 2 Figure 2.3: Pin Assignme nt on the Power Receptor 3. Plug the power lines into the system power receptor . Figure 2.4: Power Line into the Power Receptor Warning The system may be damaged when the power is turned on if the power so urce is no t connec ted to the c orrect pins.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 12 4. T urn on the System Figure 2.5: T urn on the System 5. Calibrate the touchscreen. The de tailed procedure is described in section 3.
2 CHAPTER 3 System T uning Sections include: • LCD Contrast T uning • T ouchscreen Calibration • Buzzer Setting.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 14 Chapter 3 System T uning 3.1 LCD T uning The display settings let yo u control the backlight. Backli ght provides a screen saving function. The backlight can be auto matically turned off when the device is no longer used to lengthen the device life.
15 Chapter 3 Click the “Advanced” button to activate the advanced back light util ity as shown in Figure 3.3. Click t he “+” button to increase the LCD brightness or contrast, or the “-” button to decrease the LCD brigh tness or contrast.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 16 The window of th e stylus properties will display after you click th e stylus. There are two tabs in this screen : Double-T ap and Calibration. Double- T ap is used to record the time peri od between the two taps when double- tapping in W ind ows CE.
17 Chapter 3 3.3 Buzzer Setting TPC-66 panel computers provide a buzzer setting in W indows CE. This function enables a beep when users use the touch screen. T o enable/dis- able this functionali ty , open “Start” ‡ “Setting” ‡ “Control Panel” ‡ “V ol- ume & Sounds” as shown in Fi gure 3.
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2 CHAPTER 4 Windows CE Sections include: • TPC Utilities • Networking • Applicat ion Program Development.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 20 Chapter 4 Windows CE The TPC-66 operator in terface terminals are desi gned for W indows CE. W indows CE is a compact operating sy stem that occupies less storage space and use less system resources compared with oth er operating sys- tems.
21 Chapter 4 4.1 TPC Utilities There are several utili ties built into W indow s CE in the TPC series. 4.1.1 Sof t-Keyboard The TPC-66 series also has a small-si zed operator interface. Since it is not convenient to attach a keyboard to such a small device, a software keyboard is built int o the standard W indows C E OS.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 22 Figure 4.3: TPC Configurator General Page This page disp lays the basic syste m information. There are two main parts: system and memory . The syst em shows the OS image version and CPU type. The second part includes total capacity , usage and currently available capacity of the disk and the memory .
23 Chapter 4 Network This page shows information abou t the active network adapter . Y ou can select the network adapter from the com bo box as shown in Figure 4.5. Release the current IP and retrieve the n ew IP through th e provided bu t- ton, “Renew”.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 24 Wa t c h d o g W at chdog is a function to let the de vice automatically reset if a program does not respond i n time. This preven t s system crashes and h angs to stop your critical appli cations, as the watchdog wi ll automatically restart the machine when required.
25 Chapter 4 Misc There are several functions provid ed in the Misc page as shown in the fig- ure below . Figure 4.8: Misc Page S tartup Pr ograms: Y ou can easily set th e startup program s without edit- ing. The programs listed in the comb o box will be automatically executed after the system has successfu lly booted.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 26 Reboot: Y ou can reboot TPC-66 panel compu ters by clicking the “Reboot” butt on. Once this button is click ed, the dialog b elow will be dis- played. Figure 4.9: Reboot Machine There are two additional way s to re boot the system, clicking a small machine icon on the stat us bar a nd executing a command, reboot.
27 Chapter 4 Figure 4.10: Registry Saving Success Figure 4.1 1: Registry Editor W eb Server Root: Input the root p ath of the web server here. The ro ot path will only be effective after the machine has been rebooted. FTP Server Root: Input the root path o f the ftp server here.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 28 4.1.3 Advantech T ools There are several useful tools in th e Advantech program. Please go to “Start” ‡ “Programs” ‡ “Advantech” to run the tools as shown in Figure 4.
29 Chapter 4 Registry Saver When Registry Saver is executed, the system registry will be save d. Also, you can execute it in a command-line environment to save the registry like “regsave.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 30 Figure 4.14: Remote Display Applica tion Figure 4.15: Connect Once the connection is successfully es tablished, you can see the display of the panel comp uter and control it from the host machine as shown in Figure 4.
31 Chapter 4 Figure 4.16: Remot e Display Host Application NotepadPlus NotepadPlus is a text edito r as shown in Figure 4.17. Figure 4.17: NotepadPlus TPC Con figurat or TPC Configurator is an integrated utili ty to configure t he basic settings of the panel computer .
TPC-66 Series User Manual 32 TPC V ersion Information TPC V ersion Information sh ows the version information of the operation system in the TPC-66 as show n in Figure 4.18. Figure 4.18: TPC V ersion Information 4.1.4 Other Utilities There are other utilities provided in the panel computer .
33 Chapter 4 RegSave.exe [-s]: Saves registry settings. If you use “R eg Save.exe –s”, no message box is displayed whether you are successful or fail. Reboot.exe: Saves the registry settings and reboots the panel computer . Screen.exe [on/off]: T urns th e display on/off.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 34 2. A window that shows all available connections wil l pop up. Double click the icon that has the connection you want to configure. For example, double click SMSC91 15 icon to configure. Figure 4.20: Selected Connection 3.
35 Chapter 4 4. Select the “Name Server” tab. Figure 4.22: Setting Nam e Servers 5. Press “Start” in of task bar of W ind ows and select “Run”. Execute “regsave” to save the regis try settings to a storage card. Figure 4.23: Save Registry Note D o NOT click the Next button at this time.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 36 4.2.2 Network via Serial Port This section introduces how to setup the conn ection between the TPC series and a host PC via Microsoft ActiveSync. ActiveSy nc Setting Procedure Insert the TPC CD into the CD-ROM of the host PC Install the TPC software develop ment kit for eVC++.
37 Chapter 4 Click 'change...' to select the COM port- seri al 1 or serial 2. In this example, we use COM1 of TPC to connect with COM1 of the host.. Figure 4.25: PC Connection Properties Please check the COM box and select your desired port from the list.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 38 Press the 'enter' symbol from th e keyboard to confirm the change. Figure 4.27: Chang e Connection Y ou can find the change is active.
39 Chapter 4 Setting the Communication En viro nment of t he Host Double click th e icon ActiveSync on your host computer . Figure 4.29: Microsoft ActiveSync Select “File”->”Connection Settings” Figure 4.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 40 Configure the connection setting. Figure 4.31: Configur e Connection Setting.
41 Chapter 4 A window will pop up after you press “Get Connected”. Figure 4.32: Get Connected Please run “repllog.exe” on the TPC. Figure 4.33: Run Repllog.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 42 The message shown belo w will show on the TPC once the TPC and the host PC are connected. Figure 4.34: Connection on the TPC A window will pop up as shown below on the host computer , once the TPC and the host PC are connected.
43 Chapter 4 Figure 4.36: Explore the TPC 4.2.3 Network via USB Client Po rt In addition to connecting via a null m odem cable as depicted in section 4.2.3, TPC-66 p anel comp uters can also be conn ected to the host com- puter via the client’ s USB port.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 44 4.3 Application Pr ogram Development 4.3.1 System Requirement s for Developers These are the requirements to run M i crosoft eMbedded V isual C++ 4.0. • A desktop computer with a Pentium II-class processor , 450 MHz or faster .
45 Chapter 4 4.3.2 Building Windows CE Runtime Build the W indow s CE runtime with the eMbedded V isual tools. This section demonstrates step by step how to devel op a custom application.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 46 Select “ADVTPC” in the main wi nd ow of embedded V isual C++. Figure 4.38: Selecting After you complet e the configuration procedure, y ou can start to dev elop your application. Press “Build” to compile your program to a .
2 APPENDIX A W atchdog Ti mer Programming.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 48 Appendix A W atchdog Ti mer Programming There is a built-in watchdog timer in the TPC-66 series. Y o u can access it through the WIN32 A PI. TPC-66 panel com puters provide a WDT driver to allow users to enable /disable th e W atchdog timer .
49 Appendix A • lpInBuf fer [in] Long pointer to a buffer that contains the data required to perform the operation. This parameter can be NULL if the dwIoControlCode parameter specifies an operation that does not require inp ut data. • nInBufferSize [in] Size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by lpInBuffer .
TPC-66 Series User Manual 50 A.2 How to Use the Control Code There are 6 control codes for the op eration codes in the WDT driver . A.2.1 IOCTL _WDT_ENABLE: Enables the W atchdog timer on your applicat ion.
51 Appendix A A.2.4 IOCTL_WDT_GET TIMEOUT : Gets the W atchdog time setting. lpInBuffer: unused. nInBufferSize: unused. lpOutBuffer: The DWORD pointer to yo ur W atchd og time setting.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 52 A.3 Examples #define WDT_CODE(ID) CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_U NKNOWN, ID, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_ANY_AC CESS) #define IOCTL_WDT_ENABLE WDT_CODE (0x900) #define IOCTL_WDT_DISABLE.
53 Appendix A DWORD dwT emp; DWORD nIndex=2 ; // Set the W atchdog T imer as 10 seconds. Number 2 means 10 seco nds. DeviceIoControl(m_h WDT , IOCTL_WDT_SET_TIMEOUT , &nIndex, sizeof(nIndex), NULL.
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2 APPENDIX B Fuse S pecifications.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 56 Appendix B Fuse S pecifications B.1 Fuse S pecifications Rating: 250 V AC, 3.15A Size: 5 x 20 mm B.2 Fuse Replacement Step 1: Remove the fuse cover Step 2: Replace the damaged fuse with a new one Step 3: Replace the fuse cover Figure B.
2 APPENDIX C Pin Assignment s.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 58 Appendix C Pin Assignment s C.1 RS-232 Pin Assignment C.2 RS-485 Pin Assignment C.3 COM Port Setting TPC-66 panel computers provide three COM ports: RS-232 (COM1 and COM2), 4-wire RS-232 (COM3) and RS-485 (COM4 ). COM3 and COM4 share the same DB 9 connector .
2 APPENDIX D V isual Settings.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 60 Appendix D V isual Settings There are two powerfu l and friendly ut ilities included to extend the vi sual capabilities of TPC-66. The two utilities are used to set the font size and rotate the screen . D.1 Font Setting Please go to start->pro grams->advantech->sy stem font setting.
61 Appendix D Figure D.3: Change Font Setting Figure D.4: Small Font Displa y.
TPC-66 Series User Manual 62 D.2 Screen Rot ation Please go to start->setting->control panel-> screen rotation as below . Figure D.5: Screen Rot ation Please select how you wa nt the view display .
63 Appendix D This screen is rotated 90 degrees in the example. Figure D.7: 90 Degrees Rotation Figure D.8: Portrait Rotation.
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