Advantech AWS-8248 manual

i AWS-8248 Industri al Workstati on with 14 .1" LCD Display Users Manual[...]

AWS-8 248 Us ers M anu al ii Copyright This do cument i s copyri ghted Jan uary, 20 02, by Advantech C o., Ltd. All rights are res erved. Advantech C o., Ltd. re serves the right to m ake improveme nts t o the prod ucts descri bed in t his manual at any time. Spec- ifications are thus subject to change without n otice. No part of this manual may be[...]

iii FCC Class A This equipment h as been tes ted and found to comp ly with the limits for a Class A digi tal device, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . These limits are designed to pro vide reasonab le protection against ha rmful interfer- ence when the equipment is op erated in a commercial envir onme nt. This equipment ge nerates, uses and c[...]

AWS-8 248 User s Ma nual iv P ac k i n g L is t Before you set up th e AWS-8248, make sure that th e following items have been includ ed in you r package, and th at this manual is in g ood con- dition. If anyt hing i s missi ng or damaged, co ntact yo ur dealer i mmedi- ately: • One AW S-824 8 ind ustrial worksta tio n with 14 .1" fl at pane[...]

v S a f e t y I n s t r u c t i o n s 1. Read the se safety instruct ions carefully . 2. Keep this User's Manual for later reference. 3. D iscon nect this equip ment fr om any AC outlet before c leanin g. Use a damp cl oth. Do no t use li quid or spr ay deter gents f or cle aning. 4. For plug -in equ ipment, the po wer ou tlet socke t must b e[...]

AWS-8 24 8 Us ers M a nual vi W i c h t i g e S i c h e r h e i s h i n w e i s e 1. Bitte lesen sie Sich dies e Hinwei se sorgfält ig du rch. 2. H eben Sie die se Anleitung für d en späteren Gebrauch auf. 3. V or je dem Rein igen ist d as Gerät vom Str omnetz zu tre nnen. Verwen den Sie Kei ne Flüssig -oder Aero solreinig er. Am best en dient[...]

Tabl e of Cont ents vii Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................... 1 1.1 Int roduction ....... ............ ..... ........... ............ ........... ........... .. 2 Figu re 1.1: The P CA-61 08 C an d PC A-61 07P2 pa ssive bac k- planes ....... ....... .... ....... ....... ....... ........ ....... .....[...]

vii i 3.5 LED board ............... ........... ........... ...... ........... ............ ..... 27 Figu re 3.8: Removing the LED board ........ ........ ....... ....... ... 27 3.6 Flopp y disc drive (FDD) ............... ............ ........... ........... 28 Figu re 3.9: Removing the FDD ........ ... ....... ........ ....... ....... ... 28 3.7 [...]

1 Chap ter 1 Intr oductio n 1 In trod uct ion • Introduct ion • Specifications • Front an d rear pan el la yout •D i m e n s i o n s CHA PTER[...]

AWS-8 248 Us er’s M a nual 2 Chapter 1 Introductio n 1.1 Introduction We designed the AWS-8248 specifically fo r the factory floor and other harsh industri al envi ronments . This 1 9" rack/panel-m ount workstat ion offers full s tate-of-the-ar t industrial com puting techn ology packaged within one compact un it. It includes a 14 .1" c[...]

3 Chap ter 1 Intr oductio n Passi ve ba ckp lane s The AWS- 8248 o ffers two types of passive backpl anes, the PCA- 610 8C and the PCA-6107P2. Th ey allow you to run your industrial ap plications from a variety o f full-featured CPU cards. Figu re 1.1: The PCA- 6108C an d PCA -6107P2 passi ve backpla nes The backplanes ar e formed from fo ur-layer [...]

AWS-8 248 Us er’s M a nual 4 1.2 S pecificat ions General • Construct ion: Heavy-du ty aluminum and steel chas sis • Disk drive ho using: Holds one 3½" FDD, one slim CD-R OM and one 3½" HDD (slim CD-ROM and HDD optional) • Coo lin g system : - One 32 CFM fan (flow out ) on rear panel for pow er supp ly - One 29 CFM fan (fl ow i [...]

5 Chap ter 1 Intr oductio n • Keyboard connector: Pre-wired 5-pin DIN connector with dust- protect ion cover on front and rear panel • Switches: Reset and power on/ off. Passi ve ba ckp lane • AWS- 8248T & AW S-82 48T-T : 8 ISA sl ot pa ssive b ackplane • AWS- 8248TP & AWS-82 48TP-T : 4 ISA / 2 PCI / 1 CPU sl ot pass ive backplane P[...]

AWS-8 248 Us er’s M a nual 6 Environmental specifications • Operating temperature: 0 ~ 50° C (32 ~ 1 22° F) • Relative humidity: 5 ~ 85% @ 40° C , non- condens ing • Vibration: 5 ~ 17 Hz, 0.1" do uble-amplit ude displacemen t 17 ~ 500 Hz, 1.0 G p eak to p eak.[...]

7 Chap ter 1 Intr oductio n 1.3 Front and rear panel layout Figure 1.2: Front panel layout Figur e 1.3: R ear pa nel l ayout[...]

AWS-8 248 Us er’s M a nual 8 1.4 Dimensions Figu re 1.4: AWS-8 248 di mensio ns[...]

9 Chapt er 2 Sy ste m Setu p 2 System Setup • General • Detaching the work d rawer • Ad ding ca rds • Installing optio nal drives • Attaching cables • Rack/Panel mounting CHA PTER[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 10 Chapter 2 System Setu p 2.1 Ge neral When you r eceive your workstation you will find a backplane, p ower supp ly, and f lopp y disk driv e already i nstal led. Further se tup of the AWS- 8248 is easy. All you h ave to do is sl ide out i ts work d rawer modu le, install a CPU card, optional hard dis k drive and whatev[...]

11 Chap ter 2 Syst em Set up Figur e 2.1: D eta ching th e work draw er[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 12 2.3 Adding cards Remove the cov er of the wor k drawer by either removing the 10 scr ews that attach it or by slidi ng it out. Remove the screw that fi xes the card hold-do wn clamp, and remove the clamp. Slowly slide the card in an d carefully press it into the b ackplane socket. Secure i t by s crewing it into the t[...]

13 Chap ter 2 Syst em Set up 2.4 Ins talling optional driv es The AWS-824 8 provides s pace for three disk drives underneath the wo rk drawer. Th at is, one floppy disk drive, o ne hard disk drive and one slim CD-ROM dri ve. If yo u wish, you can add an extra hard di sk driv e and an extra slim CD-ROM d rive above the po wer supp ly. (See Figs. 2-1[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 14 Fig ure 2 .3: H DD in stall ati on Figure 2.4: Slid e CD-ROM ins tallation Figure 2 .5: Installing optio nal drives[...]

15 Chap ter 2 Syst em Set up 2.5 At taching cables Once you have added you r cards, drives and o ther equipment, con nect the display power ( see Fig. 2-6, and r eattach the cables on the rear panel (see Fig. 2 -7), yo u sho uld sw itch o n the A WS-8248 and con firm th at it works. Figure 2.6: Connect the display power Figure 2.7: Ca bles on the r[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 16 2.6 Rack mounting The AWS-8248 can be mou nted in a 19" rack . Ensure that all add i-tional equipment has been installed correctly and that the cabling has been reat- tached. (See Fig. 2-7) Remove the screw covers on the fro nt panel. Attach the case to th e rack using s crews on bo th sides. Figure 2.8: Rack m o[...]

17 Chap ter 2 Syst em Set up 2.7 P anel mounting Panel mo unting the AWS-824 8 is eas y. Ju st li ne up the hol es in t he panel aperture and the holes on the panel, an d then secur e the AWS-8248 to the panel with the m ounting bolts. Figur e 2.9: Panel mount ing the A WS-824 8[...]

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19 Chap ter 3 Mai ntena nce 3 Maintenance • Passive backplane • Power supply • CRT m onitor • Keyb oard trans lator • LED board • Fl oppy d isk driv e (FD D) • Membrane k eybo ard • To uch scr een sens or ( opti on al) CHA PTER[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 20 Chapter 3 Maintenance 3.1 P assive backpla ne Before detaching the back plane, you must slide out the work drawer. Fol- low these steps : 1. Switch off the po wer, and detach the main power cord . 2. Detach the wor k drawer fr om th e AWS-8248 unit. ( See Fig. 2-1.) 3. Slid e the work drawer out as far as it will go. [...]

21 Chap ter 3 Mai ntena nce 3.2 P ower supply Th e pow er supp ly pr ovi des 250 w at ts an d me ets UL, C SA a nd TU V stan - dards. To repair it, you must slide out the work drawer. 1. Switch off the po wer, and detach the main power cord . 2. Detach the work drawer fr om the AWS-8248 unit. (See Fig . 2-1.) 3. Slide the work drawer ou t as far as[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 22 3.3 LCD display module 1. Switch off the power , and detach all the cables . 2. Detach and slide out th e work drawer . (Refer Fig. 2-1 .) 3. Unscrew and detach t he upper an d back co ver. ( Ref er Fig. 3 -3) 4. Unscrew and detach t he keyboard t ranslator b oard. ( R efer Fig. 3 -3) 5. Unscre w the 4 scr ews whic h [...]

23 Chap ter 3 Mai ntena nce Figur e 3.4: R emoving L CD dis play mod ule ( final st eps)[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 24 3.4 Key board tran slator The keyb oard translator is an interface b etween a standar d PC keyboard layout and a s pecific keypad layou t. The outpu t side is conne cted to the keyboar d conn ector of the CPU card. The input side is connected to three flat cables leading to th e membrane k eypad and two 5 -pin externa[...]

25 Chap ter 3 Mai ntena nce Figur e 3.6: K eyboard trans lator i nput /output (schema tic)[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 26 To ser vice the k eyboa rd tran slator: 1. Switch off the po wer, and detach the main power cord . 2. Detach the work drawer an d cover f rom the AWS-8248 unit. (See Fig. 2-1.) 3. Slide the work drawer ou t as far as it will go. 4. Detach all cables connected to the keyboard tran slator. These include cables to th e k[...]

27 Chap ter 3 Mai ntena nce 3.5 LED boa rd Before replacing the LED b oard, you must s lide out the work dra wer. Fol- low these steps : 1. Switch off the po wer, and detach the main power cord . 2. Detach the work drawer fr om the AWS-8248 unit. (See Fig . 2-1). 3. Slide the work drawer ou t as far as it will go. 4. Pu ll of f th e LED ca ble . 5.[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 28 3.6 Floppy disc drive (FDD) Before replacing the FDD, you must s lide out the work d rawer. Follow these steps: 1. Switch off the po wer, and detach the main power cord . 2. Detach the wor k drawer fr om th e AWS-8248 unit. ( See Fig. 2-1.) 3. Slide the work drawer ou t as far as it will go. 4. Pull off the flat cable[...]

29 Chap ter 3 Mai ntena nce 3.7 M embr ane key pad This eventually wears out after exhau stive and prolon ged use. Th e metal dome switches lose their elasticity, the con tact surfaces wear down, an d chemical corrosion sets in. The membran e keypad film can become torn . If more than, say, thr ee metal domes are broken, th is may ind icate that th[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 30 Figu re 3.10 : Repl acing th e membra ne keypa d[...]

31 Chap ter 3 Mai ntena nce 3.8 Touchscreen sensor (-T models) The touchs creen sens or may even tually wear out af ter exhaus tive and prolong ed use. Before you replace it, you must slide out the work drawer. 1. Switch off the po wer, and detach the main power cord . 2. Detach the work drawer an d cover f rom the AWS-8248 unit. (See Fig. 2-1.) 3.[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 32 Figure 3.11: R eplacin g the tou chscreen sens or[...]

33 Chapt er 4 Macro Key Programmi ng 4 Macro Key Program- ming • Introduct ion • Macro key o verview •S y n t a x • Using SFED8 248.COM •E x a m p l e s CHA PTER[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 34 Chapter 4 Macro K ey Programming 4.1 Introduction Our work stations are equ ipped with pr ogrammable functio n keys (macr o keys) that gr eatly enhance the o perator interface. Macro s, which ar e far more po werful than b atch files, autom ate the mo st commonl y used in put sequences. They extend ed their fun ctiona[...]

35 Chapt er 4 Macro Key Programmi ng 4.3 S yntax Macro definitions consist of ASCII chara cters or character codes for spe- cial characters (ALT, ENTER , SHIFT, F1, SF2, and s o on). Thes e codes are predefin ed, and SFED8248.C OM will display them on the scr een for you. They ar e easily recog nizable, appearing between the square brack ets, "[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 36 For example: ALT-F1 is represen ted by [26][4 4][90] CRTL-C is rep res ente d by [ 28]C[9 0] SHIFT-B is repr esented by [27 ]B[90 ] ALT-X is represented by [26 ]X[90] o r [26]x [90] ALT-F1 is represen ted by [26][4 4][90] SHIFT-X i s repres ented b y [27] X[90] SHIFT-F1 i s represente d by [27][44 ][90] CTRL-X i s rep[...]

37 Chapt er 4 Macro Key Programmi ng 4.4 H ow to us e SF ED82 48.CO M First, b oot your sys tem un der pure DOS mode ( not DOS sh ell i n win- dows) an d copy all t he files to your h ard di sk and/o r make a backu p disk. Then start the macr o editor. You will have to specify either an existing macro script file or a new macro script file. Here we[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 38 4.5 E xam ple We will explain all macro function s that you can find in the EXAM- PLE.TXT We w ill explai n all macro f unction s that you can find i n the EXAMPLE .TXT macro s cript fi le. When typin g SFED8248 EXAM- PLE.TXT the following editor screen will appear: Figur e 4.2: Ma cro exam ples Ad vant ec h W or k st[...]

39 Chapt er 4 Macro Key Programmi ng SF1 = C DTOOL [33] S FED825 EXAMPLE.TXT[3 3] This macro chan ges to the TOOL directory, then s tarts up SFED8248.COM with EXAMP LE.TXT. SF2 = C OPY C:C ONFIG.E MM C:CO N FlG .SYS [ 33] Y [33] [8 5] [79] The configuration informatio n is changed by copying CONFIG.EMM to CONFIG.S YS. After a delay of 5 seconds,[...]

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41 Appx. A A Display Tim ing Mode & OSD • Supp orted input timi ng mo des • OS D op era tio n keyp ad • OSD functio n and operation Appendi x[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 42 Appen dix A Display Timing Mode and OSD A.1 Supported Input Timi ng Modes The ninet een kinds of ti mings b elow are alrea dy programmed in t his module. The inp ut synchron ous signals are automatically recognized . Tabl e A.1: Su pported In put Fo rmats Note 1: Ev en i f the pr eset timi ng is en tered, a little a d[...]

43 Appx. A A.2 OSD Operation K eypad The OSD k eypad, incl uding s ix keys and a two color in dicator, is designed as the OSD operation interface. The six keypad fu nctions are in Tab le A-2. Table A.2: K eypad functions Note: Th e green light means that the COMMON board detects the in put si gnal and e nds out put s ign al to LCD pane l. Auto Pres[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 44 A.3 OSD function and operation Auto-adj ustment pr ocess or to adju st manua lly: 1. Press [Sel] b utton to display th e OSD Menu sho w n belo w . 2. Pr ess W W W W or X X X X b utton to scrol l to th e desired menu option. 3. Press [Sel] button to select th e menu option. 4. Pr ess W W W W or X X X X button to adjust[...]

45 Ap px. B B Power Supply Specifi- cation • 250 watt power su pply •- 4 8 V DC pow er su pply • 24 V DC power s upply Appendi x[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 46 Appendix B Power Supp ly Specificat ions B.1 Supported Input Timi ng Modes The AWS- 8248 off-lin e switching po wer supply i s ideal fo r use in work- stations. It has been design ed to meet UL, C SA and TUV safety stan- dards. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, p ursu[...]

47 Ap px. B B.2 -4 8 V DC power supply The following specifications describe t he phys ical and electr ical charac- teristics of a 310 W, f our output, DC to DC switching power supply housed i n a st andard size PS/ 2 casing. Specifications Input v oltage: - 3 8 ~ -58 VDC (conti nuous oper ation) -48 VDC (normal operati on) Input current: 10 A max.[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 48 Output characteristics: Table B .1: -48 V DC power su pply output chara cteri stics Note 1: Total regulation tolerance includes temperature change, warmup drift and dynamic load . Note 2: Ripple an d noise were meas ured differentially at the power supply using lo ads that were each shunted by at least a 0. 1 m F cera[...]

49 Ap px. B Po wer go od an d pow er fa il si gnals (opt iona l): When the power i s tur ned on, the po wer good signal will activate 100 to 500 ms after all output DC voltages are operating within their respective regulati on limits. The power fail signal will activate at least 1 ms befo re the +5 V output voltage falls below its regulation limit.[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 50 Reset time: When the power s upply has automatically shut do wn, and the short cir- cuit, over-curren t and/or over-voltage cond itions have c eased to exist, power will be aut omatically recycled to restart the power supply within 3 second s of such return to normal cond itions. No load start: When the power s upply [...]

51 Ap px. B DC Output wire list All DC ou tput cables u se UL 100 7 type w ires. Table B. 2: -48 V DC pow er supp ly DC output wir e list Conne ct or O ut put Col or Wi re #A W G Len gt h (mm ) Ho usi n g T erm inal P8- 1 P G O ran ge 18 300 +3 0 /-1 0 B URND Y GTC 6 P - 1 or equ iv al en t B URND Y DC K 18-2T R9 or equ i v al en t P8- 2 +5 V R ed [...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 52 B.3 24 V DC power supply This i s a DC to DC switch ing mode power supply w ith a 24 V DC input . Input v oltage: +19 ~ +32 V DC (n ormal operation) Input current: 16 A max. @ +24 V DC input Inrush current: 10 A m ax. @ +24 V DC input Output load r ange: Table B. 3: 24 V DC power suppl y output load range Output No Ou[...]

53 Ap px. B Line regulati on: The outpu t line regulation for each output is less than ±1 % , when m ea- sured at each o u tput’s r espective rated lo ad and under ±10% changi ng input voltag e conditions. Load regulatio n: The values fo r each of the following ou tput numbers were obtained b y changing each output load ±40% from the 60% rated[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 54 General features Efficiency: 65% typical when measured at nom inal input and rated load. Input pro tection: Protection against wrong polarity if the +24 V inpu t voltage is mistak enly reversed . Out put protec tio n: If for some reaso n the power supply fails to control itself, the built-in over-voltage p rotection c[...]

55 Ap px. C C Touchs cre en (option al) • Install ation of touchscreen driver Appendi x[...]

AWS- 8248 Use r’s Man ual 56 Appen dix C Optio nal Touc hscreen C.1 Specif ications Electrical Operating Voltage: 3.3 to 5 VDC typical Sheet Resistance: 220 ± 30% W/squ are Linearity: +/- 1.5% full scale linearity error in either direction. Insulation Resis tance: > 20 ΜΩ @ 25 VDC. Optical Total light Transmiss ion: 68% typical (> 66% @[...]

57 Ap px. C Durabilit y Point Activation Lif e: 1 Million activations on a single point with a 5/8” diameter silicon e finger with a 350g load at 2 Hz Character Activation Life: >100,000 ch aracters written within a 20mm x 2 0mm C.2 Instal lation of Touchscreen Driver The touchs creen for the AW S-8248 Series provides dr ivers for us e with MS[...]

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