AAEON TKS-G21-QM77B User Manual

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TKS-G21-QM77B

®

Intel

3rd Generation

TM

Core

10/100/1000Base-TX Ethernet

2 USB3.0, 2 USB 2.0, 3 COM

1 CFast

i7/Celeron® Processor

8-bit Digital I/O

2 SATA 3.0Gb/s

TM

, 1 Mini Card, LPC

TKS-G21-QM77B Manual 1st Ed.

May 2013

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Copyright Notice

This document is copyrighted, 2013. All rights are reserved. The
original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to
the products described in this manual at any time without notice.

No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or
transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written
permission of the original manufacturer. Information provided in this
manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, the
original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use, or for
any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result
from its use.

The material in this document is for product information only and is
subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have
been made in the preparation of this document to assure its
accuracy, AAEON assumes no liabilities resulting from errors or
omissions in this document, or from the use of the information
contained herein.

AAEON reserves the right to make changes in the product design
without notice to its users.

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Acknowledgments

All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their
respective owners.

 AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
 CFast
 Intel
 Microsoft Windows

™ is a trademark of the Compact Flash Association.

®

and Core™ are trademarks of Intel® Corporation.

®

is a registered trademark of Microsoft

Corp.

 ITE is a trademark of Integrated Technology Express, Inc.
 IBM, PC/AT, PS/2, and VGA are trademarks of International

Business Machines Corporation.

 SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Labs, Inc.

Please be notified that all other products’ name or trademarks
not be mentioned above are properties of their respective
owners.

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Packing List

Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that
the following materials have been shipped:

 1 DVD-ROM for Manual (in PDF Format) and

Drivers

 1 TKS-G21-QM77B

If any of these items should be missing or damaged, please
contact your distributor or sales representative immediately.

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Contents

Chapter 1 General Information

1.1 Introduction................................................................ 1-2

1.2 Features....................................................................1-3

1.3 Specifications............................................................ 1-4

Chapter 2 Quick Installation Guide

2.1 Safety Precautions ..................................................2-2

2.2 Mechanical Drawing of TKS-G21-QM77B ................ 2-3

2.3 A Quick Tour of the TKS-G21-QM77B...................... 2-4

2.4 Hard Disk Installation ................................................2-7

2.5 Accessory Installation..............................................2-11

2.6 Wallmount Kit Installation........................................ 2-17

2.7 List of Jumpers ...................................................... 2-18

2.8 List of Connectors ...................................................2-19

2.9 Setting Jumpers ......................................................2-21

2.10 Front Panel Connector (JP9) ................................ 2-22

2.11 Clear CMOS (JP11) .............................................. 2-22

2.12 COM Port #2 RS-232/422/485 Selection (CN11) . 2-23

2.13 Digital I/O Connector (CN12)................................ 2-25

Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Setup

3.1 System Test and Initialization. ..................................3-2

3.2 AMI BIOS Setup........................................................ 3-3

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Chapter 4 Driver Installation

4.1 Installation……………………………………………..4-3

Appendix A Programming The Watchdog Timer

A.1 Programming .........................................................A-2

A.2 ITE8728F Watchdog Timer Initial Program...........A-6

Appendix B I/O Information

B.1 I/O Address Map....................................................B-2

B.2 Memory Address Map............................................B-5

B.3 IRQ Mapping Chart................................................B-6

B.4 DMA Channel Assignments.……………………….B-9

Appendix C Mating Connector

C.1 List of Mating Connectors and Cables.................. C-2

Appendix D RAID & AHCI Setting

D.1 Setting RAID......................................................... D-2

D.2 Setting AHCI....................................................... D-12

Appendix E Digital I/O Ports

E.1 Electrical Specifications for I/O Ports.....................E-2

E.2 DIO Programming..................................................E-3

E.3 Digital I/O Register.................................................E-4

E.4 Digital I/O Sample Program...................................E-5

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Chapter

1

General

Information

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1.1 Introduction

The newest EmBox series TKS-G21-QM77B has been introduced
by AAEON and it utilizes Intel

® 3rd

Generation Core™ processor. In
this era of information explosion, the advertising of consumer
products will not be confined to the family television, but will also be
spread to high-traffic public areas, like department stores, the bus,
transportation station, the supermarket etc. The advertising
marketing industry will resort to every conceivable means to
transmit product information to consumers. System integrators will
need a multifunction device to satisfy commercial needs for such
public advertising.

The TKS-G21-QM77B is designed for indoor environments due to
the following reasons; first, the TKS-G21-QM77B offers high
performance system that while operating in ambient temperatures
ranging from 0° to 50°C. The TKS-G21-QM77B is a standalone
high performance controller designed for long-life operation and
with high reliability. It can replace traditional methods and become
the mainstream controller for the multimedia entertainment market.

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1.2 Features

 Intel
 Intel
 204-pin DDR3 1600 MHz SODIMM x 1, Up to 8 GB
 Gigabit Ethernet x 2
 HDMI X 1, VGA x 1
 Line-Out, Mic-In
 SATA 3.0Gb/s x 2 (Optional RAID), CFast™ x 1
 USB3.0 x 2, USB2.0 x 2, COM x 3, 8-Bit Digital I/O
 Mini Card x 1
 +12V Only Operation

 Supports iAMT with Intel

®

CoreTM i7/Celeron® Processor

®

QM77/HM76

®

QM77 and Core™ i7 Processors

Only

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1.3 Specifications

CPU

Chipset
System Memory
Display

Interface

VGA
HDMI

Onboard Intel
i7-3555LE/Celeron

®

Core™

®

847E BGA

Processors less than 25W

®

Intel

QM77/HM76 PCH

204-pin DDR3 1333/1600 MHz
SODIMM x 1, Max. 8 GB

D-SUB 15 x 1
HDMI x 1

Storage
Device

SSD
SA TA

LAN

Network

Wireless
USB Host

Front I/O

Serial Port
Audio
USB Host
LAN

Rear I/O

Serial Port
DIO

KB/MS
Expansion Mini Card
Indicator Front
Power Requirement

CFast™ x 1
SATA 3.0Gb/s x 2 (Optional RAID)

Intel 82579LM Gigabit PHY x1 &
Realtek RTL-8111E Gigabit x 1,
RJ-45 x 2

—
USB Type A x 2
COM x 1
Line-out, Mic-in
USB3.0 Type A x 2
RJ-45 x 2
COM x 2
8-bit (Programmable) x 1
Through USB port
Mini Card x 1 (Internal)
Power LED x 1, HDD LED x 1
+12V DC Input, ATX type

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Thermal Solution

Fanless

Mounting
Operating Temperature
Storage Temperature

Anti-Vibration

Anti-Shock

Certification EMC
Dimension
Gross Weight
OS Support

Wallmount (optional)
32°F ~ 122°F (0°C ~ 50°C)

-40°F ~ 176°F (-40°C ~ 80°C)
5 g rms/ 5 ~ 500Hz/ random operation

TM

(CFast

)
1 g rms/ 5 ~ 500Hz/ random operation
(Internal Hard Disk Drive active
Module)
50 G peak acceleration (11 msec.
duration) (CFast

TM

)
20 G peak acceleration (11 msec.
duration) (Hard Disk Drive Module)

CE/FCC Class A

7.79" x 7.08"x 2.48”(198mm x
180mmx 63mm)

4.85 lb (2.2 kg) (Heavy duty steel )
Windows

Windows

®

XP Pro, Windows® 7,

®

8, Linux Fedora

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Chapter

2

Quick

Inst

Chapter 2 Quick Installation Guide 2-1

allation

Guide

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2.1 Safety Precautions

Always completely disconnect the power cord
from your board whenever you are working on
it. Do not make connections while the power is
on, because a sudden rush of power can
damage sensitive electronic components.

Always ground yourself to remove any static
charge before touching the board. Modern
electronic devices are very sensitive to static
electric charges. Use a grounding wrist strap at
all times. Place all electronic components on a
static-dissipative surface or in a static-shielded
bag when they are not in the chassis

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2.2 Mechanical Drawing of TKS-G21-QM77B

2.3 A Quick Tour of the TKS-G21-QM77B

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Before you start to set up the TKS-G21-QM77B, take a moment to
become famil

iar with the locations and purposes of the controls, drives,
connections and ports, which are illustrated in the figures (Figure 2.1 to
Figure 2.4) below.

Figure 2.1 Front View of the TKS-G21-QM77B

Antenna holes for WiFi
or GPS (optional)

USB x 2

Reserved COM5
and COM6

COM4

MIC-in and Line-out

Power
and HDD
indicator
LED

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Figure 2.2 Rear View of the TKS-G21-QM77B

8-bit Digital I/O with
VCC and ground Pin

USB x 2

LAN1 and LAN 2
(Gigabit Ethernet)

COM2

HDMI

Figure 2.3 Top View of the TKS-G21-QM77B

COM3

VGA

Power
Switch

DC-in
+12V DC
(lockable)

Wallmount
Brackets
(optional)

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Figure 2.4 Bottom View of the TKS-G21-QM77B

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I/O cover for
RAM, CFast and
optional Mini
Card

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2.4 Hard Disk Installation

Step 1: Unfasten the screws on the top of cover.

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Step 2: Fasten the four HDD screws and black damper, and then you can

put the HDD on the opposite side for screwing

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Step 3: Putting the HDD with the HDD bracket in by 45 degree height and make
sure the bracket holes are matched with the chassis stand.

Step 4: Fasten the four screws of the HDD bracket and connect the HDD and
power cables to the motherboard (GENE-GM77).

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Step 5: Close the top cover and fasten the screws.

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2.5 Accessory Installation

Step 1: Unfasten the 5 screws of I/O cover which is on the bottom of the
chassis.

I/O cover

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Step 2: Remove the I/O cover and you can see the inside placements of RAM,
CFast card, Mini Card (Mini PCIe) slot for installation.

CFast

RAM

MiniCard

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Step: 2-1: Insert the memory module to the Memory slot and push the module
down until it has been locked by the two latches on the sides firmly.

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Step 2-2: Insert the Mini Card module to the Mini Card slot. Push the module
down until the module has been locked by two latches on the sides firmly.

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Step 2-3: Insert the Compact-Fast card to CFast slot. Put the card bracket and
fasten the screws.

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Step 3: Put I/O cover back to the bottom of the chassis and fasten 5 screws

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2.6 Wallmount Kit Installation

Get the brackets ready and fasten appropriate four screws on brackets. After
fastening the two brackets on the bottom lid, the wallmount kit installation has
been finished.

Note: the wallmount kit is optional.

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2.7 List of Jumpers

The board has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your
system to suit your application.

The table below shows the function of each of the board's jumpers:

Label Function

JP8 COM2 Pin8 Function Selection
JP9 Front Panel Connector
JP11 Clear CMOS Jumper
JP12 AT/ATX Power Supply Mode Selection

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2.8 List of Connectors

The board has a number of connectors that allow you to configure your
system to suit your application. The table below shows the function of
each board's connectors:

Label Function CN2 External +12V Input

CN3 USB 2.0 Ports 7 and 8
CN6 External +5VSB Input
CN8 Audio I/O Port
CN11 COM Port 2
CN12 LPT / Digital I/O Port
CN13 COM Port 3
CN14 LPC Port
CN15 COM Port 4
CN18 +5VSB Output w/SMBus
CN20 CPU FAN
CN21 HDMI Port
CN22 +5V Output for SATA HDD
CN23 Realtek LAN (RJ-45) Port
CN24 Intel LAN (RJ-45) Port
CN25 USB Ports 1 and 2

CN26
CN28 CFast Slot

CN29 DDR3 SODIMM Slot

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VGA / DVI Ports (depend on hardware
configuration)