Ebox-3350dx2 M
Ebox-3350dx2 M
EBOX-3350DX2
EBOX-3350DX2-AP
EBOX-3350DX2-C2
EBOX-3350DX2-C2AP User’s Guide
Copyright
The information in this manual is subject to change without notice for continuous
improvement in the product. All rights are reserved. The manufacturer assumes no
responsibility for any inaccuracies that may contain in this document, and makes no
commitment to update or to keep current information contain in this manual.
DMP Electronics reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the
information contained herein at any time without notice. The software described herein
is governed by the terms of a separated user license agreement or label sticker.
This product contains software owned by DM&P and licensed by third parties. Use of
such software is subject to the terms and conditions of license agreements enclosed
with this product. Software specifications are subject to change without notice and may
not necessarily be identical to current retail versions.
Other brand names, product names or trade names appearing in this document are the
properties and registered trademarks of their respective owners. All names mentioned
herewith are served for identification purpose only.
Owner’s Record
The product serial number is located at the rear panel of your EBOX units. Refer to the
model type and serial number when you contact your nearest dealer or DMP office for
service.
Safety Information
WARNING
Do not expose EBOX to rain or moisture, in order to prevent shock and fire hazard.
Never install EBOX in wet locations.
Do not open the cabinet to avoid electrical shock. Refer to your nearest dealer for qualified
personnel servicing.
Never touch un-insulated terminals or wire unless your power adaptor and display monitor are
disconnected.
Locate EBOX as close as possible to the socket outline for easy access and to avoid force
caused by entangling of your arms with surrounding cables from the EBOX.
When using EBOX, avoid using or installing the modem to the serial port during a storm or a
lightning.
Do not use the modem or a telephone to report a gas leak in the vicinity of the leak.
USB connectors are supplied with Limited Power Sources.
WARNING
This product complies with EN55022 class A. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital
apparatus as set out in the interference - causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus”,
ICES-003 of the Department of Communications.
Attention
This product has been designed and certified to comply with certain regulatory requirements pertaining
to Information Technology Equipment. This product has not been designed for use as a medical
device. Without limitation of the foregoing, this product is not intended and has not been certified for
use in a hospital or clinical environment to diagnose, treat, or monitor patients under medical
supervision, and is not intended and has not been certified to make physical or electrical contact with
patients, nor to transfer energy to or from patients and/or to detect such energy transfer to or from
patients.
Purchase Agreement
Purpose:
In accordance to the general commercial conduct of Trust and Fair Trade, herewith below is the
agreement for the protection for both parties, DMP and Users in pursuant of trading.
Product Description:
With this product, herewith also known as EBOX-3350DX2 Series, which is a simplified & an
economical design of an embedded device for Special Purpose Personal Computing. The basic
specification of this product is comprised of the x86 technology, design, and with onboard 512 MB
DDR2 System memory, VGA display, USB, COM ports and LAN Interfaces.
Distribution Convention:
1. This Product includes a gift box, an inner case, a PC, a Power adaptor (Optional). Upon
receiving this product, kindly please refer to the User’ Manual to check for the contents and
appearance of this product; contact immediately your nearest dealer or DMP office for any
defective or missing parts. The supplier will not be responsible for any reported discrepancy
there after the expiration period of 3-days from the received date.
2. In consideration of transportation and the cost of storage, the supplier provides to the
distributors a warranty of 12 months. This warranty covers the failure caused by hardware
breakdown (excluding hard drives), but does not cover the act of misuse and mishandling.
3. The supplier will not accept unknown post, therefore if you wish to repair or to return your
goods – kindly please contact your nearest dealer to make your declaration, and at the same
time, apply for an RMA number (RMA stands for Return Merchandise Authorization – please
ask for RMA form and fill-up for authorization).
4. The freight for return goods for repair will follow the International customary practice and
convention: Both parties is to pay for freight of one shipment each. The shipper is required to
prepay the freight from the place of origin (This means that the returnee (user) covers the
freight for return goods, while the Supplier covers the freight for goods after the repair).
5. Obsolete warranty is referred to as: (1) Expiration of warranty or (2) Damage due to misuse
within warranty. The Supplier will be taken into consideration of the circumstances, to provide
repair service with charges expense for obsolete warranty. This expense includes the cost of
material and the cost of labor.
Note: If there is other particular issue, not listed in the above conditions, both parties agreed to follow
the General Law of Commerce with fair and reasonable discussion in handling and resolving the
argument.
Contents
Chapter 1
02 Unpacking your EBOX Mini PC
Chapter 2
05 EBOX-3350DX2 Series Overview
06 System Specifications
07 Peripherals Connecting
Chapter 3
10 BIOS Reconfiguring
11 Linux Installation Guide
Chapter 4
20 Technical Specifications
Chapter 5
22 Onboard Connectors Summary
24 Pin Assignments
Chapter 6
27 Taking Care Your EBOX VESA PC
29 Troubleshooting
Chapter 7
32 Terms and Condition
32 Warranty
32 Service and Support
32 Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) Policy
32 Shipping Policy
Chapter 1
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Unpacking Your EBOX Mini PC
Congratulation! You have just acquired EBOX-3350DX2 Series, please check the
following items:
Packing List:
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Preface
EBOX-3350DX2 Series: VESA PC
The EBOX-3350DX2 Series is a revolutionary device which is especially designed for limited physical
space and temperature concerns. No matter you are in a jammed office, a crowded place, or public
transportation, it can be easily integrated with a VESA LCD to bring you EBOX-3350DX2 Series
access at any time.
It can attach to any VESA mounting fixture; allowing it to be securely mounted onto desks, walls, or
buildings, and thereby optimizes your work area. It can also attach directly to any size LCD for a
mobile system for the use at trade shows, presentations, promotions, etc. Unlike traditional portable
laptop design, the EBOX-3350DX2 Series can be used with a large size LCD. Furthermore, with
FANLESS design, EBOX-3350DX2 Series is ideal to be used in the environment where temperature
demand is critical.
If you are looking for a device that is able to provide with more mobility & space, and at the same time
uses less power consumption, EBOX-3350DX2 Series will be surely meet your need.
The VESA® FDMI™ Standard defines mounting interfaces, hole patterns and associated cable/
power supply locations for LCD monitors, plasma displays and other flat panel devices. EBOX-
3350DX2 Series is designed to fit this standard to make monitor attachment quickly and easily.
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Chapter 2
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EBOX-3350DX2 Series Overview
Front Panel
A: Reset Button
For system reset or turn on.
(Available in 3350DX2/ 3350DX2-C2).
B: Power LED
The power LED lights up when
the system is turned on.
F: SD Slot
For the storage SD card, the system
is bootable from SD card.
Back Panel
G: USB V2.0 port
K K K: RS-232 port
* Available in EBOX-3350DX2-C2/ C2AP
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System Specification
CPU Operating System
Vortex86DX2 (933MHz) Windows XP Embedded
Main Memory Windows Embedded CE
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Peripherals
Connecting the Power Adaptor
A: DC Power Jack
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Peripherals
Connecting the USB
EBOX-3350DX2 series provides 3 external USB ports (2 at the front, 1 at the rear).
C: SD Slot
D: Microphone/ Earphone
F
E
C D The EBOX-3350DX2 Series supports
Microphone Input and Speaker Output
E: Reset Button
F: USB Ports
F
The USB ports are available for connection to
USB devices such as CD-ROM/ USB Drive.
H H
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Chapter 3
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BIOS Reconfiguring
1. AMI BIOS is used in the EBOX-3350DX2 Series. To reconfigure the EBOX-3350DX2 Series,
press the <Del> key after power turn on to enter the BIOS setup main menu.
2. Select from the menu, the desired setup to change.
3. Press <Esc> to go back to main menu.
4. Press <F9> to load factory default setting.
5. Move to “Exit” TAB and select “Save Settings and Exit”, press “Y” to save the changes that you
just made. EBOX-3350DX2 Series will restart accordingly to your new setup.
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Linux installation For Debian7.0/ Ubuntu10.04
Regarding the system installation of Debian7.0/ Ubuntu10.04, please follow the steps
and suggestions to complete the system installation on the EBOX-3350DX2 Series platform.
There we provided is a brief instruction to assist clients, but you can configure it by yourself
with system’s asking.
1. Configuration of BIOS
The first step is to ensure BIOS has correctly configured that necessary function was
enabled for IDE device. (for Debian7.0 especially)
Keep pressing the key <Del> can assist entering BIOS when the power turned on.
The BIOS functions you need to check locate Advanced \ IDE Configuration \
Standard IDE Compatible. Set as Enabled.
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2. Basic system installation
For Debian7.0, after booting from the installation CD, moving straight to install
system would get a text only system, please choose Graphic Install if GUI is
necessary for your application.
The system would start to ask questions for basic configuration. Such as the
language, keyboard map and time zone, etc.
Then the system information appears for something about the detecting of network
hardware, system requires users to load the firmware files for network device rtl8168,
just answer no for this inquiry and move forward.
Then the system would inform you that multiple network interfaces were detected on
the EBOX-3350DX2 Series, and the user to choose the one as primary network
interface, both of them all could be chosen. And the Ethernet cable must be plugged
in this period.
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As installation processing, the system would need you to make decisions about how
the partitions your disk for the system? Following default option is using entire disk
for the beginner. Choose “all files in one partition”. Other allocation is also available,
depends on customers’ needs.
Then the system would keep asking you few questions for configuration,
suggestions were attached as follow.
When system asking you to choose the software to install for system, you can
remark both the Debian desktop environment and standard system utilities, then to
continue following procedure. It would start the package installation, around hundred
packages would be installed, please be patient until system informed you for
the next step.
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The next question is about the agreement of the installation of the GRUB boot
loader to the MBR area? Answer YES and wait system to complete the installation
as last procedure.
When it's completed, the disc tray will eject and inform you, then press continue to
restart and be ready to enjoy the new system!
The Debian7.0
The Ubuntu10.04
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3. Kernel and graphic driver installation
Install the Kernel Package (Console mode)
For Debian7.0, you can skip this procedure for kernel installation; Because system
could work with default kernel version (3.2.0).
Clicking the icon of the terminal from the application. And download the kernel
2.6.32-21 from below link then to store the kernel package.
Follow the instructions to complete the kernel installation, get into the folder that
kernel file stored, and switching as the root before command executed.
# dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.32-21-vortex86_2.6.32-21.32_i386.deb
When download completed, restart the system and to choose the kernel 2.6.34.10 to
boot when GRUB boot loader was loaded. You can keep pressing the key “Shift”
when the system from booting, then the boot loader would show the option of kernel
for you. Then find the “Ubuntu, With Linux 2.6.32-21-vortex86” to execute.
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Or you can remove the default kernel 2.6.32-??-generic that be arranged as a higher
priority than the kernel we installed for the EBOX-3350DX2 platform, with the
instruction below through the terminal.
To find the last two numbers as location of question marks that the system shows on
screen “linux-image-2.6.32-??
Then execute it with the correct numbers that you found in previous, and to replace
the question mark with correct version numbers shown below.
Then you would see only one kernel on the GRUB list.
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Install the VGA driver (Console mode)
Switch to console mode by pressing key <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <F1>, then copy the VGA
driver rdc_drv.so to the driver folder /usr/lib/xor/modules/drivers/, before that, you
can download the driver from links below for Debian7 and Ubuntu10.04 individually.
#/etc/init.d/gdm stop
#X –configure
#cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#/etc/init.d/gdm restart
※Please click xorg.conf to download for your system, if the display is out of range.
Reboot and make sure all the display is normal then set the resolution as requested.
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4. The system configuration
Enable the Auto login
System / Administration / Login Screen
1. Execute the utility “Login Screen” and enter the password to process it.
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Chapter 4
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Technical Specification
Note:
1. SD Slot x 1 (Bootable but hot-swappable not support).
2. Power Supply 10W Micro USB EU and US Type offer to sell as extra spare parts.
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Chapter 5
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Onboard Connectors Summary
A: Reset Button
B: Power LED
C: Line out
E D: Mic in
B E: USB V2.0
F D C A F: SD Slot
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Rear Connectors Outline
G: USB V2.0
H: VGA
I : RJ-45 LAN
J : DC Power Jack
J G
I H
K: RS-232 Port
K K
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Pin Assignments
J7, J8: USB : For connection to external USB device – 4-pin USB Type 1 Connector (H)
Signal
Pin #
Name
1 VCC
2 USB2-
3 USB2+
4 GND
5 NC
6 NC
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J10: USB (90 ) – For connection to external USB device – 4-pin USB Type 1 Connector (H)
Pin # Signal Name
1 VCC
2 USB0-
3 USB0+
4 GND
5 GGND
6 GGND
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Pin Assignments
J12: LAN: RJ-45 Connector
Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name
1 FTXD+ 2 FTXD-
3 FRXIN+ 4 NC
5 NC 6 FRXIN-
7 NC 8 NC
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Chapter 6
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Taking Care of your EBOX
This section gives you some guidelines on using EBOX-3350DX2 Series – Safe using, Storing and
Handling.
Storing
Do not place EBOX-3350DX2 Series in a location that is subject to:
Heating sources, such as stove, oven, heater, radiator or air duct.
Direct contact from sunlight.
Rain or moisture area.
Excessive dust accumulation area.
High humidity place.
Constant or occasional mechanical movement, vibration or shock.
Strong magnets or magnetic fields or magnetically unshielded speakers.
Ambient temperature of more than 122oF (50oC) or less than 41oF (5oC).
Do not place other electronic device or electrical equipment near EBOX-3350DX2 Series. The
electromagnetic field of the EBOX-3350DX2 Series may cause interference subjecting to
malfunction.
Provide adequate air ventilation (circulation) to prevent internal buildup of heat. Do not place
EBOX-3350DX2 Series near the wall, behind the curtains or draperies, in between two books
that block its ventilation slots. Leave a space of at least 8 inches (20cm) behind the sides and
back panel of the EBOX-3350DX2 Series.
Change of environmental temperature: Problems may occur when there is a sudden change of
environmental temperature, or if the EBOX-3350DX2 Series is brought directly from a cold
location to a warm one, moisture may condense inside EBOX-3350DX2 Series. Turn off the
device, and contact your nearest dealer.
Check the surrounding appliance(s) before using EBOX-3350DX2 Series. Since the EBOX-
3350DX2 Series uses high-frequency radio signal and may interface with radio or TV reception
causing interference or poor signal display. When this happens, relocate the EBOX-3350DX2
Series by a suitable distance away from it.
Do not drop the EBOX-3350DX2 Series from working table nor place heavy objects on top of it.
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Using Cables for Connection
To avoid the problem, use only the specified interface cables in your accessory bag. The supplier
will not be responsible for the connection arising from the other unspecified peripheral equipment.
Do not use cut or damaged cables for connection.
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Troubleshooting
This section describes the techniques of resolving some basic problems that you encounter when
using EBOX-3350DX2 Series. For more troubleshooting guidelines, please contact your nearest
dealer for technical support.
If the BIOS error message appears, press any key to resume or, hit <DEL> to enter BIOS setup main
menu, follow these steps:
1. Press <DEL>, and the BIOS Setup main menu appears, check if HDD is detected. If it is not
detected, use Direction keys <↑↓> to choose “AUTO” and then go back to the main menu by
pressing <ESC>. Move your cursor down with Direction keys <↓>, and choose “Save
Settings and Exit”, a message dialog appears as seen below, hit <Enter>.
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2. Go to “Exit” menu using the Direction keys <↑↓> and choose the option “Load Optimal
Defaults”, then press <Enter>. A message dialog appears as seen below, hit “Y” key and
presses <Enter> to save and recover to the factory setting.
Enter your BIOS setup main menu by pressing <DEL> key, be sure that the C: drive is enable.
If Windows still does not start, follow these steps to initialize the BIOS:
1. Turn off the EBOX-3350DX2 Series.
2. Remove any peripheral devices connected to the EBOX-3350DX2 Series.
3. Restart the EBOX-3350DX2 Series.
4. Press <DEL> to enter BIOS Setup main menu window.
5. Follow the steps as written in item B. BIOS error message.
If you have just connected EBOX-3350DX2 Series to a CD/ DVD or USB Drivers, remove these
peripherals. And restart to confirm that the Windows operating system starts properly. If EBOX-
3350DX2 Series continues to display the message ”Operating system not found,” and Windows
does not start, please contact your nearest dealer for servicing.
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Chapter 7
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Terms and Conditions
Warranty
The warranty terms for EBOX-3350DX2 Series are twelve (12) months from the shipped month.
During the warranty period, DMP Electronics Will repair replace the product covered under this limited
warranty.
Shipping Policy
The Purchaser must pre-pay shipping for any defective system or parts returned under the warranty.
DMP Electronics Inc. shall not be liable for risk of loss or damage during shipment of your returned
system or parts if you fail to insure the shipment.
All products must be shipped back to DMP Electronics Inc. in original or equivalent packaging. DMP
Electronics Inc. will ship the repaired or replacement product(s) to the Purchaser by freight prepaid.
Purchaser assumes the risk of loss. DMP Electronics Inc. shall not be responsible for failure of the
delivery service to make on-time delivery.
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