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|Contents
Chapter 1 General Information ........................................2
1.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 2
1.2 Specifications .................................................................... 3
1.3 Dimensions........................................................................ 6
Figure 1.1:Dimensions of the PPC-154 .......................... 6
Chapter 2 System Setup...................................................12
2.1 A Quick Tour of the Panel PC ........................................ 12
Figure 2.1:Front view of PPC-154 panel PC ................ 12
Figure 2.2:Left side view of the panel PC .................... 13
Figure 2.3:Rear view of the panel PC........................... 13
2.2 Preparing for First-time Use............................................ 14
2.3 Installation Procedures .................................................... 14
2.3.1 Connecting the power cord........................................... 14
2.3.2 Connecting the keyboard and mouse............................ 14
2.3.3 Switching on the power ................................................ 14
2.4 Running the BIOS Setup Program .................................. 15
2.5 Installing System Software.............................................. 16
2.6 Installing the Drivers....................................................... 17
Chapter 3 Using the Panel PC.........................................20
3.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 20
3.2 Floppy drive .................................................................... 20
Figure 3.1:Inserting and ejecting a floppy disk ............ 20
3.3 CD-ROM Drive............................................................... 21
Figure 3.2:Inserting and ejecting a CD-ROM .............. 21
3.4 Multi-card Reader .......................................................... 22
Figure 3.3:Opening the card reader’s door ................... 22
Figure 3.4:Inserting and ejecting a PCMCIA card ....... 22
3.5 PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard.............................................. 23
3.6 PCI Bus Expansion.......................................................... 23
Figure 3.5:PCI bus expansion....................................... 23
3.7 Parallel port ..................................................................... 24
3.8 Serial COM ports ............................................................ 24
3.9 VGA Port......................................................................... 25
3.10 Game Port........................................................................ 25
3.11 USB Ports........................................................................ 25
3.12 Audio Interface................................................................ 26
3.13 Ethernet ........................................................................... 26
3.14 Touchscreen (Optional)................................................... 26