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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