Acura Embedded AcuTab-M7 User manual
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Acura Embedded AcuTab-M7 is a rugged tablet PC with a 7-inch LED Backlight Screen and a 5-megapixel rear camera, making it suitable for capturing high-quality images and videos in various conditions. It is equipped with a long-lasting battery and an external battery option for extended mobile operation, allowing you to stay productive on the go. The device features multiple connectivity options, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and optional 3.5G or LTE modules, enabling seamless communication and data transfer.
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AcuTab-M7
Rugged Tablet PC
User’s Guide
Acura Embedded Systems Inc.
Features
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Platform: Intel® Cedar Trail Platform (N2600+NM10)
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GPU: Intel ATOM N2600 1.6GHz Dual core
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Chipset: Intel® NM10 Express Chipset
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System Memory: 2GB DDRIII 800 SO-DIMMM
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Storage: 1 x 32G SATA Slim Half-Size Solid State Disk
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LCD Panel: 7-inch LED Backlight Screen
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7“ XGA (1280x800) 400nits LCD, or 500nit
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Touch Panel 5-wire Resistive Touch Screen
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Audio: -1 x High Quality Speaker (2W)
-Internal Microphone : 1 x in front Bezel
TPM: 1x Compatible with TPM1.2 (option)
Communication : 10/100Mbps Ethernet
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n ; Bluetooth 4.0
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GPS Positioning: GPS/QZSS, GLONASS
50 channel all-in-view tracking
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Webcam:
Front - 2 Mega-pixel Camera
Rear - 5 Mega-pixel Camera with LED Flash light
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External I/O:
2 x USB 2.0 (type-A), 1x Micro SD slot, 1x RS232
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Power Adapter :
AC Input, 100V ~ 240VAC, 50~60Hz
DC Output, [email protected], 65W
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Battery
Internal Battery - Smart Lithium Polymer Battery, 2900mAH, 7.5V
Mechanical & Environmental
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Physical Characteristics :
Dimension & Weight : 225 x 168 x 26.5mm ; 850g
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Rugged Design
Drop : 5ft drop
Vibration : Operating : MIL-STD-810G Method 514.6 Category 4 Fig 514.6C-3
Mechanical Shock : Operating : 20g, 11ms, Terminal sawtooth
Non-operating : 40g, 11ms, Terminal sawtooth
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Water/Dust Resistance : IP65
Environment : Operation temperature : -20°C to +50°C
Storage Temperature : -30°C to +70°C
Humidity : 5-95% without condensation
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Optional: Internal Module
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3.5G Sierra MC8355 Gobi3000 :
Protocol : HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS/EVDO/EDGE
Frequency : UMTS/HSUPA/HSDPA 850/900/1800/2100MHz
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CDMA/EVDO 800/1900MHz
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GSM/GPRS/EDGS 850/900/1800/1900MHz
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LTE Sierra MC7700/MC7710/MC7750
Optional : External Accessories
External Battery Kits :
External Battery Pack :
Hot-swappable Lithium Polymer battery pack -doubles duration of mobile operation, 4200mAh (2S1P), 7.4V
External Battery Charger : Recharges external battery pack
MSR :
Reference Standards :
ANSI/ISO Standards 7810,7811-1/6, 7813
JIS II
Decoding Method :
ISO Track1 - IATA , Track2 - ABA and Track3 –THRIFT
Barcode Scanner :
Decoded Mode :
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1D Symbologies : EAN/UPC, RSS, Code 39, Code 128, UCC/EAN
128, ISBN, ISBT, Interleaved, Matrix, Industrial and Standard 2 of 5,
Codabar, Code 93/93i, Code 11, MSI, Plessey, Telepen, postal codes.
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2D Symbologies: Data Matrix, PDF417, Micro PDF 417, Maxicode,
QR, Aztec, EAN.UCC composite.
Viewing AcuTab-M7
Before starting to set up AcuTab-M7, get familiar with the locations and purpose of controls, connectors and I/O ports, which are illustrated in the figures below. When placed upright, the front panel of AcuTab-M7 appears as shown in below.
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Camera / 2 Mega-pixel (Front-facing)
The built-in camera can be used as a communication device for allowing you to capture images, record videos, and have video chats. It is 2M pixels and can be used for transmitting live image through network for video conference.
Camera / 5 Mega-pixel (Rear-facing)
The built-in high resolution camera can be used as a communication device for allowing you to capture images, record videos, and have video chats.
Power / Storage / RF status LED Indicator
Keeps you informed of your system’s current
power status, storage access status, and
RF wireless devices ON/OFF status.
1. RF ON/OFF
2. Storage Access
3. Power LED Indicator
RF ON/OFF Indicator
When LED turns on, white LED indicates that a wireless device (Wifi / Bluetooth
/ WWAN) is activated. When LED turns off, it indicates that all RF devices are being disabled.
Storage Access
When LED blinking white indicates that the system is accessing the internal storage drive.
Power LED Indicator
Letting you know that system is turned on and indicate the battery charging status.
Lights green when the system is powered on and battery is discharging
Lights amber when the system is powered on and battery is charging
Lights blinking amber when the system is in S3 sleep mode and battery is charging or lights blinking green when the system is in S3 sleep mode and battery is fully charged
Lights off when system is powered off or the battery is fully charged.
Power Button
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Switch the computer power on and off, or resumes whenever it is in Suspend mode
(by OS define).
USB Ports
The two USB (type-A) ports allows you to connect USB 2.0-compliant devices (for example, mouse, keyboard and so on) to your Tablet PC.
3.5mm Headphone Jack
Allows you to connect an external 3.5mm 4-conductor TRRS (stereo-plus-mic) headphone for personal listening and sound recording.
Micro SD Card Slot
The Micro SD (SDHC) card slot allows you to transfer/record video and pictures to your tablet, while adding extra storage capacity.
Ethernet Port
The 10/100Mbps Ethernet port allows you to connect to other computers/networks through a local area network (LAN).
RS-232 Serial Port
RS-232 serial port allows connections to modems, printers, mice, barcode readers, data acquisition equipment, and other peripheral devices.
Accessory Door
By removing the two long screws on top side of the system, allows you to install optional snap-on module.
External Battery Connector
To install the external battery pack, install external battery holder first and remove the cover of external battery connector before snap the battery pack into the external battery connector.
Speaker
Integrated stereo speaker for sound and audio output for your multimedia presentations or listening pleasure.
Protective Rubber
To prevent system harm from vibration or shock, the system is designed with installing protective rubber on four corners.
Programmable Function Buttons (F1~F4)
These buttons is programmable to execute specific software application. When you program the application to launch, please write this directory as listed below into the configuration file, then the system will aware and execute this application.
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[Setup]
F1_EXE="c:\windows\explorer.exe"
F1_PARA=""
F1_PATH=""
F2_EXE="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
F2_PARA="/prefetch: 1"
F2_PATH=""
F3_EXE="C:\WINDOWS\system32\osk.exe"
F3_PARA=""
F3_PATH=""
F4_EXE="C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe"
F4_PARA=""
F4_PATH=""
The configuration file is located under drive C: root directory as
"c:\FKeySet.txt"
Trigger Buttons (F1 / F4)
Please press F1 or F4 function keys to trigger to scan the barcode when the optional
barcode scanner snap-on module is installed.
If your system does not install this module, these buttons can be programmable to execute specific software application. When you program your application, please write this directory as listed below into your configuration file, then the system will aware and execute this application.
F1_EXE="c:\windows\explorer.exe"
F1_PARA=""
F1_PATH=""
F4_EXE="C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe"
F4_PARA=""
F4_PATH=""
DC-Jack
Lets you connect the AC power adapter in supplying continuous power to your Tablet
PC and recharging the battery.
The AC adapter provides external power source to your system and charges the internal battery pack at the same time. The AC adapter also has an auto-switching design that can connect to any 100VAC ~ 240VAC power outlets.
To connect the power adapter:
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1. Plug the AC adapter connector to the DC-Jack socket on the left side of the system.
2. Plug the power cord to the AC adapter.
Plug the other end of the power cord to a live wall outlet, at the same time, the
Power LED at front panel lights up.
-- For the power supply of this equipment, an approved power cord has to be used.
-- Make sure the socket and any extension cord(s) you use can support the total current load of all the connected devices.
-- Remove all power from the device prior to installing or removing any accessories, hardware, or cables
-- Before cleaning the system, make sure it is disconnected from any external power supplies
(i.e. AC adapter).
Docking Connector
Lets you connect the system to docking station to dock the tablet PC when you are at home or office desk.
Using the Hotkey Utility Application
AcuTab-M7 has numbers of applications on the control panel for executing specific command. It provides you to adjust brightness, volume, launch webcam, switch monitor
(via docking) and RF device ON/OFF.
This user interface provides specific mobile utility to let you easily setup some helpful functions and aware the system status directly.
This utility also let you adjust some function to fit the requirements, such as brightness and volume adjustment, webcam launch, monitor switching and RF device ON/OFF.
Furthermore, it also provides system information for your reference, such as battery status, RF setting with its signal strength, firmware (BIOS & EC) version information.
Besides these features, you can press the soft button to hibernate this system.
About the User Interface
Enable or disable the User Interface
To display the User Interface, please press the Fn button or point the Hotkey Utility icon located on Windows desktop.
To close the User Interface function, please press the X button on the top right corner on
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this User Interface for disabling this utility from the screen.
If there is no action within this utility in 5 seconds, the UI screen will close automatically.
System Status Information
This utility shows you the battery capacity status, RF status with its signal strength and system information, and provides the control panel for the function setting.
For battery capacity status:
AcuTab-M7 is equipped with one internal battery and one optional external battery.
The battery capacity status shown below advises you, that only one internal battery is embedded with the system which is fully charged, and there is no 2 nd
optional battery installed in the system.
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If the system installs both the 1st internal battery and 2nd optional battery, the illustration shown below indicates its current charging status and capacity.
If 1st battery capacity drops to 15%, the system will display the following warning message for 5 seconds.
For RF status:
The following RF status shows you that the system is equipped with Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth functions. If you want to close either of these functions, please refer section for how to disable it.
The following signal strength shows you that the Wi-Fi function is connecting currently, the stronger the signal strength, the more scale will show on the bar. If there is no module in the system, there will be no status scale in the following status bar.
For System Information :
The system information shown on the left shows you the hotkey utility version, BIOS and
EC version and you can use them for customer service when asked.
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Brightness Control
For brightness adjustment, press the Brightness icon.
When you press it, the brightness control panel is appeared as follows:
You can click or to reduce or increase the LCD brightness.
Also, you can slide the scale bar
Volume Control
to set the brightness.
For Volume adjustment, press the Volume icon.
When you press it, the Volume control panel is appeared as follows:
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You can click
incrementally.
or to reduce or increase the audio volume
Also, you can slide the scale bar to set the audio volume.
You can tick the Mute to mute the audio.
Launch Webcam Utility
For Webcam Launch, press the Webcam icon to launch the Webcam utility.
Or can access the Webcam
Monitor Switch
icon located on desktop.
For monitor switch, press to pop-up the selection bar four options. the Monitor
Switch for choosing the display mode within following.
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You can click Duplicate to display the same contents both on the screen and external display device. The resolution on these two display modes are same, it is not available to adjust the resolution on the external display mode.
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You can click Extend to display the different contents on the screen and external display device. You only can adjust the resolution on the external display device.
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You can click Projector only projector/monitor only.
to display on external
• RF Device ON/OFF Control
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Press this soft button (via hotkey utility menu) to enable or disable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
WWAN, or GPS devices. When you press the RF ON/OFF soft button, the screen pops-up the option list for your selection.
You can see all functions in this option list have been ticked. To close any device function, please touch the option to close the execution as shown in the following graphics.
Disable Wi-Fi function Disable Bluetooth function
Disable WWAN function Disable GPS function
To activate the function, please again tick the option as shown in the following graphics to make the device enable.
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Activate Wi-Fi function Activate Bluetooth function
Activate WWAN function Activate GPS function
Powering on for the first time
The Power/Resume button is found on the left side of the Tablet PC. Press the
Power/Resume button to start your system and check that if the Power LED turns on.
After a few seconds, the system’s display to execute the Power On Self Test or POST to check if all system components are running properly. Any error found during the test will be displayed on the screen.
After the test, the screen will also display a message "press <F2> to enter SETUP".
You don’t need to run this program at the the necessary settings for your computer optimal operation.
After the test has completed, your computer will start to search and boot up the operating system from your hard drive.
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Before setting up the system, please make sure the following items are available.
Keyboard
Mouse (for system software installation)
A keyboard is an input device; a mouse is a pointing device. Please connect these two devices as graphics shown below to interact with your system.
Using the External Audio System
At the right side of AcuTab-M7, you will find the headphone jack for connecting 3.5mm
4-conductor TRRS (stereo-plus-mic) headphone jack.
Bios Setup Program
This system comes with a chip from Phoenix BIOS that contains the ROM Setup information for your system. (This chip serves as an interface between the processor and the rest of the system components.) This section explains the information contained in the
Setup program and tells you how to modify the settings according to your system configuration.
The Setup utility program allows updates to the main board configuration settings. The
BIOS setup values will be saved in the CMOS. It is executed when you change the system configuration, you change the system backup battery, or the system detects a configuration error and asks you to run the Setup program. You must have connected a
USB type of keyboard, and Use the arrow keys to select, and press Enter to run the selected program.
Function Key
Please check the following table for the function description of each direction key.
Function Key (s) Function Description
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+ / -
Moves cursor left to select Screens
Moves cursor up or down to select items
To change option for the selected items
<Tab>
To bring up the selected screen
<F1>
<F10>
<ESC>
To display the General Help screen
To save changes and exit the BIOS
SETUP UTILITY
To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen
Main Screen Setup Utility
When you enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview.
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The Standard CMOS Setup screen is displayed above. Each feature may have one or more option settings. Use the arrow keys to highlight the feature you want to change and then use “
”or “
”to select the value you want for that feature.
NOTE: The system BIOS automatically detects BIOS, Processor, memory size, thus no changes are necessary.
System Date
To set the date, highlight the Date field and then press +/- keys to set the current date.
Follow the month, day and year format.
System Time
To set the time, highlight the Time field and then press +/- keys to set the current time.
Follow the hour, minute, and second format.
BIOS Version
The system will automatically displays the information of BIOS version.
Build Time
The system will automatically displays the build time of BIOS.
EC Version
The system will automatically displays the information of EC (Embedded Controller) firmware version.
VBIOS Version
The system will automatically displays the information of VBIOS version of internal graphics.
Board Version
The system will automatically displays the information of PCB version of mainboard.
Processor Type
The system will automatically displays the information of Processor Type and speed.
System Memory Speed
The system will automatically displays the information of System Memory Speed.
L2 Cache RAM
The system will automatically displays the information of L2 Cache RAM.
Total Memory
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The system will automatically displays the information of Total Memory.
Advanced BIOS Features
For Advanced Settings, it lets you define the device configuration when system booting.
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Security Configuration
Set Supervisor Password
This field let you set or clear the Supervisor
Set User Password
This field let you set or clear the User account’s password.
TPM Support
Lets you activate or de-activate the TPM function by selecting Enabled or
Disabled option. (For the non-TPM SKU, this item will display “no detected")
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Boot Management Setup
This page allows you to set the search drive sequence where the system will try to boot up first.
To select the boot device, you can use the up or down arrow key, then press <+> to move up the device in the list or press <-> to move down the device in the list. To exit from this menu, press <Esc>.
Exit Control
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Exit Saving Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save configuration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.
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Exit Discarding Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes and exit setup?”. Select [OK] to exit the BIOS SETUP
UTILITY without saving any changes.
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Load Setup Defaults When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Load optimal defaults?” Select [OK] to load the default values for all the setup configurations.
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Save Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message,
“Save changes?” Select [OK] to save all changes.
Technical Support
With the unique set of products, Acura Embedded Systems remains committed to its goal of providing trouble-free and customer-friendly service. A special customer service unit has been set up specifically to cater to our esteemed customers' needs. contact your
Salesperson or [email protected]
Mailing address: Acura Embedded Systems Inc.
Unit #1, 7711-128th Street, Surrey, BC V3W 4E6, CANADA
Ph: (604) 502-9666 Fax: (604) 502-9668
Toll Free 1-866-502-9666
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