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Telecom Datacenter Appliances Hybrid TCA Platforms HTCA-6400 User Manual Version: 1.4 Date of Release: 2022-03-24...
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- assumed to be qualified in the servicing of computer equipment, such as professional system integrators, or service personnel and technicians. The latest version of this document can be found on Lanner’s official website, available either through the product page or through the Lanner Download Center page with a login account and password.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Contact Information Taiwan Corporate Headquarters China Lanner Electronics Inc. Beijing L&S Lancom Platform Tech. Co., Ltd. 7F, No.173, Sec.2, Datong Rd. Guodong LOFT 9 Layer No. 9 Huinan Road, Xizhi District, New Taipei City 22184, Huilongguan Town, Changping District, Beijing...
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Acknowledgment Intel®, Intel®Pentium® and Intel®Celeron® are registered trademarks of Intel® Corp or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Safety Guidelines Follow these guidelines to ensure general safety: Keep the chassis area clear and dust-free during and after installation. Do not wear loose clothing or jewelry that could get caught in the chassis. Fasten your tie or scarf and roll up your sleeves.
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Avertissement concernant la pile au lithium Risque d’explosion si la pile est remplacée par une autre d’un mauvais type. Jetez les piles usagées conformément aux instructions. L’installation doit être effectuée par un électricien formé ou une personne formée à l’électricité connaissant toutes les spécifications d’installation et d’appareil du produit.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual the risk of the system’s falling to the ground or other damages. Lanner Electronics Inc. shall not be held liable for any losses resulting from insufficient strength for supporting the system or use of inappropriate installation components.
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Electrical Safety Instructions Before turning on the device, ground the grounding cable of the equipment. Proper grounding (grounding) is very important to protect the equipment against the harmful effects of external noise and to reduce the risk of electrocution in the event of a lightning strike. To uninstall the equipment, disconnect the ground wire after turning off the power. A ground wire is required and the part connecting the conductor must be greater than 4 mm2 or 10 AWG.
Family CPUs and 16x DDR4 R-DIMMs. Storage wise, each motherboard supports 2x SATA 2.5” disk drive bay, therefore, there will be a total of 8 HDD/SSD externally accessible drive bay for HTCA-6400. As designed for telecommunication application, HTCA-6400 is NEBS compliant.
Chapter 1: Product Overview System Specifications Form Factor 4U Rackmount CPU Options 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Family Frequency Depending on CPU Platform CPU TDP Up to 165W Number of Cores Depending on CPU Chipset Intel® C621/ C627 Chipset BIOS AMI SPI Flash BIOS Technology...
HTCA-6400 User Manual Front Panel Switch Blade Switch Blade LAN I/O Blade LAN I/O Blade Description LCM with 4x keypads Removable HDD/SSD Trays 8x 2.5” SATA HDD/SSD removable trays MGT Port 1x RJ-45 Management port Console Port 1x RJ-45 Console port USB Port 1x USB 2.0 Type-A port...
Chapter 1: Product Overview Rear Panel CPU Blade 1 CPU Blade 2 CPU Blade 3 CPU Blade 4 Description CPU Blades 4x Swappable CPU blades MGT Port 1x RJ45 Management Port USB Port 1x USB 2.0 VGA Port 1x Video Graphics Array (VGA) Port Power Button 1x Power Button Cooling Fans...
HTCA-6400 User Manual CHAPTER 2: MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION Block Diagram The block diagram indicates how data flows among components on the motherboard. Please refer to the following figure for your motherboard’s layout design.
Chapter 2: Motherboard Information Motherboard Layout The motherboard layout shows the connectors and jumpers on the board. Refer to the following picture as a reference of the pin assignments and the internal connectors.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Internal Jumper & Connectors CONN3: For Power LED indication Description Anode Cathode CONN1: For Thumb Screw detection Description Detect JPWR1: For Power Button detection Description Power on JFAN1~JFAN5:For Fan Module Connection Description +12V RPM sense RPM sense...
Chapter 3: Hardware Setup CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE SETUP WARNING: (1) To reduce the risk of personal injury, electric shock, or damage to the equipment, please remove all power sources. (2) Please wear ESD protected gloves before conducting the following steps. This exclamation point indicates that there is a caution or warning and it is something that could damage your property or product.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Accessing the Compute Blade(s) You have to access the compute blade(s) in order to install or replace CPUs, heatsinks, and DDR memory DIMMs. Please follow the steps below to access the compute blades. 1. Select a compute blade you wish to access the internal components.
Chapter 3: Hardware Setup Installing the CPU(s) Please note that the system delivered to you is already installed with the processor and that this processor comes with a rather sophisticated design; therefore, the assembly of which must be handled with exclusive tools and extreme care by professionals.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual This is packed along with the processor. Before performing any assembly involving this part, please locate PIN1 on one of the corners, an Processor Carrier important indicator used to align this carrier with the processor and the bolster plate correctly.
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Chapter 3: Hardware Setup 3. For the other end of the carrier, align the alignment feature of the processor with the carrier latch, and then gently bend over the carrier end to have the latch secured on the processor. Latch 4.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Installing the PHM onto the Motherboard 1. Remove the dust cover from the socket contacts of the motherboard. Note: Inspect the surface of the socket under sufficient light to ensure there is no contamination or damage prior to the PHM installation.
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Chapter 3: Hardware Setup 4. Make sure the PHM is sitting horizontally on the bolster plate. 5. Use a torque driver to tighten the four nuts to 12 in-lbf into the bolster plate following the sequence indicated on the heat sink (#1 #2 #3 #4). NOTE: When fastening #3 and #4 nuts, the gap between the metal spring leaf of the bolster plate and the PHM will...
HTCA-6400 User Manual Installing System Memory The motherboard supports 16 memory slots for DDR4 registered DIMM. Supported System Memory Summary Total Slots 16 (8 slots per processor) Number of Channels 6 Channels (4 for 1 Dimm per Channel, and 2 for 2 Dimm per Channel)
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Chapter 3: Hardware Setup DIMM Population Guidelines Please do follow the memory module installation instructions to install the DIMMs, and make sure Each CPU requires at least 1 memory module to boot and run from. If you do not plan to fill up all the sockets with 16 memory modules, always install memory modules starting with the blue sockets to avoid memory detection issues.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Installing IPMI Card (Optional) The motherboard provides one OPMA socket which is used to install an IPMI card. Please follow the steps for installation. 1. Locate the OPMA socket on the motherboard. 2. Align the notch of the IPMI card with the socket key in the slot. Insert at 30 degrees into the socket until it is fully seated in the connector until it is fully seated in the connector.
Chapter 3: Hardware Setup Installing M.2 SATA Storage Card (Optional) The motherboard provides one M.2 socket for SATA storage card. Please follow the steps for installation. 1. Locate the M.2 socket on the motherboard. 2. Align the notch of the M.2 storage card with the socket key in the slot. Insert the storage card at 30 degrees into the socket until it is fully seated.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Installing Disk Drives The system provides six externally accessible disk drive bays on the front panel. Notably, the system requires 3.5” SATA HDD/SSD. Please follow the steps below to install or replace disk drives. The pictures below demonstrate the hard disk installation method of horizontally-mounted disk trays, which is exactly the same as that of vertically mounted disk trays except for the orientation.
Chapter 3: Hardware Setup Replacing Front Network I/O Blades & Switch Boards The system provides a total of six externally accessible LAN I/O blades and/or switch boards, varied depending on ordering configurations (the system supports up to 2 switch boards and up to 5 LAN I/O blades).
HTCA-6400 User Manual Replacing Cooling Fans Cooling fans are wearable components and may have to be replaced eventually. Please follow the steps below to replace cooling fans. 1. Locate the cooling fans at the rear of CPU blades. The fans are covered by a bezel.
Chapter 3: Hardware Setup Replacing Power Supply Units Power supply units may wear out eventually and have to be replaced. Please follow the steps below to replace a power supply unit. 1. Hold onto the handle of the power supply unit and pull the lock towards the right. 2.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Mounting the System The slidable rails allow you to access the system easily, while securing it in the rack solidly. The Slide Rail Kit can secure the system while providing sufficient weight support for the device. 1. Check the package contents of the Slide Rail Kit. The kit shall include a pack of screws (for securing the Rails on the system) and a pair of Slide Rails.
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Chapter 3: Hardware Setup 4. Attach the six (6) shoulder screws on both side panes of the chassis. 5. On each side, align the screw holes on Inner Rail to the shoulder screws on the chassis, and then secure it onto the chassis.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual 7. Simply attach both Outer Rails to the front posts of the rack, and then secure the rails with the screw assemblies. Rail Front 8. On the rear posts, secure each rail with two screw assemblies. Rail Rear...
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Chapter 3: Hardware Setup 10. Hold the system with its front facing you, lift the chassis and gently engage the Inner Rails on the system while aligning them with the Outer Rails as shown in the image. 11. Push the chassis into the cabinet.
BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) is the program that controls the computer boot process. Entering Setup BIOS is a firmware embedded on an exclusive chip on the system’s motherboard. Lanner's BIOS firmware offering including market-proven technologies such as Secure Boot and Intel Boot Guard technology deliver solid commitments for the shield protection against malware, uncertified sequences and other named cyber threats.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Main Setup main page contains BIOS information and project version information. Feature Description BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Core Version: AMI Kernel version, CRB code base, X64 Compliancy: UEFI version, PI version BIOS Information Project Version: BIOS release version Build Date and Time: MM/DD/YYYY Access Level: Administrator / User To set the Date, use <Tab>...
HTCA-6400 User Manual Advanced Select the Advanced menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the “Advanced” setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Trusted Computing Feature Options Description Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. Security Device Enabled By disabling this function, OS will not show Security Support Disabled Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Trusted Computing (TPM 1.2) Feature Options Description Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. Security Device Enabled By disabling this function, OS will not show Security Support Disabled Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Feature Options Description Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. Security Device Enabled By disabling this function, OS will not show Security Support Disabled Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. Enabled SHA-1 PCR Bank Enables or disables SHA-1 PCR Bank.
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Feature Options Description Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. Security Device Enabled By disabling this function, OS will not show Security Support Disabled Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. Enabled SHA-1 PCR Bank Enables or disables SHA-1 PCR Bank.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup AST2500 Super IO Configuration...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Serial Port 1 Configuration Feature Options Description Enabled Serial Port Enables or disables Serial Port 1. Disabled Device Settings IO=3F8h; IRQ = 4...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Serial Port 2 Configuration Feature Options Description Enabled Serial Port Enables or disables Serial Port 2 Disabled Device Settings IO=2F8h; IRQ = 3...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Case Open Configuration Feature Options Description Enabled Case Open Enables or disables Case Open function Disabled...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Control Legacy PXE Boot Feature Options Description Disabled Control Legacy PXE MGT LAN1 Select On Board LAN# Boot NCA-6110A Boot From MGT LAN2...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Watch Dog Timer Configuration Feature Options Description Watch Dog Timer Enabled Enables or disables Watch Dog Timer function Disabled...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Serial Port Console Redirection Feature Options Description COM0 Enabled Enables or disables Console Redirection Console Redirection Disabled...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Console Redirection Settings Feature Options Description VT100: ASCII char set VT100 VT100+:Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc. VT100+ VT-UTF8:Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto Terminal Type VT-UTF8 1 or more bytes ANSI ANSI: Extended ASCII char set 9600 Selects serial port transmission speed.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup RTS/CTS VT-UTF8 Combo Disabled Enables VT-UTF8 Combination Key Support for Enabled Key Support ANSI/VT100 terminals Disabled With this mode enabled, only text will be sent. This is to Recorder Mode Enabled capture Terminal data. Disabled Resolution 100x31 Enables or disables extended terminal resolution Enabled Legacy OS...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Legacy Console Redirection Settings Feature Options Description Legacy Serial Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS COM0 Redirection Port and Legacy OPROM Messages...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup PCI Subsystem Settings Feature Options Description Enables or disables 64bit capable Devices to be Above 4G Disabled Decoded in Above 4G Address Space (Only if System Decoding Enabled Supports 64 bit PCI Decoding) If the system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this Disabled SR-IOV Support option enables or disables Single Root IO...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Network Stack Configuration Feature Options Description Disabled Network Stack Enables or disables UEFI Network Stack Enabled Disabled Enables Ipv4 PXE Boot Support. If IPV4 is disabled, Ipv4 PXE Support Enabled PXE boot option will not be created.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup CSM Configuration Feature Options Description Disabled CSM Support Enables or disables CSM Support Enabled Do Not Launch Network UEFI Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE OpROM Legacy Do Not Launch Storage UEFI Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM Legacy Do Not Launch Video...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual USB Configuration Feature Options Description Enables Legacy USB support. Enabled Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are Legacy USB Disabled connected; Support Auto Disabled option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Platform Select the Platform menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Platform Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Options Description Displays and provides option to change the PCH...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup PCH Configuration Feature Options Description PCI Express None PCI Express Configuration settings Configuration PCH sSATA None sSATA devices and settings Configuration Power ON Restore AC Power Power Off Select S0/S5 for ACPI state after a G3 Loss Last State Quiet...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual PCI Express Configuration Feature Options Description PCIe Root Port Disabled Enable PCIe root port function swapping feature to Function Swapping Enabled dynamically assign function 0 to enabled root port. MRRS 128B PCIE Max Read Request Size Selection.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup PCH sSATA Configuration Feature Options Description Disabled sSATA Controller Enables or disables SATA Controller Enabled AHCI Configure sSATA as This will configure SATA as RAID or AHCI. RAID Disabled Port 0/1/2/3/4 Enable or Disable SATA Port Enabled Disabled Hot Plug...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Server ME Configuration...
HTCA-6400 User Manual Socket Select the Socket menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Socket Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Options Description Processor Displays and provides option to change the Processor...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual IIO Configuration Feature Options Description Socket0 Configuration None None Socket1 Configuration None None IOAT Configuration None All IOAT configuration options Intel® VT for Directed Press <Enter> to bring up the Intel® VT for None I/O (VT-d) Directed I/O (VT-d) Configuration menu.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Socket0 Configuration Feature Options Description Socket 0 None Settings related to PCI Express Port 1A PcieBr1D00F0 Socket 0 None Settings related to PCI Express Port 1C PcieBr1D02F0 Socket 0 None Settings related to PCI Express Port 2A PcieBr2D00F0 Socket 0 None...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Socket1 Configuration Feature Options Description Socket 1 None Settings related to PCI Express Port 1A PcieBr1D00F0 Socket 1 None Settings related to PCI Express Port 1C PcieBr1D02F0 Socket 1 None Settings related to PCI Express Port 2A...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Intel® VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) Feature Options Description Intel® VT for Disabled Press <Enter> to bring up the Intel® VT for Enabled Directed I/O (VT-d) Directed I/O (VT-d) Configuration menu.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Advanced Power Management Configuration Feature Options Description P State Control Configuration Sub Menu, include CPU P State Control None Turbo, XE and etc. CPU C State Control None CPU C State setting...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual CPU P State Control Feature Options Description Disabled SpeedStep (P-States) Enables or disables EIST (P-States) Enabled Performance Select the performance state that the BIOS will set Boot performance mode Max Efficient before OS hand off. Set by Intel...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup CPU C State Control Feature Options Description Autonomous Core Disabled Autonomous Core C-State Control C-State Enabled Disabled CPU C6 report Enables or disables CPU C6(ACPI C3) report to OS Enabled Enhanced Halt State Disabled Core C1E auto promotion Control. Takes effect after (C1E) Enabled reboot.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Security Select the Security menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Security Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Description Administrator If ONLY the Administrator's password is set, it only limits Password access to Setup and is only asked for when entering Setup.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Secure Boot Feature Options Description Secure Boot is activated when Platform Key (PK) is Disabled Attempt Secure Boot enrolled, System mode is User/Deployed, and CSM Enabled function is disabled. Secure Boot mode selector: Standard Secure Boot Mode In Custom mode, Secure Boot Variables can be Custom configured without authentication...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual Key Management Feature Options Description Provision Factory Disabled Allows User to provision factory default Secure Boot Defaults Enabled keys when System is in Setup Mode. Install Factory Default Forces System to User Mode - install all Factory...
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Boot Select the Boot menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Boot Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Options Description The Number of seconds to wait for setup activation Setup Prompt key.
HTCA-6400 User Manual Save & Exit Select the Save and Exit menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Save and Exit Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup ■Restore Defaults Restore default values for all setup options. Select “Yes” to load Optimized defaults. Note: The items under Boot Override may not be the same, it would depend on the devices connected on the system.
HTCA-6400 User Manual APPENDIX A: PROGRAMMING WATCHDOG TIMER A watchdog timer is a piece of hardware that can be used to automatically detect system anomalies and reset the processor in case there are any problems. Generally speaking, a watchdog timer is based on a counter that counts down from an initial value to zero.
Appendix B: Setting up Console Redirections APPENDIX B: SETTING UP CONSOLE REDIRECTIONS Console redirection lets you monitor and configure a system from a remote terminal computer by re- directing keyboard input and text output through the serial port. The following steps illustrate how to use this feature.
Bypass Gen 3 employs a programming method to control the bypass function by software. There are typically two types of communication status for the bypass function, one is “Normal“and another is “Bypass“ status. Furthermore, the Lanner Bypass software is capable of controlling the bypass status in the following 3 instances.
Appendix D: Installing Intel® LAN Controller Driver for Linux APPENDIX D: INSTALLING INTEL® LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER FOR LINUX To install the Intel® LAN controller base driver for the Red Hat® and Linux operating system, please visit http://www.lannerinc.com/support/download-center/drivers, enter the product category and download the utility package.
2 lines, 16 (or 20) characters per line. • USB and Serial Text or Graphic-based LCM: Our next generation LCM. Lanner engineers design a common source code to be deployed on these two differently interfaced LCM modules. Jumpers are used to select between text and graphic types.
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Display Off turning off the LCM display Cursor Off/On NOT showing/showing the cursor on the LCM display Blinking off/On turning off/on the cursor blinking Writing “Lanner@Taiwan” displaying the specific sentences Reading “Lanner@Taiwan” reading the specific sentence CGram Test displaying the user-stored characters...
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HTCA-6400 User Manual — Writing “2013-11-05” in line 2. — To execute, please type: #./plcm_test -LCM2 Keypad — Get the keypad input: the 1st button is read in as Left, the 2nd button is read in as Up, the 3rd button is read in as Right, and the 4th button is read in as Down.
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Appendix E: Programming the LCM parallel port pass through. Use the procedures listed below for step-by-step instructions separately based on your case. In case of QEMU/KVM or Xen, please use the following steps as a guideline to implement the virtualization : (1) Make sure that the Guest OS has been installed.
HTCA-6400 User Manual APPENDIX F: TERMS AND CONDITIONS Warranty Policy 1. All products are under warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. 2. The buyer will bear the return freight charges for goods returned for repair within the warranty period;...
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Appendix F: Terms and Conditions RMA Service Request Form When requesting RMA service, please fill out the following form. Without this form enclosed, your RMA cannot be processed.