Acura Embedded PowerBrickCV 20 Manual

“The Power Brick-CV” Users’ Manual 
PowerBrick-CV
User’s Manual 
Edition 2.0 
Small footprint rugged Pentium-M
With Digital Video Recorder  

“The Power Brick-CV” Users’ Manual 
Preface
Copyright  
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including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights 
reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent 
of Acura Embedded Systems Inc.  
Version 1.0  
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Table of Content 
1. OVERVIEW ………………………………………………\
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2. INSTALLATION ………………………………………………\
……………………..2 
    2.1. CONTENTS OF THE COMPUTER BOX  …………………………………………2 
    2.2. CONNECTING CABLES AND GETTING STARTED ………………………… 2 
    2.3. MOUNTING IN YOUR VEHICLE OR FINAL LOCATION ………………………4 
    2.4. MOUNTING TOOLS ………………………………………………\
…………………4 
    2.5. INSTALLATION ………………………………………………\
……………………...4 
3. TECHNICAL INFORMATION…………………………………………\
………........5 
    3.1. BIOS...

PowerBrick-CV User’s Manual 
1. Overview 
The PowerBrick-CV is a combined rugged industrial high performance computer and a 4-channel 
digital video recorder in the same chassis. The system is designed to work in industrial and marine 
mobile environments, where reliability and endurance with respect to vibration, shock, humidity and 
temperature are of essence. The PowerBrick-CV system architecture is modular which allows for 
easy upgrading and expanding. 
For public safety providers, the...

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2. Installation 
2.1 Contents of the Computer Box 
In the box you will find the following items: PowerBrick-CV computer, power plug, mounting with 
rubber suspension, bolts and four (4) nuts. 
If you have purchased Windows operating system with your computer, the CD should be included. 
Keep it in a safe place. 
Please see your separate monitor packaging for installation and other information for the touch 
screen monitor. 
Do not turn power on until you have read the next...

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2.2  Connecting Cables and Getting Started 
In order to get familiar with your system before mounting it at your vehicle (or final location), we 
suggest you look at the connections on both ends of the computer such as shown in Figs. 2.2 and  
2.3, connect up the unit, and place it into operation. 
                                                                      
Figure2.1: Front side of PowerBrick-CV. 
Connect all applicable cables such as: 
? Keyboard 
? Mouse 
?...

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Ethernet port 
PS/2mouse,keyboardportsDCIN
VGAport
Parallelport
SerialportRS232
Audioport
USB 2.0 port 
4CameraportMainPowerSwitch
Figure2.2: Back side of PowerBrick-CV. 
After connecting all applicable cables it is safe to power-on the system. (Warning: use either DC 
from the dedicated power supply or AC, never both at the same time!). 
2.3 . Mounting in your vehicle or final location 
This chapter provides you with the information of fixed system mounting. Prior to that,...

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3.1 BIOS Setup 
The single board computer uses the Award BIOS (BasicInput/OutputSystem) for the system configuration. 
The Award BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard BIOS for 
IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible CPU architecture based processors 
and computers. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for the system central processing, memory and 
I/O sub-systems. The BIOS setup program of...

PowerBrick-CV User’s Manual 
3.2 . Operating Systems 
The PowerBrick-CV will generally be provided with a preinstalled operating system such as 
Windows XP Professional or Embedded. To restore the operating system, follow the procedure 
outlined in 3.4. You can also use an external CD-ROM drive to change, reinstall or repair the 
operating system through a USB 2.0 port. 
3.3. Operating System Restore Process 
1. Back up your existing drive C:\ files. 
2. Restart the computer. 
3. Hold down the F8 key to...

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3.6Specifications for PowerBrick-CV 
Table 3.1: System Features 
ProcessorIntel Pentium M; supports Hyper Threading Technology; VRM 10.0 
standard
ChipsetIntel 855
System FSB 533/400 MHz
MemorySupport Dual-Channel mode, DDR 400/333/266 DIMM up to 1GB
VideoIntegrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2, support 64MB DVMT
AudioIntegrated AC 97, Realtek 650
Hard Disk Dual Independent ATA-100/66/33 support 
Support up to 4 IDE devices on dual channel 
DVR Module 4-port 120 FPS camera input...