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Subject: Assistant and Pulsar2 PC battery.

The Optikon equipment in the subject are equipped with an internal rechargeable battery intended to
power Real Time Clock and to maintain configuration data in the Computer Board while the system
is off.
If the equipment is not used for long time (more than 3 months), the battery discharges partially and
it may cause the equipment not to start normal operation at power on (screen remains black or
“CMOS battery low” message).
When receiving the equipment, at installation or if the equipment is not used for long time,
plug it in the mains, switch on and keep it powered for, at the least, 12 hours to allow full
battery recharge.
After battery recharge, switch the equipment off and then on again.
If normal operation does not start properly at power on and the CMOS error message (“press F1 to
continue” still appears), the BIOS setup must be modified/restored.
The actual procedure to modify the BIOS depends on the model of PC Board installed in the
equipment.
The PC Board model installed appears at the top of the screen during the boot / memory test
sequence.
- PC Board SECO M515 and SECO M585
The following material is required:
1- Standard PS2 Keyboard
2- Adapter to connect PS2 Keyboard to PC board (see image below)

PIN 1 must be lined to PIN 1 on PC

board connector

Note that PIN 1 of the connector is indicated by a white dot.

A. Remove the Pulsar 2 (or Assistant) upper cover and locate and locate the PC board (in the
Pulsar 2 is close to the front panel.
On the PC board, locate the “PS2 touch screen connector”: it is a rectangular connector to
which the touch screen adapter is plugged in.
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See following images to identify the PS2 touch screen connector on SECO M515 and SECO
M585.

SECO M515 SECO M585

B. Unplug the touch screen the touch screen adapter and plug the supplied PS2 keyboard
adapter to the connector, taking care to line PIN 1 of the adapter to PIN 1 of the PC board
connector.

C. The PS2 Keyboard must be connected to the PS2 connector of the supplied adapter.

D. Switch the equipment on and press repetitively the Del key on the keyboard during the boot.
The equipment will enter in BIOS setup mode,

E. In Basic configuration page, set proper time and date. In “ADVANCED CMOS
CONFIGURATION” be sure to enable “Ignore Keyboard error”
Properly configure BIOS should appear as in the following image (Note that entry positions may
change slightly according to the PC board model)
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F. Press ESC to return on the main page, then select “Save CMOS and exit”.
The Pulsar 2 software should start normally.
G. Switch the equipment off, disconnect the keyboard adapter and re-connect the touch screen
paying attention to properly align PIN 1.

PC board SECO M693

The following material is required:
1. Standard USB Keyboard
2. Optikon Remote to USB adapter

A. connect an USB keyboard to the “Remote” connector on the rear panel using the dedicated
adapter.
B. Switch off the equipment and then on again, during Power-on, hit the “Del” key repetitively
to get to the Password request screen.
C. Press “Enter” (do not input any password). The system will enter “System bios setup”.
D. Set Time and Date, hit F10 “Save CMOS and exit”