(Click here for larger image)Wonderware says its Thin Client Computer can serve as a cost-effective platform on which to implement client/server architectures using the company's InTouch software for Terminal Services. The InTouch HMI (human machine interface) software is installed on a central server once, and then executed multiple times on multiple thin clients. Client computers need only connect to an InTouch terminal session that resides on the server. The Thin Client Computer comes bundled with a single InTouch for Terminal Services session license.
Thin Client Computer rear panel
(Click image for larger view)WonderWare lists the following key features and specifications for the Thin Client Computer:
- Processor -- VIA Eden, clocked at 667 MHz
- Memory -- 128 MB RAM; 128 MB CompactFlash
- Display -- VGA out, up to 1600 x 1200 resolution with 16-bit color
- Input/output ports:
- 10/100 Ethernet
- 2 USB 1.1
- 4 serial
- PS/2 keyboard and mouse
- Parallel
- AC97 audio -- line in, mic in, line out
- Dimensions -- 7.54 x 3.2 x 5.5 inches (192 x 81 x 140 mm)
- Environmental:
- Fanless, passively cooled
- Operating temperature -- 32 to 122 deg. F (0 to +50 deg. C)
The Thin Client Computer is also compatible with
ThinManager software from Automation Control Products (ACP), which provides centralized configuration and management of thin-client networks, according to Wonderware. The device can be configured either as an ACP ThinManager-ready client or a standard Microsoft RDP-based client.
"Hundreds of companies have found Wonderware's industrial computers, such as our
tablets and panels, to offer much quicker and less expensive setup, ease of use, high reliability and open integration," said Ann Ke, product marketing manager for Wonderware. "This line bundles the world's most popular InTouch HMI software and is competitively priced in comparison with other plant-floor supervisory hardware solutions and operator panels."
All of Wonderware's Industrial Computers come with a two-year warranty as well as an immediate warranty exchange policy, according to the company.
Pricing and availability were not disclosed.
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