RoHS-compliant panel computers
December 2007
Industrial Computer Hardware
Pro-face has released its FA panel computer Series with Intel Pentium M processor 1,6 GHz available in four models and eight different types. This product offers satisfactory information, processing speed, expandability, various interfaces and ease of maintenance.
The industrial panel computer features environmental resistance, small footprint, resistance to machine vibration, dust and oil mist, making it suitable for use in production sites. The specifications and technology of the FA panel computers have been improved with the fast-growing PC industry, and customers have come to ask for sophisticated features such as high information processing speed and expandability. This new panel computer meets such requirements by upgrading the information processing speed, responding to feature expansion, preventive maintenance, and user-friendliness.
From an environmental point of view, PL-6930T/7930T complies with the RoHS1 directive. The RoHS directive restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. The substances identified as hazardous are Pb (lead), Cd (cadmium), Cr6+ (hexavalent chromium), Hg (mercury), PBB (polybrominated biphenyls) and PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), a total of six materials.
The cartridge disk system allows simple and easy replacement of the hard disk drive, CF card unit and floppy disk drive. The time to replace drives can be dramatically shortened so that the user can minimise downtime.
A wide range of interfaces and expandability are offered including Ethernet interface, USB interface, COM port and sound interface. The USB interface is available at the front of the unit, and the expansion slot offers PCI, ISA and PCMCIA. In addition, a variety of peripherals can be connected.
The RAS function can prevent the occurrence of system malfunctions and failures, while the system monitor detects an error and notices the error occurrence on the screen. The Remote RAS function can monitor conditions of multiple PLCs from a remote place, such as an administrative room by using a Data Management Software 'Pro-Server EX'.
For more information contact Paul Bouwer, Shorrock Automation, +27 (0)12 345 4449, [email protected], www.shorrock.co.za
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