HardwarePT announces addition of 19” and 23” Industrial Monitors for nautical applications with DNV certificate to hardware range
Cheadle Royal, UK 1ST September 2009 - HardwarePT, a division of SolutionsPT Limited has added Advantech's Marine Grade Industrial Flat Panel Monitors to its product line up. The models are the FPM-8192V, a 19" SXGA TFT LCD with transflective display with an optional Resistive Touchscreen and the FPM-8232V, a 23" UXGA TFT LCD, both with DNV certification. The IEC-60945 and IACS-E10 for marine bridge applications are also part of the line up.
The scope of the IEC-60945 certification is for equipment installed on and around the bridge of ship or vessel with regard to EMC in particular for equipment which is operated through software menus.
The FPM-8192V accepts up to four common video inputs, including VGA, DVI, S-Video, and Video as well as three stage PiP (picture in picture) with floating and resizable windows. There is front OSD control with PiP, which is capable of checking multiple inputs such as, navigation/GPS, wind, vibration, and temperature, allowing multiple displays on a single monitor. The FPM-8192V touch screen option supports Windows® 2000/XP/Vista and Linux The transflective display technology permits good readability during night and day, even under strong sunlight conditions.
Both, FPM-8192V and FPM-8232V provide a dimming control knob for backlight brightness dimming from nearly 2 ~100% during day or night time. Both monitors are constructed out of marine-grade aluminium with a UV protected coating to ensure reliability even in harsh outdoor conditions. The chassis has ESD grounding protection, the front-panel is IP65. The front access mounting mechanism makes it suitable for marine bridge systems.
Combined with the Advantech fan-less Embedded Computers of the UNO series, or other third party computers, the Marine Displays are suitable for nautical charts and compliant for ECDIS and RADAR applications.
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HardwarePT - Industrial Computing. HardwarePT is an Industrial Automation Hardware business offering a comprehensive range of world-class industrial computing and connectivity tools to the Industrial Automation market in the UK and Ireland. The company, which is located in Cheadle, was set-up in March 2007 and is a division of SolutionsPT Ltd which has over 20 years experience in supplying Industrial Automation Solutions. Product range includes: Industrial Computers, Panel PC's, Flat Panel Computers, Embedded Computers, Touch Panel Computers, Industrial Ethernet Switches, Network Interface Cards, High Availability Servers and Hardware Support.
