LANpoint CE.NET and LANpoint 7: Lower Price, More Functionality

Intelligent Instrumentation Works with Suppliers to Reduce Costs and Improve Performance of Industrial-Quality AutoID Graphics Terminals

Fixed Mount and Vehicle Mount LANpoint CE.NET

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Intelligent Instrumentation, one of the few manufacturers of Data Collection Terminals designed specifically for stationary Work-In-Process (WIP) and Shop Floor MES/ERP/CPM applications, announces a large reduction in price of the industrial ½ VGA LANpoint^â CE.NET and LANpoint 7 families of open architectured data collection terminals.  Intelligent Instrumentation has partnered with contractors and suppliers on a new approach to significantly reduce the cost to build the LANpoint CE.NET and LANpoint 7 terminals, allowing pricing to be reduced – nearly 25%.   These cost savings are accompanied by increased operational characteristics including an expanded operational temperature range of –20C to 55C without the need for a heater; increased brightness and viewing angle; and RoHS compliance.  In short, these terminals now have better performance at a reduced price – a dual-faceted improvement that customers can take advantage of immediately.

The LANpoint CE.NET and LANpoint 7 terminals both include the Windows CE.NET operating system running on an Intel^Ò XScaleÔ 400MHz RISC processor. These LANpoint terminals include approximately 32MB of non-volatile storage, expandable to 500MB, have standard Ethernet 10/100BaseT and optional IEEE802.11b/g wireless connectivity, and have all the industrial features and options demanded in industrial applications.  Their waterproof, dustproof cases easily handle dusty, dirty, or spray down environments.  They take up as little valuable workspace as possible, and have built-in industrial features that are easy to overlook at first glance, such as the recessed display and integral keyboard that protect the terminal from unintentional damage, accessory power outputs that eliminate the need for another set of power cords, a high-quality power board that can use AC or DC power over a large range that is common in industrial settings, and network-wide device management software that is easy to learn and easy to use.  Having no moving parts, components designed for embedded system designs, and high quality cases, they are designed for long life in harsh industrial environments.  These terminals are not simply a single-board computer fitted into an industrial-looking housing.  They are designed and built in America, from the ground up, to provide a long service life in difficult environments.

The LANpoint terminals can be used in either thin-client or client-server application architectures.  For client-server architectures, developers can efficiently create custom applications using their existing development and deployment skills with C/C++, or Microsoft Visual Studio.NET’s Visual Basic.NET or Visual C#.NET development environments.

Thin-client system architecture applications can be based on the standard Microsoft Terminal Services thin client.  Web-based applications can use the standard Microsoft browser interface or Intelligent Instrumentation’s unique lock-down (kiosk) web browser that limits web access to just the approved web-based application, and prohibits non-productive uses.  For legacy and mainframe applications, terminal emulation interfaces are available – VT, HP, IBM5250, and IBM3270.

Web-enabled system administration tools, a wide range of software programmability, and a full suite of useful software utilities make for unparalleled ease of implementation and system management.  Standard networking and utility software loaded on every terminal includes TCP/IP, SNMP, MSMQ, SQL CE real-time database accessibility, and WAN-based device manager.  Other valuable utilities include a data wedging utility for COM port input, network time synchronization, programmable function key configuration and runtime tools, and many more.  Registry persistence permanently saves settings regardless of power status, and a boot process that mimics desktop Windows operating systems, developed by and exclusively installed in products from Intelligent Instrumentation, improves operation, supportability, and interoperability.

The LANpoint terminals are available with touch or non-touch displays. This provides a choice: a more economical terminal for many applications that do not require touch screen functionality, like terminal emulation and some web-enabled applications, or a high-quality touch screen terminal for those applications that need it. The 4-wire analog resistive touch screen includes hard coat and anti-glare surface treatments to make the touch screen models as tough and easy to view as the non-touch screen models.  The keyboard provides tactile feedback and are large enough for easy use with gloved fingers, yet compact enough to allow a small overall footprint.  The programmable function keys can be used as soft-keys or menu selectors.  Four LEDs provide terminal status, and four additional LED indicators are user-definable.

An external keyboard connector allows use of PS/2 scanners.  Three COM ports, all with selectable power, come standard on every unit.  Optional digital I/O modules provide eight opto-isolated digital inputs and up to eight digital relay outputs.  A full line of accessories and options is available, from AutoID devices to battery backup packs to installation kits.   Intelligent Instrumentation provides everything necessary to get the LANpoint terminals installed and running quickly.

Intelligent Instrumentation’s FactoryView^Ò is a family of products interfacing the machines & operations of an enterprise to information systems. The company has designed and manufactured a complete line of industrial LAN/WAN data collection computers, time and attendance solutions, and microterminals for data collection and operator interface/control panel applications in the USA for more than 30 years.

Intelligent Instrumentation also manufactures data acquisition, test, measurement and control systems, including distributed I/O systems for Ethernet networks.  The company has a worldwide network of sales and service offices.