Product Description - Kontron V Panel Express 121 User Manual

7. Product Description

7. Product Description
The V Panel Express is an industrial machine designed for high industrial application. The V Panel Express is a workstation
system with integrated touch screen display. The system is designed for:
❏ Installation in an instrument panel or other cabinets
❏ Installation by a VESA 75/100 compliant mounting system
All versions are suitable for installation in an instrument panel or other cabinet.
V Panel Express systems will be mounted in an instrument panel or other cabinets using the
corresponding supplied mounting clamps.
The hardware of the V Panel Express system can be flexibly configured corresponding to customized requirements. The
rugged design offers excellent mechanical stability. The V Panel Express provides the demanding characteristics required
for a computer that is very suitable for using in harsh industrial environment.
The system accommodates an ETX Express baseboard with an ETXexpress
configuration, your V Panel Express can be equipped with the ETXexpress
module. An installed PCI riser card allows unit expansion up to two PCI cards (32bit@33 MHz).
Depending on the system configuration ordered, the built-in display can be as a 12.1", 15", 17" or 19" TFT-LCD display.
Depending on the system configuration ordered, the V Panel Express can be equipped optionally with following external
accessible drives:
❏ Up to two 2.5" SATA (I or II) HDD) (installed into a removable drive tray) and
❏ Up to two Compact Flash™-cards, type I.
The power button, the RESET button, the LED control indicators and user interfaces such as DVI-I/VGA, USB (2.0)
LAN ports (10/100Mbps or 1Gbps) and serial ports (RS232) are accessible on the interface side of the system.
The V Panel Express is a fanless system. The cooling of the unit is performed by the heat sink surface of the chassis (rear
side).
The V Panel Express is designed to be connected to a +24VDC (+/-20%) mains power supply (limited power supply) using
the DC power terminal (included). In order to connect the system to an AC power supply can be ordered the optional
external AC/DC adapter (limited power supply).
Optionally, the V Panel Express systems can be equipped with additional serial interface (COM4) factory configured as
RS232/RS422/RS485 via a corresponding internal interface module.
The serial interface marked "COM4" (Fig. 8, pos. 21) is an option and can be ordered as RS232,
RS422 or RS485 interfaces (isolated or non isolated). Only factory configuration is possible.
When powering on the V Panel Express, make sure that the air intake and exhaust openings are not
obstructed.
The V Panel Express system is designed to comply with IP65 Protection class at the front side.
The V Panel Express systems only comply with IP65 protection class at the front side, if the front side
USB connector is covered by the elastic captive rubber coat.
The access door and HDD drive tray must be secured by the captive knurled screws during operation.
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V Panel Express – User's Guide (V1.01)
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