General Specifications General Specifications Scope of Document This user manual is valid for POS-Line monitors up to 139 cm (54.6”). The POS-Line monitors are offered in different screen sizes and with various controllers and other options. Important note: This user manual is complemented by other additional documents when indicated. All documents are also available for download from Data Display Group web site: www.fortec-integrated.
Chassis Versions Chassis Versions Various front bezels are available for POS-Line displays. A front bezel changes the look of the display. Note: All photos and graphic representations in this document show open frame displays. All explanations shall also apply to displays with front bezel. Displays with various front bezel designs: Open frame display (without bezel)
Scope of Delivery Scope of Delivery When unpacking the monitor, please check if the following accessories are included in the shipment: Note: Pictures can differ from actually supplied products. Product information RGB cable USB cable* Power cord** USB stick*** screw cover**** Displays with touch sensor only ** Cable may vary depending on country *** POS-Line VideoPoster series only...
General Safety Regulations General Safety Regulations Safety information Please read this safety information carefully for your personal safety and for the prevention of property damage. In case of a malfunction, immediately disconnect the power plug and contact your dealer or the next Data Display Group service centre.
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General Safety Regulations Safety guidelines for the handling of LCD monitors If the device is not used for a long period of time, unplug the power cable. Do not unplug the power cable while the device is powerd on, except for emergencies.
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General Safety Regulations Ensure sufficient ventilation of the device. Keep a minimum distance of at least 10 mm devices to the wall, for devices with integrated PC of at least 40 mm. Ensure compliance with the operating temperature. Do not install the device in places where it is exposed to environmen- tal impacts such as rain or direct sunlight.
First Installation First Installation Position of connectors and controls All connectors for power and cables are located at the bottom of the back side of the display. Video signal cables and OSD keyboard (video series only) Power cable and on/off switch Connectors for PC-box (option) 10-230V AC outlet Mounting...
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First Installation Mounting with VESA compatible brackets POS-Line displays are shipped with factory installed mounting angles for VESA compatible brackets. The mounting angles are, without further modification suited for landscape or portrait mode and comply with the minimum required distances between the back side of the display and the wall. The operating position of the device is perpendicular (90 degrees to the floor).
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First Installation Eye-Bolts for mounting and stabilising Eye-Bolts manufactured to DIN 580:2010-09 Before use, Eye-Bolts must be carefully examined for visible defects ( for example corrosion, or defor- mation, ) and correct seating. Eye-Bolts showing signs of deformation or defect must not be used in any application.
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First Installation Allowed tilt angle for mounting Attention! All monitors are not allowed to be mounted with a tilt angle of 0° - +180°. monitor The following monitors may be mounted only with a tilt angle of 0˚: • All monitors with true flat glass •...
Touch Sensors Touch Sensors POS-Line monitors are available with touch option. Depending on the panel size, different touch systems and touch technologies are used. If the monitor has been ordered with touch option, the touch sensor and touch controller are installed at factory. POS-Line IQ: The actual touch driver is pre-installed on these systems if ordered with operating system.
POS-Line Video PME POS-Line Video PME Connectors and OSD buttons of POS-Line Video PME series OSD Keyboard Power supply On/O Button DisplayPort HDMI VGA (RGB) USB (remote OSD) Headphones USB (Touch) Connecting to a PC with VGA cable VGA (RGB) VGA (RGB) Connecting to a PC with HDMI-DVI cable HDMI...
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POS-Line Video PME Connecting to a PC with HDMI cable HDMI HDMI Connecting to a PC with DisplayPort cable DisplayPort DisplayPort Connecting the Remote-OSD to a PC with USB cable USB (remote OSD) Connecting the touch to a PC with USB cable (for displays with touch sensor only) USB (Touch)
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POS-Line Video PME Remote OSD control You can control the monitor remotely from an external computer. To do this, connect the monitor and com- puter as described above a USB cable. Please read the instructions for the remote control, which you can find on our homepage: https:/ /www.fortec-integrated.de/en/service/downloads/monitore-downloads/.
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POS-Line Video PME The green/red LEDs (single package) on the external keypad show the current status of the board: Color Meaning Remark Green Signal found Green blink Search signal Power safe mode LED off Monitor off OSD menu Image Menu Brightness: Panel brightness adjustment.
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POS-Line Video PME Display Menu Auto-adjust: Performs auto-adjustment on the VGA input image. Phase: This function is a slider to adjust the sampling phase of the analogue interface. For optimum image quality, input pixels should be sampled at the ideal sampling points.
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POS-Line Video PME Sound Menu Volume: Slider bar to adjust volume. Mute: Mutes audio. Output: Chooses between speakers and head- phone. Only one can be active at a time (Speakers are not available for POS-Line monitors). Output Sub Menu Speakers: Toggles speakers on/ off.
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POS-Line Video PME Input Sub Menu Display Port: Select display port as input signal. VGA: Select VGA as input signal. DVI/HDMI: Select DVI/ HDMI as input signal. Auto Scan: Enable/ disable input auto-scan. OSD Settings Sub Menu Timer: Sub menu for timer settings. Rotation: Sub menu for rotation settings.
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POS-Line Video PME Rotation Sub Menu Rotation: Rotates the OSD menu. Reset Sub Menu Reset: Performs factory reset. EDID Write Protect Sub Menu Write protect: EDID write protect on/ off.
POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron All the Celeron main board drivers you can find at: https:/ /www.fortec-integrated.de/en/service/down- loads/monitor-downloads/ Note: This POS-Line display is equipped with a battery. Please read the following note carefully: Unplug the power cable before exchanging the battery. There is a risk of explosion if the battery is not installed correctly.
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POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron Mounting and dismounting the PC box Note: The display must be switched off before dismounting or mounting the PC box. Not confirming to the rules may electronically damage the display and the PC box. Note: The two interfaces on the POS-Line Monitor may only be used for the PC-Box (option). Other uses are not permitted, otherwise they could damage the device.
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POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron Operating the PC box without display The PC box can be operated as stand alone device without display for maintenance purposes. This requires an external power supply with cable (12V DC, 60 Watt) which is available as kit for maintenance (order number DS-91-945).
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POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron Connectors of POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron series Power supply on/ o button USB 2 x 3.0 USB 2 x 3.0 2 x LAN HDMI Line-out RS232 USB 2 x 2.0 Connecting to a network using a patch cable Connecting to a PC using a cross-over cable Connecting keyboard and mouse with USB cable...
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POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron Connecting an external monitor with HDMI cable HDMI HDMI Connecting active speakers with audio cable Line-out Line-in HDMI HDMI Connecting the Touch to a PC with RS232 cable (for Remote OSD only) HDMI HDMI RS232 RS232 Power on/off After applying the supply voltage, the PC starts automatically.
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POS-Line IQ Intel Celeron BIOS settings A Phoenix UEFI Flash BIOS is installed on the PC main board. To change BIOS settings press the ‘Entf’ key on your keyboard during the boot process of the PC. Operating systems An operating system is pre-installed if your POS-Line display has been ordered with this option. In this case all main board drivers or touch drivers are installed.
POS-Line IQ Core™-i5 10. POS-Line IQ Core ™ Note: All the Core -i5 main board drivers you can find at: https:/ /www.fortec-integrated.de/en/service/ ™ downloads/monitor-downloads/ Note: This POS-Line display is equipped with a battery. Please read the following note carefully: Unplug the power cable before exchanging the battery. There is a risk of explosion if the battery is not installed correctly.
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POS-Line IQ Core™-i5 Mounting and dismounting the PC box Note: The display must be switched off before dismounting or mounting the PC box. Not confirming to the rules may electronically damage the display and the PC box. Note: The two interfaces on the POS-Line Monitor may only be used for the PC-Box (option). Other uses are not permitted, otherwise they could damage the device.
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POS-Line IQ Core™-i5 Operating the PC box without display The PC box can be operated as stand alone device without display for maintenance purposes. This requires an external power supply (12V DC, 60 Watt) which is available as option (order number DS-91-945). Please connect monitor, keyboard and mouse before switching on power.
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POS-Line IQ Core™-i5 Connectors of POS-Line IQ Core -i5 series ™ Power supply On/ O Button DisplayPort DisplayPort USB 3.0 4x LAN 2x MIC / Spk / Line-out MIC / Spk / Line-in Connecting to a network using a patch cable Connecting to a PC using a cross-over cable Connecting keyboard and mouse with USB cable...
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POS-Line IQ Core™-i5 Connecting an external monitor with DisplayPort cable DisplayPort DisplayPort Connecting active speakers with audio cable Line-out Line-in Power on/off The display boots automatically after connecting to power. Use the push button to switch the display on and off. If in normal operation, push the push button once to shut down the system into sleep mode. The panel is switched off.
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POS-Line IQ Core™-i5 BIOS settings A Phoenix UEFI Flash BIOS is installed on the PC main board. To change BIOS settings press the ‘ENTF/DEL’ key on your keyboard during the boot process of the PC. Operating systems An operating system is pre-installed if your POS-Line display IQ Core -i5 has been ordered with this option.
POS-Line VideoPoster 11. POS-Line VideoPoster Note: Further information on media player, play list structure, handling, utilization and supporting software modules are available at https:/ /www.fortec-integrated.de/en/products/tft-controller/industrial-media-players/ Note: This Gerhardt display is equipped with a battery. Please read the following information carefully: Unplug the power cable before exchanging the battery.
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POS-Line VideoPoster Connecting to a PC using a cross-over cable Connecting an USB stick Connecting active speakers Line-out Line-in Connecting a signal source using a HDMI cable HDMI...
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POS-Line VideoPoster Connecting a signal source using a HDMI-DVI cable HDMI Factory configuration at the time of delivery POS-Line VideoPoster is a network (Ethernet) device. Please note that inaccurate network configuration can have unintended influence on network operations and cause a breakdown of the entire network. To setup the device properly, you must be familiar with the basic operating parameters of your network.
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POS-Line VideoPoster Functional description POS-Line VideoPoster is a networked stand alone media player to playback play lists. Operating systems or other client-based software components are not required. Play lists are based on a XML structure and can include videos and images. The media player controlls the play list. A play list is looped endlessly until a new play list is loaded or the player is switched off.
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POS-Line VideoPoster Layout of the web interface: Information System Information: Here you can find all the information about the system like software revision. In case of a support request please add a printout of this page to your mail for a fast processing. View Logs: VideoPoster creates log files to allow an easy monitoring of operations.
POS-Line IoT 12. POS-Line IoT The POS-Line IoT monitor is equipped with the Raspberry Pi compute module 3+ (CM3+). The specification ® can be found under the following link: https:/ /www.raspberrypi.org/products/compute-module-3-plus/ Note: The full driver package for the IoT monitor can be found on: https:/ /www.fortec-integrated.de/en/ service/downloads/artista-iot-downloads/.
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POS-Line IoT Connecting to a PC using a cross-over cable Connecting to an USB stick or keyboard/ mouse Connecting active speakers Line-out Line-in Connecting a signal source using a HDMI cable HDMI HDMI HDMI HDMI...
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POS-Line IoT Connecting a signal source using a HDMI-DVI cable HDMI Switch on/ off After the supply voltage has been applied, the IoT monitor starts automatically. To switch off, you must select „Shut down“ in the operating system. Operating systems The IoT Monitor comes with the operating system Raspbian, which is equipped with all necessary drivers.
WebPoster 13. WebPoster Connections and controls WebPoster are POS-Line IQ and IOT devices with a special firmware, so the ports and operating in the corresponding chapters must be observed. Connecting a mouse and keyboard is not supported with this firmware. Functional description The Industrial HTML Full HD Player is a complete solution for viewing Web pages.
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WebPoster Layout of the web interface: Configuration Network Configuration: The configuration of the network is the first step in setting up. Submit Configuration: With Submit Configuration the entries will be accepted. Discard Changes: With Discard Changes be deleted entries in the fields. However, this has no influence on the current configuration.
Maintenance 14. Maintenance Systems with active cooling require cleaning of ventilation slots every 6 months. Systems with passive cooling must be cleaned every 12 months. 15. Warranty / Service Warranty FORTEC GROUP GmbH grants a manufacturer‘s warranty of two years from the date of delivery. The rendering of warranty claims shall neither extend nor restart the warranty period.
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Warranty / Service Display Quality - Prevention of after image burn in effects After image burn-in means that an image or part of an image (i.e. logo) remains visible on the screen even if the image on the screen is changed. This should not occur if the LCD panel is operated in normal conditions with changing content.
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Declaration of Conformity 17. Declaration of Conformity Declaration Hereby the FORTEC Integrated GmbH declared that the unit EU is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directives 2014/30/EU, 2014/35/EU and 2011/65/EU. If you need a CE declaration of conformity, please request it from support on our website: https:/ /www.
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