Lean manufacturing and visual factory management represent the next generation of manufacturing. These systems rely on real-time information and feedback regarding the status of the plant to achieve success. The Factory Vision® line of marquees, Andon boards and process control board industrial displays provide the perfect answer to all your communication needs in the industrial environment. They open a window to factory performance and supply the foundation for a company-wide “nervous system”, ensuring all employees understand how they affect the factory’s overall performance. Specifically designed to integrate seamlessly with manufacturing intelligence and data collection systems, the board's embedded Pentium PC processor allows for maximum throughput speed in combination with multiple input sources.
The Factory Vision® industrial display product line was designed with extremely low life cycle cost as a major design criterion. This has been achieved through the use of premium LEDs, ultra efficient power handling and modular mechanical design. You can expect the FV family of products to provide exceptional ROI with high Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and very low Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) characteristics. Without sacrificing viewability, FV products keep your life cycle cost at a minimum with leading edge technology aimed at the maximum in reduced energy consumption.
Full Matrix LED Industrial Display
The Full Matrix family of robust industrial LED displays has been developed to meet the needs of a variety of manufacturing applications. Factory Vision® displays are capable of standard row column layouts, multiple page full text and graphics, or full motion video replay. With on-board sound options, these displays meet or exceed the needs of any visual factory management system.
Features
- On board Pentium PC Processor (optional in marquee sizes).
- Windows 2000 or XPe included.
- Hard Drive or Compact Flash Drive options.
- 10/100 Ethernet included with computer-based units. Serial ports standard on Non-PC marquee versions.
- Boards are capable of row/column layouts, Full Text and Graphics, or Full Motion Video replay.
- Configuration software included for board layout and communications.
- Programming and setup software is consistent across the entire product line for all PC based units.
- Embedded Pentium processor capable of running most HMI software on board with computer option.
- Boards can be configured either locally or remotely via Ethernet.
- Capable of up to 32 independent data source inputs including direct input from a variety of PLC’s, Windows or Unix based data collection and monitoring packages, etc.
- Remote communication software included- VNC included or optional PC Anywhere™ password protected Remote Communication and File Transfer software on larger sizes.
- Programmable Device Support (PDS) compliant for automated configuration back-up
- Includes Factory Vision® Manual Message Input user interface support
- Wide ranging optional protocol and fieldbus interface support:
• Ford POS MON and Activplant™
• GM Protocol
• DaimlerChrysler FIS
• Profibus DP Master, Slave
• Profibus FMS
• A/B DeviceNet, Data Hwy and Ethernet IP
• ControlNet
• CAN Open interface
• ModBus, ModBus+ and
• ModBus Ethernet
• Interbus-S
- Direct I/O linking on select models
- Screen Capture software included with computer option
- Windows Net Meeting and Windows Media Player video display software included
- Compatible with NETCON Technologies Marquee Manager™ software
- On board Pentium Processor compatible with virus protection and networking packages
Full Color LED Industrial Display
The Factory Vision® family of full color matrix marquees and process control boards gives you unprecedented flexibility not only with layouts but now color as well. Specifically designed to integrate seamlessly with manufacturing intelligence and data collection systems, the board’s embedded Pentium PC processor allows for maximum throughput speed in combination with multiple input sources. All this and 262,000 shades of red, green and blue colors including white.
Features
- Windows XPe included.
- 262,144 shades of color at 30-60 frames/second updates.
- Boards are capable of Row/Column layouts, Full Text and Graphics, or Full Motion Video replay.
- Configuration software included for board layout and communications.
- Programming and setup software is consistent across the entire product line for all PC based units.
- Embedded Pentium processor capable of running most HMI software on board.
- Capable of up to 32 independent data source inputs including direct input from a variety of PLC’s, Windows or Unix based data collection and monitoring packages, etc.
- Remote communication software included – VNC and Microsoft Netmeeting included or optional
- PC Anywhere™ password protected Remote Communication and File Transfer software on larger sizes.
- Boards can be configured either locally or remotely via Ethernet.
- 10/100 Ethernet included.
- Programmable Device Support (PDS) compliant for automated configuration back-up.
- Wide ranging optional protocol and fieldbus interface support:
• Ford POS MON and Activplant™
• GM Protocol
• DaimlerChrysler FIS
- Built in Web Server to enable remote viewing of what is on the display using Internet Explorer.
- Screen Capture software included with computer option.
- Windows Net Meeting and Windows Media Player video display software included.
- Compatible with NETCON Technologies Marquee Manager™ software.
- On board Pentium Processor compatible with virus protection and networking packages
Andon Board
An Andon Board is a visual production control device which can continuously show the changing status of a production line. You may also commonly hear an Andon board referred to as a Process Display board, Bingo Board, Factory Display, Lean Manufacturing Board, LED annunciate, Electronic Message Center, or Process Control Board.
Our Andon board displays can be as small as one line of text, or as large as twenty lines of text, in a variety of widths.
Andon Board Standard Features
- Single or double sided configurations.
- Anti-glare and anti-scratch polycarbonate protective screen.
- Fully flexible controller for the real-time display of all text, graphics and video information.
- Optional on-board embedded Pentium class low power processor, requiring no fan assisted cooling.
- 2GB Solid State Drive with no moving parts.
- Full feature graphic development software for Text/Graphics/Video.
- Easy set up, with all system features configurable via software control panel in real-time.
- Sound output for audible alarm, music, or speech via optional speakers (up to eight speakers per system) with remote volume control.
- Compatible with Activplant™ (formerly Visualplant™), Wonderware™, SCADAware and NETCON Technologies Marquee Manager™.
- Can communicate with proprietary protocols like Ford POSMON, GM Protocol, and Chrysler FIS.
- Tilted viewing angle.
- Web server installed with real-time remote access to display.
- Viewing distances of 3 feet to more than 500 feet.
Industrial Display Software Capabilities
The Factory Vision® industrial display bundled software includes utilities to streamline your integration and give you maximum connectivity options. FV marquees and andon boards allow direct linking to a variety of PLC’s, plus communication via Ethernet to server based systems such as Activeplant™ (formally Visualplant™), Wonderware™, and NETCON Technologies Marquee Manager™. In addition the FV family of display boards can communicate to numerous proprietary protocols such as Ford POSMON, GM Protocol, Daimler Chrysler FIS, etc.