Thin Clients reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). By slashing system administration costs and reducing downtime. Managing a Thin Client environment to maximize cost savings successfully requires the right tools, and ACP has responded with ThinManager®.

ThinManager® lets you configure, maintain, upgrade and replace Thin Client devices on your network quickly and efficiently. Its intuitive Windows Explorer-like interface provides an at-a-glance environment for management of connected ACP enabled Thin Clients.

ThinManager® is also a client enabling technology, so each and

every connected client device has the same great features.* When matched up against the competitors, ACP enabled clients can outperform Thin Clients in the same CPU class by more than 50%!

* As hardware permits.

What makes a Thin Client better than a PC?

• Quicker installs with less configuration
• No hard drive means no software to install on the client. Terminal Server environments allow a single install of each application for use by all connected clients.
• Lower cost
• Limited client hardware requirements including lower cost CPU, no floppy or hard drives, and less memory.
• Less maintenance
• Increased MTBF results in less frequent replacement.
• Longer useful life
• All application processing occurs at the Terminal Server. As application requirements increase, improvements to the server platform provide corresponding performance improvements at the clients. Where workstations live three years, Thin Clients live six.

Who should use a thin client?

• Anyone seeking a Lower Total Cost of Ownership over expensive Industrial or Desktop PCs.
• Anyone seeking to cut downtime and maintenance to a minimum.
• Anyone that needs enhanced security and reliability.

Centralized and secure configuration & maintenance of ACP Enabled Thin Client Systems

What makes ACP's Thin Client technology better than others?

ThinManager is designed for the industrial market, and adds server-side management features including auto-creation, replacement, feature grouping and modules for simpler configuration and greater functionality. ACP Enabled Thin Clients can be supported with little or no previous Thin Client experience. ThinManager Enabling requires no added client storage devices, thereby lowering the client cost. ThinManager also provides for realtime client firmware updates. Make improvements without making waves. Working with our Enabled manufacturers we now bring you over 40 completely different Thin Client hardware platforms, each with the same great ThinManager features.

C-UNO-2053-ACP

• NS Geode GX1-300 CPU
• 64 MB SDRAM
• VGA output
• KB/Mouse input
• 2 x RS-232
• Dual 10/100Base-T option
• Power Supply : 10 ~ 30 V DC
• Chassis Grounding design

More companies trust this client than any other industrial Thin Client on the market. The steel case, low profile, and affordable price make it a perfect solution for the factory floor that requires the cost savings and longevity offered by industrial Thin Client computing devices. The 5820 can be configured with either DHCP or Static IP. Once booted it receives its configuration information from a central server running ACP's Thin Client configuration and management software, ThinManager. This allows new or replacement units to be installed with almost no operator intervention.

C-MBPC-5820-ACP

• 233 MHz processor
• Rated to 140° F (60°C)
• Small size-extremely easy to mount
• 64 MB Memory
• 10/100 Ethernet
• One parallel port
• Two serial ports standard, expand to 6

C-TPC-650T-ACP

• 6.4" VGA TFT LCD
• NEMA 4 / IP 65
• Resistive touchscreen
• 2 Serial Ports
• 1 Parallel Port
• 10/100 Ethernet

Industrial ThinClient Nodes - 1401 OpenCLIENT™

OpenCLIENT Terminals & Nodes are industrially hardened platforms used for terminal server network applications. OpenCLIENT terminals are designed to support ACP's ThinManager server software. Several OpenCLIENT models are available based on your screen size and resolution requirements.

Features

• Enabled by ACP ThinManager™ (ThinManager sold separately)
• 8.4” & 10.4” color flat panel display terminals or non-integrated display nodes
• Reprogrammable keypad or analog resistive touchscreen
• Built-in PCI 10/100 BaseT Ethernet
• PC/104 expansion up to two standard cards (only one on 1300 models)
• NS Geode GX1 300 MHz processors
• 128 MB DRAM
• Parallel, RS-232 and RS-485, PS/2 mouse and keyboard, and VGA ports
• NEMA 4/4X/12 front panel (units with integrated displays)
• UL listed for hazardous locations: Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C, D (1401, 1300HAZ - not 1300 non-HAZ models, 33XX); Class II Divison 2, Groups F and G (33XX)

Models

• 1401 OpenCLIENT for Heavy Duty Industrial applications
• 1300 OpenCLIENT for Light Duty Industrial applications (replaced by the 1401 Open CLIENT)
  

When an OpenCLIENT™ terminal is powered up it logs on to the server just as a terminal would log on to a mainframe. In addition to giving the client access to its resources, the server also creates a virtual display, which is transferred to the OpenCLIENT™ terminal via an Ethernet link. The OpenCLIENT™ also takes input from the user (via the keypad, keyboard, mouse, or touchscreen) and sends it back to the server over the same link. This allows a user to control the Windows® session as if it were running locally.

While it appears that the control screens are running locally, they are actually running on the server in the climate controlled IT department. The client's session is configured just like any Windows session - the operator can either see a standard Windows screen (with the Internet Explorer icon, the Recycle Bin, the Start Menu, etc.) or a "locked down" version with limited functionality. For dedicated lines running an HMI or SCADA package, the session is usually set to start up with the HMI display exclusively.