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Aluminum Manufacturer Rolls Out Thin Client

Technology

Factory Automation

USA

Project Introduction:

One of the largest U.S. producers of rolled aluminum needed to update their aging Human Machine

Interface (HMI) software without affecting production. The plant only shuts down one day each year, and all

updates must be made without risking their world-class production and utilization numbers. Bundled with

the customer’s software, the UNO-2053E presented a compact and easily maintained thin client solution.

System Requirements:

Like many factories, the company was using PCs throughout to monitor and control production, but the

management team was becoming tired of ongoing PC maintenance and system updates. The traditional

PCs were equipped with rotary hard drives and fans, which meant higher costs for upgrades and

maintenance. Whatever HMI they settled on, they wanted to a way to distribute the user interface without

relying on the traditional distributed PC Model.

System Description:

Installed with ThinManager software in UNO’s RAM, UNO-2053E becomes a thin client to retrieve data from

the main server and simply display all information on screen. All communication between the thin clients

(UNO-2053E) and the server is across a 100 Mbps fiber network. Everything is done from the server, with

the thin clients acting as the HMI on the factory floor.

System Diagram

Main Server

Factory Floor

UNO-2053E UNO-2053E

MonitorMonitor

Project Implementation:

Conclusion:

The customer had been reading up on Microsoft Terminal Server technology and realized it would allow them to replace their

PCs with thin client terminals. The benefit that a Terminal Server System could bring to their installation was evident – any new

software installed on a single server would be displayed on multiple thin clients. This would do away with the updates needed

on individual PCs, thus eliminating the need for any downtime.

Compared to traditional PCs, UNO-2053E fanless and compact design reduces the risk of maintenance. UNO-2053E doesn’t

need a hard drive or operating system, just the ThinManager from ACP. With software downloaded to the UNO’s RAM, it allows

UNO-2053E to run as a thin client. UNO-2053E was used as a thin-client for faster upgrades, updates, and to make the system

uniform.

UNO-2053E

AMD-GX2 UNO with PC Card,

2xLAN, 2xUSB, 2xRS-232

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