Whether the application is time and attendance in a clean-room, shop floor data collection or finished goods tracking in a factory, or process control in a steel-reclamation plant, the LINX VI provides the functionality needed to connect your employees with the business processes.
No longer are you constrained by the environmental vulnerability, high failure rates, bulky size, and less than intuitive interfaces of a typical Personal Computer. Attractive enough to be placed in executive offices, the LINX VI offers ruggedized construction, reliability, compactness, flexibility, expandability, and the best warranty and support program in its class. It supports a variety of networking options under a central point of control, and the LINX VI is ready for your application systems that are based on a client-server architecture.
Rugged Design for Tough Industrial Use
The LINX VI meets the requirements of the most demanding environments, from the factory floor to the kiosks in a shopping mall. Its sturdy metal case was designed to withstand tough industrial use. A sealed polyester keyboard and recessed connectors provide protection against work-site contaminants and the rigors of harsh usage.
Built-In Battery Back-Up Protect Vital Data
The rugged exterior houses a highly reliable internal architecture. The LINX VI design eliminates the need for problematic fans and inherently unreliable moving parts.
The LINX VI goes further by protecting programs and data stored on the internal electronic disk drive (SRAM) from power outages through a built-in battery backup. After a power failure, the LINX VI automatically returns to full operation with the original program and previously collected data intact. LINX VI stations can also operate independent of the network, continuing to collect data and appropriately respond to users until network failures are corrected.
The Most Compact, Full-Featured Computer Available Today
Whether the application is industrial, medical or back-office, unit size matters. Measuring only 2.25in x 9.13in x 7.75in (5.72cm x 23.19cm x 19.59cm), and weighing less than 5 pounds (2.3kg), the base LINX VI is about 1/2 the size of a notebook computer. It is the most compact, full-featured computer available today.
Unparalleled Flexibility and Expandability
Flexibility and expandability are unparalleled, even with the emphasis on strength, reliability and size. Using MS-DOS, the LINX VI offers an environment for the deployment of countless types of complex applications. Applications can be implemented with any of the popular MS-DOS compiled languages, such a C, C++, Pascal and Power Basic. Using a unique architecture that supports industry standard PC/104 stacked modules, LINX VI stations can be configured with over 80 expansion options from more than 125 vendors. For example, a hard disk, a flat panel screen or a large SVGA monitor can be added. Extra communication ports, printer interfaces, sensors, sound cards and even PCMCIA card slots are also available.
Remote Control and Management
What happened the last time you asked an inexperienced PC user to re-boot a station at a remote site or download a current version of an application? These are not issues with the LINX VI. All LINX stations are controlled from a central controlling PC or server.
Intuitive Graphical User Interface Ensures Ease-of-Use
PC keyboards and pointing devices well serve those who are paid to use a computer. For all others, interfacing with a computer can be frustrating and bothersome. The LINX station design includes simple keypads and a minimum of extraneous special function keys.
Unlimited Network Options
The LINX stations are designed to stand alone, link together into a local network, or combine to form a very large network composed of mutiple subnetworks. The network uses industry standard Ethernet as managed by a common network management facility such as TCP/IP.
