M7140 Terminal Emulation Data Collection Station

Model 7140 Stationary Data Collection Terminal

Rich with Features & Flexibility Enhancements. The AML M7140 is a programmable stationary terminal for fixed station, wired, or wireless industrial data collection applications. Engineered for price performance, yet offering powerful features and extensive flexibility enhancements, the M7140 is an ideal solution for work-in-process tracking, shop floor control, and factory automation in manufacturing, distribution and warehousing.

Extensive Connectivity & I/O Interfaces

The M7140 Stationary Terminal is extremely flexible and offers a broad range of connectivity and I/O interfaces to support most data collection requirements. Each M7140 ships standard with a powerful Intel StrongARM® processor, Compact Flash Card Slot, and 10 BaseT Ethernet connectivity. Extensive I/O interfaces include two RS-232 ports for bar code scanners or other serial devices, three optically isolated inputs, and three relay contact outputs for integration with PLCs, conveyors, scales, and alarm devices. The M7140 Stationary Terminal is built tough to withstand shop floor conditions and sports a rugged powder-coated steel enclosure, 77-key elastomeric keypad, a ¼ VGA backlit LCD display, and an internal speaker. 32MB DRAM memory, 16MB Flash ROM, and compact Flash storage up to 32MB provide adequate storage for all your program and data file storage.

Flexible Application Development

As a member of the AML M7000 Series of data collection terminals, the M7140 Stationary Terminal integrates into a wide range of computing environments to help reduce the time and costs associated with shop floor application development. The M7140 incorporates an open source, embedded Linux®
architechure and comes pre-loaded with VT100/220 terminal emulation, a TELNET client, FTP server, and an HTTP server. Optional software tools provide support for Windows® ODBC and OLE DB data sources, or C++ development under Linux®.