Product category:
HMIs/Operator Interfaces
News Release from: Red Lion Controls | Subject: G306A interface panel
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 June 2007
Interface panel offers easy operation
The G306A LCD display offers three front-panel LED indicators and a five-button keypad for on-screen menus.
Red Lion Controls has released the model G306A, the latest addition to its popular line of G3 operator interface panels The G306A features a state of the art TFT active matrix display to provide greater contrast, brightness, and overall readability, making the G306A easier to view in challenging applications
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 5.7-inch 256-colour QVGA 320x240 pixel LCD display also offers three front-panel LED indicators, and a five-button keypad for on-screen menus.
In addition, as with all G3 panels, the G306A arrives standard with an Ethernet port, USB programming port, support for up to five high-speed serial ports, an integrated protocol convertor, a built-in web server, standard CompactFlash socket and IT-ready data logging.
The G306A is both robust and simple to operate.
Users can easily enter data on the G306A through the resistive analogue touchscreen or front panel keypad.
Plus, this model comes with an increased onboard Flash memory of 8Mbyte, and it can be configured using Red Lion's free Crimson Programming Software.
The G306A is ideal for collecting and displaying data or interfacing with a variety of devices, including PLCs, PCs, drives, PID controllers and others, all while offering exceptional visual properties.
"The G306A (operator interface panel) is the TFT variant of the existing G306C model, which was already the most powerful industrial touchscreen on the market", said Jesse Benefiel, Product Manager, Red Lion HMI products.
"Now with an active matrix display, the G306A offers customers a wide viewing angle and bright colours in addition to the standard array of data-management features that are standard on all G3 HMIs".
The Red Lion G3 series offers the most powerful communications platform available today, providing a cost-effective solution for protocol conversion, remote system control and monitoring, as well as historical data logging.
By using innovative technology to display sharp, high-quality images and easy to read data, the G306A delivers a superior HMI solution.
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