ACP ThinManager: System Architecture with ThinManager and Relevance: Providing a Path to Your Plant’s Thin Client and Mobile Future

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VZ18 ACP/Thin Manager System Architecture with ThinManager and Relevance

Doug Coulter

Senior Solution Architect - Automation Control Products

June, 2015


Agenda

ThinManager Slides (10 minutes)

ThinManager Demo (20 minutes)

Relevance Slides (5 minutes)

Relevance Demo (10 minutes)

Closing Slides (5 minutes)


ThinManager: A Better Delivery and Management System


Traditional Automation Network

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Control Room Plant Floor Offices

Plant Floor

Dedicated PC’s for dedicated applications.

HMI MES HMI


ACP ThinManager Solution

Control Room Plant Floor Offices

Terminal servers running Plant Floor applications.

Plant Floor

HMI/MES HMI/ERP/MES

Mobile Users

Terminal to Terminal Shadowing • MultiSession • Tiling

Plant Floor Offices • Office Grade Thin Clients

• MultiSession • MultiMonitor • Instant Failover • Redundant Ethernet • IP Cameras


Benefits of Terminal Services

Centralized Management Reduced Operating System Maintenance Install Once, Use Many Improved Security Flexible Application Deployment Lower Total Cost of Ownership


Benefits of Thin Client Hardware

Small Footprint (easier to ship, mount, cool)

Better Security (no hard drive, USB disabled)

Longer Life (withstands harsh environments)

Reduced Power Consumption (no drives, fans)

Lower Total Cost of Ownership


Why ThinManager?

True Zero Client -> No OS -> Easier to Manage

Automatic Terminal Server Failover

Industrial Thin Clients

Redundant Networking Options at Zero Client

Broad Touchscreen Support

Endpoint Device Replacement in Minutes

Full Control of the Physical Thin Client


Why ThinManager?

Simple Thin Client Shadowing

Terminal to Terminal Shadowing

Deliver Multiple Session to Thin Client

Deliver Sessions Based on User Role

IP Camera Integration

Extensibility with ActiveX Control

Location Based Mobility


ThinManager Manages More Clients

ThinManager Ready

AnnArbor Apple ASUS

Contec Exor

Gigabyte HMW

Logic Supply Nematron TeleVideo

Xycom PCs (w/WinTMC)

ThinManager Compatible (PXE Boot)

10Zig Aaeon

Allen-Bradley B&R

Contec Dell

Devon IT HP

IGEL Intel

Maxspeed Neoware

Pepperl & Fuchs Portwell Termtek

Wyse PCs

Mobile Apple iOS devices Android devices


ThinManager Network Components

ThinManager is the interface you

use to manage the whole system.

ThinServer is the engine that does all of the work.

Clients connect to Display servers and ThinServer.

PCs Thin Clients Tablets

Display servers are the source for the displays running on the Clients.

Terminal Servers

Virtual Machines PCs Thin

Clients IP

Cameras

LAN


New to ThinManager 8

Release Date of June 1, 2015

Active Directory Integration

Requires Domain Controller

Android Support

Kit Kat 4.4, Auto-Focus Camera, Bluetooth 4.0 (BTLE)

Fingerprint Support for Tethered Terminals

Real Time Streaming Protocol for IP Cameras

Hardware Decoding Support for H.264

iBeacon Support for Relevance

Additional Levels of Encryption to Database


ThinManager Basics Demonstration Let’s see it in action »


Going Mobile With ThinManager


Worldwide Device Shipments by Segment

(in thousands)

Device Type 2013 2014 2015

PC (Desktop and Notebook) Ultramobile Tablet Mobile Phone Other

296,131 21,517

206,807 1,806,964

2,981

276,221 32,251

256,308 1,862,766

5,381

261,657 55,032

320,964 1,946,456

7,645

Total 2,334,400 2,432,927 2,591,753

Source: Gartner (June 2014)


Mixed Use Environment


Relevance


Relevance will help Industrial Transition

Industrialized PCs fade, smart devices increase

Smart devices understand their location

Smart devices will understand who is using them

This is the essence that Relevance unlocks:

The right content

The right user

The right location

The right time


Relevance Put Into Practice


FactoryTalk View SE InstantFizz


InstantFizz Factory

BLEND FILL/CAP LABEL PACK

Terminal Servers

Content and Destinations


Content Destinations

Terminal Servers

Device

User


Going Mobile


It’s about Locations…


Like Motors


Like Zones


Resolvers

• Quick Response Code (QRC)

• Near Field Communication (NFC)

• Bluetooth

• GPS

• WiFi


Apply Resolvers

BLEND FILL/CAP LABEL PACK

Terminal Servers


Use Resolver Actions Establish Mobile User Location

Delivery Content Locate User

Support Content Delivery Actions

Transfer Clone Shadow


Fencing


Leave with HMI

BLEND

Front Office Plant Floor

FILL/CAP


Not Allowed

BLEND


FILL/CAP


Combine Resolvers

Resolver with

location

and action

Fence

Active Resolver Passive Resolver


WiFi Fenced


BLEND


Exit WiFi — Lose Content


BLEND


Relevance Demonstration Let’s see it in action »


The Factory of the Future Must…

Be Nimble and Quick

Be Able to Adapt to On-Demand Manufacturing

Be More Mobile/Visual for…

Increased Productivity

Increased Safety

Increased Security


Factories of the Future will Thrive

The Factories of the Future will Thrive with Increased

Visualization and Interactivity while Managing every Device,

including Mobile terminals.


A Better Way…

Ease of Use

Setup Wizards

Client replacement in minutes, not hours

Easily deliver apps and information to virtually any device


A Better Way…

A Complete Solution

Manages server and client side (including mobile)

Cameras, Touchscreens

Better life cycle management (DCS)

Works with other solutions like VMWare, HyperV and Citrix


Platform Management Tool

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• Access multiple

sessions and use

multiple monitors on

a single thin client.

• Includes support

for IP camera

feeds.

• Access applications

based on what is

assigned to the

workstation or

the user.

• Get mobile access to

applications specif c

to your role.

• Manage and deliver virtual

desktops while running PCs

as thin client devices.

• Deliver content to the

right person at the

right time & place.

Deliver existing applications

to any device!

Compatible with RDS, Hyper-V, Citrix & VMware

Virtual Resources

Remote DesktopServers

A N Y W H E R E

A C C E S S

Deliver existing applications to any

device!


Thank You!


Contact ACP ThinManager

Website: www.thinmanager.com

Demo: www.thinmanager.com/demo

Media Center: http://www.thinmanager.com/media/

HQ: 1725 Windward Concourse Suite 300 Alpharetta, GA 30005 USA

Toll-Free: 1-877-239-4282

Email: [email protected]

For more information: Doug Coulter, Application Engineer

Phone: 678-580-6445 Email: [email protected]

http://www.thinmanager.com

http://www.thinmanager.com/demo

http://www.thinmanager.com/media/

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