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The optimal combination to separate up to 100 m: multi-touch monitors Beckhoff control units + CP-Link 4

CP-Link 4: Display remote with a single cable

Drafting Interempresas16/07/2013

Beckhoff presented as main course at Hannover Messe the CP-Link 4, the new technique of connection for a monitor situated at a distance up to 100 m of the industrial PC. Thanks to this solution of an only cable, video, USB 2.0 signal and the power supply are transmitted through a cable standard 7 CAT. Therefore, cable and installation costs are reduced. Another advantage is the use of purely passive screens. CP-Link 4 technology is compatible with the new series of multi-touch monitors of Beckhoff, CP29xx-0010 and CP39xx-0010.

The new generation of Beckhoff monitors with Multitouch screens for industrial use provide a wide range in terms of screen sizes. Thanks to the layout with CP - Link 4 expands the range with a simple connection standards-based technology.

A great advantage of this transmission technology is the use of conventional cables CAT-7. Plug & Play connection makes putting up a very simple task. To use CP - 4 Link does not require any software or special drivers.

CP-Link 4: Integrated multi-touch monitor CP29xx-0010 and multi-touch monitor-CP39xx-0010 can be used at a distance up to 100 m from the PC via a standard cable CAT-7.

CP-Link-4 technology is integrated directly in the multi series passive monitor. Connection on the side of the PC can be performed via a module in an industrial PC PCIe slot or CU8802 or CU8803 module boxes. The following connection variants are available: Display Link of a single cable: solution of a cable signal DVI and USB 2.0 as well as the 24 V power supply are only transmitted through a single cable. Transmitter box CU8803 supplies power to the monitor using a CAT-7 cable up to 100 m in length. CU8803 box can be connected to any PC via a DVI and USB cable and requires a 24 v power supply

Display Link of two cables: in this variant of connection, signal DVI and USB 2.0 is transferred through a cable CAT 7. In the PC connecting the transmitter enclosure CU8802 through DVI and USB or PCIe C9900-E276 module is integrated in an IPC from Beckhoff. The power supply has been designed separately and can be connected, p. ej., for solutions with parallel wiring emergency stop.

Beckhoff: pioneer of industrial screens connection technique

As a pioneer of industrial screens docking technique, Beckhoff entered the market in 1998 with the first version of CP-Link a transmission technology that allowed for the first time separate the control panel of the PC. Using two coaxial cables standard could be achieved with this version a distance up to 100 m between the PC and the central unit.

With the second generation of screens, Beckhoff presented in 2006 another innovation: overcoming the usual distance of 5 m DVI/USB, DVI/USB-Extended-Technology, based on standard cables, allows distances up to 50 m between the industrial PC and the control panel. The new multi-touch monitors series offers DVI/USB Extended-2.0 technology.

CP-Link-3 is a software solution, based on standard technologies for the link flexible panel PC to an industrial PC. It allows up to 255 monitors Ethernet connection.

The knowledge acquired over 15 years of experience in the realization of display solutions are now reflected in the CP-Link-4 generation based on technology from a single cable.