Cincinnati, Ohio, May, 19, 2006 - The eAutomation Group of Advantech introduces the eAutomation eXpress mobile vehicle. The eAutomation eXpress is an informational and educational vehicle that will travel across North America to provide hands-on interaction with Advantech’s Industrial Automation products. The vehicle is a 24’ van with active production demonstrations.

The eAutomation eXpress will have five product family demo panels featuring models from the eAutomation product line (Remote I/O Modules, Distributed I/O & Control Systems, Smart Web Ethernet I/O, Fanless PCs, Building Automation, and Serial Media Converters); Human Machine Interface product line (Flat Panel Monitors and Touch Panel Computers); Industrial Communication product line (Industrial Ethernet Switches and Media Converters, Serial to Ethernet Converters, and Serial Communication Cards); Industrial I/O product line (USB Data Acquisition & Control Modules, Data Acquisition Cards, Signal Conditioning Modules, and GPIB Cards); and Industrial PC product line (Single Board Computers, Passive Backplanes, and Industrial Motherboards).

There will also be four interactive demos showcasing Advantech eAutomation’s solutions for PC-Based Machine Automation, PC-Based Process Automation, Data Acquisition Solutions, and Industrial Networking Automation. The Industrial Networking demo uses a train station marquee control featuring an IPC-9151G with Advantech Studio, ADAM-4571W, ADAM-4577, ADAM-6521, and the ADAM-6541. The Data Acquisition demo uses an environmental monitoring system featuring the UNO-2170 with XPe and Astudio, ADAM-4117 (Power Line and Humidity Monitoring), ADAM-6066 (Flow Measurement), USB-4718 (Temperature Monitoring), and a PCM-3725 (Pump Control). The PC-Based Process Automation demo uses a boiler control room featuring the ADAM-5510KW, ADAM-6066, ADAM-4572, ADAM-4019+, ADAM-6520, ADAM-4055, along with the TPC-1570H. The PC-Based Machine Automation demo uses a machine control system featuring the ACP-400 industrial PC with redundant power supply, dual hard drives with RAID 1, Windows XP, AStudio SCADA software, KW softlogic control engine, PCI-1716 (PID control), PCI-1756 (high-speed digital I/O control), PCI-1761 (light control), and ADAM-3011 (temperature monitoring).

The eAutomation eXpress is available to visit all types of businesses, manufacturing plants, and engineering firms. If you are interested in having the eAutomation eXpress visit your facility, please contact your Advantech representative or call Elise Birkmeier at 513-742-8895 ext 341.