Rugged Industrial
Computers for On-site
Engineering
Siemens’ new Simatic Field PG M5 programming
device has been designed
with pre-installed Simatic TIA Portal (Totally
Integrated Automation) engineering
software for fast and efficient configuration,
commissioning, service and maintenance.
There are two versions of this
new notebook: The Comfort version is
equipped with an Intel Core i5 processor
and the Advanced version with a more
powerful Intel Core i7 processor. The
Advanced version can also be configured
with the interfaces of the previous Simatic
S5 controller generation. According to
the company, the Simatic Field PG M5
has onboard all the interfaces required
for efficient engineering of industrial automation
applications—for example, one
Profi bus and two Profinet interfaces for
connection to the automation process,
as well as four USB 3.0 interfaces. Simatic
memory cards can be programmed
directly on the industrial notebook
through the Simatic Card Reader interface.
The Simatic Field PG M5 is delivered
ready-to-run with pre-installed Simatic
engineering software. It has also
been optimized for engineering with the
TIA Portal—for the current and previous
generations of Simatic controllers and
HMI (Human Machine Interface) devices.
Integrated TPM (Trusted Platform
Module) data security functions and WoL
(Wake on LAN) and iAMT (Intel’s Active
Management Technology) increase the
level of security when using the hard disk
and simplify remote administration in
the company network.
www.siemens.com
As featured in Womp 2016 Vol 06 - www.womp-int.com
