Touch Screens Archives - Hope Industrial Systems

ThinManager Compatibility with Hope Industrial Touch Screens

Posted on 8 March 2021 at 15:30

ThinManager from Rockwell Automation (formerly ACP ThinManager) is a Thin Client management and content/session delivery system that is tailored to the Industrial Automation market. ThinManager allows content and interactive sessions from a variety of sources to be flexibly assigned to individual terminals throughout a factory environment.

This content is often simply a remote desktop session (RDP, VNC, ESXi, etc.) but can also include individual applications running on remote machines, IP video streams, web content, or even the view from another ThinManager terminal. A suite of management tools allows administrators to configure each terminal, assign it views and sessions and their placement, and manage users and access. Read More

Did you know all Hope Industrial Systems monitors are rated for hazardous locations?

Posted on 10 March 2020 at 15:33

19.5″ Industrial Panel Mount Monitor and Touch Screen, front and side views — 19.5″ Industrial Panel Mount Monitor and Touch Screen

Hope Industrial Systems has been shipping HazLoc-rated monitors for 10 years now. But did you know that every one of our industrial monitors and touch screens, as well as monitor-mounted keyboards, is rated for hazardous locations?

According to the National Electrical Code (NEC), hazardous locations are areas “where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to flammable gases or vapors, flammable liquids, combustible dust, or ignitable fibers or flyings.”

Installing and Calibrating your Hope Industrial Touch Screen

Posted on 14 March 2019 at 16:15

One of the most common questions our Tech Support group receives is how to calibrate the touch screen, usually during the initial installation. To help users through the process, we’ve created this step-by-step guide for Microsoft Windows users.

Depending on how far off your alignment is, it might be necessary to temporarily connect a mouse to perform these steps.

These instructions apply to Windows versions 7, 8, and 10 when using the USB touch screen interface – there may be small differences depending on your version.

Place Your Industrial Operator Station up to 300 m Away from Your PC with a KVM Extender

Posted on 9 October 2018 at 15:12

KVM Extender mounted to rear of 19" Universal Mount Monitor — Monitor-Mounted KVM Extender attached to rear of 19″ Universal Mount Monitor

Our line of industrial KVM Extenders allows you to place your industrial monitor or touch screen (and mouse, keyboard or other devices) up to 300 m (1000′) away from the computer or server using a single shielded CATx cable. This way, the non-industrial computer can be kept safely in a controlled environment, while your industrial monitor handles the tough conditions of the factory floor.

12,960 Different Ways to Configure Your Industrial Operator Station

Posted on 7 August 2018 at 13:21

Hope Industrial Systems’ Industrial Operator Stations are designed to provide a low-cost platform that can be configured in more than 12,960 ways. Our workstations consist of an industrial Universal Mount Monitor, cable exit plate option, and monitor mount. Other optional accessories, including PC/thin client enclosures, keyboards, and KVM extenders, are available depending on your requirements. Read More

Did You Know Our Customers Have Installed over 100,000 Monitors on All 7 Continents?

Posted on 7 May 2018 at 12:01

17" Panel Mount Industrial Monitors and IP65/IP66 Rugged Touch Screens, front and side views — 17″ Industrial Panel Mount Monitor

We have never made a big deal of this, so you may not be aware: Hope Industrial Systems has shipped more than 100,000 industrial monitors worldwide. Since HIS was founded in 2000, our products have been installed in over 60 different countries in a wide range of industrial applications. We are proud to say that over 85% of those who purchase our monitors are repeat customers.

Repairing Industrial Displays and Touch Screens

Posted on 26 February 2018 at 09:11

We work to minimize failures.

Hope Industrial monitors and touch screens are built to withstand even the harshest industrial environments. Because we are confident in the durability of our products, all Hope Industrial monitors are supported by:

Extensive third party testing
4-year warranty
30 day total satisfaction guarantee
24 – 48 hour repair turnaround

This 19″ Universal Mount Monitor (left) had years of food ingredients caked on the enclosure and was returned to us to repair a broken window. On the right is the same monitor after replacing the touch sensor and returning the monitor to “like new” condition for many more years of service.

Calibrating a Hope Industrial Touch Screen on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on 24 January 2018 at 15:45

Hope Industrial UM22 Touchscreen and Keyboard with Raspberry Pi internally integrated

Please note: Linux changes regularly. Because of this, the information below becomes outdated quickly. Please contact our support team for additional assistance.

We have many customers who use our Industrial Touch Screens and Workstations as a rugged, wash-down capable front-end for a simple Raspberry Pi computer. Over the years we have written several articles about ways to both physically mount and install/calibrate the touch screen using the Raspbian OS. We’ve also written some general Linux overview articles that review the various ways to use our displays with Linux.

New Touch Screen-Disabling Utility for Screen Cleaning

Posted on 23 October 2017 at 16:24

Hope Industrial Systems touch screens are designed and 3^rd-party certified to withstand the toughest, dirtiest industrial environments. At the same time, our resistive touch screens are pressure sensitive so a user can easily interact with the computer, even while wearing heavy gloves. This can be a problem: a screen that is designed to get dirty will need to be periodically cleaned, and wiping down a powered-on touch screen can cause accidental touches in your click-sensitive software.

The Hope Industrial Screen Cleaning Utility is the perfect solution.

Using Hope Industrial Touch Screens with Linux

Posted on 31 August 2016 at 15:12

“How well do your touch screens work with Linux?” is a question we get very often. While the short answer is always “perfectly!” there is more than one way to support and align our touch screens with Linux operating systems, and which to choose often depends on the particular circumstances of a given application. In this article we will provide a high level overview of some of the more common methods for supporting Linux.

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