Touch Screen Comparison for Entertron Embedded Programmable Logic Controller (ePLC)

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Touch Screen Comparison (Updated - 09/29/06)

Entertron is promoting the Hitech touch screen. See how it compares to other manufacturer's products

We will look at the Beijer H-Series unit vs. Allen Bradley, Aromat, AVG, Omron, and Weintek

Note - These comparisons do not take into account any special pricing promotions or quantity discounts. All information was obtained from published specifications. (Weintek information was obtained through Weintek website, not affiliate web sites)

5.7" Color Touch Screen

Item	Beijer	Allen Bradley	Aromat	AVG	Omron	Automation Direct	Weintek
Version	H-Series	Panelview 600	GT-30	EZ Touch	NT31C	C-More	MT506-SE
Vendors	Micro Decisions	Allen Bradley	Aromat	EZ Automation	Omron	Automation Direct	Maple Systems / KEP / Nematron
Part Number	H-T60c-P	2711-T6C2L1	AIGT3300B	EZ(P)-S6C-FS	NT31C-ST141	EA7-S6C	Maple - HMI520C KEP - MMI-730T Nematron - PV570-S
Number of Colors	256	???	16	128	8	256	256
Animations	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Program Memory Size	4 Meg Flash	240K Flash	3.25 Meg	512K SRAM	1 MB Flash	10 Meg	2 Meg Flash
Recipe Memory	512K	No	No	No	No	256K	128K
Back Light Life Expectancy	75,000 Hrs.	50,000 Hrs.	50,000 Hrs.	25,000 Hrs.	25,000 Hrs.	50,000 Hrs.	40,000 Hrs.
Touch Cells	Analog Resistive	128 Cells	Not Published	192 Cells	192 Cells	Analog Resistive	Analog Resistive
Processor Speed	206 MHz	Not Published	Not Published	40 MHz	Not Published	333 MHz	200 MHz
Number of Screens	999	255	220	999 (must purchase extra memory to support all 999	3,999	999	up to 1990
Simulator (On line)	Yes	No	No	No	No	???	Yes
1 PC OEM price (Display Only)	$700.00	$1560.00	$592.00	$799.00	$1418.00	$595.00	Maple = $469.00 KEP = $599.00 Nematron - $595.00
Software Cost	Included	$295.00	$124.00	$99.00	$315.00	$129.00	Maple = $75.00 KEP = Included
PLC Interface Cable	**Included	$95.00	$40.00	$20.00	$94.50	$20.00	Maple = $50.00 KEP = Included Nematron - $25.00
Mounting Clips	Included	Included	Included	$15.00	Included	Included	Included
Expansion Max Memory Available	Included	Not Expandible	Not Expandible	$97.00 (1 meg)	Not Expandible	Included	Included
Cost to Start	$700.00	$1950.00	$756.00	$1030.00	$1827.50	$744.00	Maple = $594.00 KEP = $599.00 Nematron - $620.00
1 pc OEM unit price	$700.00	$1655.00	$632.00	$931.00	$1512.50	$615.00	Maple = $519.00 KEP = $599.00 Nematron - $620.00

Note - All units come with Real time clock. Programming cables are not included in this comparison.

**When utilizing Entertron's ePLCs, and a Beijer's touch screen, we provide the interface cable with the controller at no additional cost. Should you use the Beijer unit with another PLC, the cable is not included

Some units may have other features such as flash card and ethernet or other hardware protocols, however, what we are comparing is a touch screen that would be interfaced to an Entertron ePLC. Many of Entertron's customers don't require those additional features.

Note - Touch screens are ordered through Entertron, however, you are invoiced by Micro Decisions directly. All payments are to be made to Micro Decisions.

Go to our Eclipse Touch Screen page for detailed information on the Beijer H-Series Touch Screen.

5.7" Monochrome Touch Screen

Item	Beijer	Allen Bradley	Aromat	AVG	Omron	Automation Direct	Weintek
Version	H-Series	Panelview 550	GT-30	EZ Touch	NT31	C-More	MT506-L
Vendors	Micro Decisions	Allen Bradley	Aromat	EZ Automation	Omron	Automation Direct	Maple Systems / KEP / Nematron
Part Number	H-T60b-P	2711-T5A5L1	AIGT3100B	EZ(P)-S6M-FS	NT31-ST121	EA7-S6M	Maple - HMI520M KEP - MMI-720 Nematron - PV570-S
Number of Shades of Grey	16	???	2	16	2	15	4
Animations	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Program Memory Size	4 Meg Flash	240K Flash	1.5 Meg	512K SRAM	1 MB Flash	10 Meg	1 Meg Flash
Recipe Memory	512K	No	No	No	No	256K	128K
Back Light Life Expectancy	50,000 Hrs.	Not Published	50,000 Hrs.	25,000 Hrs.	25,000 Hrs	50,000 Hrs.	15,000 Hrs.
Touch Cells	Analog Resistive	128 Cells	Not Published	192 Cells	192 Cells	Analog Resistive	Analog Resistive
Processor Speed	206 MHz	Not Published	Not Published	40 MHz	Not Published	333 MHz	133 MHz
Number of Screens	999	255	220	999 (must purchase extra memory to support all 999	3,999	999	up to 1990
Simulator (On line)	Yes	No	No	No	No	???	Yes
1 PC OEM price (Display Only)	$500.00	$1070.00	$399.00	$549.00	$1045.00	$475.00	Maple = $399.00 KEP = $499.00 Nematron - $495.00
Software Cost	Included	$295.00	$124.00	$99.00	$315.00	$129.00	Maple = $75.00 KEP = Included Nematron - Included
PLC Interface Cable	Included	$95.00	$40.00	$20.00	$94.50	$20.00	Maple = $50.00 KEP = Included Nematron - $25.00
Mounting Clips	Included	Included	Included	$15.00	Included	Included	Included
Expansion Max Memory Available	Included	Not Expandible	Not Expandible	$97.00 (1 meg)	Not Expandible	Included	Not Expandible
Cost to Start	$500.00	$1460.00	$563.00	$780.00	$1454.50	$624.00	Maple = $524.00 KEP = $499.00 Nematron - $520.00
1 pc OEM unit price	$500.00	$1165.00	$439.00	$681.00	$1139.50	$495.00	Maple = $449.00 KEP = $499.00 Nematron - $520.00

What does this comparison prove?

Conclusion:

The Beijer units will not be the least expensive touch screen available. What you receive is the best value on the market today. Some other manufacturer's products are less expensive, but they have stripped out features in order to provide you with a cheaper product. For a modest additional cost, that doesn't price you out of the market, you are getting a touch screen that offers many of the benefits that the upper end products provide.