Arestech SM-115/VM-2100 15″ Non-Touch Sunlight Readable Monitor with 1,500 Nit XGA LCD and Front IP65

Not every screen on a machine or vehicle needs to be touched. Camera feeds, line dashboards and status displays are read at a glance, often in daylight, and a touch layer only adds a surface between the panel and the viewer. The SM-115/VM-2100 is the non-touch configuration in the Arestech SM-115(P)(R)/VM-2100 series: a 15 inch sunlight readable LCD at 1,500 nits in a front IP65 aluminium die-cast bezel.

The panel is a 4:3 XGA LCD at 1024 x 768 with a 2500:1 contrast ratio, 16.2 million colours and 176° viewing angles horizontally and vertically, so the image holds its contrast for operators standing off to one side. At 1,500 nits it stays legible where a typical industrial display fades, such as behind a forklift windscreen or beside a roller door. The multi-language on-screen display has Menu, Auto and Up/Down keys, and a remote OSD connector lets the screen be adjusted from a separate keypad once it is sealed into a panel.

Arestech’s VM-2100 video module on the rear takes VGA, DVI and DisplayPort, so the SM-115/VM-2100 connects to older controllers as easily as current industrial PCs. It adds USB 2.0 and COM ports, a line-in feeding two 2 W internal speakers and a two-pin terminal block for remote power on/off. Where the same screen needs input, the SM-115P/VM-2100 adds projected capacitive touch and the SM-115R/VM-2100 a 5-wire resistive touch screen.

Power is 9 to 48 V DC on a three-pin terminal block with ignition sensing and a PC/Car mode switch, protected against over-voltage to 52 V, reverse voltage to -48 V and over-current to 20 A, with an optional 12 V, 60 W adapter for mains sites. The SM-115/VM-2100 runs fanless from -10 °C to 60 °C, is rated for 20 Grms shock and 1.5 Grms vibration, and fits a 370 x 294 mm panel cut-out or a 100 x 100 mm VESA mount.