Arestech DM-115PW/VM-2100 15.6″ Full HD PCAP Modular Touch Monitor with 450 Nit LCD and Front IP65

Arestech’s modular displays separate the screen from the electronics behind it, so one display module can serve as a monitor or as a panel PC. The DM-115PW/VM-2100 is the 15.6 inch size in the Arestech DM-1XXP/VM-2100 series: a DM display module with projected capacitive touch, and the VM-2100 video module on the rear that turns it into a touch monitor for an industrial PC in a cabinet or elsewhere on the machine.

The panel is a 16:9 FHD LCD at 1920 x 1080 with 450 nits, a 800:1 contrast ratio and 170° viewing angles horizontally and vertically, a size that suits widescreen HMIs and kiosk enclosures. The PCAP touch screen has a 7 Mohs surface and 90% transparency and connects to the host over USB or COM, and a multi-language OSD with On/Off, Auto, Menu, Up and Down keys handles set-up, with a remote OSD connector for a keypad elsewhere on the machine.

The VM-2100 takes VGA, DVI-D and DisplayPort, with an audio input for two 2 W internal speakers, a two-pin terminal block for remote power on/off and switches for the speakers and PC/Car mode. The same DM-115PW display module is also sold with Arestech’s PM-2000 PC module as the DM-115PW/PM-2000 panel PC, and the neighboring sizes in the series are the DM-115P/VM-2100 and DM-117P/VM-2100.

Power is 9 to 48 V DC on a three-pin terminal block with ignition sensing, protected to 52 V over-voltage, -48 V reverse voltage and 20 A over-current, with an optional 12 V, 60 W adapter for mains sites. The DM-115PW/VM-2100 operates from -10 °C to 60 °C with 20 Grms shock and 1.5 Grms vibration ratings, measures 393 x 67.5 x 254 mm and weighs 4.6 kg (datasheet prints ‘7.94 lb’, which does not match 4.6 kg; the lb figure appears copied from the 12.1″ sheet) kg, and fits a 386 x 247 mm panel cut-out with the supplied kit or mounts on 100 x 100 mm VESA.