Black Box AC1059A, AC1059A-E Specifications

Connect your monitor and USB and serial devices

to a secure server over an IP network.

Connect your monitor and USB and serial devices

to a secure server over an IP network.

Remote Video System IP

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FEATURES

• Video over IP eliminates distance
barriers that hamper standard video
connections.

• A dedicated server is not required at the
workstation’s location, and there are no
changes to your application software.

• Ideal for access control systems,
industrial settings, restaurant kitchens,
or anywhere that requires a server to be
secure or protected from environmental
conditions.

• Great for managing and monitoring
touch screens from the server.

• Perform remote troubleshooting and
reduce costs associated with travel
and IT support.

• Robust VT220

™

terminal emulation
enables you to migrate from legacy
terminal-based systems to newer
graphics displays.

• Multiple units may be supported
per server.

• Field-upgradable software and
firmware.

Typical application for the

Remote Video System IP.

OVERVIEW

This network-enabled video system helps you connect and
monitor serial, USB, and VGA/SVGA devices over IP—without
using a locally attached dedicated workstation or “thin”
client.

In today’s world of client-server computing, you typically
need a locally connected, dedicated PC or thin client to
support the running of peripheral devices—a rather expensive
setup when you factor in the cost of extra workstations,
operating systems, and client-access software licenses.

The BLACK BOX

®

Remote Video System IP is a much less
expensive—and longer lasting—peripheral communication
solution. The compact device functions as a “zero-client,”
meaning that no thin client is needed at the same location
as the connected peripherals. This saves you equipment,
operating, and maintenance costs now and in the future—
and there’s no need for a bulky server to clutter the area
around your serial and video devices.

Remotely manage VGA/SVGA, serial,
and USB devices.

Network based, the Remote Video System IP supports
serial and video interfaces over an IP connection that links
to applications running elsewhere on your LAN or other IP
network. This enables you to centrally manage and monitor
remote displays containing VGA or SVGA screens or serial
touch screens by using a remote server or PC via an IP address.

What’s more, because the system also contains USB ports,
you can connect keyboards, cameras, or other peripherals with
USB Type A connectors.

Ideal for use in any area where an on-site PC isn’t practical
or advisable, the system strongly suits industrial automation
and control applications, as well as retail digital signage and
point-of-sale uses. Because it allows you to eliminate a host
PC from high-traffic, electronically noisy, or dirt-filled areas,
you can keep server components free from harm and
operating error-free. It’s also a much more secure client-server
setup, because important data, archives, and application
programs remain on a main server—with access that you
more easily control.

You also get full hardware and software flow control,
along with controls that let you adjust and optimize latency
and throughput to the specific requirements. And because
it has an embedded virtual network computing (VNC) server,
you can remotely view, manage, and troubleshoot operation
via an IP address.

The system even includes a Java

™

viewer, so you can
control any desktop remotely from within a browser without
having to install any additional software.

Establish multiple TCP/IP connections to multiple ports.

With its advanced COM/TTY redirector technology, the
Remote Video System IP uses the TCP/IP infrastructure to give
you greater port control. It does this by providing a virtual
connection to peripheral devices at the point of service. Plus,
it doesn’t require any modifications to your existing software
applications. The system’s software installs directly on the
server and communicates with devices across the network as
if they were attached directly to the server.

Remote Video System IP

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