Advantech's AMAX-2050 is a Pentium® III grade platform with an onboard AMONet controller, which is designed for embedded machine automation applications. It provides special mechanism to protect machine builder’s IP, also the self diagnostic function. From the peripheral point of view, with one AMONet master port AMAX-2050 can control up to 2048 I/O points and 256 axes. Also, AMAX-2050 offers one LAN and dual USB interfaces to fulfill user’s various communication needs. In addition, it also offers two RS-232 and one RS-422/485 communication port with automatic flow control functionality.AMAX-2050 supports Windows CE .NET, which offers a pre-configured image with optimized onboard device drivers. MULTIPROG supports all IEC 61131-3 programming languages. Depending on the task to be handled, your experience and company standards, you may choose one of the five standardized programming languages. The use of MULTIPROG offers you many advantages. As all essential data can be displayed in MULTIPROG, frequent switching between different tools during PLC programming and commissioning is no longer necessary. Observers guarantee data consistence with other tools, thus the engineering effort for the programming of PLCs is reduced.DVR-2122PV left-view in original photo