EMBRON Hatteland HD 12T21 MMC Series, User Manual

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General Installation Recommendations
Installation
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9. Do not paint the product. The surface treatment influences the excess heat transfer. Painting, labels or other
surface treatments that differ from the factory default, might cause overheating.
10. Exposure to heavy vibration and acoustic noise might under certain circumstances affect functionality and expected
lifetime. This must be considered during system assembly and installation. Mounting position must be carefully
selected to avoid any exposure of amplified vibration.
Installation limitations
Due to environmental factors, please review the points noted below.
A: Overheat prevention:
For Maritime Multi Computer (MMC, Panel Computers) it is advised that you do not mount the unit in a
vertical angle lower than ±30 degrees, as noted in point 3 (previous section), i.e. flat mounting of the unit.
This is to prevent both overheating the unit as well as ensure proper cooling airflow to sustain long-life and
stable operation. Panel Computer units generate more heat than regular Display units naturally because of
CPU and mainboard chips.
It should be noted that 24” and 26” MMC units have internal fans providing additional cooling airflow of
their own, whilst smaller units (typically 8” to 19”) has no internal fans. In such cases, the ±30 vertical angle
may in certain situations allow for lower angle mounting provided that the console casing has adequate
cooling (see point D), however this is suggested as a trouble-shooting tip during installation or during short-
term observer use if found suitable. It should not be considered as a defintive trusted solution.
B: Glass Display Control™ (GDC) front glass touch buttons:
As this uses Projected Capacitive technology (instead of conventional hard physical buttons and knobs),
the touch controller can react and is sensitive to raindrops (for outdoor installations). To ensure that
raindrops do not stay on the unit’s flat glass surface, please do not mount the unit in a vertical angle lower
than ±30 degrees, i.e. flat mounting of the unit. This is to prevent accidental touches that are similar to a
human finger (cover area for a x period of seconds) as well as make sure the raindrops are “moving” and
runs down off the glass surface.
For Maritime Multi Display (MMD) and Industrial Standard Display (STD) units (not available for Panel
Computers (MMC) units), the angle could potentionally be lower as the On Screen Display (OSD) menu offers
a "OSD Key utdoor" function with 5 seconds delay before activation on front glass functions. Please review
the "OSD Menu Functions" to learn more. In certain situations this might help, but is only suggested as a
trouble-shooting tip during installation or during short-term observer use if found suitable. It should not be
considered as a defintive trusted solution.
C: Projected Capacitive Technology (PCTouch) MULTITOUCH and in general Touch Screen glass:
For all units with a factory mounted touch screen and for outdoor use especially, please review point B above
regarding standing raindrops. The only solution to this situation is not to mount the unit in a vertical angle lower
than ±30 degrees, i.e. flat mounting of the unit to ensure touch screen is not activated and accidentally
automatically chooses functions in your running chart, radar or other software installed.
D: General rule for console mounted units:
To ensure proper cooling airflow, long-life and stable operation for all units, please make sure that the
console casing has either fans or decent ventilation holes to prevent overheating inside the console due to
the combined temperature of both Display or Panel Computer units together with other electronic instruments.
A general rule is to make sure the console casing is capable of expelling “worst case scenario” in respect of
the “Max Power Consumption” of all devices installed. Please review also point 2, 5, 6 and 9 (previous
section) for additional information and installation tips.
Note that 24” and 26” Panel Computer units have their own internal fans. See point A for more information.