Installing and connecting the device
3.3 Connecting the device
SIMATIC IPC847E
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Operating Instructions, 10/2018, A5E43920357-AA
Connecting several monitors (multi-monitoring)
You will find up to six ports on the rear of the device for connecting monitors. Three of these
interfaces are connected to the motherboard. When an optional graphics card is installed,
the other three interfaces are connected to the graphics card. Parameter assignment is
performed by means of the Control Panel in Windows®.
The IPC is factory set for multi-monitoring. If needed, you can configure the multi-monitoring
function and the output of the boot screen in the firmware settings, see "Multi-monitoring
(Page 64) ".
The following table shows the various connection options of the monitors to the interfaces of
the device.
Motherboard
Graphics card (optional)
DPP1
DPP2
DVI-D
mDPP1
mDPP2
mDPP3
Monitor 1
DP
X
-
-
-
-
-
DVI
X
1)
-
-
-
-
-
VGA
X
2)
-
-
-
-
-
Monitor 2
DP
-
X
-
-
-
-
DVI
-
X
1)
-
-
-
-
VGA
-
X
2)
-
-
-
-
Monitor 3
DP
-
-
-
-
-
-
DVI
-
-
X
-
-
-
VGA
-
-
-
-
-
-
Monitor 4
DP
-
-
-
X
3)
-
-
DVI
-
-
-
X
4)
-
-
VGA
-
-
-
X
5)
-
-
Monitor 5
DP
-
-
-
-
X
3)
-
DVI
-
-
-
-
X
4)
-
VGA
-
-
-
-
X
5)
-
Monitor 6
DP
-
-
-
-
-
X
3)
DVI
-
-
-
-
-
X
4)
VGA
-
-
-
-
-
X
5)
1) - via DP to DVI-D adapter
2) - via DP to VGA adapter
3) - via mDP to DP adapter
4) - via mDP to DVI-D adapter
5) - via mDP to VGA adapter
You can find additional information about the optional graphics card under "Technical
specifications of graphic (Page 160)".