SIMATIC Field PG M3

High-performance industrial notebook in a new look

Overview

Description
Area of application
Benefits
Design and functions
Technical data

Description

The SIMATIC Field PG M3, a member of the SIMATIC family, offers a host of advantages in addition to wireless technology and bluetooth at an attractive price-performance ratio: powerful Intel® Core™ i5 processor, high-resolution 15.6" widescreen display in 16:9 format, integrated data backup concept, powerful battery, retractable carrying handle and a quickly replaceable hard disk.
All common interfaces for industrial applications are also ready on board.

In other words: The ready-to-use SIMATIC Field PG M3 with preinstalled SIMATIC engineering software is the ideal industrial notebook - optimized for the configuration, commissioning, servicing and maintenance of your automation system.

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Area of application

The Field PG M3 is equipped for industrial use

Suitable for use in harsh industrial environments due to state-of-the-art material technology
Protection against shock and vibration: rugged magnesium die-cast housing with protector strips on its edges
Secure grip for mobile use: retractable carrying handle
Dirt-resistant: new industrial design with dark color scheme and keyboard with abrasion-proof laser inscription
Protection against electromagnetic interference: metalized plastic parts on the internal surface of the housing (EMC/EMS tested)

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Benefits

Powerful PC hardware for sophisticated applications
Full HD equipment for optimum display when using new engineering software
Preinstalled operating system and SIMATIC software
High-luminosity display that can be adjusted to the ambient light conditions via hotkeys
Attractive price-performance ratio

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Design and functions

Interfaces
All common interfaces for industrial applications are integrated, even thosee you would miss when employing an office notebook e.g.

2x fully-featured Ethernet ports with high data throughout (10 / 100 / 1000 Mbit)
5 x high-current USB 2.0 ports 1 A for stable power supply to external devices
Industrial WLAN, based on WLAN standards 802.11 a, b,g and n permits secure and wireless communication with automation devices. In the IWLAN, the wireless connection to the terminal devices is monitored cyclically and is secure and reliable even in critical situations
USB bluetooth dongle (plugs into separate USB interface) for synchronization and transmission of data to bluetooth devices, such as PDAs or mobile phones
PROFIBUS/ MPI interface, as well as SIMATIC Memory Card and MultiMedia card slot

SIMATIC Field PG M3 - Device rear with interfaces

Powerful hardware components

Up-to-date Intel Multicore processors together with the latest Mobile Intel chipset ensure highest performance even with programs that require a very high computing capacity.
The Premium version makes use of a Intel i5, 2.4-GHz processor with 3-MB L3 Cache and 3-GB DDR3 RAM 1066MHz (4 GB Ram with Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit rsp. 8 GB with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit).
Another feature of the Intel® Core™ i5 processor is the support of Turbo Boost, which provides higher performance also with applications that do not make use of Multi-Threading.
The combination of a 9-cell Li-Ion battery together with high quality Intel chipset components designed for mobile use ensures long battery operation of more than 3.5 hrs.

An easily changeable high-spped hard disk drive with a Serial ATA interface enables fast data access and changing between different software versions or operating systems.
The Premium variant is also offered with an optional 300 GB Solid State Disk.

Pre-installed Software

SIMATIC SW trial versions that can be licensed:

SIMATIC STEP 7 Professional (TIA Portal) V11 SP2
SIMATIC WinCC Advanced (TIA Portal) V11 SP2
SIMATIC STEP 7 Professional 2010 SR2
SIMATIC WinCC flexible Advanced 2008 SP3
Step 7-Micro / Win V4.0 SP9 (on separate storage medium)
Step 5 V7.23 HF2 (on separate storage medium)

Operating systems (optional)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 MUI
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (32 Bit)
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1 (64 Bit)

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Technical data

The Field PG M3 is available in three variants, a Standard and a Premium variant and a Premium variant with additional interfaces for connection to S5 PLCs.

Feature	M3 Standard	M3 Premium
Processor	Intel® Dual Core P4500, 1.86 GHz	Intel® Core™ i5 2.4 GHz
Memory	2 / 6 GB DDR3	3 / 4 / 8 GB DDR3
Hard Disk Drive	250 GB SATA	500 GB SATA optional 300 GB SSD
Display	15, 6 " Wide Screen
Resolution	HD ready (1366 x 768 ) or Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels)
Optical drive	Dual Layer Multi Standard DVD - RW
Status LED	8 LED that can be read with the display cover opened or closed

Interfaces
2 x Gigabit Ethernet (10 / 100 / 1000 MBit)
1 x Industrial WLAN (IEEE standard 802.11 a, b, g and n)
5 x USB 2.0 ( 2x high current at device side / 2 x high current plus 1 at device rear)
1 x MPI/PROFIBUS
1 x COM 1
2 x PC-card slots (One slot each for PC Card Type I / II and Express Card/54)
1 x Audio in / 1 x Audio out
1 x Cardreader (SDHC, MMc, XD, Memory Stick)
1 x integral analog modem
1x DVI-I(for external monitors or beamers)
1x USB bluetooth dongle (plugs into separate USB interface)
Premium S5 only: S5 online interface, S5 EPROM programmer