Hand-Held Device Merges Industrial-Grade Safety with HMI Tablets

Provides practical way for operators to use modern tablet interfaces with industrial machinery and equipment

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IDEC Corporation

Oct 25th, 2021

Idec Safety Commander Hand Held Device

The IDEC hand-held device simplifies holding a human-machine interface (HMI) tablet securely in an industrial setting. The Safety Commander device has a slider and adjustable grippers to accommodate tablets ranging from 8- to 11-in. diagonal size. Features include key-locking provisions to keep the tablet secure in the device, an ergonomic hand grip and strap, a hardwired e-stop button with an LED indicator, a hardwired three-position enable switch, USB Type-C port for tablet charging, and 5-meter cable. The device allows a tablet to be rotated to any vertical/portrait or horizontal/landscape orientation.

IDEC Corporation

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