Hardware

Uno 19V		Micro 5
Uno 16M		Micro 2

Thinvent is proud to introduce the most innovative range of thin clients in the Indian marketplace. Thinvent’s MicroClients are the smallest, lightest and most power efficient thin clients available today. Though tiny by size, they pack quite a punch on the performance and features front. Our MicroClients enable you to seamlessly connect to Windows and Linux servers using the RDP, X11 and VNC protocols. Cloud computing and Desktop Virtualisation (VDI) are fully supported. Web based remote monitoring and management are bundled within the Thinux firmware of the MicroClients. Higher end versions like the MC05 sport a complete desktop experience.

Products

• U19V is the ideal all-in-one thin client for education and e-governance applications.
• M5 is a slim and powerful device, that can function as a thin client, diskless node or nettop.
• U16M is specially designed to be powered by solar energy.
• M2 is an entry level thin client for RDP and X11 applications.

Downloads

• A guide to Choosing the Right Thin Client for your application
• A Presentation on the Cost Advantages of Thin Client computing
• A Comparison of MicroClients with traditional thin clients

Digital signage is a form of electronic display that shows information, advertising and other messages. Digital signs (such as LCD, LED, plasma displays, or projected images) can be found in public and private environments, such as retail stores and corporate buildings. The benefits of digital signage over traditional static signs are that the content can be exchanged more easily, animations can be shown, and the signs can adapt to the context and audience, even interactively. Digital signage also offers superior return on investment compared to traditional printed signs.

Thinvent provides hardware and software specifically tailored to the needs of digital signage systems. Our digital signage firmware comes pre-installed with a multimedia codecs, utilities and remote management solutions. This technology helps customers create digital signage products with minimal development time and effort.

Scalability

In digital signage, the field hardware varies from project to project. Each codec performs differently on these different platforms. Thinvent helps you find the best hardware for your needs, and optimises your content delivery system. Our embedded API enables you to simultaneously display the same content on multiple hardware architectures ranging from ARM to Atom, and screen sizes ranging from 10″ to 42″.

Integrated Hardware

Our Digital Screen hardware integrates the display panel, mainboard, and associated power supplies and cabling, within the TV chassis. The signage thin client is no longer outside the display. This greatly simplifies installation, and eliminates safety issues related to the hardware and cabling. If the connectivity is wireless, only a power connection is required. Otherwise, the Ethernet cable or USB drive directly plugs into the TV chassis.

Content Management

Thinvent supports numerous mechanisms for content management, including push, pull, and pen drive based updation of playlists. These are described in detail in the documents below.

Downloads

• Datasheet of Thinvent’s Digital Signage system.
• Case Study of a Queue Management System for 3M India.
• Case Study of a Complex Digital Signage System for Uniserve.
• Case Study of a Basic Digital Signage System for Siemens India.

Projects Completed

• A low cost advertising solution for Carinov Networks, that provides automated content upgrade and management through removable flash drives.
• An in-vehicle information system for Aum, that updates passengers on destination arrival. This project utilises the latest technologies such as GPS and GPRS on a 32 bit microprocessor platform.
• A modern terminal repeater for use at Indian Railways reserved and unreserved ticketing counters, that combines ticketing information with multimedia advertising. Multiple displays are powered from a single processor, with each display featuring separate content and information.

India is in the midst of an IT revolution. Computers are automating retail and transport, and enabling e-commerce. Governments have embraced e-governance for increased efficiency and transparency.

The Problem

Numerous excellent applications are being developed for business automation. However, these projects are unable to scale due to one major problem – client side issues. Hardware failures, software crashes, virus attacks, patch management, user training and tele-support – these are issues that confound CIOs even before the 1000 client mark is reached!

PC hardware and software fails to deliver the reliability that business demands. Neither have thin clients been very successful in India – the network reliability they require is simply not achievable in the current scenario.

Modern applications require access to a vast array of peripherals such as biometric and bar code scanners, thermal printer, etc. Developers require access to these in a uniform and device independent manner. So far, this has only been a pipe dream, both on the Windows and Linux platform.

The Solution -  Business Application Delivery

At Thinvent, we have successfully provided the solution to exactly these problems, to an illustrious list of demanding customers. We provide a robust client side software and hardware solution, that enables customers to deliver applications to the far reaches of their enterprise.

Server side web and terminal applications are well supported. In addition, we support client side binaries developed on platforms such as C, C++, .NET and VB. We also support the client side execution of web based applications, by bundling the J2EE stack and SQL databases with our client devices. This enables our customers to continue running applications on their clients when network connectivity is lost. When connectivity is restored, our system synchronises the client database with the central database. We thus provide the ability to deliver centralised business applications over an unreliable network

Our devices provide Indian language support to applications. We also provide APIs and SDKs for server or client side access of client side peripherals, in a device independent manner. We provide complete OS customisation and application development support, reducing time to market for our customers.

A Complete Managed Client

The client side OS image has a graphical and user friendly interface. It comes bundled with the secure and fast Mozilla Firefox browser, office applications, and commonly used utilities. Remote management and monitoring is a standard feature of all our products. The user interface can be customised and localised to suit the needs of different projects.

This is a fast, stable, secure and field proven product, designed for use in geographically dispersed yet demanding applications.

Downloads

• Datasheet of Thinvent’s Micro 5 Hardware for urban applications.
• Datasheet of Thinvent’s Managed Client Hardware for rural applications.

Projects

• Crew Management System – we provide managed client firmware with automatic network and printer failure detection, remote monitoring, centralised management, etc.
• Unified Ticketing Client – we provide firmware for unreserved and reserved passenger ticketing terminals.
• DSCBL – we provide firmware for Delhi State Cooperative Bank’s thin clients.
• We are in the process of providing firmware to MGRM for their school management software.