Elios by Posligne

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Aures Technologies, manufacturer of Posligne point of sale IT solutions and cash systems, has introduced Elios, the latest addition to its line of EPoS systems.

Beneath its elegant, profiled contours and slimline, minimalist style, Elios also features an ultra-thin base housing a CPU which combines reliability and low power consumption, due to its 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor.

With its 15-inch touchscreen and ultra-compact format (6.3kg), Elios can be installed in a trice at any cash desk and is perfect for a broad range of styles and sectors in retail and services. Its fanless design makes it highly resistant even in adverse environments. The metal base offers maximum stability and also acts as a heatsink.

Protected by a Black piano elegant polycarbonate flip cover, the hard disk is located in a completely separate compartment to the motherboard: this also helps to minimise the risks of the system overheating. Cables are routed out of sight, concealed in the base.

Equipped with proprietary embedded HSD software, Elios is capable of e-mailing data autonomously and in real time, providing system status details as required: for instance, to the store chains Information Systems Manager. This provides such users with all the key information relating to the workings of the hardware pool temperature and power feed voltage readings, for instance.

Elios' key advantages are:

1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor offers reliability and lower power usage: a mere 2.5 watts

15" display: ELO resistive touchscreen

Ruggedised, fanless design

Steel base provides optimum stability and acts as a heatsink.

Slimline, minimalist design/no messy cables (wiring is concealed in polycarbonate base)

Hard disk and motherboard housed separately (minimising the risk of overheating)

Tool-free access to the hard disk

Multiple communication ports

Optional magnetic card / RFID / biometric / Dallas key readers

Embedded proprietary HSD software enables real-time, remote monitoring of the operating status of all deployed hardware

About the Aures Group

Founded in 1989 and listed on Euronext Paris since 1999, the Aures Group manufactures point-of-sale terminals and systems, as well as related peripherals, which it markets under the Posligne brand.