Pushing the Envelope via Independent Testing

Pushing the envelope, Psion Teklogix terminals have been subjected to the harshest testing ever performed on a wireless system, and have met every challenge that can be confronted in a harsh or extreme environment. Our comprehensive testing is your assurance that your Psion Teklogix system can live up to your demands.

Some of our products were independently tested by Trace Labs. Our Psion Teklogix 8570 vehicle-mount computer, for example, with an IP 66 rating, is designed to operate in the toughest conditions, and can withstand dust, strong water jets, and regular cleaning and power washing. It is also designed to meet NATO military specifications for shock vibration.

What follows is a transcription of a Psion Teklogix video developed to illustrate the comprehensive testing procedures to which our products are subjected:

Jeff Schutt, General Manager, Trace Labs:

"Psion Teklogix came to us with a request to test their products. To do so, we had to simulate their unique freezer environment, then a hot, humid loading dock environment. Psion Teklogix requested that Trace Labs run thousands of cycles in order to test the product. They wanted to push their products to the limit, to the extreme.

To accomplish this, Trace Labs developed a unique test apparatus that involved a freezer chamber - an elevator-type chamber which would transfer the samples (the terminals) - 20 samples at a time - from a very cold environment to a hot, humid environment. The net effect of that immediate transfer from the cold environment to the hot, humid environment is a large amount of condensation coming down on the samples, and really creating almost a rainforest environment."

John Linberg, Vibration and Shock, Trace Labs

"The products were first tested in two-hour cycles - one hour at each extreme for 8 hours - throughout the day. Then, the units were tested for 16 hours worth of cycling at 20 minutes per cycle or at 40 minutes per cycle. During these tests, the units were fully operating - except for one hour per day at each environment, where we shut the units off.

During this time, the units were soaked for one hour at the lower temperature (which is -35 Degrees Celsius).Then, at the end of the cycle, we powered up the sample units to verify that the units booted-up during a cold environment. This same test was repeated; then, they were shut off again, and the test was repeated again after soaking at the hot, humid environment. This test aimed to verify that the units still booted-up, again and again, at the hot, humid environment. In total, the test ran for 24 hours a day, for up to 40 days, in order to simulate life usage or a long duration of usage."

About Trace Labs:

Trace Laboratories is an internationally accredited, independent, diversified testing company, consisting of several different facilities. For over 25 years, Trace Laboratories has been providing environmental, electrical, failure analysis, materials, mechanical, consulting and other testing services. Trace provides testing services to the aerospace, automotive, computer, medical, military, telecommunications, and numerous other industries.