The modular, user-configurable VISTA console family offers fully functional, ergonomic workstations and consoles for the most demanding Command & Control applications. They feature a wealth of configuration options and their extreme flexibility allows for customization to your specific user interfacing needs and required functionalities, while keeping costs to a minimum.
VISTA 1000 is Barco’s modular, user-configurable flat panel-based rugged workstation for use in a wide variety of Command and Control applications.
Barco’s VISTA 4000 console series offers fully functional, ergonomic rugged working positions for the most demanding Command and Control applications
Available products

Vista 1000
Rugged Flat Panel Workstation
Vista 1000 is a modular, user-configurable flat panel-based compact console for use in a wide variety of C4I-SR applications.
Barco offers a qualified console with a preselected set of computing cards and mass storage devices. Customers can also choose to integrate their own cards and mass storage devices, select indicators for the front panel and even configure the connector panel on the backside of the rugged console Vista 1000 significantly reduces the design time, resulting in a lower cost for both the system integrator and end-user.
Operator desk up/downward tiltable:
Vista 1000 has a lightweight composite housing and consists of an integrated enclosed Display Head, Computing Enclosure and Operator Desk. The unit is designed for application in hostile environments and can be bulkhead or desktop mounted.
Main Features:
- Wide choice of rugged mass storage devices: floppy drive, hard drive, optical drive, CD-ROM drive .....
- Operator Desk Display available with touch input device, video camera input, RGB or X-terminal inters
- Operator desk up/downward tiltable
- Several keyboards and trackball options available
- User-selectable display: 18.1" (FD 246 - RFD 246), 20.1" (FD 251 - RFD 251) or 21.3" (MRFD 354). Display can be tilted.
- Rugged PCI or VME based cardcage. Cardcage is on slides and is accessible from the front.
- Indicator panel light switches can be customized
- Inter panel for I/O connectors, indicators, switches, ... Users can define type and location of connectors on the panel at the back of the unit

Vista 4000
Rugged COTS Console Family
Barco's Vista 4000 console series offers fully functional, ergonomic rugged operator working positions for the most demanding Command & Control applications.
The family's modular, split design combines a Human Machine Inter with Base Unit. This split design offers extreme flexibility and can be customized to your user and platform interfacing requirements. Designed for operations in airborne, landbased and naval applications, the Vista 4000 series provides a wealth of configuration options: low or high-end environmental specifications, top-down or side-by-side design, integrated or remoted processing,
Vista 4000 - Modular, User-Configurable Console Series:
With the Vista 4000, system integrators benefit from the expertise of a market leader in rugged visualization products. The console series has been designed and built in Barco's tradition of stringent design, extensive configuration control, severe environmental testing and fully controlled production process. The COTS approach of the Vista combines Barco's unique manufacturing capabilities, ruggedization expertise and customer support into a technologically advanced visualization solution, integrating Barco's key components (rugged LCD displays and graphics & video processing boards) into an ergonomically designed, rugged chassis.

Main Features:
- Split design approach with HMI and Base Unit
- Wide choice of functionality
- Commonality of LRU's between all configurations
- Low weight
- Low magnetic signature
- Extensive Built-In-Testing (BIT)
- Front access for ease of maintenance
- Cocooning concept protects COTS components from severe environmental conditions
HMI options:
- Single-head or dual-head
- Side-by-Side or Top-Down configuration
- Flat panel displays from 18" to 21"
- Touch screen input
- Trackball
- Keyboard
- Joystick
- Configurable function keys
Base models:
- Full blown cabinet with integrated VME or PCI processing functionality
- Simplified Base allowing to integrate an industrial workstation
- Pedestal only (no local processing needed)