Allen-Bradley 2711P-T6M20A8

Part number 2711P-T6M20A8 is an operator terminal belonging to the PanelView Plus 6 family line of Allen-Bradley products. This device is designed to allow its user to interact with various industrial machines. This operator terminal has a 5.7 in. interface with a monochrome display. Located on this terminal is a touchscreen interface that allows its user to input data and information. The Allen-Bradley 2711P-T6M20A8 also has a grayscale display type. The 2711P-T6M20A8 has an available memory of 256 MB RAM and 512 MB non-volatile flash memory, with approximately 73 MB of free user memory. This device can also have a secure digital (SD) card installed in the SD card slot embedded within the device to provide extra memory and removable storage that is capable of being swapped out. The Allen-Bradley 2711P-T6M20A8 has multiple communication ports, including one (1) RS-232 serial port and one (1) Ethernet port. This unit also has a USB host port, as well as a USB device port. The approximate shipping weight of this unit is six (6) pounds and the physical dimensions of the shipping box measure out to fourteen (14) inches x eleven (11) inches x eight (8) inches.

The Allen-Bradley 2711P-T6M20A8 is a human machine interface, or HMI, that is ideally used in tandem with machines and applications within an industrial environment. The primary interface located on the Allen-Bradley 2711P-T6M20A8  is a touchscreen interface. This touchscreen has an actuation force of ten (10) to one hundred and ten (110) grams of force. The touchscreen interface on the Allen-Bradley 2711P-T6M20A8 has a one million (1,000,000) actuation rating. This device is powered using an external voltage of one hundred (100) to two hundred and forty (240) volts alternating current, or AC, and a frequency of forty-seven (47) to sixty-three (63) hertz (Hz). 

The 2711P-T6M20A8’s RS-232 communication port allows for operators to print the triggered messages that have been displayed in the message center. This port also allows for triggered states that are a part of a multi-state indicator to be printed. Besides these, alarm messages and alarm lists can also be printed. The 2711P-T6M20A8 supports an alarm list that has the ability to store certain information regarding triggered alarms. The maximum amount of messages the alarm list is allowed to store is 100, or as many as the terminal can hold in nonvolatile RAM. The list can store a variety of data for each alarm, including acknowledge indicator, alarm date and time, alarm trigger value, and alarm text. The alarm list is cleared when an application is downloaded to the terminal and/or when the terminal is reset or power is cycled. The 2711P-T6M20A8 terminal also has file management actions that users can take to manage files that are stored in the terminal. Operators can delete .mer files, font files, or generated log files. Font files and .mer files can be stored in the nonvolatile memory of the module, a USB that is loaded into the terminal, or a loaded SD card. Operators are also able to copy application and font files between varying storage locations. This terminal was designed to be installed by a single person. The terminal comes equipped with mounting levers that are used to secure the terminal to the panel. These levers insert into the mounting slot that are at the top and bottom of the terminal. Each mounting slot has six notches that all have alignment marks that serve as locking positions. The thickness of the panel that the terminal is being mounted to determines the locking positions that are required to maintain the NEMA/UL type seal.