Part number 2711P-T7C4A8 is a PanelView Plus 700 operator terminal, designed and manufactured by the Allen-Bradley company. This operator terminal belongs to the PanelView Plus 6 family line of Allen-Bradley operator terminal products. This operator terminal, which is used for the implementing real-time monitoring, can be used as a control interface between industrial machines and their operator. This operator terminal can also be used to control other processes inside an industrial environment.

The Allen Bradley 2711P-T7C4A8 has many primary features which include a 6.5-inch display that has a color active matrix and a TFT, or thin-film transistor. This device has an effective display area of one hundred and thirty-two (132) mm x ninety-nine (99) mm, or 5.2 inches x 3.9 inches (H x W). The resolution of this device's display is 640 x 480. This resolution also supports 18-bit color graphics. The Allen-Bradley 2711P-T7C4A8 also includes a replaceable backlight that has a minimum lifespan of fifty thousand (50,000) hours. Other attributes of this device include an analog resistive touchscreen interface that has an actuation rating of one million (1,000,000) presses when operated at ten (10) to one hundred and ten (110) grams of force. Additionally, this Allen-Bradley operator terminal is equipped with a clock that works in real-time. This device is also battery-backed. The battery life of this product is four (4) years minimum when used at twenty-five degrees Celsius (25 °C). This device has an available internal memory of 512 MB RAM, as well as 512 MB of non-volatile flash memory. The ambient temperature surrounding this device must remain within the range of zero (0) to fifty-five (55) °C, or thirty-two (32) to one hundred and thirty-one (131) °F.

When mounting the 2711P-T7C4A8, the ambient temperature around the terminal needs to be in the 0-55 degrees Celsius (32-131 degrees Fahrenheit) range. The terminal is a panel mounted device that is intended to be mounted in the door or wall of a NEMA (national electrical manufacturers' association) rated, UL (underwriter’s laboratories) type rated, or IP (ingress protection) rated enclosure. The cutout dimensions of the panel are 154 mm (6.08 in) for height and 220 mm (8.67 in) for width. In terms of the terminal itself, the modules’ height and width dimensions are 179 mm (7.04 mm) and 246 mm (9.68 in). The depth from the display to the logic module for the terminal is 55 mm (2.18 in) and the depth from the display to the communication module is 83 mm (3.27 in). When using the 2711P-T7C4A8’s touch screen, a plastic stylus with a tip radius of 1.3 mm (0.051 in) should be used by the operator in order to prevent damaging the touchscreen display. Since this terminal has an AC power input, the terminal is outfitted with a protective earth terminal that must be connected to a low-impedance earth ground. You can find the protective earth terminal on the power input terminal block. In addition to this terminal, the 2711P-T7C4A8 also has a functional earth terminal that must be connected to a low-impedance earth ground. The functional earth connection is on the back of the display. Both of these connections to ground are mandatory. This panel is intended for a pollution degree 2 industrial environment, in overvoltage category 2 applications, and at altitudes up to 2000 m (6561 ft) without derating.