The 6176M-17PT 1700M Industrial Monitor by Allen-Bradley is a panel-mounted industrial monitor with resistive touch, an antiglare display surface, and a 17-inch-wide display screen with a thin-film transistor color active matrix LCD. It offers users a unique 16.7 million display color depth and a resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels (Native resolution). The display area is 13.3in x 10.7inches and it has a brightness of 300 cd/m2 Nits, a display contrast ratio of 800 to 1, and a CCTF (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube) backlight with a standby of 50,000 hours. The 6176M-17PT is held in place with an aluminum alloy bezel. It is designed and equipped with a touchscreen controller (Panjit) that has a response time of 6 milliseconds and 3 milliseconds.

The 6176M-17PT uses the Windows XP Professional OS and has an OSD display setting, which offers rear control to the display brightness, contrast, horizontal and vertical positioning, image lock, and sync detect. The 6176M-17PT has an RS-232 and a USB touchscreen interface option and it also uses the Video Graphics Array (VGA) and the Digital Video Interface (DVI) input for analog and digital video signals. The monitor also uses the USB 2.0 port for direct connection to external and peripheral devices. It has an AC power source with an input rating of 90 to 264 Volts AC at 47 to 63 Hertz and a power rating of 36W at 3.0 Amps. The 6176M-17PT has a NEMA Type 4, 12 enclosure rating and is CE certified and UL/c-UL listed for safe operation in Europe and the US. It weighs approximately 12.54 pounds and has dimensions of 14.0 inches x 17.8 inches x 2.1 inches.