The Allen-Bradley 2711P-B7C4D8 is a PanelView Plus 6 graphic operator terminal. This operator terminal is an industrial grade electronic device that is compatible for installation in a wide variety of factory and process automation applications. It allows operators to control the process centrally using the provided input interfaces and monitor the process via the embedded colored display screen.

Specific features of this graphic operator terminal includes a 6.5-inch Color active-matrix TFT with resolution of 640 x 480, 18-bit color graphics and effective viewing area of 132 x 99 mm (5.2 x 3.9 in.). It has an embedded backlight with luminance of 300 cd/m2 (Nits). The backlight is of CCFL type with minimum operating lifespan of 50,000 hrs when operated at temperature of 25 ° C (77 °F. This backlight is field replaceable with appropriate catalog numbers of 2711P-RL7C for series A and B and 2711P-RL7C2 for Series C and D terminal.s Only 1 backlight is required per operator terminal.

The input interfaces available to this operator terminal includes keypad and touchscreen interface. Both input interfaces has an actuation lifespan of up to 1 million presses, with actuation force of 10-110g for Touch action and 340 g for keypad presses. The provided communication ports to the 2711-B7C4D8 includes Ethernet, RS232 and USB ports. Each ports can be used simultaneously without affecting the terminal’s operation.

This operator terminal features a Windows CE 6.0 basic software as the base operating system and hosts the FactoryTalk ViewPoint software for remove viewing of the HMI application using portable mobile device through standard web browsers. This operator terminal is configured using the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition software.

It is a Human Machine Interface (HMI) that executes applications developed using the FactoryTalk View Studio. The 2711P-B7C4D8 terminal has a 6.5-inch active-matrix display that can support an analog touchscreen and a stainless-steel keypad input. The resolution is 640 x 480 pixels with 18-bit color graphics. It has 512 MB of RAM and 512 MB of nonvolatile memory. The 2711P-B7C4D8 measures 7.58 x 11.40 x 2.18 in. and weighs 4.1 lbs. and it requires an input voltage of 18 - 30V DC (24V DC nominal) with 15 W maximum power consumption. It uses Ethernet and RS-232 serial ports for standard communication and supports installation of optional DH-485, DH+, and ControlNet module for additional communication. It also contains 2 USB ports for connecting various external devices like flash drives to the 2711P-B7C4D8. EtherNet/IP (Ethernet Industrial Protocol) is an open industrial network that supports real-time I/O messaging, as well as message exchange. The Ethernet port connects to a controller on an EtherNet/IP network by using both the network and standard Ethernet connections. This port can work with application transfers and printing as well.

The 2711P-B7C4D8 terminal runs on the Windows CE 6.0 operating system which provides it with a VNC client-server, ActiveX controls, and third-party device support among other features. It also supports an SD card for data backup and a real-time clock for timestamping data. The 2711P-B7C4D8 has major improvements over previous PanelView terminals in terms of speed, system memory, transition rate, storage space, and backlight illumination.