Description
Application Scenarios
A water treatment authority runs a large filtration and pumping site where the main control room panel is a 15-inch PanelView Plus mounted in the desk. Operators watch filter bed differential pressure, backwash sequencing, pump run status and chemical dosing rates on one screen, and the shift supervisor needs alarm history and trends visible without navigating away from the overview. The terminal has been in service for well over a decade, it talks to SLC 500 processors over the existing network, and the site has no appetite for a control system migration.
Then the CCFL backlight dims to the point where the screen is unreadable in a bright control room, and the touch panel starts missing presses. The instinct is to treat it as a whole-terminal replacement: a new panel, a new cutout, an application conversion and a re-commissioning exercise on a plant that cannot be taken offline. What actually happens is far smaller. The 2711P-T15C4D1 carries a field-replaceable backlight and a separately orderable display module, so the display side is restored without touching the logic module, the configuration or the network settings. The application, the tag database and the operator’s muscle memory all survive intact.
The second scenario is the one that catches plants out. The same authority later wants to add a modern CompactLogix cell to the site. Because the 2711P-T15C4D1 belongs to the original PanelView Plus generation, its runtime firmware is capped — it cannot be flashed forward to the current FactoryTalk View ME revisions. Knowing that before the project starts is what turns a surprise into a planned decision: keep the legacy terminal on the legacy cell, and specify a current-generation panel for the new one.
Parameter
| Main Parameters | Value / Description |
|---|---|
| Product Model | 2711P-T15C4D1 (T = touch input, 15 = 15-inch display, C = colour, 4 = standard Ethernet and RS-232 communication, D = 24 V DC power, 1 = 64 MB logic module) |
| Manufacturer | Allen-Bradley (Rockwell Automation) |
| Product Category | Operator terminal / HMI — PanelView Plus 1500, Bulletin 2711P |
| Display | 15.0-inch colour active-matrix TFT LCD, 1024 × 768 XGA resolution, 18-bit colour graphics; luminance 300 cd/m² |
| Active Display Area | 304 × 228 mm (12.0 × 9.0 in) — enough for a full overview screen with trend and alarm banner without scrolling |
| Backlight | CCFL, 50,000 hours minimum life at 25 °C, field replaceable — the single most common reason a PanelView Plus gets retired prematurely |
| Operator Input | Analogue resistive touchscreen, 1 million press minimum life, 10–110 g actuation force — works with a gloved hand, a stylus or a bare finger |
| Memory | 64 MB flash and 64 MB RAM on the logic module; ships with a 2711P-RW1 32 MB CompactFlash card |
| Communication Ports | 1 × Ethernet 10/100 Base-T, 1 × RS-232 (9-pin), 2 × USB host ports for mouse, keyboard, printer, USB flash drive and application transfer |
| Network Protocols | EtherNet/IP for Logix-family controllers; DH+, DH-485 and Remote I/O available through the optional 2711P-RN6 communication module; ControlNet through 2711P-RN15S |
| Operating System | Windows CE embedded, locked down — no desktop exposure and no third-party ActiveX installation on the standard (non-CE) terminal |
| Application Software | FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station runtime (RSView Machine Edition on the earliest firmware revisions); developed in FactoryTalk View Studio for Machine Edition |
| Power Input | 18–32 V DC, 24 V DC nominal; 39 W typical at 1.6 A, 70 W maximum at 2.9 A |
| Modular Construction | Logic module 2711P-RP1 and display module 2711P-RDT15C are separate field-replaceable items; a failed half is replaced without scrapping the other |
| Physical & Environmental | Approx. 329 × 416 × 65 mm (12.97 × 16.37 × 2.55 in), approx. 4.2 kg; operating 0 °C to +55 °C, non-operating to −25 °C; 5–95 % RH non-condensing; front of panel rated NEMA 4X/12/13 and IP54/IP65 when mounted with the gasket; Class I Div 2 and Class II Div 2 ratings on selected configurations |
| Firmware Ceiling | Original PanelView Plus hardware is capped at runtime firmware 5.x — it cannot be upgraded to PanelView Plus 6 or 7 firmware generations |
| Lifecycle Status | Discontinued; the PanelView Plus 6 equivalent is 2711P-T15C4D8, and the current platform is the PanelView Plus 7 family |
