SIEMENS 6AV6642-0BA01-1AX1
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SIEMENS | HMI | Touch Panels
- EICHLER-art.no.: K0205515
- EAN: 4025515076506
- UPC: 662643396836
Product description
SIMATIC TP 177B 6" PN/DP STN 256 COLOR DISPLAY MPI/PROFIBUS DP PROTOCOL RS485/RS422/USB INTERFACE ETHERNET 10/100 INTERFACE PRINTER INTERFACE SLOT FOR MMC CONFIGURABLE WITH WINCC FLEXIBLE 2005
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| Delivery information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Export identifier | AL: N ECCN: 5A992 | ||
| Net weight | 1.037 | ||
| Quantity | 1 Stück | ||
| Packaging quantity | 1 | ||
| Additional product information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product status | EOP: 2021-10-01 | ||
| EAN | 4025515076506 | ||
| UPC | 662643396836 | ||
| Static lot number | 85371091 | ||
| List indicator | ST9.80 | ||
| Product group | 4356 | ||
| Country of origin | DE | ||
| Compliance with the substance restrictions according to RoHS directive | Since: 20080331 | ||
| Product classifications | Version | Classification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| eClass | 4 | 27-36-01-02 | |
| eClass | 5.1 | 27-24-23-02 | |
| eClass | 6.0 | 27-24-23-02 | |
| ETIM | 3 | / | |
| ETIM | 4 | EC001412 | |
| ETIM | 5 | EC001412 | |
What is the 6AV6642-0BA01-1AX1 (TP 177B 6" PN/DP)?
The 6AV6642-0BA01-1AX1 is a SIMATIC HMI TP 177B 6" PN/DP, a touch panel for the operation and visualisation of machines and systems. It is particularly relevant as a 1:1 replacement in existing installations where rapid restoration of operation is more important than carrying out a retrofit.
Technical key data at a glance
The panel uses a 5.7" STN display with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels and 256 colours. The backlight is specified with an MTBF of approximately 50,000 hours at 25 °C, providing a practical indication of service life in continuous operation.
Display & touch: 5.7" STN (320 × 240, 256 colours)
Operation is carried out via an analogue touch screen. This is a typical replacement criterion when existing operating screens and processes are designed around touch interaction and the format and resolution must match exactly.
Communication: Ethernet 10/100 + MPI/PROFIBUS DP
For controller communication, Ethernet 10/100 and MPI/PROFIBUS DP via RS485/RS422 are provided. This allows the panel to be integrated into both Ethernet-based environments and traditional S7 bus architectures.
Interfaces & storage: USB, printer interface, MMC slot
USB, a printer interface and an MMC card slot are available for service and data transfer purposes. These features are useful for project transfer, backup and restore procedures, and service activities during replacement operations.
Engineering: WinCC flexible 2005 – important for replacement projects
According to the datasheet, WinCC flexible 2005 or later is required for configuration. For existing systems, this compatibility is often a key purchasing criterion because projects can continue to be used without requiring a platform migration.
Lifecycle & availability: New-device delivery stop, spare-part strategy
The datasheet states that new devices have been subject to a delivery stop since 01 January 2015, while spare parts remain available. This makes tested replacement units and repair services particularly valuable for maintaining existing systems.
Purchase or repair: Which option minimises downtime?
Where machine operation is production-critical, a fully tested replacement unit is often the fastest route back to production. EICHLER specifies warranty periods of up to 36 months, helping to reduce risk and accelerate maintenance decisions.
Identification & ordering: K-No., EAN, MPN
For purchasing and clear identification purposes: MPN 6AV6642-0BA01-1AX1, EICHLER article number K0205515, EAN 4025515076506 and UPC 662643396836.
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Product type designation | TP177B 6" PN/DP Color |
| Customer-specific configuration | Yes |
| Display | |
| Design of display | STN |
| Screen diagonal | 5.7 in |
| Color display | Yes |
| Number of colors | 256 |
| Resolution (pixels) | |
| ● Horizontal image resolution | 320 pixel |
| ● Vertical image resolution | 240 pixel |
| Backlighting | |
| ● MTBF backlighting (at 25 °C) | 50 000 h |
| Control elements | |
| Control elements | Touch screen |
| Keyboard fonts | |
| ● System keys | Yes |
| ● Numeric keyboard | Yes |
| ● alphanumeric keyboard | Yes |
| ● hexadecimal keyboard | Yes |
| ● Multi-key operation | No |
| Touch operation | |
| ● Design as touch screen | Yes; analog, resistive |
| Connection type | |
| ● Type of connection for mouse/keyboard/barcode reader | USB / USB / USB |
| Installation type/mounting | |
| Mounting position | vertical |
| maximum permissible angle of inclination without external ventilation | 35° |
| Supply voltage | |
| Type of supply voltage | DC |
| Input current | |
| Current consumption (rated value) | 0.24 A |
| Starting current inrush I²t | 0.5 A²·s |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | ARM, 200 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Type of memory | Flash / RAM |
| Memory available for user data | 2 048 kbyte |
| Time of day | |
| Clock | |
| ● Type | Hardware clock, synchronizable, no battery backup |
| ● retentive | No |
| ● synchronizable | Yes |
| Interfaces | |
| Interfaces/bus type | RS 232 optional, 1x RS 422, 1x RS 485, 1x Ethernet (RJ45) (max. 12 Mbit/s) |
| Number of industrial Ethernet interfaces | 1 |
| Number of RS 485 interfaces | 1 |
| Number of RS 422 interfaces | 1 |
| Number of USB interfaces | 1; Up to 1 GB |
| PC card slot | No |
| CF card slot | No |
| Multimedia card/SD card slot | combined, from E-status 016 in connection with WinCC flexible 2008 SP1, MMC max. 128 MB / SD max. 512 MB |
| With software interfaces | No |
| Protocols | |
| Supports protocol for PROFINET IO | Yes |
| PROFIsafe | No |
| PROFIBUS | Yes |
| EtherNet/IP | Yes |
| Protocols (Ethernet) | |
| ● TCP/IP | Yes |
| Protocols (terminal link) | |
| ● Sm@rtServer | Yes |
| Further protocols | |
| ● MODBUS | Yes |
| Degree and class of protection | |
| IP (at the front) | IP65 |
| IP (rear) | IP20 |
| NEMA (front) | NEMA 4x, NEMA 12 (when installed) |
| Standards, approvals, certificates | |
| CE mark | Yes |
| UL approval | Yes |
| cULus | Yes |
| EAC (formerly Gost-R) | No |
| Suitable for safety functions | No |
| Use in hazardous areas | |
| ● ATEX Zone 2 | No; certificate no longer available as of 1 October 2020 |
| ● ATEX Zone 22 | No; certificate no longer available as of 1 October 2020 |
| ● FM Class I Division 2 | Yes |
| Marine approval | |
| ● Germanischer Lloyd (GL) | Yes; only valid up to and including the HW release (see MLFB release notes in SIOS)! |
| ● American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) | Yes; only valid up to and including the HW release (see MLFB release notes in SIOS)! |
| ● Bureau Veritas (BV) | Yes; only valid up to and including the HW release (see MLFB release notes in SIOS)! |
| ● Det Norske Veritas (DNV) | Yes; only valid up to and including the HW release (see MLFB release notes in SIOS)! |
| ● Lloyds Register of Shipping (LRS) | Yes; only valid up to and including the HW release (see MLFB release notes in SIOS)! |
| ● Polski Rejestr Statkow (PRS) | No; only valid up to and including the HW release (see MLFB release notes in SIOS)! |
| Ambient conditions | |
| Ambient temperature during operation | |
| ● min. | 0 °C |
| ● max. | 50 °C |
| Ambient temperature during storage/transportation | |
| ● min. | -20 °C |
| ● max. | 60 °C |
| Relative humidity | |
| ● Operation, max. | 90 % |
| Operating systems | |
| pre-installed operating system | Windows CE |
| Configuration | |
| Message indicator | Yes |
| Alarm system (incl. buffer and acknowledgment) | Yes |
| Process value display (output) | Yes |
| Process value default (input) possible | Yes |
| Recipe management | Yes |
| Configuration software | |
| ● Configuration tool | WinCC flexible Compact Version 2005 or higher (to be ordered separately) |
| ● STEP 7 Basic (TIA Portal) | No |
| ● STEP 7 Professional (TIA Portal) | No |
| ● WinCC flexible Compact | Yes |
| ● WinCC flexible Standard | Yes |
| ● WinCC flexible Advanced | Yes |
| ● WinCC Basic (TIA Portal) | No |
| ● WinCC Comfort (TIA Portal) | Yes |
| ● WinCC Advanced (TIA Portal) | Yes |
| ● WinCC Professional (TIA Portal) | Yes |
| Languages | |
| Online languages | |
| ● Number of online/runtime languages | 5 |
| Project languages | |
| ● Languages per project | 32 |
| Functionality under WinCC (TIA Portal) | |
| Libraries | Yes |
| Task planner | Yes |
| Help system | Yes |
| ● Number of characters per info text | 70 |
| Message system | |
| ● Number of alarm classes | 32 |
| ● Number of messages | 2 000 |
| ● Bit messages | Yes |
| — Number of bit messages | 2 000 |
| ● Analog messages | Yes |
| — Number of analog messages | 50 |
| ● Telegram message procedure Alarm S | No |
| ● System messages HMI | Yes |
| ● System messages PLC | Yes |
| ● System event, more (SIMATIC S7, SINUMERIK, SIMOTION, ... ) | No |
| ● Lines | 1 |
| ● Number of characters per message | 80 |
| ● Number of process values per message | 8 |
| ● Acknowledgment groups | |
| — Number of acknowledgement groups | 99 |
| ● Message indicator | Yes |
| ● acoustic feedback | No |
| ● First/last value | Yes |
| Recipe management | |
| ● Number of recipes | 100 |
| ● Data records per recipe | 200 |
| ● Entries per data record | 200 |
| ● Recipe memory | 32 KB integrated Flash, expandable |
| Variables | |
| ● Number of variables per device | 1 000 |
| ● Number of variables per screen | 50 |
| ● Number of variables | 1 000 |
| ● Initial values | 1 000 |
| ● Type Date & Time | 1 000 |
| ● Limit values | Yes |
| ● Multiplexing | Yes |
| ● Structures | No |
| Images | |
| ● Number of configurable images | 500 |
| ● Permanent window/default | Yes |
| ● Start screen configurable | Yes |
| ● Image selection by PLC | Yes |
| ● Image number in the PLC | Yes |
| Image objects | |
| ● Text objects | 2 500 text elements |
| ● Number of I/O fields per image | 50 |
| ● Number of date/time fields | 30 |
| ● Index of screen context | No |
| ● Return | Yes |
| ● Graphics object | Bit maps, icons, icon (full-screen), vector graphics |
| — Icons | 500 |
| — Icon (full screen) | 50 |
| Complex image objects | |
| ● Status/control | With SIMATIC S7 |
| ● dynamic objects | Diagrams, bar graphs, sliders, analog display, invisible buttons |
| — Number of objects per project | 500 |
| — Number of curve diagrams per image | 5 |
| ● Methods | Trend |
| ● Bar graphs | |
| — Number of bars per chart | 5 |
| ● Sliders | |
| — Number of slides per image | 0 |
| ● Pointer instruments | |
| — Number of analog indicators per image | 0 |
| ● Limit value lines | Yes |
| ● Number of alphanumerical fields | 1 000 |
| — alphanumeric fields per image | 100 |
| ● Number of numerical fields | 1 000 |
| — numerical fields per image | 100 |
| ● Number of password fields | 1 000 |
| ● Number of visible switches per project | 1 000 |
| — visible switches per image | 100 |
| — hidden switches per image | 100 |
| ● Number of status switches per project | 1 000 |
| — Number of status switches per image | 100 |
| ● Number of selector switches per project | 1 000 |
| — Selector switches per image | 100 |
| ● Number of decade switches per project | 0 |
| — Decade switches per image | 0 |
| ● Number of signal lamps per project | 1 000 |
| — Signal lamps per image | 100 |
| Attributes for dynamic objects | |
| ● Color change | Yes |
| ● X/Y movement | Yes |
| ● Hide | Yes |
| ● Angle of rotation | No |
| Lists | |
| ● Number of text lists per project | 300 |
| ● Number of text lists per image | 10 |
| ● Number of entries per text list | 30 |
| ● Number of graphics lists per project | 100 |
| ● Number of graphic lists per image | 10 |
| ● Number of entries per graphics list | 30 |
| Security | |
| ● Number of user groups | 50 |
| ● Number of user rights | 32 |
| ● Password export/import | Yes |
| Data carrier support | |
| ● PC card | No |
| ● CF card | No |
| Logging through printer | |
| ● Recording/Printing | Alarms, report (shift report), color print, hardcopy |
| Transfer (upload/download) | |
| ● Transfer of configuration | MPI/PROFIBUS DP, serial, USB, Ethernet, by means of external storage medium, automatic transfer recognition |
| Process coupling | |
| ● Connection to controller | S5, S7-200, S7-300/400, Win AC, PC (TCP/IP), SINUMERIK, SIMOTION, Allen Bradley (DF1), Mitsubishi (FX), Telemecanique (ADJUST), Modicon (Modbus), further non-Siemens drivers, see chapter "System interfaces" |
| ● S7-1200 | Yes |
| ● S7-1500 | No |
| ● S7-200 | Yes |
| — PPI (point-to-point) | Yes |
| — PPI network | No |
| — MPI | Yes |
| — PROFIBUS DP | Yes |
| — Ethernet | Yes |
| ● S7-300/400 | Yes |
| — MPI | Yes |
| — PROFIBUS DP | Yes |
| — PROFINET | Yes |
| ● S5 | Yes; only PROFIBUS DP |
| — serial | No |
| — PROFIBUS DP | Yes |
| ● TI 505 | No |
| ● Allen Bradley (DF1) | Yes |
| ● Allen Bradley (DF485) | Yes |
| ● Mitsubishi (FX) | Yes |
| ● Telemecanique (ADJUST) | No |
| ● Telemecanique (Uni-Telway) | Yes; Only in combination with WinCC flexible |
| ● OMRON (LINK/Multilink) | Yes |
| ● Modicon (Modbus) | Yes |
| Functions | |
| ● Key repeat | No |
| ● TAB sequence | Yes |
| ● Calculating functions | Yes |
| ● Animate | Yes |
| ● Menu tree editor | Yes |
| ● Unit switchover | No |
| Service tools/configuration aids | |
| ● Clean screen | Yes |
| ● Touch calibration | Yes |
| ● Backup/Restore manually | Yes |
| ● Simulation | Yes |
| ● Device switchover | Yes |
| ● Delta transfer | Yes |
| ● Monitoring function for battery and memory | No |
| ● Trace (operation archive) | No |
| Expandability/openness | |
| ● Open Platform Program | Yes |
| Peripherals/Options | |
| Peripherals | Printer |
| SIMATIC HMI MM memory card: Multi Media Card | Yes |
| Additional software components loadable | Yes |
| Dimensions | |
| Width of the housing front | 212 mm |
| Height of housing front | 156 mm |
| Mounting cutout, width | 198 mm |
| Mounting cutout, height | 142 mm |
| mounting depth | 44 mm |
| Weights | |
| Weight (without packaging) | 0.8 kg |
| Fault description | Possible solution |
|---|---|
| Panel remains stuck during startup (boot loop) – what should I check first? | First verify that the 24 V power supply is stable, then check connectors and cabling. Afterwards, inspect the MMC slot, memory card and project transfer path, because configuration and transfer are explicitly supported via several methods (USB, Ethernet, MPI and PROFIBUS). |
| Touch screen responds poorly or not at all – what are the quickest checks? | Clean the front surface and verify the touch calibration and project status. If the fault remains reproducible, a tested replacement unit is often the fastest A/B test to determine whether the cause is hardware-related or project-related. |
| No PLC communication via MPI/PROFIBUS – what are the typical causes? | Typical causes include incorrect bus termination, faulty connectors, incorrect address or baud rate settings, or a bus interruption. Since the panel supports MPI/PROFIBUS DP, diagnostics should initially focus on the physical bus layer and communication parameters. |
| Ethernet connection cannot be established – what should I check? | Check the link status, switch port and IP configuration, as well as the project assignment. The device supports Ethernet 10/100, so verifying the port link status and network configuration is usually the fastest first troubleshooting step. |
| Project transfer or backup fails – what can help? | Try performing the transfer via an alternative communication path, for example USB instead of Ethernet, or vice versa. According to the datasheet, multiple transfer methods are supported, including USB, Ethernet, MPI and PROFIBUS. |
| When is repair or replacement more sensible than further troubleshooting? | If machine operation is production-critical or the fault repeatedly reoccurs, a fully tested replacement unit is often the most economical solution. Warranty coverage of up to 36 months provides additional protection against future downtime. |
What is the 6AV6642-0BA01-1AX1 used for?
It is used as a TP 177B 6" PN/DP for machine and system visualisation, often as a 1:1 replacement in existing installations to minimise downtime and restore operation as quickly as possible.
Which display specifications are important when replacing the unit?
The panel features a 5.7" STN display with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels and 256 colours. The backlight has an MTBF of approximately 50,000 hours, which is an important consideration for long-term operation and replacement planning.
Which communication interfaces does the panel support?
The device supports Ethernet 10/100 as well as MPI/PROFIBUS DP communication. In addition, it provides USB connectivity, a printer interface and an MMC card slot for service, project transfer and data backup functions.
Which software is required for engineering?
According to the Siemens datasheet, the panel is configured using WinCC flexible 2005 or a later version.
Why are replacement and service options particularly important for this model?
Because the datasheet specifies a delivery stop for new devices effective from 01 January 2015. As a result, tested replacement units, repair services and refurbishment options play a key role in maintaining system availability and reducing downtime in existing installations.
