PanelView Enhanced Terminals Selection Guide
The PanelView ‘e’ family, also known as ‘PanelView Enhanced’, was introduced as an upgraded, superior successor to Standard models. As the PanelView 1200 Standard series was being phased out, the PanelView ‘e’ models were pushed for migration based on improved touchscreen technology, advanced communication options, and other new developments.
PanelView 'e' Features
Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation's family of PanelView ‘e’ HMIs feature a wide range of standard benefits in each series, including:
- Different than the previous PanelView 1200 terminals, the new 1000e, 1200e, and 1400e terminals now offer Remote I/O, DH+, and ControlNet connectivity (used one at a time)
- Terminals fit the panel door cutout sizes of equivalent-model PanelView Standard terminals
- Keypad or Touch Screen interface
- On-board Data Highway Plus and Remote I/O port (automatically configured during application download); factory or field-installed ControlNet interface option
- Keypad: 21 user-definable function keys, numeric keypad, cursor control keys
- Touch Screen version: Analog resistive screen for flexible input object size and location; up to 192 touch cells defined as small as 40x40 pixels
- Keyboard port for an external keyboard or barcode reader input
- Relay port for an external annunciation to a light or siren
- Printer port for an external printer to printout alarm messages and screen images; Portrait/Landscape and 8.5” x 11”/A4 paper printing supported
- Connect Allen-Bradley Dataliner message displays, through the printer port, for alarm and information messaging
- 2MB application memory; expandable to 15.75MB with a PC memory card
- Object Math and Logic Expressions – allows for logic operators to be used in the HMI program, reducing PLC ladder logic and addressing while avoiding redundant network data transfers
- Trend Graphics – provides an Online Trend function to display process variables over time, plotting up to 3,000 data points
- Alarming and Screen Security – records and displays important data on triggered alarms with three configurable alarm windows, alarm status screen, and alarm history screen. Up to 4,000 alarm messages and 2,500 alarm history records (also uploadable to a PC for archiving)
- Graphic File Import – one of the first HMI terminals to allow full color .bmp and .dxf graphic files to be imported for use on application screens
- Overlapping Screen Objects – place control devices such as pushbuttons and indicators directly on top of other objects, like a machine layout bitmap, for greater screen design flexibility and more intuitive operator control
For a little more information on the PanelView ‘e’ terminals’ three available communication options:
- ControlNet Terminal – connects to multiple controllers, supports scheduled and unscheduled access to PLC-5C and unscheduled access to ControlLogix controller data, with redundant cabling
- Data Highway Plus Terminal – increased system performance through network communication with multiple controllers over the DH+ network
- Remote I/O Terminal – communicates to a PLC, SLC, or ControlLogix system in a multi-rack configuration up to 64 racks. Supports discrete and block data transfers up to 64 Read or Write files with up to 64 words each.
PanelView 1000e/1200e/1400e Models
To now look at the complete inventory of PanelView ‘e’ models, let’s begin with the below table showing individual catalog numbers. To explain the way these catalog numbers break down, purchasers have three main decisions to make in determining a final catalog number.
- Select the size of the panel desired – 10.4” (2711E-K10…), 12” (2711E-K12…), or 14” (2711E-K14…).
- Select the interface option desired – Keypad (2711E-K…) or Touch Screen (2711E-T…).
- Lastly, select from the various installation and feature descriptions to finish out the full catalog number.
All of the PanelView ‘e’ models take 90-132 / 180-264 VAC power, single phase, 60 hertz.
The PanelView 1000e and 1400e touch screen terminals use analog-resistive touch screens. This allows input objects to be any size (minimum 40 by 40 pixels) and to be placed anywhere on the screen. The analog-resistive touch screen provides greater flexibility in screen design compared to PanelView 1200 and 1200e terminals. PanelView 1200 and 1200e terminals use a touch matrix which requires that all input objects align with a touch grid.
Memory capacity does vary between terminals.
- PanelView 1000e has 128KB of battery-backed static user RAM for saving configuration parameters, alarm status and history, retentive data, etc., but no application file storage. Separately, this series has 1.75MB of flash memory and 2.25MB of application file storage flash memory.
- No EPROM storage
- Does include a PCMCIA memory card slot for application file storage up to 15.75MB
- PanelView 1200e has 128KB of user RAM for storing configuration and application files. Separately, this series has 256KB of firmware and BIOS flash memory, and no other flash for application files.
- Option of 64KB/128KB EPROM storage for application backup
- Also includes PCMCIA memory card support for 1.75MB firmware and 2.25MB application file storage
- PanelView 1400e has 128KB of battery-backed static user RAM for saving configuration parameters, alarm status and history, retentive data, etc., but no application file storage. Separately, this series has 1.75MB firmware flash memory and 256KB application file storage flash memory.
- No EPROM storage
- Does include a PCMCIA memory card slot for application file storage up to 15.75MB
Most other features of PanelView ‘e’ models are the same, but it is worth noting that the 1200e model was inherently an early migration of the 1200 Standard, whereas the 1000e and 1400e were later iterations with key technological differences under the hood. The 1200e series was dropped from catalog literature by (to our best research) early 2001, while the 1000e and 1400e continued to be offered. We suggest treating these differences as important, checking all technical details specifically before deciding to jump between the 1000e/1400e and 1200e models, as compatibilities may take special effort.
Migration and Accessory Considerations
Allen-Bradley’s marketing material from 2001 pitched the PanelView ‘e’ series as the desired option to migrate away from PanelView 1200 terminals, boasting ‘continued productivity into the future while migrating your old 1200 application directly to the ‘e’ series, as well as obtaining a new full factory warranty. While it appears the case that the ‘e’ series was the upgrade from the Standard series, it’s puzzling to also see that the Standard series was supported longer than the ‘e’ series, to about the year 2010. Whether that indicates that the ‘e’ series was the desired upgrade path but never took off, or if in fact, other Standard models besides the 1200 models were the true successors overall, it’s hard to measure with the limited documentation available. In any case, our point is that for any readers needing to deploy or migrate between PanelView ‘e’ models, be sure to confirm both hardware and software compatibility (and licensing) before you begin the project.
In Allen-Bradley’s Operator Terminal catalog section found in document number AD RS2801-RIP dated 2001, we can find several useful accessories and software kits available for the PanelView ‘e’ family.
Various special cables are required with these terminals for uploading and downloading applications, which also further divides the line between the separate platforms in the 1200e and 1000e/1400e. For example:
- Catalog number 2711-NC1 is a 10-foot RS-232 upload/download cable (9-pin to 25-pin) for PanelView 1400e, 1200e, and 1200 terminals, for transfers between a terminal and a development computer.
- Catalog number 2706-NC13 is a 10-foot RS-232 upload/download cable (9-pin to 9-pin) for PanelView 1000e and 1400e, as well as all PV Standards series 600 through 1400, for transfer between a terminal and a development computer.
To round out our list, we’ll lastly mention a few examples of the many mounting and replacement part accessories available. For any readers working with these PanelView ‘e’ terminals today, please note that mounting hardware is needed for many replacements, such as replacing a 1200 model with a 1000e. By the same token, replacing failed parts on an existing PanelView ‘e’ terminal may be an option where some of those parts still exist on the used/reconditioned market, such as replacement overlays, keypad legends, system memory kits, and backlights.
