Technical Specifications
| Parameter Name | Parameter Value |
|---|---|
| Product Model | 6AV6545-0BC15-2AX0 |
| Manufacturer | Siemens (Digital Industries / Factory Automation) |
| Product Type | HMI Touch Panel (SIMATIC TP170B Color) |
| Product Series | SIMATIC TP170B (6AV6545 family) |
| Display Type | 5.7″ STN Color (16 colors) |
| Resolution | 320 × 240 pixels |
| Backlight MTBF | 50,000 h @ 25 °C |
| Touchscreen | Resistive (calibratable) |
| Processor | 32-bit RISC, 66 MHz |
| User Memory | 768 KB (Flash/RAM) |
| Memory Expansion | 1 × CF card slot (project, recipe, data log) |
| Supply Voltage | 24 V DC |
| Current Consumption | 0.25 A |
| Power Consumption | ~7 W |
| Interfaces | 2 × RS232, 1 × RS422, 1 × RS485 (MPI/PROFIBUS DP up to 12 Mbit/s) |
| Configuration Software | ProTool/Lite V5.2+SP2 / WinCC Flexible Compact |
| Communication Controllers | S7-200, S7-300/400, S5, TI 505, SINUMERIK, SIMOTION, plus 3rd-party (AB, Mitsubishi, Modicon, Telemecanique) |
| Messages / Recipes / Vars | Up to 2,000 msgs, 100 recipes × 200 records, 1,000 vars/device |
| Languages | 5 online / 32 configuration |
| Front / Rear Protection | IP65 front, IP20 rear |
| Operating Temperature | 0 to +50 °C |
| Front Panel Dimensions (W × H) | 212 × 156 mm |
| Weight | ~0.7 kg |
| Certifications | CE, FM Class I Div. 2, UL, CSA |
| Product Status | Discontinued (Legacy) |
Main Features and Advantages
The Siemens 6AV6545-0BC15-2AX0 earns its keep in the legacy-retain segment by combining just-enough graphics with unusually broad controller support for a 5.7″ panel. The 16-color STN at 320 × 240 is modest by modern TFT standards, but in the TP170B’s target duty — injection-molding machine fascia, packaging-head door panel, conveyor-zone HMI — color is used sparingly: alarm red, run green, standby gray, trend blue. The STN chemistry also means lower cost and better readability under strong overhead shop lighting than a cheap TFT of the same era, which is why many 2000s-vintage OEMs chose the TP170B Color over the mono TP170A. The resistive touch is glove-tolerant and survives polyester-overlay wipes; the panel stores three calibration sets, so if an overlay swap drifts the Z-axis, recalibration is a service-mode keystroke, not a replacement.The 32-bit RISC at 66 MHz sounds antique, but for a runtime handling 2,000 messages, 100 recipes × 200 data records, 1,000 variables per device, alarm management across 32 alarm classes, and trend strips with limit lines, it’s perfectly matched — the Siemens 6AV6545-0BC15-2AX0 does not run Windows (it runs the Siemens HMI RT on the RISC kernel), so there’s no OS bloat, no antivirus, no patch cycle. That’s the real advantage in plants that refuse to touch working code: a TP170B project from 2004 still opens in ProTool/Lite V5.2+SP2 on a Windows XP VM and downloads in three minutes. WinCC Flexible Compact adds the migration path into early TIA Portal generations, though the 170 family stops before WinCC Flexible 2008+ fully absorbs it — buyers should verify the engineering station version before committing a spare to a live project.Controller reach is the third pillar. The Siemens 6AV6545-0BC15-2AX0 is one of the few Siemens HMIs of its size that was explicitly marketed with third-party PLC drivers in the box: Allen-Bradley (DF1, via RS232/485), Mitsubishi (FX, Q-series), Modicon (Modbus RTU via RS485), Telemecanique — plus Siemens-native S5 (via MPI/DP using the S5 adapter path), S7-200 (PPI), S7-300/400 (MPI/DP), TI 505, SINUMERIK, SIMOTION. For machine builders exporting to North America (AB-dominant) or Asia (Mitsubishi-dominant) while keeping a Siemens development base, the TP170B was the “one panel, many targets” compromise, and the Siemens 6AV6545-0BC15-2AX0 is the color-touch SKU in that story.The CF card slot rounds out the practical advantages. In an era before USB-host was universal on HMIs, the Type I CF slot let OEMs ship recipe packs, log trend data to removable media, and clone panels by swapping a card — still the fastest recovery path on a floor where the engineering laptop isn’t nearby. For spares buyers, one Siemens 6AV6545-0BC15-2AX0 plus a pre-loaded CF card per machine type = <10 minute swap.
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