Description

ABB PP836A 3BSE042237R2

Features

• Intuitive User Interface: Provides clear graphical displays and easy-to-operate buttons, facilitating monitoring and control by operators.
• Multifunctional Display: Supports multiple display modes, including text, graphics, and trend charts, enabling the display of rich process information.
• Flexible Configuration: Allows flexible configuration of the panel's display content and operation modes according to different application requirements.
• Abundant Communication Interfaces: Supports various communication interfaces such as Ethernet, RS-232, and RS-485, enabling communication with multiple devices like PLCs and DCS systems.
• High Reliability: Features an industrial-grade design that adapts to harsh industrial environments, ensuring high reliability.

Technical Parameters

• Display Type: 6.5" TFT with a resolution of 640×480 pixels.
• Display Color: Color.
• Power Options: Supports 12 V DC or 24 V AC/DC, with allowable voltage ranges of 10.2 to 28.8 V DC or 20.4 to 26.4 V AC (47 to 63 Hz).
• Input: 6 standard keys and 4 function keys (tactile surface buttons).
• Display Area: 61×33 mm, with white controllable backlight and adjustable contrast.
• Lines/Characters: 4 lines, with 12/16 characters per line (depending on the selected character set).
• Power Consumption: Typically 65 mA at 24 V DC (40 mA at 12 V DC, 90 mA at 24 V AC).
• Operating Temperature: 0°C – 55°C.

Functions and Applications

• Human-Machine Interface: Provides an intuitive human-machine interaction interface for easy communication between operators and devices.
• Process Monitoring: Displays real-time process variables to help operators understand equipment operating status.
• Data Acquisition: Collects process data for analysis and optimization of production processes.
• Alarm Management: Displays alarm information to remind operators to handle faults promptly.

Working Principle

Hardware Level

• User Input Processing: The panel is equipped with a 10.4-inch color touchscreen with an 800×600-pixel resolution. When a user touches the screen, the touchscreen controller converts information such as the touch position into digital signals, which are then transmitted to the processor (Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz) for processing. For example, when a user clicks a button on the screen to start a device, the relevant touch signal is parsed into a corresponding command.
• Data Acquisition and Communication: It features communication interfaces including 2 Ethernet ports, 2 USB ports, and 1 RS-232 serial port. Through these interfaces, the PP836A can exchange data with other devices in the industrial control system, such as sensors, controllers, and actuators. For instance, it can obtain real-time production line data from a PLC via the Ethernet port using protocols like Modbus TCP, or communicate with a specific smart instrument via the RS-232 serial port to collect measured parameters.
• Data Storage: Built-in 1GB DDR2 memory and 4GB SSD storage are used to temporarily store collected data, running programs, and user-set parameters. For example, production data collected over a period can be first stored in the SSD for subsequent query and analysis.
• Output Display: The processor sends data information to be displayed to the display driver circuit, which drives the 10.4-inch color touchscreen to present graphical, textual, and chart-based content to users, including equipment status, process parameters, and alarm information.

Software Level

• Operating System and Firmware: Runs on the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 operating system, combined with firmware specially developed by ABB, to implement basic functions such as hardware Low-level driver, communication protocol processing, and interface rendering. The firmware can be upgraded through specific software tools to fix vulnerabilities, add functions, or optimize performance.
• Configuration Software Programming: Users program using configuration software such as ABB Panel Builder 800. They can customize the panel's interface layout in the software, such as adding buttons, text boxes, indicator lights, and other components, and set their functions and properties. They can also configure communication parameters to define how data is exchanged with other devices. After configuration, the generated configuration file is downloaded to the PP836A, and the panel operates according to the preset logic.
• Data Processing and Control Logic: A built-in real-time database stores key process variables, set values, and equipment status data. When new data is collected, the corresponding records in the database are updated. Meanwhile, data is analyzed and processed according to user-set control logic and algorithms—for example, determining whether equipment is operating within normal parameter ranges and whether control commands need to be issued to adjust equipment status.
• Alarm and Security Mechanisms: Users can set thresholds for various data in the configuration software. When collected data exceeds or falls below the set thresholds, the system triggers an alarm mechanism. The PP836A displays prominent alarm information on the screen, such as a red flashing prompt box, and may emit an audible alarm while sending alarm notifications to relevant personnel to remind them to handle issues promptly. Additionally, hierarchical permission management is implemented through user account and password verification, restricting the operational functions and parameter modification ranges for users with different permissions to prevent unauthorized operations and ensure system security and stability.

Application Fields

• Industrial Automation: Applicable to industrial production lines, packaging machinery, CNC machine tools, and other equipment.
• Process Control: Suitable for automation control in industries such as chemical, petroleum, and power.
• Building Automation: Can be used in building automation control systems.

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