Technical Specifications
| Parameter Name | Parameter Value |
|---|---|
| Product Model | 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 |
| Manufacturer | Siemens |
| Product Type | Industrial Rack PC (SIMATIC IPC 547B, SIPLUS EC) |
| Form Factor | 19″ rack, 4U |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo (order-dependent configuration) |
| Memory | Up to 4–8 GB DDR2 SDRAM (configuration dependent) |
| Storage | SATA HDD / SSD options, internal + front accessible bays, RAID 1/5 supported on select configs |
| Graphics | Onboard VGA + optional DMS59 dual-head adapter (VGA/DVI) |
| Ethernet | 2 × 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 (Intel GbE) |
| Serial / Legacy | 2 × COM (V.24, 9-pin D-sub), 1 × LPT parallel, 2 × PS/2 (KB/Mouse) |
| USB | Front + rear USB 2.0 ports |
| Expansion Slots | Up to 7 slots (PCI + PCIe mix, configuration dependent) |
| Power Supply | 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz autorange, IEC inlet, optional redundant PSU |
| Operating Temp | –10 °C to +60 °C (SIPLUS EC rating, model-dependent) |
| Monitoring | Fan speed, temperature watchdog, STATUS LED (fan/temp error red) |
Main Features and Advantages
SIPLUS EC environmental hardening. The 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 carries the 6AG4 prefix, which denotes Siemens’ SIPLUS EC (enhanced corrosion) treatment—conformal coating on critical PCB areas, extended temperature qualification, and component selection tuned for atmospheres with corrosive traces (cooling tower proximity, chemical dosing areas, coastal sites). For automation projects where a standard 6ES7-prefixed IPC would corrode within 18–24 months, the 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 extends service life significantly without moving to fully encapsulated fanless boxes that sacrifice PCI expansion.
Legacy-interface richness that newer IPCs abandoned. One of the standout reasons plants still source the 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 is its port layout. While the 547G/E successors trimmed PS/2, LPT, and multi-COM down to near-zero, the 547B retains them: two 9-pin COM (V.24), a 25-pin parallel port for legacy label printers or older vision triggers, PS/2 keyboard/mouse (useful when USB is fully allocated), and DMS59 dual-head graphics for driving two monitors from a single card. For retrofit projects migrating an old WinLC or proprietary DOS/WinXP-based line controller onto a supported Windows IoT layer, this interface mix avoids USB-Serial dongle sprawl.
Expansion flexibility in 4U. The chassis supports up to seven full-length expansion slots—a mix of PCI and PCIe depending on the motherboard variant ordered under the 1AA02-1BX0 config string. This matters when the rack PC must host a PROFIBUS CP 5614, a SERCOS motion card, and a frame grabber simultaneously—something 2U IPCs cannot accommodate. Drive mounting is internally shock/vibration damped, with optional front-access low-profile trays enabling hot-swap in RAID 1 configurations when the order option includes enterprise HDDs.
Integrated health monitoring. A STATUS LED on the front panel reports fan/temperature faults (red when a critical threshold—CPU or ambient—is reached), and the onboard watchdog can trigger a hardware reset if the OS hangs—critical for unmanned stations. The 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 also supports Siemens SIMATIC IPC diagnostics via the standard Siemens IPC diagnostic suite, letting maintenance pull fan RPM, disk SMART, and temp readings into the SCADA alarm hierarchy rather than discovering failure during a downtime event.
Supply-chain familiarity. Because the 547B was a volume platform across Siemens’ IPC catalog for several years, spare parts (PSU, fans, drive trays, rail kits) cross-interchange with other 547B/547C orders, and system images from a decommissioned 6ES7-prefixed 547B migrate onto the 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 with minimal driver rework—important for plants managing 10+ year lifecycle commitments.
Application Field
The 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 is positioned for industrial automation nodes that demand more compute and I/O than a panel PC can provide, but do not yet require the Xeon-class IPC547G. Typical deployments include SCADA/HMI server tiers in water/wastewater treatment plants, where the SIPLUS EC rating handles high humidity and trace H₂S; batch historian nodes in pharmaceutical suites where 4U RAID and long-term data retention matter; and line-control hosts on automotive powertrain test stands, where PCI slots carry PROFIBUS and high-speed DAQ cards while the Core 2 Duo platform runs WinAC RTX or third-party soft-PLC runtimes.
In food & beverage, the 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 often lands in CIP skid control cabinets where periodic caustic vapor exposure rules out uncoated IPCs—the SIPLUS EC build here justifies the 6AG4 prefix premium. In metals and glass, the legacy COM + LPT ports let the same rack PC talk to aging furnace controllers and label printers that have no Ethernet migration path yet. For system integrators maintaining mixed-generation S7-300/400 + S7-1500 networks, the 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 acts as a protocol bridging host running OPC UA/Classic side-by-side, leveraging the dual GbE ports to separate plant-floor and MES-network traffic onto different NICs.
Retrofit is another strong use case: replacing a failed 547B whose exact 6ES7 counterpart is end-of-production, the 6AG4104-1AA02-1BX0 (same mechanicals, same BIOS lineage, same driver set) drops in with image restoration rather than a full OS rebuild—cutting swap time from days to hours.
