Technical Specifications
| Parameter Name | Parameter Value |
|---|---|
| Product Model | 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 |
| Manufacturer | Siemens |
| Product Type | Industrial LCD Monitor with Resistive Touch (SIMATIC 6AV8100 series) |
| Catalog Designation | SCD 1297-ET |
| Display | 12″ Color TFT LCD |
| Resolution | 800 × 600 (SVGA) |
| Touch Type | Analog resistive (glove operable) |
| Horizontal Scan Frequency | 30 – 97 kHz |
| Scaling | Onboard DSP (accepts non-native input resolutions) |
| Mounting | Flush-mount (encastrable), cabinet-door or panel-cutout |
| Front Protection | IP54, UL 1950 (membrane touch limits vs. non-touch sibling’s IP65) |
| OSD | On-screen controls via front keys / host utility |
| Power Supply | Not included (unit supplied w/o PSU; typically 24 V DC cabinet-fed) |
| Interface | VGA / video input to host (via companion SIMATIC PC or video source) |
| Operating Temp. | 0 °C to +50 °C (typical industrial rating) |
| Dimensions (approx. bezel) | ~330 mm W × ~260 mm H (cutout to be verified per cabinet drawing) |
| Weight | Approx. 3–4 kg |
Main Features and Advantages
The 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 fills a specific architectural slot that all-in-one HMI panels don’t: when the compute lives in a SIMATIC Box PC behind the cabinet wall and only the display + touch need to pierce the door, a separate monitor is the correct topology. The 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 delivers that with a 12″ TFT that matches the SVGA expectation of legacy WinCC (Classic) runtime projects—many of which were authored at 800×600 and don’t rescale cleanly to 16:9 widescreen without re-authoring screens. The onboard scaling DSP means even if the host PC’s video output drifts (older graphics chips, BIOS-level defaults), the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 still renders crisp, which is why maintenance teams keep these on the spare crib for 15-year-old WinCC Classic stations.
The resistive touch layer is another deliberate choice. Capacitive touch dislikes industrial gloves, stylus mis-fire, and washdown spray; the analog resistive on the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 works with a finger, a gloved finger, or a plastic stylus, and the calibration drift (which does happen over years) is recoverable through the OSD or host-side calibration utility. For operators who’ve used the panel for a decade, that consistency matters more than gesture support.
Flush-mount form factor deserves its own mention. The 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 is designed to sit flush in a cabinet door cutout with a gasketed front bezel, keeping the electronics behind the door (inside the cabinet) while only the TFT + touch membrane face the operator. That keeps the heat and the rating problem split: IP54 front (membraned), rear open to cabinet air. Compare this to a rack-mount LCD drawer—the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 is a door product, not a rack product, and the cutout matches a generation of Siemens HMI doors, so swapping a failed MP 377 for a 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 + PC behind it is a known retrofit path.
The honest trade-offs: no runtime, no project memory, no PROFIBUS/MPI of its own—if the companion PC dies, the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 is a dark piece of glass. And the touch-membrane version carries IP54 not IP65, so for spray-heavy zones the non-touch sibling 6AV8100-0BA00-0AA1 (IP65) or a Comfort Panel may be the better call. But for dry industrial doors, test-stand pendants, and PC-based WinCC Classic cells, the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 remains the right spare.
Application Field
The 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 is most at home behind a cabinet door where a SIMATIC Box PC (6AV788x, 6AV789x, or earlier 6AV787x) lives on the inside and only the 12″ TFT + touch need to face the operator. Typical deployments include pharmaceutical batch-skid control desks where WinCC Classic runs on a Windows XP/7 Embedded Box PC and the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 is the door-facing I/O window; test-stand control pendants (engine dyno, transmission test, materials-test rigs) where the PC lives in the rack, the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 sits on the pendant arm, and the resistive touch handles gloved start/stop/recipe; machine-tool aux stations where the main control is a CNC but a secondary SIMATIC PC runs peripheral logic visualized through the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1; and retrofit projects migrating away from MP 377 or OP 370 where the plant chooses “PC + separate monitor” over “Comfort Panel + TIA Portal rewrite.”
Legacy WinCC (Classic, not WinCC OA / Unified) projects are the strongest fit—those runtimes expect 4:3 SVGA, and the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 gives exactly that without the widescreen-letterbox problem. For HAZOP zones, note the IP54 front (vs. IP65 on the non-touch -0BA00), so specify accordingly: the 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 for dry-door, glove-touch scenarios; the -0BA00 for spray/washdown where touch isn’t required and IP65 matters more.
Related Products
- 6AV8100-0BA00-0AA1 – Same 12″ TFT but non-touch (SCD 1297-E), IP65 front, the natural sibling when touch isn’t needed and higher ingress matters.
- 6AV8100-0BC00-0AA1 – 15″ variant in the 6AV8100 family, for when 12″ is too cramped for WinCC Classic P&ID screens.
- 6AV7884-2AA10-0AA0 – SIMATIC Box PC 627B, typical host PC paired behind the door with 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1.
- 6AV7885-2AA10-0AA0 – SIMATIC Box PC 827B, higher-spec host for the same monitor frontend.
- 6AV6644-0AA01-2AX0 – MP 377 12″ Touch (covered earlier), the all-in-one alternative if you want runtime onboard instead of PC + monitor split.
- 6AV2124-0MC01-0AX0 – TP1200 Comfort 12″ widescreen, TIA Portal–era replacement direction if migrating off the PC + monitor topology.
- 6AV2128-3MB06-0AX1 – TP1200 Comfort 2nd gen, refined successor to the -2124 line, widescreen 12″.
- 6AV3607-1JC20-0AX1 – OP 7 / legacy keypad companion, sometimes mounted adjacent to 6AV8100-0BB00-0AA1 in mixed-interface cabinets.
