SIMATIC HMI TP1500 Comfort PRO 15-inch Pedestal Panel PROFINET and PROFIBUS (6AV2124-0QC24-1AX0) CAN Electric — Industrial Automation Parts Supplier

For the station with nothing overhead

A support-arm panel needs structure above the operator: a machine frame, a column, a beam. Plenty of cells have none. Retrofits into lines that were built without an HMI mount, stand-alone assembly benches, and cells where the operator walks around the machine rather than standing at a fixed window are all cases where an arm has nowhere to attach. This housing puts the flange at the bottom instead, so the panel stands on a post that comes up from the floor or from the machine base — the same panel, held up from below.

A foot is not a floor stand — that distinction decides the order

Siemens calls this version “for supporting foot”, and the word order matters. The panel arrives with the interface for a foot, not with the foot. The post, the base plate, the floor anchors and the cable duct belong to the machine builder, because they have to suit your floor and your reach height. What you get from Siemens is the plate the structure bolts to. Customers who expect a complete floor stand in the crate are the ones who end up with a panel they cannot install, which is why we ask for the mounting arrangement before quoting.

What actually changes between the three housings

Display, electronics, memory, software and screen layout are identical across the fixed, round-pipe and pedestal versions — a project written for one runs on the others without the picture being touched. What differs is how the panel is held up, whether hardware keys can be added, and what Siemens puts in the box. That last point is covered in the next section, because it is where most orders go wrong.

Data per the Siemens product documentation. Confirm the flange drilling pattern, the post and the supply against the current data sheet before fabricating the mounting structure.

Siemens states the adapter rule explicitly: the basic adapter is included for the fixed support-arm version and for the pedestal version, but not for the round-pipe version. If you are comparing quotes on the three order numbers, this row alone can shift the total.

Height and tilt

Set the post so the screen centre lands at the height an operator actually looks at while standing — if you have to bend your knees to read it, the post is too short. The panel tilts toward the operator up to the maximum inclination, which is how you compensate for a tall operator or a low mounting point. Keep the tilt in reserve: it buys viewing comfort, and it costs ambient headroom, so do not plan on maximum tilt in a hot cell without checking the derated figure in the table above.

Stability is a moment problem, not a weight problem

The panel is not heavy, but it sits at the end of a lever arm. Add an extension unit on each side, a cable bundle being pulled during commissioning, and an operator leaning on the front while reading a fault, and the load on the base plate is far higher than the panel’s own weight suggests. Bolt the foot to the floor or into the machine base rather than relying on a weighted plate, and check the post for sway at the top — a screen that moves 2 mm while being touched registers as missed keystrokes.

Cable entry, service access and keys

Supply and network come in from below through the flange, so route them inside or along the post rather than draping them across the floor. Leave a service loop long enough for the tilt range, and leave clearance behind and below the housing for SD card and connector access. If the station is the machine’s only control point, this is the housing to put two extension units on: keys on both sides turn a pedestal panel into a self-contained operator station with no separate button box.

One restriction to design around: this housing is landscape only. The panel must be mounted vertically and cannot be turned 90 degrees, so a narrow post in a narrow aisle does not become a portrait station by rotating it.

All three run the same project on the same engineering software with the same screen layout — the decision is mechanical. The 12-inch version of this pedestal housing is documented on the TP1200 Comfort PRO (6AV2124-0MC24-0AX0) page.

The panel couples to SIMATIC S7-1200, S7-1500 and S7-300/400 over PROFINET, MPI or PROFIBUS DP; Modbus TCP/IP and EtherNet/IP cover third-party controllers. A door-mounted TP1500 Comfort project does not load onto this device unchanged — the module and the TIA device type differ, so budget the rework before treating it as a drop-in replacement.

Typical uses

• Retrofits into lines that were never designed with an HMI mounting point.
• Free-standing operator stations beside a machine, where the panel is the only control surface.
• Cells where hardware keys have to sit beside the screen and the station must stay put while the machine is moved around it.

How to order

• Email sales@can-electric.com with the order number, the delivery country, the post or foot you intend to bolt to and how many extension units you need.
• State the condition you need — new, new-surplus or refurbished is written on the quote, not implied.
• Because this type is in phase-out, availability is confirmed per order; prices are quoted in USD and shipped from Hong Kong by DHL.