Brand: Siemens

Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel (6AV2124-0MC01-0AX0)

Name: Siemens TP1200 Comfort HMI Panel – Datasheet & Price Quote
Brand: Siemens

Description

Overview: A Mid-Range Operator Interface for Automation Monitoring

The Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel, part number 6AV2124-0MC01-0AX0, is a mid-range touch operator panel from Siemens’ SIMATIC Comfort Panel family, delivering a 12-inch widescreen TFT display for automation monitoring and control applications that require a balance of screen size and functionality. As the mounting-compatible successor to the Multi Panel MP 277 10-inch touch, the TP1200 Comfort offers 22% additional display space, higher resolution, and higher performance than the panel it replaces.

As a trusted supplier of Siemens automation systems, Seven Star LLC sources and supplies the SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel to refineries, water treatment facilities, and manufacturing plants across Oman and the wider GCC. Because HMI screen size, memory, and communication interfaces must be matched to the specific control application, Seven Star LLC helps engineering teams confirm the correct Comfort Panel model for their project.

Working Principle: Touch-Based Process Visualization

The TP1200 Comfort Panel presents real-time process data, alarms, trends, and control functions to plant operators through a 12-inch widescreen TFT touchscreen displaying 16 million colors, giving operators a clear, responsive interface for monitoring and interacting with connected PLCs. The panel communicates with the automation system via its integrated PROFINET interface or MPI/PROFIBUS DP interface, exchanging process values, alarm states, and operator commands in real time with the connected SIMATIC controller.

Running on the Windows CE 6.0 embedded operating system, the TP1200 Comfort is configured using WinCC Comfort V11 or later software within Siemens’ Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal engineering framework, allowing engineers to design operator screens, alarm logic, recipe management, and trend displays using a single integrated tool rather than separate programming environments for the PLC and HMI.

Engineering Design of the TP1200 Comfort Panel

The panel provides 12 MB of configuration memory for storing the operator interface project, screens, and recipe data, and is rated IP65 at the front for protection against dust and water spray during panel-mounted installation, with IP20 protection at the rear. The panel operates from a 24 V DC supply (19.2 to 28.8 V DC operating range) drawing approximately 0.85 A, and is rated for an operating temperature range of 0°C to +50°C, suiting typical control room and panel enclosure environments.

Variants of the TP1200 Comfort are also available with a stainless steel front and continuous decorative film rated IP66K, intended for outdoor or washdown environments such as oil and gas, marine, or refrigeration applications, giving specifiers flexibility to match the panel’s front construction to the installation environment without changing the underlying display and communication capabilities.

Key Features

The Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel delivers responsive, reliable process visualization. Key characteristics include:

12-inch widescreen TFT touch display with 16 million colors.
Integrated PROFINET and MPI/PROFIBUS DP communication interfaces.
12 MB configuration memory for operator interface projects.
Windows CE 6.0 embedded operating system for stable industrial operation.
Configured via WinCC Comfort V11 or later within the TIA Portal engineering framework.
IP65 front protection rating for panel-mounted industrial installation.
24 V DC operation, suited to standard control panel power supplies.

Industrial Applications

The TP1200 Comfort Panel is deployed across manufacturing lines, water and wastewater treatment plants, packaging machinery, and general process automation applications wherever a mid-sized touch operator interface is needed for machine or process monitoring and control. Its mounting compatibility with the legacy MP 277 10-inch panel makes it a straightforward upgrade path for plants modernizing older HMI installations without redesigning panel cutouts.

Seven Star LLC supports manufacturing plants, water authorities, and industrial automation integrators across Oman, Muscat, Sohar, and the broader GCC region with sourcing of Siemens SIMATIC Comfort Panels, helping projects standardize on a proven, TIA Portal-integrated HMI platform.

Technical Specifications

The table below summarizes the core specifications of the Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel as supplied by Seven Star LLC.

Parameter	Specification
Model	SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort, P/N 6AV2124-0MC01-0AX0
Display	12-inch widescreen TFT, 16 million colors, touch operation
Configuration Memory	12 MB
Operating System	Windows CE 6.0
Configuration Software	WinCC Comfort, Advanced or Professional (TIA Portal), from V11
Communication Interfaces	1 × PROFINET (Industrial Ethernet, 2-port switch), 1 × MPI/PROFIBUS DP (RS 422/485), 2 × USB 2.0, 1 × USB Mini B, 2 × SD card slots
Protection Rating	IP65 (front), IP20 (rear)
Power Supply	24 V DC (19.2-28.8 V DC), 0.85 A
Operating Temperature	0 to +50 °C (vertical, landscape); 0 to +40 °C at maximum tilt or in portrait format
Weight	2.8 kg without packaging (3.5 kg with packaging)
Resolution	1280 × 800 pixels
Screen Diagonal / Active Area	12.1 in; 261.1 × 163.2 mm
Touch Technology	Analog-resistive
Backlight	MTBF 80,000 h at 25 °C; dimmable 0-100 %
Front Dimensions (W x H)	330 × 241 mm
Mounting Cutout (W x H) / Depth	310 × 221 mm; mounting depth 64 mm
Power Consumption	20 W typical
Hazardous Area Approvals	ATEX Zone 2 and 22, IECEx Zone 2 and 22, cULus Class I Zone 2 Division 2, FM Class I Division 2

Mounting and Cutout Planning

Siemens specifies a mounting cutout of 310 × 221 mm for the TP1200 Comfort, a housing front of 330 × 241 mm and a mounting depth of 64 mm. The panel may be installed in landscape or portrait format and can be tilted up to 35 degrees from vertical without external ventilation. The front is aluminium, rated IP65 and Enclosure Type 4/4X when installed, while the rear is IP20, so the cabinet has to provide the protection for the back of the device. The standard device is rated for indoor use only.

The permitted ambient temperature depends on how the panel is mounted. In vertical landscape installation the range is 0 to 50 °C. At the maximum tilt angle, or in vertical portrait format, the upper limit drops to 40 °C, and in portrait format at maximum tilt it is 35 °C. Storage and transport are permitted from -20 to 60 °C, with relative humidity in operation up to 90 % without condensation. For hot cabinets in Gulf conditions it is worth checking the expected internal temperature against these limits before choosing the mounting position.

Project Limits and Connectivity

When sizing a project, the Siemens technical data gives these limits for the TP1200 Comfort: 2,048 variables per device, 500 configurable screens with up to 400 objects each, 4,000 bit alarms and 200 analog alarms, 300 recipes with 500 data records each, and 50 archives with up to 20,000 entries per archive. Archives can be stored on a memory card, USB memory or over Ethernet in CSV, TXT or RDB format. The panel has two SD card slots and accepts SIMATIC HMI SD cards up to 2 GB. Up to 32 runtime languages are supported.

The PROFINET interface has an integrated 2-port switch, and Siemens lists IRT and MRP media redundancy as available from WinCC V12. The second interface is a combined RS 422/485 port for MPI and PROFIBUS DP. Besides SIMATIC S7-1200, S7-1500, S7-300/400, S7-200 and LOGO!, the listed process couplings include Allen Bradley (EtherNet/IP and DF1), Mitsubishi (MC TCP/IP and FX), Omron Host Link and Modicon Modbus TCP/IP and RTU, plus OPC UA client and server. Sm@rtServer remote access, a web browser, PDF viewer and media player are part of the device functions.

Why Choose Seven Star LLC for SIMATIC HMI Panel Sourcing

Selecting the right Comfort Panel size and communication interface combination matters more than it first appears – a PROFINET-only project standardizing on TIA Portal needs different planning than a legacy PROFIBUS DP installation being upgraded panel by panel, and getting the memory and protocol configuration wrong means a panel that displays correctly in the office but doesn’t integrate cleanly with the plant’s actual controller network. Seven Star LLC’s engineers confirm communication interface, mounting compatibility (including the TP1200’s drop-in fit for legacy MP 277 cutouts), and front-panel environmental rating against the customer’s installation before the panel is ordered. We also help manufacturing plants and water authorities across Oman plan HMI standardization projects around TIA Portal, and coordinate delivery for control room upgrades across Muscat, Sohar, and the wider GCC.

Request a Quote for Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel (6AV2124-0MC01-0AX0)

Seven Star LLC supplies the Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel with datasheet documentation and regional technical support. Contact our automation division for a formal B2B quotation, to confirm the correct panel size and interface configuration for your project, or to obtain the complete technical datasheet.Seven Star LLC supplies this item on request with the manufacturer documentation, and availability and lead time are confirmed at quotation.

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About brand

Siemens is the German technology group whose industrial products include SIMATIC controllers and HMIs, SINAMICS drives, SIRIUS and SENTRON switching and protection devices, SIPROTEC protection relays, SITRANS process instruments, SCALANCE networks and process analysers. It was founded in Berlin on 12 October 1847 by Werner von Siemens and the precision mechanic Johann Georg Halske as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske, to build Siemens's newly designed pointer telegraph. Siemens AG is headquartered in Munich and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; its energy business was spun off as Siemens Energy in 2020.

Siemens company profile

Founded	12 October 1847, Berlin, Germany, as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske, with 10 employees
Founders	Werner von Siemens (1816–1892) and Johann Georg Halske (1814–1890)
First product	The pointer telegraph designed by Werner von Siemens
Headquarters	Munich, Germany (Siemens AG)
Ownership	Public company listed in Frankfurt; Siemens Energy (2020) and Siemens Healthineers are separately listed companies
Businesses acquired that appear in our range	Moore Products (bought in 2000; APACS and QUADLOG control systems), Applied Automation (Maxum process gas chromatographs); small industrial gas turbines such as the SGT-300 came with Alstom's industrial turbine business in 2003
Product families	SIMATIC S7 PLCs, ET 200 distributed I/O and HMI panels, TIA Portal software, SINAMICS drives, SIMOTICS motors, SIRIUS and SENTRON low voltage devices, SIVACON switchboards, SIPROTEC relays, SITRANS instruments, SCALANCE network components, building technology valves and sensors

Milestones

1847: Siemens & Halske starts work in Berlin with 10 employees.
1848: The company wins the contract for Europe's first long-distance telegraph line, Berlin to Frankfurt am Main.
1856: 330 employees, two-thirds of them working on telegraph networks in Russia.
1866: Werner von Siemens describes the dynamo-electric principle, the basis of the electric generator.
1958 onwards: The SIMATIC name is used for Siemens industrial automation; S7 PLCs follow in the 1990s and S7-1500 in 2012.
2020: Siemens Energy is spun off and listed separately.

Choosing Siemens automation products

A Siemens order number (MLFB) identifies the exact product: 6ES7 is SIMATIC automation, 6AV is HMI, 6GK is industrial communication, 6SL is SINAMICS drives, 3R is SIRIUS control and 5SY is SENTRON miniature circuit breakers. For PLCs, S7-1200 is the compact controller for small machines, S7-1500 is the current mid-to-high range controller, and S7-300 and S7-400 are older platforms still running in many plants; S7-300 is being phased out, so spares and migration to S7-1500 are common requests. When replacing a CPU or module, the full order number including the version digits matters, because firmware and hardware versions affect compatibility with the existing project.

Where Siemens products are used

In Oman and the GCC, Siemens automation runs in oil and gas, power and desalination plants, water networks, cement and process industries. Maxum gas chromatographs analyse gas composition in gas plants and refineries, SIPROTEC relays protect substations, SGT-300 turbines drive generators and compressors, and Siemens building valves are used in HVAC systems.

Siemens products we list

Family	Examples
SIMATIC controllers and I/O	S7-1500, CPU 1515-2 PN, S7-1200, CPU 1214C, S7-300, S7-400H CPU 412-5H, ET 200SP, IM 153-2
HMI and networking	KTP700 Basic, TP700 Comfort, TP1200 Comfort, SCALANCE XC208, SCALANCE WAM766, PROFIBUS OLM
Drives, motors and power distribution	SINAMICS G120C, SINAMICS G120X, 1LA7 motor, SIVACON S8, SIPROTEC 7SJ85, 5SY4510-7 MCB
Process instruments	SITRANS P320, MAG 5100W, SITRANS TH320, SITRANS TS500, SITRANS TR200
Maxum II analyser spares	FID 302A detector, FPD II assembly, filament detector, Model 50 valve, SYSCON kit, air bath heater
APACS and QUADLOG spares	QLCCM24AAN, QLSAMBAN, QLSDM024DCCBN, 39SAMCAN, 16137-151 M-BUS cable
Building technology	VPI46 PICV, VPF44, QFM1660 sensor

Ordering Siemens products: what we need

Send the full order number from the label (for example 6ES7214-1AG40-0XB0) and, for PLC and HMI parts, the hardware and firmware version (FS and V numbers). For Maxum II and APACS spares, send the Siemens part number such as 2021651-002. For drives, add the motor power and supply voltage.

Facts checked against Siemens's published history timeline, October 2026.

FAQ

Questions about the Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel

Answers from our engineering team on installation, compatibility and integration.

01What display size and resolution does the TP1200 Comfort have?

It has a 12-inch widescreen TFT touchscreen display (12.1 in, 1280 x 800 pixels) supporting 16 million colors.

02What software is used to configure this HMI panel?

The TP1200 Comfort is configured using WinCC Comfort V11 or later software within the Siemens TIA Portal engineering framework.

03What communication interfaces does the panel provide?

It provides an integrated PROFINET interface and an MPI/PROFIBUS DP interface for connecting to SIMATIC controllers.

04What protection rating does the panel have?

The panel is rated IP65 at the front for dust and water spray protection during panel-mounted installation, with IP20 at the rear.

05Does Seven Star LLC supply this part across the GCC?

Yes, Seven Star LLC sources and supplies the Siemens SIMATIC HMI TP1200 Comfort Panel to manufacturing, water treatment, and industrial automation customers across Oman and the wider GCC region.