EandM is an authorized Siemens industrial automation distributor serving manufacturers, system integrators, and industrial facilities across the West Coast—California, Oregon, and Washington—including full support for SIMATIC HMI panels and TIA Portal software.
Touchscreens are great for complex diagnostic menus and trend charts, but when it comes to high-frequency, repetitive machine cycles, operators still crave tactile feedback.
The SIMATIC Key Panel KP8 PN LX perfectly bridges that gap—providing a hardened mechanical interface that coordinates directly with your on-screen graphics via PROFINET. No layout wiring, no label strips, and no special mounting cuts required.
Core Product Features
8 Programmable Tactile Keys
19 × 19 mm industrial short-stroke keys that give distinct mechanical feedback. Fully configurable as direct Digital Inputs (DI) or Digital Outputs (DO).
Dynamic On-Screen Labeling
Key labels render dynamically on the adjacent WinCC HMI software screen. Eliminates the hassle of sliding custom paper label strips into the keys.
IP64 Front Panel Protection
Rugged industrial rating ideal for manufacturing floors. Front-panel dust and fluid protection is secured via the included captive mounting clips.
5 LED Backlight Key Colors
Assign red, green, blue, yellow, or white illumination based on machine states. Features fully adjustable software brightness levels.
Native TIA Portal Integration
Menu-dependent button behavior maps smoothly inside your PLC logic tree. The keys instantly update behavior according to the open screen menu.
Slim-Line Form Factor
Ultra-slender chassis profile (40.7 × 252.4 mm). Fits seamlessly to the left, right, or directly underneath any standard touchscreen display frame.
Technical Dimension Layouts & Pinouts
Target Industrial Applications
Packaging & Fast Sort Lines
Provides instantaneous, tactile physical stop/start buttons next to conveyors, ensuring workers can hit cycles blindly without diverting sight from the line.
Automotive Powertrain Cells
Enables deep, screen-driven menu manipulation. The key panel illumination colors update in real time to match contextual PLC logic transitions.
Phased Panel Upgrades
Acts as a standalone PROFINET node. Can be commissioned entirely without a touch screen display to modernize legacy physical button banks.
Siemens SIMATIC Logistics Registry
Factory Order Number: 6AV2127-1AB00-0LX1
Interested in auditing your current panels to confirm how the KP8 PN LX integrates into your retrofitting footprints?
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Partner with a Siemens Platinum Distribution Team
EandM is an authorized Siemens industrial automation distributor—and a certified Platinum Partner, representing the highest commercial and engineering tier in Siemens' channel program.
We staff a full bench of dedicated Siemens application specialists who work hands-on with these hardware modules daily. We provide certified TIA Portal technical training workshops, drive sizing assistance, and no-cost regional troubleshooting phone lines across your West Coast facilities.