Technical Specifications

Main Features and Advantages

The B&R 5PP320.1043-39​ sits in that sweet spot of B&R’s Power Panel lineup where “big enough to be useful, small enough to fit the door” meets “fanless so nothing wears out.” Several design decisions make it a durable workhorse in machine-level cabinets.

BIOS variant flexibility vs. Automation Runtime siblings.​ The “-39” suffix denotes the BIOS-based bootloader (B&R ID code 0x23D0), as opposed to the “4PP320.xxxx-01” models that boot straight into Automation Runtime. This matters because the 5PP320.1043-39​ can be imaged with Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, or Automation Runtime depending on what the machine builder standardized on. For retrofits of older B&R cells originally deployed on CE, the B&R 5PP320.1043-39​ drops in without a full software migration; for new builds, it can take AR just as well. That dual-path is why PP320 BIOS units remain in demand even as B&R pushes the PP400 and PP500 successors.

Fanless passive cooling with Geode LX.​ The AMD Geode LX800 at 500 MHz is deliberately modest—it’s not trying to be an i7—but the passive heatsink design means zero moving parts in the thermal path. On a packaging line or woodworking cell where fine dust would kill a fan within a season, the 5PP320.1043-39​ just sits there drawing 15 W and never asks for a filter change. The trade-off (lower compute) is accepted because HMI + single-axis/multi-axis logic for a packaging machine or injection molder rarely needs more than what the Geode delivers with B&R’s deterministic runtime underneath.

Field-accessible CompactFlash and battery.​ The Type I CF slot and the 3 V / 950 mAh Renata button cell are both reachable from the outside without pulling the panel from the cabinet door. For service crews, this means cloning a CF card or swapping the RTC battery during a tool-change window without undoing the 323 mm × 260 mm cutout mounting. The B&R 5PP320.1043-39​ also carries a power button, reset button, and two 16-position mode/node DIP switches (MTCX-based) that let field techs force boot states or node-ID changes without opening Automation Studio—handy when a panel ships to a line with last-minute node renumbering.

MTCX watchdog and power-fail logic.​ The controller-side MTCX watchdog monitors runtime health and can force a reset if the application hangs; the power-failure logic (controller MTCX, ~10 min buffer via backup capacitor) gives the OS time to write a clean shutdown to CF on 24 V drop. For machines where an ungraceful power loss corrupts the CF filesystem, this hardware-level buffering in the 5PP320.1043-39​ is the difference between a restart and a reinstall.

Interface spread suited to machine cabinets.​ One 10/100 Ethernet (Intel 82551ER) for the machine-level LAN, RS232 with modem support for legacy PLC or GSM dial-out, and two USB Type-A ports (low/full/high speed, 500 mA each) for service sticks, keyboard/mouse during commissioning, or a B&R 2 GB USB flash (5MMUSB.2048-01) for backups. The RS232 is not galvanically isolated—something to watch if the serial device introduces ground loops—but the 24 V DC supply itself is galvanically isolated, protecting the panel from cabinet-side common-mode noise.

IP65 front with NEMA 4X indoor.​ The aluminum front frame (naturally anodized, Pantone 427CV-like light background / 432CV-like dark border) and polyester overlay give hose-directed-water and dust protection at the front; the flat gasket around the display face seals against the cabinet cutout. Rear is IP20, so the cabinet interior still needs to be controlled-environment—but that’s the norm for machine-door mounts. The 5PP320.1043-39​ is built for the operator side of the door, not the dirty side of a washdown wall.

Application Field

The B&R 5PP320.1043-39​ is deployed wherever a machine builder wants HMI + control logic in a single 10.4″ door-mounted footprint: packaging machinery (flow wrappers, cartoners, case packers), injection molding machines, printing presses, textile machines, woodworking CNC cells, and synchronous conveyor applications where the PP320’s deterministic runtime talks EtherCAT, POWERLINK, or Profibus to remote I/O and drives.

In packaging lines, the 5PP320.1043-39​ typically runs the machine-level HMI screens (alarm lists, recipe select, manual jog, IO diagnostics) while hosting the camming / servo-synchro logic for 2–6 axes via B&R’s ACOPOS drive link over POWERLINK or Ethernet. The 10.4″ VGA is large enough to show a six-column alarm list plus a small trend, unlike the 5.7″ QVGA where everything fights for pixels—yet the 323 mm width still fits standard 360 mm door cutouts without going to a 12.1″ that needs reinforcement.

In injection molding, the B&R 5PP320.1043-39​ pairs with B&R X20 I/O racks in the cabinet behind the door, with the panel handling clamp/closeness monitoring, shot-profile HMI, and mold-data recipes on the CF card. The external-battery design matters here—mold shops run 24/7 and an RTC drift that loses batch timestamps is a QA headache; the Renata cell is field-swappable without panel removal.

In printing and converting, where ambient runs 0–50 °C easily and ink mist is constant, the IP65 front + resistive touch (glove-friendly, doesn’t care about moisture on the screen) keeps the 5PP320.1043-39​ usable where a capacitive screen would false-trigger. The 450 cd/m² brightness also handles overhead shop lighting better than the 150 cd/m² monochrome 5.7″ variants.

For retrofit scenarios, the B&R 5PP320.1043-39​ is a common swap for aging 4PP320.1043-01 units when a shop wants to move a machine from pure Automation Runtime to a CE-based HMI without changing the cutout or the 24 V wiring. The mechanical envelope is identical; the difference is firmware path and the BIOS bootloader, which the -39 carries.