The 1756-L71 mainly feature 2MB user memory and 0.98 MB I/O memory. It is also shipped with a 1784-SD1 Secure Digital (SD) memory card amounting to 1 GB non-volatile memory which can be upgraded to 2GB by replacing with 1784-SD2 card. This controller can handle up to 128,000 Discrete input and output signals and 4000 Analog Input and output signals as well.
Being a modern controller, the 1756-L71 does not use battery to retain the contents of the Random Access Memory (RAM) or volatile memory instead, it is equipped with energy storage modules with catalog number 756-ESMCAP or 1756-ESMCAPK. This energy storage module is of removable type which is capacitor based.
For industrial communication, the 1756-L71 supports installation of communication adapters. Other supported communication protocols by the 1756-L71 are EtherNet/IP, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Data Highway Plus, Remote I/O, SynchLink, Third-party process and device networks.
