minerman
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Hello,
I am looking to improve our company's HMI systems. I would love some suggestions on how to do this. We use a number of different PLC's. Here's my estimate of the PLC's that we use:
-Rockwell Control/CompactLogix: 75%
-Siemens/Omron/Mitsubishi/GE/Misc.: 25%
We currently use GE iFix frequently and also frequently use rockwell HMI's. Sometimes we develop panelviews and sometimes we develop on a PC.
So, as you can see, we are kind of all over the place. My objective is to develop more modern looking HMI systems that are cost effective and will work with our systems. We usually have around 300 tags on our HMI and our PLC code is usually pretty simple. We usually require data history and recording.
It would be really cool if we could develop on a large tablet with touchscreen capability. Maybe something like a Microsoft Surface tablet? It would be really cool if I could develop screens using web design skills, instead of within' a prepackaged HMI development software. Is this possible? Has anyone done this? Wireless capability would be a plus too.
I'm looking for any suggestions and/or examples that you have to modernize and standardize our HMI approach. Thanks for your help!
I am looking to improve our company's HMI systems. I would love some suggestions on how to do this. We use a number of different PLC's. Here's my estimate of the PLC's that we use:
-Rockwell Control/CompactLogix: 75%
-Siemens/Omron/Mitsubishi/GE/Misc.: 25%
We currently use GE iFix frequently and also frequently use rockwell HMI's. Sometimes we develop panelviews and sometimes we develop on a PC.
So, as you can see, we are kind of all over the place. My objective is to develop more modern looking HMI systems that are cost effective and will work with our systems. We usually have around 300 tags on our HMI and our PLC code is usually pretty simple. We usually require data history and recording.
It would be really cool if we could develop on a large tablet with touchscreen capability. Maybe something like a Microsoft Surface tablet? It would be really cool if I could develop screens using web design skills, instead of within' a prepackaged HMI development software. Is this possible? Has anyone done this? Wireless capability would be a plus too.
I'm looking for any suggestions and/or examples that you have to modernize and standardize our HMI approach. Thanks for your help!