DESIGN OF HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE FOR PLC BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM

Recent developments in Human Machine Interface (HMI) have brought remarkable advances in performance, flexibility and openness. Selecting a HMI interface for PLC based automation system that will meet the needs of the process over the projected life time of control system requires consideration of many issues. This paper describes soft and hard issues concerning the selection and design of Human Machine Interface for PLC based Automation System. The designed strategy proposed here can be streamlined to avoid excessive paperwork.