Pick and Place your HMI
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Pick and Place your HMI

There are many ways to irritate an operator working with automated equipment and a bad human-machine interface (HMI) implementation is right up there with the worst of them. Following these guidelines can help you pick the right HMI for your application, keep you on the good side of your operators and engineers, and also help…
HMI Best Practices for an Effective HMI Every Time
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HMI Best Practices for an Effective HMI Every Time

There are many ways to develop human machine interface (HMI) screens for machine automation and related applications, but effective implementation requires discipline in design. The look, feel and ease-of-use of an HMI can vary widely with all the tools, object libraries, animation and colors available with modern HMI software—but there are some HMI best practices…
Ethernet Drivers Added to C-more® Operator Interface Panels
Automation NotebookIssue 10 – 2008Learning ResourcesNotebook Issue

Ethernet Drivers Added to C-more® Operator Interface Panels

AutomationDirect’s C-more touch panels now support several additional protocols for the Allen-Bradley® PLC brand. New Allen-Bradley Ethernet drivers allow simple connection of multiple panels and/or multiple Allen-Bradley PLCs. ControlLogix® Ethernet/IP Tag Messaging support simplifies tag database migration since no mapping or translation is required. RSLogix™ 5000 L5K files can be imported directly, or with a…
Answers To Questions About Our New C-more Operator Panel
+Tech TopicsAutomation NotebookIssue 6 – 2006Learning ResourcesNotebook IssueOperator InterfaceProductTech Thread

Answers To Questions About Our New C-more Operator Panel

AutomationDirect’s new operator panel is packed with lots of features. We’ve compiled a list of questions and answers that address some of these features: Q: Can I use the serial port on my laptop or desktop computer to upload/download programs via the serial port on a C-more panel? A: The C-more panel is designed to communicate with a computer via…
It Takes Teamwork to Launch Products
Automation NotebookCompany TopicsFeature StoryIssue 6 – 2006Learning ResourcesNotebook IssueOperator InterfaceProduct

It Takes Teamwork to Launch Products

In the early 1990s, many automation suppliers thought that using a direct catalog channel to offer automation products was too risky to attempt. There were concerns such as getting customers to buy from a company they couldn’t physically see, assisting them in selecting products, technical support, return and warranty issues and so on. Because of…
New Generation HMI Now Available
Automation NotebookIssue 6 – 2006Learning ResourcesNotebook IssueOperator InterfaceProduct

New Generation HMI Now Available

AutomationDirect has released its totally new and radically improved operator touch panel line, C-more, manufactured by parent company Koyo Electronics, part of the multi-billion dollar Seiko group. C-more touch panels are programmed using C-more programming software and provide power and flexibility through a vast set of features. The panel displays are available in either grayscale (15 shades of gray)…