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Published inMar 2023

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Mason White

Part 4 – HMIs and Alarms

This section explores HMI design. More often than not, PLC programmers are not well versed in the art of HMI design. Generally, they do not understand how to properly lay out HMIs so operators can easily use them. Normally, HMI development is not touched on in books about PLCs, nor do PLC developers usually have a good grasp of HMI development.

The section also explores alarms. Alarms are used to avoid catastrophic issues and to report potential issues to the operator. Many PLC programmers do not understand how to effectively implement or setup alarms. As such, this section will give you an in-depth look at HMIs, HMI controls, HMI Layouts, alarms, and alarm programming.

This section includes the following chapters:

Chapter 11, HMIs — UIs for PLCs
Chapter 12, Industrial Controls — User Inputs and Outputs
Chapter 13, Layouts — Making HMIs User-Friendly
Chapter 14, Alarms — Avoiding Catastrophic Issues...

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Author (1)

Mason White

M.T. White has been programming since the age of 12. His fascination with robotics flourished when he was a child programming microcontrollers such as Arduinos. M.T. currently holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a master's degree in soft ware engineering, and is currently working on an MBA in IT project management. M.T. is currently working as a soft ware developer for a major US defense contractor and is an adjunct CIS instructor at ECPI University. His background mostly stems from the automation industry where he programmed PLCs and HMIs for many different types of applications. M.T. has programmed many different brands of PLCs over the years and has developed HMIs using many different tools.
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