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Published inJun 2023
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Olushola Akande
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Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Introducing HMIs

HMIs can be seen as graphical interfaces that allow humans and machines to interact. We have learned that PLCs can control and automate industrial machines. HMIs, on the other hand, allow humans to interact or communicate with machines. No matter how we automate a process, we still need a human (an operator) to start or initiate the process, perform other functions, and get feedback on the machine’s operation.

HMIs allow humans to give commands to PLCs to control a process and also receive feedback from PLCs about the process. With HMIs, the human operator can interact with, monitor, and control machines via the PLC. The HMI is usually connected to the PLC via a communication cable, depending on the protocol being used (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, Profibus, or Modbus). This chapter does not discuss protocols. We will look into protocols in Chapter 13, Industrial Network and Communication Protocols Fundamentals. However, we will use Profinet as the protocol to...

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Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
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