Web-based HMI development for machines

If you’re searching for a powerful web-based HMI platform that’s PLC vendor agnostic, easy to use, and plays nice with modern dev tooling, check out Smart HMI’s WebIQ 🌐⚙️.

The WebIQ Designer tooling offers an intuitive WYSIWYG for laying out your screens and widgets, while also adhering closely to “container layout” concepts that are ubiquitous in the world of web technology. These are the basis for responsive HMIs that can adapt to different screen sizes and resolutions 📱💻.

While you can edit your HMI project graphically through the drag-and-drop interface, it is stored on your filesystem as plain-text files—HTML, JS, CSS, and the like 📝. This means these projects are ready to version control right out of the gate with tools like Git ✅. Take a look at the folder structure of a sample WebIQ project below.

Connecting to live PLC data is easy using WebIQ’s built-in OPC UA client 🔌—and Smart HMI even hosts a public OPC UA server for easy testing of this connectivity with dummy data.

Tools like WebIQ make it easy to build powerful machine HMIs while leveraging modern software development practices 💡.

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