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Alan Boyd

I would like to use Microsoft Visio to develop HMI screens. Anybody doing this now? If so, any comments?
 
I haven't seen it used as an HMI for an automation application. I have seen a demo Oracle does where they use it as a user interface to their product configurator. Visio exposes all of its functionality as COM objects, so Oracle
was able to have it provide a graphical user interface. Their configurator provided product information that controlled how the user interface would work. Visio allowed the user to drag and drop a wiring diagram to configure a piece of power distribution equipment. It was slick.
 
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Kerry L. Schrank

In another month, you will be able to use Visio to develop your control system and your HMI screens as Visio will be the front end for Think&Do Software!

Kerry L. Schrank
www.thinkndo.com
 
We have used Visio as a platform to create "function block logic" for our PLC's/RTU's. On completion of the drawing, a program generates the actual downloadable file. As part of this whole package, we can put the drawing in real-time mode and see live values in the drawing. (Sort of HMI) The other thing that we do with visio is to generate background 'pictures' for our HMI. Live data is then super-imposed on the background. This is VB
based.
Contact [email protected] for more info.
 
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Francus, West (IndSys, GEFanuc, Albany)

DataViews has this capability, see www.dvcorp.com, specifically:

http://chef.dvcorp.com/dataview.nsf/f06b21ef40e43aca852568f2005f97fa/da95fd3
3f9d090048525694b00628750?OpenDocument
DataViews for Visio (Windows 98,2000 & NT)

http://chef.dvcorp.com/dataview.nsf/89c726ec259f7bd78525694e000d4899/f470cd7
57d43a9048525694b0062d205?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,visio
DataViews for Visio Add-On (Windows 98,2000 & NT)

http://chef.dvcorp.com/dataview.nsf/89c726ec259f7bd78525694e000d4899/cf070dd
c6ba4a2b9852568dc00704463?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,visio

and features are at
http://chef.dvcorp.com/dataview.nsf/f06b21ef40e43aca852568f2005f97fa/b62e73f
ff17c79ee8625696e005b2c92?OpenDocument

Regards,

West Francus
GE Fanuc Automation, NA
 
You might like to check out a new product by "Think and Do" software. They offer an inexpensive PC based control and HMI package that uses Visio to develop and edit graphics. I saw a demonstration of it last week...looks really good. You can check them out at www.thinkanddo.com.
 
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