The Web HMI / SCADA Toolbox
WebIQ is the first 100% web based industrial HMI / SCADA toolbox from web HMI expert Smart HMI, which works like a CMS (Content Management System).
WebIQ allows the effortless creation of industrial web HMIs, web apps and dashboard apps without web programming knowledge. Connect your process via OPC UA. Create your solution visually with pre-defined widgets by using drag&drop. Configure access rights, alarms, historical data or recipes. Run your HMI in any web browser on a PC, touch panel or smart device, such as a tablet or a smartphone.
WebIQ Creates In A Smarter Way…
Web HMIs
Your web-based HMI for machine and process systems with multi-touch interaction and the highest design approach.
Web Apps
Your fully responsive industrial web app for mobile use on tablets and smartphones.
Dashboard Apps
Your clear dashboard app with remote real-time visualization of production data.
Powerful HMIs And Apps Created With WebIQ
WebIQ Combines Individuality With The Flexibility Of A Standard Tool
With WebIQ we have developed a toolbox with built-in SCADA functionality and predefined widgets which allows anyone to create intuitive and appealing web-based HMIs, industrial apps and dashboards.
Tailored widgets and graphical design according to your CI are of course also possible. If you have normal web programming skills you can easily customize existing widgets, develop your own widgets, integrate widgets from other frameworks or create your own CSS theme.
If desired we can help you customize your HMI or app to your individual needs. Together with our designers and developers we extend WebIQ specifically to make your HMI or app unique in the market.
Your Benefits With WebIQ
Fully Drag & Drop WYSIWYG Editing – Reduce Development Costs
No programming knowledge required: with WebIQ you drag&drop and configure your HMIs or apps instead of programming them. Create your screens easily with 100% WYSIWYG directly inside a web browser view. Reduce your development costs and time significantly for your future HMIs and apps.
And for special requirements you can create local scripts or custom design classes in the fully integrated script editor.
Your HMI Quick-Start: More Than 50+ Widgets Already Included
WebIQ offers more than 50 standard widgets. Included are general UI controls such as buttons, selection boxes etc. but also more advanced gauges and value displays. Even very sophisticated widgets such as an alarm list, a trend display and a recipe editor are part of the toolbox by default. Many widgets are even available in different versions. This is cost efficiency and a short time-to-market.
If you need more you can easily extend WebIQ with your individual widgets. Combine standard widgets into composite widgets and build up your own widget library. Integrate self developed widgets or widgets from other frameworks such as Chart.js, jQuery and three.js.
Create Professional Fully-Responsive Industrial HMIs and Apps
Design once, run everywhere: WebIQ enables resolution-independent layout and responsive design without web know-how. You can run your HMI or app on different devices and display formats – whether on your touch-panel, PC, notebook, tablet or smartphone.
Online Data Delivery In Real-Time
WebIQ provides standard interfaces like OPC UA as well as individual communication protocols. This enables you to display process data or status information online within your Web HMIs or apps, nearly in real-time.
WebIQ is based on an edge-server architecture and connects the world of automation to any web client or cloud service. This makes it ideal for I4.0 and IIoT applications.
WebIQ is Scalable, Open and Platform-Independent
Web technology is a mature, independent and future-proof standard which is open and extendable. Your HMIs made with WebIQ can smoothly adapt to new technologies because they benefit from the rapid development cycle of web technology.
If you want to you can also easily integrate open source libraries like Chart.js, jQuery, Paho MQTT, three.js, etc. to use them in your HMIs and apps. For the most popular libraries we also provide ready-made packages to download and install in WebIQ Designer.
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Software Versions
Free Version | Runtime License | Developer License | |
|---|---|---|---|
€000 | €X00 | €X00 | |
| — | Per Installation / Machine | Per Developer | |
| Runtime (Server) | WebIQ Connect for Windows, Linux or Raspberry Pi | WebIQ Connect for Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi or as Docker Container | WebIQ Connect for Windows |
| Development Environment | WebIQ Designer for Windows | — | WebIQ Designer for Windows |
| Supplied Widgets | More than 40 Standard Widgets | More than 40 Standard Widgets | More than 40 Standard Widgets |
| Data Sources Maximum number of connections to data sources, such as PLC, etc. (IO-Handler) | Max. 1 (OPC UA) | Depending on license | Unlimited |
| Process Variables Maximum number of process variables (tags/items) that can be displayed with the HMI Toolbox WebIQ | Max. 30 | Depending on license | Unlimited |
| Client Connections Maximum number of client connections (browser windows) that can be displayed simultaneously | Max. 1 | Depending on license | Unlimited |
| Runtime Expiration | Never | Never | After 1 Year |
| Ask for our discounts if you need more than one runtime license. | |||
Technical FAQ
- Runs on all operating systems and Internet-enabled or web-equipped end-devices
- Efficient, running in the browser or download as app
- Easy software upgrades via a central application server
All web HMIs and apps created with WebIQ are single-page web applications (single-page application, SPA for short).
A single-page web application is a web app whose contents are reloaded dynamically and contextually. This modern web architecture enables complex multi-page HMIs / apps with high performance interaction (e.g., when switching to another page or displaying a dialog) and dynamically generated menu structures. In contrast to conventional websites, SPAs also store the application status in the Web client. This enables applications with a large number of content pages and areas similar in design to established desktop apps.
In addition to WebIQ, many well-known web frameworks are based on SPA architecture, e.g. Angular, React, Knockout, Vue and many more.
The WebIQ Server (WebIQ Connect) is written in the C++ programming language and is portable to various operating systems. Besides the standard Windows distribution the server is also available for Linux systems.
Due to its small size WebIQ can also be used on small devices such as the Raspberry Pi and similar ARM systems etc.
For any cross-platform application or Linux distributions not downloadable yet please contact our sales department for custom build versions.
The integrated code editor can be used to write custom JavaScript programs as well as CSS classes for specific design adaptations. Using the so-called LocalScript control, JavaScript programs can be executed in the context of the HMI.
For web developers it is also possible to edit and test the projects created with WebIQ with an editor or a development IDE and then re-edit them with WebIQ Designer.
WebIQ has a built-in package manager that allows you to add or update your own custom extensions to an HMI project. These packages can contain the following:
- Custom template applications (starter apps)
- Custom themes / responsive designs
- Custom Controls (widgets) and libraries (JavaScript, Icons, …..)
- LocalScripts (JavaScript program logic)
Package management includes built-in versioning so that updated packages can be detected and the affected Web HMI projects updated.
Using a standard SQLite ODBC driver you can easily access historic data from the WebIQ database and import it into other databases like MySQL.
Alarm Management
- Unlimited alarm definitions and messages
- Alarm conditions and limits
- Acknowledge, comes/ goes timestamps
- Context values and attributes
Connectivity
- Unlimited PLC Handler/ OPC-UA clients *
- Unlimited process items *
- Unlimited concurrent clients *
* depends on hardware and license
Engineering Tool WebIQ Designer
- Drag & drop layout editor
- Configuration of PLC handlers (OPC-UA clients), alarms, data-recorder,…
- Integrated package handler for custom widgets, designs, scripts,…
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (32 and 64 bit)
Runtime (Server) WebIQ Connect
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (32 & 64 bit)
- Linux (glibc >=2.20 (32 & 64 bit))
- Raspberry Pi (Raspbian Linux)
- Available as Docker Container
- Supports industry-grade TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3 encryption
Recorder & Trends
- Unlimited data recorders
- Define recording intervals, aggregates, thresholds, lifetime
- Trend display, display live trend, historic trend, zoom and pan by gestures
Users Groups & Access Rights
- Defining users and user groups
- Defining access groups for items
- Password validity, per-user auto-logout, per-user locale
Localization
- Unlimited number of localizations (languages)
- Import/ export language files as JSON & CSV
- Support of UTF-8 international character set
- Online unit conversion
Code Editing
- Edit and integrate local scripts (JavaScript)
- Edit and integrate CSS Code
- Integrated editor with code highlighting and syntax check
Layouting
- Drag & Drop, Copy & Paste
- Style and configuration editor
- Built-in preview
- WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Publishing
- Import & Export as ZIP-Datei
- Import versioned packages
- Full source code available in app
Data base
- Integrated SQLite database engine
- Stores thousands of process items per second **, more than 1 billion datasets per recorder
- Access with external interfaces and tools like ODBC, SQLite API, etc.
** depends on the hardware
Protocols and extensions
- Integrated web server with HTTP/ HTTPS protocols
- WebSocket server (ws/wss)
- Extensive API to access all server functions using web sockets
- Server extension e.g. by a Node.js application