WebIQ and ctrlX AUTOMATION join forces
Bosch Rexroth was convinced by the common philosophy, the demands on our tool and its functionality. Smart HMI is a new partner of Bosch Rexroth and WebIQ will be the visualization tool for the new platform ctrlX AUTOMATION! WebIQ [...]
WebIQ 2.7 – FreeStyle by using IQ Widgets
Widgets are basic modules of every HMI. Well-made widgets lead to better HMIs with optimal usability and allow efficient engineering. For this reason we revised the widget library in WebIQ release 2.7. We created a completely new generation of [...]
WebIQ 2.6 with a lot of new functions
Smart HMI's HMI / SCADA toolbox WebIQ reached a new functional level. You are now able to manage arrays and structures in the new process data manager. Create your very own widget library by using the new composite widgets. [...]
Christmas-Release: WebIQ 2.5.0 – be curious what awaits you!
Also this year we are following our tradition and finish the year with the Christmas release of the Web HMI / SCADA Toolbox WebIQ: WebIQ Release 2.5.0 - be curious what awaits you! The following new or opitimized features [...]
Article Now Online: How to Operate in the Future
Interfaces between devices or machines and humans are increasingly being driven by digital transformation - especially because of our experience with smartphones and co. Four steps are helping you to tailor your Human Machine Interfaces to these needs. Read [...]
SPS 2019: Thank you for your visit and your interest in WebIQ
In intensive 3 days we had a lot of interesting and exciting discussions. This year, Smart HMI presented a current customer project that shows how appealing and individualized web visualization can be. The days of one HMI resembling another [...]
HMIs for the Digital Transformation in four steps
The digital transformation is currently a mega-topic in the industry. Andreas (Smart HMI) and Armin (UID) have tackled the topic and written down their experiences on "how to prepare HMIs for the digital transformation" in an article for the [...]
Back from the K2019
Here you can feel the heartbeat of the plastics and rubber industry: at the K2019 in Dusseldorf. We had three days full of impressions, discussions and new contacts. The visits to our customers Reifenhäuser, iNOEX and Fecken + Kirfel [...]
Smart HMI at the K 2019
From October 16 to 23, the world's largest plastics exhibition takes place in Dusseldorf, the K 2019 and Smart HMI taking part. Three Smart HMI customers present their latest Web HMIs created with the Web HMI / SCADA Toolbox [...]
Use of Linux-based systems for visualization in HMI systems
Linux systems offer many advantages Since the mid-1990s, PC systems have been increasingly used in the automation of production machines. In addition to networking and control, its usage particularly includes the operation of the machines [...]
WebIQ 2.4 – Just work together!
WebIQ 2.4 is now available and brings a new and interesting feature We have come a long way closer to our goal of making WebIQ the most user-friendly tool for creating web-based HMIs! As announced in the release of [...]
HTML5 Meets OPC-UA: Web Technology In Factory Automation
OPC Unified Architecture, OPC UA for short, is a standardized and secure solution for machine communication in modern factory automation. The cross-platform standard is based on the specifications of the OPC Foundation and is now [...]
WebIQ Designer: Designed For HMI Professionals By UX Experts
Miriam Bottesch is working as a User Experience Designer at the User Interface Design GmbH. She has extensive experience in the user-centered design of products from various industries. Miriam Bottesch studied communication design at the [...]
Touch It (Design Of Multitouch HMIs) – Part 3
Choose The Right Gestures With the advent of multi-touch interaction, a real race has broken out. Companies such as Apple, Microsoft or Google have patented a variety of touch gestures for their mobile smart devices. [...]
Touch It (Design Of Multitouch HMIs) – Part 2
Make Your Touch Interaction Natural In natural interaction, we take advantage of the knowledge of what each person brings from their natural environment, such as: the existing knowledge about physics from the everyday experience, etc. [...]
Touch It (Design Of Multitouch HMIs) – Part 1
Multitouch has become standard for many industrial HMIs. Smartphones and tablets have shown us the way. Nevertheless, there are some things to consider when you are designing a multitouch HMI. Below we have compiled the [...]
Meaning Of Usability And User Experience In HMI Design
Interview With Franz Koller Franz Koller is the founder and Managing Director of User Interface Design GmbH (UID). The graduate computer scientist previously led the market strategy team Interactive Products at the Fraunhofer IAO and [...]
Simplicity vs. Usability
Usability is now a hygiene factor in HMI design. You don't find any specifications for the HMI design, in which the easy-to-use and intuitive interaction is not required. And now Simplicity? Is not that the same? No, as Giles [...]
HMI Design For Color Deficient Viewers
Color vision problems are more common than people think. Approximately 8 to 9% of men and 1% of women suffer from it. That Almost every 20 users of an HMI has color vision deficiency! In occupations dominated by men, [...]
Multiscreen Experience Design
Who has ever created a mobile HMI knows the problem: There is no longer the one control panel you design for. The target devices vary in screen size, aspect ratios, and resolution, especially when designed for multiple operating systems. [...]
Standards And Guidelines For Human Computer Interaction
It is always helpful to know the most important norms and standards for human-computer interaction when planning an HMI development. Here is an overview of the most important: The most established standard is probably the EN ISO 9241 "Ergonomics [...]