Application Fields
Unified-E was developed with a vision: You configure the operator app for your system only once with the Unified-E App Designer and optimize the view for the stationary HMI display. Later, additional operator devices such as smartphones or tablets can be connected for remote control or monitoring without having to readjust the layout of the views.
Unified-E is ideal for creating control interfaces for production machines and manufacturing plants
Machine and Plant Operation
A large display is often used for stationary plant operation, plant images are clearly displayed, and important data such as recipe parameters are presented in clear tables.
The Unified-E App Designer as a graphical editor offers numerous functions to quickly configure plant images, such as:
- Ability to freely place elements in layers or alternatively in dynamically adjustable areas on the display.
- Integration of images (PNG and SVG) with any scaling options.
- Structuring aids by grouping graphic elements and dividing them into graphic layers.
- Template support for creating and reusing similar instances of a graphic. Templates can be flexibly reused via a parameterizable interface.
- Display templates allow central changes to colors and shapes.
Remote Monitoring via Internet
Unified-E is particularly suitable for remote monitoring via the Internet for plants that operate 24/7. Examples include waterworks, sewage treatment plants, production plants, or building automation.
With Unified-E, not only can you remotely operate and monitor actively, but emails or push notifications can also be sent to mobile devices in case of an alarm.
Smartphone in Local Network as Remote Control
Unified-E is used to control axes for calibration purposes via smartphone. With configurable alive triggers on action buttons, the controller (PLC) can monitor that communication to the smartphone is intact. In the absence of alive signals (=connection loss), the PLC control could switch to an emergency stop state after a timeout.
QR-Code Scanner
Another application in the local network is local data collection, e.g., by scanning a QR code for inventory recording or reading machine key figures. Unified-E offers the possibility to operate input fields via QR code scan instead of using the keyboard. The scanned QR code can then be further processed in a script and the result sent to other datapoints or even SQL databases.
Dashboards
Thanks to the diagram capabilities and support for data from SQL or JSON web servers, dashboards can also be quickly configured with Unified-E to visualize the current state of production, for example.
Operation with Multiple Devices
Here you configure your HMI operator app for a plant with the Unified-E App Designer and optimize the views for the stationary HMI display. Smartphones or tablets are additionally connected for remote control or monitoring without having to extend the view configuration.