Compact HMI 800 is designed to the Windows standard of interaction, supplemented with an information-centric object structure, reflecting the information in the factory or plant.
Equipment in the plant is available in the system with all its associated information, be it operational status information, technical specifications, drawings, alarm lists, trends, faceplates, tag data sheets, reports, etc.
PLC’s are normally connected to Compact HMI 800 through its built-in OPC client. Since the HMI system has a built-in OPC client, finding and connecting the PLC tags and properties is a simple and fast process. For larger configurations however, the built-in, Excel-based, Bulk Data Manager is recommended for efficiency’s sake.
Compact HMI 800 supports all OPC servers on the market, meaning that any encapsulated PLC driver with an OPC interface can be connected. Connection to ABB’s AC 800M controllers is particularly easy thanks to the inclusion of the Compact Control Builder.