covers important principles for designing HMI based on the industry standard ANSI/ISA-101.01-2015 (Human Machine Interfaces for Process Automation). ISA 101.01 defines specifics of the HMI design process: an HMI philosophy, HMI style guide, and HMI toolkit.
Truth: The High Performance HMI standard covers a wide range of topics that simplify the interface, speed operator response time, improve problem and alarm resolution, while reducing errors and mistakes. Yes, color and grayscale are part of the standard, but it''s not exclusively about color.
Corso Systems uses High Performance HMI (HP-HMI) design principles on our projects. This post covers the first section of the High Performance HMI Handbook, including a history of industrial HMIs, why they started out on the wrong foot, and how to design them for more effective operations.
Best Design Practices: How to Create High Performance HMI …
High performance HMI is defined as an operator-oriented interface structured for maximum eficiency, speed and ease of use. This white paper highlights how modern, smart HMI technology, combined with best design practices based on the ISA-101 standard, help create flexible and efective solutions that enhance operator and plant eficiency.
In this article, we are going to dive a little deeper and discuss the Fundamentals of High-Performance HMI Design, High-Performance HMI Standards, along with best practices.
High-Performance HMI is the industry answer for a standardized, easy to use, and more productive HMI graphics system to implement and in some cases, replace a poorly designed HMI. As we know, operator control of processes is done using a graphical representation of the process, known as an HMI, or Human Machine Interface.
The High Performance HMI Handbook from Hexagon is the first and only comprehensive book to detail the need, the design, and the implementation of an optimal Human-Machine Interface (HMI) for process operators and the automation systems used to control complex process operations.
The new generation of high-performance HMIs is designed to do this. They combine fast, intuitive navigation with simplified gray-scale graphics and integrated alarm management to eliminate information overload and heighten operator awareness.
How to Maximize Operator Effectiveness with a High-Performance HMI
A high performance HMI (HPHMI) has many advantages, including improved operator situation awareness and process surveillance, better abnormal situation detection and response, and reduced training time for new operators.
