Siemens HMI or PC application Which is better?
One of the questions you usually ask me is a Siemens HMI screen or a PC application that connects to the PLC? What is better?
The answer, as almost always is… it depends.
Siemens HMI or a PC application
By elaborating the answer a little more, we can see the advantages and disadvantages of each one.
Siemens HMI: basic and comfort panels
Siemens HMI screens are primarily intended as HMI, that is, as an interface between man and machine to be able to view states and input of command and certain data. Furthermore, Siemens HMIs are intended for an industrial environment.
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They are tactile, with physical buttons in some cases with a high degree of protection against what we can find in the industry (typically IP65).
They are robust, and in general, they tend to give little war.
They …
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