Panel Express turns a PC into an HMI which can utilize all the multimedia, peripherals, monitor/screen of choice, multiple and varied ports.
June 21, 2012: Panel Express is a Windows based HMI runtime license. Panel Express turns a PC into an HMI which can utilize all the resources of a PC including multimedia, peripherals, monitor/screen of choice, multiple and varied ports--all the advantages of a high-end sophisticated HMI.
Free configuration software, PM Designer (which is also the development tool for all OPT HMI products), builds projects .The cross platform flexibility of PM Designer makes switching hardware in any application easy.
General Features
- Low cost Windows based HMI runtime
- 50 kinds of screen objects can fulfill almost all types of HMI operating and viewing needs for Machine Automation
- Support for up to 16 simultaneous communication links
- No limitation on the number of I/O points (Tags) used in an application
- Over 100 field proven communication drivers are provided for free
- Supports data collection, alarm monitoring, recipe handling, and operation logging
- Provides a complete set of useful macro commands.
- The reliable HMI engine has over 100,000 installation sites
- Brand labeling possible
Macro programs can be embedded in objects, screens, and the global process
Advanced Features
- Number of communication links can be set up to 248
- Monitors up to 64 discrete alarm blocks and 64 analog alarm blocks.
- To tally up to 65535 alarms can be defined
- Supports VNC (Virtual Network Computing)
- Supports Access, My SQL, and SQL databases
- Supports Visual Basic Script
