Tuesday, 7 January 2014

InTouch 2014: Evolving the Way We Display Information via HMI

Wonderware InTouch 2014 brings real-time visibility to a new level and transforms the way industrial user interfaces and HMIs are defined, moving from merely presenting data to the next evolution of displaying Information in context. 

Instead of developing just a library of “symbols”, the new features of InTouch enable application developers to focus on creating highly contextualized and interpretive visual content. 
With InTouch 2014, the success rate of exception handling can be improved by 37% and the total time required to complete tasks can be reduced by 41%.

InTouch 2014 includes an easy to use extensive set of ArchestrA Graphics that provides the necessary information in a clear and intuitive way, enhancing abnormal situation awareness while minimising errors by allowing operators to more clearly understand their environment and maximise productivity. 

 The Situational Awareness Library with Symbol Wizards makes it easy for application
developers to create highly intuitive visual content and custom applications specific to an event. Utilising this Library can improve operator situation interpretation time 40% faster. 

 • Dashboard Symbols
• Alarm Symbols
• Equipment Symbols
• Input Symbols
• Instrumentation Symbols
• Status Symbols
• Advanced Symbols – Polar Star
• Equipment Symbols – Valves, Agitator, Tank 
• Many other Symbols – Level Meter, Hand Switch, Output Bar, etc.

 Situational Awareness Library of Symbols fully leverages the new Alarm Borders, Element
Styles, Symbol Wizards, and the Animations. In addition, the Symbols can be customised to meet any customer specific needs or standards. 

 For example, use a library Symbol to immediately accomplish 80% of what you need, then customise the remaining 20%, saving engineering time and capitalising on symbol
design best practices. 
One of the new advanced Wizards is the Polar Star which shows a set of related process values on ‘spokes’ that form a visual  polygon. As values change along the length of the spokes, the changing shape of the polar star’s polygon is easily recognisable by operators who can react quickly to abnormal process conditions. Each spoke contains a set of custom properties to set  value set points, alarm limits, and coordinate set point locations for the normalised process value. When a process value changes from its set point location on a spoke, the animation changes the shape of the polar star polygon.

For more information on what's included in InTouch 2014 sign up to attend the Industrial Software Revolution Roadshow free events in March which will be held across 6 venues in the UK and Ireland. 

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