The Problem: Operator awareness of the process is critical to plant safety and performance. As such, the design of the operator’s environment is critical — however, many process control systems continue to operate with interface (display and keyboard) attributes that are far less logical, intuitive, clear and easy to use than possible with today’s technology.
The ProSys Solution: Interface Dynamics is a human-machine interface (HMI) library that supports process-operator interface goals for:
- Process displays
- Historical trends and data
- Operations Data
- Control System Data
Interface Dynamics was developed to provide operators with a clean, reliable interface to:
- Safely operate the plant – identify and resolve plant problems; and
- Efficiently operate the plant – identify areas of operation that are deviating from desired values and encourage operator response.
In building Interface Dynamics, ProSys considered all components of the process-operator interface:
- Event notification – alarms (process and control system integrity) and messages
- On-demand information – process displays; historical trends and data; operations data (procedures, operating limits, etc.); and control system data, such as configuration
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