Engineering

The TwinCAT HMI integrates into the Visual Studio® development environment from Microsoft. TwinCAT3 provides the free Visual Shell, which can also be used with the TwinCAT HMI. This allows you to develop the PLC and the HMI in one tool. TwinCAT HMI Creator is an editor for graphical development of the HMI. The TwinCAT HMI framework comes with predefined controls. Communication with the TwinCAT HMI Server takes place via secure network connections. The TwinCAT HMI Server has a modular structure. HMI Server Extensions provide additional functions. Furthermore, you can develop your own customer extensions to execute non-real-time-relevant business logics centrally in the server. The TwinCAT ADS protocol (Automation Device Specification) is supported, which enables communication with all TwinCAT devices.