Add an HMI Device
To control your application, 
"Human-machine interfaces "
Also known as computer-human interfaces (CHI), and formerly known as man-machine interfaces, they are usually employed to communicate with PLCs and other computers, such as entering and monitoring temperatures or pressures for further automated control or emergency response panels can be downloaded to a dedicated HMI device.
It can also be embedded into targeted Controllers.
- Modbus TCP is used for communication from an HMI panel's Ethernet Ethernet is a large, diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies that operate at many speeds for local area networks (LANs) port to the X32 connector on the top of a AKD PDMM or PCMM.
- Modbus ModBus is a serial communications protocol and is now the most commonly available means of connecting industrial electronic devices.
ModBus is often used to connect a supervisory computer with a remote terminal unit in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
Versions of the ModBus protocol exist for serial port and Ethernet (it is widely used with TCP/IP over Ethernet) communication may be active while programming the controller through the KAS-IDE "Integrated development environment"
An integrated development environment is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software.
IDEs normally consist of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build-automation tools, and a debugger while the AKD PDMM or PCMM is connected to a network, switch, or hub.
- The KAS-IDE is automatically linked to the KVB HMI development software, and the Modbus addresses are automatically set.
- See KDN for more information.
When running the KAS Simulator, an internal HMI editor is also available to debug the application.
See Design the HMI with the Internal Editor for more information.
