2017 HMI Software & Hardware Study: 5 high-level findings

6/1/2017

Respondents to theControl Engineering2017 HMI Software & Hardware studyunveiled five key findings regarding what end users expect and how they purchase or specify human-machine interface (HMI) software and hardware:

1. Justifications:The top situations in which end users purchase new HMI software and/or hardware are an automation upgrade (28%), a new installation (20%), and an operations/engineering upgrade (11%).
2. Annual spend:Over the past 12 months, the average respondent?s company was estimated to have been spent $127,000 on HMI software and hardware; and an average of $123,000 is expected to be spent in the next year on these products.
3. Operating systems:Microsoft Windows 7 (60%) and Microsoft Windows 10 (37%) are the most commonly used operating systems by respondents? HMI software.
4. Cybersecurity:Sixty-one percent of respondents reported that their companies restrict access to HMIs in an effort to protect these devices; 57% have increased password protection procedures.
5. Mobility:One-third of respondents? use human factors or ergonometric considerations in regard to their HMI, and 25% use a mobile industrial HMI device.

Access the full 2017 HMI Software & Hardware Report to view additional findings.

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