HMI devices with integrated user-defined behavior

摘要

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates utilizing a human machine interface (HMI). An interface component can facilitate receipt of data. A human machine interface (HMI) component communicatively coupled to the interface component can include a device with a pre-programmed primitive the device employs a user-defined functionality via the received data.

主权项

1. A system for configuring a human-machine interface (HMI), comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement components the system, the components comprising:
an interface component configured to receive input data that defines custom functionality to be added to a default functionality of an HMI device available for inclusion in an HMI application, wherein the input data is written in a same programming language as a language of a control program of an industrial controller; and an HMI component configured to modify a device definition that defines the default functionality based on the input data to associate the custom functionality with the HMI device, wherein the device definition is written in the same programming language as the language of the control program.