The industrial touch screen is an intelligent interface that connects people and machines through a touch-type industrial display. It is an intelligent operation display terminal that replaces traditional control buttons and indicator lights. It can be used to set parameters, display data, monitor the status of equipment, and describe the automated control process in the form of curves/animations. Compared with general touch screens, industrial touch screens have the advantages of fireproof, waterproof, anti-static, anti-pollution, anti-grease, anti-scratch, anti-flicker, and high light transmittance.
The design of industrial touch screens should follow the following 7 basic principles:
1. The Basic Principle of User-centered
In the design process of the system, the designer must grasp the user's characteristics and discover the user's needs. In the whole development process of the system, users' opinions should be solicited continuously. The system design decision must be combined with the user's work and application environment, and the user's requirements for the system must be understood. The best way is to involve real users in the development, so that developers can correctly understand the needs and goals of users, and the system will be more successful.
2. Sequence Principle
The designer should clarify the sequence of event processing, the sequence of visits and viewing (such as from the whole to the single item, from large to small, from upper to lower, etc.) and the control of the process flow. On this basis, design the main interface of monitoring management and human-machine dialogue and its secondary interface.
3. Functional Principle
That is to design according to the specific use function requirements of the target application environment and occasions, various subsystem control types, etc. The designed human-computer interaction interface should include multi-level menus, hierarchical prompt messages and multiple dialog boxes simultaneously, so that users can easily distinguish and grasp the rules and characteristics of the interactive interface. The friendliness and ease of operation of the equipment will therefore be improved.
4. The Principle of Consistency
Consistency principles include the same color, the same operating area, and the same text. On the one hand, interface colors, shapes, and fonts are consistent with national, international or industry common standards. On the other hand, the interface colors, shapes, and fonts are self-contained, and the colors of different devices and the same design state should be consistent. The consistency of the graphic design of the interface details makes the operator feel comfortable when looking at the interface, so as not to distract him. For new operators, or operators who deal with problems in emergency situations, consistency can also reduce their operational errors.
5. The Principle of Frequency
That is to design the hierarchical sequence of the human-machine interface and the display position of the dialogue window according to the dialogue interaction frequency of the management object, so as to increase the frequency of monitoring and access dialogue.
6. The Principle of Importance
The location and prominence of the interface's primary and secondary menus and dialog windows help managers to grasp the primary and secondary control systems, implement the control decision sequence, and achieve optimal scheduling and management.
7. Object-oriented Principle
The designer designs a suitable and friendly human-machine interface according to the operator's identity characteristics and work nature. According to their work needs, prompts, guidance and help information should be displayed in pop-up windows to improve the level and efficiency of user interaction.
Industrial touch screens are closely related to each other, whether it is for on-site controllers or for upper-level monitoring and management. The standardized design of the touch screen should be the future development direction, because it really embodies the basic principles of easy-to-understand, simple and practical, and fully expresses the people-oriented design concept. Various industrial control configuration software and programming tools provide powerful support means for making exquisite touch interface. The larger and more complex the system, the more it can reflect its superiority.
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