GE Digital, an industrial software company, introduced new generation of its iFIX and Cimplicity software, its flagship HMI/SCADA applications.. Part of the Proficy software portfolio, iFIX 2023 and Cimplicity 2023 can help to increase efficiency and accelerate development through native HTML5 HMI, MQTT, centralized deployment, and common portfolio configuration.
Designed to enable today’s connected worker with more than traditional human-machine interfaces (HMI), the new generation of iFIX and Cimplicity are designed to decrease installation and maintenance efforts using native HTML5 HMI with Proficy Operations Hub. This no-code/low-code environment also is engineered to support easier mobility, responsive design, added value with modern web functionality, security by design, and rich information where and when users need it, on the devices of their choice.
GE Digital’s new native HTML5 graphics designer and lightweight, scalable runtime are designed to offer a better, faster way to develop HMI. Companies can increase transparency and productivity with a unified operator experience that can combine iFIX or Cimplicity with other OT and IT systems, adding information such as PDFs, videos, SQL tables, work orders and more.
“The industrial workforce today can be located both on-site and remote, requires secure connectivity and collaboration tools, is often using mobile handheld and wearable devices with operating systems ranging from Windows to iOS to Android, and wants to be able to configure solutions without requiring extensive programming skills,” said Craig Resnick, vice president of ARC Advisory Group. “iFIX 2023 and Cimplicity 2023 address each of these requirements ranging from its use of native HTML5 and web-based design to its use of no-code/low-code technology, as well as providing users with low-bandwidth connectivity to an ever-growing number of IIoT sensors often being used for asset monitoring and management via its native use of MQTT technology.”
iFIX 2023 and Cimplicity 2023 provide a new MQTT5 client that can help to simplify communication and support operations optimization. The new client brings data from smart IoT sensors and devices into the SCADA application and subscribes to MQTT message bus data. Other new features for both iFIX and Cimplicity include screen-building accelerators such as auto-binding data and common configuration across the Proficy portfolio.