ForgeHMI is a professional HMI screen designer for macOS that auto-generates operator interfaces directly from your ForgeOps machine configuration. Design screens on your Mac, deploy to any browser-accessible panel PC. No SCADA license required.
Why it's different
"Generates motor, VFD, conveyor, robot, and safety screens automatically — from your ForgeOps config."
HMIAutoGenerator reads your machine's IO list and device types. A VFD entry becomes a speed setpoint faceplate with run/stop/fault indicators. A conveyor entry becomes a status panel with speed feedback and E-stop indicator. No screen drawing required.
"HTML5 runtime — deploy to any panel PC with a browser. No proprietary runtime license."
The exported HTML file connects via WebSocket to ForgeOps tag server. Live tag data updates at 100ms. Works on Windows panel PCs, iPad kiosks, or any browser. No WinCC, no FactoryTalk View license, no per-screen runtime fee.
"Ignition XML export — for sites already running Ignition, screens load as a native project."
Exports Ignition 8.1 component format. Buttons, indicators, numeric displays, and trend charts map to their Ignition equivalents. Import via Gateway → Designer → File → Import.
Connect to ForgeOps, click Auto-Generate, and have a working HMI in the time it used to take to draw one screen.
Point ForgeHMI at your ForgeOps instance. The tag browser loads your machine's IO list, device types, and signal names automatically.
Click Auto-Generate. HMIAutoGenerator creates one screen per device type: motor faceplates, VFD control panels, conveyor monitoring, robot cell status, safety zone indicators.
Drag widgets, resize panels, add trend charts, change layouts. Everything in the auto-generated screens is editable. Add custom screens for your specific machine logic.
Export as HTML5 (WebSocket runtime, deploy to any browser), or Ignition XML (import to existing Ignition project). Screen updates deploy instantly — no PLC download required.
Reads your machine's IO configuration and generates screens for every device type — motor, VFD, conveyor, robot cell, safety zone.
Full screen designer with buttons, gauges, numeric indicators, trend charts, tank levels, conveyor animations, and alarm banners.
Deploy to any panel PC running a browser. WebSocket live data. No proprietary runtime license.
Export screens to Ignition 8.1 project format. Sites already running Ignition import directly into Designer.
Built-in tag browser connects directly to ForgeOps. Every IO point, every signal, every calculated value — available for any widget.
Pre-built screen templates for the most common machine types. Start from a template, not a blank canvas.
100ms
Tag update rate
WebSocket push from ForgeOps tag server
6
Device types auto-generated
Motor, VFD, Conveyor, Robot, Safety, Gantry
0
Runtime license cost
HTML5 — any browser, any panel PC
Ignition 8.1
Native XML export
Imports directly to Ignition Designer
ForgeHMI sits at the operator-facing end of the Forge stack — reading from ForgeOps and ForgePLC, deploying to the shop floor.
ForgeOps
Provides live tag server and IO configuration
ForgePLC
Tag definitions from PLC program
Panel PCs
HTML5 runtime deployed to any browser
Ignition
Window XML export for existing Ignition sites
Start with your ForgeOps machine configuration. Screens generate in seconds.