Install LaunchPad Development System on Windows PC, and Runtime Engine on your platform (Windows PC, CE, Mobile, Smart Phones or Palm OS).

Design your HMI project (Data Source, Tag Database, Screen Objects etc.) using LaunchPad and deploy it on one or more target runtime platforms.

Connect your Runtime Platform to your machine/process controllers using suitable communication links (Serial, Ethernet, TCP/IP, WiFi, Bluetooth etc.)

Run the project to perform HMI tasks (Trending, Alarm Monitoring, Reporting, Data Entry, Data Logging, Recipes, etc.).

Select appropriate platform (PC, CE, PDA, Smart Phone) for the job.

Use same Tag Database and Screen Objects across all platforms.

Create display screens using widgets (Tanks, Scales, Gauges, Faders, Knobs, LEDs  etc.).

Display Real-Time/Historic trends on screen and log data for analysis.

Extend runtime functionality using OLE/COM/ActiveX objects.

Scan barcodes and transfer (wirelessly) to controllers.

Print Screen for an 'Instant Runtime Status Dump'.

LaunchPad Designer $300 - $900.

Runtime Engines         $270 - $1300.

Software Options        $120 - $600.

Communication links:  Serial, Ethernet, Internet, WiFi, TCP/IP, Infrared, and Bluetooth.

Protocols supported include Allen Bradley (DF1, EtherNet/IP) , Modbus (RTU, TCP), Direct Logic (DirectNet, Ecom), GE (SNP, CCM2), Siemens (PPI, PPM), Honeywell (ABC).