HMI design plays a critical role in determining an operator’s ability to manage an industrial facility’s systems effectively, particularly when detecting and resolving an abnormal situation. Adopting design standards, such as those developed by groups such as ANSI and ISA, allows organizations to add valuable context to data in a way that’s consistent, clear and scalable. During this session, GrayMatter Chief Technology Officer John Benitz will discuss how water/wastewater utilities, manufacturers and other industrial organizations leverage high-performance HMI design to enhance change management practices, convert veteran operators’ unwritten rules into intuitive design elements, and reduce the learning curve for new employees.

2. ANSI/ISA HMI 101
Intuitive Information
and Guidance

3. Envision your
UI / UX Initiative

4. At A Glance: vision to quickly
detecting and resolving an abnormal
situation, which is the most important
task of an operator.
Establishing key graphics and
indications for the viewing audience.
Integrating the years of knowledge
base of the operators into graphic
representation.
WHAT IS THE
VALUE IN HIGH
PERFORMANCE
GRAPHICS

5. HOW?
Using gray scale and muted colors for
normal operation and bright red and
yellow to make abnormal operations
standout.
Review alarm strategy and
operational scaling to have the right
indications available.
Declutter and create the best user
experience hierarchy.

6. Audience
• Operators = Process, Control, Alarm Actions
• Managers = Key Performance Indication
• Maintenance = Trending, Trouble Shooting, PM, Predictive Analytics
• Schedulers = CMM, RDB interfaces, Production
• Quality = Testing, Performance, Adjustment

7. Real World
Evolution

8. HMI Evolution
1990’s 2000’s High Performance HMI
Limited Sophisticated but complex Simplified, intuitive, intelligent

9. Before After

10. More Insight

11. Dashboarding

12. Situation Awareness Examples

15. • Compliance Dashboards
• Chlorine
• Free and Total
• Levels

16. Next Steps
HMI Assessment
HPHMI Workshop
Style Guide
New Graphical Standard
Full Implementation of ISA101 Graphics

17. John P. Benitz
Chief Technology Officer
GrayMatter