Title
Using Android Devices as Mobile Extensible HMIs
Abstract
Manufacturing processes are currently visualised and controlled using dedicated Human Machine Interface (HMI) components. These single-use devices are typically located at fixed locations in the production hall. This poses significant constraints regarding mobility and extensibility. Smartphones can provide an interesting complementary HMI solution to those standard HMI components. Smartphones provide a mobile solution which allows engineers to access production process data (e.g. access sensor values or PLC logs) from anywhere in the field. Moreover, software on smartphones can be easily extended to provide additional functionality such as access to company services, resources on the Internet or interaction with IoT devices installed in the industrial network. This paper presents the design of a mobile extensible HMI using the Android platform. The design focuses on tackling the security requirements associated with smartphone access to the industrial control system network. The design relies on the Android for Work framework contained in the Android 5+ platform. A prototype setup is realized, illustrating the feasibility of the proposed solution.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/IoTSMS.2018.8554884
2018 Fifth International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security
Keywords
Field
DocType
Android,IIoT,HMI,CPS,Case study,Best practice
Android (operating system),Computer science,Computer network,Industrial control system,Scheduling (production processes),Software,Human–machine interface,Extensibility,Integrated circuit,Operating system,The Internet
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-9586-9
0
0.34
References 
Authors
11
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michiel Willocx100.68
Jan Vossaert2135.00
Vincent Raes300.34
Vincent Naessens48619.70