Sending emails with SSL/TLS, STARTTLS security is fully supported: following field generated events, the HMI solution can notify operators and supervisors by email.
An alarm, a threshold crossed, the end of a production batch: whatever the event, the right people are informed immediately, even when nobody is standing in front of the HMI. The plant reports by itself, maintenance can react before a small anomaly becomes a stop, and supervisors keep an eye on production during nights and weekends without being on site.
HTTP and HTTPS requests are implemented as well, allowing the HMI solution to exchange data with web services and remote systems.
This turns the HMI solution into an active node of your company systems: production data can be delivered to corporate applications and remote platforms, and information available on the network can be brought back to the operator pages.