What is the difference between HMI display and configuration software?

HMI products often referred to as "touch screen displays", contain HMI hardware and corresponding dedicated picture configuration software.

In general, different manufacturers of HMI hardware using different picture configuration software, the main type of equipment is connected to PLC.

Configuration software is a general tool software product running on the PC hardware platform and Windows operating system. General configuration software supports a very wide range of equipment, such as a variety of PLC, PC board card, instrumentation, inverter, modules, and other equipment, and because the PC hardware platform performance is strong (mainly reflected in the speed and storage capacity), general configuration software function is also much stronger, suitable for a large monitoring system.