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Supervisory Remote Control Feature Added to the ComfileHMI
Posted on May 30th 2019
We are pleased to announce that the ComfileHMI now has a supervisory remote control feature.
As of v2.72, users can now view and control one or more ComfileHMI panel PCs remotely from a supervisory workstation PC. The feature supports a practically unlimited number of viewers with options for view only and UI interaction. The feature is available to all ComfileHMI panel PC models with Ethernet.
For more information, please see the ComfileHMI documentation.
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