An adjustable automatic fluid dispensing apparatus includes one or more inlets for receiving fluid or fluids to be mixed and dispensed. A flow sensor is provided in flow communication with the inlet for sensing the amount of fluid that is passing through the apparatus. A solenoid valve is in flow communication with the inlet and flow sensor for controlling the flow amount of fluid to be dispensed. An outlet is utilized in flow communication with the inlet and flow sensor for dispensing fluid out of the apparatus into a bucket or machine reservoir. A programmable control unit is utilized for adjustably controlling any mixing of the fluids, the flow sensor and solenoid valve to dispense a desired settable amount of the fluid from the apparatus.

Technical installation data are visually preprocessed in a targeted manner in a control room or on a tablet with a touchscreen in mobile use by presenting a priority matrix. For this purpose, the interference messages are sorted, for example, horizontally with descending priority from left to right and vertically according to the installation part and are output. This largely relieves an operator of analysis and prioritization of the interference messages. The operator can therefore identify, locate and eliminate the most important interference messages in a shorter time. The number of priorities and installation parts considered is flexible since the matrix can be scaled to a wide variety of installation types, installation sizes and processes. All technical installation data relevant to assessing the situation are combined in one view. A second display area with a logical view is used to provide an overview of the complete industrial installation.

A smart valve positioner is provided with a local user interface with non-mechanical touch buttons and a display inside a positioner housing under a housing cover for locally operating the valve positioner. The touch buttons are user-operable by touching the touch buttons when the housing cover is open. The housing cover is arranged to make the touch buttons user-operable from outside the housing by touching the housing cover, when the housing cover is closed.

An HVAC controller may be configured to control one or more HVAC components within an HVAC system. The HVAC controller may include a user interface, such as but not limited to a touchscreen display, that enables a user to view and/or manipulate settings within the HVAC controller including but not limited to parameters within a programmable schedule. In some cases, the HVAC controller may provide the user with a better user experience when viewing or editing the programmable schedule.

A security system includes a control panel and sensors for monitoring conditions related to the security of a residential or commercial location. The control panel communicates with the sensors and displays information related to the operation of the security system. The control panel may also receive user input. User input can be received at a touch-sensitive display on the control panel. The touch-sensitive display may be adapted to receive and recognize multiple, simultaneous touches. Different types of touches can be associated with different actions taken by the touch-sensitive display. Detection of types of touches can also include gesture identification. A haptic response may also be provided for giving tactile feedback when input is received at the control panel.

An electronic device with a processing device and a storage device for controlling the operations of several appliances also has a pressure sensing device and a communication device. The processing device receives a press signal of a press detected by the pressure sensing device, and determines a specific command for a selected appliance based on the press signal. The specific command is transmitted to the appliance via the communication device for controlling the appliance to execute the specific command.

Food preparation apparatus and associated methods. In one method, dough is proofed in an oven compartment and then baked in the same oven compartment. Temperature and/or humidity can be controlled during proofing and/or baking cycles. A blower may be used, for example, to exhaust gas to ambient to reduce heat and/or moisture in the compartment. For example, the blower may be used between proofing and baking cycles to prepare an environment in the oven compartment for the baking cycle.

Disclosed is a device and method for alternately controlling the operation state of two treatment equipment, each of which alternately operates to treat process emissions from a semiconductor manufacturing process, with two pipelines conveying the emissions to each of the treatment equipment, and two electric heating units providing heat to each of the pipelines, wherein the control device has a human-machine interface controller, a programmable controller, and a signal transmission port, the programmable controller sequentially controlling each of the control valves and each of the electric heating units so as to cause the electric heating units to select ramping up or ramping down the power rate, respectively, to reduce the electric energy consumption of the electric heating units in a standby state, and to reduce the overall carbon emissions.

The invention relates to a hand-held operating device for operating an industrial robot, the device including a graphical operator interface having a touch-sensitive display for displaying at least one virtual operating element, which represents a function for operating the robot, and which can be operated by touching the operating element with a finger of an operating person or a pen, a control unit for controlling the graphical operator interface and for communicating with a robot controller, a haptic mark associated with at least one virtual operating element and designed as a guide, which haptic mark is arranged in a display frame; that surrounds the touch-sensitive display at least in some areas and/or is arranged in frame segments of the display frame and by means of which haptic mark the finger of an operating person or the pin can be guided in the direction of the at least one operating element.

A security system includes a control panel and sensors for monitoring conditions related to the security of a residential or commercial location. The control panel communicates with the sensors and displays information related to the operation of the security system. The control panel may also receive user input. User input can be received at a touch-sensitive display on the control panel. The touch-sensitive display may be adapted to receive and recognize multiple, simultaneous touches. Different types of touches can be associated with different actions taken by the touch-sensitive display. Detection of types of touches can also include gesture identification. A haptic response may also be provided for giving tactile feedback when input is received at the control panel.