FactoryTalk Optix Software Platform

Revolutionizing Visualization, IIoT, Edge, Data Management

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Welcome to FactoryTalk Optix, our new platform that enhances your HMI and data visualization experience and also augments your capabilities in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), edge computing, and data management. FactoryTalk Optix accelerates value delivery by leveraging modern technologies, innovative designs, and scalable deployment options.

Improving Processes, Efficiency and Deliverables

FactoryTalk Optix can help improve your process, efficiency and deliverables – in one easy-to-access tool. Take advantage of new levels of collaboration, scalability, and interoperability to achieve your digital transformation vision.

New SaaS-enabled workflows will enable your team to collaborate any time, from anywhere, thanks to built-in change tracking and versioning that automatically keeps track of who did what and when.

Improve collaboration, scalability and interoperability to achieve your HMI vision with FactoryTalk Optix and Vault

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Visualization for Visionaries

Watch how you can use FactoryTalk® Optix™ to deploy to operator panels, industrial PCs or virtual machines running Windows or Linux.

Why FactoryTalk Optix?

Design Options

Web-based design & test
Multi-user collaboration
Integrated version management
Dynamically built projects

Deployment Options

Panel • Station • Web Clients
Supports Windows and Linux
Flexible host hardware
Pay only for what you use

Graphics Options

Responsive graphics
Multi-language
Style sheets
Reporting and dashboarding

Extensible Options

Library management
Complete OPC UA support
C# scripting capabilities
Native 3rd-party drivers

Edge & Data Options

Native IIoT connectivity & Edge Protocols
Data enablement
Object-oriented modeling
Data visualization tools for Insights

Learn more and get started with FactoryTalk Optix today

Streamline your HMI Design

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Streamline your HMI Design

Design a modern, intuitive HMI with FactoryTalk Optix, an HMI visualization platform that delivers unmatched flexibility, scalability and interoperability. Object-oriented design helps reduce development time, and built-in collaborative tools empower teams to work together more easily.

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Achieve Your HMI Vision

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Achieve Your HMI Vision

Benefit from components designed for the development and programming of intuitive, easy-to-use industrial applications. FactoryTalk Optix delivers value with modern technologies, collaborative design and scalable
deployment options.

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YouTube How-to Playlist

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YouTube How-to Playlist

Don’t wait any longer and get designing, testing and deploying applications with new collaborative workflows directly from a web browser. Check out our how-to video series to see how easy it is to get started.

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HMI Buyer’s Guide

Selecting an HMI is all about tailoring a system to your unique business needs, and today that is more possible than ever before.

The evolution of HMI technologies has laid the groundwork for some of the most important advancements in industrial automation. A modern HMI seamlessly integrates with production hardware and software, contextualizes and visualizes production data in intuitive ways, and helps make that data readily available for better-informed decisions.

Download our guide for some key considerations around HMI features, capabilities and associated benefits so you can make the right decision for your needs.

Selecting the Best HMI Solution for Your Business

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Selecting the Best HMI Solution for Your Business

Dive into some key considerations around HMI features, capabilities and associated benefits to help you make decisions for building an HMI system.

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Learn from the Experts

Watch our free webinars to learn more about FactoryTalk Optix.

Revitalize Your HMI Operations Webinar Series

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Revitalize Your HMI Operations Webinar Series

Learn how the FactoryTalk Optix end-to-end HMI solution can revitalize HMI operations across the equipment lifecycle

Duration: 60 minutes

Language: English

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Unlock the Future of Industrial Automation with FactoryTalk View

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On-Demand

Unlock the Future of Industrial Automation with FactoryTalk View

Discover the latest advancements in our HMI Application

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Benefit from the end-to-end capabilities of the FactoryTalk Optix portfolio

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What Customers Are Saying

See how customers like you are achieving their HMI vision.

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FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

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FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

Unlock new possibilities for your HMI and IIoT solutions with the FactoryTalk Optix portfolio: hardware and software designed for openness and flexibility.

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Unlock New Possibilities in HMI

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Unlock New Possibilities in HMI

A better approach to HMI is possible with FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio. Support customers across industries with a portfolio built for openness and extensibility.

Learn More
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How to Choose the Best HMI Solution

Selecting an HMI is all about tailoring a system to your unique business needs, and today that is more possible than ever before. Watch the video to learn some key considerations around HMI features and capabilities.
Revolutionizing the World of HMI

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Revolutionizing the World of HMI

Dive into the realm of modern HMI software and explore how it is revolutionizing the roles of software designers and operators within organizations.

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Accelerating Digital Transformation

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Accelerating Digital Transformation

Explore how visualization software and HMI technology enable transformation through an open, agnostic system that facilitates collaboration.

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Revitalize Your Operations

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Revitalize Your Operations

Explore six ways in which visualization software and HMI technology are assisting digital transformation and revitalizing operations.

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Top 3 Reasons OEMs Choose FactoryTalk Optix

Discover the top 3 reasons leading OEMs like Delkor and Aagard are choosing FactoryTalk Optix for their HMI operations. Hear about the benefits they have seen with real results while using software and hardware from Rockwell Automation.
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What Customers Are Saying

See how customers like you are achieving their HMI vision.

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FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

Solutions

FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

Unlock new possibilities for your HMI and IIoT solutions with the FactoryTalk Optix portfolio: hardware and software designed for openness and flexibility.

Learn More
Unlock New Possibilities in HMI

Video

Unlock New Possibilities in HMI

A better approach to HMI is possible with FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio. Support customers across industries with a portfolio built for openness and extensibility.

Learn More
Video

How to Choose the Best HMI Solution

Selecting an HMI is all about tailoring a system to your unique business needs, and today that is more possible than ever before. Watch the video to learn some key considerations around HMI features and capabilities.
Revolutionizing the World of HMI

Blog

Revolutionizing the World of HMI

Dive into the realm of modern HMI software and explore how it is revolutionizing the roles of software designers and operators within organizations.

Read Now
Accelerating Digital Transformation

Blog

Accelerating Digital Transformation

Explore how visualization software and HMI technology enable transformation through an open, agnostic system that facilitates collaboration.

Read Now
Revitalize Your Operations

Blog

Revitalize Your Operations

Explore six ways in which visualization software and HMI technology are assisting digital transformation and revitalizing operations.

Read Now
Video

Top 3 Reasons OEMs Choose FactoryTalk Optix

Discover the top 3 reasons leading OEMs like Delkor and Aagard are choosing FactoryTalk Optix for their HMI operations. Hear about the benefits they have seen with real results while using software and hardware from Rockwell Automation.
Video

What Customers Are Saying

See how customers like you are achieving their HMI vision.

Learn More
FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

Solutions

FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio

Unlock new possibilities for your HMI and IIoT solutions with the FactoryTalk Optix portfolio: hardware and software designed for openness and flexibility.

Learn More
Unlock New Possibilities in HMI

Video

Unlock New Possibilities in HMI

A better approach to HMI is possible with FactoryTalk Optix Portfolio. Support customers across industries with a portfolio built for openness and extensibility.

Learn More
Video

How to Choose the Best HMI Solution

Selecting an HMI is all about tailoring a system to your unique business needs, and today that is more possible than ever before. Watch the video to learn some key considerations around HMI features and capabilities.
Revolutionizing the World of HMI

Blog

Revolutionizing the World of HMI

Dive into the realm of modern HMI software and explore how it is revolutionizing the roles of software designers and operators within organizations.

Read Now
Accelerating Digital Transformation

Blog

Accelerating Digital Transformation

Explore how visualization software and HMI technology enable transformation through an open, agnostic system that facilitates collaboration.

Read Now
Revitalize Your Operations

Blog

Revitalize Your Operations

Explore six ways in which visualization software and HMI technology are assisting digital transformation and revitalizing operations.

Read Now
Video

Top 3 Reasons OEMs Choose FactoryTalk Optix

Discover the top 3 reasons leading OEMs like Delkor and Aagard are choosing FactoryTalk Optix for their HMI operations. Hear about the benefits they have seen with real results while using software and hardware from Rockwell Automation.

See what customers are saying about the FactoryTalk Optix portfolio

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“The FactoryTalk Optix portfolio is a gamechanger. It is an open solution that offers flexibility with a future-ready approach, and it allows us to design more innovative equipment faster through multi-user collaboration, web-based design and testing, as well as integrated version control. The FactoryTalk Optix portfolio is a big plus for us and we are very excited to have it standard on our machines.” 

Guy Lopes - Wulftec International
“FactoryTalk Optix has given us the extensibility to build a better user experience into our HMI’s and focus on our customers’ needs with a familiar and trusted brand.”

Joe Ambrose - BW Packaging Systems 
"Optix has allowed us to stop asking ‘can we?’ and start asking ‘how do we with Optix.”

Jim Tolbert - Senior Controls Engineer, Tessy Automation
“FactoryTalk Optix enhances user experience with intuitive design tools and easy deployment across various devices, making it a versatile choice for modern HMI solutions.”

Christian Davis - Senior Software Engineer, Barry-Wehmiller Design Group
“The flexibility of the FactoryTalk Optix platform is very exciting for us. As a Middleby brand in the food processing division, we are always looking for the best way to be flexible and integrate our machines with other equipment.”

Miguel Negre - Controls Engineering Manager, Drake
“[Using] scrolling menus, being able to stack and expand [objects] were ways we could simplify each of our screens and make management of the information we're putting on those screens more accessible and usable, not only for our customers but also our controls team doing design work.”

Shawn Cheney - Chief Controls Engineer, Pearson Packaging
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What Customers Are Saying

See how customers like you are achieving their HMI vision.

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Explore more and get started with a flexible, intuitive HMI, IIoT and edge solution.

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See how visualization products provide a rugged industrial computing platform for critical infrastructure and analytical solutions.
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See how OptixPanel™ graphic terminals is an all-in-one solution that’s ready to run at first power-up and costs less than an industrial PC.
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Learn more about flexible deployment choices, including dedicated panels and industrial PCs, to support a wide array of applications.
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See how FactoryTalk Optix assists companies like Delkor.
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Watch how companies like DMC benefit from our HMI solutions.
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Learn how our HMI portfolio help companies like LSI, Revolution Group.
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See how Powerhouse Controls helps their customers by using FactoryTalk Optix.
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Watch how FactoryTalk Optix helps Pyure solve their customers most challenging problems.
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Watch how companies like Sinci utilize HMI solutions to help their customers.
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Learn how FactoryTalk Optix assists companies like Wunderlich-Malec help their customers.
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Learn how our HMI portfolio help companies like West Engineering.
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See how visualization products provide a rugged industrial computing platform for critical infrastructure and analytical solutions.
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See how OptixPanel™ graphic terminals is an all-in-one solution that’s ready to run at first power-up and costs less than an industrial PC.
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Learn more about flexible deployment choices, including dedicated panels and industrial PCs, to support a wide array of applications.
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See how FactoryTalk Optix assists companies like Delkor.
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Watch how companies like DMC benefit from our HMI solutions.
Video

Learn how our HMI portfolio help companies like LSI, Revolution Group.
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See how Powerhouse Controls helps their customers by using FactoryTalk Optix.
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Watch how FactoryTalk Optix helps Pyure solve their customers most challenging problems.
Video

Watch how companies like Sinci utilize HMI solutions to help their customers.
Video

Learn how FactoryTalk Optix assists companies like Wunderlich-Malec help their customers.
Video

Learn how our HMI portfolio help companies like West Engineering.
Video

See how visualization products provide a rugged industrial computing platform for critical infrastructure and analytical solutions.
Video

See how OptixPanel™ graphic terminals is an all-in-one solution that’s ready to run at first power-up and costs less than an industrial PC.
Video

Learn more about flexible deployment choices, including dedicated panels and industrial PCs, to support a wide array of applications.
Video

See how FactoryTalk Optix assists companies like Delkor.
Video

Watch how companies like DMC benefit from our HMI solutions.
Video

Learn how our HMI portfolio help companies like LSI, Revolution Group.
Video

See how Powerhouse Controls helps their customers by using FactoryTalk Optix.
Video

Watch how FactoryTalk Optix helps Pyure solve their customers most challenging problems.
Video

Watch how companies like Sinci utilize HMI solutions to help their customers.
Video

Learn how FactoryTalk Optix assists companies like Wunderlich-Malec help their customers.
Video

Learn how our HMI portfolio help companies like West Engineering.

Explore more

Learn more about how you can build flexible, intuitive HMI, IIoT and edge solutions.

Explore more

Learn more about how you can build flexible, intuitive HMI, IIoT and edge solutions.

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FactoryTalk Remote Access Solution

With the FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ solution, you don’t have to travel to manage machines. Discover a faster way to deliver support, from anywhere.

Why Cloud?

Accelerate Time to Value

Harness the cloud and become more agile by deploying quickly and scaling based on demand. Use the increased efficiency to beat competitors to market, get to profit faster and improve return on investment.

Boost Collaboration

Transform the way you collaborate! The cloud makes it easier for suppliers, employees and customers to collaborate from anywhere in the world.

Never Lose Project Files

Files are saved to a secure FactoryTalk Vault enabling secure storage, dedicated private space, file recovery capabilities and access by anyone from anywhere with internet access and the necessary permissions.

Reduce Cost

With remote access you don’t need costly travel time and expenses to help. Customers will appreciate this – and so will your bank account.

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Why Cloud, Why Now?

The cloud is opening up a world of possibilities for Operational Technology! Hear how our cloud-native solutions can transfrom the way you work, increase productivity, and accelerate time to market.

Benefits of SaaS in the Cloud for Manufacturing

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Benefits of SaaS in the Cloud for Manufacturing

Discover 3 ways Software as a Service (SaaS) in the cloud for manufacturing can transform your business.

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Five Simple Ways Cloud Technology Can Transform How You Work

Tap into the benefits of the SaaS in the cloud! See how you can make the shift with the support you need to mitigate the risk of change and minimize disruption.

Cloud Manufacturing Tools

One place to go for collaboration and control. FactoryTalk Hub is your team’s single online destination to access Rockwell Automation’s comprehensive SaaS solutions that helps you reach your goals.

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