Why EZTouch HMIs are a good replacement for PV+

EZTouch HMI, more rugged, twice as bright, higher resolution, high performance, NEMA 4x Class I DIV II, with detachable front option that cuts two thirds programming time and much more at half to one third the price.

No one has ever gotten fired for saving $3,000 on an HMI screen.

EZtouch brightness is already higher than PanelView Plus but it will soon to double.

2 FOR 1 AND SOON TO BE 3 FOR 1. PV+ HMIs are assembled in Mexico with components Made in China. Mexico has just announced 50% tarrif on all imports from January 2026. Mexico has a 30% tariff rate, soon to be 50% when shipping to USA. This will mean that a PV Plus Standard 10” is going to cost around $6,500.

PanelView will continue to have Long Lead Time Issues of over 3 months, Uncertain Delivery and Uncertain Prices particularly because of recent tariff developments.

Why EZ7 EZTouch with detachable and hot swappable display and touchscreen is truly the best replacement for PanelView's

Detachable Hot Swappable Metal Front NEMA 4x Class 1 Div 2 as a great replacement for PanelView's.

Front with display and touch screen can be hot swapped in less than 2 min and requires no change, no wiring or programming.

HMI communication end of EZ7 continues to communicate to the connected PLC even when the display/touch screen goes out which can be hot swapped in <2 mins.

EZ7 Detachable Metal Front (NEMA 4x Class 1 Div 2) not only reduces your down-time dramatically, it is a much more rugged construction for a stable touch screen and display as compared to plastic housing of PanelView.

EZ7 mounts in the same hole as PanelView Plus 7.

EZ7 is a drop-in replacement for Panelview, it can be mounted using the same cut-out as PanelView but with an addition of a mounting interface plate.

EZAutomation/AVG has been a licensed partner of Rockwell since middle 80's. Whereas Rockwell has discountinued it's support for DH+/RIO protocol since 2010, EZAutomation still supports DH+/RIO protocol in all it's products including EZTouch.

Unique Capabilities of EZTouch not available in Rockwell's PanelView's:

Patented HMI On-Line Edit to change or edit screen objects live on the fly without turning the machine off. Great Feature to avoid having to replace the entire HMI if only a repeat button that’s in constant use goes out.

MiniWiFi addition will prevent floor production interruptions, make edits 50ft away. C-More takes 20-60 minutes for edits.

OEM Utility – For those OEMs or SIs particular about protecting their IP, they could upgrade their HMIs in the field through use of an OEM Utility, which when connected to the HMI upgrades the project without needing programming software. The end user does not see the project file developed by the OEM or SI

Unique Visibility tag prevents objets from cluttering. All EZTouch HMis have an extremely innovative Visibility tag on all objects. Object appears on the screen only if the visibility tag is true. Along with EZTouch’s feature of overlapping objects, visibility tag is a great space saver on the screen.

Dual PLC Drivers with automatic tag conversion. All EZ3 and EZ7 HMIs have the capability to simultaneously talk to two PLC networks. For example, Ethernet I/P on one side and Modbus RTU on the other side communicating to a motor drive. Tags are automatically converted. This allows the two networks to communicate to each other through EZTouch.

Real Time Remote Data Monitoring and Data Acquistion saving OEM field service trips. Instead of having to send field service engineers out to customers sometimes 1000’s of miles away, this feature in EZ3 allows Remote Monitoring & Troubleshooting of customer’s machine/process.

On-Screen Recipe Edit - All EZTouch HMIs feature an on-screen recipe edit where you can edit the recipe on the HMI itself without needing to connect to a laptop with programming software.