HQ VISU Designer owns PowerPoint screen source, templates, scripts, and package export.
Choose Mingxu products by scenario
Start by identifying whether the task is screen authoring, site runtime, point preparation, or file exchange. The main path is HQ VISU Designer exporting screen packages into HQControl runtime; HQ Scan and HQShare are standalone tools used when needed.
HQControl owns runtime, tags, access, alarms, alarm sound, trends, scripts, licensing, and operations.
HQ Scan and HQShare enter point preparation and file exchange only when the project needs them.
Keep the main path and helper tools separate
The PowerPoint plugin exports screen asset packages, and HQControl carries the site runtime. HQControl manages screen resources together with menu, i18n, permission, tag, alarm, trend, license, and related runtime configuration. TIA export and LAN file sharing enter independently when the project needs them.
For HQControl / SCADA projects that already have industrial screens and need tags, languages, menus, access control, alarms, alarm sound, trends, and runtime data connected.
For PowerPoint industrial screen authoring, PPT HMI, HTML export, HQVISU, and HQVISH projects.
For TIA Portal, DB point extraction, and symbolic-address preparation. It is a standalone data preparation tool used when needed.
For delivery package distribution, log uploads, visual-record and report exchange, and controlled LAN sharing. It runs independently from HQControl.
HQSCADA / SCADA runtime platform
HQControl is the screen runtime platform. It receives exported PowerPoint screen packages and manages tags, menus, languages, permissions, alarms, alarm sound, trends, and site runtime data.
HQControl is the Mingxu runtime platform. It receives and manages screen assets, configures menu entries, i18n, permissions, and tag master data, then brings IO workers, WebSocket, alarms, alarm sound, trends, scripts, licensing, federation, and redundancy into one site runtime.
HQVISU / PPT to HTML
HQ VISU Designer is the screen source: pages, templates, popups, scripts, animations, and HTML screen packages are prepared in PowerPoint.
HQ VISU Designer exports industrial pages, templates, popups, scripts, animations, and binding metadata from PowerPoint into HTML / SVG / JS screen packages. HQControl later loads and manages those packages, then connects tags, languages, menus, permissions, and runtime data. It fits HQVISU, HQ VISU, HQVISH, PPT to HTML, and PPT HMI projects.
TIA / PLC DB point extraction
HQ Scan is a standalone TIA / PLC DB point preparation tool used when a project needs DB points, symbolic addresses, and type results extracted from PLC engineering files.
HQ Scan works with TIA Portal projects through Openness access, opens projects or archives, scans normalizable DB points and symbolic addresses, then exports normalized-tags, tag-import, alarm-import, trend-import, hqserver-create-tags, and related results after rule review and filtering.
HQShare / LAN file sharing
HQShare is a standalone LAN file sharing tool for delivery packages, logs, visual records, reports, and field files.
HQShare is decoupled from HQControl and serves controlled LAN file exchange. Web login and roles control download, upload, rename, delete, and user management for delivery packages, patches, logs, and delivery materials.
Three common questions explained
These guides match common project questions, explain workflow boundaries, and link to the corresponding manuals.
Explains how HQSCADA scenarios map to HQControl and which screen, data, access, alarm, alarm sound, trend, and operations capabilities belong to the runtime platform.
- HQControl receives exported screen assets and runtime configuration.
- Tags, alarms, alarm sound, trends, access, menus, and scripts belong to the runtime platform.
- Federation, redundancy, and third-party IO interfaces are confirmed by deployment scope.
Explains how HQ VISU Designer exports industrial screens, templates, popups, scripts, and binding metadata from PowerPoint into page packages loaded by HQControl.
- PowerPoint is the editable screen source, not the runtime platform.
- The export package contains pages, assets, scripts, animations, and bindings.
- Runtime entry, permissions, and site data are managed by HQControl.
Explains how HQ Scan reads, reviews, and exports DB points, symbolic addresses, alarm candidates, and trend candidates from TIA Portal projects.
- Confirm the TIA Portal version and Openness access first.
- Scan scope controls which PLCs, DBs, and project-tree branches enter results.
- Exports are based on reviewed normalized point results.
Explains how HQShare provides controlled LAN file sharing for delivery packages, logs, visual records, reports, and field material exchange.
- Share only a dedicated folder, not an unrestricted file system.
- Roles control download, upload, rename, delete, and user management entries.
- Use the desktop program on Windows and systemd service on Linux.