I spent the better part of the week at a hotel in Duluth, Georgia, while attending GE iFIX Training with co-workers. iFIX is a Process and Hybrid Manufacturing application that offers scan based operation, ideally suited to applications requiring consistent performance and known response times. It is similar to applications like Rockwell RSView, and Wonderware InTouch. HMI and SCADA applications are typically industry specific, and are generally only found in control automation applications that interface with industrial PLCs. It was a good experience, and gave me a good impression of what can and cannot be easily accomplished in current HMI applications. I intend on attending a similarly structured course on GE Fanuc PLC ladder logic in the months to come.