// ModbusManager Runtime — for OEM machines

One Modbus HMI,
every machine you ship

Design the operator dashboard once in ModbusManager Pro, export it as a runtime package, and install it on each panel PC. The machine starts straight into the dashboard — full screen, no editor, no menus — and connects to its own devices. $39 per machine, one-time.

Order Runtime licences Build a package — free Pro trial

Windows 10/11 · same installer as Pro · try it on every machine before you buy

ModbusManager Pro Runtime: one dashboard on a 1024x768 panel, a 1920x1080 monitor and a 1280x800 laptop

▶ Watch it: one design on every machine, in about a minute

// what runtime is

Pro to design, Runtime to deploy

A machine builder ships the same machine many times. The engineer who designs the HMI needs the full editor; the hundred machines in the field only need to show that one dashboard and keep it running. Paying for a full design licence on every one of them makes no sense.

ModbusManager Runtime splits the two. You build the dashboard in ModbusManager Pro as usual, then press 📦 to export a runtime package — the dashboard, a service PIN and a start-with-Windows choice in one .mmrt file. Installed on a panel PC, it turns that PC into a kiosk for your machine.

The package carries no connection settings. Each machine keeps its own COM port or IP address, asked once on the first start, so one package fits every machine of the series.

In one sentence

Runtime is a $39 per-machine licence that runs a dashboard package made in ModbusManager Pro full screen and locked down, with a PIN-protected way back in for service.

Built for

🏭 Machine builders shipping a series
🖥 Windows panel PCs next to the machine
⚡ Pump stations, fans, energy and solar sites
🛠 Integrators who hand a finished panel to an operator

// from design to the field

Four steps to a runtime machine

Step 1

Design in Pro

Build the dashboard against a real or simulated device: gauges, tanks, pumps, trends, alarms, buttons. Any Pro licence or the free trial will do.

Step 2

Export the package

On the dashboard toolbar press 📦, name the machine or line, set a 4–8 digit service PIN and choose whether it starts with Windows. You get one .mmrt file.

Step 3

Install on each PC

Install ModbusManager Pro on the panel PC, open 📦 and choose the package. The PC restarts into the kiosk and asks once for its connection: COM port or IP address.

Step 4

Activate

Each PC shows its Machine ID. Send us the IDs, and every machine gets its own Runtime key. Until then it runs on the 14-day trial, and after that in 2-hour demo sessions.

// what the operator gets

The dashboard, and nothing else

A runtime machine is built to be left alone next to the machine it watches.

// the way back in

Service with a PIN

Only someone with the package’s PIN gets past the dashboard.

To open service	How
With a keyboard	Ctrl+Shift+F12. On many laptops and compact keyboards F12 is a media key: press Fn+Ctrl+Shift+F12.
Without a keyboard	Hold a finger or the mouse on the top-right corner of the screen for 5 seconds. A spinner appears after one second; letting go earlier does nothing.
Wrong PIN	Five wrong PINs in a row lock service for a minute.

Behind the PIN: change the connection, install another package (to update the dashboard on a machine), see the licence, make the PC an ordinary one again, or close the application. On a PC with a Pro licence there is also Open the editor — with a way back to Runtime — so you can fix a dashboard on site and put it straight into a new package.

Locking Windows itself. No application can block the Windows key or Ctrl+Alt+Del. For a panel the operator must not leave at all, use Windows’ own kiosk features — Assigned Access, or Shell Launcher on Enterprise and IoT editions — with ModbusManager as the application it starts.

// pro vs runtime

Which licence goes where?

One Pro licence for the engineer who designs; one Runtime licence for every machine that only runs the result.

Feature	Runtime — $39	Pro — $119
Runs a runtime package full screen, locked	✓	✓
Live polling, alarms, trends and writes on the dashboard	✓	✓
Service PIN, connection settings, package updates	✓	✓
Dashboard editor, 📦 package export	✗	✓
Register tables, scanner, serial monitor, Historian, gateway	✗	✓
Licence bound to	one Machine ID	one Machine ID
Price (one-time)	$39 per machine	$119

A new PC runs the package on the 14-day trial. After that, without a key, it runs for 2 hours at a time: then it stops polling and shows its Machine ID, and a restart gives another 2 hours. Enough to commission and test a machine before you order its key.

// order

Order Runtime licences

Runtime keys are ordered by e-mail — one key per machine, for as many machines as you ship.

On each machine, read its Machine ID — it is on the screen when the demo ends, and in the licence window.
Send the IDs, your company name and invoice details to license@modbusmanager.com.
You receive an invoice for $39 per machine. After payment, each machine’s key comes by e-mail: open the licence window on that machine and paste it in.

E-mail an order

// frequently asked questions

ModbusManager Runtime — FAQ

Is Runtime a separate program?+

No. Every machine gets the normal ModbusManager Pro installer. What makes a PC a runtime machine is the package installed on it; the Runtime key only licenses that use.

Do I need Pro to make a package?+

Yes — the dashboard editor and the 📦 export are Pro features. One Pro licence (or the free trial while you evaluate) is enough for any number of packages.

What happens without a licence?+

For the first 14 days the PC runs on the trial. After that the package runs for 2 hours at a time, then stops polling and shows the Machine ID with an Activate button; a restart gives another 2 hours. You can commission and test before ordering.

How do I get out of the kiosk?+

Ctrl+Shift+F12 (Fn+Ctrl+Shift+F12 on many laptops), or hold the top-right corner of the screen for 5 seconds, then enter the package’s service PIN.

What if the panel PC has a different screen resolution?+

By default the package fits the dashboard to the machine’s screen: it is scaled as a whole, keeping its proportions, and centred, so the same package works on 1024×768, 1280×800 and 1920×1080 panels and with Windows display scaling. If you prefer exact pixels, choose “Actual size (1:1)” when you export.

How do I update the dashboard on machines already in the field?+

Export a new package in Pro and install it through the service menu on each machine. Replacing a package needs that machine’s current service PIN.

Does the package contain the connection settings?+

No. Each machine is asked for its own connection on the first start and keeps it; it can be changed later in the service menu. That is what lets one package serve every machine of a series.

Can a Runtime machine later become a full Pro?+

Yes. Activate a Pro key on it in the licence window; the PC then opens as an ordinary ModbusManager Pro once the package is removed.

How is Runtime licensed and bought?+

$39 one-time per machine, bound to that PC’s Machine ID. Order by e-mail at license@modbusmanager.com with the Machine IDs; you pay an invoice and receive one key per machine.

One Modbus HMI,every machine you ship