A major design goal of the TSMIU was to improve user friendliness and ease-of-use. The more comfortable machine operators and maintenance personnel are with the operation of the unit, the more likely they are to use it. The TSMIU improves upon user friendliness in the following ways:

• User-selectable colors to adjust for plant lighting conditions


• Language selection at the MIU


• Easy-to-recognize icons


• Large buttons that are easy to press


• All screens and reports update in real-time