Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HSM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert HSM to another file type
To convert your HSM file to another format, you need Carel pCOWeb or other Developer software.
Convert a file to HSM
To convert other file formats to the "Project & Configuration File" file type, you need software like Carel pCOWeb or a similar tool.
About HSM files
The .HSM extension serves multiple distinct industries, making it a frequent source of confusion. Its most common technical application is as a HMI Screen Model for Carel Industries pCOWeb systems. These files define the interface logic for HVAC and refrigeration controllers and are often proprietary ZIP-based containers that cannot be viewed without specific industrial software. In the documentation sector, .HSM refers to a HelpSmith Project file by IvaSoft. This is a strictly 'source' format used to author help files; to distribute this content to users, you must convert the .HSM project into PDF, HTML, or CHM (Compiled HTML Help). Finally, the extension appears in gaming as a 'Hit Sound Machine' script in The Sims or a music definition file in Hypnospace Outlaw. A common problem for .HSM files is their lack of interoperability - you cannot open a Carel automation file in a document editor. For archiving and sharing, HelpSmith projects should invariably be converted to PDF, while game-based HSM files often require extraction to JSON or TXT to become readable.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HSM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert HSM file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Carel pCOWeb or similar software from the "HMI Screen Model" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to HSM, try Carel pCOWeb or another comparable tool in the "HMI Screen Model" category.
The HSM Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our HSM converter.