A system, comprising: a human machine interface, HMI, employed for monitoring or controlling processes in an industrial automation system and configured to display a visualization on a first screen, the first screen being part of the system; a secondary display device configured to display a scaled visualization, wherein the scaled visualization is determined based at least in part on the visualization; and a controller configured to: receive an indication that the secondary display device has been coupled to the HMI; present two or more scaling mode options on the screen or the secondary display device; receive an input that corresponds to one of the scaling modes; generate the scaled visualization by applying different scaling factors to different types of objects of the visualization; and facilitate sending the scaled visualization to the secondary display device, wherein the controller is configured to receive information identifying a type of the secondary display device, a display width of the secondary display device, a display height of the secondary display device, or a combination thereof, wherein the type of the secondary display device comprises information that corresponds to a manufacturer of the secondary display device, a make of the secondary display device, a model of the secondary display device, or a combination thereof, and wherein one type of said different types of objects is a text object, and another type of said different types of objects is a graphical object, and scaling factor applied to the text object is performed so that the scaled text of the text object is depicted without clipping or deleting portions of the text, and such that the scaled text is easily readable when rendered on the secondary display device. a human machine interface, HMI, employed for monitoring or controlling processes in an industrial automation system and configured to display a visualization on a first screen, the first screen being part of the system; a secondary display device configured to display a scaled visualization, wherein the scaled visualization is determined based at least in part on the visualization; and a controller configured to: receive an indication that the secondary display device has been coupled to the HMI; present two or more scaling mode options on the screen or the secondary display device; receive an input that corresponds to one of the scaling modes; generate the scaled visualization by applying different scaling factors to different types of objects of the visualization; and facilitate sending the scaled visualization to the secondary display device, wherein the controller is configured to receive information identifying a type of the secondary display device, a display width of the secondary display device, a display height of the secondary display device, or a combination thereof, wherein the type of the secondary display device comprises information that corresponds to a manufacturer of the secondary display device, a make of the secondary display device, a model of the secondary display device, or a combination thereof, and wherein one type of said different types of objects is a text object, and another type of said different types of objects is a graphical object, and scaling factor applied to the text object is performed so that the scaled text of the text object is depicted without clipping or deleting portions of the text, and such that the scaled text is easily readable when rendered on the secondary display device. receive an indication that the secondary display device has been coupled to the HMI; present two or more scaling mode options on the screen or the secondary display device; receive an input that corresponds to one of the scaling modes; generate the scaled visualization by applying different scaling factors to different types of objects of the visualization; and facilitate sending the scaled visualization to the secondary display device, wherein the controller is configured to receive information identifying a type of the secondary display device, a display width of the secondary display device, a display height of the secondary display device, or a combination thereof, wherein the type of the secondary display device comprises information that corresponds to a manufacturer of the secondary display device, a make of the secondary display device, a model of the secondary display device, or a combination thereof, and wherein one type of said different types of objects is a text object, and another type of said different types of objects is a graphical object, and scaling factor applied to the text object is performed so that the scaled text of the text object is depicted without clipping or deleting portions of the text, and such that the scaled text is easily readable when rendered on the secondary display device.