SmartConnect IIoT provides the machine data behind machine monitoring. It connects to CNC machines, PLCs and controllers and collects the data your monitoring, OEE and analytics software needs.
Important: SmartConnect is the machine connectivity and data layer. It provides the machine data that monitoring works from — it is not necessarily a complete OEE or MES application. You can pair SmartConnect with your preferred monitoring, OEE or analytics software.
What is machine monitoring?
Machine monitoring means continuously collecting data from production equipment to understand what it is doing — whether machines are running, how much they produce, when they stop and why. Reliable machine monitoring depends on reliable machine data, which is exactly what SmartConnect collects.
What SmartConnect data enables
The machine data SmartConnect collects can provide the foundation for:
Machine monitoring
Real-time machine status and run/stop condition.
Production monitoring
Part counts and cycle information over time.
OEE
The availability, performance and quality inputs OEE needs.
Dashboards
Live shop-floor and management dashboards.
Alerts
Notifications driven by machine status and alarms.
Analytics
Historical machine data for analysis and reporting.
How it fits together
SmartConnect handles CNC data collection and PLC data collection, then publishes the data through OPC UA, MTConnect or MQTT. Your monitoring application subscribes to that data and turns it into dashboards, OEE and alerts.
- CNC Machines
- PLCs
- Industrial Controllers
- MES
- SCADA
- Dashboards
- ERP
- Analytics
- Cloud
Why start with the data layer
Monitoring tools are only as good as the data feeding them. By standardising machine connectivity and data collection first, you get consistent, trustworthy machine data that any monitoring, OEE or analytics tool can use — and you avoid rebuilding machine connections for each new application.
Build monitoring on reliable machine data
Download the trial and start collecting the machine data your monitoring needs.