Data connection - simple and scalable.
All machines connect to the Bytefabrik platform via a lightweight agent. The agent can be placed centrally or separately as an edge service on the machine. All components remain in their own infrastructure.
A central data backbone receives machine data generated by the connectors and makes it available to the downstream applications in a standardized form.
Machine connection made easy.
Common controllers such as Siemens S7, Beckhoff or Wago and protocols such as IOLink, OPC-UA or MQTT are directly supported and a developer SDK makes it easy to connect proprietary sources.
A new connector can be created either via an intuitive web-based interface (with complete tree navigation for OPC UA) or programmatically via JSON or YAML definitions. This allows you to easily manage even large installations.
Data model
A standardized data model is important so that our integrated analysis tools and your own applications, developers and data scientists can easily access all machine data.
We use a comprehensive metadata model to assign control data to machines, systems, stations and processes. This includes the description of measurement units, data types, semantic types and value ranges.
All resources that are assigned to an installation are visible via the asset management module.
Advantages
- Significantly reduced integration effort thanks to extensive connectors and onboarding assistant.
- A common, harmonized database for all machine data.
- Remote deployment of connectors on edge devices via central interface.
- Comprehensive metadata management for easy retrieval and assignment of data sources to machines and production lines.