To meet the many challenges in smart factories, system integrators (SIs) are always looking for solutions that achieve seamless integration of operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) and Industrial protocols. Internet of Things (IIoT). Moxa is one of the few product manufacturers and solution providers that offer a broad portfolio that simplifies the integration of OT, IT, and IIoT protocols. Depending on the specific use that is required, SIs generally find a wide variety of automation protocols that they must connect to achieve the operational objectives of the systems. According to Edward Lin, Product Manager of Moxa: "Despite the multitude of protocols that are not compatible with each other, we have good news in this regard: there are solutions that manage to bridge these incompatibilities by using different technologies."
Fast Deployment Through Heterogeneous Networks
The increasing complexity of operational processes has become a challenge for smart production companies. Installation and start-up require more time to plan the architecture and behavior of the contracted devices. The equipment patented by Moxa with auto-routing function, automatically detects the commands from a SCADA system and configures the table of slave IDs with a single click. In addition, in the Industry 4.0 era, IT departments are faced with an increasing demand for data collection and production data from manufacturing lines in order to optimize production. For IT professionals, this task is difficult as they are not familiar with data collection using industrial protocols. Moxa Smart I/O devices support several protocols to allow communication with different interfaces, eliminating the distance between OT and IT. This solution enables both IT and AI engineers to get information from the same I/O device.
IIoT-Ready Platform for Fast Industry 4.0
In meeting rooms, executives expect data mining and analytics to pay dividends, lowering operating costs, optimizing production, predicting maintenance to minimize disruption. However, sending data from a field device to the cloud is a long task for most manufacturers. Moxa's UC-8100 is an embedded PC designed for large-scale IIoT field applications. It has an ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor and flexible communication interfaces, and together with the Moxa ThingsPro suite, enables rapid integration from field devices, with a Modus query engine and integrated IIoT clients, with the cloud, such as example Amazon Web Services (AWS).
