Industrial Edge connectivity offerings
Connectivity and data management
Browse the list of connectivity and data management products.
Connectors and data management tools
Read data from a diversity of machinery, sensors and meters. Explore our full spectrum of connectors that allow you to connect to the majority of your shop floor.
Use secure data management tools to structure and contextualize your data so you can perform analytics in the right format, for example, pressure, temperature or speed.
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Connectors by protocol, device or machine type
Machinery on the shop floor provide data in different languages. With these connectors you can connect to almost any machine and pull its data based on the protocol it supports. Some options are based on device or machine type.
Connector for Beckhoff ADS
Get access to data from Beckhoff devices that use TwinCAT 2 or TwinCAT 3. Communicate with Beckhoff machines and read out data via Industrial Edge to create data transparency.
Connector for FINS TCP
This is a southbound connector that accesses data from devices supporting the FINS TCP protocol. Have up to 20 connections in parallel. Read and write data from compatible devices.
Connector for IEC 61850
This is a southbound connector that allows access to data from devices supporting the IEC 61850 protocol. Connect up to 40 devices in parallel. Read and write data.
Connector for LoRaWAN
This is a southbound connector that collects LoRa sensor data via LoRaWAN gateways. It supports LoRa gateways with UDP Packet Forwarders and devices of Class A, B or C.
Ethernet IP Connector
This is a southbound connector that can be used to collect data from devices via Ethernet IP protocol. Connect up to 20 devices. Subscribe and write back live data.
Modbus TCP
This is a southbound connector that can be used to collect data from devices via the Modbus TCP protocol. Connect up to 20 devices. Subscribe and write back live data.
PROFINET IO Connector
This is a southbound connector that allows you to access data from devices that support the PROFINET protocol. Connect up to 20 devices and read and write data.
SIMATIC S7+
This is a southbound connector that can collect data from S7-1200/1500 PLCs, PLCSim Advanced and Siemens Software Controller. Data can be accessed via the optimized S7 protocol. Connect up to 20 devices.
SIMOTION Trace Connector
Connect to one or more SIMOTION controllers. This app allows the configuration, recording and extraction of trace data from a SIMOTION device.
SLMP Connector
This is a southbound connector that collects data from devices via SLMP protocol. Connect up to 20 devices and subscribe and write back live data.
Softing edgePlug SINUMERIK CNC
This is a connectivity software that sends SINUMERIK 840D CNC data to Siemens Industrial Edge applications. Access SINUMERIK Solution Line and Power Line CNC controllers. Connect up to 20 SINUMERIK CNCs.
Softing edgePlug FANUC CNC
This is a connectivity software that provides FANUC CNC data to Siemens Industrial Edge applications. Access FANUC 0i, 30i, 31i, 35i and PM-i CNC controllers. Connect up to 20 FANUC CNCs.
Connector for IEC 60870-5-104
This connector can communicate with any device that uses the standard IEC 60870-5-104 protocol. It sends tags so you can analyze and visualize values in applications.
Festo AX Data Access
This software retrieves data from Festo components and makes it available to other applications and IT systems via MQTT.
Connector for MELSEC
This connector can be installed on any edge device that needs to connect to a MELSEC PLC (Mitsubishi PLC). It transfers tags, allowing the values of the MELSEC tags to be analyzed and visualized in applications.
MSSQL Connector
The axtesys MSSQL Connector transmits data to your MSSQL database anywhere in the world with fail-safe transmission of your data via the data bus.
Oracle Connector
The axtesys Oracle Connector transmits data to your Oracle Connector Database anywhere in the world with fail-safe transmission of your data via the data bus.
MySQL Connector
The axtesys MySQL Connector transmits data to your MySQL Database anywhere in the world with fail-safe transmission of your data via the data bus.
Audio and visual connectors
Connectors for receiving audio and video data.
Audio Connector
Learn the status of your machines based on sound. Connect one or more audio input devices to record sound and then make that data available on the Industrial Edge Databus so other apps can analyze it and generate insights.
Vision Connector
Connect to industrial ethernet cameras and transfer the acquired data via high-speed interface to Siemens Industrial Edge applications. The data can be ingested by AI Inference Server or other Industrial Edge applications.
Basler Vision Connector
Easily integrate and configure Basler vision hardware into your automation system. Automate your production and equip it with reliable and powerful vision components that are suited for the world of Industrial Edge.
Connectors for cloud and enterprise
Connectors that forward structured data for analytics and dashboards into your cloud environment.
Cloud connector
This connector allows you to send data from your edge device to a cloud infrastructure, such as the Azure IoT Hub, AWS IoT or to a local infrastructure. All data is transmitted using the MQTT protocol and encrypted via TLS/SSL.
Connector for Azure
Fetch data from any Industrial Edge supported adapters, which transmits the data to Azure IoT Hub through Databus (MQTT broker). The connector accesses data from the adapters based on the topics or by using the metadata.
AWS IoT SiteWise Edge
This managed service allows you to collect, store, organize and monitor data from industrial equipment. Easily ingest the relevant subset of data directly into a managed service without spending time on doing cloud engineering.
Configuration of connectors
These tools support the handling of connectivity and their configuration.
IIH Registry Service
Automatically detect and track connectors and services on Industrial Edge that support a certain standard. All Connectivity Suite Connectors as well as IIH (Industrial Information Hub)-relevant services are detectable.
Common Import Converter
Converts device specific configuration files into compatible ones for the Siemens Industrial Information Hub (IIH), the Industrial Edge data and device management tool. Import datapoints from engineering tools, like TIA Portal.
Common Configurator
It is the user interface for Industrial Information Hub (IIH) and all Industrial Edge connectors. It enables a user to collect, structure, generate and provide data.
Data management
These apps and tools enable you to prepare and supervise your data and data flows, from reading data to structuring data for further analysis.
IIH Essentials
Manage data and metadata, from the connector to the cloud. Store and structure machine data on an Industrial Edge device. Machines and production lines can be structured in Assets and Aspects.
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IIH Semantics
It acts as a backend service to manage dataflow from a connector to a higher level system. It enhances shop floor data with semantics, which is achieved by mapping IT and OT data based on the OPC UA data model.
IIH Asset Attributes Upgrade
This package entitles you to connect a thousand (1000) additional Asset Attributes. An “Asset Attribute” represents individual data such as temperature, pressure or speed.
IIH Assets Attributes Upgrade 5000
This package entitles you to connect five thousand (5000) additional Asset Attributes. An “Asset Attribute” represents individual data such as temperature, pressure or speed.
Databus
This provides access to the data of the field devices. The Industrial Edge Runtime sends data from field devices to the Databus. You can use this data in a custom app if you connect your application to the relevant Databus.
Data Flow Monitor
Data Flow Monitor acts as an observer on an Industrial Edge device. It monitors the connection between applications and how relevant data could be used, in case of a failure in the connections.
DataXess
This is an IoT-based application that collects data from multiple edge devices and publishes it to Databus. It facilitates one-to-one device communication or many-to-one device communications.
Edge OPC UA Server
This application runs on edge devices and provides open standard access to available data. It connects to the Databus for extracting data.
Flow Creator
This application is a web browser-based programming tool that works on any platform. It is used to develop and deploy software services to hardware devices. It is an editor that is designed for the Internet of Things.