At present, control applications focus not only on reliability but also flexibility. Following current automation trends in automation 4.0, many vendors will need to improve market share in this market segment.
Interface data between third-party functions might be considered to develop parallel to improve the product quality. For controller device, we can classify its interface levels into field level and enterprises level.
Usually, there are no issues when various controller vendors need to transfer data between one to another at the field control level. This is because there are many common protocols like MODBUS, PROFIBUS and etc to exchange data easily between third-parties. However, it is a different story when there is a need to exchange some data at a higher level like in an enterprise system.
A couple of constrains when designing interface system is the data exchange rate and also the time lag which occurs. In order to maintain a high quality data exchange rate, it is often deemed necessary to utilize high-end hardware and software, resulting in a very expensive solution.
Easiest Controller for Data Exchange between Enterprise and Automation Control Level
Phoenix Contact’s controllers, right up from our basic series, have a library which is able to connect directly to a RDBMS database by providing query string patterns like common SQL script. In comparison, other controllers require additional equipment or other APIs to collect data from controller first before sending it to the target database.
Easily enable data transfer from the sensor directly to a DB with Phoenix Contact’s Controllers.
Reference product
- ILC, AXC controller
- SD CARD 2 GB APP A
- MS SQL, MY SQL Lib
System overview
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