Hello all,
I work with internet of things and am not a PLC expert at all - that's why I need your help.
I have a customer who's running a mix of PLCs to run a range of cooling machines. Each run a very similar program. They use 2-3 datapoints from the cooling machinery and a 4-20 mA input. The client now wishes to move this data out of the PLCs and into a web environment for data analysis.
1. How can this be done across different PLCs (Beckhoff, Siemens)?
2. Is there something like a " software agent" I can put on any PLC which can then extract the data already being retrieved for the program and forward it to a webserver?
3. We also need to extract a few additional datapoints beyond what will be used in the program. Is this possible without messing with the program?
4. Can this be done from the "software agent" I imagine to exist?
Thanks a lot for any help you can offer.
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Hello goingnovation,
I know it is a little bit late, but if you are still looking for a solution, have a look at AnyViz. It is a cloud portal for controlling PLCs remotely. There is a free cloud adapter for Beckhoff PLCs and CODESYS PLCs.
Regards
Thomas