The data is often widely distributed, and certain areas lack reception. Highly qualified employees often spend hours driving just to read out simple measured values, such as levels and volume flows, and record them in government-mandated reports. In a joint project with Endress + Hauser and the Oberzent water supply system, LoRaWAN has provided the communication, thus allowing automated data collection. With the flexible gateway of the WAGO IoT Box, recorded signals can be passed on to an IT infrastructure.

Many factors play a role in production optimization. The first step involves keeping an eye on the current machine status at all times. To perform an analysis for machine optimization, it is also necessary to link to the IT system and use it to provide current information from different user groups.

This is where the WAGO PFC200 comes in: With a wide variety of interfaces on the OT and IT levels, the WAGO PFC200 connects the two worlds. On the OT level, different I/O modules are available on the hardware side for the signal connection to the system. Additional advantages include a compact design and scalability. This allows individual, system-specific, cost-effective hardware data acquisition. As a retrofit solution, it is easy to expand at any later time. The CODESYS programming environment per IEC 61131-3, allows system functions to be programmed specifically so optimization measures can be added to the logic at the system level.