Secure Networking with Cloud Connectivity

It’s all about data: In the past, technical data from the field made it through to the control levels at best – but that has changed. Thanks to modern information technology, the most important information from production is no longer restricted to the classic automation pyramid, but is now available at any time and place. However, for this to work, the technical conditions must be right. WAGO’s PFC Controllers and control panels are equipped with cloud connectivity and transfer data to WAGO Cloud – or any other MQTT broker.

The Benefits for You:

Direct connection from the field level to the cloud
Expansion of existing systems with our PFC Controllers and control panels as an IoT gateway
Distributed data acquisition and visualization from anywhere
Connection to Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud SAP Cloud or other MQTT brokers via standardized MQTT protocol
High level of security thanks to TLS encryption
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Multi-Cloud Connectivity

Cloud Connectivity: An Overview

Cloud Connectivity

Whether you use WAGO controllers as edge devices and pre-process the data – i.e., edge computing – or the controllers send the data directly, WAGO controllers always have you covered. Cloud Connectivity lets you bring your “Industrial Internet of Things” (IIoT) project to life. Use MQTT with Publish/Subscribe (Pub/Sub) for the local data exchange between the controllers and for the connection between the controllers and a SCADA system, a large variety of cloud providers, WAGO Cloud or IoT solutions – whether in the cloud or “on-premises” (locally hosted). With the WAGO controllers’ large variety of interfaces, it’s easy to link even other manufacturers’ devices to the cloud by using the WAGO controllers as an IoT gateway.

Use Two Cloud Systems in Parallel

Multi-Cloud Connectivity

Additionally, multi-cloud connectivity enables different tasks to be implemented in a cloud application. For example, device management can be performed within WAGO Cloud, while specific tasks are implemented in another cloud-based solution, e.g., IBM Watson, Amazon Web Services (AWS) or another specialized IoT platform. Data can also be split up, allowing critical data to go to a local MQTT broker and less critical data to a cloud. Configuration is performed via the device’s Web-Based Management (WBM), and programming is done in WAGO’s e!COCKPIT engineering software.

Media Library

Overview

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Overview

Videos:4 | Duration: 30:58

Connecting Existing Systems to WAGO Cloud

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Multi-Cloud Connectivity Tutorial

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Tutorial: Cloud Connectivity

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Multi-Cloud Connectivity

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Added Value for Your Company

Recording, digitizing and linking data profitably – these are the core ideas of Industry 4.0. As the interface between automation and information technology, cloud connectivity meets this challenge. Installed on the PFC Controllers and control panels, machine data can be transferred via MQTT to nearly any cloud, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud, SAP Cloud and, last but not least, WAGO Cloud. In the cloud, the information can be aggregated and used for analysis. This capability creates true added value for your company – whether for increasing the efficiency of in-house production, implementing energy management or developing additional end-customer services.

Full Control at All Times

The cloud connection data configuration is customized via the WAGO controllers’ Web-Based Management. Furthermore, with the corresponding IEC library from e!COCKPIT, you determine what information should be transferred to the cloud and what information should be exclusively processed locally on the controllers. This allows you to maintain complete control of your data at all times. Controller information, such as run/stop, connection status and device information can also be transferred to a cloud solution with cloud connectivity or distributed via a MQTT broker. Cloud connectivity has been a standard feature of the PFC Controllers since firmware version 11; the required library has been included in e!COCKPIT since version V1.4. With firmware version V12 and higher, WAGO’s Touch Panels 600 supply the connection; from version V1.5 on, e!COCKPIT contains the required libraries.

Customer Applications

Numerous Protocols and a Simple Solution for Everything

At Patterson-UTI, engineers needed the various systems of their land-based drilling rigs to communicate with one another, while also keeping them isolated. This created quite a challenge.

A Secure Path to the Cloud

Linde has developed an air separation system that allows extremely flexible operation according to the situation on the electricity market. In order to prevent this innovative operating method from causing increased loads or efficiency losses in the system, Linde has set up a sophisticated cloud-based monitoring system. WAGO ensures that the measurement data is reliably transmitted to the cloud with the help of the Cloud Connectivity solution.

WAGO Cloud

WAGO Cloud allows you to centrally collect and analyze data from different machines and systems. Furthermore, you can manage and monitor all WAGO controllers, including your data and applications. With simple, user-friendly functions, WAGO Cloud was developed for users without extensive IT experience.

e!COCKPIT Engineering Software

Quickly implementing complex machine functions is critical in modern mechanical engineering applications. WAGO’s PC-based e!COCKPIT engineering software (based on CODESYS 3) supports you throughout all development steps. Our engineering software shortens development time for automation projects and boasts a modern, clearly organized user interface.

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