kepware - PLC Programming & Automation

PLC Communication Protocols for SCADA: What to Pick

Timing chart comparing polled Modbus TCP requests and responses at 25 ms against cyclic EtherNet/IP I/O packets at a 10 ms RPI

Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, OPC UA and MQTT compared by how they move data, with ports, poll rates and the mistakes that cost SCADA update time.

PLC Data Logging and Remote Monitoring: Practical Rules

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Timing chart comparing periodic and change based logging: a one second sample tick, a deadband window where the process value is moving, and the six rows actually written to the database

PLC data logging that stays useful: sampling rates, retention math, a ring buffer in the controller, FactoryTalk datalog, SQL logging, safe remote access.

PLC Industry 4.0: OPC UA, MQTT and Real Data Models

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Timing chart of an MQTT publish trigger: the broker connection drops and returns, a deadband exceeded pulse and a 30 second heartbeat each raise the publish trigger, and a store and forward flush follows the reconnection

What an Industry 4.0 project really changes on the PLC: the OPC UA server, a UDT to JSON data model, MQTT at the edge, retrofits and security.

SCADA PLC Integration: Connect Ignition to ControlLogix

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Timing chart of a one second SCADA tag group: the group tick, the CIP read request, the controller reply about 60 ms later, and the historian insert

Pick the protocol, prepare the controller tags, add the device in Ignition, set a sane tag group, then prove the link survives a network drop.

IIoT PLC Data with MQTT, Sparkplug B and an Edge Gateway

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Timing chart comparing a fixed one second poll against report by exception, where the gateway publishes only when the tag moves past its deadband

A working IIoT setup for a plant floor PLC: edge gateway choice, MQTT and Sparkplug B topics, a decoded payload, store and forward, deadbands and security.

OPC UA PLC Integration: From PLC Tag to SCADA Client

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Timing chart of an OPC UA subscription showing 250 ms sampling pulses, a PLC tag value change, and notifications leaving at the 1 second publishing interval

Connect a PLC to SCADA with OPC UA: KEPServerEX channels, the S7-1500 built-in server, certificate trust, subscription rates and why OPC DA kept breaking.

PLC MES Integration: Tags, Handshakes and Work Orders

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Timing chart of an MES to PLC work order handshake showing Request from the MES, Ack from the PLC, Done when the order is latched, and both bits clearing after Request drops

What MES really needs from the controller: OEE counters, downtime reason codes, a work order UDT, a request and acknowledge handshake, an OPC UA bridge.

Kepware channel configuration ( OPC Server)

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Kepware OPC Configuration After opening the KepwareServerEx application on your computer or server with Kepware server installed, right-click on the connectivity tree under the project tab and create a new channel. If you want to know about OPC you can read the below article. What is Kepware OPC? … Read more

What is Kepware OPC?

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OPC Systems OPC is a client/server technology. One application acts as the server providing data, and the other acts as a client using data. OPC is a widely accepted industrial communication standard that enables the exchange of data between multi-vendor devices and control applications without any proprietary restrictions. With kepware, you can read the data on your various … Read more