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    What are you designing for? Machine data.

    How do you get data off a machine without reopening the controller?

    The customer asks for production data after the machine is built. The data path belongs on the drawing: remote I/O beside the controls, a serial port on the network, a switch made for the panel, and a meter at the entry.

    Ask a questionWalk the design path

    Brainboxes ED-588 Ethernet remote I/O
    States and counts as a Modbus TCP device your software polls
    Same COM portBrainboxes Ethernet to serial: the software sees the port it always did
    113,000 power cycleszero failures on a Brainboxes board-level switch built into a wafer-fab gas flow controller
    Class 0.2SSATEC PRO: a revenue meter and a Class A power quality analyzer in one device
    Up to 54 circuitsSATEC BFM-II branch feeder monitor from one DIN-rail unit

    The short answer

    Beside the controls, not inside them

    Put the data layer beside the controls, not inside them. Remote I/O reads states, counts and temperatures at the sensor and serves them over Modbus TCP. The qualified controller is never opened. A serial instrument joins the network and keeps its COM port. A meter at the entry measures what the machine draws, and a feeder monitor shows which branch.

    What it costs when it goes wrong

    In the builder's terms

    Reopening a validated controller

    Data added inside the controller means opening a control project that was already qualified. Remote I/O beside the controls leaves it untouched, so what was validated stays validated.

    A software rewrite for a serial port

    An instrument with only an RS-232 or RS-485 port is where these projects usually die. On Ethernet to serial, the plant PC still sees the same COM port.

    An office switch in the panel

    An office switch is built for a desk. The switch in the panel has to take the temperature, the DIN rail and the vibration.

    A bill nobody can split

    The service is sized for the whole site, and the total is all anyone has. Until each feeder gets its own kWh, no one knows which branch draws it.

    The parts that answer it

    Power it. Control it. Prove it.

    One part per decision, each with one fact from its own sheet. The brand name opens that product line.

    Celduc solid state relay
    Power it · Celduc

    Celduc SOD and SILD solid state relays

    A relay that reports its own state turns a service call into a diagnosis.

    The printed fact. SOD and SILD versions report heater diagnostics. Single to four phase SSRs in okpac and celpac packages sit beside them.

    Celduc at DynamicStage 07 on the design path

    IMO iView HMI
    Control it · IMO Automation

    IMO iView HMIs and GETT InduSmart panel PCs

    The data the machine collects is read at the machine, on a screen built for the floor.

    The printed fact. iView operator interfaces on the same ecosystem as the IMO logic. InduSmart panel PCs from 10.1 to 21.5 inches, IP65 front, fanless, Windows or Linux.

    IMO Automation at DynamicStage 10 on the design path

    Brainboxes ED-588 Ethernet remote I/O
    Prove it · Brainboxes

    Brainboxes ED Ethernet remote I/O

    States, counts and temperatures come off the machine with the controller untouched.

    The printed fact. Analog, digital, RTD and thermocouple inputs presented as Modbus TCP devices your own software polls. A pushbutton or a foot switch is a digital input too.

    Brainboxes at DynamicStage 11 on the design path

    Brainboxes ES-522 Ethernet to serial converter
    Prove it · Brainboxes

    Brainboxes Ethernet to serial converters

    An instrument with only a serial port joins the network, and nothing in the software changes.

    The printed fact. PoE, DB9 and industrial versions. The plant PC still sees the same COM port.

    Brainboxes at DynamicStage 11 on the design path

    Brainboxes SW-508 industrial Ethernet switch
    Prove it · Brainboxes

    Brainboxes industrial and board-level Ethernet switches

    The switch in the panel takes the heat and the vibration. The one inside your product is a board.

    The printed fact. Fast Ethernet, gigabit and PoE, 4, 5 and 8 port. Board-level switching 55 by 55 by 10 millimeters, rated -40 to +85 C.

    Brainboxes at DynamicStage 11 on the design path

    Brainboxes BB-400 edge controller
    Prove it · Brainboxes

    Brainboxes BB-400 edge controller

    The counting, buffering and protocol work go beside the PLC, not into it.

    The printed fact. A Raspberry Pi based industrial edge computer with I/O, serial and Ethernet on one DIN-rail unit.

    Brainboxes at DynamicStage 11 on the design path

    SATEC PRO series meter
    Prove it · SATEC

    SATEC PRO series meters

    The kWh per cycle a customer asks for is measured, not modeled.

    The printed fact. A Class 0.2S revenue meter and a Class A Edition 3.1 power quality analyzer in one device, with every event stamped to 1 microsecond.

    SATEC at DynamicStage 03 on the design path

    SATEC BFM-II branch feeder monitor
    Prove it · SATEC

    SATEC BFM-II branch feeder monitor and HACS sensors

    Each branch gets its own kWh, added after commissioning if it has to be.

    The printed fact. Up to 54 single-phase or 18 three-phase circuits from one DIN-rail unit. HACS sensors feed the meter directly, one CT in the chain instead of two.

    SATEC at DynamicStage 03 on the design path

    Walther Procon heavy-duty rectangular connector
    Foundation · Walther Electric

    Walther Procon heavy-duty connectors

    The Ethernet crosses the machine split in the same hood as the power and the signals.

    The printed fact. Inserts for power, signal and Ethernet in one frame. Mate the inserts, snap the hood and energize.

    Walther Electric at DynamicStage 13 on the design path

    Read the detail

    • Getting data off a semiconductor tool without reopening the control project
    • Getting data off a remote pump station without reopening the PLC
    • How to measure energy and performance improvements in control panels
    • Leveraging AI-powered networking for predictive maintenance in smart factories

    See it worked out

    • Industrial Data Pathways: data and measurement, Modbus TCP for both
    • Reliability and uptime: where machines actually fail
    • Environmental responsibility: the energy number, measured
    • The design path: fourteen stages, one part decision at each

    Semiconductor and testLife sciencesBuilding and facility

    Go to the product lines

    BrainboxesSATECCelducIMO AutomationGETTWalther Electric

    Every product line on one page

    Also designing for:

    Cost and total cost of ownershipFootprint and panel spaceEnvironmental responsibilitySafety, approvals and standardsBuild laborReliability and uptime

    Questions engineers ask us

    Straight answers on machine data
    Can I add monitoring to a validated machine without re-qualifying it?

    Yes, if the monitoring sits beside the controller rather than inside it. Brainboxes remote I/O reads states, counts and temperatures at the sensor and presents them as Modbus TCP devices. The qualified controller is never touched, so what was validated stays validated.

    What is Modbus TCP, and why does it keep coming up?

    Modbus TCP is the plain Ethernet protocol most plant software, building systems and SCADA already poll. Brainboxes remote I/O and SATEC meters both present as Modbus TCP devices. The machine ships with a data interface the customer's IT already understands.

    The old machine only has a serial port. Can it join the network?

    Yes. A Brainboxes Ethernet to serial converter puts the RS-232 or RS-485 port on the network, and the plant PC still sees the same COM port. Nothing in the software changes.

    How accurate is the metering, really?

    As accurate as the CT chain lets it be. A Class 0.2S meter behind a 1 percent CT is a 1 percent system, and the error grows with every point you sum. SATEC HACS sensors feed the meter directly, one CT in the chain instead of two.

    What do you need from us to look at this?

    The machine, the data your customer asks for, and the software that will poll it. From that we help you specify the parts on the path from the sensor to that screen. The parts are quoted through the distributor you already buy from.

    Challenge us

    After 30-plus years in the industrial hardware space we know these products, on our line card and off it. Bring us your most stringent or most mundane requirement. If one of our product lines fits, we will show you where. If it does not, we know someone who will. We would be happy to help.

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