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Connected Plant
The two ways a machine talks: measurement that arrives, and control that is sent.
In Manufacturing → Plant Equipment · 10 screens
RecordsIoT GatewaysThe box between the plant network and this platform. A gateway rather than a direct device connection because that is how it is built — sensors do not have credentials.OpenRecordsIoT DevicesSensors, meters, counters, cameras and readers, each bound to the machine it measures.OpenRecordsSignalsWhat a device measures, one row per quantity. The scaling lives here because it is a property of the measurement — applied downstream, every consumer has to know it and one of them eventually will not.OpenViewReadingsThe series. A sensor that returns a value it does not believe is worse than one that returns nothing, which is why the quality flag is on every row.OpenRecordsAlert RulesA threshold, and how long it has to be true. Without the second, every rule fires on a single noisy sample and everybody turns alerting off.OpenViewAlertsWhat fired, with the threshold AS IT WAS. A rule changes; the alerts it already raised keep the threshold they were raised against.OpenRecordsPLC ControllersWrites are OFF by default, and that is deliberate: a write to a running machine is a physical action, and the safest configuration is the one where a misconfigured screen cannot take one.OpenRecordsPLC TagsA memory address in a machine. The min and max are enforced on THIS side of the network, where the error message can say why.OpenRecordsTag BindingsWhat a tag MEANS, and the reason this integration is configuration rather than code. "DB10.DBW4" is meaningless; bound as "good count for PRESS-02" it feeds OEE, confirmations and kanban without anybody writing a transformation.OpenViewPLC WritesEvery value this platform sends to a machine, requested and approved separately, with the old value recorded. This is the table an auditor asks for after an incident.Open
Columns, fields and actions
| Screen | Kind | What it is | Columns | Fields | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IoT Gateways | List | The box between the plant network and this platform. A gateway rather than a direct device connection because that is how it is built — sensors do not have credentials. | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| IoT Devices | List | Sensors, meters, counters, cameras and readers, each bound to the machine it measures. | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| Signals | List | What a device measures, one row per quantity. The scaling lives here because it is a property of the measurement — applied downstream, every consumer has to know it and one of them eventually will not. | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| Readings | Read-only list | The series. A sensor that returns a value it does not believe is worse than one that returns nothing, which is why the quality flag is on every row. | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Alert Rules | List | A threshold, and how long it has to be true. Without the second, every rule fires on a single noisy sample and everybody turns alerting off. | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| Alerts | Read-only list | What fired, with the threshold AS IT WAS. A rule changes; the alerts it already raised keep the threshold they were raised against. | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| PLC Controllers | List | Writes are OFF by default, and that is deliberate: a write to a running machine is a physical action, and the safest configuration is the one where a misconfigured screen cannot take one. | 12 | 18 | 1 |
| PLC Tags | List | A memory address in a machine. The min and max are enforced on THIS side of the network, where the error message can say why. | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Tag Bindings | List | What a tag MEANS, and the reason this integration is configuration rather than code. "DB10.DBW4" is meaningless; bound as "good count for PRESS-02" it feeds OEE, confirmations and kanban without anybody writing a transformation. | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| PLC Writes | Read-only list | Every value this platform sends to a machine, requested and approved separately, with the old value recorded. This is the table an auditor asks for after an incident. | 12 | 0 | 2 |