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05 How the Internet of Things Makes Manufacturers Smart and Connected
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Manufacturers Smart and Connected
BY TERRI HISKEY
Vice president of product marketing, Epicor
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enables users to track and analyze usage, whether the product is a
How the Internet tire, an air conditioner or refrigerator.
of Things Makes This means that manufacturers not only have to worry about having
Manufacturers to design such capabilities into their products; they also need to
Smart and consider how IoT technology can help improve and optimize their
Connected own manufacturing processes.
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Manufacturers that can extract full value from data gathered via
How the Internet IoT can position themselves to take advantage of new market
of Things Makes opportunities. The data collected by billions of things and devices
Manufacturers can be used to deliver new services or drive innovation that can
Smart and help organizations differentiate themselves from the competition. In
Connected addition, manufacturers can also connect their supply chain systems
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In IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2017 Predictions,
How the Internet IDC states: Manufacturers are trying to accelerate the speed at
of Things Makes which they operate, without adding risks to their ability to serve
Manufacturers their customers and maintain corporate standards, including
Smart and product quality. With the proliferation of sensors and IoT throughout
Connected operations and in connected products, manufacturers can achieve
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on the Internet of Things
BY TIM TABERNER
Technical sales director, B+B SmartWorx
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The existing control system was Modbus-based. The Modbus slaves
Making Modbus reported only to the Modbus masters, and NIUG wanted to make
Data Available the data portable. But, like many looking to pull data from closed
on the Internet systems, the practical realities were considerable.
of Things
The most common solution offered was installing new Modbus masters
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the data in an understandable format to analytics software (Unitron)
Making Modbus without disrupting the existing Modbus masters.
Data Available
on the Internet At the time, B+B SmartWorx had been developing a new device
of Things for IoT initiatives based on the premise of a non-disruptive
overlay network that captured, translated and enriched data from
SmartSwarm 351 acts like a fully functional gateway via options like
Ethernet or cellular, taking care of all the hardware complexities and
potential issues of an unattended communication system that you
dont have time to become an expert on, including:
Session awareness
Connection reestablishment
Connection rerouting
Multiple geographies
Data optimization
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SmartSwarm 351 quickly discovers all the devices on the Modbus
Making Modbus networkeven if there are some that the customer is not aware of.
Data Available Once it captures the data from the supervisory control and data
on the Internet acquisition (SCADA) system, it adds the necessary layers to convert
of Things this device-specific poll-response into the decoupled, event-driven
model needed by IT.
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As you know, raw SCADA data is of little use within an IT system
Making Modbus because it can be interpreted only with detailed knowledge of the
Data Available source device and its register map.
on the Internet
of Things The key to an effective system requires the data to be enriched
(translated) in real time as it is being sent to IT, providing contextualized,
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temperature parameter that has exceeded a predefined threshold.
Making Modbus Multiple controlling applications can then subscribe to the MQTT
Data Available data, receiving only the data that is relevant to the specific application.
on the Internet
of Things During the beta testing, feedback from the engineers on site at
NIUG helped B+B engineers streamline the simple web interface
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Filters also exist to generate publish triggers on a time or scheduled
Making Modbus basis, or to control what is published.
Data Available
on the Internet All inbound wide area network (WAN) connections are protected by
of Things SmartSwarms internal firewall. Outbound connections to SmartWorx
Hub (SmartSwarms remote configuration tool) and the remote MQTT
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Communications: Whats Going On?
BY MICHAEL BOWNE
Executive director, PI North America
Lets start with TSN. Its difficult to describe what TSN is without
the discussion becoming very technical, very quickly. But at its
core, TSN is essentially an attempt to make standard Ethernet
more deterministic.
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An excellent analogy to help explain TSN can be found in telephones.
Ethernet and Originally, end-to-end telephone connections were made directly
Industrial via exchanges. The result was a direct connection between you
Communications: and the person on the other end of the line. With the advent of
Whats Going On? cellphones, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and the Internet in
general, telephone connections are now made with little packets of
TSN aims to merge the old with the new by reintroducing end-to-end
connections between Ethernet-connected devices into the packet
switching networks (e.g., Internet) used today. Such a merger would
allow for highly deterministic communication between TSN-enabled
devices using standard Ethernet chips.
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In the past, OPC relied on COM/DCOM for communication, which
Ethernet and meant it depended on the Windows platform. With OPC UA,
Industrial however, the technology is platform-independent and can be scaled
Communications: to run on embedded devices all the way up to cloud infrastructures.
Whats Going On? Additionally, its information models have improved, security by
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design has been realized, and a publish/subscribe feature will soon
Ethernet and be implemented, complementing its current client/server model.
Industrial
Communications: Is TSN + OPC UA just hype?
Whats Going On? The combination of TSN and OPC UA seems like an exciting
advancement in industrial communication. We at Profibus/Profinet
The key takeaway here is to use the right tool for the right task. Just
like Profinet isnt intended to move information directly to the cloud,
OPC UA is unsuitable for field-level control. But this is where TSN
comes in: Profinet and OPC UA can now share a TSN infrastructure
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all the way down to the field level. This is a critical difference to
Ethernet and other fieldbus organizations that position OPC UA and TSN only
Industrial from the controller upwards. They see those technologies as a threat,
Communications: whereas PI sees them as an opportunity. When TSN is standardized
Whats Going On? in Ethernet, it can be implemented with ease into Profinet because
standard Ethernet is already employed.
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Industrial Internet of Things
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and Inspection Applications
BY CHUCK KARWOSKI
President, CimQuest INGear
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Kirka notes that communication software is often overlooked by
Communications Is his customers. But without good communications, an automation
Key for Automation system will just fall apart. He also says that, in addition to supporting
and Inspection all the correct protocols, the software must operate reliably day after
Applications day, year after year.
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and historical data, alarms and events so that they can make the
Communications Is appropriate decisions to keep the system up and running.
Key for Automation
and Inspection As shown in Figure 1, ScadaPush consists of hardware, called the
Applications appliance, a ruggedized Windows computer, and an app that runs on
Apple or Android smartphones and tablets. The appliance connects
ScadaPush connects
PLCs to tablets and
smartphones via the cloud.
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Bradley CIP and EtherNet/IP. To communicate with the PLCs, the
Communications Is appliance uses INGear driver software.
Key for Automation
and Inspection According to Kirka, being able to purchase communications software
Applications that supports a variety of PLCs was very important for this particular
product. ScadaPush has to support a wide variety of PLCswhatever
He also pointed out that PLC manufacturers are continually fixing bugs
and adding features to their PLCs, meaning that drivers developed
in-house can quickly become obsolete. What this means is that
supporting your own drivers can become a very time-consuming
and expensive proposition.
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Instead, Kirka relies on INGear drivers in his custom projects and the
Communications Is ScadaPush product. The drivers he purchases are guaranteed to be
Key for Automation kept up to date and, if there ever is a problem, he can get support
and Inspection from the company. For a low, yearly maintenance fee he can get
Applications updates to the communications when theyre available, and he can
devote his development efforts to the control or automation system
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Communications Is
Key for Automation
and Inspection
Applications
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digitizes the circumferential band that contains the Department
Communications Is of Transportation (DOT) code, mold code, E-mark code and other
Key for Automation molded-in features. The system also verifies that the tire is assembled
and Inspection properly on the rim and inspects the tire for deformities. Once an
Applications inspection is complete, the system displays the data on a computer
screen, records and analyzes the digitized data, and decides whether
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open-source software is nearly non-existent. When we need PLC
Communications Is software support, we simply call CimQuest INGear, and we usually
Key for Automation have an answer within 30 minutes, he said.
and Inspection
Applications Communications software is the glue that holds a factory automation
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Why Collaboration
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Is the Key to IIoT
BY PHIL MARSHALL
CEO, Hilscher North America
Both sides are coming together slowly, though the culture gap is
still wide. But with new technologies like deep learning and artificial
intelligence starting to impact automation, its the IT suppliers who
hold most of the aces.
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Large automation vendors have been moving toward cloud-based
Why Collaboration solutions for some time, of course. But I think their solutions will
Is the Key to IIoT depend as much on what those big IT vendors are offering as on
the decades of controls experience they bring to the party. In other
words, a collaborative approach is inevitable.
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Why Collaboration sees IIoT as a massive opportunity for industry. His middleware now
Is the Key to IIoT includes an open specification called SparkPlug that adds the missing
structure and context to raw data, making the IIoT SCADA task
elegantly simple. Inductive Automation notes that, with its Ignition
system, anyone can now access any tag by name from anywhere in
But they knew they could not do it alone, so collaborative efforts are
underway to bring the two worlds together. The prize is a quantum leap
in operating efficiencies. Even more exciting are the new opportunities
on offer. Take the digital twin concept for example, where a real system
is partnered with a virtual copy in the cloud. From engineering through
asset management to maintenance and even eventual dismantling,
modeling a system in software offers huge potential.
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However, creating a digital twin requires comprehensive, reliable
Why Collaboration device information to be easily accessible. Unfortunately, that level
Is the Key to IIoT of information is not yet easy to access, and that is preventing
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faster deployment of the digital twin approach. So permit me, if
Why Collaboration you will, to mention the Device Information Portal that Hilscher is
Is the Key to IIoT planning to launch.
Major end users weve spoken to are eager for us to succeed. Our
discussions with fieldbus organizations and device vendors also
confirm that the demand is there, as is across-the-board support.
Even our competitors want to be involved!
Node-RED Stitches
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the IIoT Together
BY MATT NEWTON
Director of technical marketing, Opto 22
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To the chagrin of many proprietary automation technology vendors,
Node-RED Stitches open-source tools, Internet standards and commercial off-the-shelf
the IIoT Together technologies have infiltrated the industrial technology arena. One
of the most prominent examples of this is Ethernet, which has all but
ended the fieldbus wars.
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the layers of system interoperability, we eventually reach a roadblock
Node-RED Stitches in the form of software. How do developers get the software stack
the IIoT Together from a programmable logic controller (PLC) or programmable
automation controller (PAC) from vendor A to communicate with the
predictive analytics software from vendor B?
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development requires engineers to prototype quickly and fail fast if
Node-RED Stitches an idea doesnt pan out.
the IIoT Together
The concept of failing fast is well known throughout the software
industry, though not always applied. When we fail fast, we start work
on a product, service or application, quickly learn whether we made
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Node-RED Stitches From hello world to hello connected world
the IIoT Together The objective of IIoT is to connect sensors, computing systems and
online services together to cut costs, provide higher service levels,
identify new revenue streams, and just maybe make the world a
cleaner, safer, better place.
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What is Node-RED?
Node-RED Stitches Node-RED has an easy-to-use graphical interface displayed in a web
the IIoT Together browser, where you drag and drop reusable blocks of JavaScript-based
software code, called nodes. These nodes make IIoT application
development simpler, easier to repeat, and faster to scale.
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The simplicity of Node-RED allows IIoT application developers to
Node-RED Stitches focus on identifying an opportunity and developing a solution rather
the IIoT Together than building the components of an application from scratch. For
example, if you want to create an application to poll data from a
Modbus TCP device, log that data to a SQL database and then move
it into a machine-learning application program like IBMs Watson
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Industry-wide adoption
Node-RED Stitches Node-RED is an open-source development environment invented by
the IIoT Together Nick OLeary and Dave Conway-Jones of IBM Emerging Technology
Services. Its also part of the JS Foundation, a Linux Foundation
project. Its roots are firmly planted in the world of open-source and
widely adopted software code.