Potential Issues in Industrial Equipment IoT and Data Collection

In various industrial scenarios across different fields, when undertaking transformations for equipment IoT and data collection, the following issues are often encountered: long-distance data transmission at sites where wiring is inconvenient; some equipment only equipped with serial ports requiring connection to network port upper computers; individual equipment having non-uniformly assigned IP addresses that are inconvenient to modify; difficulties in remote or off-site operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and monitoring of PLCs; and poor data interaction between software systems.

In response to these challenges, WideIOT offers a range of intelligent devices for industrial equipment IoT and data collection, including industrial smart gateways, network segment isolators, equipment maintenance express lines, and data centers.

 These solutions provide efficient and reliable assistance and support for resolving issues related to equipment interconnection, data intercommunication, and human-machine interaction.

1. Wireless Communication
   Facing scenarios where equipment is widely distributed and scattered, with difficult network wiring near deployment points, deploying industrial smart gateways locally on equipment enables real-time data collection and internet connectivity via wireless/wired methods such as 5G/4G/WIFI/Ethernet, facilitating equipment networking communication in diverse settings.

2. Serial Port Conversion
   Industrial equipment commonly features RS232 and RS485 serial ports.

    When connecting to network port upper computers, conversion is often necessary to achieve serial-to-network port adaptation while ensuring protocol compatibility with the upper computer. Additionally, when serial ports are occupied, serial port forwarding functions can be utilized to interface with the upper computer without the need for additional expansion modules.

3. Network Coupling
   Due to the lack of unified IP address planning in the early stages of projects or the high cost of modifying equipment IPs, IP conflicts among on-site equipment are common, posing difficulties for equipment networking and data collection implementation.

    By incorporating network segment isolators (NAT gateways), IP address conversion can be achieved, ensuring rapid equipment networking and timely project delivery.

4. Remote Maintenance
   When on-site equipment encounters issues, engineers often need to monitor various variable states in real-time, download programs to identify problems, modify programs, and then upload them again.

    This process, combined with travel time, incurs significant costs. Therefore, through equipment maintenance express lines, engineers can remotely program and debug PLCs as well as remotely upload and download programs without the need for travel.

5. Data Center
   The data center can interface with equipment data from PLCs, instruments, sensors, CNC machine tools, industrial robots, etc., performing standardized processing such as cleaning, filtering, and calculation. This provides open data services and interfaces for various industrial IoT platforms, industrial internet platforms, and industrial software, enabling the rapid realization of diverse scenario applications.