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§ SOLUTION · 04 · CONN-ADAPTERS

Connectors

Protocol adapters that bridge PLCs, fieldbus networks, MES, and ERP into a single typed data model — one query surface across the stack.

PLC · SiemensPLC · BeckhoffPROFINETEtherCATCONNECTORBUSschematype-checkauthaudit logretry · DLQMESSAP · S/4HANABI · Power BIKNIME · RSHOP FLOOR ↔ ENTERPRISE

§ Technical footprint

Protocols
  • OPC UA
  • MQTT
  • PROFINET
  • EtherCAT
  • REST · gRPC
Deployment
  • on-prem
  • edge
  • hybrid cloud
  • air-gapped
  • k8s · bare-metal
Compliance
  • TISAX*
  • ISO 27001*
  • GDPR-compliant
  • Made in Germany

§ SPEC SHEET · CONN-ADAPTERS

Versions · protocols · limits

PLC
  • Siemens S7
  • Rockwell
  • Beckhoff
  • ABB
FIELDBUS
  • PROFIBUS
  • Modbus RTU/TCP
  • CANopen
ETHERNET
  • PROFINET
  • EtherCAT
  • EtherNet/IP
ENTERPRISE
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • MES (Hydra · SIMATIC IT)
  • KNIME · R · Power BI
API
  • REST (OpenAPI 3)
  • gRPC
  • Kafka topics
  • signed webhooks
SECURITY
  • mTLS
  • OAuth2 · OIDC
  • per-connector audit log

§ CAPABILITIES

What it does.

  1. P01

    One data model, many protocols

    Every connector maps its wire format into the same typed data model. A KPI defined once in the platform reads identically whether the source is a Siemens PLC, an S/4HANA order, or a KNIME workflow.

  2. P02

    Typed, not lossy

    Connectors carry units, timestamps, and quality flags end to end. A torque reading is never just a float — it has a unit, a sampling rate, and a provenance chain into the raw frame.

  3. P03

    Back-pressure aware

    Every adapter has a bounded queue, a retry policy, and a dead-letter sink. A downstream ERP outage does not corrupt shop-floor history; the platform replays on recovery.

  4. P04

    Observable by default

    Each connector emits Prometheus metrics on throughput, lag, and error rate. Operators see a broken SAP hand-off in the same console where they see an anomaly on the line.