Softing released its tManager industrial PC (IPC), adding to the tManager portfolio offering.
According to a company press statement, this new release provides a solution to users that don’t have a spare PLC slot and to Siemens PLC users who either don’t have Rockwell PLCs or have a mixture of Rockwell and Siemens PLCs.
Softing explains that all tManagers across the portfolio directly connect PLCs to upstream SQL databases and cloud-based services to leverage IT dashboards, analytics and business metrics. All tManagers also connect to downstream Logix, Siemens and Modbus PLCs.
Since the tManager IPC is now a built-for-purpose industrial PC and can be DIN rail mounted outside the PLC chassis, it reportedly allows users to take advantage of all the traditional tManager applications like track and trace, high-speed sorting and recipe management without consuming a spare PLC slot. This new format is useful in Rockwell applications and also enables customers with Siemens or Modbus TCP PLCs to use tManager IPC and simplify their connection to SQL databases.
tManager ControlLogix, tManager CompactLogix and tManager IPC all include core benefits like store and forward upon network failure, failover server support, email notifications, and status tags for monitoring transactions and system operation. tManager reportedly does not require any modifications to PLC logic to read tags for performance monitoring.
tManager IPC requires no coding or OPC protocol translation. As an expansion of the tManager product offering, this built-for-purpose IPC solution enables IT/OT integration including MQTT connection to cloud applications.
