Connectivity Endpoints and Data Formats

SMARTUNIFIER provides comprehensive connectivity support for a variety of equipment, devices and IT systems. This includes many different pre-configured communication protocols and formats. e.g., OPC-UA, file-based, database, message bus, Webservices and direct PLC connections. Preconfigured interfaces are available also for many standard software applications. A number of these connectivity endpoints / communication protocols require a first time customization from Amorph Systems for a specific customer connectivity use case. Please contact Amorph Systems for detailed information.

Connectivity Endpoints / Communication Protocols

The following connectivity endpoints / communication protocols are supported by SMARTUNIFIER.

Connectivity Endpoints

Format	Description
ADLink OpenSplice	Connectivity to ADLink OpenSplice middleware via Data Distribution Service (DDS)
AMQP	Interface to AMQP Message Broker via Active MQ
AODB	Interface to various Airport Operational Database (AODB) Systems that support standard communications via e.g., HTTP, REST, SQL
Apache Active MQ	Interface to Active MQ Message Broker
AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)	Interface to applications running in AWS ECS
AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)	Interface to applications running in AWS EC2
AWS IoT	Interface to AWS IoT
AWS IoT Greengrass	Interface to AWS IoT Greengrass via MQTT
AWS IoT Sitewise	Interface to AWS IoT SiteWise via OPC-UA
AWS CloudWatch	Interface to CloudWatch
AWS DynamoDB	Interface to AWS DynamoDB
AWS S3	Interface to AWS S3
AWS SNS	Interface to AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)
AWS SES	Interface to AWS Simple Email Service (SES)
Barcode Reader	Connectivity to any TCP/IP based barcode reader (or other identification system)
Beckhoff	Interface to Beckhoff PLC via Beckhoff OPC-UA Server
DDS	Connectivity to Data Distribution Service (DDS)
File	Read and Write files from arbitrary directories using File Consumer / File Tailer
FTP	Upload and Download files to/from FTP servers
HTTP	Send request to HTTP servers
HTTPS	Send request to HTTPS servers
InfluxDB	Interface to InfluxDB
IBM MQ	Interface to IBM MQ Message Broker
In-Memory	Communication via local machine
JDBC	Access databases through SQL and JDBC (refer to SQL Databases)
JMS	Send and receive messages to/from a JMS Queue or Topic using plain JMS
MES	Interface to a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that support standard communications via e.g., HTTP, REST, SQL
Modbus-TCP	Communication via Modbus TCP Server / TCP Client
Microsoft Azure (IoT Hub)	Interface to Microsoft Azure Iot Hub via MQTT
MTConnect	Communication Interface to MTConnect compliant agent applications
MQTT	Connectivity by implementing MQTT Client
NoSQL Databases	Cassandra, MongoDB, Hbase
OEE	Interface to various Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) Applications that support standard communications via e.g., HTTP, REST, SQL
OPC-UA Client	Connectivity by deploying one or multiple OPC-UA Client instances per SmartUnifier Communication Instances
OPC-UA Server	Connectivity by deploying one or multiple OPC-UA Server instances per SmartUnifier Communication Instances
PLC	Connectivity to various PLCs (e.g. Allen-Bradley, B&R, FANUC, General Electric (GE), Hilscher, Honeywell, Krauss Maffei, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Wago) via TCP/IP
PM	Interface to a various Predictive Maintenance Systems that support standard communications via e.g., HTTP, REST, SQL
REST	Communication via REST using REST Server / REST Client (Webservices)
SAP MII	Interface to SAP MII
SAP RFC	Interface to SAP via remote function call (RFC)
SAP Netweaver	Interface to SAP Netweaver via HTTP
SCADA	Interface to various SCADA Systems that support standard communications via e.g., HTTP, REST, SQL
SECS/GEM	Communication with semiconductor or photovoltaic equipment using SECS/GEM interface protocol for equipment-to-host data communications (TCP/IP).
Siemens Industrial Edge	Deployment of SmartUnifier Communication Instances via Siemens Industrial Edge Platform
Siemens MindSphere (REST)	Interface to MindSphere via REST
Siemens MindSphere (MQTT)	Interface to MindSphere via MQTT
Siemens S7 PLC/TCP	Interface to Siemens S7 1500 / 1200 / 400 / 300 via TCP protocol
Siemens S7 PLC/OPC-UA	Interface to Siemens S7 1500 / 1200 via OPC-UA protocol
Smart Devices	Interface to various Smart Devices (e.g., Smart Phones, Tablets) that support standard communications via e.g., HTTP, REST, SQL
SOAP	Communication via SOAP (Webservices)
Splunk	Interface to Splunk via HTTP Event Collector
Splunk	Interface to Splunk via Metrics Interface
SQL Databases	Interface to any SQL-based database like e.g., DB2, HSQLDB, MariaDB, MSSQL, OracleDB, PostgreSQL, SQLServer and others
TCP	Communication from/to any (binary) TCP based protocol
SFTP	Upload and Download files to/from SFTP servers
UDP	Communication from/to any (binary) UDP based protocol
VANTIQ	Interface to VANTIQ
VIPA Speed 7	Interface to VIPA Speed 7 PLC
WAGO PLC/IP	Connectivity to WAGO PLCs via OPC-UA
Websocket	Interface to Websocket Server (TCP/IP)

Note

In case a customer requires to connect to other endpoints (e.g., computing devices, PLCs) not listed in the table, please contact Amorph Systems.

Data Formats

The following data formats can be used in conjunction with the above defined connectivity endpoints. The possible formats for a certain connectivity endpoint may be restricted based on the selected communication protocol. For detailed information please contact Amorph Systems.

Data Formats

Format	Description
Binary	Handling of any binary communication format (e.g., fixed/variable lengths fields, headers/footers)
CSV	Handle CSV (Comma separated values) payloads
JSON	Encode and decode JSON formats
TEXT	Handling of any text-based communication format
XML	Encode and decode XML formats

Note

In case a customer requires another data format not listed in the table, please contact Amorph Systems.