Softing Inc. Resources

Case Study: Machine Builder Bridges PLC and Enterprise System Databases Without Writing Code

  • White Paper

Trantek Automation, a machine builder specializing in robotic welding systems, was facing a challenge connecting information technology (IT) systems with production machinery. The tManager Enterprise Appliance Transaction Module provided a solution. With this innovative appliance in place, TranTek Automation quickly delivered a plasma cutting robotic system that could communicate with its customer’s enterprise database without having to write any code.

Extending Connectivity to the Bottom of the Ocean

  • White Paper

If you have a ControlLogix PLC being used as the MCS, how can you make use of the OPC UA MDIS spec and bypass the old Modbus integration to the DCS? Softing has developed an OPC UA MDIS compliant server module that inserts into the ControlLogix chassis and creates the OPC UA provides a framework that can be used to represent field devices, for example. 

Webinar: Upgrade Field Level Connectivity with State-of-the-Art Applications

  • Webinar

This webinar discusses the special challenges for digitalization in the process industry, use cases for process automation gateways, as well as how to integrate fieldbus networks into modern day DCS (Distributed Control Systems) with Softing's smartGates