PC-based control and the TwinCAT control software provide a foundation for advanced Industrie 4.0 and Internet of Things architectures in intelligent machines. TwinCAT Analytics is an important element in such an architecture. The product family covers a complete workflow ranging from data acquisition through communication and data historization to data evaluation and representation in web-based dashboards.
In this series of webinars, Pascal Dresselhaus explains the complete TwinCAT Analytics workflow. In addition, the TwinCAT Product Manager presents various application examples. These examples are intended to illustrate, for example, how data analysis capabilities can be used to open up new business areas and generate higher sales revenues. In the four parts of the webinar series, Pascal Dresselhaus will also talk about the high level of application flexibility through the use of IoT technologies and the optimization of support and service processes. Other benefits of TwinCAT Analytics will also be presented, among them time savings in engineering through the automatic generation of PLC code and HMI dashboards. Moreover, attractive licencing packages for the Analytics workflow offering further savings potential will be explained in the webinar.
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TE3500 | TwinCAT 3 Analytics Workbench
The TwinCAT 3 Analytics Workbench is a TwinCAT 3 engineering product for creating continuous data analyses. The data can come from various applications such as machines, buildings, or energy systems, for example. The configuration of the workbench is integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio and is designed as a graphical user interface. Many algorithms for configuring the analysis are available in a toolbox:
TF3551 | TwinCAT 3 Analytics Runtime Base
The TwinCAT 3 Analytics Runtime Base is the container in which the analytics application runs that was configured and developed in the TE3500 TwinCAT 3 Analytics Workbench. The runtime can be installed locally, on remote hardware or in a virtual machine. It is the ideal product if an analysis is to be operated “headless” or if a visualization of your own is already available.
TF3510 | TwinCAT 3 Analytics Library
The TwinCAT 3 Analytics Library is a PLC library with analysis functions for process and application data. It can be used locally on the machine controller or on a remote analysis system with an IoT communication connection. In both use cases, a great deal of engineering time can be saved with the automatic PLC code generation by the TE3500 TwinCAT 3 Analytics Workbench. For local use, only the mapping takes place manually; in the IoT workflow, even the mapping is omitted and is carried out automatically.
TF3550 | TwinCAT 3 Analytics Runtime
The TwinCAT 3 Analytics Runtime is the runtime “container” for the Analytics application, which was configured and developed in the TE3500 TwinCAT 3 Analytics Workbench. The runtime can be installed locally, on remote hardware or in a virtual machine. It also contains the TF2000 TwinCAT 3 HMI Server, which hosts the analytics dashboard. In summary, the TwinCAT 3 Analytics Runtime represents a bundle of different licenses. It contains a PLC runtime, the Analytics PLC library, the IoT connection with MQTT and HTTPS/Rest, the Storage Provider connection, the TwinCAT 3 HMI Server and a corresponding client package, so that several users can view the designed Analytics Dashboard simultaneously.