Automation engineering
Connect your equipment by configuration, not by writing middleware.
How long does it take to get one more machine’s data out, and who keeps that script running?
Proxus reads PLCs, CNCs, robots and meters over their own protocols. You choose the protocol, the addresses and the read interval; the Edge Gateway does the reading, and one screen shows every connection’s reads, read time and latest values. The next identical machine needs only its connection details.
The live demo opens in your browser with your name, company and work email. Nothing to install.
Pricing from $5,500 a year- 60+ machine protocols
- Device profiles for identical machines
- Unlimited users and dashboards
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On the screen
Three questions an automation engineer asks about a connection.
Is every connection reading?
Every device with its gateway, protocol and tags, the share of reads that succeeded, the read time and when it last read; the connections that stopped reading come first. Click one and the tag table narrows to its tags, with address, data type, unit and latest value.
- Reads, read time and last read per device
- Stopped connections first
- Each tag with its address, type and latest value
How long does a new machine take?
A Modbus machine added in one pass: the protocol on an Edge Gateway, the connection tested from the gateway itself, the tags pasted from the datasheet and read once, then the first live values.
- Connection tested from the gateway
- Tags pasted from a datasheet
- First live values in the same pass
Can the logic run at the line?
A pipeline that runs on the Edge Gateway: when it runs, for which devices and its steps in plain language, what it would do on the live values right now, and the same pipeline as a canvas.
- Checked on live values before it runs
- Runs on the Edge Gateway, next to the machines
- The same pipeline as a canvas
Try these screens yourself, in your browser.
The same connection status on the engineer’s laptop, the tablet at the panel and the phone on the line.
Open the live demoThe live demo opens in your browser with your name, company and work email. Nothing to install.
Real Proxus screens; the machine data shown is simulated.
On your equipment
Drivers, profiles and checks you would otherwise build yourself.
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60+ protocols built in
Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Omron, Beckhoff, Modbus, OPC UA, MTConnect and Fanuc, read by the Edge Gateway with no driver to install.
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Browse instead of typing
Browse OPC UA, MTConnect, SNMP and Allen-Bradley address spaces from the gateway and pick the tags you need.
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One profile per machine type
A device profile names a machine type’s tags with their address, data type and unit once; the next identical machine needs only its connection details.
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Read health from the gateway
Reads, failed reads, connection errors and read time per device, counted by the Edge Gateway that does the reading.
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Logic at the line
Pipelines run on the Edge Gateway next to the machines; C# functions cover what no standard step does.
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Changes on record
Configuration changes are recorded in the audit trail, so the next engineer sees who changed what.
How you start
Start with the machines you connect by hand today.
Pick a line whose machines you now read with scripts or a single-purpose gateway. We connect them together, build a device profile per machine type and check every connection on screen; then the profiles move to the identical machines on the other lines.
- We pick the line and its controllers together
- The machines are connected and checked, a profile per machine type
- The profiles move to the identical machines elsewhere
Starter · one Edge Gateway
From $5,500 / year
- Unlimited users and dashboards
- No per-device or per-tag fees
- Runs on your own servers
An annual licence. The price follows the number of Edge Gateways and the data capacity you choose, not machines or tags. Excluding taxes.
Request a pilot call Pricing in detail- Do we have to change the PLC program?
- Usually not. Proxus reads the addresses the controller already has, over its own protocol. Some controllers need access turned on first, for example PUT/GET communication on a Siemens S7-1200 or S7-1500, which is a CPU setting, not a program change.
- Which protocols does it support?
- 60+ protocols, including Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi Melsec, Omron FINS, Beckhoff ADS, Modbus TCP and RTU, OPC UA, MTConnect and Fanuc. The full list is on the drivers page.
- How do we see that a connection is working?
- The connection list shows, per device, the share of reads that succeeded, failed reads and connection errors, the read time and how long since its last read. A connection that stopped reading moves to the top.
- Can we add our own logic?
- Yes. Pipelines run on the Edge Gateway next to the machines, and C# functions written against the Proxus SDK cover what no standard step does.
- How is it priced?
- Pricing starts from $5,500 a year (Starter, one Edge Gateway). The price follows the number of Edge Gateways and the data capacity, not machines or tags; users and dashboards are unlimited.
Next step
Let’s connect the first line.
Tell us which controllers you want to read and how you read them today. A Proxus engineer gets back to you and scopes the pilot with you.
Tell us about your plant
A Proxus engineer replies within one working day.
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