New Solutions Simplifying Direct PLC-to-Database Integration

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Softing Industrial has launched an enhanced Siemens Connector for tmanager to simplify Direct PLC-to-Database integration. With this, symbol browsing capabilities have been introduced for Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500 controllers, significantly reducing integration time and eliminating the need for manual tag creation.

Softing Industrial has announced feature enhancements to its tmanager product line, enabling seamless, bi-directional communication between Siemens PLCs and SQL databases. The latest update introduces symbol browsing capabilities for Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500 controllers, significantly reducing integration time and eliminating the need for manual tag creation, states the company.

Simplified integration via the Siemens Connector

The enhanced Siemens connector builds on Softing's proven tmanager in-chassis connectivity platform and expands tmanager Controllogix and tmanager IPC (Industrial PC) to support Siemens controllers in addition to Rockwell and Modbus PLCs. Users can now browse PLC symbols and SQL database fields directly, set up triggers and deploy industrial applications such as track and trace, quality monitoring, KPI dashboards and recipe downloads.

Symbol browsing speeds up project realization

Previously, Siemens integration required time-consuming, manual symbol setup. With this new functionality, browsing and mapping symbols from Siemens S7 1200 and 1500 controllers is now just as streamlined as it is with Rockwell PLCs. The update also maintains support for legacy symbol creation with Siemens S7 300, 400, 1200 and 1500 controllers, ensuring full backward compatibility for existing installations, adds the firm.

tmanager drives digital transformation

tmanager is a unique digital transformation enabler. It’s designed to bridge PLCs and databases without requiring expertise in both, mentions the company. This update makes Siemens integration faster and far less error-prone. The firm has eliminated a tedious, manual step by enabling symbol browsing — a big leap for productivity and project scalability, opines the firm.

Meeting Today’s Industrial Challenges

As manufacturers face increasing pressure to improve traceability, reduce errors and gain real-time insights from plant-floor data, legacy approaches like clipboard logging or custom-coded solutions often fall short. tmanager addresses these challenges with a no-code, off-the-shelf solution that’s easy to deploy and maintain, claims the company.

Reliable, Scalable Integration Without Coding

With robust in-chassis and IPC-based architecture, built-in fault tolerance, store-and-forward capabilities and scalable integration with multiple PLCs and databases, the solution offers a reliable and supportable path to digital transformation.

It enables rapid implementation of high-value industrial use cases including KPI monitoring, high-speed sorting, recipe management and MES integration — without the complexity of OPC protocol translation or PC-based middleware, concludes the firm.

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