Remote Monitoring and Remote Programming Debugging of Panasonic PLCs via Industrial Smart Gateways

With the development of automated production systems in smart factories, enterprises face the challenge of integrating various devices and protocols. By centralizing device data onto a platform, companies can assess production efficiency and fault risks, enabling them to make informed decisions to enhance production efficiency and reduce costs.

Panasonic PLCs, widely used in industrial automation, control various equipment and parameters during industrial production processes.

 Therefore, achieving remote monitoring and real-time communication for Panasonic PLCs is a crucial issue that factories must address. In response, Wutongbolian offers a PLC IoT solution based on industrial smart gateways, providing PLC data collection, edge computing, and data analysis capabilities for equipment manufacturers and system integrators.

The industrial smart gateway connects to Panasonic PLCs, performing protocol adaptation and data collection.

 The collected data is then uploaded to a cloud platform or SCADA system via 5G/4G/WIFI/Ethernet, enabling rapid realization of PLC remote monitoring, fault alarms, remote control, remote programming debugging, and remote program uploading/downloading functions on mobile phones or computers. It records equipment operation data in real-time and facilitates visual data analysis, enhancing work efficiency and reducing maintenance costs while swiftly enabling device cloud integration, remote monitoring, and remote operation and maintenance.

Solution Advantages

1. Flexible Networking: Supports networking via 4G/5G/WIFI/Ethernet, featuring functions such as breakpoint continuation and multi-network mutual backup.

2. Edge Computing Capabilities: Enables intelligent collection, data filtering, alarm calculation, jump triggering, formula calculation, and grouping strategies.

3. MQTT Protocol Support: Facilitates connection to Wutongbolian Cloud, enterprise self-developed clouds, or third-party industrial internet platforms like Alibaba, Baidu, and Huawei using the MQTT protocol.

4. Remote PLC Operations: Supports remote program uploading/downloading, online debugging, online programming, remote control, remote start/stop, and parameter adjustments for PLCs.

5. Mobile/Computer Data Visualization: Enables viewing of real-time and historical PLC data on mobile phones or computers through data dashboards.

6. Customizable Fault Alerts: Supports custom fault definitions and notification methods via SMS, WeChat, email, and other channels.

7. Industrial-Grade Design: Features an IP30 protection rating, compact size, and rail-mounted installation for easy deployment.

8. Enhanced Security: Supports full-state packet inspection (SPI), denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention, multicast/Ping probe packet filtering, source/destination port mapping, DMZ, access control lists (ACLs), and IP-MAC binding.