PROFIBUS asset management
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
Softing · Plant Asset Management & Field Device Connectivity
plantPerfect Monitor
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
Current platformNetwork diagnostics
FunctionNetwork monitoring
EvidenceTrends · events · diagnostics
UseOperations · maintenance
PredecessorTH SCOPE
Product overview
Network diagnostics
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
Continuous visibilityMonitor supported industrial networks independently of the controller application.
Evidence for maintenanceUse trends, events and diagnostic history to separate intermittent network faults from control behavior.
Architecture mattersSelect the correct access point or smartLink/TH LINK route for each protocol and topology.
MigrationSofting identifies plantPerfect Monitor as the successor route for TH SCOPE.
Connection architecture
plantPerfect Monitor in the system architecture
The product belongs in the communication/information layer; exact protocol roles and compatibility remain model- and release-dependent.
01PROFINET / PROFIBUS
02smartLink access
03plantPerfect Monitor
04History / topology
05Maintenance / cybersecurity
Verify controller/device firmware, protocol role, network segmentation and cybersecurity ownership before commissioning.
Application fit
plantPerfect Monitor application scope
PROFINET asset management
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
HART device access
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
Plant-wide monitoring
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
Ethernet-APL infrastructure
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
PA-to-APL migration
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
Technical data
Key specifications and compatibility
Values are based on the supplied Softing archive data, with selected current lifecycle/product information refreshed from Softing public pages. Confirm the exact release and order code before design-in.
| Measurement scope | Protocol and access-device dependent |
|---|---|
| Engineering inputs | Network protocol, segment count, topology, existing diagnostic access and retention requirement |
| Migration source | TH SCOPE installed base |
| Current route | plantPerfect Monitor with compatible access components |
Selection guidance
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plantPerfect Monitor
Centralized plant-wide OT network monitoring for PROFINET and PROFIBUS, with live and historical visibility into devices, diagnostics, topology and network status.
Network diagnosticsVariant-specific selectionsmartLink
Network-access appliance family for connecting supported industrial networks to asset-management, parameterization and diagnostic applications.
Network diagnosticsCurrent productsmartLink HW-DP
Controller-independent access point for PROFIBUS DP networks, enabling Plant Asset Management for PROFIBUS and HART field devices and providing OPC UA, MQTT and HART-IP information paths.
Plant Asset ManagementComplete the architecture
Build the information path around plantPerfect Monitor
01PROFINET / PROFIBUS
02smartLink access
03plantPerfect Monitor
04History / topology
05Maintenance / cybersecurity
Resources & requirement capture
Current Softing documentation and specification data
Verify manuals, downloads, licences, certifications and lifecycle directly with Softing, then freeze the Primionics configuration.
Official Softing product / lifecycle pageOpen Softing ↗Return to Plant Asset Management & Field Device ConnectivitySolution area →
Installed systemController/device models, firmware, network protocol and topology.
Data / asset objectiveRead/write variables, parameterization, diagnostics, monitoring or development role.
Northbound interfaceOPC UA role, MQTT broker, API, FDI/FDT, SCADA/MES or application library.
DeploymentWindows, Docker, gateway, DIN rail, OEM device or industrial PC.
CybersecurityNetwork zones, certificates, identities, remote access and patch ownership.
Commercial scopeLicences, runtime/redistribution terms, quantity, support and lifecycle.