Softing Industrial · Solution area 01

Industrial Data Integration & OT/IT Connectivity

Aggregate PLC, CNC and OPC data, standardise the information layer and expose selected data through OPC UA, MQTT and established industrial interfaces.

Softing SDEX Suite
Softing SDEX Suite Gateway
Softing dataFEED OPC Suite
Application-led selection

Selection by function and lifecycle

Current platforms, family selection pages and installed-base products are deliberately distinguished.

Industrial OPC UA and MQTT data-aggregation platform for securely acquiring PLC, CNC and OPC UA data and distributing it to IT, MES, SCADA and cloud systems across Windows, Docker and gateway deployments.SDEX SuiteCurrent flagship platform
Fanless DIN-rail appliance for deploying the SDEX industrial data-connectivity platform close to machines and production networks.SDEX Suite GatewayCurrent platform
Windows-based OPC communication and connectivity suite for OPC UA, OPC Classic and selected controller, database, file, MQTT and REST integration tasks.dataFEED OPC SuiteCurrent; licence-dependent
Free Softing utility for exporting SIMATIC S7 symbol information from STEP 7 or TIA Portal projects for reuse in supported Softing connectivity products.dataFEED ExporterCurrent utility
System architecture

Industrial Data Integration & OT/IT Connectivity

Use this as a selection framework; exact protocol roles, firmware, licences and certification remain product-dependent.

01PLC / CNC / OPC UA
02Softing data layer
03OPC UA / MQTT
04SCADA / MES / ERP
05Cloud / Analytics
Keep deterministic control in the controller/DCS. Softing provides access, standardization, diagnostics, asset-management or information-layer connectivity.
Application fit

Typical engineering objectives

01

Multi-vendor machine data

Confirm protocol, topology, access role, data consumer and lifecycle before final selection.

02

SCADA/MES integration

Confirm protocol, topology, access role, data consumer and lifecycle before final selection.

03

OPC Classic modernisation

Confirm protocol, topology, access role, data consumer and lifecycle before final selection.

04

Unified data access

Confirm protocol, topology, access role, data consumer and lifecycle before final selection.

05

MQTT publishing

Confirm protocol, topology, access role, data consumer and lifecycle before final selection.

06

Historian / analytics feeds

Confirm protocol, topology, access role, data consumer and lifecycle before final selection.

Engineering inputs

Model selection criteria

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.