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In the field of industrial automation, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are becoming increasingly widespread, enabling various automated production implementations across numerous industries. However, traditional PLC operation methods—such as data acquisition and local program upload/download—require engineers to travel to site for programming and debugging. These approaches are costly, inefficient, and no longer meet modern industry's demands for high efficiency and convenience.

With the continuous advancement of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), factory equipment and systems are progressively becoming smarter and more networked. The previous work model that required on-site travel can now be replaced by remote, online workflows, bringing many tangible benefits such as distributed equipment monitoring and maintenance, remote device control, and intelligent data analytics.

WideIOT offers industrial IoT gateways—IIoT devices that enable PLC protocol parsing, PLC data acquisition, PLC fault alarming, PLC remote control, and remote program upload/download for PLCs. These gateways are widely used in smart factories, water and environmental protection, power and energy, HVAC and refrigeration, and other sectors, with the following features: Rich Protocol Support
Supports access and protocol parsing for a wide range of industrial equipment, including PLCs (Siemens, Beckhoff, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Omron, Schneider, Delta, Inovance, Keyence, etc.), sensors, DCS, industrial robots, CNC machine tools, and more.
Data Acquisition
Enables collection and visual monitoring of temperature, humidity, pressure, flow, liquid level, and other parameters. Available in multiple series and models with modular configuration options, supporting different acquisition frequencies, upload intervals, and data point configurations.
Cloud Adaptation
Supports flexible connection to WideIOT Cloud, enterprise private clouds, or third-party cloud platforms via MQTT, Modbus, and other protocols. It can also connect to local host systems, with networking options including 5G, 4G, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet.
Edge Computing
Provides intelligent acquisition, data filtering, alarm calculation, change-triggered events, formula computation, grouping strategies, and more—effectively reducing the computational load and cost burden on cloud servers.
Intelligent Alarming
Supports custom fault definitions and notification methods, delivering alerts via SMS, WeChat, email, and other channels. Alarm details can be shared, and maintenance work orders can be created and assigned to responsible personnel.
Remote Operations
Managers and engineers can remotely control, program, debug, and upload/download programs for PLCs located at remote sites—significantly improving work efficiency and reducing operation and maintenance costs.