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The topic of collecting data from production machines has never been more current than this year. Whether it is the energy crisis, your need to monitor energy consumption, your customers' requirements or your parent company that has made you think about it, you should carefully consider several basic questions. Answering them will help you set your digitalisation processes correctly and start gathering data effectively, with tangible results. The first question is: Why do you want to capture data in the first place?

The company Kepware has released its new KEPServerEX version – V6.11. Apart from many driver fixes, it contains a brand-new driver that many of you will surely appreciate – the Siemens S7 Plus Ethernet.

Today digitalisation of processes, data in the cloud and remote Internet access are the new norm. What still lingers, however, and following some unpleasant experiences has even heightened is concerns over digital threats. As a result, cybersecurity requirements have increased. Apart from banking institutions and big corporations, it is now also medium-sized manufacturing companies that are in danger of being targeted by hackers.

On behalf of FOXON, Jaromír Peterka would like to wish you all the best for 2022. But where is he? Watch our video (subtitles included).

We regularly update our software and equip it with attractive features. Because it is important to us to implement explicit customer wishes and to offer the many OPC Router users up-to-date and user-friendly functions. With the new release, you can look forward to the introduction of Add-ons, the new clearly structured licence portal and a massive increase in speed in all areas. In addition, the limit for the database size is dropped, which is now only linked to the hard disk capacities.

How do you transfer PLC data to various databases? And further up to such higher-level systems as MES and SAP? Start small, but remember that the software tools you'll need for that could also come in handy later on.