Softing Industrial Automation GmbH

The edgeConnector products from Softing’s dataFEED family now support MQTT subscriber functionality and thus bidirectional communication with IoT cloud or IoT edge applications.

commModule APL, a new hardware module from Softing Industrial Automation, is designed to support device manufacturers in implementing Ethernet-APL field devices for the process industry quickly and reliably.

The edgeConnector products from Softing’s dataFEED family now include a REST API. This makes integration into configuration platforms even easier. In addition, a new licensing model offers more flexibility when deploying the individual products.

The first connectivity products of the edgePlug product family from Softing Industrial Automation GmbH are available on the Siemens Industrial Edge Marketplace.

Softing’s commKit now supports Integrator Function Block and Standardized Connection Points for FOUNDATION Fieldbus plus several other new features which make retrofitting of HART and Modbus devices in process industry installations even easier.

SmartLink SW-HT – a HART multiplexer software for accessing configuration and diagnostic data via Emerson’s AMS Device Manager or other HART IP-enabled plant asset management applications. It supports Allen-Bradley controllers and remote I/Os .

mobiLink Power, Softing’s multiprotocol interface for commissioning and maintenance of field devices in process automation can now be used with Emerson’s AMS Instrument Inspector to access Foundation Fieldbus devices.

Softing expands its dataFEED edgeConnector product family. The new edgeConnector 840D container supports easy access to data from SINUMERIK 840D controllers and makes it available on edge devices or virtual environments via OPC UA and MQTT.

The new AWS Quick Start automatically deploys Softing’s edgeConnector Siemens docker container and AWS IoT SiteWise in the AWS cloud. It demonstrates how to connect Siemens PLCs to the AWS cloud in a secure and scalable way.

Besides HART IP and FDT, the new Version of Softing’s smartLink HW-DP now provides data for optimizing processes via an OPC UA interface. In addition, the new smartLink DTM enables FDT/DTM parameter setting for HART devices.

January 20, 2021 – smartLink HW-DP provides controller-independent access to PROFIBUS DP networks.

February 03, 2021 – The new version V5.10 of Softing’s dataFEED OPC Suite Extended offers MQTT subscriber functionality and extensive options for data preprocessing.

Softing adds to its Docker technology-based edgeConnector product family. The new edgeConnector Modbus is a flexible Docker container application for Modbus TCP controllers.

With data type conversion and LUA script support, the new V5.15 version of Softing’s dataFEED OPC Suite Extended offers new data pre-processing capabilities.