Industrial Intelligence Blog
Insights from the shop floor
Practical, engineering-led writing on industrial data collection, edge connectivity, OEE, alarms, reports, and brownfield Industry 4.0 — no buzzwords, no overclaim.
What Is EdgeConnect? Edge Data Collection for Mixed-Vendor Plants
A protocol-agnostic edge runtime that connects to FANUC, Siemens, Brother, Modbus, and OPC UA controllers and maps supported readings toward a canonical model at the edge.
What Is EREMOS V2? From Machine Signals to OEE You Can Trust
The operational intelligence layer that turns clean machine signals into OEE, alarms, dashboards, and reports — computed against your own state definitions.
Industrial Protocols Explained Simply: OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, FOCAS2, MTConnect & S7
A plain-language guide to the protocols behind factory data, and how to choose the right one for each machine — including OPC UA client and server.
How to Collect Data from FANUC CNCs Without Writing Custom Scripts
The data is already in your FANUC controls. Why custom FOCAS2 scripts become fragile on a real floor, and what a maintainable approach looks like.