vNode

INDUSTRIAL IOT GATEWAY

The communication platform for the Industrial Internet of Things

Nowadays, fast development of industrial connectivity is opening new opportunities. This growth allows business applications to have access to operational data from the industrial plant floor.

However, it is not always easy or affordable to integrate this industrial data acquisition and take it to the company’s business level. Unstable networks, unreliability of acquired data, security gaps or the high implementing costs, frequently put the brakes on the industrial revolution.

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The solution to these hurdles is vNode

vNode is an industrial software platform that brings together the best of OT Operations Technologies) and IT (Information Technologies) worlds to provide an out-of-the-box solution for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIot).

vNode guaranties the reliability of the data transmission, even in the worst scenarios such as low bandwidth, high latency and unstable networks thanks to the following mechanisms:

Store and Forward: The vNode platform itself incorporates Store & Forward functionality for automatic real time and historical data recovery after a communication outage.
Compression: vNode always ensures a low bandwidth consumption thanks to its data compression algorithms.

vNode incorporates the most powerful built-in standard security mechanisms for Industrial Cybersecurity. Main features are:

Data encryption: All of the communications are encrypted using SSL cryptographic protocols.
Authentication: vNode authentications based on digital certiﬁcates.
Firewall friendly: No open ports are required in the remote site

IIoT out-of-the-box: Most common IIoT solutions in the market are SDKs, which means huge amounts of hours of programming tasks. vNode is out-of-the-box: just install it and it is ready to run.

Object oriented configuration: Save lots of configuration hours by focusing on device and tag templates through vNode’s web user interface.
Scalability: vNode has been developed to run from small local systems to large distributed architectures guaranteeing the most robust connectivity.

Data Acquisition

vNode has built-in connectivity drivers for standard industrial communication protocols. In addition, the partnership with MatrikonOPC allows vNode to get data from almost any device.

These are some of the most used Modules:

OPC UA & OPC DA

Using these technologies, is easy to read from any device such as PLCs, DCSs, power meters, RTUs and any electronic device containing data.

REST API

vNode includes a REST API Client able to connect to any Rest API Server embedded in a Webpage or application and collect data.

Siemens S7 PLCs

The Siemens Client in vNode allows to connect to multiple Siemens PLCs S7 200, 300, 400, 1200 and 1500 series and read any memory position in the program.

MQTT

The MQTT Module allos vNode to read or write data to any MQTT Broker.

Custom data ﬁles

vNode can read csv or txt data files containing real time data or historical data. vNode will parse the content and collect the lines one by one using the original timestamp.

Modbus

Modbus is the most used technology to collect data. Both TCP and RTU, vNode can connect to multiple Modbus Slaves simultaneously.

Custom Client

This module allows the user to design his own protocol. Very usefull to read Analog and Digital Inputs, or connect to custom devices.

Data Delivery

OPC UA

As all the industrial applications allow data acquisition through the OPC UA technology, vNode incorporates the OPC UA module which is able to serve all the colected data through this standard technology.

Open API

The RESTful Application Programming Interface is used for sharing data between applications over secure HTTP connections, which is essential for IIoT applications. vNode is ready for exchanging data through REST, both for sending data to client applications and for delivering tasks from applications to devices.

SQL Databases

The most used tools to get the best of data are the relational databases. With them, applications are built to allow the company to make right decisions. With vNode, you can store plant floor data to the most common SQL databases, and the decision making process gets easier and faster.

NoSql database

NoSQL databases, like MongoDB, are being used more and more in IIoT applications. Organizations of all sizes are using this kind of databases because of their high speed and big data storage capabilities. vNode connects and communicates seamlessly with MongoDB.

Custom data files

vNode can move data from plant oor to all kind of applications using csv, xml or txt type files containing historical data.

MQTT

Using this technology, vNode interacts with any MQTT Broker both as Publisher and Subscriber. vNode includes AWS and Azure’s payload proﬁles for easy deliver data to these popular Clouds.