The Low-Code Integration Solution for Standardized Interfaces in ProductionFabEagle®Connect

FabEagle®Connect

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These companies rely on our interface integration solution FabEagle®Connect

With FabEagle®Connect, you can create configurable and reliable interfaces such as OPC UA, REST or TCP/IP for your machines and IoT applications. As the degree of automation increases, our solution helps you meet the IT requirements for reliable interface integration of your production machines and devices – regardless of their age or manufacturer. Our integration solution uses modular components for interface protocols and data processing.

Integration solution FabEagle®Connect – Your benefits

    • Easy machine integration using low-code configuration dialogs for interfaces 
    • Cost savings through use and connection of various interface protocols
    • More data security thanks to regular functional and security updates 
    • React flexibly to changes with easy adjustments to interface configurations
    • High future security through scaling in parallel FabEagle®Connect applications
    • Modular integration of own logics and interfaces 
    • Additional logic for digital signals can be integrated from older machines

FabEagle®Connect: The solution for various interface integration use cases

IoT bundle: FabEagle®Connect with gateway KBox A-250
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With the KBox A-250 from Kontron, you get a box PC optimized for gateway applications. FabEagle®Connect and KBox come bundled, pre-installed and ready for use.

Standardizing interface integration in production
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With FabEagle®Connect, we offer you complete standardization of the integration level between shop floor and IT systems in one solution. This simplifies integration and maintenance for a wide range of interfaces. 

Special interfaces and existing machines
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Company-specific systems often require interfaces that are not specified in the standards. FabEagle®Connect also supports special solutions and machines that have been in operation for a long time so that you can continue using them with our code component.

Industry-specific interface protocols
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Thanks to the modular architecture of our FabEagle®Connect integration solution, you benefit from continuous expansion with new interfaces such as SECS/GEM, PV2, EUROMAP and SEMI A1.

Ccomponents and features of the integration solution at a glance

With FabEagle®Connect, we offer you a comprehensive interface integration solution that allows you to create functioning interface configurations after just a few minutes of training thanks to reusable components and guided configuration dialogs. FabEagle®Connect can be used to realize the interface solution on various platforms. Windows 10, Windows 11, Yocto Linux and KontronOS are supported.

Data interfaces for your integration projectsData access via file and database interfacesData processing using code components
  • Use cloud interfaces to transfer data from production to IoT applications via REST, MQTT and ActiveMQ 
  • Proven IT interfaces such as OPC UA, TCP/IP, Modbus, RS232 and SECS/GEM Host as standard for connecting machines and devices
  • Automation interfaces for reliable data transmission, e.g. for Siemens PLCs
  • Access to CSV, XML, and JSON files via file interfaces
  • Writing and reading in MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird databases
  • Develop custom logics in freely programmable components with C# script
  • Aggregate data sets to form a result
  • Buffer data on gateways or servers
  • Filter and delete data records and messages
Illustration FabEagle®Connect interfaces
Interfaces available with FabEagle®Connect
  • OPC UA Client
  • OPC UA Server
  • REST
  • TCP/IP
  • Custom Client
  • MQTT
  • PLC-S7
  • Modbus
  • XML/JSON
  • SECS/GEM Host
  • Databases 
Sample applications for FabEagle®Connect
  • MES
  • ERP
  • Historian Archiving
  • HMI & SCADA
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Database
  • OPC UA Server
  • Application Database
  • PLC
  • Files
  • Sensors & Devices

Your contact persons

Frank Tannhäuser
Senior Sales Manager
Manufacturing Automation, Automotive, Photovoltaic
André Dittrich
Sales Manager
Manufacturing Automation, Automotive, Photovoltaic