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From the control panel to your phone, without opening up the plant.

The Suite is installed on a machine in the plant network, reads the machines and shows everything in the browser. From outside you only reach it through a secure connection; you add the Cloud when you need it.

How the Suite connects: field, plant, remote access and Cloud FIELD PLANT NETWORK OUTSIDE THE PLANT PLCs Controllers and HVAC Energy meters IoT sensors Machines without protocols Input module Modbus TCP · OPC UA · BACnet/IP MQTT Business system (ERP) REST API DATATHESYS MACHINEWindows or Ubuntu Link Studio Operator PCs and tablets in the plantin the browser Firewall Remote Operatorsame pages, secure access Cloud Platformoptional Computer, tablet, phoneremotely IoT sensor cloudread by Link via API secureconnectionsinternet
The Suite works inside the plant network; it only goes outside through the firewall and secure connections, including to read IoT sensors that send their data to their vendor’s cloud.

Everything runs there.

  • A Windows or Ubuntu machine with Link, Studio and Operator
  • Link reads PLCs, controllers, meters and IoT sensors on the plant network
  • People at work use the browser, on a PC or tablet
  • Works without internet too

Only through the right door.

  • The plant firewall stays closed
  • Remote access goes through a secure connection
  • The remote Operator shows the same pages
  • The Cloud receives data only if you switch it on

Very little, and you know it up front.

  • Windows 10 or 11 Pro with Hyper-V, or Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04
  • At least 4 GB of memory and 15 GB of disk
  • Machines reachable on the network, or an input module
  • A secure connection, if you want remote access

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