Special-purpose equipment
cloud gateway
For machine builders and integrators: a register map and cloud payload configured for each equipment model, so every machine you ship can report from day one.
THE PROBLEM
Every machine model speaks its own dialect
Special-purpose machines, such as test rigs, sterilisers, coating lines, packaging machines and furnaces, are built in small numbers with their own controllers and their own data. Customers increasingly expect remote visibility, and the machine builder is expected to provide it.
Building a connectivity product in-house for a few hundred machines a year is a heavy distraction. Buying a generic gateway leaves the builder writing register maps and payloads model by model, with nowhere central to manage them.
HOW WE SET IT UP
One gateway, a profile per model
Map each equipment model
We build a register map for each machine model with your controls engineers: addresses, data types, scaling, word order and names that make sense to your service team.
Design the cloud payload
The structure of the data sent to the cloud is configured per model, so your platform receives the fields it expects, in the form it expects.
Manage the fleet remotely
Profiles live in the cloud application. A new firmware version on your controller means an updated map, pushed remotely to the machines in the field.
Under your brand
The gateway can carry your logo and labels from 100 units, with app branding on RIOD Live, or the design can be licensed through technology transfer.
AT A GLANCE
Equipment gateway in brief
- What is read
- A custom register set per equipment model
- Hardware
- RS485 Modbus IoT gateway, Modbus RTU over RS485 and Modbus TCP over Ethernet, master or slave
- Connectivity
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi or 4G, chosen per site. MQTT over TLS 1.2
- Power
- 12 V adapter or the machine supply. Plastic, metal or custom enclosure
- Where data goes
- Your platform or RIOD Live, with white-label apps and API access
- Supply
- From 100 units, about 4 weeks for 100 and about 6 weeks for 1,000
- Customisation
- Register maps, payloads and firmware adapted per manufacturer and model as needed
FAQ
Questions buyers ask us
How can a machine builder add cloud connectivity to its machines?
Fit a Modbus gateway that reads the machine controller and sends the data to a cloud platform. With a register map and payload prepared for each model, every machine shipped can report from commissioning.
Can the gateway carry our brand?
Yes. Logo and labels are available from 100 units, with app branding on the cloud platform. Larger programmes can use a custom enclosure, or license the design through technology transfer.
What if our controller uses an unusual register layout?
Register maps handle different data types, scaling and word orders, and are set per model. Where a manufacturer needs something beyond that, we customise the configuration or firmware as part of the project.
Can the data go to our own customer portal?
Yes. The gateway reports to RIOD Live or to your own server, and data can feed your portal through an API.
Building machines your customers want online?
Tell us the machine models, their controllers and your yearly volumes. We will propose the gateway profile and the branding route.