QWDataHub is your central repository for organizing and managing all your PLC Automation or SQL data sources in a single place.
It provides you with a data dictionary of all your available data points organized by groups for easy understanding and simple access. Complete with a rapid development QW Application tool (QWDataHubAppGen) that can have you collecting real-time data and viewing it in minutes.
Adds speed and efficiency to your Quality Window applications
QWDataHub offers rapid development and deployment of cost-effective QW applications and enables the merging of manual and automated data for new insights into the manufacturing process.
Secure Access through your network
QWDataHub provides secure network connectivity to your automation data via TCP connections giving business users access to the vast pool of manufacturing data.
QWDataHub works with what you have
We pull your automation data from virtually any process system, group it by source so you can use it in a manageable environment. Automation data accessibility is made easy with QWDataHub.
Some of the possible connections:
- OPC
- DDE
- iFix
- QW IO files
- VBScripting calculated results
- SQL databases
Feature Highlight
QWDataHub provides secure network connectivity to your automation data via TCP connections giving business users access to the vast pool of manufacturing data.
Take a read through the QWDataHub Features and get in touch with us for more information about how we can help you gain efficiencies in your environment.
Grouping by data source
QWDataHub identifies a data source like IOServer and allows for the setting of individual scan rates by Group multi-threaded processing
Single-source Changes
Allows for the changing of physical tag names and sources without affecting the use of the data accessed though tag aliases in downstream applications like Quality Window.
Secure TCP bridged access
Ensures the security and integrity of the Automation data is maintained well opening up the data to business users. This allows QWDataHub to act as a TCP gateway to various QW users across the factory.
Reduce cost of I/O servers
QWDataHub acts as a single point of contact for PLC/Automation data and eliminates the need for one of more I/O Servers running on each workstation.
Deploy rapidly with QWDataHubAppGen
By querying your running QWDataHub server, it retrieves all tag definitions and attributes for an easy build and fast deployment of of your QW applications.
Tag Translation
Translation of complex PLC tags to easy-to-read reference names.
Managed Access
QWDataHub allows the administrator to control what tags are exposed, the naming of those tags for business users..making sure the right data is used for the right job!
Minimize Data Traffic
QWDataHub is a “buffer” for realtime PLC data minimizing the impact on controls network through the use of unsolicited reads.
Calculated tag values via VBScripting
Increases flexibility and greatly reduces the need for specialized PLC programming. Perform unit conversions on raw PLC data to hand off to Quality Window.
QWDataHub use cases
QWDataHub is a powerful tool for many of our clients, but it’s also flexible and versatile.
Below, we’ve included a few scenarios to demonstrate how our customers are using QWDataHub in their operations. Take a read through them and reach out to our team to get started with QWDataHub.
Customer Reporting & Verification
A Contract manufacturing site installed QWDataHub as a cost effective method to collect data from multiple automated sources and supplement manual data collection using Quality Window 5 to meet customer reporting and verification needs.
Accessing Automation Data made easy
A Consumer Products company specializing in diaper manufacturing wanted to expand their use of manufacturing data collected in Quality Window to improve their efficiencies by accessing automation data through OPC and RSLinx.
A wide variety of connection options
An innovative Paper Manufacturer wanted to capture key parameters on the start up of a new process using QWDatahub to access data through an OPC link to Metso Automation sources and view the realtime results in Quality Window 5.
A reduction in servers needed
A leading global non-wovens manufacturer consolidated their multiline data collection through QWDataHub and iFix minimizing costs by eliminating the need for multiple iFix servers. Delivering vital data to line operators through Quality Window 5 applications.
A better look at process data
Needing to align and cross reference their quality lab results with their process run settings, a recognized world leader in Incontinence and Disposable products turned to QWDataHub to collect process data through OPC and RSLinx. They then paired that data with their Quality Results in Quality Window 5 to gain better visual and statistical insight into the effects of process changes.
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