Industrial IoT Dashboard

Problem

Data may already be in a PLC or a logger, but supervisors still walk the line to learn which station is running, which model is selected, and whether quality values are drifting.

Solution

A custom dashboard reads the database or the live PLC link and shows status, the current quality measurements, and trends. Reports are generated from the same records. The screen is laid out for that plant’s stations, not from a fixed template.

Hardware

A PC on the plant network, and the PLCs or loggers that supply the values. Display can be a shop-floor monitor. No extra cloud service is required for the dashboard to run.

Software

A custom Windows application in C# / .NET or Python. Storage is SQLite or SQL. A REST API is added only when another system on the network must read the same records.

Communication protocol

The dashboard uses the plant network to reach the database. The machine link underneath is Ethernet, serial, or Modbus, as set up in PLC machine data logging.

Data collected

Machine status, production counts, quality measurements, alarm and event history, and the fields needed for a shift or production report. Cp/Cpk is calculated only when the stored samples are the right kind of measurement.

Result

People on the plant network can open live status and earlier trends without standing at the PLC. Specific uptime or output figures are not published here.

Dashboard scope, including what belongs on the screen, is part of Industrial IoT solutions.