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Operational Technology (OT) Data Connectors

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*OT Data Connectors are an add-on feature. For details, contact your MaintainX® representative.

This article introduces the Operational Technology (OT) Data Connectors feature in MaintainX. It describes how OT Data Connectors enable real-time equipment data integrations to:

  • Improve maintenance.
  • Reduce downtime.
  • Optimize asset management.

It covers key benefits and available integration types (Ignition, Kepware, and MQTT), and it provides setup guides for each integration.

About OT Data Connectors​

OT Data Connectors help you protect your assets from failure by giving maintenance teams real-time, actionable machine insights and automations. With OT Data Connectors, you can set up integrations that use real-time equipment data to trigger maintenance, optimize predictive maintenance programs, and reduce downtime.

Key capabilities include:

  • Mapping devices and sensors to assets to unlock real-time insights.
  • Getting more data into MaintainX and using it with entities such as assets, meters, and other devices.
  • Better understanding the condition of your assets so you can take action, develop more efficient maintenance plans, and reduce business costs.

Key Benefits:

  • Reduce downtime and maintenance costs by performing work only when needed.
  • Improve visibility into equipment status, health, and performance, helping you catch issues before equipment fails.
  • Connect devices and get high-quality connected equipment data into MaintainX.
Benefits Overview
Benefits Overview

OT Data Connector Types​

OT Data Connectors provide the following integrations:

  • Ignition: Set up the MaintainX module on Ignition, and stream real-time tag data into MaintainX to power condition-based maintenance, insights, and alerts.
  • Kepware (IoT Gateway): Set up a Kepware IoT Gateway REST Client to transmit real-time tag data into MaintainX.
  • MQTT (On-premise): Set up the MaintainX On-Premise Agent (OPA) that subscribes to an MQTT broker to stream the MQTT data into MaintainX.
OT Data Connector Types
OT Data Connector Types

The following integration setup guides are available: