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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 an on-premise agent 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: