Business Connector Module

Send and retrieve real-time data to business systems like ERP

The Business Connector module builds upon decades of industry best practices to enable seamless integration between your business systems and your Ignition-powered production floor.

Visual sequence builder and monitor

Drag action blocks to construct business logic, encompassing control flow concepts such as loops, conditionals, and exception handling. Step through the sequences while monitoring interim results to facilitate development and troubleshooting.

Key features of the Business Connector module

Powerful sequence engine
Harness the power and flexibility of Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) to execute complex workflows. Sequences can include transactions to multiple business systems using associated modules like Web Services and Interface voor SAP modules. Trigger sequences based on a schedule, tag change event, web service call, or script function.

Intuitive integration
Benefit from lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by leveraging familiar Ignition features such as drag-and-drop, tag binding, and scripting. This module is integrated with the Ignition ecosystem and builds upon existing skills, significantly reducing costs and learning curves to maintain your system.

No expensive middleware
The Business Connector module leverages the unlimited capabilities of Ignition for a single price that is much lower than traditional middleware products. Do more for less with this module.

Enterprise-wide connectivity
Utilize the Web Services module or specialized connectors like the Interface for SAP module to communicate with multiple business systems, all within the same sequence—and without additional (and expensive) middleware.

Seamless MES integration
With an intuitive mapping tool, you can connect and transform data received from external business systems into production data, such as schedules and material definitions, for use by other modules, including OEE, Settings & Changeover and Track & Trace.

Built on industry standards
Instead of reinventing the wheel, this module leverages industry standards like B2MML, an XML-based implementation of the ISA-95 object models, to facilitate integration with external business systems.

Unmatched value
The intuitive visual interface of this module accelerates configuration, dramatically reducing labor costs for implementing enterprise communication. The lower learning curve increases scalability and simplifies maintenance, making it ideal for high availability environments with minimal downtime. The ability for concurrent execution and handling exceptions supports reliable communication and high data throughput. Best practices and industry standards for communication are built into our product, increasing reliability and confidence while reducing risks.