Overview
Manufacturing Connect is a centralized management platform for edge devices, data, and applications at the edge. As a single point of control for all Manufacturing Connect Edge instances (edge devices), Manufacturing Connect handles large-scale deployments across multiple facilities. Manufacturing Connect gives you control over edge devices, from bootstrap to replacement, with secure mass deployment, over-the-air updates, and automated actions.
Manufacturing Connect offers an option to act as a central data repository. It is used to set up and manage all aspects of a Manufacturing Connect Edge environment.
You can access Manufacturing Connect from a software-defined private network anywhere, using:
- Web User Interface
- REST APIs: to manipulate data programmatically
For more information on how Manufacturing Connect can manage Manufacturing Connect Edge devices, start with Manufacturing Connect User UI.
For more information on how to configure and manage the Manufacturing Connect itself, start with Manufacturing Connect Admin Console.
Manufacturing Connect User UI and Manufacturing Connect Admin Console:
- Connects to any number of edge devices to provide extensive management capabilities
- Offers edge device templates for fast and consistent deployment
- Manages Docker-containerized applications for edge devices
- Deploys applications across multiple edge devices
- Integrates edge devices with cloud or enterprise systems, including Big Data
- Stores data in all types of databases and cloud storage systems
- Manages dashboards to generate KPI reports and visualize real-time data across all edge devices
- Integrates data from multiple edge devices into Big Data lakes or enterprise systems