RF::Connect Tools

Connect your automation data directly to RF::Scout

Turn machine and robot data into valuable insights with the RF::Connect Tools.

The RF::Connect portfolio provides ready-to-use interfaces for connecting PLCs and robot controllers to RF::Scout and the wider RF::SUITE ecosystem.

Instead of developing individual interfaces for every controller or manufacturer, simply select the connector that matches your automation system and make your data available for recording, analysis and further RF::SUITE applications.

Connect. Record. Analyze.

One connection concept – multiple automation systems

RF::Connect Tools provide a standardized way to integrate different PLC and robot manufacturers into RF::SUITE.

They enable you to:

• connect automation systems quickly and easily

• make controller and process data available to RF::Scout

• record machine data for detailed offline analysis

• use one consistent integration concept across different manufacturers

• connect both development and production environments

• reuse the same connectivity across additional RF::SUITE applications

This makes RF::Connect the link between your automation technology and data-driven analysis.

Built for RF::Scout

In combination with RF::Scout, the Connect Tools provide direct access to valuable machine and process data.

PLC / Robot → RF::Connect or RF::Read → RF::Scout → Analysis

Once connected, relevant signals and controller data can be recorded and analyzed in RF::Scout to investigate machine behavior, identify deviations and better understand production processes.

No custom interface development.
No manufacturer-specific analysis workflow.
Just the right connector for the system you already use.

Connect or Read – you decide

Different applications require different levels of access.

RF::Connect

RF::Connect Tools provide bidirectional communication between the connected automation system and RF::SUITE.

Data can be read from the controller and, where required by the application, written back to the connected system.

Ideal for applications such as:

• simulation

• virtual commissioning

• system testing

• interactive RF::SUITE applications

RF::Read

For analysis and production environments where write access is not required or not permitted, dedicated RF::Read Tools provide a read-only connection.

This allows machine and controller data to be accessed without enabling RF::SUITE to write data back to the automation system.

Ideal for:

• RF::Scout data recording

• production analysis

• service and troubleshooting

• environments with strict access or security requirements

Real and virtual robot controllers

RF::SUITE Robot Connectors offer an additional advantage:

The same connector concept can communicate with both real and virtual robot controllers.

This allows robot data to be integrated throughout the engineering lifecycle – from simulation and virtual commissioning to the real production system.

One interface.
From the virtual controller to the real machine.

Available PLC Connectors

RF::PSABridge

Connection to Siemens PLCSIM Advanced.

RF::PLCSimConnect

Connection to supported generations of virtual Siemens PLCs.

RF::SiemensDBConnect

Direct access to Siemens PLC data blocks (DBs) from RF::SUITE.

RF::AllenBradleyConnect

Connection to Allen-Bradley PLC systems.

RF::OmronConnect

Connection to Omron PLC systems.

RF::SimUnitConnect

Connection to Siemens SimUnit.

Available Robot Connectors

The Robot Connectors support communication with both real and virtual robot controllers.

RF::ABBConnect

Connection to ABB robot controllers.

RF::FANUCConnect

Connection to FANUC robot controllers.

RF::KUKAConnect

Connection to KUKA robot controllers.

RF::YASKAWAConnect

Connection to YASKAWA robot controllers.

RF::KawasakiConnect

Connection to Kawasaki robot controllers.

RF::ReisConnect

Connection to Reis robot controllers.

RF::URConnect

Connection to Universal Robots controllers.

RF::KOLBridge

Connection to KUKA OfficeLite.

From machine data to actionable insights

RF::Connect and RF::Read Tools make automation data accessible where it creates value.

Combined with RF::Scout, they provide a straightforward way to connect machines, record relevant signals and analyze processes across different controller and robot manufacturers.

Your automation system already contains the data.
RF::Connect makes it available.
RF::Scout turns it into insight.