Crane control systems using IFM and Codesys technology, integrated with embedded devices via CAN Bus.
The challenge
Crane control is unforgiving: the logic has to be deterministic, auditable and respond on the equipment's timescale, not the network's. At the same time, operations wanted that control talking to the telemetry platform, without turning the controller into an isolated part.
The architecture solution
IFM controllers programmed in Codesys take on the critical logic right next to the machine, and integration with the embedded devices and with the backend happens over CAN Bus. The boundary is explicit: whatever is safety and real time stays on the controller; whatever is history, indicators and visualization goes up to the cloud.