OKUMA machine monitoring in Scout MES works via MTConnect: Scout receives the data stream from the machine’s MTConnect agent over your factory LAN.
What data Scout reads from OKUMA machines
- status
- mode
- program
- part count
- feed rate
- feed override
- spindle speed and override
- alarms
Scout reads this data if the machine’s MTConnect agent publishes it.
Other data (e.g. spindle load, tool or variables) is determined during deployment.
Requirements: The machine has a P100 Type II or newer, P200, P200A, P300 or P300S control. The MTConnect Agent & Adapter package from the OKUMA App Store must be installed on the machine, and the machine’s MTConnect agent must publish the data.
How the connection works
Scout reads the data over your factory LAN, directly from the control, with no electrical modifications. The machine does not need internet access: SCT (Scout Configuration Tool) runs as Windows services on a computer in your network and sends the data to the Scout server over HTTPS, so you do not need to open any inbound ports. We install and configure SCT remotely. You prepare a Windows computer in the LAN and send us the list of machines (control type and IP address). Scout only reads data. It does not control machine motion.
Frequently asked questions
Via MTConnect, over your factory LAN.
P100 Type II or newer, P200, P200A, P300 and P300S. The MTConnect Agent & Adapter package from the OKUMA App Store must be installed on the machine.
Status, mode, program, part count, feed rate, feed override, spindle speed and override, and alarms, if the machine’s MTConnect agent publishes them. Other data is determined during deployment.
We do, remotely. You prepare a Windows computer in your LAN and send us the list of machines; we install and configure SCT and connect the machines. To add a machine later, you write to us and we change the configuration remotely.
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Not sure which data Scout can read from your OKUMA machines? Talk to our expert during a free consultation.