Industrial machinery, software and other systems lifecycle often takes decades and therefore product quality must be priority. At Ontec, the scalability of our products is one of the most important design bases. Therefore, any changes in the volume of data, -types and users processed will be considered already at the pre-planning stage. In practice, it is built on each of our products through the modularity of the software code and high-quality components and interfaces.
Ontec components
In addition to software code, components are the basis for product capability and performance. The endurance of the components as well as the system must be designed in such a way that the consumable parts are easily replaceable and equally easily increased. At Ontec, the equipment components are selected with 20 years of experience in high-quality and tested products that meet the customer’s changing requirements also in the future.
Ontec modules
Ontec products consist of extensive control systems for individual software products. All products work both individually – and together as standalone systems or features attached to existing configurations. Ontec modules can be used to build entities with MID and ATEX approval.
Modularity means that the software is divided into smaller subassemblies that communicate with each other through interfaces.
Modular design provides a simple logic that facilitates the construction and development of customer-specific functionalities at all stages of the product’s life cycle. In addition to functionality, the most important feature of a good software module is connectivity to the systems around it. With versatile interfaces, we ensure that additional customer-specific features can be integrated to the system as easily and effortlessly as possible, even later.
Benefits of modular design
The integration of Ontec modules is based on a wide range of interfaces
The established interfaces of Ontec products enable easy connectivity with existing systems. Ontec modules transfer data using SQL, OPC UA, XML interfaces and HTTP-based REST architecture. In addition to these, Ontec Cloud data transfer is done using the WCF interface protocol.
From the very beginning, well-designed interfaces remain stable throughout the product development process, this is important because the interfaces of the modules fit seamlessly together even in custom-made solutions.