As industrial environments grow more connected and complex, manufacturers are increasingly looking for streamlined ways to manage data flows, configure devices, and maintain interoperability without adding operational friction. Tools that can be learned incrementally and adopted at a users own pace are becoming especially valuable, helping teams focus on outcomes rather than wrestling with software overhead.

Migrating from legacy industrial control hardware to modern platforms is rarely glamorous, but it remains one of the most consequential tasks in keeping manufacturing systems running safely and efficiently. In this demonstration, the team tackles a shift from a 1769-based ControlLogix DeviceNet architecture to a 5069 platforman upgrade that mirrors what many facilities face as older Allen-Bradley systems reach their operational limits.

Industrial automation is in the middle of a profound shift, as manufacturers push beyond basic control toward fully connected, data-driven operations that bridge the plant floor and the enterprise. What began years ago as early experiments in digital transformationsimply getting PLC data into IT systemshas now accelerated into a critical business imperative fueled by analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making.