Welcome to the session Connectivity Hero: Highlights of modern automation technology. My name is Mery-Jo Kersten and together with my colleague Marco Henkel he is the head of the Business Unit Automation we will guide you through the new products of WAGO's automation technology. Marco, what can we expect from today's session? First of all, it's great that we can be a part of the Hannover Messe in 2021, although unfortunately only in a digital format this year. In this session, we have prepared a selection of our new products from the areas of I/O systems, network infrastructure, control technology and from the area of cloud and cloud services. As I said, it is only a selection of our new products. you can get a complete overview of the new products by downloading our "New Products" brochure in digital format from our webiste in both German and English. We have already heard the term "Connectivity Hero" at the beginning and we at WAGO have made this our priority. What exactly can our viewers anticipate? Yes, in an intelligent connected world, the transitions from the information technology -IT- to the automation technology -OT- are fluid at best. And under the heading "Connectivity Hero" we are devoting ourselves precisely to this fluid transition. Why is the topic of connectivity or "connectivity hero" becoming increasingly important? Well, automation technology, but also information technology, is of course constantly evolving and the world never gets tired of launching new technologies every year. And these new technologies require new connection technologies, new signal forms or even new transmission protocols. Connectivity plays a special role here, because it is precisely at these interfaces that we can see whether the transition is as smooth as we need it to be for an intelligent connected world. And we are facing up to these tasks and today we are showing solutions and approaches to help you master these challenges. I would suggest that we take a look at the topic of connectivity at the I/O level and let our colleagues Ludwig Adelmann and Marcus Redeker present not only our broad portfolio in terms of I/O Systems, but also our new I/O System Field for control cabinet-free automation. At this point I will hand over to Marcus Redeker. Ladies and gentlemen, dear audience! My name is Marcus Redeker and I am head of the product line "Coupler and IO" within the automation business unit. I am pleased to welcome you today to our digital session "WAGO I/O Systems". Yes, when we talk automation technology WAGO has long been known as the true "Connectivity Hero". We have various I/O Systems for the most diverse applications and uses in our portfolio. On the one hand, we have our 750 series with its seemingly endless possibilities and over 500 different modules for any application and any field signal you can imagine. On the other hand we have our XTR series, which is made for extreme environmental conditions, be it extreme EMC conditions, be it vibrations or ambient temperatures from minus 40 to plus 70 degrees Celsius. And we are also optimally equipped on the fieldbus side. Our systems support all EtherNet-based fieldbus systems such as EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP or PROFINET. But there is more to the control cabinet than I/O systems. A stable connection between the components is very crucial. This is where WAGOs extensive switches portfolio comes into play. From simple unmanaged switches to full-featured managed switches we can offer the entire range of infrastructure components. Particularly worth mentioning here are the Lean-Managed-Switches, which combine a high level of functionality with simple and intuitive configuration. The main functionalities of these products are network and network connection diagnostics, network security and network redundancy. These functions can all be configured and monitored very easily via the integrated Web-Based-Management. This makes it very easy to integrate these products into existing installations and systems. But what about outside the control cabinet? With the WAGO I/O System Field, WAGO has extended its expertise from the control cabinet into the world of decentralized automation technology. With this member of our I/O family, we have created an IP67-based, future-proof and high-performance platform that is optimally equipped for your applications. And to give you an overview of the highlights and functions of this system I have brought along my colleague Ludwig Adelmann. Ludwig Adelmann is Product Manager in the Coupler and IO product line and responsible for the I/O System Field Ludwig, let's go!. Thank you, Marcus! Dear Ladies and gentlemen, dear viewers! The WAGO I/O System Field is an IP67 remote I/O system for automation without control cabinets. It consists of different types of components. One one hand, here are the fieldbus modules. These fieldbus modules are equipped with digital inputs/outputs or with IO-Link master ports. They can be equipped M8 and M12 connections and are available fully encapsulated in metal. On the other hand, there are so-called IO-Link hubs, which are not molded and are made of plastic. They are used in particular for the connection of intelligent sensors/actuators based on IO-Link to our IO-Link masters. And to their low weight they can of course be connected directly to systems such as handling robotics or automatic assembly machines to serve lightweight application, i.e. applications where weight reduction is important. But that is not all. A significant highlight of the WAGO I/O System Field is the extended network connectivity. This can be found, among other things, in the support of the IO-Link technology, but also in the fact that we offer different fieldbus modules with different stacks. Thus, we offer PROFINET modules, EtherCAT modules as well as EtherNet/IP modules. In addition, each of these modules is equipped with an OPC UA Server that has access, for example, to the parameter model or also to the status information of each device, in order to transport this, for example, via MQTT into the Cloud in the future. Last but not least, as you can perhaps see from this small dome, each of these fieldbus modules is also equipped with a Bluetooth Interface. In order to check the status of the system while I'm on the move, or what kind of error do I'm currently experiencing, which is signaled via a LED. In addition to this extended network connectivity, we have already laid the foundation for your investment in the future by using a system-on-chip that will also be able to support TSN tomorrow. Well, extended connectivity is a key feature of the WAGO I/O System Field, but it also offers much more. On the other hand, there is load management, for example. With load management, it is the case that port-related or channel-related for digital outputs, voltage, current and temperature are measured. I could also monitor these measurements by specifying the corresponding limit values for the actuator- in other words, by configuring them. And these possibilities are, of course, unprecedented. And besides these aspects, the output supply of each port can also be switched on sequentially, by specifying when supply is switched on to which actuator. This is always an advantage when I want to avoid load peaks that cloud appear due to capacitance consumers. Yes, now I had already told you two main highlights: the extended network connectivity and also the load management. A third one is the distinctive tooling. With this distinctive tooling, we find an IO-Link Configurator in addition to support for the various device descriptions, which are of course executed accordingly fieldbus-specific. This IO-Link Configurator makes it possible to analyze detailed information of these intelligent field devices, to make it accessible and displayable via engineering or to evaluate it inside the control system. It is also the basis for our IP20 IO-Link master. It can also be configured with it and and the IO-Link Configurator can also be integrated into the engineering wherever a TCI interface is provided. In addition to these two toolings, device description and the IO-Link Configurator, however, each of the fieldbus modules has an integrated web server. It is possible to access the device information separately - web-based access- or, for example, to perform a firmware update. Of course, I can also configure or parameterize the device there. In addition to these toolings, an app is also available. This app, available as iOS and Android version, allows me to view status information about the device and also to move or change parameters. All this is possible via the app. This app is offered free of charge in the popular stores the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and rounds off the whole tooling. Before I end my presentation, I would like to give you the opportunity to see how the WAGO App I/O Field works. And for this, I have prepared a small demonstration. To do this, I call up the app that I previously installed, select the option to select the Data Matrix Code in the menu, and scan it. Thus, the module knows that it should establish a communication. By means of the flashlight of my mobile device, I still indicate that I want to communicate with the module. And I get a feedback via this blue LED that this connection is now established. I also see the same in my app as confirmation. I have now connected to a WAGO I/O System Field module. You can still recognize it by the blue LED. And now now I have the possibility to look at various information from this device. For example the hardware revision status or the software status that has been implemented there and I can see the UII. All that is possible. I can go on to "general port information". How are these ports set up? Am I using both channels of a port or maybe just one channel of it? What is the status of this device or this port? And of course I can do configurations. Because sometimes you just need a digital input or a digital output or an IO-Link communication to my terminal device. But that's not all. For example, I can also look at the status of the input process image and output process image. I can also force outputs. I must have of course appropriate user rights to it. I must have set it up for me, which I have already done via the corresponding selection options of the accounts. If I have these rights now, then it is very simple, under "Forcing" and then "pin-related" or "channel-related" select a corresponding channel for example, the port X01. Beforehand, however, I have to select this basic function once, so that the module also knows, it should go into the forcing mode. I've done that now. I can now force the X01, the port 1. I'll do that now. And by doing this, there must be the possibility to get a signal immediately. At port X01 a corresponding yellow LED should now indicate that this output has been switched. By the way, his forcing mode is also displayed at the top as a warning triangle, so that a reference is given by the tooling. That I have made a manual intervention here. What is also possible, that I get extensive information about the individual devices. Now it's like this, we have a Class B Master in use and consequently we can of course look at the data sheets for it. The manual descriptions are also stored here, so that all the information can be accessed online and is available to me as a user if required. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I hope I have aroused your curiosity for more. On more information about the WAGO I/O System Field. Thank you for your attention. Thank you for the insights into what's new at the IO level. Marco, let's take a look at the next level of the automation pyramid. What current trends and topics are playing a role there? Well, I said at the beginning that the transition from information technology to automation technology is fluid at best, and control technology plays a central role in this fluid transition. Not only are the control and regulation tasks of the processes are performed here, but data pre-processing or data preparation is carried out. Physical values are converted into technical data objects, and information data are converted back into manipulated variables for the process. And I could go on for a long time now. But I think I'd better not get ahead of my colleagues. Thank you very much for this transition. Our colleagues Alexander Janzen and Rafael Kühling are in fact already standing by. They will not only introduce you to the new variants of our PFC, but also pay special attention to our Edge Devices. Be curious and have fun! Hello and welcome! My name is Rafael Kühling. I am Product Manager for automation technology with a focus on control technology and mobile communications. Today I would like to introduce two new variants of our popular Controller PFC. The PFC Controller is separated into PFC100 and the more powerful variant PFC200 and is based on a Linux operating system. In addition to the numerous possibilities offered by an open connection to the Linux operating system, we have also implemented a large number of software features. For example, we have integrated Cloud-Connectivity, security features and an OPC UA Server directly into our firmware. But let's now take a look at the first variant! When data has to be transmitted over long distances or in an environment with high electromagnetic interference, the wiring is usually done via fiber optics. Normally, you have to have another additional media converter in the switchgear cabinet, if you want to bridge between fiber optics and copper. For exactly this application we now have a PFC200 in our portfolio, which offers a direct connection for fiber optics. Let's take a closer look at this controller! This variant can be recognized very well by the metallic heat sink. Two EtherNet ports are available below here and two SFP slots are now available above here in this variant. Suitable WAGO SFP modules for connecting single- or multi-mode fiber optic cables can be plugged into these SFP slots. It should also be emphasized that all four ports, both copper ports and fiber optic ports, can be freely separated. This means that all four ports can be part of one network. However, it is also possible to connect the controller with up to four networks. So we now have the ideal controller when it comes to bridging long distances using fiber optics. But what if a remote station needs to be connected and there are no fiber optic lines or copper lines available? Or even if a moving object is to be automated? This is exactly where our next variant comes into play - the PFC200 with 4G. Let's take a closer look at this controller! This controller also has two EtherNet ports available at the bottom. In addition, he also has a serial interface. In the middle of the controller you can see that we have extended the number of LEDs that you can also see the signal strength directly at first glance. On the left side of the controller you can now see that we have attached a modem or the housing of a modem. This contains a LTE CAT4 modem. That means download speed of up to 150 megabits and upload speeds of 50 megabits per second are possible. An external antenna can be connected via the SMA connector here, and there is a slot for SIM cards via this SMA connector. By integrating the modem directly into the controller, we not only have a space saving, but we also have more security. Thus, it is not possible to perform a simple manipulation by inserting a subscriber between the modem and the controller. But the modem is not only hardware integrated, we also have an integration into our software. For example, the configuration of the modem is available via our web-based engineering and additionally we have integrated modern functionalities into our engineering system e!COCKPIT. In e!COCKPIT a library is available to send and receive SMS and and to check the status of the modem in the application. For an even easier introduction to the world of WAGO's automation technology, I would now like to draw your attention to the WAGO Compact Controller 100. This controller is positioned below the PFC200 family in terms of performance. Nevertheless, this controller is fully integrated into our engineer systems, such as e!COCKPIT. The Compact Controller is also based on a Linux operating system and has many of the same functions that the PFC already offers our customers. Unlike the PFC, however, the Compact Controller has onboard IOs, internal communication interfaces, and a removable wiring layer. Now I would like to hand over to my colleague Alexander Janzen, who will present the new WAGO Edge Devices to you. I hope you have fun and gain exciting insights. See you soon. Hello and welcome! My name is Alexander Janzen and I am pleased to introduce you to WAGOs Edge Devices. The goal of edge computing is decentralized data processing at the edge of a network. The focus is on data processing with the use of cloud functionalities. Today, in addition to product information, I would like to give you some ideas for using the devices in your future projects. The 752 series can be separated into two groups. We have the Edge Controller and Edge Computer. Let's take a look at the Edge Controller first. It is based on a Quad-ARM architecture and has the great advantage of reusability because we have the same firmware as in our PFCs. Thanks to the interface diversity, you have many options for your area of application. CAN, Modbus, EtherCAT, but also BACnet are available for data tapping. The data forwarding can be realized via OPC UA or MQTT. In addition, we have four digital inputs and outputs for the connection to the field. As you can see, you have many possibilities for the connection, not only the greenfield, but also in existing solutions, so-called brownfield. The field of application of the Edge Controllers is manifold. We have an integrated runtime, which makes it possible to transfer a project with e!COCKPIT automatically onto the device. This aspect is especially relevant for the OT area. On the other hand, thanks to the support of Docker technology, you have the possibility to run apps, the so-called containers, and process data with them. As you can see, with this device you have the possibility to realize PLC operation and data processing on a single device. We have a fusion between two worlds - OT meets IT! Let's take a look at the second area of Edge Devices - Edge Computer. These products are based on an x86 architecture and have the advantage that many programs and solutions are already existing for it. Debian Linux and Docker are preinstalled on the products, which enables a quick and uncomplicated start-up. These open source solutions are continuously developed by the community and maintain constant performance and stability. There are various apps in the community and, in addition, WAGO offers third-party containers on GitHub and Docker Hub. The Edge Controllers and Computers are maintenance-free. We have integrated flash memories and these are passively cooled. Another advantage of the Edge Computers is the security. We have integrated TPM 2.0 chip, which enables encryption already on the hardware level. The range of application of the Edge Computer is diverse. One possible use-case is to collect data from the Edge Controllers once and then concentrate it on the Edge Computer in a database and then forwarded to the Cloud. The Edge Computer enables high-performance and data processing in the edge. Two of the Edge Computers are equipped with a Quad Core Atom processor and are available in a 4 GB or 8 GB variant. In addition, the two devices can be expanded with an SSD hard drive and are equipped with a 64 GB flash as standard. If your projects require even more performance, then WAGO offers exactly the right product for you with this portfolio addition. The high-performance Edge Computer is equipped with an i7 processor, 16 GB RAM and a 256 GB hard drive. This powerful performance allows you to realize data pre-processing and data processing in the edge. With the i7 variant you have the possibility to perform decentralized processing of complex applications close to the process. This aspect is particularly relevant in areas with short latency times and where the availability of systems must be guaranteed, e.g. Real-time analyses. Now I would like to summarize for you. WAGO's Edge Devices enable high-performance data processing in control tasks. Data processing can already be implemented in the edge and the functionalities of the cloud can be used close to the machine. For more information about the Edge Devices, as well as on other automation products, please visit www.wago.com. Thank you very much and see you soon. Many thanks to both of my colleagues. Marco, if I may take up the topic of edge computing, what does edge computing change for control technology? Yes, Mery, I think that especially the second part of the session, the part on controllers and edge computing, has shown that control technology today has more tasks than just regulating and controlling the process. And at WAGO, control technology is also allowed to handle this additional tasks. Edge computing encompasses decentralized data processing and, in many applications, forms the link to the cloud, where the data can be consolidated and also processed centrally. And for this, following the title of this session, the connectivity for this application must first be considered and ensured before the data can be fed into the diverse processing processes. And our colleagues Dirk Volkening and Carsten Wendt will explain how this can look, by giving you insights into the WAGO Cloud and the principle of Multi-Cloud Connectivity. Welcome to the product presentation of the Multi-Cloud Connectivity. My name is Dirk Volkening and today I will introduce you to some of our IoT and Cloud solutions. At WAGO, we understand cloud connectivity as the communication via MQTT from our Linux-based devices up into a cloud platform, IoT solution or to an MQTT broker. The 750 series controllers are out the box IoT-ready and can communicate directly with a cloud platform. Not to mention that the devices are certified for various cloud providers and can therefore be used out of the box. You can configure the devices conveniently in the integrated Web-Based-Management, while you create your application in the e!COCKPIT development environment. The entire process takes place using the WAGO Cloud. The division of configuration in Web-Based-Management and programming with e!COCKPIT offers two advantages. Firstly, you as the developer have sovereignty over the data and can decide which data goes into the cloud and which does not. Secondly, the devices can also be connected directly to a cloud without a controller application, which of course simplifies error analysis significantly. Using Multi-Cloud Connectivity, you can also ensure that critical data does not leave the company and is sent to a local IoT platform, for example, while other data goes high into a cloud. Multi-cloud connectivity is essentially cloud connectivity times two. If your are already using your own IoT solution or cloud solution, but do not want to miss out on the benefits of the WAGO Cloud you can of also combine different cloud solutions and IoT platforms with each other and thus take advantage of the strengths of each platform. These are the essential advantages of Multi-Cloud Connectivity. I hope you will stick with us when my colleague Carsten Wendt now tells you something about the WAGO Cloud. Thank you very much! Hello and welcome. My name is Carsten Wendt and I would like to briefly introduce you to the new features of the WAGO Cloud. To do this, we first dial into our subscription. And here on the start screen, we can already see the first change. Here we offer you an overview of connections, but also of alarms. Here you can see directly if a controller or how many controllers are online or offline. You can see if there are critical alarms from the plant or if alarm limits were reached and if a warning has been generated. However, you can also see here in the work area directly via mouse-over whether there are alarms, whether there are critical alarm values. And can directly navigate from this overview, from the start screen, directly to the PFC. Another new feature, new function, of the WAGO Cloud is the dashboard. The new dashboard has a navigation tree here on the left side. Here we can store the corresponding dashboards and, for example, also create a dashboard with general information on the overview page. For example, we can display date, time, we have the option to show a world map, but it also possible to integrate external information into the dashboard such as weather information, as you can see here. For example, you can see the water consumption here, and we can display it as line chart, you can set peaks and advantages here in these corresponding panels, but you can also display it as a speedometer chart. How to create such a panel, I would like to show you very briefly. In just a few steps we create a panel. To do this, we click on "Add Panel", and then enter the editing level. On the right side we can see the corresponding visualization tools that we can use to create a panel. First we select a collection, a data collection. We select "heating" here, then select the time interval We then click on "execute" and automatically see the panel that we just created. The panel is also automatically displayed in the dashboard. What can we do with the panel now? For example, we can duplicate the panel. When we duplicate a panel, it will be displayed in the same dashboard. Right next to it. We can also copy the panel. We copy the panel and switch to another dashboard and click on "add panel" here as well. And here you select the option "add copied panel" add it will add the panel to this dashboard. And the panel that we just created has been added to this dashboard. One more option that we have here, we can place the panel accordingly variable and also resize, slide and display it in the dashboard. This is one function of the new dashboard. The dashboard also provides a solution for: What can I do if I've created something in the dashboard and I'm not happy with it? There is the option of writing back and accessing older versions. Here we have the versioning, at the top you can see the last changes, but also who made what changes when. For example, we can load this dashboard back. But we can also make comparisons: What has been changed to which panel? This was a brief overview about the functionalities of the new WAGO Cloud dashboard. Thank you very much. Thank you for the interactive insights into the new WAGO Cloud dashboard. Marco, we have gained insights into a wide range of automation technology topics today, especially WAGO's new automation products. What exactly do you want our viewers to take away from these sessions? Firstly, I would like to emphasize that today we have only seen a selection from our new products. I have the complete overview of our new products here in front of me in the form of the "New Products" brochure, which you can of course also download digitally from our homepage, both in German and of course in English. On the other hand, to answer your question in concrete terms, our colleagues today have shown very nicely and comprehensively that we can solve the tasks that arise in the course of an intelligent connected world and that our ideas from being the "Connectivity Hero" can be implemented in the areas of I/O systems, network infrastructure, control technology and also in the area of the cloud. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my "Connectivity Heroes", who guided us through the presentation today. I can only say that back. Thank you for your personal insights into the new automation products. I would like to take this opportunity to mention our sessions tomorrow. On Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. we'll be right back with another session on the topics: "Management of Buildings and distributed Properties - smart and easy" "Optimizing systems and Processes in the industry", and "Shaping the Energy World of Tomorrow with WAGO" Tune in! And thank you for your attention.