Industrial automation and IIoT software development
Trakshym builds industrial automation software for manufacturers and plant operators: PLC and SCADA connectivity over OPC UA and Modbus, edge gateways, OEE and downtime dashboards, condition-based maintenance and batch traceability. Our engineers work remotely from India with plants worldwide, alongside your controls engineers rather than replacing them.
What is industrial automation software?
Here it means the software layer above the control system. PLCs and SCADA keep running the machines; IIoT software reads their tags, adds context such as order, batch and shift, and turns it into OEE, downtime reasons, maintenance triggers and traceability records.
Most of the work happens at the edge. A gateway on the plant network talks OPC UA or Modbus to the machines, buffers data, and sends only what the cloud needs over an outbound connection, so the OT network stays segmented from the internet.
What does Trakshym build for plants and production lines?
Software that reads from the control layer and gives production, maintenance and quality teams the same live picture of every line.
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Machine connectivity
OPC UA, Modbus TCP/RTU and MQTT connectors for PLCs, CNCs and SCADA, with a tag model that names signals consistently across lines.
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OEE and downtime tracking
Availability, performance and quality calculated per machine and shift, with operators tagging downtime reasons at the station.
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Condition-based maintenance
Vibration, temperature and current trends watched against baselines, raising work orders in your CMMS before a failure.
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Quality and batch traceability
Each batch linked to its materials, machine, process parameters and inspection results, so a defect can be traced to its source.
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Digital work instructions
Step-by-step instructions on tablets at each station, with sign-off, photos and deviation capture replacing paper.
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Energy monitoring
Consumption by machine, line and shift, with idle-state waste flagged for the energy and sustainability reports you already produce.
How do we deliver industrial software?
One pilot line first, agreed with your controls and IT teams, then the same pattern copied across lines and sites.
Plant survey
A remote survey with your controls team: machines, controllers, tag lists, network layout and the losses you want to see.
Pilot line
One line connected end to end through a gateway, with a live OEE and downtime view the shift team can check against reality.
Scale out
More lines and sites on the same tag model, plus maintenance triggers, traceability and integrations with MES, ERP or CMMS.
Handover and support
Runbooks for OT and IT teams, monitoring for every gateway, then ongoing support or a handover to your engineers.
- Plant protocols
- OPC UA
- Modbus TCP/RTU
- MQTT
- REST
- Edge
- Industrial Linux gateways
- Docker
- Python
- Rust
- Cloud and data
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- PostgreSQL
- Time-series storage
- Interfaces
- React
- Next.js
- Flutter (shop-floor tablets)
Standards and regulations we build to the requirements of
- ISA/IEC 62443: Network zones, device authentication and access control for OT systems.
- ISA-95: The model for integrating plant-floor systems with MES and ERP.
- FDA 21 CFR Part 11: Electronic records and signatures, for plants in FDA-regulated manufacturing.
What does industrial IoT software cost, and how long does it take?
The plant decides it more than the software. We size it on a discovery call, then a pilot line gives a measured basis for the rest of the rollout; we don't quote before seeing your machines and network.
Machine and controller variety
Modern PLCs with OPC UA connect quickly; older controllers and proprietary CNCs may need protocol converters or retrofit sensors.
Network and security rules
Segmentation, firewall changes and IEC 62443 zoning add design and approval time on the OT side.
Systems to integrate
MES, ERP, CMMS and historians each need an integration, and their owners' time for testing.
Lines and sites
Every additional line reuses the pilot pattern, but each site brings its own network and commissioning work.
On a 30-minute call an engineer reviews these drivers with you and tells you what a sensible first phase would include.
Book a discovery callCommon questions about Industrial automation
Will connecting machines affect production?
It shouldn't. We read data and don't write to controllers unless that is explicitly in scope and signed off by your controls engineers. Gateways poll at rates agreed with them, and the pilot runs on one line before anything scales.
Can you connect older machines that don't support OPC UA?
Yes. Older PLCs often speak Modbus or a vendor protocol that a gateway can translate. Machines with no usable controller access can be retrofitted with current, vibration or cycle-count sensors, which is often enough for OEE.
How is OEE calculated?
OEE is availability × performance × quality. Availability is run time over planned production time, performance is actual output against ideal cycle time, and quality is good units over total units. The hard part is agreeing planned time and ideal cycle times with your team, which we do before building dashboards.
Does plant data have to go to the cloud?
No. Dashboards and rules can run on an on-premises server or on the gateway, with the cloud used only for cross-site reporting or not at all. Some plants require that for security or latency, and we design for it from the start.
Do you replace our MES or SCADA?
Usually not. We read from SCADA and MES and fill the gaps they leave, such as cross-line OEE, maintenance triggers or traceability views. If replacement is the right answer for your plant, we will say so on the discovery call.
How do you handle OT security?
We build to the requirements of ISA/IEC 62443: the plant network stays segmented, gateways make outbound-only connections, devices are authenticated individually and remote access is logged. Your OT security policy takes precedence over our defaults.
Tell us what's running at your edge.
A 30-minute call with an engineer, not a salesperson. You leave with a scoped next step, whether or not we work together.