HardwareV5 talks to the floor, not just about it.
A managed device layer connects scales, label printers, barcode scanners, lab instruments and kiosk tablets to the workflows that need them — bound to stations, calibrated on a schedule, audit-trailed on every reading.
A floor of devices that behave like browser tabs.
Old MES treats hardware as a special-case integration project. V5 treats it as a paired user — a device signs in, gets a role, and starts streaming. Scales push tare/gross. Scanners push barcodes straight into the active prompt. Printers receive ZPL with the batch's actual variables, not a generic template.
Six devices. One batch. Everything bound.
Every tile below is a live miniature of what V5 sees from the floor — weights settling, barcodes flying, labels feeding, tanks dosing, sensors firing. All bound to the same lot.
No agent. No middleware. No PLC programmer needed for the common cases.
Scales, scanners, printers, tablets pair in minutes. Lab instruments and PLCs use OPC-UA / MQTT bridges we ship — no custom driver projects unless you ask for one.
What works the day you turn V5 on.
Mettler, Sartorius, Ohaus, A&D — RS-232, USB-HID, BLE. Tare/gross/net streamed live to the active prompt.
Zebra, Honeywell, Datalogic — wired and BLE. Barcode-types filtered per field.
Zebra ZT/ZE/ZQ series, SATO, Honeywell — ZPL templates with batch-bound variables.
HPLC, GC, NIR, Karl Fischer — via parsed exports, watched folders, or LIMS bridges.
Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Beckhoff via OPC-UA. Tags subscribed read-only or read-write per recipe.
MQTT, BLE, LoRaWAN. Cold-chain probes, ambient, vibration, kWh.
iPad, Surface, ruggedised Android. Locked-down kiosk mode with offline buffering.
RFID, NFC, mag-stripe. Sign-in tied to the active matrix + e-sig flow.
Rockwell FactoryTalk and GE Proficy, without a driver project.
V5 connects to the controls stack you already run. OPC-UA is the default road; native bridges exist for the common Rockwell and GE estates. Tags are read-only by default and only become read-write when a recipe step requires it — every write is signed, timestamped, and pinned to the batch record.
ControlLogix, CompactLogix, FactoryTalk stack
- • OPC-UA via FactoryTalk Linx Gateway — preferred, no firmware changes
- • Direct EtherNet/IP to ControlLogix / CompactLogix when no gateway exists
- • FactoryTalk Historian reads via OPC-HDA or REST — backfilled into the batch record
- • FactoryTalk View SE/ME alarms and events stream into V5 deviations
- • Tag database import from Studio 5000 (.L5X) — no manual re-typing
iFIX, CIMPLICITY, Proficy Historian, PACSystems
- • iFIX and CIMPLICITY via OPC-UA — tags subscribed at the rate you choose
- • Proficy Historian via REST API or OPC-HDA for trended data and batch backfill
- • PACSystems RX3i / RX7i over OPC-UA, or an SRTP bridge for legacy estates
- • iFIX tag database import — bring your point list in once
- • Alarm and event hand-off into V5 deviation workflow
Washdown, cold rooms, cleanrooms? We'll spec the panels for you.
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Devices behave like signed-in users.
Just ask V5 — it knows the product cold.
Pick a question or type your own. V5 answers grounded in how hardware & devices — scales, printers, scanners, lab instruments | v5 ultimate actually behaves on the floor.
The rest of the platform this plugs into.
V5 isn't a bolt-on. Every module shares the same data, the same audit trail, the same operator. Pick where to look next.
MES
Operator-led execution: scan-gated dispense, step-by-step kiosk, equipment + scale integration, live yield. Built for regulated process & discrete manufacturing.
WMS
Receiving, putaway, transfers, cycle counts, picks, pack & ship — all lot-aware, bin-accurate, FEFO/FIFO-enforced and barcode-driven.
QMS
Built-in QMS: deviations, CAPA, supplier scorecards, in-process AQL, release-by-exception. Aligned with 21 CFR 211/820, ISO 13485 and 111.
Got questions, or want to see it on your shop floor?
Ask V5 — our code-aware assistant — or spin up a workspace. Both are free.