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.
What changes once Hardware & devices is live.
Indicative ranges from V5 pilot deployments. Your numbers will land near these once the workflow is operator-led and e-signed at the step.
What changes the day you switch this on.
- Manual, paper-driven, and only audited after the fact.
- Tribal knowledge in spreadsheets and shared drives.
- Errors caught at month-end — too late to fix the batch.
- Different teams keep their own version of the truth.
- Scales — Bluetooth, serial, USB & Ethernet
- Zebra & label printers
- Scanners & camera barcode
- Lab instruments
What you actually get
Operator-led, e-signed, immutable. Engineered for regulated manufacturers — not retrofitted.
Scales — Bluetooth, serial, USB & Ethernet
Live tare/zero/weight piped into dispense and weigh-out steps with tolerance bands; networked floor scales (Mettler IND, Rice Lake 1280, Avery, Sartorius Combics) stream over TCP/IP or Modbus; readings signed to the BMR.
Zebra & label printers
GS1-128 license plates, lot/serial labels, finished-goods labels — printed at the station, reprinted with audit trail.
Scanners & camera barcode
USB/Bluetooth scanners and on-device camera scanning for kiosks and phones; same scan path everywhere.
Lab instruments
Capture instrument readings against samples — instrument ID, calibration status and operator e-sig stored with the result.
Kiosk tablets & stations
Each station is named, bound to its devices, and locks an operator session to the workflow it is set up for.
Calibration on a schedule
Devices have calibration_at; due/overdue surfaces in the daily brief and on the calendar feed.
One operator action — a complete, signed record.
What it leaves behind
- Bluetooth + serial + USB + Ethernet scales supported
- Zebra ZPL templating
- Per-station device bindings
- Calibration due dates on the .ics feed
The clauses this satisfies
What buyers ask before they switch on Hardware.
Keep exploring
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.