PLC Integration for Business Central
A PLC is the most reliable witness in the building. It knows exactly what the machine did, to the second, and it never forgets or rounds up at the end of a long shift.
MicroPLC reads it directly and posts into Business Central, NAV, or any other ERP (machine counts, batch parameters and line status) with companion apps on Android and iOS so a supervisor can watch the line from the floor.
The most reliable witness in the building, finally on the record.
PLCs talking straight to the ledger.
- Category
- Integration
The gap it closes
What you live with until you fix it.
- PLC data trapped on the machine, readable only by standing in front of it
- Batch parameters recorded on paper and filed where nobody looks
- Line status known only to whoever happens to be standing near the line
- Integration quoted as a bespoke project every single time
- Machine truth and ledger truth quietly diverging
How it works
4 steps. No clipboard in any of them.
- 01
Connect to the PLC
Direct connectivity to the controller, no intermediate clipboard, no operator re-entry, no nightly file drop.
- 02
Capture counts and parameters
Machine counts and batch parameters (temperature, pressure, speed, whatever the process is judged on) captured as the batch runs.
- 03
Post to the ERP
Into Business Central or NAV natively, or into another ERP where that is what the plant runs. The PLC does not care, and neither does this.
- 04
Watch the line from anywhere
Companion Android and iOS apps show live line status, so a supervisor is not tethered to a terminal in the office.
What’s in it
Features.
- Direct PLC connectivity
- Machine count posting
- Batch parameter capture
- Line status monitoring
Technical specification
Specs.
- Connectivity
- Direct PLC / machine controller
- Captured
- Counts, batch parameters, line status
- Mobile
- Companion apps on Android and iOS
- Deployment
- Cloud or on-premise
Who runs it
The floors this was built on.
Proof
What it looks like in practice
- Capture, straight from the controller
- Real-time
- BC, NAV, or the system you already run
- Any ERP
- Line status in a supervisor's pocket
- iOS + Android
“The PLC always knew. It just had no way of telling anybody who could act on it.”
Common questions
PLC Integration for Business Central, answered.
Do we need Business Central to use this?
No. It posts into Business Central and NAV natively, but it will feed another ERP too. Plenty of plants adopt it before they migrate, and keep it afterwards.
How is this different from Industrial Automation?
Industrial Automation is the broader sensor-to-ledger layer, with OEE and alerting. This is the direct PLC connectivity underneath it. Many plants run both; some only ever need this one.
What can it capture besides counts?
Batch parameters (temperature, pressure, speed, cycle time), whatever the process is judged on. That is what makes a batch record defensible a year later.
Start here
See PLC Integration for Business Central on your own data. Not a canned demo.
We will run it against a process you actually have, and tell you plainly whether it earns its licence in your plant. If it does not, that is a useful answer too.