Features

Design and simulate

Start from more than 20 scenes inspired by common industrial applications, or create your own training scenarios from a library of industrial parts.

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20+ ready-to-use scenes

Practice real-world control tasks with more than 20 scenes inspired by typical industrial applications. Use a scene as is, or as the starting point for a new project.

Factory I/O scene browser listing scenes such as From A to B, Filling Tank, Assembler and Automated Warehouse

Library of industrial parts

Create a virtual factory from a library of industrial parts, including sensors, conveyors, elevators, stations and more.

Factory I/O industrial parts laid out on a factory floor: pallets, boxes, conveyors, sensors, a light curtain, push buttons and stations

Build your own scenarios

Smart editing tools make building a 3D scene quick and intuitive. Drag parts from the library, snap them into place and create your own training scenarios.

Editing a scene in Factory I/O: the tag list on the left, the parts palette on the right and a roller conveyor selected on the snapping grid

Digital & analog I/O

Most parts include digital and analog I/O. For example, use a digital value to start or stop a conveyor or an analog value to weigh items or control liquid levels.

Control panel with push buttons and a digital display next to a conveyor and a multimeter reading 07.50

I/O drivers

Factory I/O uses drivers to connect to PLCs, soft PLCs, PLC simulators, OPC UA, Modbus TCP and more. Each edition includes the drivers for a specific technology, for example the Siemens or Allen-Bradley Edition.

Troubleshooting

Practice troubleshooting by injecting Always On and Always Off failures into sensors and actuators.

Pallet and boxes jammed on a turntable conveyor in a Factory I/O scene

Instructor mode

Lock options behind an instructor password. Challenge trainees to complete partially built systems and to find malfunctions and failures.

Two students working together at computers running Factory I/O in a classroom

Easy integration

Easily integrate Factory I/O with existing training equipment. Plug and play with Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs over Ethernet, and connect many other PLCs and controllers through OPC UA or Modbus TCP.

Allen-Bradley SLC 500 PLC with an I/O card and an Ethernet cable

Advantages

Why train with a simulation instead of a physical trainer?

A virtual factory scales from one trainee to a whole team, never wears out and never puts anyone at risk.

20+ ready-to-use industrial scenes in a single license
Train a whole class or team at the same time
Works with leading PLC brands over Ethernet, OPC UA and Modbus TCP
Lightweight: only 800 MB of disk space
Take it anywhere, from the lab to a laptop on site
Trainees experiment freely, with no risk to people or equipment
No wear and tear, and no maintenance

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All of this, in every edition

Every edition includes all scenes, all parts and digital & analog I/O. Editions differ in which PLCs and technologies they connect to. Ultimate connects to all of them.

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