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Each guide below is a step-by-step connection guide for one control, protocol, or machine family: what Spall reads over that connection, how to test it live, and what shows up as a tag once it is wired in. The same guides are grouped by brand on the main guides page; this is the same set, ordered for someone working through a pilot's machine list one control at a time.

27 guides

  1. 01

    Bystronic · OPC-UA · ~15 min

    How to Connect a Bystronic Machine to Spall with OPC-UA Bystronic doesn't use MTConnect, it speaks OPC-UA. Turn on the server, open one port, and Spall reads your laser or press brake as a read-only client.     →
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    Cincinnati · OPC-UA · ~15 min

    How to Connect a Cincinnati Machine to Spall with CI Link Cincinnati exposes its data through CI Link, an OPC-UA server on the machine. License it, switch it on, and Spall reads your laser or press brake as a read-only client.     →
  3. 03

    Allen-Bradley · ~15 min

    How to Connect a CompactLogix or ControlLogix PLC to Spall Reading a machine through its Allen-Bradley PLC instead of its motion control. Symbolic tags versus bare tags, EtherNet/IP setup, and what each one costs.     →
  4. 04

    Mitsubishi · ~15 min

    How to Connect a Mitsubishi PLC or M700/M800 CNC to Spall over MC Protocol MC protocol setup for Mitsubishi Q, L, QnA, and iQ-R controllers, and how the same protocol reaches an M700/M800 CNC's own sequencer. Ethernet, read-only.     →
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    ~15 min

    How to Connect a Modbus RTU Device Over RS-485 to Spall Modbus RTU is Modbus TCP's serial cousin, same register logic, different wire. RS-485 wiring, unit ids, and the byte/word order setting that's easy to get backwards.     →
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    Modbus TCP · ~15 min

    How to Connect a Modbus TCP Machine, PLC, or Meter to Spall Modbus TCP is the closest thing the floor has to a universal language. How to read a register map, wire it into Spall, and what happens to the tags after.     →
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    LS Electric · ~12 min

    How to Connect an LS Electric XGT PLC to Spall LS Electric (formerly LSIS) XGT series PLCs over Ethernet or serial. Setup, a proper connection test, and what Spall does with the data.     →
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    Omron · ~12 min

    How to Connect an Omron NJ, NX, or CJ Controller to Spall Omron machine automation controllers over EtherNet/IP, by symbolic tag. Setup, a proper connection test, and what Spall does with the data.     →
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    MTConnect · ~15 min

    How to Connect Any MTConnect Agent to Spall MTConnect is an open standard, not one CNC brand's feature. Probe versus current, what a data item's category means, and adapters versus agents explained plainly.     →
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    OPC-UA · ~15 min

    How to Connect Any OPC-UA Server to Spall OPC-UA doesn't belong to one vendor. How the security handshake works, how to browse a server's node tree, and what to read first on a machine you've never seen.     →
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    Siemens · S7 · ~20 min

    How to Read a Siemens Sinumerik over S7, and What You Actually Get A Sinumerik 828D or 840D sl exposes its embedded PLC over standard S7 (port 102). What that gets you, what it doesn't, and how to connect it to Spall.     →
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    DN Solutions · FOCAS · ~20 min

    How to Set Up FANUC FOCAS on a DN Solutions (Doosan) CNC and Connect It to Spall DN Solutions machines, the ones still wearing a Doosan badge and the newer ones, run a FANUC control underneath. Turn on FOCAS and connect it to Spall.     →
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    Makino · FOCAS · ~20 min

    How to Set Up FANUC FOCAS on a Makino Pro 5 or Pro 6 Control and Connect It to Spall Makino's Professional control runs on real FANUC hardware underneath. Find the FOCAS screens through the Makino HMI and connect the machine to Spall.     →
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    FANUC · FOCAS · ~20 min

    How to Set Up FANUC FOCAS, Test It, and Connect It to Spall Turn on FOCAS, prove the connection with three tests, and connect a FANUC control to Spall over Ethernet. Read-only, no sensors, no program changes.     →
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    DMG MORI · MTConnect · ~15 min

    How to Set Up MTConnect on a DMG Mori CELOS Control DMG Mori ships MTConnect standard on CELOS machines, but what it takes to turn on depends on whether the back-end control is FANUC or Siemens.     →
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    Haas · MTConnect · ~15 min

    How to Set Up MTConnect on a Haas Next Gen Control Get a Haas talking to Spall in about fifteen minutes. No new box bolted to the machine, no PLC changes, no program edits.     →
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    Hurco · MTConnect · ~15 min

    How to Set Up MTConnect on a Hurco WinMax Control and Connect It to Spall Hurco's WinMax control speaks MTConnect, but the adapter isn't switched on out of the box. What Hurco or your dealer needs to install first, and what Spall reads once it is.     →
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    Hypertherm · MTConnect · ~15 min

    How to Set Up MTConnect on a Hypertherm EDGE Connect Your plasma or waterjet table already speaks MTConnect. Get it on the network, confirm the agent, and Spall reads cut time, run state, and part counts.     →
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    Mazak · MTConnect · ~15 min

    How to Set Up MTConnect on a Mazak Smooth Control MTConnect is Mazak's own native data story on SmoothX, SmoothG, and SmoothAi controls. Turn on the adapter, confirm it, and connect it to Spall.     →
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    Okuma · MTConnect · ~20 min

    How to Set Up MTConnect on an Okuma OSP An Okuma OSP doesn't ship with MTConnect running. Install Okuma's own free app, network the control, and Spall reads the machine over port 5000.     →
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    Mitsubishi · ~15 min

    How to Connect a Mitsubishi PLC to Spall Over MC Protocol Serial For a controller with no Ethernet module at all. Frame formats, station and network numbers, and when the serial port is the only way in.     →
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    Siemens · S7 · ~15 min

    How to Connect a Siemens S7-1200 or S7-1500 PLC to Spall The plain PLC path, not a Sinumerik's embedded one. Rack and slot, why optimized block access breaks a byte-offset read, and DB addressing that works.     →
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    Allen-Bradley · ~15 min

    How to Connect an Allen-Bradley Micro800 PLC to Spall Micro810 through Micro870 on EtherNet/IP. Symbolic tag names, no backplane slot to configure, and the handful of real differences from a CompactLogix.     →
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    FANUC · FOCAS · ~10 min

    How to Set Up Multiple Part Counts on FANUC Machines When one cycle makes several parts, a FANUC control still counts one. Fix the count on the control and Spall reads the right number over FOCAS.     →
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    Haas · MTConnect · ~10 min

    How to Set Up Part Counts on a Haas Next Gen Control Make the machine count real parts, even when one cycle makes four of them, then let Spall turn that count into production and quality numbers you can trust.     →
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    Okuma · MTConnect · ~10 min

    How to Set Up Part Counts on an Okuma OSP Okuma counts with a common variable you control, which makes multiple parts per cycle the easy case. Set it, map it, and Spall reads the real number.     →
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    FANUC · FOCAS · 10 min read

    FANUC 0i-C and Older: What You Can Actually Connect The real options for a FANUC control older than the 0i-D. What FOCAS needs, when it's not there, and what to do instead.     →

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