MindAccess
IoT Value Plan
Benefits Enter MindSphere with the MindSphere Store deliver measurable
• Immediate access to MindSphere results from digital services that are based
MindAccess IoT Value Plan on best-practice solutions. In addition,
• Quick configuration of MindConnect and unleash your digital companies leverage MindSphere to close
devices with no development required
potential the loop through product ideation, realiza-
• Immediate monitoring of assets tion and utilization to seamlessly integrate
MindSphere is the operating system that
• High security standards operational data throughout the value
lets you connect, collect and get context
chain – not only driving operational
• Access to applications for MindSphere from Internet of Things (IoT) data. With
efficiency, but also comparing simulation
through the MindSphere Store MindSphere MindAccess IoT Value Plan,
and test results with real-world
users can ingest and visualize immediate
• Global Partner ecosystem ready to drive observations.
real-time data and analytic results in one
and support your IoT strategy centralized location with no development With streamlined user access to consoli-
required. In addition, MindAccess is the dated data from disparate sources,
user’s portal into the MindSphere Store, companies can better understand the
a marketplace for powerful industrial end-customer experience and focus on
applications. By leveraging these applica- product development appropriately.
tions, users gain revolutionary visibility Companies can differentiate themselves in
into their product value chain and the the market by delivering products focused
confidence to make optimal business on customer feedback and actual product
decisions. usage information.
Solving the IoT access challenge Immediate access to MindSphere
Customers are incurring additional costs MindAccess IoT Value Plan provides
and decreased efficiency with time spent dedicated tenant access to ingest data and
locally monitoring machines on multiple use common applications and is available
monitoring systems. MindSphere and in multiple offerings to suit your unique
MindAccess IoT Value Plan streamline your business requirements. Additional users,
operations by providing a single view of storage, agents and connected assets may
asset data and analytics. By collecting, be added as required. Users can configure
contextualizing and analyzing historical users, agents, customers and assets, and
data into a centralized system, operators may also store data.
can more efficiently and effectively man-
Quick configuration of
age assets and facilities. Customers will
have meaningful and secure access to MindConnect devices
their IoT data as the first crucial step on With MindAccess IoT Value Plan, users
the IoT journey. can connect Siemens and non-Siemens
devices to MindSphere with no develop-
High-value, industry-based applications ment required using the asset config-
built on MindSphere and accessible via uration tool. MindConnect Nano and
siemens.com/mindsphere
MINDSPHERE
MindAccess IoT Value Plan
MindConnect IoT2040 devices can be
configured as agents to send device data
into a dedicated tenant for storage.
MindConnect APIs and MindConnect IoT
Extension can be utilized to connect a
wide range of devices to MindSphere.
These powerful tools make it possible to
connect devices communicating with
varying protocols and begin visualizing
data and manage the fleet in one location.
In addition, MindSphere facilitates data
integration with existing enterprise
systems and databases such as historian
databases, enterprise resourcing planning
(ERP), manufacturing execution system
(MES) and supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) systems. By joining
data streams from multiple sources into
one centralized location, customers will
have more insights across the entirety of
their operations.
Immediate monitoring of assets The MindSphere Store and solution for MindSphere by a soft drink
MindAccess IoT Value Plan includes Fleet partner ecosystem producer with a large-scale production
Manager, which provides an overview of MindAccess IoT Value Plan enables access environment and broad range of products.
assets configured in MindSphere. Users to the MindSphere Store and partner The customer required a fast and flexible
can quickly search for all assets and focus ecosystem. To address the broad scope solution that required no development
on relevant issues based on user-defined and high complexity of digital transforma- to accommodate rapid production
parameters configured within Fleet tion across all industries, MindSphere changeover and provide global access
Manager. In addition, users can configure has established a network of world-class of asset data.
rules to automatically monitor machines partnerships that enables MindSphere
The successful implementation and
through rules and create follow-up with a robust offering of IoT solutions and
onboarding of 10 MindConnect Nano
requests like email notifications upon services with the flexibility to match the
boxes enabled 150 motors from different
reaching a predefined state. Integrated specific requirements of our customers. In
locations to be quickly and securely
into the Fleet Manager, these requests are addition, partners have numerous oppor-
connected to MindSphere. This allowed
displayed to the user in an intuitive way. tunities to build and operate their own
the customer to visualize and monitor
The Visual Analyzer option further digital offerings around MindSphere.
data across global locations using Fleet
enhances data visualization and offers
Partners can also use the MindSphere Manager, a tool-based evaluation of
complex algorithmic functions.
Store to gain access to various upgrades, critical condition events for further inspec-
A map view shows the geographic loca- including number of users, tenants, tion and problem fixing at an earlier stage.
tion of connected assets. In the detail agents, connected assets and rules as well Ultimately, the customer benefitted in
view, users see the recorded data shown as additional options for dashboarding, increased asset uptime through accurate
in different diagrams. Users can also workflow creation and rich reporting. asset failure prediction, improvement of
define the time frame for which the data the manufacturing process, higher prod-
Solving real-world problems with IoT
is displayed and drill down deep into uct quality and optimization of service
their data. and MindAccess IoT Value Plan
productivity.
The MindConnect Nano, along with the
MindAccess IoT Value Plan, was chosen as
the affordable, out-of-the-box connectivity
MINDSPHERE
MindAccess IoT Value Plan
MindAccess IoT Value Plan Offerings
IoT Value Plan S M L
Number of users/Subtenants 50/10 150/40 500/80
Agents onboarded (MindConnect Elements or Lib) 10 25 100
Assets included (types/instances) 5/50 10/250 50/1000
Data ingest rate3 (time series) 2 KB/s 10 KB/s 100 KB/s
Data storage time series (cold storage) 60 GB 300 GB 3 TB
Data ingest via MindConnect IoT Extension ), monthly 2
5 GB 5 GB 5 GB
File storage 50 GB 100 GB 500 GB
User Management 4 4 4
Asset Management 4 4 4
Productive Tenant 4 4 4
Access to the MindSphere Store 4 4 4
Fleet Manager Basic including rules and events1 4 4 4
1 2
Limited use of rules and events; upgrade available. Part of overall data ingest.
3
Based on number of assets, number of variables per asset, size per variable, read cycle interval and sending frequency; exemplary use case for M size: 200 assets with 10 variables each sending
frequency 10s or 20 assets with 100 variables each sending frequency 10s, etc. (assumptions: 50 bytes per variable including overhead – float from MindConnect Nano/ IoT2040 or S7-FB, read
cycle equals sending frequency).
MindSphere
MindSphere is the cloud-based, open IoT
operating system from Siemens that
connects real things to the digital world,
and enables powerful industry applica-
tions and digital services to drive business Siemens
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