Data Transformer

Modbus to WebSocket dashboard

A dashboard on the plant network needs live values and nothing else: no broker, no database, no polling of its own. The Gateway serves a WebSocket endpoint: a client receives a snapshot of every tag on connect, then one message per update.

Architecture

Typical use case

An operator screen, a kiosk display or an in-house web application that should show what the machines are doing now, on the local network, without the plant depending on a cloud connection.

Configuration approach

One endpoint

Listen address and path, a maximum number of clients, and the browser origins allowed to connect.

Snapshot, then updates

A client that connects gets every tag's current value at once, then a message each time one changes, with its quality and timestamp.

Access control

An access token, set on the device and never in the design, and TLS with a certificate and key file for wss://.

Build a Modbus to WebSocket dashboard gateway

Create a project, define the device and its tags in the Edge Logic Editor, and download a runtime to test at the plant.

Modbus to WebSocket dashboard | Modbus Logic