Data connection with

OPC UA

  • Easy OPC UA connection: Read and write machine data directly and visualize it without middleware.
  • Custom dashboards: Show exactly the key figures that are important for your production — from OEE to error status.
  • Industry-ready: Robust communication, certificate handling and reconnection in case of failure — ideal for the shop floor.
A digital shop floor dashboard visualizes live machine data via OPC UA with Peakboard — for maximum transparency and efficiency directly in production.

Easily visualize real-time data from OPC UA machines

Whether it's machine tools, manufacturing cells or individual OPC nodes — with Peakboard, you can easily visualize your OPC UA data and integrate it directly into individual dashboards. For more transparency, better decisions and automated processes in production.

OPC UA client for real-time data

Peakboard is a powerful OPC UA client that communicates directly with OPC UA servers without additional middleware. This allows you to read process data from machine control systems (e.g. PLC or MES) and transfer it to visual dashboards in real time.

  • Direct connection to OPC UA server
  • Subscribe to variables or query them cyclically
  • Write data & control processes
  • Visualization on displays, HMIs, or in the browser

Visualize exactly the data you need

In Peakboard Designer, you define for yourself which variables you want to visualize — from OEE values to scrap numbers to machine status or error codes. With just a few clicks, you can configure your dashboard for specific OPC UA nodes or entire machine networks. Thanks to low-code functionality, dataflows and optional Lua script, you can flexibly prepare your data, combine it with other sources (e.g. SQL, SAP) and even send commands back to the machine directly — for example to confirm an error or to control processes.

Safe and robust — even in industrial environments

Peakboard supports all common OPC UA security standards including certificate import, SHA256 encryption and authentication. The system automatically recognizes any disconnections and restores the connection in a stable manner — ideal for long-term use in production.

Quickly configured — ready for immediate use

With the integrated OPC UA dialog in Peakboard Designer, the connection is possible in just a few steps:

  1. Enter OPC UA server address
  2. Select security profile and certificate
  3. Defining variables
  4. Start visualization

In our tutorial, we'll show you step by step how to create your first HMI based on OPC UA.

Ready for Industry 4.0

Peakboard is the smart solution for visualizing OPC UA data — whether on a shop floor monitor, a touchscreen or in a web browser. Combine machine data with other sources and ensure maximum transparency and efficiency in your plant.

Do it like BWI Group

This is how BWI Group uses the OPC UA data connection from Peakboard to efficiently visualize real-time data:
Implementation with Peakboard: Integration of Peakboard at Individual Stations in the Company to Visualize Production Data in Real Time

The software

Start now for free with Peakboard Designer

Capture, process and visualize production and order data in real time — simply and without programming knowledge.

Create a production dashboard with Peakboard Designer on a desktop PC.

Save time with
our templates

No time for long designs? No problem: Use one of the many ready-made templates for dashboards and applications — e.g. for production monitoring, warehouse management or quality assurance. Pick a template, customize it, and you're done.