Connect your OT network to SAP/ERP via REST API
No custom development, no external dependencies
A technical session covering the full architecture of an OT-SAP integration built on REST API: network segmentation, protocol translation, gateway configuration, and a live demo with real data.
Wednesday, June 11
9:00 AM Denver | 10:00 AM Chicago | 11:00 AM New York | 12:00 PM São Paulo
Language: English
Format: Online
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OT-IT integration works, until it doesn't
Data sync latency
OT systems generate data on millisecond cycles. SAP receives it hours later, typically through batch processes or manual entry. That gap carries a real operational cost.
Reliance on custom development
Most existing OT-IT integrations are one-off builds with no documentation and no tests. They work as long as nobody touches them. Any change on the plant floor—a new machine, a renamed tag—can break the flow.
Protocol mismatch between layers
Industrial controllers speak Modbus, PROFINET, or OPC-UA. ERP systems expose HTTP endpoints. Without a standardized translation layer, every integration requires its own custom development.
OT/IT network segmentation
Separating the plant network from the corporate network is a security requirement, not a problem to remove. The challenge is to cross that boundary in a controlled way without compromising either environment.
A gateway that speaks both languages.
vNode collects data from controllers using native industrial protocols—Modbus TCP, OPC-UA—and sends it to SAP or any system that accepts REST API, in JSON over HTTP.
Configuration is visual: you define the endpoint, the HTTP method, and the payload with the variables you want to send. When something changes on the plant floor, you update the configuration. No scripts to touch.
What we'll cover in the session
60 minutes · 5 blocks
REST API in an industrial context
What REST API is, how it operates over HTTP, and why it's the right protocol for the OT-IT integration layer. HTTP methods, request/response structure, and JSON applied to plant-floor data.
OT-SAP integration architecture
How an integration is structured around an IIoT gateway: network separation, the protocol in each layer, and the data flow from the controller to the ERP endpoint. The architectural decisions involved and why.
Configuring the REST API Client module
Live on-screen configuration: SAP endpoint, HTTP method, URL, and payload with plant-floor variables. How the mapping between OT tags and the JSON structure the ERP receives is defined.
Live demo
Data leaving a PLC, passing through the gateway, landing on a SAP endpoint. POST request, server response, record stored in the ERP.
Q&A
Open questions. The vNode engineering team will be in the session. If you already have a specific architecture in mind, this is the time to bring it up.
Free technical consulting with
the vNode team
If after the webinar you want to see how this would apply to your specific project, you can book a session directly with the engineering team.
- Review of your current integration architecture.
- Scoping of a proof of concept tailored to your case.
- 30-day trial license, free of charge.
- Direct access to the engineering team for technical questions.
*The consultation is scheduled after the webinar, with no obligation.
SPEAKERS
Diego Mesén
vNode Automation
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