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Remote Operator Panel

Industrial IoT · Asset Administration Shell · Remote Operations

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Quick Access: Remote Operator Panel Simulator 1 Simulator 2 AAS Explorer MQTT Broker

What is this?

A research prototype for the
factory of tomorrow.

Factory-X is a funded research project exploring how industrial machines can be monitored, operated, and understood remotely — using open standards, real-time data, and AI. Built by inovex, it runs as a live prototype against real infrastructure.

Digital Twin

Every machine has a standardised digital representation via the Asset Administration Shell (IEC 61360 / Industrie 4.0). Submodels describe identity, capabilities, and live state in a vendor-neutral format.

Real-time Telemetry

Machines stream live status, events, and operational metrics over MQTT (TLS-secured). The operator panel subscribes and reflects state changes in real time — no polling, no delay.

Remote Operations

Operators control and monitor machines from anywhere via the Remote Operator Panel — a web dashboard that unifies machine state, event logs, camera feeds, and digital twin data in one place.

AI Assistance

When machines fail, AI helps. The FX-Conductor connects operators to specialised knowledge bases (error codes, technical docs) via the Model Context Protocol — closing the gap between data and expertise.

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and the European Union · NextGenerationEU as part of the Catena-X / Manufacturing-X initiative.

Services

Running Infrastructure

Next.js

Remote Operator Panel

fx-rop.com

Main dashboard for monitoring machines, browsing Asset Administration Shells, and managing operational data.

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Hono · MQTT

Machine Simulator 1

sim1.fx-rop.com

TruLaser3030 · machine-001. Simulates idle / executing / error / maintenance states, publishing live MQTT events.

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Hono · MQTT

Machine Simulator 2

sim2.fx-rop.com

TruLaser3030 · machine-002. Second machine instance for multi-asset testing and parallel MQTT streams.

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BaSyx 2.0

AAS Explorer

aas.fx-rop.com

Eclipse BaSyx 2.0 environment with MongoDB backend. Browse Asset Administration Shells, submodels, and properties for all registered assets.

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MCP · AI

FX Conductor

mcp.fx-rop.com

Model Context Protocol server bridging operators to specialised LLMs from Wittenstein and Trumpf — error codes, machine docs, and troubleshooting in context.

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Mosquitto · TLS

MQTT Broker

mqtt.fx-rop.com:8883

Eclipse Mosquitto 2, TLS-terminated at Traefik. Subscribe to live machine telemetry on factory-x/inovex/machines/#.

mqtts://mqtt.fx-rop.com:8883

System Design

Architecture

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Remote Operator Panel
Simulators / BaSyx
Operator / MQTT
External Systems
AI / MCP
Databases