ctrlx: Automation redefined

How do you actually get started with ctrlX?

We often hear this question - and with good reason. Because anyone using ctrlX from Bosch Rexroth for the first time quickly realizes that the platform can do a lot, but is also complex.

What exactly is ctrlX WORKS?
Which technology is best suited to developing a ctrlX app? 
And what if I'm developing something that already exists in ctrlX?
Sure, you could gather all this information yourself. ChatGPT, Google, forums, white papers. But who has the time for that? Especially when it comes to staying one step ahead of the competition. Or, as Bosch Rexroth says: “Two steps ahead.”

This is where we come in.

We are experts in digitalization and software development and know the ctrlX ecosystem. Our strength: we take a holistic approach to solutions. From the initial idea to the finished product. 
We help you to classify ctrlX correctly. As an official member of ctrlX World and with many years of experience in device integration and engineering, we provide comprehensive advice and clear answers:

• What is technically behind the platform? What are the components of the ecosystem and what tasks do they have?
• What does it mean that the platform is “open”? And how can openness be reconciled with modern security requirements?
• Which technology (e.g. C#, Python, C++) is suitable for which use case?
• Which is more worthwhile: a dedicated ctrlX app or a plugin for ctrlX WORKS?
• What requirements must be met in order to publish a solution in the ctrlX Store and what costs are involved?
• How does integration into the ctrlX license model work?

In practice, you rarely start from scratch. Existing systems are often complex and heterogeneous. This makes it all the more important that a new automation system integrates into the existing landscape, interacts with it or replaces existing systems in a meaningful way.

Our suggestion: a workshop together.

In an on-site workshop, we work together with our customers to find the best way into the ctrlX ecosystem. We clarify the most important questions in advance so that the workshop is tailored precisely to your situation.
A workshop could then look like this:

• Introduction to the ctrlX automation platform
  • Overview of the components of the ctrlX ecosystem
  • M&M's experience in ctrlX
• Understanding customer requirements
  • What is to be achieved?
  • What are the framework conditions?
• Outline of a possible solution
  • Initial ideas for a suitable ctrlX architecture
  • Integration into the existing customer infrastructure

Thanks to our expertise in fieldbus connectivity, visualization and cloud integration, we find solutions that combine the best of all worlds.