Insights
Three-pillar content arc on OT modernisation for Pilbara and Western Australia.
Pillar 1 — Architecture
Unified Namespace for Pilbara Iron Ore — A Sparkplug B Reference Architecture
A concrete Sparkplug B reference architecture for Pilbara iron ore processing plants. Edge brokers, MQTT, ISA-95 layered model, and a 12–18 week migration path from brownfield Rockwell + PI sites.
Pillar 2 — Infrastructure
Edge-to-Enterprise Docker Stacks for Mining Historians
A reference Docker stack for Pilbara iron ore sites — EMQX edge broker, TimescaleDB, Ignition Edge, Telegraf store-and-forward, and Grafana. Move the historian to the edge, not the server room.
Pillar 3 — Business Outcomes
OEE That Survives a Pilbara Cyclone
MES dashboards on Ignition Edge + Sparkplug B — OEE calculated at the edge, store-and-forward through 72-hour satellite outages, FIFO crew handovers with zero context loss.
Pillar 4 — Field Intelligence
Edge MQTT in 45°C+: Hardware Selection for Pilbara Quarry Sites
How Advantech UNO, Siemens IPC, Moxa DA-820C, RevPi Connect 5, and ifm AL series perform in Pilbara quarry conditions — plus MQTT broker stack selection and the decision matrix for centralised vs. store-and-forward architecture.
What Your Crusher Screens Aren't Telling You
The HMI shows tonnes-per-hour and a green light. Here are the three data layers it isn't showing you — PLC tag trends, structured downtime reasons, and digital shift handover.
Pillar 5 — Architecture
Modbus TCP → MQTT for Railway Track Machines
Schneider Modicon M340, DSE800E, and Victron CerboGX — Modbus TCP polling and native MQTT integration for brake car automation on Pilbara heavy haul lines. EMQX Edge store-and-forward over trackside WiFi and LTE dead zones.