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Remote Machine Access for Every Machine in Your Fleet
Reach the machines you build or maintain from your own desk: feeders, signage, traffic controllers, analysers, monitoring stations. TITAN IoT supplies the router, matched antenna, SIM and secure VPN, staged in Galway so each machine ships or goes back into service already connected.
Start with one machine, prove it end to end, then roll it out across the fleet.
What Is Remote Machine Access?
Remote machine access lets a manufacturer or service team reach equipment on a customer’s site for diagnostics, configuration, updates and support without travelling there. A compact cellular router connects the machine over 4G or 5G, and a secure VPN gives each machine a private address your existing software connects to, as if you were standing beside it.
Because the router connects outward, it works on ordinary SIMs behind carrier-grade NAT, needs no changes to the customer’s network and never exposes the machine to the internet. Where PLCs fix the machine’s addresses, the VPN maps around them.
Building Connected Machines? Ship Them Connected.
When connectivity is part of your product, it has to be repeatable at volume and supportable from day one. An Irish calf feeder manufacturer ships across Europe, the Middle East and Africa with a staged R1510, matched antenna and managed IoT SIMs inside every unit. Farmers see each calf’s feeding on their phone; the manufacturer supports every feeder remotely.
One part number from us
Router, antenna, SIM and configuration supplied as one staged kit per machine.
Identical config, every unit
Every machine leaves the line the same and is still individually reachable in the field.
Fleet visible from day one
Each router appears in RCMS, so you see every machine you have shipped.
Scales with production
Volume pricing and staging that keep pace with your build schedule.
Building connectivity inside the machine itself? The Robustel R1511P is a router board that fits within your own equipment housing, with no separate box or extra cabling.
Works With the Equipment You Already Have
There is nothing to integrate. The router gives the machine an Ethernet or serial connection, and your engineers reach it with the software they already use. Routers come from a range of leading vendors, chosen per machine rather than tied to one brand.
Also: any equipment with an Ethernet or serial port, including PLCs and HMIs from Siemens, Schneider Electric, ABB and others · Serial: RS232 and RS485 on the Teltonika RUT956 and Robustel R1511P · Protocols carried: Modbus TCP, MQTT, HTTP, TCP and vendor engineering tools · Networks: 4G and 5G
Buy the Kit, or Take the Full Service
Both are normal. Plenty of customers start with the hardware and add services later.
Buy the Kit, Run It Your Way
- Industrial routers, matched antennas and SIMs
- Run them on your own VPN, platform or SCADA
- The hardware is yours, with no lock-in and no ongoing service needed from us
- Pre-configured in Galway if you want it
The Full Managed Solution
- Hardware staged, SIM’d and labelled per machine
- Managed multi-network IoT SIMs
- SmartNetVPN access for your whole team, RCMS fleet monitoring
- An introductory free period on the services. Ask us
Monitor the Machine, Not Just Reach It
Remote access lets your engineers in when something goes wrong. Monitoring tells you it is going wrong. The HW Group Perseus Industrial sits on a DIN rail beside the machine and reads temperature, humidity, dry contacts, relays and Modbus meters, with local alarm logic and open outputs over SNMP, MQTT, Modbus TCP and BACnet. The Perseus Industrial 315 carries its own LTE, so it can report without a separate router.
Example application: air purification units in poultry houses, with temperature, humidity and run status read at each unit and alarmed to the operator’s phone or own platform.
Routers, Antennas and Access, Matched per Machine
Router for the connection, antenna for the signal, VPN for the access. Each one is chosen for the machine and where it sits.
Robustel
R1510 4G Router
Compact dual-Ethernet 4G router with Wi-Fi and digital I/O. The default choice for most machines and cabinets.
Robustel
R1511P Embedded 4G Router
Router board built to fit inside your own equipment, with dual Ethernet and an RS232 or RS485 port. For OEMs building connectivity into the product.
Robustel
R1520 Industrial 4G Router
Dual-SIM 4G with five Ethernet ports, for machines with several networked devices or sites that need SIM failover.
Robustel
R5010 5G Router
Industrial 5G router for high-bandwidth machines and for replacing obsolete 3G units with a long-life upgrade.
Teltonika
RUT956 Industrial 4G Router
Dual-SIM 4G with RS232 and RS485 serial, GNSS and four Ethernet ports, for serial equipment and older machines.
Advantech
SmartStart SL305 4G Router
Compact Advantech 4G router where a small footprint suits the cabinet, used on traffic controller cabinets.
Poynting
PUCK-2 MIMO Antenna
Low-profile MIMO antenna for cabinets and machine housings. The antenna decides the signal, so it is matched per machine.
Poynting
OMNI-600 Wideband Antenna
High-gain omnidirectional antenna for remote junctions, farms and sites at the edge of coverage.
TITAN IoT
SmartNetVPN
Gives every machine a private address your software reaches. Works on ordinary SIMs behind carrier-grade NAT.
Pilot One Machine, Then Roll Out
Pilot one machine
We stage a router, matched antenna and SIM for a single machine, with an introductory free period on the access services.
Prove it end to end
Your engineers connect with their own software and confirm everything they need is reachable.
Stage the fleet
The proven configuration is staged in Galway per unit and shipped to your line or direct to site.
Manage remotely
Every machine visible in RCMS and reachable over the VPN, with monitoring added where it pays.
Machines We’ve Connected Lately
Real equipment, built and run by Irish and international companies, connected and reachable today. Client names are withheld.
Automated Calf Feeders, Across EMEA
An Irish agri-equipment manufacturer ships app-monitored calf feeders across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Farmers watch each calf’s feeding from their phone, which only works if the shed is connected. Each feeder ships with a staged R1510, matched antenna and managed IoT SIMs.
R1510 · Antennas · IoT SIMs
LED Displays & Scoreboards
Digital signage and scoreboards connected over 4G where no site network exists, for a leading international signage manufacturer’s Irish sites. Content updates and diagnostics reach every display.
Advantech · R1510 · R1520 · PUCK-2
City-Wide Signage, 3G to 5G
A city-wide public signage network moved off obsolete 3G routers onto R5010 5G routers with Panorama 4×4 MIMO antennas, ahead of the old networks switching off.
R5010 · Panorama 4×4
Smart Traffic Controllers
Junction and traffic controllers connected with compact Advantech SmartStart routers, PUCK-2 antennas on the cabinets and high-gain OMNI-600s where the junction is remote.
SmartStart · PUCK-2 · OMNI-600
Emissions Monitoring, Unlocked
A service company maintaining continuous emissions monitoring systems is moving off the manufacturer’s locked-in access router onto SmartNetVPN, keeping its SIMs and the PLC-fixed addresses, with the whole team connecting from their own laptops.
R1510 · SmartNetVPN · RCMS
Environmental Monitoring Stations
Remote environmental monitoring stations reached over SmartNetVPN. The operator’s own software connects to each station’s instruments on a private VPN address, with no site visit needed.
R5010 · SmartNetVPN
Go Further
Machine Data Collection
Pull data from PLCs, meters and sensors into SCADA, MES or the cloud.
Remote Machine Access Questions, Answered
What is remote machine access?
Remote machine access lets a manufacturer or service team reach equipment on a customer’s site for diagnostics, configuration, updates and support without travelling there. A cellular router at the machine connects it over 4G or 5G, and a secure VPN gives each machine a private address that your existing software connects to, exactly as if you were standing beside it.
Which PLCs and HMIs does it work with?
Siemens, Schneider Electric, ABB, Allen-Bradley, Omron, Mitsubishi and most other equipment with an Ethernet port, or a serial port on routers such as the Teltonika RUT956. There is nothing to integrate: the router provides the network connection and the VPN carries your traffic, so the PLC or HMI is reached in the same way as it would be on site.
Do we need to change our diagnostic software?
No. The VPN presents each machine on a reachable private address, and your engineering or diagnostic software connects to it as it would on the local network. Your team keeps the tools and licences it already uses, and each engineer can connect from their own laptop with their own login, so access can be granted or removed per person.
Our machines have fixed IP addresses set by PLCs. Is that a problem?
No. Machines with fixed addresses are normal. The VPN maps a private VPN address onto each machine’s existing local address, so nothing on the machine is reconfigured and every site can keep the same internal addressing. That matters for OEMs, because every unit leaves the factory with an identical configuration and still stays individually reachable in the field.
Do we need static-IP SIMs?
No. The router connects outward to the VPN, so it works on ordinary SIMs behind carrier-grade NAT. That is more secure than exposing machines on public addresses and cheaper than static-IP SIM contracts. Nothing is opened on the customer’s own network either, which usually removes the need for firewall changes or IT approval at each site.
Can we keep our existing SIM cards?
Usually, yes. The routers take standard SIMs, so existing SIM agreements can carry over and machines already in the field can stay on their current contracts. Where new SIMs make sense, TITAN IoT supplies multi-network IoT SIMs and manages them, which suits machines shipped to sites where the strongest network is not known in advance.
Can we pilot one machine before rolling out?
Yes, and we recommend it. We stage a router, matched antenna and SIM for one machine so your team can prove access end to end with its own software. The VPN and fleet management services come with an introductory free period, so ask us about current terms. Once the pilot works, the same configuration is staged for the rest of the fleet.
Do we have to use TITAN’s VPN or platform?
No. You can buy the routers, antennas and SIMs on their own and run them on your own VPN or platform, with no lock-in and no ongoing service needed from us. Or you can take the full managed solution: staged hardware, managed SIMs, SmartNetVPN access and fleet monitoring. Many customers start with the kit and add services later.
Prove It on One Machine, Then Roll It Out
Tell us what the machine does, where it sits and what software needs to reach it. We’ll spec the kit and stage a pilot in Galway.
+353 91 757500 · iot@titan.ie