Devices

Devices Overview

The Devices section provides a comprehensive view of every PLC, drive, robot, or industrial asset connected to your SDA environment. Each Device represents a logical digital twin of the physical asset, allowing SDA to track configuration, connectivity, performance, and lifecycle activities in one unified interface.

The Device List page presents the list of all devices the user has access and visibility. The devices list is our standard list view that provides the ability to filter, sort, search specific devices. From this view you can add, update and delete a device or link a device to a gateway.

The Device Detail page surfaces all essential information and operational tools, including:

Core Device Information

• Device Details – Includes the device type, vendor, IDE version, network information, and key identifiers such as the associated resource group, tags, and description.

• Connectivity & Performance – Real-time indicators showing the associated Gateway, its connectivity status, external IP address, and overall connection health.

• Project Status – Visibility into which project version is currently running, deployed, or pending updates.

Device-Associated Resources & Actions

Devices act as the central hub for all engineering and operational activities. From a Device, you can access:

• Projects – View the project linked to the device, its versions, change history, and current deployment state. Also, set the target version of the project for the PLC which is the default SDA will compare to for backup and version compare.

• Pipelines – View and execute associated pipelines that automate workflows for this devices.

• Documents – Access linked device-related files, configuration exports, and automatically generated artifacts. Documents can be associated to multiple devices as well as other objects.

• Device Backups – Review backup history for Project Backups. Review logs for backup failures and execute new backups directly (without the need for a pipeline)

• Deployments – Track previous and active deployments, including who deployed, when, and deployed versions.

• Device Snapshots (when available) – Explore system-level snapshots captured for troubleshooting, audits, or operational insights.

• FTP Backups – View file-level backups acquired through FTP for supported vendors.