Built for Industrial Reality

Enterprise-grade architecture designed for 24/7 manufacturing operations. No shortcuts, no compromises.

For Controls Engineers

Native Protocol Drivers

Custom-built drivers for each PLC family. No OPC middleware, no third-party dependencies, no per-tag licensing.

TNS over PCCC

Transaction Number Sequencing enables pipelining for legacy PLCs (PLC-5, SLC 500). Most competitors wait for each response — PULSE sends multiple requests simultaneously with intelligent flow control that maximizes throughput without flooding your network.

12x faster legacy reads

Adaptive Tag Optimizer

Auto-learns Symbol Instance IDs for ControlLogix tags. First scan learns tag metadata, subsequent scans use numeric IDs instead of string names.

2-3x faster Logix reads

Address Coalescing

Intelligently combines scattered addresses into efficient multi-element requests. Bits in the same word, consecutive integers, and smart gap filling.

100 addresses → 15-25 messages

Multi-Transport Modbus

Single driver handles TCP, RTU (serial), ASCII, UDP, and RTU-over-TCP. Configurable endianness for different device vendors.

5 transports from one driver

Data Resilience

When the network fails, PULSE keeps collecting. When it recovers, PULSE catches up automatically.

Stage Backpressure

Normal → Monitor → Degraded → Critical → Emergency. Each stage adapts timeout, batch size, and priority filtering automatically.

Store-and-Forward

When the primary database is unavailable, data automatically buffers to local SQLite. Exact-once semantics prevent duplicates on recovery.

Priority-Aware

Critical data is always captured. Under pressure, low-priority data sheds first while production-critical values stay protected.

For IT & Security Teams

Industrial Security Architecture

Defense-in-depth with OT/DMZ network segmentation. Built for compliance from day one.

Network Architecture

3-tier DMZ/OT segmentation (Purdue Model)
Unidirectional data flow (OT → DMZ → IT)
VLAN isolation with explicit allow firewalling
IEC 62443 compliant zone/conduit model

Authentication & Encryption

BCrypt password hashing + JWT tokens
TLS 1.2+ (1.3 preferred) for all communications
AES-256 database encryption (TDE)
Automatic key rotation (90-day default)

Compliance Ready

FDA 21 CFR Part 11

ISO 27001

SOC 2

NERC CIP

Comprehensive audit logging with old/new value tracking. 7-year data retention for regulated data.

Timezone & DST Handling

Most industrial systems get Daylight Saving Time wrong — OEE calculations skip hours or double-count during transitions. PULSE handles it correctly.

DateTimeOffset throughout — All timestamps preserve timezone information
UTC normalization — Compares by instant, not local representation
100ns precision — DATETIMEOFFSET(7) storage in SQL Server

Spring Forward Fix

BEFORE (Others)

OEE skips 2 AM hour, shows 0 availability for missing period

AFTER (PULSE)

Proper UTC tracking, accurate calculations year-round

Real-World Benchmarks

Production data from a facility running 24/7

Parallel Scanning Across All PLCs

PULSE scans all PLCs simultaneously — not one at a time. While legacy protocols are inherently slower, parallel execution means your complete data set is captured in the time it takes to read your slowest PLC.

PLCs

355

ControlLogix

EtherNet/IP — 4 PLCs

Tags	Scan Time
172	277ms
24	7.5ms
18	6.7ms
11	11.1ms

PLC-5

PCCC / Legacy — 4 PLCs

Tags	Scan Time
42	123ms
15	50ms
10	204ms
9	79.7ms

SLC 500

PCCC / Legacy — 3 PLCs

Tags	Scan Time
34	527ms
10	520ms
10	496ms

Technical Specifications

100+ proven

Concurrent PLCs

1,000,000+

Events per Day

<50 microseconds

Event Latency

5 stages

Backpressure Levels

Hours of data

Offline Buffer

Up to 12x

Legacy Speedup

100 nanoseconds

Timestamp Precision

See It In Action

Want to see how PULSE handles your specific PLCs and protocols? Let's talk.