Integration Tools · XL Platform
XL Integration Tools Connect Production Data to Every System
XL Integration Tools connect your production data to PLC, MES and ERP systems — API access, barcode reason scanning, automated alerts, and SQL, MQTT/OPC and Power BI feeds via OEE IntelliSuite.
How It Fits Together
Three Levels of Integration
Every plant starts at a different point. XL integrates at the machine, across the platform, and into your business systems use one level or all three.
At the machine
Wire XL straight into the line no gateway hardware needed.
- 6 digital inputs (5 24 VDC) for count and status sensors
- Relay output for lights and annunciation
- USB barcode scanner kits for operators
- HDMI output for any floor scoreboard
Across the platform
Move XL data to the people and tools that act on it.
- XL API for PLC, MES and ERP connections
- Custom reports with straight export to Excel
- Email and text alerts, end-of-shift reports
- Free XL Sidekick app on every phone
Into the business
Add OEE IntelliSuite for the full software layer.
- ERP (SAP, Oracle and others) and MES
- SQL databases Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL
- MQTT / OPC environments
- Power BI and other reporting tools
The Foundation
The XL API
Every XL device XL810, XL Touch and XL HD+ ships with the XL API built in. It exposes the device’s live and historical production data over your own network, so your PLC, MES or ERP can read from XL, and XL can receive job and part information back.
There’s nothing to licence and no middleware to buy: data lives on the device, served inside your firewall, and integrates on your terms. Run XL standalone first and connect systems later the API is there when you need it.
At the Line
Barcode Scanner Kits
The fastest way for operators to annotate production: print your down reasons, jobs and parts as barcodes, and one scan logs them no typing, no walking to a terminal. Kits connect over the USB port on any XL device.
Popular with gloved or high-tempo teams, and a natural companion to the XL Touch touchscreen and the free XL Sidekick app use whichever is quickest at each station.
Out of the Box
Alerts, Emails & Excel
Not every integration needs a project. These three work the day the device goes live, with nothing extra to buy.
Real-time alerts
Email and text alerts the moment a line goes down or a threshold is crossed so problems find the right person immediately.
End-of-shift reports
Shift summaries land in inboxes automatically, daily or weekly the numbers everyone needs, without anyone compiling them.
Excel export
Any of the 60+ built-in or unlimited custom reports exports straight to Excel for the colleagues who live in spreadsheets.
Go Further
The Software Layer: OEE IntelliSuite
When you’re ready to connect production data to the whole business jobs from ERP, alerts into Teams or Slack, dashboards in Power BI OEE IntelliSuite is the layer that does it, on-premise or in the cloud, implemented and supported by ACI in Europe.
ERP & MES
Job import from SAP, Oracle and other ERP systems; orders and master data joined to live floor data.
Databases & protocols
SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MySQL; MQTT and OPC environments; open APIs for the rest.
BI & messaging
Power BI and other reporting tools, plus downtime alerts straight into Microsoft Teams, Slack or Discord.
FAQ
Integration Tools FAQ
Do I need integration tools to use XL?
Does the XL API cost extra?
Can XL send data to Power BI or our SQL database?
Who does the integration work?
Let’s Connect Your Systems
Tell us what you run PLC, MES, ERP, SQL or BI and we’ll show you the shortest path from machine data to business decisions.