by B-AutomationBonOS™ · LINK
BonOS LINK — the equipment you already own, in one system
Open standards. No islands.
LINK is the module that makes BonOS fit a facility that grew over twenty years. Weighbridge, moisture meter, an older PLC from a different manufacturer, the accounting system that needs tonnages every morning — LINK brings them into the same data flow instead of asking you to replace them.
How it works
Third-party integration
Other manufacturers' equipment
Open industrial communication standards rather than a proprietary protocol, so equipment from other suppliers can be read and, where appropriate, controlled.
Weighbridge and intake data
Tickets, tonnages and moisture readings recorded against the batch, not typed twice into two systems.
To your office systems
Scheduled data exports and interfaces towards ERP, accounting or reporting systems, in the format they expect.
One truth
When the silo report and the accounting figure disagree, the argument is expensive. One source removes the argument.
Add as you go
Each integration is a defined interface. New equipment is added without disturbing what already runs.
Documented interfaces
Every connection is documented — which signal, which register, which direction. Serviceable by someone who did not build it.
What you get
- Integration of existing PLCs, HMIs, sensors and instruments using open industrial communication standards.
- Weighbridge and intake integration, with tickets and moisture readings attached to the batch record.
- Interfaces towards office systems — ERP, accounting, reporting — with scheduled or event-driven data transfer.
- Documented interface descriptions for every connection, handed over with the project.
- A single data model, so the same tonne is not counted differently in two places.
- Extension of the integration set later, as a defined project step rather than a rebuild.
Why it pays
Most grain facilities do not have an automation problem — they have an islands problem. The dryer knows its own temperatures. The weighbridge knows the tonnages. The silo system knows the temperatures. The office knows what was invoiced. Nothing knows all four, so somebody reconciles them by hand, usually the person who can least afford the time during harvest.
Manual reconciliation is not just slow, it is where the errors live. A tonnage typed into two systems will eventually differ, and the difference will surface at the worst possible moment — in a buyer dispute or in a stock check.
LINK is worth the least on a new, single-supplier facility and the most on one that has grown in stages over two decades. If your control room contains three generations of equipment from four suppliers, this is the module that turns that history from a liability into a working system.
Frequently asked questions
Which protocols does LINK speak?
LINK is built on open industrial communication standards rather than a proprietary protocol. Which specific standards apply to your equipment is established during the inventory, because it depends entirely on what is installed on your site.
Can it write to our ERP, or only read?
Both directions are possible, and the direction is a deliberate decision per interface. Many customers start with one-way export from BonOS to the office system, because it is lower risk, and add write-back later where it clearly saves work.
What if a device is too old to integrate?
Then we say so. Some equipment has no usable data interface at all, and adding one costs more than replacing the device. The inventory tells you which is which before you commit to anything.
Is LINK required?
No. CORE, STORAGE, DRYER and CARE all work without it. LINK becomes worth its cost when there is other equipment or another system whose data should not be re-typed by hand.
Related modules
CORECentral process controlCORE is the central process control layer of BonOS.
Read more about CORE
STORAGEIntelligent grain monitoringSTORAGE watches the temperature of the grain itself, not the air outside.
Read more about STORAGE
DRYERAutomatic drying optimisationDRYER monitors and controls the drying process against outlet moisture rather than against habit.
Read more about DRYER
Open standards. No islands.
LINK is the module that makes BonOS fit a facility that grew over twenty years. Weighbridge, moisture meter, an older PLC from a different manufacturer, the accounting system that needs tonnages every morning — LINK brings them into the same data flow instead of asking you to replace them.