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Describe it in plain English. Get tested ladder logic, a guide and an L5X ready for Studio 5000.

Free 14-day trial · from $99 · Personal, Pro and Site editions

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One-time priceNo subscription. Your license is yours to keep.
Runs on your own networkNo cloud service required to run it.
Built to pass IT reviewSigned Windows installers with the EULA and privacy terms IT asks for.
Built by a controls engineer30 years on the plant floor, not a software company.
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Proven on the floor

Real results from a real plant

From a recent project at a North Georgia manufacturing plant: one blower feeding three silos, rebuilt as three independent refill loops.

8+ → 0powder stalls per shift
12 → under 3 minfor a 300 lb batch
Under 1 minto refill from a silo

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30years in controls and automation
8software products for the shop and the plant
0cloud accounts or subscriptions needed
2business days, at most, to hear back from the engineer
Maker · Available now

DepthForge 1.7.2

Turn a photo or logo into a 3D relief carved in steel, brass, titanium or granite, with the depth, passes and laser settings worked out for you.

  • On-device AI depth from ordinary photos
  • Laser simulator, flat or rotary
  • Sends ready jobs to LightBurn, EZCAD and MeerK40t
Eagle coin relief in steel
The same relief frosted into black granite
Industrial software

One toolbox, from the sensor to the signature

PlantProof, Datumline, DatumLab, LinkScout, SiteWatch and RungWise PLC Academy are available now, each with a free 14-day trial. For the ones still in testing, choose Get notified and we'll e-mail you the day each one launches.

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Plant floor

PlantProof

Run it. Prove it.

Web SCADA, trend historian and maintenance management in one install, for Allen-Bradley, Siemens and other PLCs over OPC UA and Modbus.

  • Live screens and a trend historian
  • Maintenance work orders, PM and PdM
  • Alarm texts you acknowledge by replying, plus a weekly plant report
Available now
Field service

Datumline

Field journal and time clock.

Clock in and out, log the work you did on each machine, and send pay-period timesheets on schedule.

  • Time clock kept separate from the journal
  • Journal by project with time stamps
  • Timesheets e-mailed automatically, with a sent log as proof
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Data and analysis

DatumLab

Live plant data, ready to analyze.

MATLAB-style computing for Windows that gathers live PLC data over OPC UA and analyzes it in the same place.

  • Math, statistics and plotting tools
  • Live OPC UA data from your PLCs
  • Standard, Plant and Unlimited tag editions
  • DatumLab Academy training, alone or bundled
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Training

DatumLab Academy

Describe what you see, get the method.

Type what you see in your plant data, such as “motor amps swinging”, and get the right DatumLab method, the exact clicks, a ready-to-run script and how to read the answer.

  • 77 real plant scenarios, searchable by symptom or goal
  • 15 course modules with quizzes and progress per learner
  • Modules 1 and 2 and 12 scenarios free, no key needed
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Training

TechProof

The maintenance technician program, ready to run.

Sixty-three plant-floor courses, from situational awareness to PID control and maintenance management, in a locked reader your technicians open on any training PC.

  • Foundation, Troubleshooter, Process and Management tracks
  • One plant license, unlimited trainees and PCs
  • Encrypted and watermarked; no save, print or copy
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Wireless and IIoT

LinkScout

Know the link before you trust it.

Scans for LoRaWAN devices, adds them, and grades each one's signal with a clear pass or fail.

  • Finds and adds devices
  • Signal strength against recommended levels
  • Pass or fail at a glance, before you install
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Wireless and IIoT

SiteWatch

Every sensor. One screen.

One dashboard for wireless LoRaWAN temperature, corrosion and gas sensors, from 10 sensors to a whole site.

  • TempWatch, CorroWatch (ISA-71.04) and GasWatch in one view
  • Alarms, trends, uptime and signal health per sensor
  • Daily CSV logs; runs on your own PC
Available now
Plant floor

DataCast

Put your data on every screen.

Turns TVs into live plant boards, menus and signage, from a USB stick, a Raspberry Pi or a Fire TV / Google TV stick.

  • Live PLC data over OPC UA on board templates
  • One Hub sends updates and alerts to every screen
  • DataCast USB for a single TV
Available now
Training

RungWise PLC Academy

PLC skills, rung by rung.

Ladder logic training for Studio 5000, with add-on packs for Siemens TIA Portal, Micro800, AutomationDirect CLICK, Productivity and DirectLOGIC, and SLC 500 / PLC-5. Built-in simulator and quizzes.

  • Entry to advanced modules, with examples
  • Quiz after each module: 75% to pass
  • Personal Edition for one learner, or Team and Site with an admin dashboard
Available now
Plant floor

WO Mailer

The work order, in the subject line.

Receives the screenshot e-mails your HMIs send, reads the Work Order # off the screen and sends the whole picture to the right people.

  • Built-in mail receiver; no mail server needed
  • Work Order # and time read from the screen into the subject
  • Microsoft 365 app sign-in or any SMTP server
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Controls and IT tools

PortProof

Know what's listening.

Every port the programs on your PC are listening on, the app that owns it, a real health check and a one-click link in Google Chrome.

  • Healthy, slow, errors or down at a glance
  • Connect-only checks for Modbus, EtherNet/IP and OPC UA
  • Scan another computer on your network
Available now
Plant floor

AOI Foundry

Build any Add-On Instruction, the Rockwell way.

Studio 5000 Add-On Instructions that pass every Rockwell AOI rule: templates, drawn ladder, simulation, install files and guides, with AI when you want it.

  • 54 ready-made templates and a drawn-ladder editor
  • Live rule checking and fault simulation
  • One install file that creates every tag
Ask about it
Plant floor

AlertPush

PLC alarms, pushed to the right phone.

A Windows app that ties PLC tags to alerts and pushes each alarm to whoever is assigned, by how critical it is.

  • Tags tied to alerts
  • Routed by criticality to the right person
  • Push notifications, no texting service
Ask about it
Field service

Holdfast Remote

Secure remote desktop, no cloud relay.

Remote desktop between your own computers with no cloud service in the middle.

  • No cloud relay
  • Every connection logged, with how long it lasted
  • End-to-end encryption to recognized standards
Ask about it
Plant floor

LineProof

Test station and MES, from receiving to shipping.

Manufacturing execution for your plant: work orders, lots, QA and shipping in one place.

  • Work orders and lot tracking
  • QA hold until release
  • Barcode and QR scanning
Bundles

Buy together, save about 20%

The apps that work best side by side, at one price. Every app is a one-time license with its own 12 months of updates.

Maintenance Team

Train every technician and log every fix, at one plant.

  • TechProof Full Program (63 courses)$12,950
  • RungWise PLC Academy · Site$4,950
  • Datumline · Site$1,990
$19,890$16,695Save $3,195

Launch price until Dec 6, 2026 · then $19,995

Buy nowNeed an invoice or a PO? Request one

Plant Visibility

See the plant live, put it on every screen, and analyze it.

  • PlantProof · Site$3,495
  • DataCast · Plant (15 screens)$795
  • DatumLab · Standard$495
$4,785$3,795Save $990
Buy nowNeed an invoice or a PO? Request one

Controls Engineer Toolkit

For one engineer who designs, programs and tunes.

  • AOI Foundry · Pro$399
  • DatumLab · Standard$495
$1,389$1,095Save $294
Buy nowNeed an invoice or a PO? Request one

Wireless Monitoring

Commission LoRaWAN sensors right, then watch them all.

  • SiteWatch · Plant (50 sensors)$1,495
  • LinkScout · Site$1,495
$2,990$2,395Save $595
Buy nowNeed an invoice or a PO? Request one

Buy now pays for the bundle right away. Add to cart lets you keep looking and check out once with any other apps. Every license key appears on the page right after payment. Paying by purchase order? Request an invoice and pay it online by card or US bank (ACH) at syonautomation.com/pay. Want a different mix or more sites? Ask for a quote.

Why Syon Automation

Made by someone who has stood at the machine

Built from the floor up

Every tool starts as a real problem on a real line: a stalled silo, a missing trend, a timesheet nobody trusts. If it doesn't hold up in a plant, it doesn't ship.

Your data stays yours

Our software runs on your own PCs and network. No cloud account, and nothing leaves the building unless you choose to send it.

Signed and licensed properly

Every installer is code-signed by a verified publisher. Licenses activate in seconds and keep working offline.

Talk to the engineer

Support and project questions go straight to the person who wrote the code, usually answered within 2 business days.

How buying software works

Try it, buy it, use it the same day

  1. Try free for 14 daysEvery feature, no credit card.
  2. Buy onceSecure checkout by Stripe, with tax included in the price.
  3. Get your key instantlyIt's on the thank-you page. Paste it in and you're licensed.
  4. Keep itLifetime license, with a year of updates included.
Line Down: 50 Checks Before You Call for Help, free PDF guide
Free field guide

Line Down: 50 Checks Before You Call for Help

A 4-page PDF checklist for maintenance techs and controls engineers: starts, motors and VFDs, sensors, pneumatics, 4–20 mA loops and PLC networks, plus a downtime cost worksheet.

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