SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo) is a component of SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) that provides bidirectional connectivity between manufacturing automation systems and SAP applications. It uses standard interfaces like OPC, OLE DB, and sockets to facilitate real-time exchange of information from the plant floor to SAP Manufacturing Execution (MES) and ERP systems. PCo configurations define source systems, target systems, agent instances, and notifications to monitor tags for changes and send updates to targets.

1. SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo) is an add-on component to SAP Manufacturing Integration and
Intelligence (SAP MII) that provides bidirectional connectivity with a manufacturing automation
control system such as supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), distributed
control system (DCS), or Plant Data
Shop Floor Connectivity via OPC
SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo) offers a comprehensive communications infrastructure to
facilitate the exchange of information between the production level and SAP
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and SAP ERP.
Since it uses standard communications interfaces, SAP PCo features high flexibility and
can be configured quickly and easily. PCo is based on Microsoft .NET Framework and
uses web service technology.
SAP PCo is configured using the client application "Plant Connectivity Management
Console“.
Functional Scope
PCo consists of the following elements:
 Source system
 Target system
 Agent instance
 Notification
SAP Plant Connectivity provides a buffering mechanism that supports network-based
high-speed machine-level communication. In doing so, resources can be controlled so
that a business system does not have to be called up each time.
SAP PCo Communication Architecture

2. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
SAP PCo Architecture Example

3. Source System
The source system is the system from which information is retrieved by PCo. Using
manufacturer-independent standards, a PCo installation can communicate with different
source systems, such as:
 PCC Standard (OPC); PCo supports the following OPC specifications:
- OPC Unified Architecture (UA)
- OPC Data Access (DA)
- OPC Historical Data Access (HDA)
- OPC Alarms & Events (A&E)

4.  OLE DB (z. B. ODBC, MS Excel und MS Access)
 File Monitor
 Socket
Target System
The target system describes the system to which information is to be sent by PCo. The
following target systems are capable of receiving data:
 SAP Manufacturing Execution (SAP ME)
 SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII)
 SAP Cloud Platform for SAP IoT Solutions
 Business Suite-Systeme, e.g. SAP ERP or SAP EWM
Agent instance – individual connection
Agent instances are created using SAP PCo which provide high-performance data
connections between SAP applications and industry-specific standard sources.
Examples include standard sources for the plastics, semiconductor or food industries.
Notifications
SAP PCo provides notification functions with which the data source elements or tags
can be monitored for changes. According to the configured triggers, corresponding
messages are initiated and the required tags are sent to the defined target

5. systems. The notification functions supplement the functions of the components of the
SAP MII Universal Data Server (UDS).
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

6. I believe SAP Leonardo is going to be the most happening technology from SAP. Its just
incredible.
SAP Leonardo is the worlds only digital innovation system, which combines Design
Thinking services, Machine learning, Big Data, IOT, Data Intelligence, Block Chain and
Analytics to run the enterprise smarter, smoother and completely digital.
1. Design thinking services- Enables users to build future digital enterprise
2. Machine learning- provides the computers the ability to learn without being
explicitly programmed.
3. Big Data- Manage vast amounts of data
4. IOT (Internet of Things)- Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday
objects
5. Block Chain- increase auditability and decrease fraud
6. Data Intelligence & Data Analytics
All the above technologies will be integrated to SAP Cloud Platform. Moreover SAP
Leonardo is built on SAP HANA( In-Memory Database to support real time Business).
The world is transforming digital day to day. By combining all these technologies SAP
Leonardo is going make any Enterprise of any industry run completely digital and
powerful without any hassles.
I feel like getting down from a Bullet train and getting on to Hyperloop-One.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
https://www.quinso.com/en/quinso-expertises/shop-floor-control/sap-plant-connectivity-pco/
SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo)
SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo) is a framework and provides a set of services and
management tools to connect with systems, management equipment, files,
historians, TCP Sockets and the standard SAP software SAP ME, SAP MII, SAP
EWM and SAP ODA. PCo is an application developed in Microsoft.Net and a fixed
part in the SAP Manufacturing Suite.
Benefits
Use SAP Plant Connectivity to retrieve data from sensors on the production floor and to process it into useful
information in SAP ME and SAP ERP. This comes directly from the machines, the PLCs and/orSCADA.
 PCo can be quickly configured. No customization is needed to connect source systems to the Shop Floor
 PCo can communicate with a large number of software systems in the workplace.

7.  PCo systemcan be configured for one or more locations.
PCo, the heart of the Manufacturing web
The power of SAP Plant Connectivity is the extensive set of connection types that appear on the production floor
and the bidirectional exchange of data between the Shop Floor and the Top Floor.
PCo communicates according to the following protocols:
 OPC DA
 OPC A&E
 OPC UA
 Socket Agent
Processing of data towards SAP:
 MII Destination
 RFC Destination
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
https://websmp201.sap-
ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100007253822016E/Library/FactSheets/M50_PCO151_EN_XX.htm
Configuration in SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo)
This optional integrated business scenario,SAP Plant Connectivity (PCo), describes the configuration and setup of
the OPC Server, KepServerEX5, and SAP PCo. The OPC Server is the common piece ofsoftware that
communicates with all the shop floor equipment. PCo collects data from the OPC Server, based on trigger events in
the equipment’s controls,and then sends this data to SAP Manufacturing Execution (ME) to be viewed in the Data
Collections Results Reportin ME.
Machine integration through PCo into SAP ME enables real-time data to be displayed in SAP ME from the plant
floor. PCo provides notification capabilities, which allow you to monitor data source items or tags for changes. You
can also perform expression-based evaluations (IfOvenRecipeName==White and OvenProfile==1 THEN (on true,
collectOvenTemp data)) before mapping the data into a standard message formatthatis delivered to ME.

8. Function list
 Kepware OPC Server Configuration
 Defining Channels
 Defining Devices
 SAP ME System Configuration
 Defining Users
 Logging On to SAP ME with SITE_ADMIN
 SAP PCo System Configuration
 Importing the PCo Configuration
 Defining Source Systems
 Defining Destination Systems (SAP ESP Server)
 Defining Agent Instances (SAP ESP Server)
 Defining Destination Systems (Customer-Specific Logic)
 Defining Agent Instances (Customer-Specific Logic)
 Kepware KepServerEX 5 OPC Server Master Data Configuration
 Defining OPC Server Tags (SAP ESP Server)
 Defining OPC Server Tags (Customer-Specific Logic)
 SAP PCo Master Data Configuration (SAP ESP Server)
 Defining Agent Instance Subscription Items
 Defining Agent Instance Notification
 SAP PCo Master Data Configuration (Customer-Specific Logic)
 Defining Agent Instance Subscription Items
 Defining Agent Instance Notification