Real Time Automation

Now supporting Modbus, the world’s #1 most popular industrial protocol.

Initially introduced for Allen-Bradley PLCs, the RTA Historian now adds support for Modbus ASCII, Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP server devices for connectivity across your facilities, making it incredibly simple to collect, analyze and publish high-resolution, time-series data directly alongside your A-B PLC data.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/45Y5ILc

Day one of is officially in the books!

We managed to get our Enginerds acclimated to the bright lights and large crowds, and they’re having a blast talking shop. Our claw machine has also seen some serious action!

If you’re dealing with brownfield networks or struggling to log PLC data without a massive IT headache, skip the boring corporate sales pitches and come hang out with us. We’re talking real-world data movement all week long!

If you didn’t get a chance to stop by yet, make sure we’re on your map for today!

Booth 3723 | McCormick Place, Chicago

Everyone wants to talk about Industrial AI, but nobody wants to talk about the messy, unstandardized plant floor data required to actually feed it. Well...almost nobody.

If you want to look at the actual foundation of scalable AI, come hear RTA CEO John Rinaldi break down why data structure is the ultimate missing link to making AI work in manufacturing.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Automate Innovation Stage (Booth 19046)

And while you're at Automate 2026, visit RTA's Enginerds at Booth 3723 talk shop and see how we move data in real time!️

Yes, we integrated our industrial communication products with a fully operational, custom arcade claw machine and put it in our booth for Automate 2026. But it’s not just a gimmick to give out swag – it’s a live engineering proof-of-concept.

While you’re trying to win a prize, you aren’t just playing a game – you’re triggering a real-world gantry control loop.

Watch how easily RTA products tackle complex data movement – like translating raw USB controller data to an Allen-Bradley PLC, while our hardware-based historian logs every millisecond on a live InfluxDB dashboard.

Come see it for yourself and learn how RTA can solve your actual factory floor problems!

📍Booth 3723 | June 22–25, McCormick Place, Chicago

Writing custom logic to parse raw ASCII in your Allen-Bradley PLC is a nightmare.

It’s not just the initial setup – it’s the long-term maintenance and troubleshooting of “black box” code nothing to do with actual machine control.

And if your custom logic hits an edge case, your tags stop updating and your line stops moving.

RTA ASCII gateways are designed to handle ASCII strings, ensuring that the only thing your A-B PLC sees is the payload.

Skip the custom code and save your sanity. Find your ASCII-to-PLC solution: https://bit.ly/3R28dqy