Xenith Twin
Multi-plant cell twins operators can act on, fed by live OPC-UA and MQTT.
Xenith Twin is an Asset Administration Shell desk for discrete manufacturing: factory → line → cell with live protocol feeds, historian, alarms, and signed operator writes. Identity-stable assets, OPC-UA/MQTT ingestion, and auditable action loops. Demo plants ship simulated; production hardening swaps connectors without changing asset IDs.
Deployed as a scoped engagement for your stack - not a self-serve trial or live sandbox.
Why teams look for this
Problems this pattern addresses
CAD sold as a twin
Operators ignore photoreal models that do not carry live state, alarms, or auditable actions.
Siloed HMIs per cell
Plant IT cannot compare OEE or protocol lag across lines with identity-stable asset IDs.
Open write loops
Unsigned setpoints and informal radio acks fail compliance review when AI enters the desk.
Where it sits in your stack
How it works
Campus catalog
Factory → line → cell with BaSyx-style AAS shells.
Live protocols
OPC-UA and MQTT ingestion with twin-health lag metrics.
Action desk
Alarm ack and work orders with JWT on writes.
Connector swap
Keep asset IDs when moving from simulated cells to real PLCs.
Governed AI
Safety, audit, and rollout rules
Read the Governed AI doctrine for how Xenqube separates model output from money and safety actions.
Signed writes only
Operator actions are authenticated. Closed-loop PLC write-back is an explicit Assist-phase decision, not a PoC default.
What is not day one
IEC 62443 hardening, HA, and photoreal plant CAD are roadmap items, not claimed as shipped.
Proof and measurement
Workshop and shadow-trial metrics are labeled when synthetic. Live SLAs require a named pilot agreement.
| Metric | Target / demo | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Simulated cells on one desk | 2+ | PoC campus pattern |
| Asset ID stability | Preserved | Swap connectors without renaming shells |
| Closed-loop PLC write | Out of PoC | Roadmap after Assist design |
Who this is for
Use cases
Rollout
Phased trust model
Ship desk UX on synthetic cells with stable AAS IDs.
Swap OPC-UA/MQTT connectors to real equipment read paths.
Enable signed writes for approved action classes only.
IdP, HA, and security controls for multi-plant rollout.
What's included
Typical engagement deliverables
Scoped to your stack and compliance needs. We deploy the working system into your environment and hand over runbooks - not a sandbox login.
Two simulated manufacturing cells on shared campus pattern
Twin API and operator desk UI
Signed write path on approved actions only
Connector swap plan for your real PLCs
Questions buyers ask
Frequently asked questions
- Is this a 3D digital twin?
- No. It is an identity-stable AAS desk with live state. Pretty CAD without protocols is not the product.
- Will it write to our PLCs in the PoC?
- PoCs default to simulated or read-path. Signed writes are gated; closed-loop control is designed deliberately.
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