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4Sight OT Automation
28 Roos Street, Fourways, Sandton
Core business offering: Certified system integrator for automation and electrical engineering projects across all major control system suppliers. TÜV ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system. 4Sight OT suite of tools for intelligent motor control, process automation systems, digital energy, cybersecurity and IIoT, manufacturing execution systems, advanced process control, asset performance management and simulation.
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Fourways (Head Office)
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Germiston
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Section - Computers & Software
-Communication medium
- Copper
- Optical fibre
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Distributed I/O systems
- PLC-centric
-I/O blocks/modules
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
- Panel/rack mount modules
- Plug in cards
-Operating features
- Diagnostic capability
- High temperature
- Intrinsically safe
- Sealed units
-Applications
- Alarm management
- Batch production
- Data acquisition, analysis
- DSP (digital signal processing) software
- MRP, tracking, business
- Operator interface
- Programming languages
- Soft PLC
- SPC/SQC
- System simulation/PID tuning
-Datasharing
- OPC clients
-Language
- PLC languages
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- TCP/IP
-Operating systems
- Windows CE
- Windows XP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Alarms
-Integration into MES and ERP systems
-Number of I/O points
- 0-1024
- 0-32
- 0-512
- 0-64k
- Unlimited
-Number of PLC or I/O drivers
- >640
- 0-16
- 16-64
- 64-640
-Operating system
- Windows 2000
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
-Cable telemetry
- fibre-optic
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- cable link
- cellular
- radio link
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-ASI
-ControlNet
-DeviceNet
-Ethernet
-Foundation Fieldbus
-HART
-Interbus-S
-LONWorks
-Modbus
-PLC Data Highway
-Profibus
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
-Token ring
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Electric
-Emergency shutdown
-Limit switches
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- Proprietary
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Functionality
- Scaling of I/O
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
- RTD
- Strain gauge
- Thermocouple
-AC control
- Closed loop
- Flux vector
- Inverters - 1 phase AC
- Inverters - 3 phase AC
- Soft starter
-DC control
- 4-quadrant control
- Speed control
-Alarm indicators
-Displays
- LCD, flat-panel
- Programmable message
- Touchscreens
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Digital I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Display
-Multiprocessor
-Networking organisation
- Host-to-PLC link
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- 20 mA loop
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Operator interface panel
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-Programming
- Diagnostic software
- Documenting software
- Function block diagram
- High level (C, Basic, etc.)
- IEC 1131
- Ladder diagram (relay logic)
- Logic diagram
- Sequential function chart
-Scan rate less than 1µs per step
-Scan rate less than 1ms per step
-Scan rate more than 1ms per step
-Programmable motion control systems
- Custom system design
- Servo systems
- Stepper systems
Section - Services & Systems
-Contractors
- Factory automation
- Process control
-Programmers
- PLC
- scada
-Project Management
-System integration/consulting
- Electrical
- Factory automation
- Information systems
- Materials handling
- Other
- Process control
- Production management
- Scada/DCS/PLC
- Telemetry
-Training (excluding supplier/product specific training)
-Batch production
-Blending
-Boiler/furnace control
-Energy management
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-Kiln control
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Petrochemical
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Shop-floor data collection
-Transportation
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-Balances, mass
-Density
-Dust level
-Humidity
-Leak detection
-Oil in water
-Temperature
-Water-in-oil
-X-Ray testing
| News from 4Sight OT Automation: |
Advanced control systems
Africa Automation Fair 2017 Preview, System Integration & Control Systems Design, 4Sight OT Automation
As a certified partner for Schneider, Rockwell and Siemens, AGE Technologies utilises the best automation, electrical equipment, drives, instrumentation and power products for all its advanced control ... |
Ethernet extenders span 6,2 km
7 July 2010, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT, 4Sight OT Automation
The ED series of Ethernet extenders from EtherWAN Systems enables extended Ethernet transmissions over long distances using existing cabling.
For long-distance applications where fibre-optics are not ... |
AGE secures Mittal Steel order
July 2006, SCADA/HMI, 4Sight OT Automation
AGE Technologies Johannesburg, has been awarded an order of approximately R8 million from Mittal Steel in Vanderbijlpark. The project incorporates a complete upgrade on the coal handling side of the plant ... |
AGE Technologies
June 2006, News, 4Sight OT Automation
AGE Technologies provides professional system integration of automation and turnkey electrical engineering projects to industry. Not being product specific, it works to provide customers with cost effective ... |
Industry news: |
All eyes on the modern DCS platform
January 2026, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers, Schneider Electric South Africa
Modernised DCS platforms are no longer confined to hardware-dependent architectures. These systems have evolved to combine the strengths of both PLCs and DCS while adding capabilities that make them more open, resilient and collaborative. |
Hydraulic system upgrades to boost performance and save money
January 2026, Pneumatics & Hydraulics, CT Hydraulics (Nqoba)
Those working with hydraulic or pneumatic systems know that keeping your machinery running at peak performance balances productivity and cost. As systems age, they often become less efficient, requiring more energy and more frequent repairs. The good news is that you don’t always need to invest in an entirely new machine to solve these problems. |
Modernising Vertical Filter Press Machines with Future-Focused Control Systems
January 2026, System Integration & Control Systems Design
Project and Industry
Pressure Filter Specialists approached us to modernise vertical filter press machines for the Minerals and Metals industry. The goal was to improve reliability, reduce downtime, ... |
Strain wave gearheads for precision and compact design
November 2025, Motion Control & Drives, DNH Tradeserve t/a DNH Technologies
Strain wave gearheads from maxon are a specialised type of gearhead where precision and compact design are crucial. |
ABB and Compu-Power bring high-efficiency UPS innovation to IS3 X-Change 2025
January 2026, News
ABB recently participated in the 31st annual IS3X-Change 2025 in Cape Town, alongside its long-standing channel partner Compu-Power. |
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